Eastern Sun, 19 April 1969

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 973 Saturday, 19 April 1969. MC(P) 0737 Prlcm 15 omU
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    Lock icon Bloodhounds: Accord On Sale
    254 1 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Agreement on the sale of British Bloodhound anti-air-craft missiles to Singapore was reached here today in talks between Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Britain's Defence Secretary Denis Healey. informed sources said. The commercial future of the big R A F. base
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    Lock icon Top Golf Course For Blakang Mati
    74 1 SINGAPORE. Fri. Negotiations are being made with an American company for the construction of an 18-hole world class golf course at Blakang Mati island. A statement today said that with the object of making Singapore a more attractive tourist centre. the Minister for Finance
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    Lock icon Getaway Car Runs Out Of Petrol
    43 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri. fßenter) Five men who stole 31.000 cruzeiros (about £3.230) from a factory were in jail today because their getaway car ran out of petrol 50 metres (yards) from the scene of the crime.
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    Lock icon Malik: New Efforts To Solve Dispute
    736 1  -  SABAH By JOHN KAM SINGAPORE, Fri. Fresh efforts have been made within ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) to settle the Sabah dispute between Malaysia and the Philippines. This was disclosed today by Mr Adam Malik. Indonesia's Foreign Minister, when he answered questions during
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    Lock icon THE TIMES ON LEE AS U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL
    403 1 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) The Times today suggested Singapore's Premier. Lee Kuan Yew. might be a successor to C Thant as Secretary-General of the L'nited Nations. His candidature is a theory strongly held in certain Commonwealth quarters, the independent daily's diarist reported. The theory
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    Lock icon Asian Highway Ralliers Stream Into S'pore
    452 1 FIRST TO ARRIVE SINGAPORE. Fri. The first batch of ralliers in the First Asian Highway Motor Rally streamed into Singapore from 8.59 p m and finished at Empress Place. The first to arrive was No. 16. a Holden In the car was Mrs Gladv*
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    Lock icon Tunku Refutes War Rumours
    148 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman today dismissed as "'a lie" radio broadcasts from stations m Southern Philippines that war between Malaysia and Philippines was imminent. The Tunku was commenting on a report from Sandakan which said radio stations in Southern Philippines had stepped
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    Lock icon A Boy For Former Miss Universe
    56 1 BANGKOK. Fri. (Reuter) Ahpasra Kittivakara, the beau, ty who was chosen Thailand's first Miss Universe in 1965. has given birth to her first child a boy weighing 7 pounds. Ahpasra. daughter of an air force officer, married Mom Rachawong Kiatikun K'.ttivakara. a cousin of
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    Lock icon MAO'S LOSS
    49 1 HONG KONG, Fri. (Reuter) Chinese leader Mao Tsetung may have won new victories at the ninth Communist Party Congress in Peking but he has lost one thing the hyphen in his name. The New China News Agency has started spelling it Mao Tsetung instead of Mao Tsetung.
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    Lock icon Sirhan Guilty Of First Degree Murder
    313 1 LOS ANGELES. *ri. (UPI) Sirhan B. Sirhan was convicted of first degree murder yesterday for the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy a verdict that could send him to the gas chamber. The same jury that convicted the 25-year-old Arab must decide next week
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    Lock icon New S'pore H.C. Premises
    88 1 SINGAPORE. Fri The Singapore High Commission in London yesterday moved to its new permanent home a house formerly owned by Lord Mountbatten. the last Viceroy of India, and its first Governor-General. Lord Mountbatten has strong links with Singapore, formed when he was Supreme Allied Commander in
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    115 1 LEAMINGTON SPA, England, Fri. (Reuter)—Hous*. wife Helen Townsend pressed the wrong button on a bus and sent it crashing through a shop window. It all started when the driver. Graham Morgan, parked the empty 30-seater and went off to a nearby public lavatory yesterday. Mrs. Townsend. 36, a
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    Lock icon New Multi – Million Dollar Power Plant For Jurong
    424 2 New Multi Million Dollar Power Plant For Jurong SINGAPORE, Fri. A multi-million dollar new power plant is being constructed at Jurong to meet the increasing demand for electrical energy in Singapore especially in the industrial A statement by the Public Utilities Board said that of the 1,447 million units consumed
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    Lock icon Germany Favours Trade Liberalisation
    855 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. Germany favours trade liberalisation, the country's State Secretary, Dr. Ido Hein declared today. Speaking at a press conference today, he pledged that his country would do everything within the European Common Market (of which she is a member) limits to pursue this policy for
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    Lock icon Wife Was Stabbed 17 Times, Divorce Court Told
    312 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. A housewife, Charadza M. Suppiah. who received seventeen stab wounds when her husband assaulted her. was todav granted a divorce by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah in the high Court. Charadza. suing her husband. Jruseppa Pillai, for a divorce on
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    Lock icon Football Pool Coupons Seized
    111 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Two envelopes containing football pool coupons addressed to Liverpool in Britain have been detained by the postal authorities here a police spokesman said today. The envelopes were detected by a postal Inspector while he was going through a pile of letters at the
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    Lock icon Week's 2nd Lucky Shopper
    83 2 The lady above Is Eastern Sun's second lucky shopper for the week. She was "caught" shopping at Metrotex in Orchard Road on Wednesday about 11-30 a.m. The lucky shopper wins a S2O gift voucher. She should call at the Eastern Sun offlee at 238 Cantonment Road.
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    Lock icon MY IDEAL MAN BY MISS AUSTRALIA '69
    297 2  -  By K. S. SIDHU SINGAPORE. Fri. Miss Australia 1969. lovely Miss Suzanne McClelland, looks forward to a quiet married life, provided she can And her "ideal man" who must be muscular, intelligent and understanding. "Besides I also want him to be a good
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    Lock icon Toto: $10,000 Bonus For First Prize
    163 2 SINGAPORE Fri Singa pore Pools (Pte > Limited announced today that in addition to the basic first prize of 55A.000 a bonus of $lO,OOO will be given to winners at thi« week s Toto Draw to be held on Sunday. Should there be no
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    Lock icon Had False Lottery Ticket
    87 2 KUALA LUMPUR Fri. A man has been detained for possessing a false Social and Welfare Services Loferies Board ticket, a police spokesman said today He said the man presented the ticket at the Board's office here yesterday and claimed one of the two fifth prizes of
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    Lock icon Now A Vaccine To Immune Women Against German Measles
    373 2  -  By H. C. TAN SINGAPOBE. Fri. For the first time, medical research has discovered a vaccine which is supposed to immune women against German Measles. This "revolutionary" breakthrough was disclosed today by Mr. Peter Mathews Overseas Markets Manager of Smith Kline
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    Lock icon College Of Graduate Studies For Nantah
    588 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. Tht Vice-Chancellor of Nonyang University, Professor L. F. Huang, today disclosed that plans were now ahead to set up a College of Graduate Studies. He expressed the hope that this project would materialise by next year. The Vife-Chancellor was speaking to newsmen
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    Lock icon IBM Office Burgled
    52 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Trt. Thieves broke Into the office of the IBM World Trade Corporation In JaJan Pudu here yesterday and got away two dictating machines worth $3,330. police said today. The Arm's *alei supervisor discovered the losj when he went to the office yesterday morning, A police
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    Lock icon RESIGNATION CONFIRMED
    89 2 SINGAPORE. Fri The resignation of Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim, the Republic's former Ambassador to the Cnited Arab Renublir and former Attorney-General from covernment service was published in a Government Gazette Notification today. The Gazette Notification announced that Dr. Ibrahim. Legal Consultant to the Ministry of Finance, had on Marrh
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    Lock icon Indian Delegate Expresses A Hope
    805 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. The leader of the ln<jj<yi delegation to the ECAFE meeting, Mr. Surendra Pal Singh, today expressed the hope that the just and reasonable aspirations of the developing countries would strike a responsive chord in the minds of the developed countries sooner than later.
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    Lock icon 'We're Approaching More Congenial Climate'
    388 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. Dr. Sompong Sucharitkul, deputy representative of the Thai delegation, said by accident or design member countries of ECAFE seem to be approaching a better and more congeniol climate which might open up a new era of truly useful economic co-operation among nations. Speaking
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    Lock icon 'A Great And Sad Loss To The United Nations'
    713 3 A Great And Sad Loss To The United Nations' SINGAPORE. Fri. The ECAFE executive secretary, I' Nyun, today described the death of the President of the I* n i t e d Nations General Assembly. Dr. Emilio Arenales-Catalan. "as a {reat and sad loss to the nited Nations". In his
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    Lock icon 'ECAFE Can Provide Important Stimulus'
    379 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. Mr. B. van Eldik, Netherlands representative to the ECAFE conference, said that the second development decade programme undertaken by the United Nations might result in a breakthrough and prove a historical turning point on the long and hard way of mankind to prosperity
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    Lock icon Japan: Will To Co-operate Rapidly Gaining Momentum
    466 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Japanese Ambassador to the 25th ECAFE session, Mr. Kiochiro Asakai, said that interest in and willingness for co-operation was rapidly gaining momentum in Asia in the past few years. Mr. Asakai said there was no doubt that the future of
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    Lock icon $1,270,000 FOR FOUNDATION
    168 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce has so far received $1,270,000 for its foundation in its fund raising campaign which started a week ago. This sum of money included two cheques of SIO.OOO each donated by two anonymous donors and received by the chamber's president. Mr
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    Lock icon PM Lee Plans 3-week Vital Tour Of UK
    321 4 LONDON. Fri. (UPI> Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew arrived yesterday on a three-week visit to Britain and for important talks with British Ministers. He was greeted at London Airport on his arrival by Lord Shepherd. Minister of State at the Foreign
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    Lock icon 50-Ton Fertilizer Gift By China
    178 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Republic of China and the Mekong Committee (Cambodia. Laos. Thailand and Republic of Vietnam) today signed a plan of operation covering a donation of 50 tons of fretilizer to the Mekong Committee. The signing took place at a ceremony held during the
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    Lock icon Practical Colour Photography Course
    123 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Adult Education Board will conduct a 20-week "Practical Colour Photography" course every Sunday, commencing May 4. for the amateur or professional photographers at the Cultural Centre. Canning Rise, from 3 to 6 pm. Students wishing to join the course should have some basic
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    Lock icon Folk Dancing Course At YMCA
    134 4 SINGAPORE Fri The YMCA of Singapore will organise another beginner's course in folk dancing, commencing May 3. at its auditorium every Saturday from 230 to 430 p.m. The objectives are: To promote and encourage folk dances of all countries To implement and further the cultural
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    Lock icon Malay Social Worker Removes Misunderstanding
    557 4 SINGAPORE, Sat. Malay leaders were called today to cast away a die-hard attitude and be responsive to the challenges ahead for the sake of progress in the Republic. This call was made by Enche Ismail Wanjor. a social worker. when he made a reference to
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    Lock icon ECAFE To Study Potential Of ASEAN
    1264 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Economic Commission for Asia and Far East ECAFE is now making strong efforts to orgomsa a study of tne development potentials of ASEAN (Association of South-east Asian Hjrojhj Kitamura# C h ic f 0 f research and planning division of the
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    Lock icon 'No Direct Arms Threat To Singapore'
    315 4 HONG KONG, Fri. (Reuter) Admiral Sir Peter Hill Norton, British commander-in-chief Far East, said here today he did not see a military threat "of a direct nature" to Singapore and Malaysia at pre- sent. "I see no military threat of a direct nature to
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    Lock icon 'Divided Too Long'
    47 4 Tri (UPT> A hi eh West German official has proposed unconditional negotiations between Fas* and W«t Germany. Bonn'* Minister of All-German Affairs Herbert Wehoer says the dl e nut* over whether to reorgni«e Fast Germany has pctson#<l cli'ics in his country for too long
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    Lock icon FP Lecture
    46 4 SINGAPORE. Fri The Singapore Family Planning and Population Board will hold a family planning lecture' demonstration and a film show In the National Language on Anril 21 at 5.30 p.m. at the Still Road Maternal and Child Heal'h Clinic, off Changi Road. 8 ms.
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    Lock icon 'Y's Folks' Session
    34 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The YMCA's folk-singing group ♦he "Y's Folks", will be holding a singing session on April 25. at 8 p.m. at the auditorium All those interested are invited to attend.
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    Lock icon 'The Shot That Went Worldwide'
    568 4  -  SATURDAY ROUND-IP By HITOSHI SATO TOKYO. Fri. (UPI) North Korea this week claimed that Its people's army fired a single shot that was heard around the world. W\th that blast a U.S. navy reconnaissance plane with 31 crew-members was shot out of the skies and
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    Lock icon Fatal Fall
    67 4 SINGAPORE Tri. Chew Chin Poh. 38. fell from a plank while he was measuring ventilators at a working site in Tampmes Road on February 12. the Coroner's Court was told today. A few weeks later, on March 2 Chew died in the Genera] Hospital a* a result of
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    Lock icon Ring's Last Day In West Germany
    199 4 MUNICH. West Germany. Frl. <Reuter) The King and Queen of Malaysia today spend their last full day In West Germany with a sightseeing tour to one of Bavaria's most picturesque lakes and a visit to the ballet. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and his wife,
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      38 4 STORE DIARY SINGAPORE. Fri.—4 p.m.: Choir practice at National Theatre Club, Clemenceau Avenue. 7 p.m.: Englnh drama workshop at National Theatre Club. Clemenceau Avenue. 8 pm.: Tolk dance and Chines* operatic practices at National Theatre club. Clemenceau Avenue.
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      Lock icon CONFRONTATION
      70 5 WASHINGTON, (UPI) The United State* and North Korea will face each other tonight over the North Korean °f navy plane that the white House said never violated territorial limits. Official sources s ay the panmunjom meeting won't take the edge off any statement President Nixon may make at his
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      Lock icon GUARD MURDERED
      61 5 DALLAS, (UPI) A Dallas irmoured car guard was han<£ cuffed inside his monev-loaded truck and then calmly shot. Six times in the chest. His partner was also shot but managed to crawl to safety and is alive. How much the three bandits took still isn't known. They left
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      Lock icon REACTION TO ARMS RAID
      63 5 BUENOS AIRES., (Reuter) Security measures have been increased to all military bases and two major arms robberies in Buenos Aires this week. The army also ordered the return of all firearms and ammunition loned to state-run shooting ranges in the wake of a r aid on
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      Lock icon SOVIET PROBE RETURNS
      71 5 BOCHUM. Germany (UPI) The Soviet Union has joftlanded the Co«no« 238 space vehicle launched on April 9, the Bocnum Space Research Institute reported. Institute director Heinz Kammsk. said monitored date showed Cosmos 278 was either an unmanned space ship or a probe vehicle being tested for its
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      Lock icon "YOU CAN'T WIN WAR"
      70 5 PARIS, (UPI) U-S. w negotiator Henry Cabot Loa, his cnarged the Communis with evacung peace efforts ?ush for a military victorvf letnam Mr. Looge war Communist negotiators -n Pan* to abanaon hopes victory. He said North camese negotiator Minister Vo Nguyen Gi, f sacrificed half-a-millior ;vs
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      Lock icon BIG FOUR TALKS GOING NOWHERE
      63 5 UNITED NATIC <UP i The big four ers m f l for two-and-a-haL« no y rs to <i;scusi the Arafcr 3 1 1 blem. Big four d? mats *l ave been warned by rcian s *7"* Hussein that t f 15 Hi"* tame left to
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      Lock icon URGENT US TALKS
      64 5 MANILA. (Router) Phiiir«nn*K resident Ferdinand Marcc*" .h^a^ 5 rs*i lateral mat's with Admiral John S Mc« in L Commanc«r in Chie<° the Pacific, who is schedule to rrlv m a jula on S/ify- The P<ident said urgent matter* security and peace in f he p lfic would
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      Lock icon AMI PHOTOGRAPHER
      88 5 &AIGON. (UPI) Tim «ge, i Time-Life photogra,mer. vas s«riouslv wounded yesterday afternoon while accomjanying American troops evacua:ing wounded from a battleground northwest of Saigon Page. 24, sustained severe head and abdominal wounds when a shell exploded in an area ten miles south of Cu Chi. ]|flß<Jf!iarters of the
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      Lock icon DUAL NATIONALITY REVOKED
      85 5 JAKARTA. Fri. (UPI) President Suharto has signed a bill revoking an earlier agreement with Communist China permitting double citizenship for Chinese residents in Indonesia. Under the old agreement dated December 1960, children Chinese parents of mixed citizenship may delay the choice of citizenship until they reach the
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      Lock icon PROBE ON BANDITS
      90 5 ROME. (Reuter) The ItaHan Senate (Upper Chamber) has approved a bill to set up a 30-man parliamentary inquiry commission into sarai nia's bandits The bills, which now goes to the Chamber of Deputies, requires the commission to report within a year on the island's lawlessness and that
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    Lock icon 'Short-Sighted'
    176 5 'ShortSighted' SYDNEY. Frt. (UPI) An Indian industrialist warned that Australia's policy of exporting vast quantities of raw materials, particularly minerals. waa "very short sighted.** Mr. TR. Gupta, a director of a large steel-making complex. the Hindustan Stp« made the statement at the jt/ bilee conference of the Institu of Engineers
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    Lock icon N Soviet AM System
    179 5 w ./NGTON, Fn. (UPI) pfree Secretary Melvin p pi said on Thursday t j, e Russians "have tested wl? the past few weeks a vei new and sophisticated system ird. speaking to the Amerfl Society of Newspaper iors (ASNE). also said the /lets hao altered their
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    Lock icon 'Harmful But Necessary'
    163 5 WASHINGTON Fn. (UPI) The chemical mace can cause blindness and even death but apparently there Is no effective substitute for it In riot control, a drug expert told a Senate Committee yesterday Dr. James L. Goddard. former U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner. said the mace, which is
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    Lock icon LOWEST CASUALTY RATE
    42 5 SAIGON. (UPI) The U.S. command in Saigon reports the lowest Vietnam war casualty figures since February. For the week ending last Saturday. 204 Americans were killed. The allies claimed to have killed 2.890 communists during the same sevenday period.
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    Lock icon . TOKYO: Canadian Foreign Minister Mitchell W. Sharp explained his nation's China policy in an address to the Foreign Correspondents Cluh of Japan 4/15. The Foreign Minister said that it is "normal, logical and reasonable" for Canada to seek diplomatic relations with Communist China. Sharp and four other Canadian ministers are here to attend the fifth Japan-Canada ministerial conference starting 4/17.— UPI photo.
    62 5 TOKYO: Canadian Foreign Minister Mitchell W. Sharp explained his nation's China policy in an address to the Foreign Correspondents Cluh of Japan 4/15. The Foreign Minister said that it is "normal, logical and reasonable" for Canada to seek diplomatic relations with Communist China. Sharp and four other Canadian ministers are
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    Lock icon Mr. Malik Sees Rapid Changes
    157 5 JAKARTA. Fri (UPI) Foreign Minister Adam Malik predic'ed yesterday a shift in the balance of power in Asia "within the next two or three years.'' Mr. Malik, in an article published by the official bulletin of the Indonesian Army Staff and Command School in Bandung.
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    Lock icon Australia To Buy Ships
    134 5 CANBERRA. Fri (UPI) Australia has decided to purchase. Instead of leasing, two ships for the overseas shipping trade the Minister for Trade and Industry. Mr. Joan McEwen. announced yesterday Cabinet had approved the formal agreement for the Australian National Line to enter Into a joint venture
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    Lock icon New German Bank Rate Surprises Wall Street
    218 5 NEW YORK. Frt. (AFP) American were surprised by the scale of the increase in the German bank rate today from 3 to 4 per cent. They had expected the rise to be limited to 3.5 per cent and feared that the new figure
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    Lock icon UN Report On Brunei
    202 5 UNITED NATIONS. Fri. (IPI) Oil enables the Borneo Sultanate of Brunei to pay for economic and social development without taxing its 100.000 people, according to a I'.N. report before the 24-nation Colo- nialism Committee. The tiny British dependency. surrounded by the Malaysia Federation, produced 380 barrels
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    Lock icon Catholic MP, 21, Wins
    142 5 BELFAST. Northern Ireland. Fri. (Reuter) Twenty-one-vear-old Bemadette Devlin defeated her Unionist opponent in a by-elect ion today and became one of the youngest members ever to enter the British House of Commons Miss Devlin. a champion of political equality for Roman Catholics in this British province.
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    Lock icon Softer Line On China
    126 5 BANGKOK. Fri. (UPI) Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman said yesterday. In an apparent softening of earlier hardline statements against China, that his government was ready to open talks on trade relations with the communist nation. He made the statement while discussing with newsmen the scheduled departure next
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    Lock icon Star Grilled Again
    93 5 VERSAILLES.. Trance. Tri. (Router) French film star Alain Delon and his ex-wife Nathalie underwent further questioning today in *he sensational seven month old investigation into the murder of Yugoslav playboy Stephan Markovic. Investigating m a g 1 trate Rrn* Patard interrogated the divorced stars at the law
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    Lock icon Jarring Wary Of Futile Exercise
    128 5 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Fri. (Reuter) Secre-tary-General U Thant warned today that UN peace envoy Gunnar Jarring was not prepared to repeat "the more or less futile exerc-.se" of seeking a M:ridle East jettlement without the active backing of the big four powers. The U
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    Lock icon Goodwill Message
    85 5 NEW DELHI. Fri. <UPI) President Zakir Husa.n has assured Pakistani President General Yahya Khan India will continue to work for ?he establishment of friendship and co-operation between the two countries. Mr. Husain said this in a goodwill message to Gen. Yahya on his assumption of the presidency of
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    Lock icon WOMAN IS WOMEN'S CHIEF
    54 5 NEW MJKK. (Reuter) MrCaU's maeaxine the world's largest women's nuuraiine today appointed its Ural woman editor in 46 years. Mr Edward Fltigerald. president of the McCall Publishing Compan?. announced here that Shan* Alexander, a writer and columnist for Life magatine for the past 18 years, had
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    Lock icon U.S. TO TOOTH-COMB OVER THE PENTAGON
    579 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) U.S. Defence Secretary Melvin R. Laird yesterday announced plans for a thorough new study of the entire U.S. "defence community/' covering both its ''mission" and its performance. Mr. Laird said he would soon name a "Blue Ribbon panel" t« conduct "a
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    Lock icon Masterly Move By Pope
    173 5 TO VISIT BIRTHPLACE OF CALVIN VATICAN CITY. Frl. (UPI) A Vatican official says Pope Paul's forthcoming visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva docs not mean th« Catholic church is about to join the Protestant-domin-ated bodv. The Rev. John Long of New York,
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    Lock icon Indira Tours Two Bone-dry Reservoirs
    174 5 MADRAS, Fri. (Reuter) Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi saw two massive reservoirs, which normally irrigate thousands of acres of farmland, lyinr hone dry in the searine summer sun as she toured three distrirts of drought-hit Tamil Nadu (Madras) state yesterday. She told a meeting on
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    Lock icon 4.000 BUSES RECALLED
    54 5 DETROIT. (UPI) General Motors urged that some four thousand school buses be taken off the;r routes immediately. G-M says they should be removed from service immediately until their brakes are fixed. The world's biggest automaker sa:d there have been j:x brake failure* on school buses wh:ch have
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    Lock icon ENTER MR. HUSAK
    285 6 r[E resignation of Mr. Alexander Dubcek from the post of Czech Communist Party First Secretary is a victory for the Kremlin. Moscow has been trying for quite some months to remove the man who has become a symbol of Czech resistance and has been blocking the way
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    Lock icon WASHINGTON PAPER: IS IT WORTH THE RISK?
    218 6 THE Washington Post said on Thursday the downing of a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft with 31 crewmen raises the question "whether the intelligence take is worth the risk to our ships and aircraft." In its first editorial comment on the issue, the newspaper said
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    198 6 UPI U.S. President Nixon is taking a position of strength in the hope of ending the Vietnam war favourable to the United States but he is sliding toward failure, a South Vietnam Liberation Army paper was quoted as saying on Thursday. The statement contained in an
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    Lock icon The Man Who Defied The Soviet Giant
    296 6 PRAGUE, Fri. (Reuter) Alexander Dubcek, relieved as Czechoslovak Communist Party First Secretary tonight at his own request after 15 tumultuous months in power, was the man who defied the Soviet giant in the tension-packed doys of 1968. Despite Soviet pressures he continued to
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    241 6 By K. C. THALER LONDON. Fri. (I'M) Peking has ignored the Moscow proposed deadline for Sino-Soviet talks on their frontier dispute, diplomatic sources said on Thursday The sources said they hsve seen no response whatever to date to the Soviet invitation of last week to China
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    386 6 KARACHI Fri. (AFP) A leading campaigner against former President Ayub Khan. Air Marshal Asghar Khan, today recommended Pakistan's withdrawal from SEATO and CENTO, removal of all foreign military bases from Pakistan, nationalisation of key industries, and land reform. The Air Marshal's
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    155 6 NEW DELHI, Fri. (Reuter) India's President Dr. Zakir Husain, told President Yahya Khan of Pakistan today that he hopes the two countries will be able to normalise their relations through bilateral discussions. 'On our part, we shall continue to make every endeavour to work towards establishment
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    658 6  -  (from Sin Chew Jit Poh The Singapore Government has taken positive actions to implement its educational policy on technology to enable seven or eight technological schools and training centres to hold classes within this month. These schools and training centres are located at Jurong. Punggol. Queenstown.
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    197 6 NEW DELHI, rn. (U*l) The Indian Government has started an Inquiry into charges the press here was being "sold out" to the Soviet Union, according to Information and Broadcasting Minuter I.K. Gujral. Gujral said the Ministry was iftaklng a detailed study and a statement would
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    254 6  -  By ADAM KELLETT-LONG MOSCOW. Frl. (Reuteri Niklta Sergeyevlch Khrushchev the man who ruled the Soviet Union lor more than 10 year* today celebrated his 75th birthday in the obscurity of a rural villa ignored by hi» country* official press Informed source* *>id cl<ve relative* spent the day
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    360 6  -  By Sidney Weiland WASHINGTON, Fri. (Reuter) President Nixon was today reported considering a b r °oci diplomatic offensive to orouse world public opmon against North Korea for shooting down a U.S. navy reconnaissance plane with 31 men aboard. Informed sources said the President appeared to
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    307 6 BELGRADE. Fri (AFP) Indian Premier Indira Gandhi iialri tonight that big power endeavour* to gain the greatest D o**>ble influence in Asia rould cau.se tension and other difficulties. In an exclusive interview with Belgrade Television. Mrs Gandhi sa d that the present international situation
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    375 6  -  By David Hopkins MOGADISHU, Fri. (Rtytir) Uranium could serve as tha catalyst y convert Somalia from poverty to wealth withir the next decade. Italian. American and West German groups have taken out concessions to prospect for uranium in this African Republic bordering on the Indian Ocean.
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    138 6 DOUGLAS. Isle of Man, Fri <Reuten The executive of Britain's National Union of Journalists tonight agreed to examine a proposal for more direct action for the release of Reuter's Peking correspondent Anthony Grey held under house arrest by the Chinese authorities for the past
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    209 6 SALISBURY. Fn. V?I; Rhodes, a on Thursdayfcublished statistics heralding bright economic outlook for and minimisinf the need fvr an immediate settlement sor >er independence dispute wth Brtain. But the 1968 iurvey also pub wished on Thursday sad th# economy had been hanpered by intensified sanctions, drought and
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    96 6 BEIRUT. Fri. (Reuter> Cario Radio said tonight mo?t of the Israeli fortifications on the edge of the Suez Canal had been destroyed after a 90minute e un battle across the waterway today. The radio, heard here, said rocket and artillery sites were also silenced As a result, it
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    14 6 The rr.ot* of education are bitter, bat the fruit to sweet. Aristotle
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    217 6 HONG KONG. Frl. (URT>— The Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia last August reminded the world of 'Russia s threat to place her troops further West" the Deputy Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe said yesterday. General SC. Robert Br3y said the Headquarters of the Allied troops expected
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      Lock icon Producers Puzzle On New US Strategy On Tin
      188 7 l Mi (R«uter) This month's "Tin International" writing on the U.S. tin stockpile and new thinking in Washington says an interesting supposition is how far the new U.S. administration may move toward using her strategic stockpile for strategic rather than com- mercial
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      131 7 STOCKHOLM. Fri. (UPI) Sweden and South Korea have agreed to limit for one year Korean exports to Sweden of certain textiles and ready-to-wear garments, the Foreign Ministry announced. It said the export quotas would be published later. The agreement was preceded by long talks between the two governments.
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      94 7 TOKYO. Fri. (UPI) Automobile production in fiscal year 1968, which ended March. 1969, totalled 4,198.429 units for a 23.3 increase over 1968. the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association announ ced. Though this rate was below the 38.1 per cent rise recorded in 1967, it was the
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      93 7 TOKYO. Fri. (UPI) Japan will import between 480-500 million sheets of dried laver (sea weed) from South Korea this y«a*\ it jointly announced by Japan and Korea today. The announcement said agreement cn the amount of laver Japan would import from South Korea thi» year was reached at
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      77 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. Hume Industries will supply over $300,000 worth of s'-*el pipes to the Kallang Basin Sewerage Scheme. The project is being undertaken by the PWD Sewerage Department. The sulphate resisting cement lined steel pipes will be manufactured at the Hume plant in Bukit Timah. They are
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      1876 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Stock Exchange U] of Malaysia and Singapore today continued on t< steady conditions until mild profit-taking towards the close contributed a somewhat mixed L outlook. [7 There were a number of Ti iharper move* and once again W they arose out of
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      91 7 TOKYO. Tri (UPI) Tfce Export-Import Bsnk Of Japan announced It has extended loans and credits totalling 298.500 million yen (USsB2Bm) during fiscal year 1968 which ended la&t March. The announcement said the figure dropped four per cent from the previcug year. It said direct loan
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      287 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. Mav flr«t frade rubber bu>ers closed at p.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 72-1 rents per lb. down three eighths of a cent from the previous close The tone of the market was dull. Opening quotations were marked down on disappointing
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      87 7 TOKYO. Fri. (UPI) The eighth Biennial Tokyo International Trade Fair opened yesteiaay at the Haruml fair grounds in the southeast part of Tokyo for a 20-day run. It Is being participated by 2.300 firm* from 22 countries, including Japan Among the exhibit® drawing attention were the model
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      65 7 TOKYO. Prl (UPI) Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kalsha (Japan Steel and Tu&e Corp) said that it has received an order from a Swedish shipowner for construction of a 210.000 DWT ton ore and 611 carrier The vessel claimed to be the largest of ita kind in the world,
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      51 7 TOKYO. Frl. (UPI) T*kyo Shlbaura Eketrie Ce disclosed that it has succeeded in developing a superhigh speed bipolar Integrated circuit memory device for electronic computer use. The company said this Is ♦he first time in this eountry that such a superhigh device for computer use has been
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      102 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Association of Bank! in Ma-lavsia-Sirigapore today mad® the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 unit* of foreign currency). SELLING T.T or OD ready Deutsche Marks $76 WOO; Holland Guilders $14.3800; Swiss France $70.9900; Belfian Francs $6
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      16 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The in tin price for today wai $605 per picul, up $1,874.
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      194 7 BEIRUT, Fri. (Reuter) A Palestinian Commando organisation which has been in trouble with Jordanian authorities last night claimed responsibility for a fire on board the Israeli ship Tsefat at Rotterdam on Monday. A statement issued here by the Kataeb Al-Nasr (The Phalanges of Victory) said the commandos
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      122 7 BANGKOK, Fri. (AFP) Thailand has asked Britain to purchase more Thai goods in order to reduce the deficit now suffered by Thailand in trade between the two countries. It •was officially disclosed here today. The message was conveyed by Thai Economic Affairs Minister Bunchana
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      107 7 KARACHI. Fri.(Reuter) —A second tornado struck the East Pakistan capital of Dacca last night while officials were still counting the toll from Monday's disaster, in which more than 1.000 people are believed to have died. First reports from Dacca last night, wnere communications and po*.ver
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      67 7 RANGON. Fri. (Reuter) Burma's Deputy ChieX oi Army Staff, Brig. San Yu, has said that pro-Peking Communist rebels are trying to destroy the country and must be eliminated, the official news agency of Burma reported today. The agency said Brig. San Yu was speaking to frontline soldiers
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      44 7 BANGKOK. Fri. (AFP) Thailand exported 254.286 tons of rice in the first quarter of this year, according to official figures released here today. Of the total 202.326 tons were exported by private traders and the rest on a government-to-government basis.
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      201 7 LONDON. Fri. Higher prices for natural rubber could cause consumers to use more synthetics, rubber growers' association chairman Mr. M. D. Farrow told the annual meeting yesterday. But he added that the fact the price of natural rubber has consistently been above that of SBR
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      93 7 TOKYO, Fri (UPI) Mitsubishi Metal Mining Company announced it has struck a new gold vein at a fold mine on Sado island off Niigata on the northwest coast of the Japan Sea. Mitsubishi said the gold vein contained 12.6 grams of gold to one metric
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      78 7 LONDON. Fri. (UPl)—Rubber market closed dull and uncertain yesterdav No. 1 RSS spot 24-11/16 24-15/16. SETTLEMENT HOUSE May 24-3/4 24-15/16 June 24-13/16 24-15/16 July 24-7/8 25 July Sept 24-15/16 25 Oct/Dec 25 25-1/16 Jan/March 24-7/8 25 April/June 24-3/4 24-7/8 July Sept 24-11/16 24-13/16 Oct/Dec 24-9/16 24-11/16 Jan/March 24-7/16
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      77 7 TOKYO, Fri. (UPI) Production of colour television in March totalled 306,537 sets, down 4.7 per cent from the previous month, the electronic Industries of Japan announced yesterday. The decrease, believed to be only temporary, attributed to seasonal adjustment and preparation for production of a new type colour
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      60 7 HONG KONG. Fri. (UPI)— Money QuotationsHK $6.0775 per U.S. dollar. HK $6.0925 per U.S. dollar TT. HK $14.54 pe r pound »t®rlinflK $319.3 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness. HK $162.7 pe r 10,000 Japanese yens. H K5131.2 per 100 Philippines pesos buyers. HK $132.2 per
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      514 7 8IMJAPORR. RtOCft il(tiamr told and other price* officially tided at THE CIOM t kwiraa IND18TH1AL* B 6. ACMA 2.42 Ben CO 2 38 2 40 Borneo Hthd 1.96 1*7 BouMead 2.14 2 16 Camel Plywood 2 74 2.;.'5 C. Sugar 4.46 told Storage 6 50 Chemical
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      50 7 Manager* Price*) 1st Malayan 3 17 2nd Malayan 2.27 mm 3rd Malayan XD 1 39 Tkr Commerce Ind lit 1.28 The taring tuno xr> 1.21 1.31 M Invent mod 1*5 1 4S 1«t Hong Kons 1.32 1-H8* ind Hong k«ng 95 14»0* sterling Com. 6/10 «*Hong Rone corr»oc?)
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      106 7 SINGAPORE. Frl. The noon prim at the Sin japore (/hines« Procure Exchange to.iay are:— Bayer sn-iier Corona? Otl 4* V» (F.O-B.) Bulk (wnnBt Oil 51.00 (FOB Pram Mixed Copra 11.00 Muntok \\hlte Pepper 125 00 (F.OB VLW. SarNftak White Pepper 122.50 (FOB) Sarawak epeclal Black Pepper (FOB.) 96% 9
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      39 7 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI) Dow Jone s averages, the New York stock exchange: 30 Industrials 924.89 up 1 40 20 Rails 237.15 off 0.03 15 Utils 129 38 up 0 45 65 Stocks 319.49 up 0.40
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      239 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. The following it a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for April 19: DEPARTURE: Godows Vessels Mitaka Mary 6'7 Cardiganshire 13 14 Star Arcturug 19 Kotoku Maru N.W.3 '4 G;ang Ann N W 4/3 Sletter 23/24 Shikiharu Maru 29/30 Nai s 35'36
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      381 7 ARRIVALS SOO a.m. MsA M 1.029 K Lumpur VOO a.m. MSA Ml.I iw K lumpur 9Jsa.ui MsA Mi ft** I'hnomPfnh 10 IS am. MSA MLIXI K l.umpnr 10 25 am- MsA MLVOS Penang. Ipoh, K. Lumpur. Ma--10.50 am. 1H VI TU423 Bangkok 12 30 pm. UABLDA GABO6 Medan
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    Lock icon DUBCEK LOSES JOB OF PARTY CHIEF
    462 8 PRAGUE, Fri. (UPI) President Ludvik Svoboda announced lost night thot Czechoslovak Communist Party leader Alexander Dubcek, the man who tried to crsate "Socialism with a human face in Czechoslovakia, had resigned. The President said Dubcek would be given "the most important job in the
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    299 8 LUSAKA. Fri. (Reuter) A three-day summit conference of East and Central African Nations has ended here with an offer and a challenge to White-dominated governments. It is in effect: We would rather negotiate than fight, but we will support resistance fighters if that is
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    116 8 SAIGON. Fn. (Reuter) Sagion has asked the International Control Commission to request Cambodia to stop North Vietnamese troops using its soil to attack South Vietnam. The appeal came in a protest note to the commission from the Foreign Ministry here alleging Hanoi had launched continuous mortar
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    Lock icon Aussie Transport On Strike Again
    325 8 SYDNEY. Frl. 'UPI) For the next few days, Australian housewives won't find milk and bread on their doorsteps Bakers and dairy farmers will have less money on their pocket. There'll probably be more stink on the roadside garbage. and mall deliveries will have to go
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    98 8 BOSTON, Massachusetts. Fri. (UPI) A Christian Science Monitor editorial asked 'Whatever happened to Burma and Ceylon?" The paper said "The absence of currentenews from either Burma orueylon at least in the Western press is in many ways good news. Both Burma and Ceylon are in
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    49 8 GENEVA, Fn. (UPl)—Britain says it will propose an International ban on the use of chemical and biological weapons of war. Britain's delegate to the 17-nation Geneva disarmament conference suggested the United Nation's Security Council be given the responsibility of policing the proposed ban.
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    123 8 GENEVA Fri (Reuter) The Biafran government has left its administrative capital. Umuahia. following shelling of the area by Nigerian Federal Forces, sources close to international relief agencies said here last night. According to information received today from Biafra all is calm today in the town, breakway Biafra'*
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    Lock icon Envoy's Wife Loses $8,500
    178 8 NEW YORK, Fri. (UPI) Datin Latifah Ismail, wife of Malaysia's envoy to the Unitea Nations and Canada, said she has recovered some of the personal effects stolen from her car two days earlier but that jewellery and credit cards were still missing She reported to police
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    352 8 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Prime Minister Harold Wilson last night declared that the future of the Labour government depended on its controversial strike-curbing plan becoming low by this summer. He warned members of the parliamentary Labour Party at a crowded, private meeting that the
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    96 8 CAPE TOWN. Fri (Reuter) Surgeons led by heart transplant pioneer Professor Christian Barnard have carried out South Africa's first heart swap involving a nonWhite donor and recipient. It was reported here today. A two-»entence statement issued by Cape Town's Groote Schuur hospital said the Barnard team completed
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    153 8 MANILA. Fri (UPI) The Philippine Chamber of Tourism has offer to buy Philippine Air Lines <PAL> as a result of their dispute over the open ikies" policy on entry of foreign airline* Into this country PAL resigned from the chamber, a Drivate non-profit organisation seeking to promote
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    132 8 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) The government today urged British hospital authorities to stop recruiting foreign and Commonwealth doctors whose grasp of the English language was insufficient. The move follows widespread criticism in British medical circles about the experience and knowledge of English of some Commonwealth doctors prac
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    104 8 GUATEMALA CITY. Fri. (UPI) Guatemala prepared a funeral worthy of a chief of state today for Emillo Arenalea Catalan. President of the United Nations General Assembly. who died yesterday at the age of 46. The body of Mr. Are r. ales, victim of a malignant bram tumor,
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    128 8 ROME. Fri. (t'PI) Italv has recommended that the Western allies negotiate cultural, commercial and other agreements with Eastern European countries. Foreign Minister Pletro Nenni said yesterday. Mr. N en n i said this would be a first step toward a possible European security conference. Sgr.
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    245 8 WASHINGTON. Fn. (Reuter> The Senate Foreign Relations Committee said today that despite widely held views the U£ has no formal commitment to defend Israel. The committee said that any such obligation should be the result of a specific treaty. The discussion of Ameri-can-Israeli relations was contained in
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    Lock icon Fire Havoc At Pilgrim Town
    78 8 MANILA, Fn. CUPI) A three-year-old girl was killed in a two-hour Are which hit the pilgrim town of Antipolo. about 20 miles west of Manila, before dawn yesterday. Police said the ftre left about 200 persons homeless and caused damage worth 500.000 pesos < U*****,000).
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    Lock icon Israeli Pound On Arab Posts
    118 8 TEL AVIV. En. (Router) Israeli fortes pounded Arab posts across the River Jordan following a mortar attack in the region of Be:t Shean Valley early today, a military spokesman said. Burss of automatic fire came from across the river at about 730 a.m. directed at
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    Lock icon Thousands Pay Last Respects
    143 8 LAUSANNE. Switzerland. Fri. (Reuter > Six thousand people— many of the Spacame by plane and bus frorr Madrid lined Lausanne streets today for the funer»l of Victoria-Eugeme. Spain's last Queen King Constantine of Greece. ex-Kings Umberto of Italy and Michael of Rumania, were among the 300
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    Lock icon Artificial Meat For Animals?
    119 8 TOKYO. Frt. (Rfu'er) The Tokyo Metropolitan Zoo it planning to us* artificial meat as the main food for meat-«atng animals In the future, officials said todsy This is du* to a decline In ♦he availability of whale meat, s'aple food for many animals, they said More
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    Lock icon Student Mob Wins Demands
    100 8 CAMBRIDGE. Massachusetts. Fri (UPI) —Students at Harvard University have voted informally to end their six-day classroom strike, and faculty members are urging president Nathan Pusey to end ROTC military training on campus At Columbia University, some student militants occupied a campus building yesterday. then left of
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    Lock icon Khrushchev 'Ignored'
    46 8 MOSCOW Fri. (UFD The Soviet government has Ignored the 75th birthday of Nlklta Khrushchev. Mr. Khrushchev turned 73 yesterday. He has lived in obscurity at his country home outside Moscow since he was stripped of all government and Communist Party posts in October, 1964.
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    49 8 MANILA. Fri (Reuter) Thirty-four people died of gastro-enteritis in Manila last week and 81 others were admitted to hospital suffering from typhoid fever, the Manila Health Department said today. Health officials said pneumonia was still the top luller. claiming 39 lives during the week.
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    Lock icon Senu Hits Out At PMIP
    384 8 JITRA, Fri.—'The Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, today deliverer' scathling attack on th® Malayan Islamic Party, brandine it as "a phoney Islamic party' functioning only as a tool of the communists. Many members of the PMIP. he said, were former
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    46 8 LONDON. Fri (UPI) British sources say the Soviet Union has stepped up construotion of Polaris-type ballistic missiles and nuclear-powered subs from which to launch them These sources said the Soviets apparently have solved earlier problems in developmg rocket* to be fired from under water.
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    Lock icon WARNING SHOTS AT MOBSTERS
    356 8 JAKARTA. Fri (Reuter) Demonstrators carrying banners reading "One Man One Vote" marched on the office of United Nations representative Mr. Ortiz Sanz in Djajapura. capital of West Irian, last Friday and warning shots were fired to break up the march News ol the demonstration reached Jakarta
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      Lock icon Stage Club's Presentation Of 'The Italian Girl'
      695 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Stage Club will present "The Italian Girl" by James Saunders and Iris Murdoch at the Cultural Centre Theatre from April 23 to 26. Tickets, priced at $4. $3 and $2, are obtainable from the usual booking agencies. There will be
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      349 9  -  By K. S. SIDHU SINGAPORE, rri. Two local bands who left recentlv for Bangkok to perform there at some of the leading night clubs are doing exceptionally fine. They are Naomi and the Boys and d Collection Most of us must have
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      231 9 SINGAPORE. Frt. The Y.MC.A. Sceneshifters" contribution towards the 150 th anniversary celebration of the founding of Singapore will be a production of The Gipsy Baron" by Johann Strauss, in the Victoria Theatre This will be an extravaganza the largest ever undertaken by the Sceneshifters In
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    Lock icon ILO's Work Praised
    287 10 SINGAPORE, Frl.— Delegates to the 25th session of ECAFE today unanimously adopted a resolution calling for continued co-operation with the International Labour Organisation, in particular the development of the Asian Manpower Plan within the framework of the world employment programme, launched by ILO to commemorate the organisation's
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    117 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Two Malaysian teachers will be among the 128 delegates to the one-week all-Asian and Pacific Teachers' conference to be held In Jakarta from Monday. The teachers. Mr. G urn am Singh. President of the National Union of Teachers. Mr. 8- Th aru
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    85 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Exports of palm oil Irom West Malaysia In February totalled 20.525 tons 4.934 tons less than in the previous month, according to the latest figures from the Statistics Department. Production of the commodity. however, rose from 18.441 ton* in January to 23.460
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    125 10 KUALA LUMPUR Fri. The Minister of Education, Encbe Mohamed Khir Johari. is prepared to recommend that the suitability certificate for higher studies be scrapped afte r the elections. Enche Khir told a press conference here today that the suitability certificate, introduced in 1964 to
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    590 10 Improvement Of Workers' Lot Is Safeguard Tang SINGAPORE, Fri. Whatever a notion's political commitment moy bo, the continuous but realistic improvement of the workers' lot is the surest safeguard to the expensive and dreadful alternative of violent social revolution. The improvement of the standard of life of the populace is
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    217 10 MALACCA. Fri—The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. today assured workers at Terendak camp affected bv the British withdrawal that they will be given alternative employment. More land development scheme would be opened up for the workers to take part in and an industrial area would be
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    420 10 SINGAPORE. Fri. The ICFTU delegate to the current ECAFE conference. Mr. Lawrence Sia Khoon Seng today spoke of the "third technology" developing countries should utilise in combating the rising unemployment problem and those related to economic development He was speaking at the special plenary session to
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    465 10 SINGAPORE. Frt. The ILO Regional Co-ordinator for Asia, Mr. S. K. Jain, today stated that the employment situation in Asia remained "grim" despite the massive investments in industry and agriculture and the success of natural development plans and other impressive growth rates. He remarked that although
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    727 10  -  Bv R.C. PANDE Dhulikhel, On the NepalTibet Frontier (UPI) Large billboards on the road which leads from Communist China into the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal proclaim: "Welcome to Nepal" The protocol officer from the Nepal Government, sitting next to me in the car. whispered in
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    978 10  -  Bv JOSEPH GALLOWAY,ISA ISMAIL JAKARTA. (CPI) Indonesia has all the ingredients for another Vietnam but lacks the hand of a master chef like Mao Tse-tung or Vo Nguyen Giap to do the mixing. With the ever-present threat of a major uprising by the underground
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      500 11 BANGKOK. Fri. (AFP) Japan played first class soccer to edge Singapore 3—2 in the Group "C M match of the Uth Asian Youth Soccer tournament at the National Stadium here tonight At half time Japan led 2-1 Scorers were K Aral. M Ichlkawa and H
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      365 11 BANGKOK. Fri. <AFP> Malaysia redeemed themselves with a smashing 3-0 victory over Ceylon in the Group "A" of the 11th Asian Youth Soccer tournament at the National Stadium here tonight. At hall time Malaysia led 2-0. Scorers were Chan Kok Leong <penal!y), Zawam and Ramlan. Malaysia who
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      118 11 LONDON Fri. (Reuter) Intikhab Alam. the Pakistan Test all-rounder, may be lured into English County cricket this season. The Surrey Club will decide at a special meeting on Monday whether to make an offer to Intikhab. rated one of the best googly bowler* in the world.
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      266 11 TOKYO. Fn. (AFP) Japan are opposed to a Filipino plan to hold open tennis matches In Tokyo as part of the Asian circuit tennis tournament matches, the Hochi. a major sports paper, reported today. The creation of an open Asian tennis circuit was proposed
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      136 11 MONTE CARLO Fri (AFP> Miss Virginia Wade of Britain qualified for the women's singles final of the Monte Carlo open tennis tournament by beating Misa Francoise Durr of France 6—l 9—7 In the semi-finals here today. Miss Wade'}: power and *pe»»<l overwhelmed the French professional She lost
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      78 11 SINGAPORE. Fri.— Singapore Toto Women's Basketball team last night won the Chye Heng Cup tournament organised by the Basketball Association of Singapore Results: Toto team beat Police 52-4. beat Wah Eng team 6i*-15. beat Nee Soon 71-7. beat Shaw 40-16. beat Changi 46-16. beat Tong Keng 47-18.
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      125 11 SINGAPORE. Fri. Bigtime wrestling is hack in Singapore with a three main event-programme at the Gay World Stadium. tomorrow night Jack Claybourne, Shintaro FUJI. Charlie Londos will take on equally «trore opponents In King Kong. Steve Rlckard and Walker respectively. Londos said: "My main aim
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      361 11 KUALA LUMPUR, ri. Malaysia are assured of a place each in the singles and doubles finals of the MTC-sponsored Gotdleaf Pestabadminton at the Stadium Negara here tonight their players sow to that by their victory in their quarter-final fixtures. Tan Aik Huang entered the semi-finals
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      34 11 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Third Division Swindon Town, surprise winners of the English Football League Cup. were today awarded the League s *ro phy for the best behaved sup. porters of the season.
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        1037 12  -  GOING: SOFT Wm^y BIG VOLANT is in peak form and I am not looking beyond Him for the winner in Ra:e Six at Kuala Lumpur today, third day of the Sefangor Turf Club's April meeting. The flve-year-old has been on board in his three starts
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        84 12 MOSCOW. Fri (UPI) World chess champion Tlgran Petrosyan and challenger Boris Spassky vesterdav drew the second game of their match for the world chess title A draw was agreed at the 62nd move. It gave the 39-vear-old champion, who won the first game on Tuesday, a 1-1
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        68 12 LONDON. Fri (Reuter) Lol Morgan. manager of Second Division club Norwich City, yesterday became the 34th English soccer manager to lose his job this season. Morgan 37. was sacked following a run of ooor results from Norwich, who are struggling fifth from the bottom of the
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        113 12 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) British "Golden Girl" Mary Rand, sold medallist at the 1960 Tokyo Olympics, is being sued for divorce bv Olympic sculler Sidney Rand whom she married in 1961. Her husband is citing American decathlon ace Bill Toomey, 29. as co-respondent. Mrs. Rand
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        233 12 T-T Championships MUNICH. West Germanv. Fri. (Reuter* There were no major upsets among the title favourites when they went Into action during the evening session on the opening days of the world table tennis championships here last night. In the men's Swaythllng Cup competition all the leading
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        37 12 TOKYO. Fri (Reuter) Japanese number one. Koji Watanabe. defeated Raymundo Deyro of the Philippines 6-2. 6-1. 6-2, to give Japan a 2-0 lead in the Section A semifinal of the Eastern Zone Davis Cup competition.
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        30 12 CASTELFORD. England. Frl. (Reuter) England beat France by 42 points to two in an Under -24 International Rugby League match here last night. England led 23-2 at halftime.
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        182 12 Kt'ALA Ll'MPl'R. Frl. Last start winner Rustic did an impressive workout on a soft track here this morning. With apprentice Rao astride the six-year-old galloped smartly over 3f in 39 1/5. Joint Command (Subian) did a two-round workout to run the last 3f in 41 4 5 He
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        164 12 CARLSBAD California. Fri (UPI) Dick Lotz. a young pro who got into the exculslve Tournament of Champions almost by accident, shot a five-under-par €7 yesterday for a two-stroke lead in the first round of the 72-hole U.S $150.000 event. A fmup of five more prominent
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        75 12 NEW YORK. Fri. (Reuter) Results of vesterdav's major league baseball games: Washington Senators 5, NewYork Yankees 2 (second game), Baltimore Orioles 9. Boston Red Sox 5. Detroit Tigers 7. Cleveland Indians 6. (only games scheduled). National League Pittsburgh Pirates 4, NewYork Mets 0. Montreal Expos 7. Philadelphia Phillies
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        42 12 LONDON. Fri (Reuter) Results of rugbv matches played last night were Rugby League England under 24's 42 France under 24's 2 (at Castleford), Oldham 9 Doncaster 7. Rugby Union Club Matches: Lydney 14 Weston-Super-Mare 9. Neath 20 Glamorgan Wanderers 6-
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        133 12 NAIROBI. Fri. rAFP) Kenya today officially banned their athletes from competing in Britain this year, and said that no Britons would be invited to Kenya. Announcing the boycott here. Mr. A:sh Jenebv, Secretary General of the Kenva Amateur Athletics Association, said that it was because Britain
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