Eastern Sun, 29 April 1969

Lock icon This issue may only be viewed from the multimedia stations at NLB Libraries. See FAQ for more information.

Total Pages: 12
1 12 Eastern Sun
  • 23 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY TV Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 983 Tuesday, 29 April 1969. ft MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cent*
    23 words
  • 436 1 General Suffers Defeat In Referendum PARIS, Mon. (Reuter) General de Gaulle's presidency formally came to an end after 11 years at noon today while political leaders mapped out the future without him. The rule of the man who fascinated France and often infuriated
    436 words
  • 166 1 LONDON Mon (TPI) Singapore Premier Lee Kuan l'ew today cancelled an official visit to France, scheduled to begin today, at the request of the French Government. Singapore officials reported. The Singapore High Commissioner's office here said the request was transmitted from the French Foreign Ministry
    166 words
  • 66 1 LONDON. Mon. (Reutcr) Man-made rubber hearts could be the long-term solution to :he ethical and practical objections to human heart transplants a rubber technologist forecasts here today. He was commenting in the Journal of the Natural Rubber Producers' Research Association on an announcement by the Goodyear
    66 words
  • 66 1 VIENTIANE, Laos, Mon. (Feuter) A captured North Vietnamese officer had made a statement claiming that Prince Souphanouvong. leader of the pro-Communist Pathet Lao. was dead, press reports said here today. The reports quoted the captured officer. Identified as Lieutenant Nhuan of the 316 th. Division of
    66 words
  • 138 1 PARLS. Mon. (Reuter) French gold bullion values reached a 21-year peak here today in reaction to th e possible monetary implications of General de Gaulle's resignation. The 12.5 kilo gold bar price Increased 73 cents to reach U5548.84 an ounce at the early closed session
    138 words
  • 439 1 TOKYO. Mon. (l*Pl> Thousands of radical students and riot police fought with stones, teargas and firebombs on the Ginia today and students attempted to storm the Prime Minister's private home. Clouds of teargas rolled through the Ginza. a neon-lit centre of expensive (hops and nightclubs,
    439 words
  • 109 1 SAIGON. Mon. (Reuter) More than 100 civilian* were killed and 2.000 houses destroyed or damaged when a US ammunition dump exploded accidentally In the Northern military city of Danang. a South Vietnamese military spokesman said today. About 20.000 people were evacuated from wooden houses In
    109 words
  • 69 1 MACAO, Mon. (L'PI) Police Corporal Chanr Kunkong, 23. wept on Sunday during his wedding to 20-year-old Lee Yuet-hing. At the end of the ceremony, he placed m red flower in his bride's hair, then watched as the lid to her coffin was nailed in place. The bride-to-be committed
    69 words
  • 92 1 SYDNEY, Mon, (Reuter) Australian cvrlist Vic Browne pedalled 2.798 miles across the continent in little more than 11 days to break a 32-vear-old record from Perth to Sydney jet by former Cabinet Minister. Sir Hubert Opperman. "I don't care if I never see another cycle
    92 words
  • 33 1 MUNICH: Japan's Shigeo Ito cries after he had beaten West Germany's Lberhard Schoeler 3-2 in the final of men's singles in the World Table-Tennii Championships on Sunday. UPI radiophoto.
    UPI radiophoto.  -  33 words
  • 163 1 RIAL A LCMPI'R. Mon Life will return to normal for the people in the curfew-hit areas of Penang tomorrow the curfew will be completely lifted from a.m. This wa« announced today hy the Chief Police Officer. Penang. .Mr. Albert Mah. at a fress conference in
    163 words
  • 77 1 ROME. Mon. (Reuter) A fisheries development institute in Santiago. Chile. ha s developed a milk substitute made entirely of fish, according to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) here The milk substitute comes in the form of a white powder which >s added
    77 words
  • 73 1 SAN MARCOS DE LEON. Mexico, Mon. (Reuter) An angry swarm of bees stuns s donkey to death here, and landed its peasant rider in a hospital. The oeasant. badly stunf. escaped the donkey's fate by diving into a nearby watertank. Now the owner of
    73 words
  • 26 1 BELFAST. Northern Ireland, Mon. (Renter) Prime Minister Terence O'Neiil today offered his resignation as Prime Minister of the troubled British Northern Ireland.
    26 words
  • 840 1 25th ECAFE Plenary Session Ends SINGAPORE, Mon. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, today urged developing nations to adopt a "philosophy of development" to achieve progress in the 1970'5. He also outlined s 1 x points for advancement and economic
    840 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 106 1 YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME fts# Location Excellent Service, Reasonable Rates For Reservations Call Tour Travel Agents ENJOY A PRINCELY STAY IN HONG KONG HOTEL FORTUNA 855. NATHAN ROAD. KOWLOON. TEL: *****1 In This Issue... FREETH: Regional defence important Page 2. PEEPING Toms menace in the mails Page 3. ECAFE
      106 words
    • 255 1 S $B.OO Per Hour minimum of 3 hours inclusive of English-speaking driver end petrol e TRAVEL CENTRE OF SINGAPORE, E-10, International Building, Orchard Road, Singapore. Tel: *****, ***** GUEST CHECK MPwith two-column prin to speed service reduce errors build customer confidence wherever food end bevereges ere served TV# time to
      255 words
  • Page 1 Miscellaneous




  • 159 5 WASHINGTON. Mon. (Reuter) U.S. Treasury Secretary Mr. David Kennedy said lie saw no need for an mC e fr S o» in the offic al gold price oi LSS3S an ounce. In a copyrighted Interview In the weekly U.S. News and world Report. Mr. Kennedv
    159 words
  • 115 5 LONDON Mon In the search for romance women have far greater stamina. While men get discouraged by lack of success, the women keep plugging away. This is the opinion of Leslie smith, who has been surveying marriage bureaus in Britain and their clients. He presented his
    115 words
  • 72 5 SYDNEY. Mon. (Reuter) Naval vessels from Nationalist China will visit Australia for the first time when three warships sail Into Sydney harbour or Wednesday. The ships, the destrovers "Jum Yan" and "T'al Yuan" and the patrol boat "Hua Fhan". will berth at the Royal Australian Navy's
    72 words
  • 408 5 HONG KONG, Mon. (UPI) The political report to the Ninth National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party by Lin Piao made it clear that no significant changes could be expected in China's hard line policies at home or abroad. The lengthy report by the
    408 words
  • 171 5 HONG KONG. Mon. (Reuter) Radio Moscow in a broadcast beamed to China today continued Its attack on the recently concluded Chinese Ninth Party Congress but made no mention of Vice-chairman Lin Piao's political report released by Peking yesterday. The radio In a Chmese-lan-guage broadcast said the
    171 words
  • 176 5 LIMA. Men. fßeuter) Two Italian sailors and a cameraman leave Peru early next month on a dangerous Kon-Tiki-tvpe voyage across tl-e Pacific in a rubber life raft equipped with sails. The 20-foot bv 8-foot raft. Celeusta. will set out frcm the Peruvian Port of
    176 words
  • Bulletins
    • 60 5 WASHINGTON. (Reuter; The Pentagon disclosed last night that a powerful American naval task force formed to protect reconnaissance flights off North Korea was being reduced. A statement issued at 2.200 EDI" (0200 GMT on Moncay) said that a number of ships in the force were being detached
      60 words
    • 75 5 MANILA. (UPI) Two provincial policemen riding in a motor rickshaw were shot in the back and killed last r.ight in Tarlac province 75 miles north of Manila. Their assailants, who used .38 calibre revolvers, were unidentified. Communist Huk gunmen operate in the region. Patrolman Gregono Labaton.
      75 words
    • 77 5 BEIRUT (Reuter) The Lebanese government has asked for an Arab league meeting to discuss the recent serious clashes between security force« and pro-commando demonstrators. it was announced here last night. The announcement, issued fcr- *he official national news coiri The g i er.t a...ej tr.e Arab
      77 words
    • 88 5 WASHINGTON. (UPI) Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Rov Jenkins arrived in Washington yesterday for talks today with U.S. Treasury Secretary Mr. David M. Kennedy. Mr. Jenkins, who came in by train from New York, will continue financial discussions in Washington on Tuesdav when
      88 words
    • 58 5 PARIS. (UPI) Nobel-win-ning author Francois Mauriac, 83. suffered a broken right shoulder in a fall at his Paris apartment yesterday. Mauriac. a member of the Academie Francaise. was reported in satisfactory condition in hospital. One of President Charles de Gaulle's most prominent literary supporters. Mauriac
      58 words
    • 61 5 HONG KONG. (Reuter) A voung Nigerian Prince who plays football, dances and collects stamps is looking for pen friends. In an advertisement in the Hong Kong newspaper, the South China Morning Post, ?**i week Prince V Jj.o; 2.1:1 Adua Eello asked for people with similar interests
      61 words
    • 51 5 JAKARTA. (Reuter) Two teenage girls in Jakarta arrived home from an evening out to find some of their long hair had been cut offThey did not know it had been cut until they looked in a mirror. Hair thieves in Indonesia can sell hair lor £9 a
      51 words
    • 40 5 BOGOTA. (UPI) An eight member Japanese trade delegation arrived in Colombia yesterday to arrange for the eight Japanese Floating Industrial Exhibition in Barranquilla on Friday. The exhibition aboard the Sakyra Maru has been visiting Ecuador. Panama and Mexico.
      40 words
    • 50 5 MANILA. (UPI) Columnist Manuel Gaerlan suggested today in the Philippines Herald that Communist China's Chairman Mao. who dropped the hy. phen between his second and third name last week to become Mao Tsetung. a lso should give up capital letters to prove he doesn't believe in "Capitalism."
      50 words
    • 79 5 MANILA, (Reuter) President Ferdinand Marcos has railed on tha youth of the Philippines to prepare themselves for the responsibilities which the future holds for them. The President spoke of the new militancy of youth in advocating reforms, adding that "Today, everywhere in the world, the young are
      79 words
    • 74 5 SYDNEY. (Reuter) A young Queensland doctor has won an Austra la-wide career girl quest with first prize and overseas trip. The winner was Dr. Heather Branson. 26. a lecturer in Anatomy at the University of Queensland's School of Medicine More than 500 girls entered the contest.
      74 words
    • 54 5 BANGKOK. (Reuter) Police in Bangkok will keep a close watch on youths moving about the city after 10 p.m. in a new move to combat crime, metropolitan police commissioner Lieutenant-General Torsak Yomanak reported. General Torsak told reporters that most crimes in the city were f-ommitted by youths aged
      54 words
    • 63 5 JAKARTA. (Reuter) Indonesia's Minister of Social Affairs. Dr. A. M. Tambunan. has appealed to parents to give better guidance to their daughters. He said there were signs of moral degradation among some modern Indonesian girls and mentioned girls who smoked cigarettes, girls who wore dresses not consistent
      63 words
    • 228 5 PARIS (Reuter; Small groups of anti-Gaulllst demonstrators scuff.ed with police in the Latin quarter and In neighoouring areas of Paris eany tcaay. But no arrests or serious injuries were immediately reported. Waving red flags and shouting anti-ue Gau.le slogans, some demonstrators crossed tne river to the right bank
      228 words
    • 56 5 ROME. (Reuter) The Italian Foreign Ministry spokesman said "the defeat of President de Gau le in the referendum will have far reaching repercussion for us.'' He added: 'Trance is a c'ose friend and a close partner in the Common Market." He said it was still premature to make a
      56 words
    • 43 5 MANILA, (Reuter) The Young Americans, a group of 38 tennage minstrels from California recently gave a public concert at the Philippine Cultural Centre s amphitheatre in Manila. The group are on a tour of U.S. military bases in the country.
      43 words
  • 142 5 NAGPUR. India. (Reuter)— The rightwing Hindu Mahasabha Partv plans to reconvert Hindus who have been "forcibly or deceitfully" converted to Chris'ianitv. Party president Braj Narayan Brajesh told their annual conference yesterday that they would raise 500.0f>0 rupees <£27.700 sterling) for a "reconversion and reclamation fund." H*
    142 words
  • 235 5 HONG KONG. Mo n. (Reutrr > Vice-chairman Lin Piao of the Chinese Communist Party has summed up the experience of China's Cultural Revolution and called for strengthening of the party machinery, the New China News agencr reported. The agency and Radio Peking today carried for the first
    235 words
  • 94 5 HYDERABAD. India. (Reutert Six peoole have been killed when police fired on rioters at a religious festival in a village in Andhra State. An official report «aid two police oflfi ers and several constable* were seriously hurt in the rioting yesterday which flared up over the
    94 words
  • Article, Illustration
    262 5 MARKET SHOCK SYDNEY. (UP I) President de Gaulle's resignation caused a dramatic reaction on early trading at the Sydney stock exchange today. Speculators made heavy demands lor mining stocks especially in gold shares and many stocks sky rocketed in a flurry of trading. The speculators believe that with a
    UPI radio photo.  -  262 words
  • 268 5 PARIS. Mon (Reuter) Georges Pompidou. French Prime Minister from April. 1962 until July, 1968. has been consistently regarded as a potential successor to General Charles de Gaulle as President of the Republic. The genial, bushy-evebrowed politician rarely seen without a cigarette dangling from his
    268 words
  • 117 5 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia s Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman may have expressed the Asian mood when he said he was "very sad" at learning of the resignation of French President Charles de Gaulle. Pros de Gaulle had many detractors in Asia but Asians tend to venerate their leaders,
    117 words
  • 258 5 PARIS. Mon. (t*PI) Highlights of the career of President Charles de Gaulle Sept. 1914 Ist Lt. de Gaulle wounded in first month of World War One. Wounded twice more before capture by Germans. May 1940 Brig. Gen da Gaulle named Undersecretary of State for War. his first
    258 words
  • 104 5 TAIPEI Mon. (Reuter) A member of the Taipei City Council wants city polic® armed with scissors to give long-haired men haircuts In the streets. Mr. Chang Chien-Hsin proposed at a recent council meeting that the wearing of long hair by men should be banned and
    104 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 68 5 PLUS $lO,OOO (BOMJS) TO WINNERS WITH 5 NUMBERS CORRECT. EXTRA THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS GIFT PRIZES! MEMORIN Made in Germany Take "MEMOtIN" pills to rid Depression, Gddiness, Sight Blackout, ond gives you clear thinking. Is a natural protein preparation for nourishing the brain ond nerve cells. If token regularly will improve
      68 words

  • 466 6 IN France, President de Gaulle has kept his word and resigned following the setback in the referendum. Over 53 percent of the people of France had said 'NO' to his reforms for regionalisation of the administration and changes in the Senate. As a seasoned politician,
    466 words
  • 186 6 UPI PRESIDENT de Gaulle's resignation drew an eight-column banner headline on the New York Times front page on Sunday night: 'de Gaulle quits after losing referendum. Senate leader to serve pending election.' A Times editorial said in part: •Historians may compare his ouster with
    UPI  -  186 words
  • 1951 6  -  By Derek Round HONG KONG, Mon. (Reuter) Chinese Vice-chairman Lin Piao bitterly attacked disgraced Head of Stata Liu Shao-Chi in his report to the Ninth Party Congress which ended in Peking last week. This was revealed when the New China News Agency
    1,951 words
  • 30 6  -  Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Not in the clamour of the crowded street, Not In the shouts and plaudits of the throng. But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. Longfellow,
    30 words
  • 405 6  -  By Edouard Dillon PEKING, Mon. (AFP) Chinese leaders gave the impression of having adopted a more flexible style in international relations during a reception given yesterdoy, three days after the end of the Ninth Party Congress, by the Tanxanian Ambassador here, Salim Ahmed Salim to mark his
    405 words
  • 174 6 MOSCOW, Mon (UPI> josef Stalin was neither "the greatest military genius of aU times." as he was described in his lifetime, nor the "Ignoramus" who followed the battle on a schoolboy s glob® "as former Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev said. This was the view
    174 words
  • 87 6 NEW YORK. Mon. (VPI) Newsweek mazarine said on Sunday night American officials are worried that South Korea might try to intercept a new $6.5 million fishingfactory ship now en route to North Korea from a Dutch shipyard. The magazine noted that the U.S. "has long
    87 words
  • 1000 6 De Gaulle —France's Most Powerful Head Of State PARIS. Mon. (Reuter) President Charles de Gaulle facing rejection by referendum voters tonight was the symbol of Free France in World War Two and later came out of retirement to restore his country's international prestige and avert the threat of civil war.
    1,000 words
  • 107 6  -  LETTERS... D. M. JANI SOME policemen on beat and points duty sport their peak-capj at an inclination that leaves one to wonaer wnetner they can have a clear view of places before and around them, it also gives an impression that they are sny lest their friends
    107 words

  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 449 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysia's favourable trade balance zoomed to $565 million last year making It the highest since 1960, according to Bank Negara's latest quarterly economic bulletin. Gross exports in 1968 estimated at $4,113 million represented an increase of 10.5 per cent over
      449 words
    • 16 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. The tin price for today was $620.12 i per picul, up $9.00.
      16 words
    • 311 7 PAL press service MANILA. Mon. Philippine Air Lines realised a net profit of P5,033,128 from its 1968 operations, which was a little less than half the profit of the previous year, Benigno P. Toda, Jr., PAL chairman and president, reported to the annual stockholders meeting at
      PAL press service  -  311 words
    • 139 7 PAL Press Service MANILA Mon. The Philippines and Indonesia must step up trade for their mutual benefit and to bolster the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Modesto Farolan. Philippine Ambassador to Indonesia, said in Jakarta recently. Farolan expressed deep concern about the
      PAL Press Service  -  139 words
    • 84 7 MANILA, Mon. The Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines has set up a trade section to handle PhilippineCzechoslovakia trade, it was announced by Teopisto Guingona. Jr., CCP president. Tne move was taken after President Marcos had authorised the CCP "in its private capacity to undertake
      84 words
    • 2129 7 By Our Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Mon. Steady but quiet conditions prevailed after the openin* of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia an d Singapore today. The market seemed to have sobered up somewhat especially after last weeks speculative whirl around the newer
      2,129 words
    • 315 7 THE Chartered Bank has formed an International Banking Division to spearhead further growth in the international money market, where it will develop and intensify the Group's operations. The Chartered Bank has played a leading part in the development of this market
      315 words
    • 160 7 TOKYO. Mon CReuter) Japanese banking circles were todav alarmed by the defeat of President de Gaulle in the French referendum wMch thev feared might touch off a new international monetary crisis. Exchange bank* wer« holding urgent consultations over w net her they should restrict tredine
      160 words
    • 285 7 Rubber: 72 1/ 8 Cts SINGAPORE, Mon. May first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur todav at 72-1/8 cent per lb., up five eighths of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. The market opened sharply higher on
      285 words
    • 151 7 TOKYO, Mon.. (Reuter) Two Japanese firms have said they plan to produce polyester fibre in the Philippines jointly with local concerns. Teijin Ltd and Tovo Benka Company will shortly apply to the Japanese Government for permission to set up a joint venture with Philippine partners. Teijin said.
      151 words
    • 234 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. The to lowing is a berthing list re.eased by the Port ol Singapore Authority for April 29: DEPARTURE: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Laos 3/4 Stentor 8/9 Murrayeverett 13/14 Schelae Lloyd 15/16 Holsatia 19 Orion 1i.W.4/5 Tronoh 21/22 Perry 23/24 Rio Grande Maru 31 32 Aranva Rajah
      234 words
    • 573 7 MMiAPimt Stork Elrbanir Mid tod ot ber prices officially lltted at the clou of bU)>lDFM INDUSTRIALS ACMA 2 P. 2 31 FW*n Co 2-27 2.28 Borneo Bhd 1.87 1-89 Bou*tead 2 16 t. Mi,;ar 4 46 4 50 Camel Plywood 2 36 Cycle A Carriage 2.07
      573 words
    • 65 7 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) —Money Quotations HK s*s ***** per U S dollar. HK S6 ***** per U.S. dollar TT HK $14.53 per pound sterling HK $325,125 per taei of go'.d 94 5 per cent fineness. HK $162 6 per 10,000 Japanese yen. HK $132.0 per 100
      65 words
    • 82 7 SEOUL, Mon. The government has signed a contract with a local aeent to export 1.000 tons of leaf tobacco worth US$B5O,OOO to Nationalist China. the office of monopoly announced today. The tobacco will be shipped to Taiwan within June through the agent, the Shin-A Trading
      82 words
    • 52 7 (Manager* Prlre*) lit Malayan 3.16 2nd Malayan 2 87 3rd Malayan XD 1.3 ft The Commerce Ind 1 12 1 22 The >artns Fund 1.21 1.31 M. Invest l-und XD 1.35 1.45 let Hons Hons 145 1 41* 2nd Hone Kong 95 1.00* Sterling Com 6/llxd ("Hong Bone
      52 words
    • 101 7 SINGAPORE. Mon The noon price* at the Singapore Chines* Produce txchanje today are:— Buret Belies Cor on of Oil 48 50 (F.OB.) Balk Coconut Oil 51 IK) (F-O.B.) Dram Mixed Copra 11 0© Muntok U hit® Pepper 122-50 (FOB.) X.L.W. Sarawak White Pepper ***** (FOB) Sarawak Special Black Pepper
      101 words
    • 412 7 arrivals 6 00am M»A Kuala Lumpur sou am MSA MLll* KMII Lumpur 9Utm Ci*R« UAIW2 Jakarta. 1015 am MSA M 1.121 Koala Lam pur. 10 25 am. MSA MLOOS Penang. Ipoh, Koala Lumpur. Malacca 1.00 pm. SAS *K»7I Copenhagen. Taabkent. Bangkok. liopm MSA ML4M Kocbtoc IXVp m. CAL
      412 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements

  • 354 8 TOKYO, Mon. (AFP) More than 12,000 policemen were mobilised in Tokyo today in an unprecedented precaution against threatening ultraleftist student violence on the occasion of Okinawa Day to demand a speedy return of these American-occupied Japanese islands). More than 6,000 daredevil student
    354 words
  • 61 8 SAIGON. Mon. (Reuter) Burning refuse from a civilian rubbish hea© set Are to an American ammunition dump at the big northern city of DaNang. triggering of a 13-hour series of explosions, a U.S. spokesman said todav All South Vietnamese and American personnel in the area of the
    61 words
  • 108 8 LISBON. Mon. Portugal's ailing ex-premler Dr. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar Is 80-year-old today but is still unaware tiiat a severe stroke ended his 36-year authoritarian rule last September. Close friends say the formerly all-po*.verful leader's condition after the stroke which partly paralyzed him and plunged him
    108 words
  • 75 8 WINSTON SALEM. North Carolina. Mon. <Reuter) Gangs of Negro youths roamed the streets smashing shop and car windows here today after a militant rally. Police patrolled the town's Kimberly park area a predominately Negro d:str:«"t where the rally was held late last night in attempts to
    75 words
  • 304 8 PARIS. Mon. (Reuter) French bankers believe a Gaullist defeat in today'* referendum would lead to heavy speculation against the franc and sterling This might accelerate a change in world monetary policies and exchange values they said. Last November's decision not to devalue the franc was taken
    304 words
  • 857 8  -  RUSSO-JAPAN FISHISG ROW Bv Toshio Kojima TOKYO, Mon. (Reuter) Soviet trawlers scooping netloads of fish out of waters where Japanese fishermen use only rods and hooks are causing a big debate on whether Japan should claim more of the high seas for itself. The Japanese
    857 words
  • 344 8 y NEW YORK, Mon. (Reuter) Newsweek magazine said today President John Kennedy qave the Soviet Union information on U.S. safety measures for nuclear weapons so that the Russians could develop their own. The magazine said the President was worried that the Soviet Union
    344 words
  • 36 8 MANILA. Mon (Reuter) The Philippines has received four American UH-1H helecopters as part of United States government aid to the country The helicopters, delivered on Saturday, will be used for air-evacuation missions.
    36 words
  • 395 8 HONG KONG. Mon (Reuter) Chinese leaders won't talk to Soviet leaders on the telephone. Chinese Communist Party Vice-chairman Lin Piao said this in his report to the Ninth Party Congress in Peking. He said Soviet Premier Alexel Kosyrin wanted to talk to
    395 words
  • 412 8 PARIS. Mon (AFP) New presidential elections could take place in France on June 1. following the government's defeat in yesterday's referendum. The President of the Senate. Alain Poher. will take up his position as Acting President of the Republic, under the MSB constitution, and plans
    412 words
  • 214 8 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) The defeat of president de Gaulle would inevitably upset all the international markets In London until the policy of his successor is known. Some observers do not expect any violent fluctuations in the currency markets tomorrow as most speculators, anticipatine a de
    214 words
  • 119 8 TOKYO. (UPI) Japan foresees no radical change m France's foreign policy under a new president although a slight deviation is expected, a Foreign Ministry source said today. The cource said some change is unavoidable because France's diplomacy mainly reflects the personal thinking of Charles de Gaulle. He
    119 words
  • 122 8 LA PAZ. Bolivia. Mon. (UPI) President Rene Barrlentes Ortuno. whose army crushed the guerrilla forces led by the late Ernesto Che Guevara, was killed yesterday when his helicopter crashed outside his hometown of Cochabama in the Bolivian interior A spokesman for the Presidential Palace
    122 words
  • 682 8 MANILA. Mon. (CPI) Asians greeted with subdued applause President Nixon's first 100 davs in office tomorrow. Officials in Tokyo. Canberra. Seoul. Saigon and Manila agreed that Mr Nixon has done a good job overall so far but that he still has to face
    682 words

  • 158 9 SI vGAPORE, Mon. Two polict detectives who received a bribe of $4O for not making on adverse report that would result in the detention of a man, were sentenced to two years' imprisonment each in the Fourth District Court today. Goh Lye Seng. 31, and
    158 words
  • 139 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. A huge timber log, weighing several tons, crushed to death a 19-year-old employee of Woodlands Timber Factory, this afternoon. Police gave his name as Toh Chye Huat of Chua Chu Kane Road. It was about 1 20 pm. today when Toh was working at the
    139 words
  • 214 9 SINGAPORE. Mon.—The Department of Extramural studies. University of Sin•mfore. Is offering a 10lecTOre course on 'Methods •n Surrey Research" which begins on May 8. The lectures will be conducted by Dr. P. D. Weldon, lecturer in the Department of Sociology and are aimed to enable participants
    214 words
  • 69 9 SINGAPORE. Men. Police are looking for the relatives ar.d friends of a male Indian whose body was found floating in the Inner Roads of Singapore. opposite the South Quay. Immigration Depot, recently. The deceased was about 30 years of age. and was about 5 ft 7
    69 words
  • 278 9 WASHINGTON. Mon. (Reu•«r) Discovery of mass concentration of defence material under the lunar surface has revived the theory that the moon's contours were carved by ocean waves and meandering rivers, a U S space scientist said today. Mr. Paul Muller. of the National Aeronautics and
    278 words
  • 617 9 SINGAPORE. Mon Mrs Diar.e Barlow, wife of Singapore businessman. Richard Barlow, was one of the Aft! guests of 4 Company. Women's Royal Army Corps at a reunion of past and present members of the Army's women's service* on Saturday. They met In
    617 words
  • 108 9 CANBERRA. Mon. (Reuter) Canada's move? to officially recognise Communist China are not motivated by trade, Mr Jean-Luc Pepin, the Canadian Minister for Industry. Trade and Commerce, said here today. "Like Australia Canada wants to sell more wheat to China." he said, "but there is no reason
    108 words
  • 44 9 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. The Minister of Justice. Er.ehe Bahaman bin Samsudin, left here today for a six-d*y visit to East Malaysia He will spend four days in Sarawak and two days in Sabah visiting departments unde r his Ministry.
    44 words
  • 468 9 MOVE TO REPLACE JURY SYSTEM SINGAPORE, Mon. The University of Singapore Low Society has now come out to oppose the introduction of a Bill to abolish the jury system in the Republic. In a memorandum on the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill, 1969, the
    468 words
  • 110 9 SINGAPORE. Mem. A 19-year-old Indonesian. All bin Ismail, was today sentenced to four and a half months' Imprisonment for a sampan and entering the Republic without a valid passport. At 1.20 am. on April 27. a -'T-ainant. "Saaban Jalanl who waa returning home saw the accused
    110 words
  • 49 9 SINGAPORE. Mon An girl. Tay Ah Huat, was charged In the Ninth Magistral s Court today for blesllnp four cheques amount:r.n to $3OO on Dec. 27. lact year The accused claimed trial and was allowed ball $l,OOO The case will be heard on Sept 10
    49 words
  • 384 9  -  By SOEHARJONO JAKARTA. Mon (Reuter) The Indonesian government plans to move some of the 60.000 communists it has in detention to isolated parts of the country to ease the problem of feeding them and to prevent them from reuniting in
    384 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 32 9 LAM'S 'NONA GUMOK' FAMOUS FOR ITS QUALITY OBTAINABLE AT A GROCERIES ft\G O *|g FIRST PRIZE $400,000.00 TOTAL p^si^o«M)oaoo ALL PRIZES GUARANTEED M FULL A AVAILABLE AT All AGENTS-TOTO BOOTHS POST OFFICES
      32 words
  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 328 9 mSHAW I I I D O Phone ***** 1 Today A Tomorrow On l» U m 1 45. 4on ft.M B.lft pal Jlrk Lord Stlir'er kti ah' 1 THE COUNTERFEIT RII I FR" Jack w».'t"n Co or I GI-SB> THt'RS Cliff Robertson BE3T ACTOR Academy A*ard fir hi* performance a*
      328 words
    • 388 9 ORCHARD —***** ?:TH DAT! No Fr«« U«t Daily S Show*! 1.45. 5.15 A 8 30 pjn. Adm $1(0. *2.50 $4 00 WINNER or I ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST rtCTEUI Lionel "ftl IVFR" PtoMMa* Bxrt'a übl I Lll Technicolor A Columoia Plcturo School Conceaaton: II M To An wit Daily at
      388 words

  • 714 10  -  By Florence de Santis CALL it a blouse, coll it a top, call it a shirt; nobody has quite decided what name to give to the upper half of all the separates which are making up most of current fashion. But by
    714 words
  • 497 10  -  Bv: h.c. tan WITHOUT ART. life will not be the same for Mrs. Lucia M. Valdez, wife of the Philippines ConsulGeneral in Singapore. Life with all its complexities may be twisted, intrigued, mercenary, earthly, conventional bear s its fair share of burden on the
    497 words
  • 834 10  -  Sara Lambert YOU shouldn't have to say a word for other people to know what your're like The way you do things says it all Do you rlasp your hands loosely together when you relax or do you let them hang casually over the edge of
    834 words
  • 113 10 WITH country music back In favour. American designers were quick to decide that the Paris patchwork look was right for today's young. Fall high-fashion separates collections. iuch as Gayle Kirkpattrick's. will feature calico, velveteen and man-mades put together in square? of clashing patterns and colours, just like an
    113 words
  • 96 10 MORE and more, the pants looks is turning into a variant on the current liking for the separates put-together. For fall designers are coming up with lots of three-piece pants costumes. Typical will be straight-cut but fairly wide pants done in solid colour, such as black or
    96 words
  • 125 10 THE appearance of fill fabrics m patchwork is nothing new for furs. High-fashion designer! started piecing them several seasons ago Now they're at it again, encouraged by the patchwork in general fashion. Pans furrier Chombert does it in tri-coloured rabbit, setting bars of beige
    125 words
  • 86 10 EXCEPT for the stole, the fur piece has been dead these many years. The scarves, boas, ect., which were once as much a part of women's wardrobes as a full fur coat, disappeared. Now. however, the trend to separates in fashion seems to be reviving interest
    86 words
  • 176 10 LOOK FOR... SHIRT changes for summer with sleeves going billowy full, necklines opening to receive scarves, bodies shaped to the figure like bodices. NEW ways with dress-up pants, with leg widths going ever wider in all-over pleats, tunics going Japanese in sashed kimono looks. THE new look for
    176 words
  • 233 10  -  By Mary Sue Miller HAVE you heard? There's a new way to lure the male of the species into your orbit. It's the astral eye, out-of-this-world fringy. featured lashes for both the upper and lower lids. Lashes for the upper lids are arranged in groups along
    233 words
  • 572 10  -  FASHION PERSONALITY (Br FLORENCE DE SANTIS A nation-wide audience know? Elizabeth Hubbard as Dr. Althea Davis in the NBC-TV daytime serial. "The Doctors." According to Elizabeth herself, Dr. Davis' image is "dowdy.** The same could hardly be said for Elizabeth in private life.
    572 words
  • 129 10 Italian Hemlines Both Up Down IT ALLAN ready -to wear, now being shown to store t often predicts fall trends. If so. one thing is sure, that hemlines will be h 1 11 and low. The highs wlj be in the dresses, the lows mostly in coats. All Italian ready-to-wear
    129 words
  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 58 10 TODAY and YOU... Tuesday, April 29, 1969. m 1- 5-10-31 V/56-6-1-32-S7 yn r t CAPRICORN KC. 72 jan. v^:-3-14-16-23 32-41-81-85 84 Things 85Codifion 26 Concessions 56 Finonelcfy 86 Rolling 27 OominMrina 57 Ganerous 87Poss b:« 27 Dominatring 57G«nerous 28 Can 58 Inspiring 29 Fed 59 Do 30 Be 60 Defer
      58 words

  • SUN SPORT
    • 694 11 ASIAN YOUTH SOCCER "OANGKOK, Mon. (AFP) Burma knocked out Israel by a solitary goal to qualify for the finals of the 11th Asian Youth Soccer Tournament at the National Stadium here tonight. There was no score at half time. The Burmese only goal
      694 words
    • 141 11 BANGKOK. Mon. (AFP) Thailand qualified for the final of the Hth Asian Youth Soccer Tournament when they edged Iran by I—o in the semi-finals before a 47.000 crowd at the National Stadium here tonight. Thailand led by a solitary goal at half time. The scorer was
      141 words
    • 44 11 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Moulmein Road Community Centre will hold its open tabletennis tournament for men and women. a t the end of next month. Thos* who wish to participate should contact the Organising Secretary of the C.C. before May 15.
      44 words
    • 167 11 A 61-foot-tall basketball and rugby player. Corporal David Flockhart. serving at R.A.F. Changi, Singapore, has been awarded the Station's Sportsman of the Year Trophy. Cpl Flockhart whose parents. Mr. and Mrs. Georse Flockhart. lire at 7, Skye Road. Dunfermline. Fife. Scotland. rained the award fo
      167 words
    • 322 11 MADRAS, Mon. (Reuter) A working committee of India's rirkrt Control Board derided here vesterdav that Australia's tour of India next winter should go ahead as planned, with Ave Tests and five three-day matches. I The Board will recommend this to the Government and expects a
      322 words
    • 204 11 BANGKOK. Mon. (AFP> The Asian All Stars football team will discontinue until such time a.« member countries are willing to release their best players. Thl* was decided at the Asian Football Confederation Planning Committee meeting held at the Manhattan Hotel conference room here today. The committee
      204 words
    • 92 11 MADRID, Mon. (Reuten Domingo Perurena. of Spain, last night won the fourth stage of the Tour of Spain cycle race, a 124 km* (77 miles) Journey to Madrid from Talavera De La Relna. southwest of the capital Perurena. first Spaniard to win a stage in
      92 words
    • 523 11 LONDON. Mon. (Renter) The County Sunday League. English cricket's new one-day competition, was given a sparkling send off yesterdav with lively batting performances in nearly all eight matches. Kent led the way. rushing to 211 runs for six in their allotted 40 overs They then
      523 words
    • 156 11 CASABLANCA. Mon. (Renter* French drivers Robert Nevret and Jacques Terramorsi. in a Citroen DB2l. won the 12th Moroccan Motor Rally, which ended her? last night according to unofficial calculations. The French Citroen cars swept the board, with five entrie* finishing among the only six crew* classified after
      156 words
    • 303 11 SINGAPORE Mon Swift Athletics Association "A' team with a hundred per cent record captured the overall team championship title in the SAAA annual road-relay league championships which ended yesterday. Swifts A* finished first in all the six matches to collect six points —the least recorded
      303 words
    • 377 11 Roche Newcombe Final In Italian Open ROME, Mon. (Reuter) Professionals Tonv Roche and John Newcombe. sffded first and second, meet in the all-Australian men's singles final of the Italian Open Tennis Championships here today and could take the doubles title as well. If. as expected, they get through their suspended
      377 words
    • 1047 12 Weights For Penang Third Fourth Days PENANG. Mon. Following are the weights for the Third ond Fourth Days to be held on May 3 and 4 of the Penang Summer Meeting. THIRD DAY Horses Class 4 Dlv. 3 About 7 Furs. Golden Kanna Orie Great Expectation Sarah-Dina 8 13 Casanova
      1,047 words
    • 451 12 SINGAPORE. Mon. RAF Tengah's eight-handl-capper Wilkinson shot a to win the RAF Tengah Golf Open Championship on Sunday beating no less than eightv-six competitors on the field. With the best golfers from the country's 9-hole golf courses entered In this Open
      451 words
    • 463 12 DALLAS. Mon. (Reuter) Bruce Devlin sank an eight-foot pressure putt on the last hole yesterday to save par and defeat fellow Australian Bruce Crampton and American Frank Beard in the I SJIOO.BOO Bvron Nelson golf classic. Devlin, who won hit last American
      463 words
    • 270 12 FOfR horse* Pisang Coreng. Saint Wilfrid. Dictionary. and Keep Going—have been promoted to the top class from Class 2. according to the latest classification Hst issued the Malayan Racing Association. The full particulars of the list ar* as follows: PROMOTIONS: From Class 2
      270 words
    • 267 12 LISBON. Mon (Reuter) Benfica will again take part in the European Soccer Cup next season. They made sure of th'.a yesterday when they won the League championship for the third time running. Benfica finished with 39 points. Runners up. Porto, totalled 37 In their last match
      267 words
    • 739 12  -  WORLD TABLE TEWNIS CHA\fPIO\SHIPS By Michael Lockley MUNICH, West Germany, Mon. (Reuter) About- 500 top table tennis players from over 50 countries pack up their bags here today leaving a trail of upsets at the World Championships which threw world
      739 words
    • 641 12 NEW YORK. Mon (Reuter) The Baltimore Orioles, the American League Eastern Division leader, swamped the New York Yankees 6-0. 10-5 in a double header while the National League s Eastern Division champs, the Chicago Cubs split a double header with the New York .Mets
      641 words
    • 231 12 LONDON* Mm (Reuter> Leading gal scorers in the c.igi sli Soccer League after *eejtend tix.uies OniMU.V ONE L C L.C I Jimmy G:eaves Tottenham) 27 4 5 36 Ge >iT Hu st Weil tiami 25 2 4 51 Joe Ro-ie I «L-e .•> 22 4
      231 words
  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 354 11 Classified Ads. CARPETS AND RUGS For Quality Carpet* B Ruga SHOP AT: UNITED CARPETS 183 Tanglin Road. Singapore 10. (Opposite Hotel Malaytia) Yeu are cordially invited to our «ho J- room to tee the Esciting Range of PERSIAN. BOKHARA PAKISTAN. INDIAN CONTINENTAL CARPETS RUCS. Wall to wall Carpeting ia oar
      354 words
  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1121 11 p¥ TV and Radio wl J (CHANNEL 5) PM 300 Opening Announcement in All Languages And Morning Star; 320 Be Our Guest <Malav Version); 3.45 Health In The Home (Tamil Version); 355 House and Home i English Version); 4 10 A Diary Of Events In Singat>ore This Week "English Version);
      1,121 words

  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 30 12 I GAD costal ft wr own Italian die! Sorrento COFFEE HOUSE 304S ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE 9. PHONE: 357>l Ox" 10 J® UMtm. «t If WW lICHCUTB SLRVE WME JUI EEI
      30 words
  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 114 12 Time And Tide TUD4Y Singapore town: 250 am. (3 ft. 5 ins 845 a m. (7 ft 6 ins 3.05 p.m (2 it. 1 in 9 30 p m. (8 ft.) Naval Dockyard: 2-13 a.m. (4 ft. 2 ins 9.03 a m. (8 ft. 9 ins.); 2.56 p.m (2 ft.
      114 words