Eastern Sun, 6 May 1969

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    23 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY -cV Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 989 Tuesday, 6 May 1969. ft MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cent*
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    Lock icon Police Charge Thousands Of Bereaved Indians
    281 1 NEW DELHI, Mon. (UPI) Thousands of bereaved Indians fighting to get a final glimpse of the body of their amicable President, Dr. Zakir Husain, were beaten back from the presidential palace today by club-swinging police charging into the crowd. The massive crowd broke police
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    Lock icon Dr. Zakir Buried
    103 1 NEW DELHI. Mon (Renter) —The body of President Zakir Husain of India was buried this evening at Jamia Millia. the Moslem University he beaded for 22 years. Tall, turbanned officer# of his bodyguard stood over the (rave which was surrounded by the male members of his family,
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    Lock icon Coming To S'pore, Malaysia
    71 1 CANBERRA. Mon. (Reuter) —The Australian Army's Director of Army Supplies and Transport, Brigadier G.F.T. Richardson, will visit Singapore, Malaysia and South Vietnam from May 11-21, an official announcement said. He will inspect units and examine vehicles, air dispatch techniques and fuel storage methods being used in
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    Lock icon What X-ray Showed In Alison's, 4, Stomach
    78 1 HORNCHURCH. England. Mon. (UPI) Mr. and Mrs Terry Hann took their daughter. Alison. 4. to have an x-ray after she complained of stomach pains. Doctors later found she had swallowed: 28 beads, some bird seed, a dog's bone, three plastic toy bricks, s
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    Lock icon 'Kick Britain Out' Of C'wealth Suggestion
    150 1 CANBERRA. Mon. (Reuter) A senior Nigerian Army officer suggested today that Britain should be kicked out" of the Commonwealth over its handing of the Rhodesia problem if the organisation was to survive. Colonel R. Mahomed, who trained at Britain's Sandhurst Military Academy, was addressing
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    Lock icon Food Poisoning Kills 7 Children
    59 1 BRUNEI TOWN. Mon. (Reuter) Seven children have died of food poisoning at a remote village bordering Brunei Town this week, according to villagers who arrived here today. Another child was reported to be in a serious condition and has been admitted to the Brunei General
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    Lock icon Speaker To Represent S'pore At Funeral
    39 1 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Speaker Mr. P. Coomaraswamy, who is now in New Delhi, will represent the Singapore Government at the funeral of the late President of the Republic of India. Dr Zakir Hussain.
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    Lock icon King Hussein In Cairo
    135 1 CAIRO. Mon. (Reuter) King Hussein of Jordan flew In here today for talks with President Nasser of the United Arab Republic on how to co-ordinate Arab action against Israel. President Nasser greeted the Jordanian monarch, whose visit follows widespread consultations amongst Arab nations about how to
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    86 1 ROME Mon. (UPT»—Children will play with anv old thine they find ljing around What five of them found in a new neighbourhood park on Sunday was an anti-tank shell. They passed it from hand to hand and then started a tame of catch with it. An adult passerby
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    Lock icon LONDON: British Premier Harold Wilson (centre) with wife Mary (left) and Alex Halliday of the London Trades Council, join in singing of "Auld Lang Syne" at conclusion of the May Day Festival at London's Festival Hall on Sunday. The Premier received a tumultuous welcome from his many supporters at the meeting.
    53 1 LONDON: British Premier Harold Wilson (centre) with wife Mary (left) and Alex Halliday of the London Trades Council, join in singing of "Auld Lang Syne" at conclusion of the May Day Festival at London's Festival Hall on Sunday. The Premier received a tumultuous welcome from his many supporters at the
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    Lock icon Reds Training 1,000 Youths
    128 1 BANGKOK. Mon (Reuter) About 100 Communist guerilla# In Southern Chumporn Province in Thailand are training more than 1.000 youths m jungle warfare, the Bangkok Post reported today. The newspaper gaid this was revealed by a 10-year-old boy who escaped Irora the Communist training camp over the
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    Lock icon Bus Mishap Kills 15
    71 1 SEOUL, Moo lUPI) A passenger bus skidded off a wet bridge and plunged into rain-swollen river in Kwangju City this morning, killing 15 persons and injuring five others, the national police reported. The accident occurred short, ly before 10 a m (0100 GMT) while rain was
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    Lock icon Malik: English Is Our 2nd Language
    53 1 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) Foreign Minister Adam Malik said today English was now Indonesia's second language. Mr. Malik was commenting on Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman's suggestion that Indonesia should make English its second language to speed up the imple* mentation of the joint
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    Lock icon Tunku: Reds Have No Conscience, No Feeling
    452 1 BUTTERWORTH. Mon. The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman. today condemned aot<* of violence by Communists and tbeir sympathisers who. he aaid. were trying to wreck the Democratic system in Malaysia. The Government must take effective steps to protect the people from intimidation and
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    Lock icon New U.S. Peace Corps Director Sworn In
    147 1 WASHINGTON, Mon. (UFI) Joseph H. Blatchford was sworn in today at the White House as new Director of the Peace Corps and said he plans to shake up and revitalize the volunteer force born early in the Kennedy-era new frontier. Blatchford. 34. la
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    Lock icon Painted Green, Beggar Saw Red
    85 1 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) A beggar today ran wild after he woke up to find hi* face and hair covered In green paint "I'll kIU that fellow." he shouted, waving hia anna and >as and leering at passers-by who acurried out of hia way. Police
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    Lock icon Apollo 10 Passes Countdown Test
    103 1 CAPE KENNEDY, Florida Mon. (UPI) The Apollo 10 space machine passed a crucial countdown test today in preparation for Its May 18 launch of three moon-bound astronauts. The fully fuelled Saturn 5 rocket, spouting oxygen vapour as If It were launch day, wound up a
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    Lock icon Bomb Scare At. Cricket Ground
    64 1 WORCESTER. England. Mon. (Reuter) Police cleared the Worcestershire cricket ground today after an amonymous phone caller claimed three bomb had been planted in the ground where Worcestershire *r* playing the touring West Indian team. All buildings were cleared during the lunch interval and the players
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    Lock icon Sabah Jails 42 Filipinos
    118 1 KOTA KINBALU. Mon. (Reuter) Forty-two Filipinos were today sentenced to three months' jail each for entering Sabah without travel documents. The Filipinos were arrested last month on Jambongan Island near Kudat. in the northern tip of the Malaysian North Borneo State. Their kumpits native canoes fitted
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    Lock icon Queen E. Arrives In Vienna
    55 1 VIENNA. Mon. (UFI) Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and her husband Prince Philip arrived here today to begin a flve-day State visit to Austria. The largest reception Austria has extended a State Yisitor since World War Two wa« waiting for the Royal couple when
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    Lock icon Dr. Toh To Students: Take A Broader Outlook Of Life
    441 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. The ViSingapore, Dr. Toh Chin Chye said ce-Chancellor of the University of today he doubted whether students who go overseas for studies would acquire the spirit and character which Singapore wanted as leaders. 3 /"Wv*n4ncr ilv.dtv 1 rotn.
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    Lock icon Post-graduate Course In Systems Engineering
    508 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. The University of Singapore is offering a post-graduate course in systems engineering leading to the degree of Master of Science (systems engineering) in May during the 1969-70 academic year. The course, a two year part-time study, Is the first post-graduate course offered bv
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    Lock icon 1,200 Hold 'Love In'
    220 2 SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin Mon. (UPI) About 1 200 voung people held what some "labeled a "love-in" here yesterday. The police loved it. There were no demonstrations. no protests, no fights, no vandalism, no confrontations just a lot of singing and dancing. But 90 miles to the
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    Lock icon Tun: Beware Of Red Elements
    265 2 DUNGUN. MOD. Militant Communist are trying to put the government and the police "in a bad light" to give the impression that the coming general election is undemocratic, the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. said today. Urging the people to beware of these elements.
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    Lock icon MURDER RAP
    40 2 SINGAPORE. M on. Cheam Kum Hong. 23. was charged in the Ninth Magistrates Court today with the murder of Lim Lam Hiong. 31, at Tanjong Pagar yesterday. He was remanded The cue will be mentioned on May 12.
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    Lock icon Singapore Administrator Studies In Australia
    170 2 A SINGAPORE official, Mr. Chua Boon Chye. is in Australia under the Colombo Plan studying organisation, establishment and methods, condensed three-months coarse being conducted by the Australian External Affairs Department's International Training Centre in Canberra. Chief of Offlre Administration in the consumer-accounts division of the
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    Lock icon Manicka: Civil Servants A Happy, Contented Lot
    634 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The secretaryfeneral of the Gerakan Ra'ayat Malaysia, Dr. an Chee Khoon, was today accused of having dona government servants a great disservice by portraying them to the electorate as "nothing but a bunch of self-seekers forever disgruntled and grousing over
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    Lock icon Gun Gift From Australia
    108 2 SYDNEY, MOIL (Reuten Australia will present Malaysia with 13 bofors anti-aircraft runs and ammunition tomorrow In a ceremony preceding the withdrawal of Australia's 110 th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery. Defence Minister Mr. Alton Fair hall said today Australian High Commissioner Mr. Allan Eastman will hand over the
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    Lock icon Luokv Shopper Receives Prize
    117 2 a One of the two Eastern Sun lucky shoppers last week Is Miss Chew Siew Klang. a fifth year medical student at the University of Singapore. Miss Chew was shopping at Metrotex when our cameraman took a snap of her and other shoppers. The next day
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    Lock icon 'Vesak Prelude' Contest Results
    237 2 SINGAPORE, Mon—The following are the results of the series of competitions organised bv the Vesak Prelude '69 Organising Committee of the University of Singapore and the Singapore Poly t e c h nic Buddhist Societies. Open Essay Competition on Buddha's Compassion" (500-600 words). First ($5O) Mr
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    Lock icon Good Relations With India And Pakistan
    108 2 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) Foreign Minister Mr. Adsm Malik said today Indonesia had good relations with India and Pakistan and could there, fore not take any action which mieht displease one or the other. Mr. Malik wag commenting on the Indian naval magailne "Hernia.** which
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    Lock icon DAP Calls For Inquiry Into Shooting Incident
    202 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Democratic Action Party today called on the government to hold a public inquiry into the shooting of a Labour Party member. Lim Sun Seng, at Kepong near here yesterday Lim was among a group or youths oainting anti-election slogans
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      329 2 Make studying more enjoyable —do your homework by machine —on the Facit Portable -*>:» T SB if LM -S X Pi We learn and remember thing? better if we write them down. Students at school take notes of the more important points. Brief, concise notes which they liter expand and
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    Lock icon 'Lack Of Urgency, Finance, Hinder C-plan Activities'
    261 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. Inadequate finance and lack of compelling urge and organised approach are two of the most inhibiting factors in the progress of intra-regional technician training in Colombo Plan countries. This was stated by Mr. Irshad H. Khan, Adviser of Intra-Regional Training Colombo
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    Lock icon Belgium Envoy Announced
    92 3 SINGAPORE. Mon Mr. Andre Seiliez has been appointed the first Amoassador of Belgium to Singapore. His appointment has been agreed upon by the Governments of Singapore and Belgium with a view to further strengthen the already existing close relations between the two countries. Mr Seiliez is presently
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    Lock icon 59 Road Crashes
    102 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Police are looking for the relative! and friends of a Malay wo man aged between 35 and 40, who died from falling off moving bus at the junction of Clarence Lane and Alexandra Road yesterday and died In another road accident, a lorry driver Yip
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    Lock icon S'pore's 'Open Door' Policy On Aid
    453 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. Singapore would welcome assistance "of any kind from whatever source" in its educational plans to meet the demands of its industrialisation programme. This was stated today by the Minister for Education, Mr. One Pang Boon, when he opened the third Colombo Plan
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    Lock icon ASSAULT CHARGE
    65 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Two *ner. were charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court today with assaulting two Police officers. Phoon Wal Kum and Lee Wan Nen are alleged to have committed the offence at Old Upper Thomson Road on April Phoon is alleged to have punched P. C. G. Balakrishan
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    Lock icon FOUND DROWNED
    48 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The b.,dy of a female Chinese. Lee Hisg. 71 was found floating In a pond near her home at Lorong Tangkai. 16 milestone Jurong Road, at 11 a.m. this morning. The body was first discovered by her neighbour. Police do not suspect foul piay.
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    Lock icon APPEAL FAILS
    121 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. An elderly prisoner, Munlyappan s/o Karupa Kaunder who broke his leg In prison two months ago today failed In his appeal before the Federal Court to reduce the prison sentence of seven years for culpable homicide. Munlyappan ©leaded that he 'was getting old and would not
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    Lock icon 'Labour Party Traitor To Chinese'
    171 3 BATU ARANG. Mon—The Mentri Besar of Selangor. Dato Harun bin Haji Idris. charged today the Labour Party was a traitor to the Chinese in the country. Opening a post office here, he said: "It was members of the Labour Party who. during confrontation. opened the
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    Lock icon Squatter Found Dead
    94 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. An unknown male Chinese who was warned three times by the Housing Development Board to demolish his hut at Jalan Toa Payoh was found dead in his hut on March 6 when a land-inspector checked his hut. the Coroner's Court was told today. The land-inspector
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    Lock icon Two Appellants Get Their Terms Increased
    308 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. Two appellants convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment on charges of armed robbery tailed in their appeals before the Federal Court to have the prison terms reduced. Instead, the Federal Court increased the prison terms to the maximum of ten years
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    Lock icon 'Misadventure' On Mother Who Died Of Air Embolism'
    509 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. A registered private midwife told the Coroner's Court today she did not suspect that a piece of placenta had been retained in the uterus of a woman who had given birth. The mother did not show any sympton of retention
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    Lock icon Infanticide
    100 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. An unknown new-born baby who was still attached with the umbilical cord and placenta was found dead In a dram r long Kim Tian Place in Queenstown on March 24. the Coroner's Court was told today He died of pulmonary haemorrhage due to exposure. The Identity of
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    Lock icon Missionaries In Asia: More Needed
    245 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. Mr. Max D. Atienza, Vice-President for Public Affairs, Far East Broadcasting Company, Philippines, today said that there was a great shortage of missionary workers in Asia. He was here in Singapore as the main speaker of the Missionary Conference organised by the Singapore
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    Lock icon Indecent Exposures
    37 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. A 19-vear-old English youth was fired $35 by the Ninth Magistrate's Court today for indecent behaviour. Paul Raymond Morgan admitted taking off his trousers and underwear at Bugis Street at 1.10 am. yesterday.
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    Lock icon SAFETY FIRST CENTRE PROPOSED
    242 3 SINGAPORE, Mon.—The National Safety First Council has called on industrial safety officers to discuss the possibilities of setting up a training centre in the Republic. Making this call In its latest bulletin, the council stressed the need for such a centre to keep pace with the
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      35 3 Today's Diary 5.30 p.m. 9 pjn.: SATA free mass X-ray station at Alexandra Community Centre Mei Ling Street. 8 p.m.: Chinese drama rehearsal and magic class at National Theatre Club, Clemen ce a u Avenue.
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    Lock icon C-Plan Delegates To Discuss Setting Up Of Training Centre
    678 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Delegates to the three-day Colombo Plan uium on intra-regional t«chnicion troining will discuss the idea of o regional technician teacher training institution. The establishment of such an institution, based on the organisational structure of the Asian Institute of Technology.
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    Lock icon Sir Val Warns Of Mining Exploitation
    562 4 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Government* which try to get more than their fair share of profits from exploitation of their untapped mineral resources were warned here today that they could not expect co-operation from the big mining companies The warning came from Sir Val Duncan,
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    Lock icon 3 Reasons Why She Must Cut Her Hair
    89 4 NEW BURY. England. Mon. (UPI) Josette Swinden has been told to get her hair cut by the British Soccer Referees Association. She plays in the local ladies team. The haircut has been ordered because: Referees can't see the team numbr on her
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    Lock icon A Chronograph Is More Than A Watch
    122 4 THREE Swisa watchmaking company, working tog*'her. have solved a problem which has been stumping watchmakers for years They've created the first automatic chronograph A chronograph is more than a watch. It not only tella time but records elapsed time and function* as a
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    Lock icon Viets Capture Five Germans?
    258 4 SAIGON. Mon (Reuter) five West German voluntary worker* are believed to have been captured by Vietcong in the Jungle* of Northern Qutng Nam Province, a We»t German Embassy spokesman said today. He *aid the five youngster*, three girl* and two boys, were last seen on April
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    Lock icon Park Invited To Iran
    79 4 SEOUL. Mon (Reuter) Shah Phaien of Iran invited South Korean President Chung-Hee Park to visit Iran at a time suitable to the President. Presidential Press Secretary Sang-Uk Kang said today The King's invitation was extended through visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Ardeshir Zahidi m-hen he paid a
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    Lock icon Picture shows members of the Australian Red Cross Society on arrival at Paya Lebar International airport.
    115 4 SOME 30 Australian Red Cross Society workers flew into Paya Lebar International Airport last night on the first leg at their "Friendship Programme" visits to countries in this region. The Australian visitors will also
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    Lock icon Bill To Check 'Double Faced' Talk By Politicians—Khaw
    364 4 Bill To Check 'Double Faced' Talk By Politicians —Khaw KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A proposal that legislation be introduced to check "double-faced talk" by political parties during election campaigns was made here today by the Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh. He told a press confer-" ence
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    Lock icon Viet Defected To Vientiane
    160 4 VIENTIANE. Mon (Reuter) The Chief of Staff for the Laotian Army Major Genera! Oudone Sananikone. Mid todav that a North Vietnamese staff Officer had detected to the Laotian Government side, bringing with him important document* The general named the defector as Pham An Thuyen from the
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    Lock icon FLAG DAY
    55 4 SINGAPORE. Mon The Singapore Association for the Deaf will hold its flag day on Siturday. Funds collected will be used for helping to build a vocational training centre and workshop where deaf children and young people can learn trades and skills which will enable them to earn a
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    Lock icon U.S. Plane Kills Eight Civilians
    132 4 SAIGON. Mon. (Reuter) An American spotter plane killed eight civilian and wounded seven other? in a rorket attack authorised by the local South Vietnamese District Headquarters. the United States Military Command reported today. A statement said that unspecified "appropriate measures" had been taken to avoid
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    Lock icon We're Determined To Join C-Mart-Wilson
    432 4 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) Prime M.nister Mr. Harold Wilson today reaffirmed Britain's determination to join the Common Market and he predicted that persistence will result in the morket opening up to new members. Mr. Wilson spcke at a ceremony here celebrating the 20th anniversary of the
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    Lock icon China's Promise To Pakistan
    223 4 KARACHI, Mon (Reuter) China has promised to maintain friendly relations with Pakistan under its new military Ruler. President Yahya Khan. It was announced here today. In a letter to President Yahva the Chinese Prime Minister. Mr. Chou En-lai. also made clear his country would maintain support
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    Lock icon Jailed For Hitting Minister
    101 4 KAMPALA. Mon. (Reuter) A 23-year-old Uganda Army private was jailed for two-and-a-half years today for assaulting a Government Minister whom he was said to have found with his wife. The Chief Magistrate of the court here said the evidence was that Private Livingstone Kayongo attacked the
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    Lock icon More And More Donate Blood
    214 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. A total of 3.180 units of blood was received last month which represented a very high figure Improving on the monthly target of 3.000 donations per month. According to the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service weekly bulletin, a total of "92 blood transfusions was
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    Lock icon Nigerian Troops Push South Of Umuahia
    122 4 LAGOS Mon. (Feuter) Federal Nigerian troops have pushed south of Umuahia to a position three-and-a-half miles from the captured Biafran capitaL a Federal Army spoke*, man said here today. Umuahia is now empty and troops of the Federal Armv' division, commanded by Colonel Mohammed
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    Lock icon 'Poly Tie'
    41 4 SINGAPORE, Mon —instead of the traditional green tie, "freshies" of the Singapore Polytechnic this year will wear the Polytechnic tie. A welcome ceremony for the "freshies" will be held on Wednesday at the Singapore Conference Hall Auditorium on Wednesday.
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    Lock icon Beatle's New £150,000 Mansion
    124 5 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Beatle John Lennon. 28, and his wife. Japanese artist Yoko Ono, 34. have bought a £150.000 Georgian -period mansion near Ascot, South England. The couple will have a sprawling estate with great oaks and elms besides the stately home with its seven bedrooms.
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      Lock icon MORE ROCKS AND RIOTS
      97 5 MADISON. Wisconsin, Mon. (UPI) Rock throwing vouths clashed for the second night yesterday along the edge of the University of Wisconsin campus with riot helmeted police, who responded with clouds of tear gas. The latest outbreak of rioting followed eight hours of police attempts to clear
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      Lock icon MOTHER TO PROBE V'NAM DEATH
      123 5 CHICAGO. Mon. 'UPI) A Chicago mother left yesterday for a trip to Vietnam to find out how her son was killed. Mrs Eugenia Gillette, 37. flew to San Francisco 0 n her way to the trial of Platoon Set Bernardo Rodriquez. who 1; accused of
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      Lock icon HUSSEIN TO BRIEF NASSER
      101 5 CAIRO, (Reuter) King Hussein of Jordan arrives here today for talks with President Nasser aimed at strengthening the eastern front and promoting more effective Arab co-ordination against Israel. Their discussions will be part of wide consultations among Arab countries on the integration of efforts and developments
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      Lock icon DIES AT 116
      27 5 TOKYO, (Reuter) Japan's oldest man died today at the age of 116. Mr Jubei Nakamura of Kamaishl, northern Japan cled in hospital frcm pneumonia.
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    Lock icon Moscow Reaches For The Sky
    426 5  -  By Dusko Doder MOSCOW, Mon. (UPI)—A Soviet architect soys Moscow will have skyscrapers five times os high as the 102-storey high Empire State build ing in New York by year 2,000. "This is not phantasy." said Konstantin Derevlyev. an architect for the City Council. "In
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    Lock icon Women Writers Gathering
    154 5 MEXICO CITY. Mon. (Reuter) Nearly 200 women journalists from a ll over the world are due here next weekend to attend the first World Conference of Women Journalists. The conference, from May 11 to 18. Is intended to be a pilot scheme for a biannual world conference
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    Lock icon 3-day Rains Over Seoul
    68 5 SEOUL. Mon. (UPI) Eight persons have perished and three are missing as a result of heavy rainstorms which hit most parts of South Korea on Saturday through Monday. In addition. 12 others were injured. The dead included seven soldiers burled in a landslide In the Hwachoon
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    Lock icon MERINO wool is finer than that of any other breed. It spins into the finest yarns and nearly always enjoys a price advantage over other types Australia grows more than half of the world's fine Merino Wool. Of the country's 170,600,000 sheep, 129,800,000 or 76 per cent are Merinos. Many of the remainder contain Merino blood. Wool, despite the rapid growth of industrial and mineral development, is still the most important single commodity in the Australian economy. Photo shows a grand champion Merino ram of the Sydney Sheep Show. This breed has made Australia the world's leading producer of fine wool.
    103 5 MERINO wool is finer than that of any other breed. It spins into the finest yarns and nearly always enjoys a price advantage over other types Australia grows more than half of the world's fine Merino Wool. Of the country's 170,600,000 sheep, 129,800,000 or 76 per cent are Merinos. Many
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    Lock icon 'Why Chen Yi Was Dropped...'
    222 5 HONG KONG, Mon. (Reuter) Chinese foreign Minister Chen Yi was dropped from the ruling politbureau because of a shock speech in which he said he was a soldier, not a diplomat, the Hong Kong Star reported today. The English-language tabloid. quoting China sources, said Chen
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    Lock icon Just Plane Lucky Duo
    93 5 SYDNEY, Mon. (Reuter) A Piper Cherokee light plane crashed In flames In a street in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown today. The pilot. Mr. D B Heilman. leaped out and dragged his woman passenge r clear of the wreckage seconds before it exploded. The pilot, who
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    Lock icon Naga Chief Arrested
    84 5 NEW DELHI. Mon (Reuter) Mowu Angami, chief of the Naga Nationalist Army who was arrested by the Indian authorities on March 16. is being held under the preventive detention act. an Indian Home Ministry spokesman said here today. The act permits detention without trial. The spokesman said
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    Lock icon Insecticide Tragedies
    93 5 BUENOS AIRES. Mon. (UPIi Police say a housewife apparently mistook a box of Insecticide for soap powder and used the poison to wash out her family's rice storage can. That mistake caused rot only her dealh but also the deaths of nine others and illness of 18 who
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    Lock icon Better Be Safe Than Chicken...
    238 5 DRUGS A.XD THE CHICKE.W FACTORY LINCOLN. England, Mon. (Reuter) A man's love-life can be ruined by eating chicken, a scientist warned here. Men who eat lots of chicken are endangering virility. Dr. Alan Long, an expert in organic chemistry, told a weekend conference of vegetarians
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    236 5 NEW DELHI. Mon. (Reuter) India s political leaden yesterday began informal-discussions about the choice of a new head of state as tens of thousands of mourners filed past the body of President Zakir Husain who died on Saturday after a heart attack. The body of
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    100 5 MANILA. Mon. (UPI) Authorities have confiscated hundreds of improvised weapons from restive inmates at the Philippine Central Prison where at least seven prisoners have died In gang wars. National prisons director Alejo Santos said. "We have taken all the necessary measures but no one knows when
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    86 5 HONG KONG. Mon. (Reuter) The Hong Kong government today released a Chinese leftist detained under the controversial emergency regulation which permits detention without trial. Lok Tin Sang, who was one of the two men still detained under the emergency regulations. was arrested in April. 1968. in connection with
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    303 5 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) Queen Elizabeth addresses a special ceremony here today to mark the 20th anniversary of the 18-nation Council of Europe. The statute setting up the council of Europe was signed in London on May 5, 1949 and today's ceremony is being
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    88 5 SAIGON. Mon (UPI) North Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong has said that the United States is 'deescalating th* war" in South Vietnam The statement. Hanoi's first u ch reference to US. de-escalation was made in a May Day gpeech attended by Ho Chi Minh and
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    77 5 HONOLULU. Mor (UPI) Two persons have been arrested while demonstrating outside the Nationalist China consulate in Honolulu for the release from a Taiwan prison of former Hawaii students Chen Yu-Chi. Police said about "0 demonstrators took part in the Sundav protest. Chen was convicted last year by
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    125 5 ABERYSTWYTH. Waits Mon. (UPI) Police are investigating the death of one of Prince Charles history tutors Professor Og»en Williams. 45 and a bachelor, was found dead on Saturday on a lonely beach six miles from here His car was In a foot of water on
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    106 5 ANCHORAGE. Mon (UPI) A woman tourist has died and 12 other Americans were stricken with food poisoning while aboard a Trans Pacific jet returning from a "Cherry blossom tour" of the Orient. The Northwest Orient flight from Tokyo was scheduled to land in Seattle, but because of the
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    348 5 WASHINGTON, Mon. (Reuter) General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, retiring Allied Supreme Commander, warned today that Russia and its European communist partners posed as great a threat now as when NATO was first formed 20 years ago. He said the Soviets had coupled their enormous conventional
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    332 5 PARIS Mon (Reuter)—The Eiffel tower, trade mark of Paris and 80 years old tomorrow, is proving more popular with post war tourist* everv vear. Building of the famous tower «*as completed or. March 31. I*B9 by a team under architect Jules Eiffel, and officially inaugurated
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    494 6 JAPAN has officially renounced any idea of doing herself up in the role of a patron end hub in an Asian and regional military alliance. Yet this is exactly the position the United States would like her strong Asian ally to assume and maintain. While the thorny
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    174 6 UPI. THE New York Times criticised American peace efforts in Monday's editions in an editorial titled "how not to make peace." "The American command continues to press the flght as though still in pursuit of a military victory. A defensive posture would be more conducive
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    718 6  -  »y Daniel Southerland SAIGON, Mon. (UPI) President Nixon is soon to be presented with a major economic report on South Vietnam prepared by U.S. and Vietnamese experts over the past two years. The report concludes that given the right policies a
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    283 6 ROME. Mon. (AFP) Italian Treasury Minuter Emilio Colombo today called for a "frank dialogue with Paris" about Europe This dialogue, he said In an interview with the weekly newspaper L'Europa should "include everything o" the table" the results and faults of the European
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    426 6 Wealth And Economic Power In China —Expert NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) China has distributed the wealth more evenly but concentrated economic power In the hands of a few. a University of San Francisco economist said on Saturday. Dr Yuan-Ll Wu, Professor of International Economics, said the Peking regime failed to
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    237 6 STOCKHOLM. Mon (SIP) A portable house of three rooms, kitchen arid bathroom that r an be erected in leu than an hour and corres hi four sires. has been introduced by Svenska Metallverken. Sweden's 'eadin* manufacturers of non-ferrous metal products. Dubbed the "Essem Telescopic House" the aluminium
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    244 6 PEKING. Mon. (AFP) The New Chfna News Agency today reported a speech by Chairman Mao Tsetung in which he compared his teaching with that of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. The agency report, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Fourth of May Movement considered as the
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    489 6  -  Bv RAY WILKINSON CAIRO, Mon. (UPI) Archaeology in Egypt Is facing its biggest crisis since the Rosetta stone was discovered 170 years ago and unlocked the secrets of the Pharaohs. Money to finance Egyptology excavations in the still archaeologically rich Nile Valley is scarce. The
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    307 6  -  By K. Parasurunan NEW DELHI. Mon. (UPI) India is currently preventing one million births a year, largely through sterilisation, the loop and contraceptives. An important milestone in India's battle against the baby boom is a modem condom manufacturing plant at Trivandrum. Kerala in South India,
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    346 6 OWFRRI, Birfra. Mon. (AFP) Biafran leader Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu has suggested that Nigeria and Biafra name a croup of African leaders who would examine wars to end the war. The group, he added, could perhaps meet under the chairmanship of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. Col.
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    140 6 SAIGON. Mon. (AFP) President Nguyen Van Thieu's office today denied press reports that the President had said the United States might withdraw a certain number of units from Vietnam next August. According to the Presidency's statement. Mr. Thieu's words on Saturday were: 'The problem of the replacement of
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    283 6  -  By Gero Kriwanek PRAGUE. Mon <UPl>—The Soviet Union nas proir.ifcea Czechoslovakia a MM.5m Loaa as soon as the Kremlin is cor* vincea Uie new partv leader, Gustav Husak, has restored orthodox communism in this Soviet-occupied country, party sources said on Saturday The sources
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    170 6 PRAGUE. Mon. (AFP* Eeven foreigners, mos* of them journalists, have been expelled from Czechoslovakia in recent days, the Ministry of the Interior disclosed in a communique today Three were BBC Journalists or r.e*'s ohotographers: Martin Be 1. Wiliiam Bae in, and Eric Thieren. The communique named
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    171 6  -  LETTERS.. SOO-tHUW Singapore I read with interest Izves. tia's commentary on Gen. Charles de Gaulle, in Eas.ern Sun on May l. It is understandable why the Soviets should praise Gen. de Gaulle sky high. It is his foreign policy During his tenure ol office he has
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    338 8 BALTIMORE, Mon. (UPI) Historian Henry Steele Commager has called for an end to nationalism to halt what he said was our race toward destruction." "It is the nation state that is chiefly involved in the most monstrous immoralities/' Commager said. "It is the nation that
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    54 8 CALCUTTA, Mon. (Router) Twentyslx people were feared drowned in a ferry boat disaster in the Hooghly River upstream from Calcutta, police said here today The ferry, carrying 54 passengers. was caught in a storm in mid-stream and capsized yesterday. Twentv-eight people swam ashore Five bodies have
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    54 8 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) Japanese Foreign Minister Mr. Kiichi Aichi returned here today from a week-long visit to Europe. He spent most of his time in London attending a regular An g 1 o-Japanese Ministerial conference. He also had an overnight stay in Copenhagen to have talks with Danish
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    220 8 MOSCOW, Mon. (Reuter) A leading Soviet commonfa* or todav warned the U S that if it did not soon begin talks with the Soviet Union or the limitation of nuclear weapons a new phase of the aims was Inevitable. Mr Yury Zhukov said in th"
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    138 8 VATICAN CITY. Mon. (Reuter) French Cardinal Jean Villot. 63. today formally took ever his post as Pope Paul's Tifiht-band man in the government of the Roman Catholic Church Cardinal Villot's appointment as Vatican Secretary of S-ate was announced by the Pope last Wednesday. He succeeded 86-vear-old
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    88 8 ROME. Mon. (Reuter) United Nations Secretary General U Thant has arrived here today from Geneva for talks wi*h Italian leaders and an audience with Pope Paul. He will confer with President Giuseppe Saragat. Prime Minister Mariano Rumor and Foreign Minister Pietro Nennl on International
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    196 8 LONDON*. Mon. (UPI) Some scientists say the An-glo-French Concorde is a noisy bird The Briton in the street will soon And out if it is or not. Officials announced yesterday that the supersonic passenger Jet ig to be allowed to fly up and down the length
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    45 8 SAIGON. Mon. (UPI) American B-52 bombers pound, ed Communist infiltration routes from Cambodia in another overnight raid. a"d allied troops killed 55 Communist soldiers in scattered ground fighting during the day American losse 5 were lis'ed as five dead and 12 wounded.
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    28 8 JAKARTA. Mon. <Reuter>— Indonesia last year had 3.191.209 radio receivers or one for every 35 people, the central statistic office announced in Jakarta.
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    79 8 A Japanese girl stands in front of a huge stereo set which is claimed to be the world biggest for comparison. Designed for use in outdoor music hall, the 5.2 metre-long set has been developed by Toshiba Electric Co. of Japan at the cost of about US$30,000. It has 25
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    57 8 SHOWN above is a model of the "Time Capsule EXPO "7O" now under display at Tokyo International Trade Fair site in Harumi, Tokyo. The capsule, made of the special metal, is to preserve some 2,068 pieces of the typical objects which can represent the modern civilization for the people of
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    87 8 JAKARTA. Mon. 'AFP) Former President Sukarno's claim that Indonesia was free from illiteracy has been described as a farce" by Mr Ki Mochammed Tauhid. vice chairman of a Nationalist Educational Organ-sation. Angara News Agency reported today. Ki T«" M d said t v at e*ch vear 7.5
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    104 8 HONG KONG. Mon (UPI) Doctors said today a Russian seaman flown here from midsea with acute appendicitis was doing we' 4 but had to remain in hospital for two weeks. Pershinov Gennady. a 24-year-old motorman of the Russian cargo ship M S Never, was evacuated
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    44 8 SYDNEY. Mon (Reuter) Police today confiscated white paint and brushes from two University students manoeuvering a dinghy alongside the 21.626-ton American Navy electronics vessel Mercury in Sydney harbour. The students, both aged about 20, were questioned and allowed to go.
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    37 8 KARACHI. Mon. (Reuter) Pakistan's state-run National Shipping Corporation will next year add a new merchant vessel to its fleet which will then give the line 28 ships totalling more than 300,000 deadweight tons.
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    433 8 NEW YORK Mon. (UPI) The New York Times discussed German monetary policy today in an editorial titled "The monetary ostrich game." The Times said: "Governments have long stralred the credulity of the public by insisting —up to the last moment before a long premeditated act that their
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    62 8 LISBON. Mon (Router) A brief earth tremor shook Lisbon early today, causing alarm among some people who feared they might be in for a repeat of the lone quake which shook Portugal on February 28. But emergency services said thev received no calls for help and no
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    384 8 FRENCH PRESIDENTIA PARIS, Mon. (Reuter) France's main socialist party, the SFIO, ended a Marathon 16-hour congress here today by deciding to field Marseilles Mayor Gaston Deferre as its candidate in next month s presidential election. The decision could be fatal to the left not because of
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    167 8 PRAGUE. Mon <Reuter> Eleven foreigners nine of them Journalists were expelled from Czechoslovakia during the May Dav Holidays the Communist party newspaper Rude Pravo reported today. The paper listed them ag a three-man British Broadcasting Corporation television camera crew, three Americans with "similar interest*" though it
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    95 8 WARSAW. Mon (Router"* A gang of 10 forgers, including a lawyer and an art historian, have been jailed here for printing and circulatine 600.000 counterfeit United States dollars The 10 were sentenced to term® ranging from two to eight years and fined heavily, the newspaper Slowo
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    120 8 ROME Mon (Reuter>—The Philippines First Lady. Mrs. Imelda Marcos called at the Vatican for a private audience with Pope Paul thLs morning. She was accompanied by her two daughters. Imee. 13 and Irene, eight. who carried a basket of Filipino mangoes flown In yesterday
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    253 8 LONDON. Moil (Renter) —I Local elections across Britain this week are expected to record further lose** at grassroots levels for the ruling Labour Party. Nationalist parties confidently count on gams in Scotland and Wales. In England, the prospect of urban, county and municipal voting spread
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    318 8 NEW ORLEANS. LooWiai, Moo. (UPI) Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first Negro appointed to tfce U.S. Supreme Court, has denounced black mill tea t» and said "nothing will be settled with runs, firebombs and rocks." "Anarchy Is anarchy is anarchy. "Mr Marshall told sa overflow
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    83 8 NEW YORK. Mon. (AID— Two twin sisters aged 59 cied here after jumping together from the sixth floor of the apartment building in which they lived. Police opened inquiries but said there could be no doubt that the two sisters. Mrs. Lillian Gross and Mrs. Edna Staler.
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    353 8  - A Sweet Water 'Success' —Thant (By Alan Riding UNITED NATIONS. New York. Mon. (Reuter) Mankind's centuries-Ion; attempt to extract drinking: water from the salt seas of the world Is at last succeeding according to a I'nited Nations report. U.N. Secretary General U Thant said desalted water a\ailable for drinking has
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    699 9  -  By Leon Daniel TOKYO. Mon (tTI) R. Buckminster Fuller, a man who has been called a genius, a crackpot and a lot of things in between, forked Into bis mouth a huge chunk of rtre steak and announced today that the United States already
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    83 9 PARIS. Mon. (Renter) The French franc improved against most currencies and moved off the dollar floor for the first time since last Tuesday when interbank dealing opened this morning. The mark came back within the officially permitted limits after buying pressure on Friday had forced the rate
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    417 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. Tht Director of the Colombo Plan Bureau, Mr. D. Alan Strachan today gave reasons for the popularity of the Plan when he spoke at the opening the third colloquium on intra-regional technician training being held here. The plan had became popular, he said,
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    301 9 PAMPLONA Bpaln. Mon (Reuter) Jubilant Spanish Carlist leaders today slipped into France for talk* with their exiled pretender. Prince Xavier of Bourbon Parma, after a day of wild antiFranco demonstration* by Carlists near here In Madrid. 78-year-old Spanish Chief of State General Franco faces a
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    54 9 TAIPEI Mon. (Reuter) More that 180 overseas Chinese tourism leader from 23 countries have arrived in Taipei to attend the first conference of the World Chinese Tourism Industry Association, the Central News Agency reported today. About 57 prominent figures in local tourism business also will attend the two-day
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    294 9 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) The Philippines is still studying: what policy it will adopt at the forthcoming South-east Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) Ministerial Council meeting in Bangkok, Foreign Secretary Carlos P. Romulo said today. Mr. Romulo was commenting on a Manila Times report today which auoted
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    83 9 HONG KONG Mom. <Reuter) The No 3 steel plant In Shanghai ha s trial-produced ahead of schedule many new steel products needed to strengthen national defence construction and develop science and technology The New- China News reported this todav in a Peking dispatch hailing the new advance
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    92 9 rERNRIDGE. Pennsylvania. Mon (UPD— Troy Ruttman Jr.. 19. son of the Indianapolis 500 driver, was killed on Sundav when his racin* car struck a wall and overturned in the opening day feature of Pocono international raceway Ruttman. a novice, lost control of his super mod: fled racer
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    62 9 KATMANDU. Mon (Reuter) —A four-member Japanese reconnaissance party left here bv air today for the airstrip at Lukla. near Mount Everest, to prepare for the Japanese assault on the world highest mountain next spring The team will fly up to 20.000 feet to study the
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    229 9 JAKARTA Mon. (Reuter) Indonesia's Chlef-of-BtafT for Defence and Security. General Sumltro. said today the United Nation* would not restore colonisation In West Irian "because the territory is a legal and absolute part of Indonesia Addressing a military ceremony a» the Defence Ministry. General Sumltro said
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    173 9 LONDON. Mon Today's teenagers with their frank attitude towards sex could turn out to be more moral than their elders, according to a North England mental welfare officer. Mr CW. Price of Darlington told a group of young people recently that today's teenagers might he more
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    137 9 TAIPEI Mon. (AFP> A middle aged fanner fighting over family property get Are to the thatched s hed"he shared with hi» elder brother's family resulting in Ave dead, including three children, and one critically Injured, a report from Central Taiwan said today. The tragedy occurred
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    302 9 KUALA LUMPCR. Mon I The Malaysian Indian Congress is looking into the possibility of Malaysian In- 1 dians taking part in land development schemes. the Minister of Labour. Mr V. Manirkavasagam, said today. An executive officer had been appointed to study the matter, he
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    254 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Two nobel prite winning scientists are amone the more than 200 delegates from 19 countries attending the inter-congress conference of the Pacific Science Association which opened at the University of Malaya here today. They are Prof Shin' Ichiro Tomonaga the retiring
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      197 10 LOOK FOR..?* THE new quality cottons for good summer outfits, done like tweed for suits, in reverse prints for coat-and-dress costumes. A RETURN of fringe, in depth on the sleeves of crepe cocktail pants costumes, edging gypsy-style shawl scarves or long stole scarves. SUMMER costumes with tunics vests,
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      62 10 A COCKTAIL dress has to be unusual these days, and Michel Goma of Jean Patou came up with one of the best in his spring collection in Paris. Crepe is entirely covered with little crystal and white bubbles, while the hemline is done in loop fringes of a crisp man-made
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      282 10 MILOPA. the Swiss cosmetics will make its entry into the Singapore scene soon. First introduced in Europe 35 years ago. the product has been enjoying successful sales there without the aids of advertisements It will be the only Swiss beauty aid In Southeast Asia Scientifically
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      81 10 TODAY and YOU, Tuesday, May 6, 1969. TAUtUS •Js AOS 20 UAV *V> H GEMINI O MAYJJ •O MAY 5! JUME JO u Be 20 Com* 21 You'r» 22 Ab(« 23 In 24 Quick 25Coun*| (X)Good 50 No* 51 Ortwn 52 Topic* 53 Todcry 54 By 55 Sponge 56 Fight
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      Lock icon Keppel Clubbers Beat Diplomatic Corps
      372 11 SINGAPORE. Mon. Golfing on their home links, the course-wise Keppel Club players beat their golfing opponents, the Diplomatic Corps representatives, by 11 Teeln* off at 7.54 a.m., and the first match on the t<-e. Diplomatic Corp s player# Dr. Toh Chin Chye and Ambassador Nlbhon
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      Lock icon David Milne Takes Changi Amateur Open Golf Title
      572 11 SINGAPORE, Mon. David Milne, a 17-year-old handicap 3 golfer from Keppel Club carded a $6-35=71 to win the R.A.F. Changi Amateur Open 6olf title last Sunday from 89 other hard trying com- petitors. Partnered bv C h a n gi golfers Nicholson
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      Lock icon Okker's Second Straight Win
      166 11 NAGOYA. Japan. Sun CUPI) Tom Okker of the Netherlands tonight defeated South Africa's Ray Moor* 6-4. 6-2 for h;» second straight victory In Group "B" of the first world pro tennis circuit In Japan. It was Moore's third defeat without a win in the US$3O.OflO circuit,
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      Lock icon Trans-Atlantic Air Race Is On
      454 11 NEW YORK. Mon. (Reuter) A British Royal Air Force Harrier jump jet. which can fly sideways, backwards. straight up or down, is scheduled today to be the first Jet aircraft to land on the island of Manhattan as a competitor in the l"S$150.000 (about £61,000)
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      Lock icon 600-Mile BP South Malaysian Motor Rally
      176 11 SINGAPORE, Mon. Entries are now invited for the BP South Malaysian Rally from Johore to Singapore, to be held on June 14 and 15. The BP Rally is being organised by the Forces Driving Club and the Singapore Motor Club. The Secretary of the
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      Lock icon Nacional In Final On Average
      96 11 MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay. Mon. (Reuter) Nacional have reached the flna: of the South American Football Championship They made certain of this yesterday by holding rival Uruguay team. Penarol, to a 0-0 draw. Nacional won the flrst game of the two-match semi-final 2-0 but then lost the
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      Lock icon Chile 3-2
      72 11 SANTIAGO. Chile. Mon. (Reuter) Chile yesterday beat Argentina 3-2 in their Davis Cup American Zone tie Chile had appeared to be heading for an easy victory after winding the first two singles on Friday but Argentina's Julian Ganzabal tied the score at 2-2 when he defeated Jaime Flllol
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      Lock icon Bodybuilders Show At Vic On June 29
      184 11 SINGAPORE. Mon. The "International Federation of Bodybuilders" Show sponsored by the IFBB of Singapore, in aid of the Youne Men's Bodybuilders Association building fund, will be held at the Victoria Theatre on June 29. There will be three titles to compete for in
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      Lock icon Torres' First Title Defence
      129 11 MEXICO CITY. Mon. (UPI) World flyweight boxing champion Efren "Scorpion' Torres will make his first title defence against Japanese Takeshi Nakamura at Mexico City in late July, boxing promotor Pablo Ochoa said on Sunday. Ochoa. who jast returned from an extended tour of the Far East
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      Lock icon Weights For Bukit Timah Race Meet
      1081 12 SINGAPORE, Mon. Following ore the weights for the first and second days of the Singapore Turf Club's May Meeting to be held on Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11: FIRST DAY Horses Class 2 Dir. 2 1 Mile Niagara 9.00 Literati 8.12 Highland
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      Lock icon Stewart Wins After Austria's Rindt Crashes
      431 12 SPA.XISH GRA.XD PRIX BARCELONA, Mon. (Reuter) Scotland's Jackie Stewart, driving a Matra Ford, scored a comfortable win in the Spanish motor racing Grand Prix here yesterday after early leader Jochen Rindt of Austria crashed. Rindt suffered facial cuts and bruises and broke his nose
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      Lock icon Boyce Hits Shattering 50 In 23 Minutes
      513 12 LONDON, Mon. Barbados-born Keith Bovce hit a shattering 50 in 23 minutes for Essex against Lancashire in a Sunday League match this afternoon. Bovce's whirlwind knock, which included two sixes, helped his team to a decisive 108-run victory. Elsewhere, the second Sunday of
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      Lock icon Czechs Rally To Win 2-1
      110 12 DUBLIN. Mon. (Reuter) Czechoslovakia. Irving 0-1 at half-time, produced a storming second-half performance to beat the Republic of Ireland 2-1 in a World Soccer Cup qualifying round game at Dalymount Park here yesterday. The victory placed Czechoslovakia. who have won their two previous Group Two
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      Lock icon Soccer Player Collapses And Dies
      49 12 NUREMBERG West Germany, Mon (AFT). A football player collapsed and difd during a friendly match near here yesterday after he blocked a speeding ball with his chest. Doctors said that the player's death was probably caused b v the violent Impact of the hall.
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      Lock icon French Stewards Suspend Lester Piggott Again
      283 12 PARIS, Mon. (Reuter) British champion jockey Lester Piggott was yesterday suspended by French race stewards for the second time within a month. He was suspended for six days starting next Tuesday after the stewards had found him guilty of obstruction in the French 1,000
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      Lock icon He's A Soccer Widower Every Saturday
      123 12 DORCHESTER. England. Mon (Reuter) Bob Forsey is alone each Saturday a soccer widower. His wife Dorothy and 22-year-old daughter Heather have got football fever They support Manchester United 300 miles (480 km) from their home a; Henley In Dorset County. Southeast England They haven't
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      Lock icon Wolves Beat Dundee United In Kansas
      104 12 KANSAS CITY. Missouri. Mon. (Reutert Insideforward Peter Knowles scored twice as Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Dundee United 4-2 here last night in the International Cup competition sponsored bv the North American Soccer League (NASL). Wolves, representing Kansag City, and Dundee United (Dallas. Texas) are among
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      Lock icon Unknown Captures Title In Sudden Death Play-off
      309 12 NEW ORLEANS, Mon. (Reuter) A little-known 24-year-old American golfer, Larrv Hinson. beat former champion Frank Beard in a sudden death play-off for the Greater New Orleans Open Golf title, here yes- terdav. Hinson. a polio victim who has a withered left arm, twoputted
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      Lock icon Leading Scorers In U.K. Soccer
      134 12 LONDON. Mon. (Router) heading goalscorers xn English Football are: DIVISION ONE Gresves (Tottenham Hotspur) 36. Hurst (West Ham United) 31. Royle (Everton) 29. Astie (West Bromwich Albion) 2fi. Curran (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 26. Da vies (Southampton) 24. Peters (West United* 24. Robson (Newcastle United) 24. Casper
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      Lock icon English Girl Beats New World Champion
      187 12 LONDON, Mon. (AFP) Japan be*t England 4-3 In a friendly international table tennis match at Bingham, near Norringham. yesterday. Surprise of the match was the defeat of the world singles champion, Toshiko Kowada. at the hands of Mary Wright, who triumphed 18-21, 21-18, 21-11.
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      122 12 NEW YORK. Mon (Reuter) —Results of major league baseball games played yesterday. AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore Orioles 5. New York Yankees 3 Baltimore Orioles 14. New York Yankees 2 Washington Senators 4. Cleveland Indians 3. Boston Red Sox 4. Detroit Tigers 2 (11 innings Kansas City Royals 15.
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      Lock icon Australian Offer To Benfica
      61 12 SYDNEY. Mon. (Renter) The Australian Soccer Federation today cabled an offer to Benfica. the Portucuese club, to make a three-match tour of Australia in August. The cable followed agreement by the State associations on tentative programme of matches for Benfica in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Benfica
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      26 12 SYDNEY. Mon (Reuter) Results of Australian Association Football matches played yesterday were: West Australia State League Tricolore 1. Azzurri 4 Windmills 3. Cracovla 1.
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      106 12 Time And Tide TODAY Singapore Tcwn: 036 a m (9 ft. 5 ins 7.33 am. (0.3 ins); 2.39 p.m. (7 ft. 8 ins); 7.41 p.m. (4 ft 4 Ins.). Naval Dockyard: 052 a.m. (10 ft 6 ins): 704 am (0.0 ft.); 222 pm. ■9 ft. 8 ins); 729 p.m. (9
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