Eastern Sun, 26 March 1969
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Title Section22 1969-03-26 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 950 Wednesday, 26 March 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents22 words
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830 1969-03-26 1 JAKARTA APPROVES IN PRINCIPLE $60M. INVESTMENT BY LOCAL BUSINESSMEN JAKARTA, Tues. (Reuter Cr UPI) Indonesia announced today it had approved in principle proposals by Singapore industrialists to invest more than 20 million U.S. dollars (60 million Singapore dollars) in Indonesia in industries ranging from830 words
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195 1969-03-26 1 JAKARTA. Tues. (Reuter) t he English language “Indonesian Observer” today haileu the arrival of the 20-man Singapore investment mission led by Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee as heralding a new era in relations between the two countries. “Bitterness here over the hanging of two Indonesian195 words
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90 1969-03-26 1 BANGKOK. Tues. (Reuter) Health officials In Bangkok today denied reports of a cholera outbreak In the Ejuthern Thailand province of Songkhla about 600 miles from the capital. There were only a few cases of acute diarrhoea, they said. A communicable disease control unit was keeping90 words
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Article142 1969-03-26 1 SAIGON. Tues. (Reuter! American Marines patrolling near Khe Sahn have found one of the largest supplies and weapons caches unearthed in the Vietnam war. a U.S. military spokesman reported today. He said 600 tong of rice the second largest amount of rice ever found in one142 words
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65 1969-03-26 1 LONDON Tues. (UPI) The Soviet Union and Communist China have almost doubled their armed forces along their critical Far Eastern borders, informed defence sources said today. China, moreover, was reported to be speeding its nuclear arms development programme. apparently concerned at the possibility of a65 words
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Article, Illustration1002 1969-03-26 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaysia's High Commissioner to Britain, Tan Sri Abdul Jamil Rais, appeared in the Sessions Court today to testify i n the preliminary hearing of a $914,343 criminal breach of trust case involving four directors and a cooperative housing society1,002 words
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241 1969-03-26 1 LA LOUVIERE, Belgium. Tues. (Reuter) —Eighteen people were killed and about *0 injured in a head-on crash here todav between two passenger trains crowded with early morning commuters, the Red Cross said. A Belgian railways statement said the driver of one of241 words
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Article89 1969-03-26 1 WASHINGTON. Tues (Reuter) The United States had decided on one more dress rehearsal space flight round the moon before an attempt to land two men on its surface. Space Agency officials announced yesterday that on the next flight which begins on May 18 two astronauts89 words
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Article45 1969-03-26 1 WASHINGTON. Tues (UPI) Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower battled today the congestion clogging his already weakened heart while doctors struggled to get enough oxy-gen-enriched blood flowing through his body. A new medical condition on Eisenhower's condition was expected before noon (1700 GMT).45 words
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Article175 1969-03-26 1 KARACHI. Tue*. (Reuter) Field Marshal Ayub Khan stepped down todav as President of Pakistan and handed the administration of the country over to the Armed Forces. He announced in a broadcast to the nation he was standing down as President after a decade of rule175 words
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Article104 1969-03-26 1 SAIGON. Tues. (Reuter) President Nguyen Van Thleu said tonight South Vietnam was ready to have private talks with the National Liberation Front political wing of the Vietcong on reaching a peace settlement. The President said he expected such talks would take place and it was104 words
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Article50 1969-03-26 1 IPOH. Tues The most expensive racehorse ever imported to Malaysia, Milltown. who cost $60,000 landed, died here today. He was found lying injured outside his stable. Milltown had never raced since his arrival in November last year. Milltown. owned by millionaire David Sung, was an Irishbred four-year-old chestnut.50 words
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Article40 1969-03-26 1 REYKJAVIK. Tues. (Reuter) Pilots of Iceland's two airlines have handed in their uniforms and decided to work in ordinary clothes. They are protesting at a decision to consider the uniforms issued free by their employers as taxable income.40 words
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318 1969-03-26 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The possibility of a central rubber marketing system covering Malaysia and Singapore. Indonesia, Thailand and other interested producing countries was discussed today when the visiting Indonesian trade delegation called on the Malaysian Rubber Exchange Office here. The Chairman of the318 words
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Article87 1969-03-26 1 SYDNEY. Tues. (Reuter) Sydney is in the grip of another of its periodic crime waves, highlighted this time by a soate of armed robberies. In the last few weeks the city has had an armed holdup or attempted robbery nearly every day and harassed police are working overtime87 words
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Article45 1969-03-26 1 Women's Village experiment in Jurong —Page 2. One single service for teachers—Page 3. British team here to sell expert know-how Page 4. Latest Hollywood news and gossips—Page 9- H.K. Open Golf Championship prospects—Page 11. Singapore to host 9th Asian Racing Conference—Page 12.45 words
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Miscellaneous9 1969-03-26 1 LADIES DAY Wm WYAL “Where’s the nearest bus stop?”9 words
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298 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. A women's village —a unique experiment in community living will be set up in the Jurong Industrial Estate in three months' time. To accommodate 500 workers, it will be sited near Boon Lay Road and will take in buildings which298 words
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153 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. Special stamps to commemorate the 25th plenary session of ECAFE to be held In Singapore will be on sale from April 15 until stocks are exhausted. The commemorative Issues consists of three values 15 cents. 30 cents and 7s cents In153 words
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131 1969-03-26 2 NEW YORK.Tues. (UPI) Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corp. and Bridgeport Brass Co. yesterday announced price boosts of one cent per pound of Copper content on all non-rated orders for mill products other than copper water tube and related Items. Both firms raised their131 words
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Article54 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. The women sub-committee of the People’s Association will hold a Western, Malay. Chinese and Indian cake exhibition and competition on March 28 and 29 at the Victoria Memorial HaU. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs. Mr. Chan Chee Seng will officiate the opening54 words
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308 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. Two non-Malays were among the successful students who passed the joint Malaysia Certificate of Education and the General Certificate of Education (Malay medium) held in November Dec- ember, last year. The two are Tan Lai Seng of Yusof Ishak308 words
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98 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE. Tues—A Sunday outing by the sea cost two Malaysians S5O each when they did not heed warning signs to deposit rubbish in proper refuse bins. Wong Ah Kew of Perils and Choon Cbee alias Choon Kim Yong of Johore were both98 words
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115 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE. Tues;—A mother and daughter—both pedestrians were seriously injured in a road accident at a bus-stop in Thomson Road. Both of them were walking along the roar! when a motorlorry travelling along Thomson Road from Braddel Road collided into them near the bus-stop opposite Mcßitchie115 words
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Article, Illustration235 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE, Tues.—The exhibition of the $1.5 million worth of sculptures by Auguste Rodin and his contemporaries at the University of Singapore Art Museum was opened by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, this evening. This collection of 43 masterpieces, seen235 words
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Article73 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore and Nepal have decided to establish full diplomatic relations between the two countries from today. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement said: “The Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of Nepal, desiring to further strengthen the existing friendly relations73 words
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Article100 1969-03-26 2 9 30 am—l 2 30 p.m.: Bridge and mahjong drive by British High Commission wives at Eden Hall, Nassim Road 12 45 p.m—2 p.m: Rotary Club of Singapore’s weekly luncheon at Blue Room. Capitol Building. 530 p.m. 9 p.m.: SATA free mass X-ray station at Commonwealth Crescent market100 words
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Article, Illustration77 1969-03-26 2 Ong Meng Peng assists Teh Tee Tee to try on a coat while Ong Kat Seone looks on. The three Colombo Plan students from Singapore went shopping In Wellington with a number of other Colombo Plan and MAR.A. (Malaysia) students soon after iheir arrival77 words
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Article65 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE. Tues A 29-year-old book seller. Rahamathulla Mohamed Ali. was today fined a total of $250 for having in possession pornographic literature including the banned book. “Sexus.” by Henry Miller. The other books found in his possession were two of the “Nightstand series'* and another entitled65 words
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308 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE. Tues It could have been telepathy in a suicide case that came before the Coroner's Court today. Bar-waitress Chng Quee Hong decided to take her own life after an all-night quarrel with her husband, Tan Kim Tung, a school servant, on Jan. 17.308 words
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103 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE. Tues Two men were today charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court for dishonestly using as genuine a forged Singapore Turf Club Big Sweep ticket which had the number *****40 purporting to have won the first prize of $350,000 in a draw103 words
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Article85 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE Tues —The Department of Extramural Studies w’lll hold a public lecture on “Language. Experience and Educational Failure” on April 1. at 730 p m. in the New Lecture Theatre. University of Singapore The speaker is Professor MAK Halliday. a prominent linguist and Chinese scholar. Currently,85 words
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95 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The qualifying period for the postal savings bank lucky draw will now be from May 1 to July 31 instead of April 1 to June 30. This, according to the Postmaster-General, is In response to numerous requests. Depositors who wish to participate95 words
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152 1969-03-26 2 SINGAPORE Tues A youth. Chia Geok Soo. who was found in possession of a bearing scraper, described bv the prosecuting officer. Senior Inspector Chia Cheng Poh. to be ‘a weapon commonly used in committing hurt to others”, was today sentenced to a year’s152 words
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Advertisement91 1969-03-26 2 Glowing complexion&health Mb y c that’s promise EACH HICEE IS EQUIVALENT TO 10 ORANGES(Vit.C) WONDER TONIC WITH CANDY TASTE Your complexion is your fortune, but only if you make the most of it. A peaches and cream complexion can be yours. As well as skin smooth as a new born91 words
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835 1969-03-26 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. —The Royal Commission on the Teach,r?9 Services in West Malaysia has recommended that all teachers be absorbed into a single service in the government. those in .field teaching service and other non-government teachers who do not wish to join835 words
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Article, Illustration289 1969-03-26 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. Although Singapore is an ideal tourist resort with good hotels, fine weather and exotic entertainment, there is one snag. Tax free goods here are more expensive compared with Hong Kong and Japan, said a British travel agent. Mr. P. Flack. Said Mr.289 words
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Article69 1969-03-26 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The French light frigate “Protet of the French Navy arrived in Singapore today from DiegoSuarez (Madagascar). Of the same class as “Commandant Riviere” which visited Singapore last month, the “Protet” is commanded by Commodore V. Servent. The ship has a crew of 11 officers.69 words
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Article95 1969-03-26 3 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) A balding Conservative Member of Parliament has asked the Government to find out if treatments advertised to stop falling hair really work. Mr. Edward Taylor. 31. who has what some would describe as a high forehead, said there was nothing personal in his request. “I95 words
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197 1969-03-26 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The University of Singapore and the Polytechnic Buddhist Societies will hold “Vesak Prelude 69” at the Victoria Theatre on May 24. For the first time, these two bodies are combining efforts to offer the public “a big educational and cultural treat.” It197 words
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93 1969-03-26 3 SINGAPORE. Tues—There were no entries with five or four plus one numbers correct for the last Toto draw. All entries with four numbers correct submitted will receive the guaranteed prize of $350 each. Entries with three numbers correct in the same draw will receive93 words
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264 1969-03-26 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. A former school servant, Tan Bock Soo. 39, charged with the murder of his father was today ordered to be kept in safe custody pending further order. Mr. Justice Kulasekaram passed the “sentence” on him following an unanimous verdict264 words
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Article201 1969-03-26 3 SINGAPORE. Tues—The quarry workers’ strike which recently sparked off rioting and clashes between strikers and police has been settled through the efforts of the Ministry of Labour. The dispute, between Gim Huat and Co Ltd. and the Singapore Granite Quarry Workers' Union was settled at a201 words
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Article, Illustration124 1969-03-26 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Television Singapore Recreation Club has received more than 12 entries for their “Miss Television” contest to be held at the Golden Lotus. Hotel Malaysia on April 12. Entries close on March 29 and the preliminary rounds will be held at TV Singapore on March 3C.124 words
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138 1969-03-26 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. A grand art exhibition in commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of Singapore will be held from Aug. 15 —2l at thee Victoria Memorial Hall. The exhibition will be organised by the Ministry of Culture and leading art organisations In the Republic. A138 words
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298 1969-03-26 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today said the Mentri Besar of Kelantan, Dato Mohamed Asri bin Muda was playing into the hands of the Philippines. He was commenting on a report which quoted an editorial in the Philippines298 words
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Article47 1969-03-26 3 SINGAPORE Tues Persons who wish to make donations to the National Defence Fund are advised that the next date for receiving such donations by the Minister for Defence will be on Friday, at 10.30 a.m. at the Ministry of the Interior and Defence. Pearl’s Hill.47 words
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Article158 1969-03-26 3 LIMA. Tues. (UPI) Level talks aimed at resolving political differences between Peru and the United States were postponed until Wednesday pending a review of Peru's seizure of the multi-million dollar American-owned International Petroleum Co. (IPC). John N. Irwin 11. a special emissary from President Nixon, spent 4158 words
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Article87 1969-03-26 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The preliminary inquiry Into the murder of a mandore working at the Port of Singapore Authority opened in the Ninth Magistrate's Court today. The mandore. Sinnapan Aiyavoo. 41. was stabbed and died outside Gate No. 5 at Nelson Road/Keppel Road, on Nov. 26. last year. An87 words
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Advertisement114 1969-03-26 3 H r <■ m r chart A Locale a fly there by cal A veteran air traveller was very much impressed by the smoothness of China Airlines* flight. If he had known most of CAL pilots have records as glorious as Frank Savage he would not have been surprised at114 words
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Article192 1969-03-26 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Exports of palm oil in January increased by about 25 per cent over the previous month, although production was lower in January, according to the lateart figures issued by the Statistics Department here today. Exports of palm oil in January totalled192 words
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187 1969-03-26 4 JAKARTA Tues (Reuter) A 30-year-old singleengined “eagle" monoplane being flown from Paris to New Caledonia crashed on take-off at Gorontalo in the North Celebes. It was reported here today. The alrcrait. piloted by veteran French aviator Henri Martinet, 63. was re-enact-ing the first air-mail187 words
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Article131 1969-03-26 4 HONG KONG, Tues (Reuter) The recent death of Malaysian politician D R Seenivasagam was a great blow to democracy in Malaysia the Far Eastern Economic Review said in this week’s issue A tribute to him in the review’s “Traveller’s Tales” column said: “He was the most131 words
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Article, Illustration484 1969-03-26 4 SINGAPORE, Tues A team of experts from the United Kingdom are now in Singapore to "sell" manage-ment-c onsultants-know-how to enhance the Republic's industrial development. The lour-man team of experts from the British Consultants Bureau, a go-vernment-backed mission, flew into Singapore after an extensiveEastern Sun picture. - 484 words
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172 1969-03-26 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The former New Zealand High Commissioner to Singapore Mr. RL Hutchens who is among the foremost senior diplomats in New Zealand has been appointed the High Commissioner designate to Malaysia Mr. Hutchens’ appointment was announced today by the New Zealand Pr172 words
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215 1969-03-26 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The five-power advisory working group comprising the Army. Navy and Air Force have cleared lot of ground” in preparation for the defence conference in Canberra in June. This was stated here today by the new British Commander in Chief of215 words
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Article134 1969-03-26 4 DALLAS Texas, Tues (Reuter) Opera star Marta Callas lg to return to the stage for the first time in four years to sing with the Dallas Civic Opera Company It was announced here. Mr Lawrence Kelly, general manager of the company. said the 45-year-old134 words
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160 1969-03-26 4 NEW YORK. Tues (UPD Gold prices yesterday gained In moderately active trading on markets here and abroad with the exception of Paris In London, gold rose 5 cents at the morning fixing and an additional 10 cents for a second fixing of $43.35160 words
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Article90 1969-03-26 4 LONDON, Tues. (UPI)—A six-man Malaysian mission arrived here yesterday on a win. dow-shopping visit to study what aircraft and radar equipment Britain produces would be suitable for Malaysia’s proposed air force and air defence. The mission already has visited Sweden and Holland and will visit Canada after90 words
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Article, Illustration998 1969-03-26 4 Norma Powers - By Norma Powers SINGAPORE. Tues. Thirty-two voung ladies from the American School comprised the first graduating class of Candy Stripers in Singapore. Candy Stripers are volunteer hospital workers who serve the hospital without salary, but not without reward. They supplement the work of998 words
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Miscellaneous56 1969-03-26 4 abu By LIM KOK WING HOW IN THE WORLD CAN\^ ANYONE: LOVE SOMEONE AS DAFT AS ME worry n6t, wong T MAYBE SOMEWHERE THERE'S A GIRL AS DAFT AS YOU! MAYBE YOU'LL DECIDE MARRY HER".)— V AND MAYBE YOU II Ja/SE A WHOLE FLOCK OF DAFT KIDS AND THEM HAVE56 words
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38 1969-03-26 5 UNITED NATIONS: Official points Acting Pres. Ronald Webster of Anguilla (extreme right) into the UN on his arrival for a press conference. He says he won’t talk to the British until troops leave his Island. UPI radio photo.— UPI radio photo. - 38 words
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415 1969-03-26 5 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) A top British banker has called the Eurodollar Market "a well established bit of equipment working extremely efficiently and smoothly." Merchant banker Jocelyn Hambro was announcing the first set of results from the Western American Bank (Europe) Ltd., on the first birthday415 words
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257 1969-03-26 5 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) The finding of James Thompson's latest will insures that the missing silk executive's home in Bangkok will remain a musuem. Thompsons’ new. a musuem, Thompson’s nephew eaid here yesterday. Thompson’s nephew, Henry B Thompson, a stock broker here, said the257 words
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Article104 1969-03-26 5 LIMA, (Reuter) The former auxi.iary bishop of Lima has denied that he married an Argentine woman in Buenos Aires, informed Roman Catholic sources said last night. AI on sign or Mario Cornejo, wnose resignation last week sparked a crisis within the Peruvian church made the cenial in104 words
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Article80 1969-03-26 5 WASHINGTON, (Reuter) The U.S. ambassador in Pakistan has been given standby authority to evacuate i.OOO Americans living in East Pakistan if they are endangered bv growing mob violence State Department officials said last night. The ambassador. Mr. Benjamin Oehlert. requested the authority as a precautionary measure, and80 words
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Article46 1969-03-26 5 TAIPEI, (Reuter) Taiwan Is to take part in the International Trade Fair to be held on April 16-27 in Brussels An official of the Economic Affairs Ministry. Mr Chang Chen-Che ha? left Taipei yesterday for Brussels to he.p make arrangements for the participation.46 words
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441 1969-03-26 5 LOS ANGELES. Tues (Reu ter) Sirhan Sirhan reenacted the assassination of Senator F. Kennedy while under bvpnnsis last January, it was revealed at his murder trial today. The 25-year-old Jordanian immigrant placed in a trance by psychiatrist Bernard Diamond. pulled an imaginary pistol from441 words
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Article149 1969-03-26 5 GOTEMBA. Japan. Tues (UPI) Japan's first trainning centre for seeing-eye dogs to aid handicapped persons will be inaugurated on Monday with a gala ceremony, it was announced today. Its sponsors. Tokyo Chikuken. a leading importer of pedigree dogs, said the centre at the foot of149 words
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152 1969-03-26 5 HONG KONG. Tues (UPI) A 40-year-old police constable shot all nine of his companions aboard a police launch on sea patrol yesterday afternoon. Two were killed. The alleged assailant armed himself with a sterling submachine gun and two 38 revolvers before going on the shooting152 words
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Article102 1969-03-26 5 ADDIS ABABA, (Reuter) Women representatives from 35 African countries today condemned polygamy in the continent, in spite of a warning that it's abolition would deprive husbands of a substantial labouar force. The warning came from madams Camara Diowory Diarra of Mali, one of the 120 women102 words
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Article232 1969-03-26 5 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) For sale: An island kingdom, without taxes, police or traffic problems, just 11 miles off the southwest England coast. The independent little island of Lundy in the Bristol channel is to be sold bv its owners for a probable price of over £lOO.OOO.232 words
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Article171 1969-03-26 5 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Britain’s Minister of Defence Mr. Denis Healey lived up to his title last night. He jumped off the platform at a Labour Party rally in East London and chased an unruly spectator who had hit former Commonwealth Secretary Arthur Bottomley in the stomach.171 words
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Article142 1969-03-26 5 HONG KONG. Tues (UPI) Former Indonesian President Sukarno's beautiful Japanese wife arrived here from Bangkok for a short pleasure visit last night. Mrs. Ratna Sari Sukarno, the third official wife of the ousted Indonesian president was accompanied by her two-year-old daughter, Kartika, a French secretary142 words
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Article139 1969-03-26 5 AMSTERDAM. Tues (UPI) Beat:* John Lennon and his new* Japanese bride Yoko Ono arrived here last night to stage a “happening”. A London newspaper said they would engage in a “love-in” witnessed by friends and newsmen. Lennon and Yoko booked into the139 words
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Article167 1969-03-26 5 WASHINGTON. Tues (UPI) The Campbell Soup Company has been putting marbles in its soup to make it look heftier in television commercials. the Federal Trade Commission said today. In line with its new policy of publicising instances of deceptive television advertising, the commission announced it intended to167 words
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Article750 1969-03-26 5 LYNCH LAW KARACHI. (Reuter) Police have arrested nearly 450 people in an attempt to stem a wave of grisly mob lynchings in East Pakistan where some 170 victims have died this month. Most of the arrests were in three areas swept by the mounting wave of lawlessness in protest750 words
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Article251 1969-03-26 6 mHE Army has started to quell the violence in Pakistan. Troops are manning key installations in Karachi, West Pakistan, following the labour unrest there. In the East wing, over 420 troublemakers are under arrest and special control rooms are functioning in the capital, Dacca,251 words
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190 1969-03-26 6 (AFP) rpHE Paris peace talks have shown Washlngton’s and Saigon’s “continuing lack of desire for the talks to progress toward a political settlement of the Vietnam problem.” the Government newspaper Izvestia said today. Quoted by Tass News Agency, the newspaper also rejected what were described as(AFP) - 190 words
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Article113 1969-03-26 6 (UPI) rpHE Washington Daily news in an editorial entitled “Decline of the west,” said on Monday: “A Japanese firm plans to market a motordriven fishing reel. All automatic. When fish nibbles bait a ‘sensor B’ turns on switch C, starting reel D, landing fish E.— (UPI) - 113 words
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361 1969-03-26 6 Freedom Of Press Is Dead In Brazil Panama, Cuba Haiti ACAPULCO, Mexico. Tues. (UPI) Freedom of the press in the Western Hemisphere has undergone “norrible deterioration" in recent months, delegates to the Inter-American Press Association (lAPA) mid-year meeting were told by one of their officers here on Monday. lAPA Press361 words
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178 1969-03-26 6 BANGKOK. Tu«f. (Reuter) Thailand's five police training centres can turn out only 8.500 policemen a year although the country needs the services of 12.000 additional policemen every year, the Director General of the Police Department General Prasert Ruchirawongse said today. General Prasert told reporters178 words
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128 1969-03-26 6 HONGKONG. Tues. (AFP) The Wen Hui Pao, organ of the Shanghai Municipal Revolutionary Committee, claimed today that the “epoch for workers to hold the medical scalpel has arrived.” The party paper, cited by Radio Shanghai tonight, was commenting editorially on the successful practice of surgical128 words
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240 1969-03-26 6 KARACHI. Tuts. (UPI) Mobs of peasants from faminestricken areas of East Pakistan are marching on Dacca, leaving a trail of murder, looting and arson. British travellers from the area reported on Monday. Radio Pakistan reported mass arrests of lawless elements. The peasants, thousands strong, have240 words
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298 1969-03-26 6 GILBERT SEDBON - BY GILBERT SEDBON PARIS. Tues. (Reuter) The French Cabinet today approved the text of a Bill on next month's referendum on Senate and regional reform which President de Gaulle has already described as “a question of confidence.” Final touches to the BUI and Its298 words
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265 1969-03-26 6 HONGKONG. Tues. (AFP) Traders and finance department workers in Shanghai have given up their weekly holidays, Sundays, and vacations bv keeping their doors open seven days a week and 24 hours a day, Radio Shanghai reported tonight. This is the result of studying Mao's thought which265 words
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Article159 1969-03-26 6 DACCA. East Pakistan. Tues. (AFP) The head of the proPeking National Awami Party. Moulana Bhashanl, flew in here today and told a massive crowd waving red flags at the airport to be ready to fight if popular demands were not met peacefully. He threatened to159 words
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85 1969-03-26 6 RAWALPINDI. Tues. (t'PI) The Secretary General of the Rightwing Awami League on Monday said “There Is no cause for alarm” on reports of deteriorating law and order in East Pakistan. A. H Kamruzzaman said in a press conference “Pakistan today is much better85 words
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256 1969-03-26 6 NEW DELHI Tues. (AFP) India's militant Marxist Communist Party will not participate in the forthcoming conference of World Communist Parties sheduled for June 5 in Moscow, party leader and Chief Minister of the southern state of Kerala E.M.S. Namhoodiripad said here today. Mr.256 words
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Article409 1969-03-26 6 MOSCOW. Tues. (Reuter) The Italian Communist Partv tonight brought differences over preparations for the Kremlin s forthcoming World Communist Confer- ence out into the open. A statement issued to correspondents by Signor Carlo Galuzzi, leader of the Italian Party’s delegation to the justended meeting of i409 words
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Article885 1969-03-26 6 (From sin Chew Jit Poh) These few days, the cannonade around t hen Pao Island has quietened somewhat. But the clash between the two giants. China and the Soviet Union. have begun to attract the attention and the concern of the world, letting loose an abundance of885 words
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192 1969-03-26 6 RAWALPINDI. Tues. (UPI) A Federal Parliamentary form of Government with a federation of two states East and West Pakistan has been proposed by a moderate opposition leader. The draft constitutional amendments were submitted to President Mohammad Ayub Khan by Sheik Mujlbur Rehman, leader of192 words
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Article115 1969-03-26 6 WASHINGTON Tues. (UPI) Canada's apparent Intention of extending diplomatic recognition to Communist China did not come up in initial talks between President Nixon and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, a White House spokesman said on Monday. Trudeau arrived in Washington on Monday and met privately with115 words
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Article241 1969-03-26 6 PRAGUE. Tues. (AFP) Czechoslovakia’s Comm mist Central Committee toc'ay struck out at “lnsufficienci s” in carrying out resolutions of its November plenary and denounced “people in party ranks opposed to party policy.” The denunciations came in a communique released by the News Agency Ceteka following a meeting of241 words
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Advertisement31 1969-03-26 6 Eastehn Sun Singapore’s Own National Daily WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1969 23-B. Cantonment Road. i 9. |slsn Sultsn. Singe pore 2. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telephone: *****/7 Telephone: *****/6 Cable Address: AW NEWS31 words
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Article, Illustration500 1969-03-26 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. After lengthy research into the question of what a modern office is designed to achieve. BP Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. has adopted a new concept in office design intended to improve the productivity and -tone of the working day. Called500 words
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Article220 1969-03-26 7 FOUR European airlines, which will put the Jumbo Jets into operation next year, have signed an agreement to form an organisation to rationalise the maintenance and overhaul of thair aircraft The airlines are Lufthansa. Alitalia, Air France-UTA and Sabena. The organisation has been named ATLAS.220 words
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158 1969-03-26 7 NEW YORK. Tues (UPI)— The stock market finished on the losing side for the second consecutive session yesterday, but the margin was skimpy as it was on Friday. Shortly before the close the UPI stock market Indicator was off 0 12 per158 words
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Article130 1969-03-26 7 SINGAPORE. Tu«. The Association of Banks in Malay. sia-Smgapore today maae the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency). SELLING T.T. or O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks $76.6200; Holland Guilders $84.7350; Swiss Francs $71.6775; Belgian Francs $6.1300;130 words
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1836 1969-03-26 7 By Our Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Tues. The prevailing interest in the selective industrials was maintained in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore today. Trading started on firm conditions and drifted away on profit-taking on resumption in the afternoon. The late easier developments1,836 words
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Article40 1969-03-26 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Dow Jones closing average on the New York stock exchange: 39 Industrial 917 08 20 Rails 242.73 15 Uti! ties 129 76 65 Stocks 320 68 40 Bond* 73.13 Commodity Futures Index 137.3740 words
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Article16 1969-03-26 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. The tin price for today was 5596 62* per picul. down $0.87*.16 words
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Article310 1969-03-26 7 Rubber: 70 Cents SINGAPORE. Tues April first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 pm., in Singapore nad Kuala Lumpur today at 70-3 8 cents per lb., down one and one quarter cents from previous close The tone of 1 ie market was slightly easier. .After a lower opening on disappointing310 words
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Article48 1969-03-26 7 NEW YORK Tues (UPI) Rubber futures closed 10 points lower on no sales Ask Bid May 26.25 27.05 July 26.05 2665 September 25.70 25.90 November 25.80 26 05 Jan (1970) 25.80 26.05 March 25 80 26 05 Locally. No. 2 RSS was 26 cents per pound.48 words
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224 1969-03-26 7 LONDON. Tues (UPI) Industrial stocks and British Government bonds pushed higher on a more cheerful stock market yesterday while the major oUs. South African gold mines and Australian Mines all gained ground. A weekend speech by Mr. Edward Heath, leader224 words
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Article530 1969-03-26 7 MMMPOKK Mur* fci rtianKf sold and oi her prl< v* rttnoall* lined dullness the ClOM* of INDUSTRIALS B. 8\cma 2.41 Ken A Co XK 2. .V> Borneo Bhd 1.93 1 97 Houstead 2.17 2.19 l.'inifl I’lvnood 2 Mi ibs < sugar 1 ALL MU old Morale530 words
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Article51 1969-03-26 7 •Manager* Prices) l*t Malayan \D 3.04 2nd Malayan XD 2.10 3rd Malayan 1.38 Ihe Commerce Ind 1.09 1 19 The having 1 un«l XD 1.20 1 30 iiiw*t fund 1.35 1 45 1st Hung Kong 1.35 1 41 2nd Hong Kong .94 .93 sterl.ng Com 6/10 (•Hong Kong51 words
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Article103 1969-03-26 7 SINGAPORE. Tue*. The noon prices at the Singapore hine*e Produce Exchange today are:— Boyer Seller nctinut Oil (COB) Bulk 49.00 imimiui on (f OR.) Iirum 51 50 Ml\e»l Copra 31.00 Miinfuk While Pepper 11 O B 06% N.L.W. 117.50 ••ram* White Pepper (1 OK.) 115.00 *»r,i»ak special Black Pepper103 words
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Article272 1969-03-26 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. The following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for Wednesday. March 26: DEPARTURE: Godewna Vessels 6'7 Jalakaia 13/14 State of Mysore 31 32 Holsatia 35/36 Peleus 42 43 Thuringia 45 Mootne 20/39 Ar.sgaritor 13/14 Siraat Hobart ARRIVAL: Godowns Vessels 6/7272 words
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Advertisement239 1969-03-26 7 SHIPPING NOTICES 0Y A M AffilL IN E OISCBAbGI.NG FROM JAPAN PORT* via HONGKONG Ante MAID Mar SI Apr Apr VANStI MART Apr I# 11 Apr If m U.MANJU LINE DISCHARGING FROM JAPAN PORI P »TA BONGKONG P uly Mar M Mar Mi Apr S/4 Apr I CHIP SENG CO..239 words
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Advertisement467 1969-03-26 7 AIR MOVEMENTS .10* m 2.1 a m w no a m lo lu a m 10 15 m 10 2.1 a m 10 50 a m. 1.10 p m 2.2.1 d m 2 40 p m 3 25 p m 3 25 p m 4 45 p m 5.25 p467 words
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476 1969-03-26 8 UNCLE SAM IS PILLORIED KARACHI, Tues. (UPI) The United States has been accused of interfering in Pakistan's political crisis with massive financing to keep the government of President Mohammad Ayub Khan in power. Leftist leader Maulana Bashani made the charge on his return to476 words
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Article148 1969-03-26 8 TOKYO, Tues (Reuter) Japanese traveller* will be able to go abroad with more foreign exchange from next month. The Japanese government today decided to relax restrictions on the amount of foreign exchange they can take overseas, effective from April 1, the Finance Ministry announced It said148 words
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Article, Illustration76 1969-03-26 8 THE French-built Franco-British concorde passenger jet is seen here at her inaugural flight at Toulouse being “shadowed’* by an Air Force jet, two helicopters (one under her “nose”) and a light plane (the “cross" in sky above). The British versions is due to fly in a few weeks,76 words
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Article174 1969-03-26 8 PARIS. Tues. (UPI) The French Communist Party today called on its five million voters to reject President Charles de Gaulle s referendum on April 2“ that would radically restructure the administrative and parliamentary life of France. The Communist stand was the largest to date against174 words
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Article89 1969-03-26 8 RICHMOND. Kentucky. Tues (AFP) Kentucky woodman Paul Griffin was arrested today and charged with selling two of his children Police have accused him of disposing of one child for US$l59 and the other for an unspecified amount to two couples living in the same area. Griffin,89 words
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Article37 1969-03-26 8 WASHINGTON. (Router) President Nixon today named Lieutenant General 'William B Rosson to replace Genera! Andrew G Goodpaster as deputy U.S. Commander in Vietnam. General Goodpaster is being reassigned as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.37 words
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503 1969-03-26 8 JOHN ROGERS - By JOHN ROGERS KARACHI. Tues. (Reuter) The leftist former Foreign Minister. Zulftcar All Bhutto, has accused President Ayub Khan of using Pakistan's current wave of violence to win public support for continued strong-arm rule. Mr. Bhutto, who served for a time in the Cabinet after503 words
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228 1969-03-26 8 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. I Tues (DPI) Edna Gardner Whyte, America's senior aviatrix. says she believed someone may ha’ e sabotaged Amelia Earhart's gas gauges on her ill-fated 1937 transpacific flight. “I think Amelia was photographing the Japanese-held mandate islands and the photos she took were228 words
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509 1969-03-26 8 SAIGON, Tues. (UPI) The U.S. military command has asked President Nixon to approve plans to attack a string of North Vietnamese bases in Cambodia, Informed American sources said today. which co-ordinates electronic warfare in Laos. Aircraft s« e< 3 the509 words
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218 1969-03-26 8 CANBERRA. Tues. (AFP) Prime Minister Mr. John Gorton told Parliament witmn an hour of its re-assembly tins afternoon that with his colleagues of the Liberal and Country Party he would not be distracted from governing Australia by innuendoes against his character. He repeated that his218 words
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85 1969-03-26 8 MANILA. Tues. (UPI) Foreign Secretary' Carlos P Romulo today deplored the practice of some Filipino diplomats in the United States wrho register their children born in the U.S. as Americans, not Filipinos. A Manila newspaper had reported that an increasing number of Filipino diplomats85 words
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458 1969-03-26 8 Constancio Palisoc - By Constancio Palisoc MANILA. Tues. (Reuter) The Philippines is importing cattle in a determined bid to be self-sufficient in beef and milk requirements bv 1975. The government's Bureau of Animal Industry has drawn up an "expanded animal production programme” which includes a call for458 words
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Advertisement446 1969-03-26 8 55 EASTERN SUN U.N.C.L.E. FAN CLUB NEWSLETTER Pen-Pals Column NAME: ADDRESS: District No. SECTION: NUMBER: HOBBIES INTERESTS: AGE: SEX: OPEN CHANNEL D Come In all member*. I suppose by now you have noticed that we are publishing our newsletter only once a fortnight. The reason is that we have run446 words
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1307 1969-03-26 9 Sheilah Graham - By Sheilah Graham SHIRLEY MacLaine in “Sweet Charity" has her first big hit since “The Apartment." She is really great and this will please her kid brother, Warren Beatty. The siblings have been very friendly in recent years. At the beginning it was1,307 words
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Article, Illustration821 1969-03-26 9 Sheilah Graham - By Sheilah Graham HOLLYWOOD, Tues. (NANA) “When I first came to Hollywood I was terribly shy," Anthony Quinn told me We were lunching in the executive dining room at Paramount's Culver City studio, where Tony is completing his role in “A Dream of821 words
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Advertisement32 1969-03-26 9 J SINGAPORE SWEEP NOW IST PRIZE $400,000 ''ALL PRIZES GUARANTEED IN FULL TOTAL PRIZES over NEXT DRAW *>1,000,000 BTH APRIL ’69 ■t the VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL ALL WELCOME* BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY!32 words
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Miscellaneous231 1969-03-26 9 SHAW Ox>|[anlßKtton LIDO Phone 284)4 NOW SHOWING: U SW.. 1.30, 4.00, C. 30 9 15 P m Michael Came "PI AY DIRTY" Technicolor. Panav.sion <ua> TODAY ONLY! No Tree List 11 a m 130, «(io. 0.4.3 A 830 > m Tomorrow Is Anolhrr Par" IA 6haw Production* Mandarin in Shawncope.231 words
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Miscellaneous296 1969-03-26 9 TODAY and YOU... Wednesday, March 26. 1969. STAR. GAZER*»O ARIES NA9 21 4L r 33-40-54-571 63-66-73 TAURUS AM. 20 MAY 20 ’-50-59-67 •S>7o-77-81-85 GEMINI MAy2i jOtkjO 9-26-3938 ■s^6l-71-82-87 CANCER EZTTiT 4- 5-12-17 31-35-51 LEO juxa AUG. 22 8-10-24 -45-79-83 Virgo y\ AUG. 23 ■A SECT. 22 11^53-5*75 -By CLAY R-296 words
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Miscellaneous101 1969-03-26 9 ORCHARD: OPENS TOMORROW! DAILY 4 SHOWS: 1.30. 4.00. 6.30 9.15 pm. THOSE WHO LIVE BY THE FLESH, SHALL PERISH BY THE FLESH... 9 V 7 7 :ir~ 20»i cnrw to pwi wm rownnis prooucrai PECLiNfL ANP FALL OFA BIRBWATCHQI M ’S Smim JOB MTWCX N6S -IB KOM 6fWEVE P»6£ F00«i101 words
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Miscellaneous233 1969-03-26 9 I The BROTHERHOOD of CRIME... VIOLENCE DEATH! KIRK DOUGLAS THE BROTHERHOOD 'Tomcouv i ODFON OPENS TOMORROW! V V 11 am, 1.30,4.00.6.30 9.30 pm. NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD...unless they get caught! They plot the DUFFY big family is swindle in Bi&SB BWB Tough... a Tangiers pad... C 001... They233 words
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Miscellaneous274 1969-03-26 9 [gATHAYjB CATHAY ***** LAST DAY! 11 am.. 1 .so. 4 00. 6.3 ft 9 .so p m Columbia s •CORRUPTION” Peter CUSHING Sue LLOYD In Co'.umblacolor OPENS TOMORROW 1 'The Stalkler Moon" Gregory Perk Eva Marie Saint ~BS Role. usi DAI: 11 a n.. 1.30 4. II I.M. 4 no.274 words
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Article885 1969-03-26 10 Dole Morsch - By Dole Morsch NEW DELHI, (UPI) Four years ago in the Punjab, the northern granary of India, Ranjit Singh was growing only enough wheat on his 10-acre farm to earn the equivalent of U.S. $466. Today, by using high-yielding seed, fertilizer and pesticides, he is earning $l/733885 words
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Article336 1969-03-26 10 U Ba Than - By U Ba Than RANGOON, Tues. (UPI) Tattooed on their arms are such fanciful names as Fu Manchu and Red Sharks. They carry bicycle chains, brass knuckles, iron rods and sometimes a concealed knife. They roam the streets fighting gang battles, picking quarrels with strangers,336 words
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Article, Illustration460 1969-03-26 10 Manila, (Upd Carlos P. Romulo, who took a Cabinet job at an age when most men retire, arrives at his office at 7 a.m. each day. Most of the officials working for him are eating breakfast at home when Romulo walks into the— UPI photo. - 460 words
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Article, Illustration200 1969-03-26 10 It takes three years to grow a succulent Australian oyster and only a second to slip it down your throat, but gourmets agree that second is worth waiting for. Australian oysters are now found on the menus of hotels and restaurants in Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur,200 words
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Article120 1969-03-26 10 TOKYO. Tues. (Reuter) The Ministry of International Trade and Industry said today Japans Kyushu OH Development Company will step up oil resource* development in Kalimantan. Borneo with financial aid from Union Carbide Corp (UCC) of the United States. The Ministry said the two firms have120 words
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Article114 1969-03-26 10 NEW YORK. Tues. (Reuter) The entire cast of the offbroadway play “Che” was arrested at the end of last night’s performance on charges of puplic lewdness, sodomy and obscenity. They were due to appear in court here today. The one-act play, which opened on Saturday,114 words
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Article673 1969-03-26 10 Hifoshi Sato - By Hifoshi Sato rpOKYO, (UPI) Losing a valuable employee -I- to a rival firm was too much for Ichiro Ishihara, operator of a leather goods firm. Ishihara, 48, rounded up eight of his workers, including his son, and abducted Yoshihiro Sato from his house. They673 words
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623 1969-03-26 10 Ronald Golden - By Ronald Golden IfONTUM CITY. South Vietnam. Tues. (Reuter) A 5ij t hulking Briton with a boxer's broken nose has become the hero of thousands of South Vietnamese Montagnard hill tribesmen here. Geoff Bulley. 23, who stands well over six feet (1.8623 words
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187 1969-03-26 10 HONG KONG. Tues. (AFPV The communist Laotian newspaper, “Liberation Army”, said in a recent commentary that the ‘Special Force’ created by the U.S. in Laos is fast losing its fighting powder and is doomed to failure. The paper, cited by the North Vietnam187 words
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Article95 1969-03-26 10 GODALMING, England. Tues. (Reuter) —a 64-year-old widower whose four daughters are all nuns today will be ordained as a Roman Catholic priest. At least 30 relatives, including two sons, will watch as Michael O’Brien, formerly a teacher at a church-run school in Limerick, is ordained in95 words
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Article51 1969-03-26 10 DAMASCUS, Tues. (Reuter)' Swollen rivers in north-east Syria and in Damascus began to recede today, an Interior Ministry spokesman said But a large part of the northeast city of Al Hasakah tIU n a ftw the Khabour and Jaghjagha rivers burst their bankg three days ago, he added.51 words
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Article, Illustration749 1969-03-26 11 Peter Gregson - By Peter Gregson UONG KONG, Tues. (Reuter) The Hong Kong Open Golf Championship tees off on Thursday with all eyes on the Japanese. A record field of 97 entries, 73 of them professionals, have entered for the HK$BO,OOO (£5,520) tournament with749 words
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Article119 1969-03-26 11 HONG KONG. Tues .UP!) Nationalist China's Hs;eh Mm-nan today fired a five-under-par 65 in the first day of the pro-am tournament to win US$25O of prize money. Other under-par finishers ncluded Hsu Chi-san, also of Taiwan, carding four-under-par 66 Australia's Frank PhiL lips. 67, and119 words
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Article161 1969-03-26 11 SINGAPORE. Tues The match between the visiting Paradedetex of Medan and Fatbul Karib Invitation XI was held up for 25 minutes when a player, sent off the field refused to stay away. The game was held up just before the resumption when Sujitto, the161 words
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Article153 1969-03-26 11 Counsel For Jo ckey At Hearing LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) For the first time in the history of British raring, a jockey was legally represented yesterday at an official inquiry held by the Jockey Club. He was acquitted Roy Edwards. 35-year-old rider over Jumps, appeared before the Stewards of the Jockey153 words
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213 1969-03-26 11 NEW YORK. Tues (Reuter) Australian professional Rod I.aver, generally acknowledged the world's leading tennis player, has been relegated to second seed behind his younger compatriot Tony Roche for the *****.000 Madison Square Garden Open Tournament beginning here today. Roche. 22, has improved tremendously since213 words
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Article150 1969-03-26 11 LONDON, Tues (Reuter) Cricket pools which could return a profit of £50.000 to the sport will be launched this summer on the new Sunday cricket league The Pools Promoters Association hag agreed to pay the Test and County Cricket Board one per cent of the gross150 words
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Article84 1969-03-26 11 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Jimmy Revig won the vacant British featherweight title when he stopped Scotsman John O Brien in five rounds at the World Sporting Club here last night. Southpaw Revie. only 21. was in command from the opening round punishing the former British Empire champion84 words
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232 1969-03-26 11 LONDON. Tues. (CPI) A four million pound (CSS 9.600.000) scheme to rebuild completely the Oval cricket ground, providing an ultra modern home for Surrey County Cricket Club and 500 apartments and shops. ha s been approved by the Greater London Council. Work232 words
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265 1969-03-26 11 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Tonv Book, who four years ago was an unknown 30-year-old bricklayer, has become the most talked-ahout soccer player in England. Last weekend. Book, known r to his team-mates as Dad”, captained First Division club Manchester City to a place in the265 words
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Article86 1969-03-26 11 WORCESTER. England. Tues (Reuter) —Tom Graveney, England's vice-captain on the recent cricket tour of Pakistan. has been unwell since his return and has been advised to rest for a period. He was seen by a specialist yesterday. Afterwards h:s wife. Mrs. Jackie Graveney, s aid86 words
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123 1969-03-26 11 DONCASTER. England, Tues. (Reuter)—The 1969 English flat racing season got off to a freezing start here yesterday, with 19-year-old apprentice rider John Wood bringing off a shock wm in the first race. Wood won the first apprentice handicap, confined to boy riders, on the123 words
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Article1614 1969-03-26 12 Clan 3. Dlv 2 —5V4 Furs. Str. 243 Smoko 4y 9.00 Gary's Stable R Bkelen 800 Syndicate 5y 900 Rajakam Stable 218 Par Excellence 4y 8 12 Excellence Stable 220 Correct Tim* 4y 8.11 Correct Stable 226 Prince Gleam 4y 8 11 Bright Star Stable1,614 words
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Article, Illustration555 1969-03-26 12 DENTON, Texas, T u e s. (UPI) Cassius Clay, the deposed heavyweight boxing champion convicted of refusing induction into the U.S. Army said on Monday he was "thankful" for a U.S. Supreme Court decision that ordered a lower court rehearing of555 words
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436 1969-03-26 12 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Jerry Quarry, tossing away defence, spattered Buster Mathis with left hooks and knocked him down in the second round to win a unanimous 12-round decision in Madison Square Garden on Monday night, setting himself up for a heavyweight436 words
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Article222 1969-03-26 12 SINGAPORE, Tues. Last year's champions. 19 Signals, will clash with their closest rivals. Khalsa Association 'A', in the first round of the 1969 SHA senior division knock-out competition to be played at the Prisons ground. Changi. tomorrow at 5 15 pm. Khalsa. who were defeated222 words
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414 1969-03-26 12 Leslie Nokashima - By Leslie Nokashima r POKYO, Tuos. (UPI) Foreign delegates described the Bth Asian Raeing Conference which closed today ot the Hotel New Otoni as an outstanding success. The conference which started on March 14 was attended by 127 foreign delegates from414 words
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Article156 1969-03-26 12 DONCASTER. (Yorkshire) Tue? (AFP) After a wintespent riding winners in world hot snorts like Hong Kong. Singapore and Australia, British champion jockey Lester Piggot* continued on his triumphant way when the English flat season opened in “Arctic”’ conditions here yesterday. The shivering crowd saw156 words
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600 1969-03-26 12 DONCASTER. Tues. (Reuter) For only the second time in post-war years, there will be less than 30 runners for tomorrow's Irish Sweep’s Lincoln Handicap here, first big race of the new English flat racing season. The decline in the size of the field600 words
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345 1969-03-26 12 IPOH. Tues. Trainer iitson Leong's Philadelphia showed sparkling form on a good track here this morning when he clocked 37 1 5 for 3 furs. Outspoken, who has improved since the last outing at Bukit Timah, was another that caught the eye. Ridden hv345 words
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Article226 1969-03-26 12 LAUSANNE. Switzerland, Tues. (Reuter) The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board has recommended the retention of the Winter Olympic Games. lOC President Avery Brundage announced here yesterday. In recommendations to go before the forthcoming full meeting of the lOC. the Board said: “More value should be attached226 words
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Advertisement452 1969-03-26 11 EmpText APPOINTMENT Cl GENERAL MANAGER The Public Utilities Board. Singapore, a Corporation set up under the Public Utilities Ordinance, 1963, for the purpose of managing Water. Gas and Electricity Departments of the Board, invites applications for the post of General Manager. THg General Manager will, subiect to the directions of452 words
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Miscellaneous984 1969-03-26 11 YOUR TV and Radio FOiMF TV SINGAPURA (CHANNEL S) P.M 255 Opening Announcement in all Languages and Housewives Matinee Part 1 of a Mandarin Film. "Nyonyah”; 3.30 House and Home Chinese Version: 340 A Diary of Events in Singapore This WeeK Chinese Version; 345 Be Our Guest English Version; 400984 words
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Miscellaneous106 1969-03-26 12 Time And Tide TODAY Singapore Town: 2.50 am. (8 ft 1 in.); 10.06 am. (2 ft. 3 ins.); 5 p.m. (5 ft. 7 ins.); 9.38 p.m. (5 ft. 2 ins.). Naval Dockyard: 2 56 am. (9 ft. 2 ins 9 27 am. (3 ft. 3 ins.); 5 02 p.m. (7106 words
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