Eastern Sun, 7 May 1969

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    21 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 990 Wednesday, 7 May 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Tribesmen In West Irian Revolt
    601 1 Five Airfields Blockaded JAKARTA, Tue s. (Reuter) West Irian tribesmen have revolted against the Indonesian Government and have blockaded five airfields in the former Dutch territory, West Irian Affairs chief, Dr. Sudjarwo, announced today. Dr. Sudjarwo said the 500 paratroops had been dropped into the
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    Lock icon Categorical Denial Of Alliance Allegations
    433 1 DONT MAKE STORE 'WHIPPING BOY SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Government has categorically denied allegations by Malaysian leaders that it is trying to interfere in the internal affairs of Malaysia. The denial was contained in a note to the Malaysian High Commissioner here, Tan Sri Jamal
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    Lock icon Vargas: SEATO Has Succeeded In Its Purpose
    207 1 BANGKOK. Tues. (1'PI) SEATO SecretarvGeneral Jesus Vargas today defended the South-east Asian Defence Organisation and said it has succeeded in its purpose of warding off Communism. Vargas said he did not know if the SEATO Foreign Ministers would make an attempt to modlfv
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    Lock icon Lee: Allegations Too Extravagant
    146 1 CAMBRIDGE. England. Tues. (Keuter) A spokesman for the Prime Minister of Singapor. said yesterday Mr. Lee Kuan Yew would not reply to allegations by Malaysian leader Tunku Abdul Rahman because they were too extravagant for serious comment On May 3, the Tunku told a rally in
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    Lock icon Dr. Zakir's Brother Suffers Heart Attack
    65 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. (Reuter) Dr. Mahmoud Husain. brother of the late Indian President, Dr. Zakir Husain. who was buried yesterday, had a heart attack this morning and was taken to the WiUingdon hospital Doctors said he was out of canger and was resting. Dr
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  • Article
    Lock icon Through Elephant And Back In One Piece
    67 1 CHESSINGTON. England. Tues. (UPI> Michael Foley. 5. took off his jacket and sweater and hung them on a ler.ce around tne elephant cage at the Chewlngton Zoo. Before he knew it, an elephant had eaten It. but the zookeeper told Michael not to
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    Lock icon 2 Escape Death By Inches
    72 1 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) A flve-year-old boy and his rescuer escaped death by inches when a train thundered over the top of them as they lay between the rails. The toddler. Richard Richmond. was standing on the path of an oncoming train yesterday when rail worker
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    Lock icon Pueblo: No Disciplinary Action
    125 1 WASHINGTON. Tues (UPI) —No disciplinary action will be taken against members of the crew or anyone else in volved in the seizure of the USS Pueblo by North Korea. Navy Secretary John H. Chafee said yesterday. Mr. Chafee said a Navy Court of Inquiry recommended that
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    63 1 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, England, Tues. (Reuter) John Bolton, 20. was fined £25 yesterday for carrying an offensive weapon his artificial hand. He was fined another £25 for hitting a policeman with the hand and £5 for beinr drunk and disorderly. Police Constable Ronnie Wiflock said Bolton took off his artificial
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    Lock icon Animal Organs To Man Transplants
    154 1 WARSAW, Tues. (UPI) The liver of an unidentified animal was used recently to save the life of a man suffering from an incurable liver complaint, the Polish news agency. PAP reported on Monday, The agency said during preparations for a liver transplant operation, the animal
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  • Article
    Lock icon Bitter Attack On Mao By Radio Moscow
    379 1 HONG KONG. Tues. (Reuter) Radio Moscow tonight bitterly attacked Chinese leader Mao Tse tun;, accusing him of "slaughtering'* thousands of people, including many Communists. In a Chinese-language broadcast monitored here, the radio said: "Mao's road to seize power is one stained with fresh
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  • Article
    Lock icon Presentation Of Grammy Award
    95 1 NEW YORK. Tues (Reuter) Pop singers Simon and Oarfunkel last night received the annual Grammy Award for best record of 1968 for their song. -Mrs. Robinson." Written by Paul Simon and sung by him and Art Garfunkel, "Mrs. Robinson" became widely known as part of Simon
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  • Article
    Lock icon Shoot Out Over Biblical Interpretations
    136 1 FRESNO, California. Tues. (UPI) Because they disagreed about how to interpret the Bible, a Black Muslim barber ana a Christian acquaintance are dead. Police said the two men. both armed with pistols, shot and killed each other on Sunlav at the all nation® barber shop
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    Lock icon 3 RED CADRES ARRESTED
    63 1 SAIGON. Tues. rUPI) National police seized three communist cadres, some "giant firecrackers." Vietcong flags and 41 blocks of TNT explosive in an early morning raid in Saigon's Chinese auarter today. government spokesmen said. The spokesmen said two of the three persons arrested were women and that
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  • Article
    Lock icon Rebecca To Sing Sihanouk's Songs
    68 1 HONK KONG. Tues. (UPI) A Hong Kong singer will sing two songs by Prince NoroCom Sihanouk. Cambodia's Chief of State, at a Red Cross Ball In Phnom Penh on Saturday. Miss Rebecca Pan. who flew to the Cambodian capital yesterday for a week's singing appearance
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    Lock icon Cheated Company Of Nearly $300,000
    484 2 6 Months And $5,000 Fine SINGAPORE, Tues. Dau Sxe Cha, 59, was sentenced to six months' jail and fined $5,000 or five years by the Second District Court today for cheating his co m p a ny of nearly $300,000. Dau, who cheated the American
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    Lock icon 'Miss S'pore/Miss Universe' Aspirant
    66 2 SINGAPORE, Tues.—Latest entry to the "Miss Singapore/ Miss Universe 1969" contest is Miss Ko Chin Yoke, a 19-year-old student whose hobbies are sin fin*, dancing and swimming. Semi-finals of the contest will be on Mar 25 at the Singapore Conference Hall during a variety show. The
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    Lock icon Firm Robbed Of $7,000
    130 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. Five men. two armed with revolvers held up a woman cashier and two other emSloyees of a finance company l Lavender Street at gunpoint and escaped with $7,000 yesterday. The robbers walked Into the firm and demanded the keys to the drawer of the
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    Lock icon Malaysian Scout To Meet Marcos
    121 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A Malaysian boy scout, Mohamed Taib bin Salamon, will meet President Marcos of the Philippines when he attends the fourth National Filipino Boy Scouts' Jamboree In Palayan City beginning on Saturday. Mohamed Talb. who was chosen most outstanding Scout hero in the
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    Lock icon Dismantling Of Bailey Bridge
    86 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Engineers Unit of the Singapore Armed Forces will dismantle the Bailey Bridge that spans Serangoon Road (2j miles) on Thursday from 1.00 a.m to 4.00 a.m. During this period vehicular movement from:Upper Serangoon Road to the City will be diverted into Aljunied Roaci
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    Lock icon Sabah Police Confirm Case Of Piracy
    211 2 KOTA KINABALU. Toes (AFP)—Sabah Police today confirmed the pirifT of a Malaysian flshin* boat off Sandakan by armed Filipinos on April 30. Sandakan Divisional Superintendent of Police Joe Meyer stated in Sandakan that the Malaysian Police were viewing piracy "very seriously". Mr. Meyer said:
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    Lock icon Follow-Up Rally Of Grady Wilson Crusade
    289 2 SINGAPORE. Tues A Follow-Up Rally of the Orady Wilson Crusade will be held at the National Theatre on Monday at 7.30 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Stanley Mooneyham. Vice-President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. will be tn# sDeaker Singing in the rally will be
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    Lock icon GORTON TO DISCUSS WORLD SECURITY WITH NIXON
    247 2 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) Australian Prime Minister John Gorton said here yesterday he hoped to discuss with President Nixon the general problem of world security, particularly as it affects Australia's interests In South-east Asia. Mr. Gorton, arriving here for an official visit, said he
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    Lock icon Seminar On Banking Problems Now On At Chung Khiaw Bank
    191 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. A seminar on banking problems for the benefit of senior officers of the Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd. is now being held at the bank's head office in Robinson Rood. A wide rang* of problem*, including those on foreign
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    Lock icon 'French Watch Day' In Singapore May 13
    246 2 PARIS. Tues. (AFP) "French Watch Day" will be held on May 13 at the Hotel Malaysia, Singapore, organised by the French "Watch Information Centre" and held under the auspices of the French Ambassador In Singapore. The exhibition, which Is organised mainly for the
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    Lock icon Travel Industry Management Project In Hawaii This Year
    202 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore has been invited to send a candidate to ottend the Travel Industry Management project to be held in Hawaii from Sept. 14 to Dec. 6, this year. The invitation was sent by the Institute for Technical Interchange of the
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    Lock icon Fleeing Youth Arrested
    108 2 SINGAPORE. Tues A vouth was arrested this morning for stealing SMI from a taxi driver. Mohamad Ismail apartment room at Race at Race Course Road Mohamad returned to his Course Road it 1 am to retire for the night At 7 a m he was awakened by
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    Lock icon Task Force Of 30,000 For Malaysian Elections
    279 2 KL'ALA LrMPrR. Tues. The Election Commission will have a task force of 30.000 deployed throughout the country to ensure that voting is carried out smoothly on polling day only four days away. The task force comprises returning officers, polling officers, presiding officers, polling
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    Lock icon Inquiry: A Matter For The Govt.
    199 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The calling of a commission of inquiry to look into alleged defec s and discrepances" m the electoral rolls is a matter for the government to decide. This was stated todav bv tne chairman of the Election Commission. Tan Sri Ahmad
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    Lock icon Acker Bilk Is Here Again
    177 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. Acker Bilk real name, Bernard Stanley Bilk will be no "stranger on the shore" when he and his Paramount Jazz Band visits the Republic on Friday. Mr Bilk and his band, famed for its period uniforms and uninhibited New Orleans style music,
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    Lock icon Forces Frees 827 Workers In Three Months
    289 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. A total of 827 civilian employees of the British forces here were "reduced" during the first three months of the year, a Far East Command spokesman disclosed today. A total of 176 new recruits were engaged, thus making a nett loss
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    Lock icon 3 Tried To Beat Up Vagrant
    158 3 SINGAPORE, Tues One of three youths who had threatened to beat ud an old vagrant was arrested today by two detectives after a short chase. Toh Sin Hin was asleep in an unoccupied portion of a demolished building at New Market Road late this
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    Lock icon 5th Nurses Week Celebrations
    335 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The fifth Nurses Week celebrations. an annual event coinciding: with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, will be held from May 12 to 18. The celebrations are aimed at focussing public attention on the dedicated service being rendered by the
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    Lock icon 53 Accidents
    18 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. There were 53 accidents, 2 of which were serious during the la&t 24 bcurs
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    Lock icon TO MEET A NEED: 'TEACHING FACTORIES'
    442 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. Lim Ho Hup, Director of Technical Education, Ministry of Education in Singapore, today suggested that "teaching factories" be established to bridge the gap between institutional training and in- dustrial training. He said such an institution would help to meet the needs
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    Lock icon Virtuoso Due Next Week
    137 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Gopikrlshna. the world-xenown-ed Indian dance virtuoso and his dancers will perform a one-night recital of classical, folk and Oriental dances at the National Theatre on May. 17. Gopikrishna. considered the best male Kathak dancer in India today, is on a Southeast Asia tour. His
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    Lock icon Found Dead
    45 3 SINGAPORE. Tue#. A 25-\ear-old woman. Madam Wee Tek Leng was found dead at ground level of Selegie House early this morning Police said she was certified read by the ambulance attendant who arrived at the scene later. Police do not suspect foul Piay
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    Lock icon Gang Kills A Hawker
    120 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. A chicken rice seller. Tan Torg Hood. 21. was bashed to death last night by a gang of 10 who were armed with parangs, poles and stools at Tronoh Road. Ong was walking along Tronoh Road with two of his friends towards Lavendar Street
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    Lock icon $8,000 Out Of Court
    105 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. An executive officer of the British Army. Mr. Harold Charles Abbott today received an out-of-court settlement of $8,820 for Injuries he received during an accident within the Port of Singapore Authority In August. 1967 The plaintiff was represented by Mr. H. E Cashin. Mr
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    Lock icon Bigger Prizes In Toto
    98 3 SINGAPORE Tue\ in the second and last 0 f the Special Labour Day Draws which was held last Sunday, there were no first or second prize winners Thus a bonus of sloo'- will be given to 4 numbers correct winners or a total of $450/each. The
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    Lock icon Tourism Up 30 Per Cent
    157 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. Tourist arrivals for March this year showed a 30 per cent increase over the same period last year, the Tourist Promotion Board reported today. There were 31,479 visitors to Singapore in March this year which included two new categories visitors who are Malaysian
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    Lock icon Lord Fulton To Lecture
    98 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Lord Fulton. Vice-Chairman of the Inter-Universltles Council, wil] deliver a public lecture on Recent Innovations in Tertiary Education in the United Kingdom with special reference to the University of Sussex in New Lecture Theatre Number Two. Buklt Timah Campus. University of Singapore on May
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    Lock icon Another Diplomatic Post For Lee Khoon Chov
    79 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. Lee Khoon Chov has been appointed Singapore's Ambassador to Yugoslavia. it was announced today. Mr. Lee h concurrently Singapore's Ambassador to the United Arab Republic and Ethiopia as well as Singapore's High Commissioner to Pakistan He is expected to present
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    Lock icon Drowned At Jurong
    106 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Poh Leng Hee. a construction labourer, who was attempting to pull a raft towards him slipped and fell into the 20 feet deep water at, the Jurong shipyard and was drowned, the Coroner's Court was told today. He was trying to cross from the embarkment
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      47 3 Todav's Diarv 12.45 pm 2 p.m.: Rotary Club of Singapore's weekly luncheon at Blue Room. Capitol Building. 5.30 p.m 9 p m.: SATA free mass X-ray station at Ale. xandra Community Centre. Mel Ling Street. 8 p.m Oriental dance practice at National Theatre Club, Clemen ceau Avenue.
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      Lock icon BRIDGE DUMPS TWO IN RIVER
      111 5 LAWRENCEVILLE. Illinois (UPI) A collision crippled bridge collapsed today dropping two trucks and their drivers 30 feet into the swift flowing Embarras River. Both men escaped with minor injuries. Arthur Davis. 52. and John Oliver. 58. climbed from the waist-deep water on a ladder levered
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      Lock icon VARSITY SEIZURE CALLED OFF
      73 5 NEW YORK. (UPI) Negro students abandoned occupation of Southern University offices in New Orleans yesterday after Gov. John J. McKeithen of Louisiana called out the National Guard. Some 300 black militants dispersed after a short-lived takeover of the administration building, registrar's office, business office, personnel office
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      Lock icon HOLYOAKE TO HEAD NZ IN SEATO
      79 5 WELLINGTON'. Tues. (Reuter) Mr. Keith Holyoake, New Zealand Premier and External Affairs Minister, said today h* would lead the New Zealand delegation to the SEATO Ministerial Conference and the meeting of the Vietnam allies to be he.d in Bangkok later this month. The SEATO
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      Lock icon 16TH HIJACK TO CUBA
      58 5 MIAMI. (Reuter) A National Airlines Boeing 727 with 72 people aboard was forced to fly to Cuba last night in the 16th hijacking of an American airliner this year The plane, carrying 68 passengers and seven crew, landed at Havana's Jose Marti airport shortly after 7
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      Lock icon U THANT ITALIAN VIEWS ON CHINA
      97 5 ROME. (Reuter) UN. Se retarv General U Thant a nd Italian Foreign Minister Piei Nenni today exchanged Iwns on the question of China's admission to the United Nations. The China problem was one of the numerous world problems on which the two men found
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      Lock icon LAST SAILING SHIP
      97 5 EDINBURGH. Scotland. (Reuter) The last cargo vovage for a sailing ship between Northern Europe and America starts from Leith. the port of Edinburgh during this week. The schooner Fn will go into a maritime museum on its arrival in San Francisco, scheduled for July 4. to coincide
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    Lock icon Austria's Gifts To Queen And Anne
    247 5 VIENNA, Tues. (Reuter) Queen Elizabeth whose reputation as a horsewoman is well known here, is to receive two horses from the Austrian State to add to her large stable in England. The horses Haflingers, a particularly sturdy and goodlerr.pered breed are being presented during
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    Lock icon VC Charge US Base At 2 a.m.
    178 5 SAIGON, Tues. (UPI) North Vietnamese troops firing rocket grenades and automatic weapons charged through the barbed wire perimeter of an American base in Jungled War Zone C northwest of Saigon earlv todav, military spokesmen said. The Communist troops seized control of two bunkers
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    Lock icon PI Relaxes Import 0f...
    71 5 MANILA. Tues (UPI) Justice Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile has ruled that contraceptives could be legally imported into the country. But he said Dills and other contraceptive devices could only be sold by licensed drug stores or on doctors prescription. The new law. according to Mr. En
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    Lock icon SICK AFTER DIM SUM
    65 5 HONG KONG. (UPI) Three brothers were taken ill after eating dim sum (a kind of Chinese food mainly made of meat and rice) bought from a food hawker today. Mak Chun-Kei. 17, Mak Chun-Wai. 9. and Mak ChunWing. 7. were released from hospital after having their
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    Lock icon Row Over Dearer NHS
    166 5 LONDON, Tues (Reuter)— Britain's Labour government last night announced a 25 per cent Increase in charges for false teeth and spectacle lenses under the National Health Scheme, and immediately «ft off a new row within the rulIr.g Labour Party. The Social Services Minister Mr. Richard Crossman,
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    Lock icon Mrs. Marcos In Teheran
    94 5 ROME. Tues (UPI) Imelaa Marcos First Ladv of the Philippines, was flying to Iran today after a 12-day Italian visit. The wife of President Ferdinand E. Marcos and her daughters imee. 13. and Irene. 8. planned to spend the night in Teheran at the invitation of
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    Lock icon CORRUPT COP
    30 5 HONG KONG. (UPI) A policeman was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment yesterday. Police constable Chena KamMan, 25. was charged with corruptly receiving Uas23.
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    Lock icon Jacques Duclos Is French Red's Pres. Candidate
    374 5 PARIS, Tues. (Reuter) The French Communist Party today picked 72-year-old Senator Jacques Duclos as its presidential candidate after the breakdown of efforts to forge a united left-wing front against Gaullist Georges Pompi- dou. THE party's central committee chose M. Duclos a former pastry-cook,
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    Lock icon CAPTURED BY VC. BUT SAFE
    72 5 COLOGNE. West Germany. (Reuter) Five young West German voluntary workers missing in Vietnamese jungles for over a week have been captured by the Vietrong but apparently are a'ue it was confirmed here tonight. A spokesman for the Catholic Relief Organisation. Knights of Malta, for which
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    Lock icon Raiders Clash With Army
    139 5 BEIRUT. Tues. fUPI) Lebanese military authorities last night announced that clashes had occurred between Army troops and Arab commandos Infiltrating Into the south of the country. Radio Beirut regular programmes were Interrupted at 11 10 pm to broadcast details of a clash between Lebanese troops and
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    Lock icon Storms Badly Hit San Juan Airport
    152 5 SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico Tues (UPI) Thunderstorms and high winds swept across Puerto Rico yesterday causing heaw damage at the international airport in San Juan and leading authorities to put civil defence officials throughout the island on alert There were no casualties reported, however.
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    Lock icon FRANCE: FOUR IN THE RACE
    229 6 F France, a veteran Communist Party leader Mr. Jacques Duclos (72) is the fourth major candidate to enter the Presidential elections. The others are the Gaullist contender and former Premier M. Pompidou (the first to enter the race), Marseilles Mayor Gaston Defferre of the New
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    Lock icon MARCOS, MONEY AND SABAH – ALLEGATIONS
    134 6 MARCOS, MONEY AND SABAH ALLEGATIONS (AFP) mwo English dailies in Kota Kinabalu today alleged there was mounting evidence that the Marcos Administration of the Philippines was channelling funds to supporters of lndependent election candidates. "This was being dona to show outside countries that Sabah'a people are not united", the dallies
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    Lock icon CHINA'S NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
    118 6 (AFP). has successfully trial-produced its first high power semi-conductor electric locomotive, the New China News Agency reported today. It was produced last month by the Tienhsin Locomotive and Rolling Stock Plant In Chuchow, Hunan Province. The agency said in the past electric locomotives produced in China
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    Lock icon The Sixty Cents Of A Defence Dollar
    358 6  -  BY JOHN HALL WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) Sen. John Stennls, ♦h* Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on Monday the way to cut defence SiK.iuinf significantly is to reduce the siz« of the stand, inf army. A "real" reserve force could make
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    Lock icon CHINA AND TANZANIA
    572 6  -  BY FELIX NAGGAR MWANZA, Tanzania. Tues. (AFP). Tansanian President Julius Nyerere warned today that the Tan. sanlan people were stubborn and that People's China "will learn that if they want to control I'.S. they will jet Into trouble". Speaking to ArP after the inauguration of a French-built
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    Lock icon Concorde 002
    118 6 LONDON. Tum. (AIT) Concord# 002. British prototype of the Anglo-French supersonic airliner, will break th» sound barrier over British errltory before the end of this year, the Daily Express haa reported. .< Pf. pap#r claimM the British Government wai about to iuthorne the British Aircraft Corporation to carry
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    16 6 Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim Santayana, George.
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    Lock icon Reich Security Hq. Employees On Trial
    295 6 WEST BERLIN. Tues. (Reuter) Nine former bureaucrats of the Hitler regime went on trial here today charged with murder and complicity in the death of thousands of Jews. They are all former employees of the Reich Security Headquarters in Berlin, home of the Gestapo
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    Lock icon Mending The Fences....
    389 6  -  BY VENG ENG PHNO.M PF.NH. Tues. (t'PI) The Government of Cambodia on Monday offered the I'nlted States another chance to mend its fences with Phnom Penh and restore diplomatic relations. It was the latest move in the on-off saga that began 10 dayg ago when President Richard
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    Lock icon Difficulties Wilson Is Facing
    797 6  -  (From Sin Chew Jit Poh ONLY a few days ago. de Gaulle of Prance had to resign after losing In the referendum, and on May Day the workers In Britain »Uge<l a demonstration again*t the Wilson Government It appears that this pair of sufferers of economic
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    Lock icon Nasser Looks To Paris
    321 6  -  BY RAY WILKINSON CAIRO, Tue*. (UPI) Egypt will launch a major diplomatic offensive in the next few weeks aimed at persuading a French Government to continue Charles de Gaulle's pro-Arab policy, Government sources aaid on Monday. The country last week was plunged into despair of de
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    Lock icon Resign Call By Congressmen
    256 6 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) Members of Congress called on Abe Fort as on Monday to res;in his Supreme Court seat or answer questions raised by h;s acceptance of a research fee from the family foundation of an imprisoned financier Representative H.R. Gross. Republiran-I ow a, demanded the
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    Lock icon Maximum Containment Suggestion
    342 6  -  By R. E. Stannard NEW YORK, Tiies. (UPI) New York University Professor Frank Traeger on Saturday urged maximum containment and isolation of China to weaken and break its grip on the mainland. Traeger opened a one-day public seminar of American and Chinese scholars with a b.unt challenge
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    Lock icon PAK DAILY'S TRIBUTE TO ZAKIR HUSAIN
    131 6 Tu s Neuter) Pakistan g dally newspaper Morning News today ead tribute p r d -r z P a k ;J Husain saying his death was mourned not only by tne People of India but by he world at large." ur?a U v aln
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    Lock icon GNP UP IN PI
    141 6 TUeS ine Philippines gros s national product (G.NpJ Vi.id 6 4 per cent in 1968 baser on P" c s ln tnt Nat.onai Economic Council Sported The nation's output of gooas and serylces reached a record million pesos (U.S$ 4.418 mj. more than i million pesos
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    175 6 WASHINGTON. Tues. (AFP) An article m this week's issue of Life magazine accused Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas of accepting $20,000 to represent a charity organisation run by a man now m .tail lor fraudulent stock dealings Mr Fortas was named Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by
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    Lock icon WILL OF NAPOLEON CLAIM
    132 6 BASTIA. Corsica. Tues. (AFP) Just 148 years after ihe death of Napoleon on May 5. 1821. a villager living near here has produced a document which he claims to be an original draft of the Emperor'* will. Written in Italian and dated April 15, 1821, the
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      Lock icon Appointed Sole Distributor For Singapore, Malaysia And Brunei
      261 7 SINGAPORE, Tues. —When a company like Borg-Warner International Corporation talks about air-conditioning or refrigeration, it dees so with a substantial backing of 80 years. Ever since its Inception in 1885, in York, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. It has created a giant network of international
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      38 7 NEW YORK. Tues (UPI) Dow-Jones closing averages on thf* New York stock exchange: 30 industrials 958.95 20 rails 238.63 15 utilities 130 50 65 stock's 326.70 40 bonds 73 90 Commodity futures index 139 94
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      Lock icon TRADING OFF TO FIRM START IN STOCK MART
      1729 7 By Our Marktt Riporttr SINGAPORE, Tues. Trading in th« Stock Exchongt of Malaysia and Sinaaport today got off to a firm start and well absorbed the spatt of tolling in th« afternoon session to a steady close, though, slightly off its best.
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      Lock icon Girl Of Many Skills
      165 7 BOAC Air Stewardesa Mary Rwa has been promoted to become the first ever Senior Chinese Stewardess with British Overseas Airways. Miss Rwa, 31, will supervise the work of BOAC'a 29 Chinese Air Stewardesses. Since joining BOAC in 1960, Mary has looked after pa»sengera throughout Asia on
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      Lock icon H.K. Money Quotations
      61 7 MONO KONG. Tues. (UPI) Money Quotation! HKS6 08S per U S dollar HKSfI 095 per U S. dollar TT HKII4 4 per pound sterling HKS322 S per tael of told 94 5 percent fineneij HKSIM2 per 10.000 Japan- yena HKII3O.S per 100 Philippine peses buyers HKSISI 5
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      Lock icon New York Stocks Finish Higher
      118 7 NEW YORK Tues (UPI) S T :ck» finished higher yesterday with much of the demand spiliing over from last week's •peace" rally. Trading was brisk Shorly before the final bell. th*r UPI stock market indicator was up 0.48 per cent on 1.578 issues on the
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      27 7 NEW YORK Tues (UPI) Rubber futures closed 10 points lower to five points higher on the New York commodity exchange Monday on eo sales. Mr
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      18 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. The tin price for today was $607 per picul. unchanged from the previous close.
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      286 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. The fo lowing is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for May 7: DEPARTURE Godowns Vessels 5 Shoryu Maru 13/14 Gunung Kerintji 18 Cardiganshire N W 1/2 Hua Heng N.W.4/5 Petaling 29 30 Kairyu Maru 35/36 Dirphys II 38 39 Andrzej
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      Lock icon Rubber: 69½ Cts
      256 7 SINGAPORE. Tues Mat first grade rubber buyers closra at 5 p.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lnnipur today at 691 cents per lb-, up ono quarter of a cent from the prevfoiu closeIhe tone o4 the market *as very quiet. A.'ter an about unchanged openlrg the market ruled
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      Lock icon London Rubber Mart Closes Neglected
      76 7 LONDON. TueS. (UPI) The rubber market closed neglected with spot 24 1/4 14 1-2 SETTLEMENT HOUSE June. July. Aug.. July/Sept, Oct/Dec 24-5/16 24-1/2. Jan/March 24-1/4 24-1/2 April/June 24-1/8 24-3/8 July-Sept 24-1/16 24-5' 16 Oct/Dec 24 24-1/4 Jan/March 23-15/16 24-3/16 April/ June 23-7/8 24-1/8 July/Sept 23-13/16
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      Lock icon Gold Prices Close Mostly Lower
      108 7 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) Gold prices closed mostly lower In moderately active tradins yesterday on market here and abroad. In London, gold slipped 12I' 2 cents at the morning fixing but recovered 2-1/2 cent® for m second fixing of $43 a trey ounce. In Zurich
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      Lock icon Stock Exchange Closing Prices
      630 7 PINUAPOKft. Stock Ei (ham* sold »l other price* *10(1111} luted ii iki P CtOM of tlllSlOfM IVDtSTRIAL! I AC MA Hen A- Co, Borneo Bhd Bouktead Camel PI\wood C- Sugar Cold Morirc Chemical Co Cycle Carriage DBS 1*unlop XD C Mneltlng CD EAI. Ord* XD hupoc
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      52 7 'Munurn Price*) 1*1 Mala* an *.17 ?nd Miliian 2t» trd Mal»v»n \l> UV mm The Cnmmfitr ln«l 1 It I St The satmc lunrl 1 20 l.so M IticI hind Xl» l» 1 45 l*t Rnni Hon* 1.4« 1.4fi" Inii Hon* Kong .97 1.42* Sterling Cons 10\d <
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      110 7 SING I PORE, TUM. The n«»«n price* at the "snjapi"* tiine»c Produte Urhantt liMla; are Mull! krliet lornnut Oil (Fd.B) Bulk 4!> 00 Cotonui Oil (F O B Drum A1.A0 mtrd I'tipia II VU M lint ok While Pepper (f OR) N.I. U ItlM •lirawji. White Prppet (FOB) 125.00
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      136 7 SINGAPORE. Tue» The Association of Banks in Ma-laysia-Singapore today maae the following changes in :t» rate* to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency) SELLING T.T. or OD. ready: Deutsche Marks ST*****. Holland Guilders $84.?4"0. Swiss Francs $7l 3875; Belgian Francs $4
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      407 7 AKKIV ALH »00 a m MSA MLOlv Kuala Lumpur 7*& a m BAB HKUI2 Bangkok. la»hkrnt opt-nba-(M #OO am MBA MLIIV Kuala Lumpur. 10 10 a a. GAKLDA GAKOO 41 kartA. 10 16 am Me A MLUI koala Lumpur IOAAO-a MCA MLOOA renang Inoh, Kuala Lumpur Malacca 10
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    Lock icon 'Okinawa Status Is Now Urgent'
    160 8 FALO ALTO, California, Tues. (UPI) A former Foreign Service Officer says failure to reach an understanding with Japan on the future of Okinawa could lead to serious trouble. Mr. John Emmerson, now in residence at Stamford University, said in an interview with £TI that the
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    Lock icon New Law To Cover Transplant Surgeons
    135 8 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) A judge has called for new laws to protect British transplant surgeons from civil or criminal legal action. Lord Justice Edmund Davie* told the Royal Society of Medicine in London last night that the present law did not clearly specify when
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    Lock icon New Governor Of Guam Named
    69 8 AGANA. Guam Tues (UPI) U.S. Secretary of Interior Walter J. Hickel today appointed Dr Carlo# Camacho as the new governor of Guam Mr. Hickel made the announcement just prior to boarding a presidential jet transport for his return to Washington via his home state of
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    Lock icon TRADE DOOR 'WIDE OPEN' FOR CANADIANS
    302 8 VANCOUVER, Tue». (UPI) Trade Ministtr Jean-Luc Pein, recently returned from a three-week tour of six Pacific countries, has reviewed his visit and reported "the door is wide open to Canadians/' It was Mr. Pepin's first report on the trip, the first by a Federal
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    88 8 WASHINGTON. Tues (UPI) David Eisenhower 11. son-4n-lav of President Nixon, will be assigned to the clerical staff of a sena'e judiciary subcommittee at a salary between $3O and $lOO a week this summer, the office of Sen Roman L Hruska. Republican Nebraska ssid on Monday. Mr
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    Lock icon NDP REFUSED USE OF HALL
    83 8 STUTTGART. (Reuter) Two West German cities today refused to let the extreme West German right-wing Nation a 1 Democratic Party (NDP) hold a vital pre-elec-tion congress. Stuttgart City Council acted last night a few hours after Bonn City Council had refused to let the party
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    Lock icon New Warning To Jordan
    120 8 JERUSALEM. Tues (UP!) Israeli Premier Gold a Meir has again warned Jordan to put a stop to Arab guerrilla raids across her borders or face reprisal. Mrs. Meir told par Lament that if the Jordanian authorities are anxious for the safety of their citizens, civilians and
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    Lock icon Drowned On Honeymoon
    111 8 SUVA. Tues. (UPI) A 40-year-o.d American businessman honeymooning m Fiji with his bride of three weeks drowned In a lagoon at Yunca island 90 miles northwest of here, yesterday. He was James MacFerllneWhlt®. of Phoenix, Arizona, a sales representative for AirWest Airlines Mrs. MacFerline-White told police she
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    Lock icon Ex-W. Union Head Dies
    103 8 NEW YORK. Tues. (Reuter) Mr. Walter P. Marshal!, former chairman of the Western Union Telegraph company, died at his home in Manhasset. Long Island, yesterday aged 67. Mr Marshall joined Western Union in 1943 after its merger with the Postal Telegraph Company, where he was executive
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    Lock icon Burton To Speak As Churchill
    140 8 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) British actor Richard Burton wU speak for both Sir Winston Churchill and his great ancestor, the first Duke of Marlborough In a son-et-lumiere spec'acle staged this summer at Blenheim Palace. IMarlborough1Marlborough historic residence near Oxford. The story of the palace and its
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    Lock icon Atheist 'Ideal' For Church
    144 8 NORWICH. England, Tues. (Reuter) A Church of England clergyman has appointed an atheist as the verger at his church. The Reverend Roy Flindall, rector of the 15th century St. George's church at Colegate, Norwich, yesterday described his choice, Royal Air Force Corporal Michael Harvard, 30. as
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    Lock icon Recipes By Phone
    30 8 PARIS. Tues. (Reuter) Parisians can now dial a special number at any time of day or night and get advice on cooking, recipes, and suggestions for meals.
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    Lock icon 19 Survivors Nearly Out Of Danger
    276 8 AIRES. Tues. (UPI) Doctors say they were optimistic of saving the lives of nearly all i 9 survivors of a mass poisoning in a Japanese Argentine community on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Meanwhile. authorities were finishing chemical tests to determine exactly what caused
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    Lock icon 'The Left Divided Among Itself'
    555 8  -  Paris Post—de Gaulle By Joseph W. Grigg PARIS, Tues (UPI) The French left wing once again is tearing itself apart. Instead of uniting lo defeat GauLlist former Premier Georgs Pompidou in the June 1 presidential race. It Is battling its own Internal divisions for ail
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    Lock icon The 'Talking' Phonogram
    77 8 TORQUAY. England. Tues (Reuter) Housewife Ellen Coklough. 27. was dusting her new record player when it said: "Hello love, I spent the afternoon pruning the oak tree" She called Post Office engineers to her home :n ths southwest England town to check the source of this off-the-record
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    Lock icon Liberty Remembered
    169 8 PILS E N. Czechoslovakia Tues (UPI) Hundreds of Pi'.sen residents demonstrated with American flags in deiance of an official toning down of the anniversary of the city's liberation by the American Army in 1945. At an official ceremony on the anniversary of the freeing of Pilsen from the
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    Lock icon Race Pilot Down In Sea
    120 8 LONDON, Tues (UPI) A Pennsylvania pilot flying in the New York-London air race crashed off the Faroe Islands in bad weather last night, but apparently suffered only minor Injuries F. D. Clauser took off on Monday on a solo flight to London In the Daily
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    Lock icon Red Cross Man Snubbed
    93 8 GENEVA. (Reuter) A senior Red Cross official today charged that Hanoi had failed to give him a visa because of disagreement over the treatment of American prisoners in North Vietnam. Mr. GalLopin. director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). told a press
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    Lock icon No Vote For The Men, In This HK Club...
    224 8 HONG KONG, Tues. (UPI) A bold move to break the 86-year-old voting monopoly of women members of a Hong Kong club met resounding defeat yesterday. The general committee of the Ladies Recreation Club voted 63 to 12 to preserve tradition barring
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    Lock icon Burning Plane 'Snipes' Sam
    139 8 PETERBOROUGH. England. Tues (Reuter) A farm worker ran for his life when bullets from a burning US Air Force jet fighter whistled past his head. Sam Warner. 41. was sorting potatoes when the American super *abre iet crashed into a cornfield and blew up The pilot.
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    Lock icon Hid For 23 Years
    196 8 BUDAPEST. Tues. (UPI) Guyal Doroghazi. 25. shot hi* friend during an argument ia 1946 then lived 23 years la his father's attic to avoid being caught and tried, the newspaper Estrl Hirlap reported today. His parents told neighbours their son had defected, while he waited out
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      95 8 Sweden: The Contraceptive Society Where i« the "new morality" taking us? An official report from Sweden provide* some significant. and *urprt«ing. answers. Here are the facts about frequency of Intercourse, number of sevoal partners, changing attitude* toward love and marriage and the emergence of a new "code of honor." "Deader's
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      66 9 Six Keys to Training Your Dog Is your dog a "self right" dof. a "pest." or a "fear biter"? A professional trainer tells you how to recognize different canine personalities, how to handle each case and how to enforce simple commands like "Stay." "Come." "Dosn." and "Heel" Deader's Digest May
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      164 9 FAR EAST BEAUTY CONGRESS Presents GRAND SEMI-FINALS "MISS REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE 1969" Featuring 'GRAND MUSICAL SHOWCASE 1969* with "BIG NAMES IN SHOW B!Z" introducing "STARS OF TO-MORROW" Date: Sunday 25-5-1969 Place: Singapore Cotifarinti Hall, Shenton WayTime: 800 pm. Three Bands: Styler*, Pure N Primitive and D'Royalitie* Top Nt»e Club Artiitet
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      274 9 I LIDO Phone *****1 ORGANISATION NOW SHOWING' No Pre* Lut U 1 45. 4 AO ru» 1& p m. Chen* Pei-Pei Lo Lieh in •THE FLYING DAGGER' (A SHAW PRODUCTION) Manaar n Sna»scope Color NEXT CHANGE! Rod Pteljer "THE SFRGEANT" John Phillip La* <Technlco:or» From Warner Bro«.-Seven Art# ICAPJTOL PKooeUgW
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      48 9 TODAY a Tuesday, May 6t 1969. mi fn ft 74 HMtachM 75 May 76 MatWl 77 Vigor 78 Become 79 And 80 f x'<w'i 8' Une«pecf*d 8? Emergency 83 fntffffil 84 f- fxtoh-o 85 jc'»ne<»>>qr 86 Interest 87 All 88 89 Act-ens 90 OfVie't 5/7 fl Neutral El
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      233 9 Mfci ODLON I PALACE 21-116 I *****R NOW fBOHINC LAST DAT INO F.-w Lut> II 1M 4 (Ml II t■» 4no M B»i •4S t IM |l t I "100 RIFLES" COM J m Brown Raquei We.eh ORCHARD —***** I SEASON EXTENDED: For A Limits Prr od Onl* lka«i! I.M.
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      44 10 FREDDY by RUPE I PELL UH... IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, 1, DIN'T MEAN TO DO IT/ I JUST PLAIN DIDN'T DO IT I THE WIZARD OF ID by Brut parker and Johnny hart WAS DCAWN TO represent CRAZ.V CLARENCE. mmm m III! .n. Hfl
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      103 12 Time And Tide TODAY MAY 7 Singapore Town: 1.18 a.m. (9ft 2 Ins.); 8.29 a.m. (0.1 In 2.43 p.m. (7 ft. 2 ins.); 835 p.m. (4 ft 8 ins). Naval Dockvard: 1. 30 a.m. (10 ft. 3 ins.); 7.53 am (0.5 ins.); 3.24 p.m. (9 ft. 2 ins.); 8.22 p.m.
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