Eastern Sun, 15 May 1969

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    23 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY rV Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 998 Thursday, 15 May 1969. it MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cent.
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    Lock icon Lee Hopes Riots Will Be Quickly Resolved
    144 1 VV ASHINGTON Wed (UPI)— Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew expressed hope today that the riots in Malaysia would be quickly resolved, but doubted that the fighting would spread to Singapore. Mr. Lee told newsmen he was keeping in constant touch with the
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    Lock icon DAP's Lim Kit Siang Gets 24-Hr. Notice To Quit Sabah
    304 1 KOTA KINABALU, Wed. (AFP) Mr. Lim Kit Stan*. Organising Secretary of the Democratic Action Party, and newlv-elected Member of Parliament was today gften a 24-hour notice to leave Sabah. Mr. Lim arrived here yesterday and addressed a mammoth election rally
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    Lock icon Uneasy Calm Settles Over Selangor State
    1083 1  -  SITUATION STILL By Chan Kam Yau KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. An uneasy calm settled over Selangor as security forces maintained a semblance of order while hastilyformed goodwill committees worked frantically to re-establish the shattered peace and harmony that had always been Malaysia's pride. The situation
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    120 1 CHICAGO, (UPI) When you've been a rood housekeeper for years, it's hard to stop. And at just 115, Mary Guess still does her own washing, ironing and cleaning. The Yazoo City, Mississippi native, who lived in Muskogee. Oklahoma before making Chicago her home, prides herself on her ability
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    49 1 At 1 a.m. today (15.5 69) Radio Malay, sia announced that the situation in Selangor had improved slightly, thus giving allowance for a slight relaxation of the curfew Meanwhile, the latest death told figure had risen to 42. injured 116, 24 houses burnt, 138 arrested for curfew breaking.
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    Lock icon EMERGENCY POWERS FOR MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT
    501 1 KUALA LLMPL'R. Wed. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong hag promulgated a law and power for the Government to suspend Parliamentary and State elections in any State where they have jot been completed. The proclamation has revived the Emergency Regulations made during the Indonesian Confrontation in 1964
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    Lock icon Rogers In Saigon: I Am Here To Learn And To Work
    210 1 SAIGON. Wed. (Reuter) T.B. Secretary of State William Rogers told a Saigon airport press conference today he hoped the National Liberation Front's 10-point peace plan indicated their irillingnesa for further discussion*. Asked if the 10-point plan showed serious intentions
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    Lock icon S'PORE – P.I. FULL TIES
    45 1 S'PORE P.I. FULL TIES SINGAPORE. Wed. The Government of the Republic of Singapore has agreed to establish full diplomatic relations with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines raising the Philippine Consulate General here to Embassy level. A similar announcement was issued in Manila.
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    Lock icon WHY MICHAEL, 17, SHOT AND KILLED HIS FATHER
    244 1 SYDNEY. Wed. (Reuter) Seventeen-year-old school-boy Michael Ciccia shot his father in the back and twice through the head after the father had kept his mother locked up for 19 years, the Central Criminal Court was told here today. Ciccia was on trial
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    Lock icon WILY SIDNEY EAGLE...
    98 1 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) Sidney Eagle Is a wily bird when it comes to catching crooks. He chased three men who stole two crates of trousers worth rSSI.2OO from his Brooklyn clothing firm yesterday and jumped into one of the crates as the thieves drove away. When
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    Lock icon Podgornv In North Korea
    112 1 HONG KONG. Wed (Reuter) Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny arrived in North Korea today on an official visit to North Korea, Radio Moscow reported. The brief broadcast did not »ay in what part of North Korea he landed nor give any other details connected with his arrival.
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    Lock icon BANK OF CHINA CASE: COMMISSIONER TESTIFIES
    2184 2  -  By Martin Lim SINGAPORE, Wed. The trial of the Bank of China in Singapore on a summons charge of not maintaining a minimum of 20 per cent of its total deposits m liquid assets began in the First District Court today in the absence
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    Lock icon Soviet Minister Due On Inaugural Flight
    518 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Inaugural flight of the Soviet Airlines. Aeroflot, from Moscow to Singapore via New Delhi will arrive on Sunday afternoon. The district manager for Aeroflot. Mr Ivan F. Shtefan announcing this today said the Soviet Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation. Mr Nikolai
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    Lock icon 5 Off For Pilot Training In U.K.
    128 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. —A batch of five men from the Singapore Armed Forces will leave for pilot training in Britain tomorrow. Thev are LTA S.H. Wan, and Officer Cadets N.V. Theseira. J.K Teo. C.L. Chua and K. Sing am They were selected after a
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    Lock icon Gold Case: A Fresh Trial
    212 2 SINGAPORE, Wed A lower court's order of acquittal of a motorman, Yaw Tin Kwonf who wn charged with bringing into the Republic. $***** 70 worth of fold without declaring to the Customs, was today set aside by the Chief Justice. Mr Justice Wee Chong Jin
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    Lock icon Fined $750 For Corruption Bid
    69 2 SINGAPORE. Wed—A Government clerk. Ahmad Kassim bin Jantan. was fined S7SA or four months jail by the Third District Criminal Court today for attempted corruption of $5O. Kassim. a ter-.porarv clerical assistant in the House Renumbering Section of the Pnv pertv Tax Division, was found
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    Lock icon Admitted To Bar
    37 2 SINGAPORE Wed. A lawyer's son. Syed Hassan bin Almenoar was todav admitted to the Singapore Bar by the Chief Justice. Mr Justice Wee Chong Jin Enche Omar SaJleh moved the application for the admission.
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    Lock icon Broker 'Lived Off' Cabaret Girl
    742 2 Court Told SINGAPORE. Wed. A broker, Ng Tee Kia. began asking a cabaret girl for money after they became friends, the Second District Criminal Court was told today. Irene Tang Ah Mol. 22. who admitted that she was also a part-time call girl, said this
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    Lock icon TRADE CENTRE TO USE 23,000 AIR-CON UNITS
    156 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. This artist's rendering shows what the World Trade Centre will look like upon completion in 1972. Exterior offices in the two 110-storey towers of the world s tallest buildings, will be air-conditioned by more than 23,000 Carrier under-window induction nnits. The
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    Lock icon OLD FLAME REVIVED
    46 3 SAU M U R France. Wed. (Reuter) August Foulon and Charlotte Dupuy. who broke off romance 57 year* ago. riarried here yesterday both aged 77. The couple parted In 1912 and met again only last August, after eacn had married and been widowed
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    Lock icon Leonard Blake To Judge Music Contest Here
    304 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. Leonard Blake, an examiner from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music will be the Judge at the Singapore Musical Society's annual music competition here on May 28 to 30. MR. BLAKE held the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society's
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    Lock icon About People In Singapore
    619 3 The Consul-General of Norway Mr. Asbjorn Sigmund Slordahl and Mrs. Slordahl will give a reception at Hotel Malaysia, on May 17, from 1-9 pm. to celebrate Norway's National Day. The Consul-General of the Republic of Argentina. Dr. Francisco Alberto Fravega Roygt and Mrs. Roygt will give
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    Lock icon Leper Home Needs $65,000 For Urgent Expansion
    508 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Leprosy Relief Association is still short of $65/000 to complete its resettlement and rehabilitation centre its most ambitious project so far. This was disclosed today by the association's vice president, Mr. Dong Chui Sing when he spoke at the
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    Lock icon It Pays To Smile
    203 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Tourist Association is organising a competition for the most courteous shop assistant among its 150-mem-ber retail shops in June and July. The winner will receive a free roundtrip to Bangkok on the new Boeing 737 of Malay-sia-Singapore Airlines in August. The competition,
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    Lock icon St. Patrick's Open Day
    112 3 SINGAPORE Wed.—A three-day Extra-Mural-Activi-ties exhibition will be held at St. Patrick's School Katong from August 8 to 10. The exhibition will be the fourth of its kind. Is in conjunction with the Republic's 150 th Anniversary. Thirteen of school societies will participate. The school photographic society,
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    Lock icon New Beauty Contestant
    68 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Latest entrant for the "Miss Republic of Singapore 1969" contest is a 20-year old clerk. Miss Doris Chin. Her hobbies are sewing, singing. dancing, reading and driving She is 5' 3" tall. The semi-final will be held at the Singapore Conference Hall on May 25
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    Lock icon FOG CRASH IN NSW
    59 3 GUNDAGAI. Australia. Wed. (Reuter) A Sydney-bound tourist bus and a lorry collided near this New South Wales township In heavy fog today killing an 18-year-old girl and injuring about 20 other bus passengers. The collision peeled one side off the bus spilling passengers onto the roadway
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    Lock icon 'West Irian Tribes Won Over'
    248 3 West Irian Tribes Won Over' JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter) Indonesian military commander in West Irian Brigadier General Sarwo Edhie said today the parachute drop of commandoes into areas occupied by rebel tribesmen had been successful. Tribesmen had expressed regret at being taken in by rebel leaders and were now helping authorities
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      83 3 Today's Diary 1 pm 2 p.m.: Rotary Club of Singapore-Weat'a weekly luncheon at Holland sche (Dutch) Club, Camden Park oft Adam Road. 5.30 p.m. 9 pjn.: SATA free masa X-ray atation at 489 Stlrlln* Road, block 49. 7.30 p.m.: Free Aim showg by Minlatry of Culture at Chung Yee School
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    Lock icon Plea For More Investment In Emerging Countries
    526 4 NEW YORK, Wed. (Reuter) World Bonk President Robert McNamoro today rejected arguments that rich countries can no longer afford to help developing nations. In a plea for more Investment In emerging countries, he dismissed suggestions that the record of such Investment was one
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    Lock icon SIM COURSES FOR EXECUTIVES
    461 4 SINGAPORE. Wed.—The Singapore Institute of Manage, ment will be conducting a number ol courses in June 1969 to help executives and senior executives improve their managerial skills. For members who are senior executives, the SIM will be organising a "Profession of Management Seminar" bv Louis A.
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    Lock icon New Contents Sampling Technique
    116 4 LONDON. Wed. 'Reuter) Scientists her* hive developed a machine that samples the contents of a bottle without removing the cork. A sealed bottle it dropped into the machine which measures the l#vel of impurities within a minute—a job that usually takes at least a day by
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    Lock icon Frontier Crossing By Mao's Troops
    73 4 MOSCOW: Regular Chinese troops have crossed the Soviet frontier In t:e Sinklang-Kazakhstan area and are occupying about 24 square miles c• Soviet territory. according to informed Communist sources on Tuesday. 11 order to avoid bloody clashes such as the two in March which cost at
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    Lock icon BOAC Denies Allegations
    162 4 LONDON. Wed (UPl)—The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) yesterday denied allegations made by the Hong Kong Association of Travel Agents (HATA) the Hon ß Kong Government had reached "monopolistic agreements" with BOAC. The Hata or Monday charged the Hong Kong Government and BOAC had reached an agreement
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    Lock icon 3 Arabs Killed
    57 4 TEL AVIV. Wed (UPI) Israeli troops killed three Arab guerillas equipped with Soviet weapons yesterday an Israeli military apokesrran said. There were no Israeli casualties in the clash Ave miles southwest of the Damia Bridge in the Jordan Valley, the spokesman said. The Israel official? said the
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    Lock icon SANDRA'S stretch-towelling bikini is one of the range of sportswear from Australia to be shown at a Preview of Australia's 1970 Fashions and Textiles at the Australian Trade Commissioner's Display Rooms in Clemenceau Avenue on May 15. Organised by Fibremakers Ltd. of Melbourne, the display which will feature fashion parades at two hourly intervals throughout the day, is the first major promotion of Australian fashion in Singapore for more than 6 years.
    72 4 SANDRA'S stretch-towelling bikini is one of the range of sportswear from Australia to be shown at a Preview of Australia's 1970 Fashions and Textiles at the Australian Trade Commissioner's Display Rooms in Clemenceau Avenue on May 15. Organised by Fibremakers Ltd. of Melbourne, the display which will feature fashion parades
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    Lock icon Lord Fulton Flies In
    209 4 SINGAPORE. Wed Lord ruiton. chairman of the British Council said tonight that television as a mass media could play an important role in the field of education. He said the impact of television in this direction has undoubtedly big scope and potential for development. Lord Fulton
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    Lock icon 8 Years For Robbery
    301 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. A labourer. Tock Slew Khiar.g. 27. who pleaded guilty to commiting armed robbery outtl#S a bank in Street was today sentenced to eight years' imprisonment by the High Court Tock committed the armed robberv on Jan 30 last year outside a Dutch Bark He
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    Lock icon Big 4 Meet
    74 4 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. (UPI) The 'Big Four" ambassadors met for 3$ hours yesterday in their eighth session in search of a Middle East peace formula. Thev adjourned with no word except the usual announcement of their next meeting, set for May 21 at the New York residence
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    Lock icon Poher New Favourite
    105 4 PARIS Wed Renter) Entries for the French presidential election closed at midnight w:th Trance's interim Head of State, M Alain Poher, the new favourite to succeed General de Gaulle. The official list of candidates wil not be announced by France's Constitutional Council until next Thursday. But five
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    Lock icon 14 To Be Sued For Arson
    112 4 JAKARTA. Wed (UPI) Fourteen suspects will be formally sued on charges of bavin* committed arson at the Jakarta Government mint earlier this year, the Jakarta Poliee Department announced today. The crime was committed §t the time the government decided to replace money bearing the
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    Lock icon Lodge Confers With Nixon
    291 4 PARIS. Wed. (UPI) Henry Cabot Lodge. Chief C S. negotiator at the Vietnam peace talks, made a rush trip to Washington today to receive new instructions from President Richard M. Nixon on the future course of the year-old talk*. Mr. Lodge was to be present when
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    Lock icon 100 Battalions For Civic Duty
    84 4 JAKARTA. Wed (UPI)* The Indonesian Arrrv will mobilise 100 battalions for CIVJC mission duty supporting the government's five-year econom:" development plan, it announced todav. The army civic mission programme will b» .ntegrated into the Cabinet plan. Among the battalions will be 10 eng.neerint battalions which
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    Lock icon THAIS TO BUILD SECOND AIRPORT
    56 4 BANGKOK. Wed (Reuterl Thailand will bujld a second commercial airport for Bangkok and extend the existing airport at Don Muang to accommodate jumbo iets The Government at a Cabinet meeting yesterday appointed two committees to seek foreign assistance for the survey of the »ite of
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    Lock icon Ky Out Of Touch: Lee
    263 4 NEW YORK Wed (ReutvV) Mr. Lee Kuan Yew ti l e Prime Minister of Singapore, suggested today that the South Vle'namese National Assembly should be given a chance to replace Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky. In a taped television interview on the Columbia Broadcasting System's
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    Lock icon Two Quakes Recorded
    103 4 ROCKVILLE. Maryland. Wed <UPI> Two strong earthquakes occurring admit 12 minutes apart near Costa. Rica and Indonesia were recorded yesterday by the National Earthquake Information Centre The first shock was measured at a magnitude of 8 5 on the Rlchter Scale and was centred near the coast
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      130 4 STAY FIT WITH DAILY US A SUPER FORMULA i VITAMINS 12 MINERALS Does exercise take too much r\ i i out of you? Does it leave YQ£L% BEIKLIN J you short of breath weak and worn-out? Do you n always feel tired, listless, 3 depressed? Are you run- H down,
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    Lock icon 'NO COMPROMISE ON POLITICAL STATUS'
    560 5 [THE SI.OOOM. FOR BRITAIN LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) The government has stoutly denied that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would dictate Britain's economic policy as a result of current negotiations for a new standby credit arrangement. In a flurry of questions in Parliament members of the
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    Lock icon Six-Party Polls List
    83 5 PARIS. Wed. (Reuter) —I Entries for the French presidential election on June 1 closed at midnight with six party-backed candidates in the race. They were interim head of state Alain Poher former Prime Minister Georges PomBidou, Communist Jacques •uclos. Socialist Gaston Defferre, Trotskylst Alain Krivine and M.
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    Lock icon CHOLERA QUARANTINE
    24 5 HONG KONG. (UPI) Quarantine restrictions have been imposed against arrivals from Lucknow. India, because of Cholera, the Port Health Authority announced today.
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    Lock icon Washington 'Analysed'
    153 5 SAN FRANCISCO Wed. (UPI) George Washington called by Ajanericans "Father of our country," may have been sterile. Dr. M.J Vernon S.mith also told the 64th annual meeting of the Amerjcan Urological As so cia tion that the paintings and physical descriptions of the first Fresident indicate he may
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    Lock icon Papal Visit To Calvin City
    259 5 GENEVA. Wed. (Reute?) The Pope will preach to tens 'cf thousands of Catholic faithful in this stronghold of Prot" tantism when he comes to Geneva for a one day visit on June 18. Police expect up to 100.000 Catholics to" pour into the city. t~
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    Lock icon Scuttled Gas Will Be 'Safe'
    142 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) The U.S. Defence Department told Congress today that four shiploads <>f poison and nerve gas which It plans to dump in the Atlantic would be sunk too deep to cause any harm. Mr. Charles Poor, Assistant Secretary of the Arrny for Research
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      Lock icon PROTEST OVER DEMOTED 'SAINTS'
      79 5 LOS ANGELES (UPI) Twenty-five young people wearing long robes and singing. "When the saints go marching in" picketed the California Department of Unemployment here or behalf of the 40 saints removed from the official calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. Members of the committee for the
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      Lock icon LIBRARY CONGRESS IN TOKYO
      58 5 TOKYO. <UPI> Japanese and American librarians will meet in Tokyo for the first Japan-US. conference in libraries and information science la higher education The conference will be held for five davs from Thursday through Monday at Tokv'o Prince Hotel. It will be attended by 300 Japanese
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      Lock icon REPRIEVE FOR MURDERER
      42 5 HONG KONG. (UPI) A 24-year-old Chinese man. sentenced to death last March for murdering his 19-year-old girl friend has been saved from the hangman's noose Governor Sir David Trench commuted Tal ShunKam's death sentence to 15 years imprisonment, yesterday.
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      Lock icon USUAL RIOT ON CAMPUS
      63 5 BATON ROUGE. Louisiana, (UPI) Students at Southern University set fire to a construction company truck on the Baton Rouge campus. Then thev threw rocks and acid at police and sheriff's deputies State police put down the demonstration with tear gas. and a few hours later they
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      Lock icon FLOOD THREAT IN KASHMIR
      105 5 SRINAGAR, Kashmir, (UPI) Authorities have prepared plans to evacuate residents of Kashmir valley due to the threat of widespread floods from the swollen Jehlum River. Indian and foreign visitors in the Kashmir valley were also told to leave before the floods become more serious. Kashmir flood
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      Lock icon SPY RING NABBED
      88 5 SEOUL. (UPI) The South Korean Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) announced today that it has cracked a Communist North Korean spy ring Involving some 60 persons. including a ruling party lawmaker. It Mid It has arrested 16 of the suspects, mostly former residents in Europe and Japan. Many
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      98 5 LONDON. (Reuter) Home Office Minister of State Lord Stonham defended the government's new ruling that dependants of Commonwealth immigrants will be refused admission into Britain unless they get entry certificate? before leaving their homeland. He told the House of Lords, which approved the change, that it
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      Lock icon PEAK CONQUERED
      89 5 KATMANDU. (Reuter) Three members of a Swiss expedition climbed the 22.688foot high Tukucha peak in Western Nepal on Mav 10, according to a message received by the Nepalese Foreign Ministry today. It was the first time the summit had been reached, according to official records. The three members
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      Lock icon SYRIAN VISIT TO PEKING
      39 5 TOKYO fUPI) A Syrian military delegat.on. led by first Deputy Defenc® Minister Major Gen. Moustarha Tlass, arrived in Peking yesterday by special plane to a rousing Chinese welcome, the New China News agency reported today.
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    Lock icon ISOLATE MISCHIEFMAKERS
    428 6 THE turn of events in West Malaysia following the elections is indeed unpleasant and upsetting. There is a state of emergency in Selangor and several other important Malaysian towns are under curfew. Twenty-five people were killed and eighty-nine others injured seriously. Their near and dear ones are in
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    Lock icon IRRESPONSIBLE RETORT'
    332 6 Reuter THE London Times said today both the Malayan Chinese Association (M.C.A.) and Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak had been irresponsible in their reaction to the Malaysian election results. An editorial in this independent British daily said Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman would need all his
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    Lock icon What's New In U.S. Science & Technology?
    429 6 What's New In U.S. Science Technology? WASHINGTON, Wed. Using newly developed instruments, American oceanographers have directly analysed the sea bottom in water depths of more than one mile (1.6 kilometres). The tests are part of a longrarge programme which may help pave the way for permanent research and engineering centres
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    10 6 Necessity never marie a rood bargain. Franklin. Benjamin
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    Lock icon The Parable Of The Tortoise And The Hare
    225 6 WASHINGTON. Wed (UPI) The Washington Evening Star said on Tuesday that whet appears to be a new offensive by Vieteong forces in. Vietnam may be Intended "at least in part, as a sort of greeting** to Secretary of State William P. Rogers.
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    113 6 Leave Czechoslovakia Free —British Communist Party LONDON, Wed (UPI) The British Communist Party called on Tuesday for a speedy withdrawal of Soviet troops from Czechoslovakia and said that country should be left to decide its own affairs. The call, in the party's official newspaper Morning Star, came at a critical
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    Lock icon Shorthand Examinations
    276 6 LETTERS... I agree with "Sure Failure" (Eastern Sun, Tuesday 13th May). To our surprise there was no indication whatsoever as to which room the examination was to be conducted. We were made to go from one storey to another to find a seat, and when we found our
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    Lock icon Thoughts On The Ten Points
    564 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. Washington spokesmen are being careful not to comment on the Vietcong ten-point proposal until it has been carefully examined and assessed. In a statement on May 9, Secretary of State Rogers said only that the proposal would be looked at carefully "in the
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    Lock icon Moscow's Unpopularity Problem
    589 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. As the June 5 Moscow meeting of World Communist Parties draws near, the Soviet Communist Party finds itself with comparatively few genuine supporters in its campaign to regain full control of the international Marxist-Leninist movement. Once the "guiding party" of international communism, unswervingly supported by
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    Lock icon Businessmen Who Seek Tax Increase
    398 6  -  By NICHOLAS MICHAELIAN ATHENS. Wed. (Reuter) Businessmen normally fight against any tax increase, but not on the historic Greek island of Rhodes. They actually asked for a one per cent tax Increase in their business turnover to finance a tourist publicity campaign. Foe« of Greece's
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    Lock icon Peking's Accusation
    77 6 HONG KONG. Wed. (AFP) Peking today accused the Soviet Union of supplying fund* and weapons to various countries to stage "counterrevolutionary activities" agcinst China. The Peking People's Daily In an article broadcast by the New China News Agency charged that the "more frenziedly" a country opposed China the
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    Lock icon A PREDICTION
    67 6 HONG KONG. Wed. (ATP) The New China News Agency said today that a "gigantic struggle against the Ja-pan-U.S. military alliance" was developing as the two countries were "plotting to prolong" their joint security treaty in 1970. The official agency said that an alliance of the Japanese workers o«asants
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    Lock icon GROWING JAPAN
    196 6 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) The Journal of Commerce on Monday said Japan's economy la now in "excellent form" and devoted an 18—page «ut>plement to that Allan country. The aupplement was entitled "Japan in the *****: a decade of responsibilities." There were articles on the economy, the shipyards, auto
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    Lock icon Mrs. Binh Speaks On Peace Plan
    351 6 PARIS. Wfed. fAFP) The lft-point peace plan unveiled at last week's Paris talks session by the) South Vietnamese National Liberation Front was presented ns whole but can form a basis for discussion of individual principals put forth in particular articles, Madame Nguyen Tri Binh
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    Lock icon Sino-Soviet Border Friction
    359 6 MOSCOW, Wed. (UPI) A series of "serious incidents" on the Western Sino-Soviet border have culminated in occupation of a strip of Soviet territory by Chinese troops, informed communist sources said on Tuesday. These sources said about 1.000 Chinese troops moved 2-3 miles deep into Soviet territory in
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    267 6 VATICAN CITY, Wed (UPI) The Vatican city newspaper Losservatcre Romano said on Tuesday sweepling reform of the Cathalc Churches official calendar of Saints was a simp e updating process with a precedent as far back as 1568. In that year Pope Pius V cut the number of
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      67 8 HONG KONG. (UPI) Seven men today went to a hospital and reported they suffered from food poisoning, the government said. The seven, all Chinese carpenters, dined at a restaurant on Hong Kong island vesterday. a spokesman said. 'At 2 am. today they went to Queen Mary
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      89 8 TACHIKAWA. Japan (UPI) Police have removed and confiscated 26 bamboo flagpoles standing near the end of the U.S. Tachikawa Air Base runway as aviation hazards. They also arrested three men suspected of being connected with the erection of the flagpoles in violation of the aviation safety
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      80 8 SYDNEY fUPI) Australian Prime Minister John Gorton returned to Sydney today after an official visit to Washington and said he hoped President Nixon would come to Australia next year. Mr. Gorton, accompanied by h;s wife and an official party of nine, declined to discuss details of his
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      83 8 STOCKHOLM The first U.S. serviceman granted asylum in Sweden because of Vietnam has returned to Sweden with his familv after serving a four-month term in a U.S. military prison, his lawyer said today. Rav Jones 111, 22. of Pont'.ac. Mirhigan. his German-born wife. Gabrielle. 23.
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    111 8 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) A freak heat wave left Londoners gasping for some good old English rain and clouds yesterday. Judge David West Russell told the men in the jury of the case he was hearing they could remove their jackets. Lawyers and their assistants took off
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    214 8 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. (Reuter) Angry Chinese American leaders today accused the government of distorting American history and called on President Nixon to recognise personally the major role of the Chinese in linking this continent by rail 100 years ago. They condemned transportation secretary John
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    68 8 NEW DELHI. Wed (UPI)— A woman professor was reported killed and several hundreds of experimental birds, animals and rat* were lost in a fire that hit the Zooiogv Department of the University of Banares yesterday. The victim was identified as Miss Surje Panda. It took
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    148 8 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. (UPI) Secretary General U Th ant's spokesman denied yesterday that the United Nations is making plans to provide international supervision of the withdrawal of foreign troops from Vietnam. The report circulated abroad apparently was based on a statement by the spokesman on Monday
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    68 8 TUCUMAN. Argentina. Wed (Reuter) The manager of a closed sugar mill was beaten and held hostage for seven hours by 300 unemployed workers here when dismantling work began. But they released him last night after being promised an audience with provincial authorities to discuss their grievances
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    274 8 LONDON. Wed (Router) Tw# blue-eyed blondes leave here tomorrow for Ascension, the so-called bachelor Isle In the South Atlantic where unmarried men put number of single girls 200 to one. But they are not likely to let the social whirl turn their heads because
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    349 8 OLD ALLIANCE REBUILT? MANILA, Wed. (Reuter) President Ferdinand Marcos has rejected o proposal that the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) be "Asianixed" and uncooperative members of the Alliance be excluded from the organisation. The President mad* the statement in Cebu City, in the Southern Philippines
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    196 8 $73,000-a--day Warship WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) The cost of operating the C.S.S. New Jersey, the world's only battleship on active duty, has averaged about U5573,000 a day. including ammunitjio. according to Navy figures released today. During the first six months since the ship went into action off the Vietnamese coast last
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    88 8 WASHINGTON. Wed. <UPI> A man carrying brass knuckles and a can of chemical mace was taken into custody early Tuesday at the gates of the White House, police reported. In his car. the police said they found a loaded automatic pistol, a loaded shotgun,
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    245 8 DANANG, Wed. (Reuter) A father and his six-year-old daughter sleeping in a room 50 feet from a Seventh Dav Adventist church were among those killed in today's rocket attack on Danang. 1 1 Only a few hundred yards from their home, eight people
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    189 8 WASHINGTON. Wed fßeuter) President Nixon asked Congress todav to approve a lotterv-tvpe selection of 19-year-olds lor military service, saying it would end the seven-vear-lor.g uncertaintv r.w experienced by American boys The present lew, under which a youth is subject to possible draft call between
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    55 8 BAN LORENZO. Argentina. Wed (Reuter) Three 10-year-old pupllj wrecked their school class room here because we jot poor marks and wanted revenge," police reported. Police sa'-d the children broke into the school In this small town 200 miles north of Buenos Aires and destroyed desks, chairs, windowpanes. blackboards
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    78 8 WHANGAREI. New Zealand. Wed. (Reuter) The 10.650ton Japanese freighter World Fuji was immobilised bv fire in worsening weather southeast of here today and ships were racing to her aid The World Fuji is understood to have British officers and a Chinese crew, but the number aboard was
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    71 8 NEW YORK. Wed (Reuter) —Needlecraft by former strip?er Gypsy Rose Lee. singer earl Bailey and former industrialist Joseph P. Martinson were among items that went on view at an exhibit here today The exhibit "Stitched in time: American needlework past «nd present"—has ov-er 500 items, including a
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    368 8 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Prime Minister Harold Wilson vesterday dropped Home Secretary James CaJaghan from his inner cabinet. Newspapers said h« soon may Are his leadership rival from the government altogether. The fall of "Sunny Jim" came in Whitehall's special style; Mr. Cailaghan simply was not invited to
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    Lock icon A Menon-Patil Comeback
    193 8 NEW DELHI. Wed. <UPI>— Two old rivals, both s alwarts in their spheres will face each other soon in Parliament after having gone through a period of political wilderness <ince the 1967 elections when both lost. Bombay's strongman Mr. S K. Patil. regarded as pro-West a friend
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    Lock icon Man Sues 'God' For $100,000
    319 8 SANTA ROSA, California' Wed. (UPI) An Oakland attorney has filed a US$lOO,OOO damage suit against "God" for "careless and negligent" control of the weather. Russell H Tin sip filed the suit by mail on behalf of his legal secretary. Betty Penrose, who blamed God for
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    370 8 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI) —An Indonesian student said to be related to former President Sukarno is under custody of Japanese police today on suspicion of acting as an industrial spy" for the Soviet Union. Madame Ratna Sari Dewi, the Japanese-born wife of Sukarno. however,
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    110 8 NEW DELHI. Wed. (Reuter) Opposition Objections today forced India's Horn* Minister Yashwantrao Chavaa to withdraw for re-drafting a bill laying down the line of succession to the presidency The bill was to provide for the Chief Justice to carry out the presidential duties in th® event of
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    63 8 HONG KONG: Christina Hui and Danny Lee (right) of Hong Kong pose for picture wearing newly created official uniforms for the Hong Kong pavilion in the EXPO '7O, which will be held in Osaka, Japan, next year. The ultra mini-skirt uniform will be worn by waitresses in the restaurant and
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    Lock icon 'I Have To Take Sleeping Pills,' Allegedly Wrote Man
    338 9 I Have To Take Sleeping Pills,' Allegedly Wrote Man SINGAPORE, Wed. A one time well-known personolity in Chinese literary circles, Teh Thian Chuan, 45, was believed to have taken his own life by taking sleeping pills and leaving a two-page philosophical suicide note, the Coroner's Court was told today. He
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    Lock icon Pearlson Enterprises Had $2.5 m. In Liabilities
    435 9 SINGAPORE. Wrd Three Tears after construction work began on Pearlson Building in Cavenagh Road purchasers of the flats complained about the long delay in completion of the building, the Fourth District Court was told today. The complaints began arriving at the office of
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    211 9 CANBERRA. Wed. (Reuter) —External Affairs Minuter Gordon Freeth said in the House of Representatives today he believed the Indonesian Government was aware of world feeling towards the West Irian act ol self deermination. Mr. Freeth said b* thought the Indonesian authorites knew that other countries were
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    Lock icon 35 Pass Folk Dance Course
    49 9 SINGAPORE, Wed.— Thirty five students out of 60 have passed the Y.M.C A Folk Dance Course held by the Singapore Y.M.C.A. Triey will receive their certificates on Saturday at 4 p.m at the YMCA audltoriunv Mrs. Fong Hoe B»n? will give away the certificates.
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    Lock icon New Records For Japanese Vehicles
    125 9 ACCORDING to statistics Just released, a new record cf 288.231 motor vehicle registrations was set in Japan during March 1969. This represented an increase of 152 per cent over the corresponding month of 1968. Passenger and commercial vehicles from the Toyota range accounted for more
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    Lock icon Crown For 'Press Queen 1969'
    66 9 THIS beautiful crown will be among the range of fabulous priies that will go to the winner of the "Press Queen 1969" contest to be held on May 17 at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Eight girls have been short-listed after the semi-flnals for the contest.
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    Lock icon 20th Century-Fox Gets Loan Of U.S.S. Yorktown
    405 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (I'PI) The Navv lent the carrier Yorktown, which costs USS4O.OOO per day to operate, to 20th Centura -Fox to help film a movie when the ship was scheduled to be preparing for more duty in Vietnam, former Defence Department official*
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    Lock icon Manila On Malaysia Riots
    99 9 MANILA Wed (UP!) Diplomatic sources in Manila said today the racial riot* in neighbouring Malaysia might be more serious than it appear* 0 n the surface. "The situation there bears close watching." on# source said Philippine Foreign Secretary Carlos P Romulo refused comment of any kind,
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    79 9 OSAKA Japan Wed <UPI) Japan's cotton yarn production in April reached 221 bales for an Increase of 17 693 bales or 8.7 per cent over March, the Japan Spinners' Association announced. It attributed the Increase to the fact there were 2.56 more working days In April than
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    60 9 SINGAPORE Wed Tan Toh Tian was today discharged not amounting to an acquittal by the Second Criminal District Court on a charee that he was living on the immoral earnings 0 f three girls at Balestler Road between June 20 and July, 5, last year. The three girls are
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    Lock icon Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie' By Experimental Theatre Club
    402 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Experimental Theatre Club's next production will be Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" a well-known play acknowledged by critics to be one of this famous American playwright's best works. There is a cast of four characters. The part of the
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    Lock icon Mystery Surrounds 43-Yr. Old Woman's Death
    164 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Master* surrounds the death of a 43-year-old woman whose decomposed body was found in the rear room of her house in Fowlie Road on Sunday morning. The woman was la'er Identified as Madam Lien Khecng Jin Madam Lien's body was founi on
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    Lock icon Black: Update Foreign Aid Programmes
    162 9 CHICAGO Wed (UPI> Tbe Chairman Of the Overseas Development Council told the Commercial Club on Monday night that he- thinks foreign aid programme* should be updated to become more than "an annex of the State Department" "I would like to see, 10 years hence say.
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    Lock icon Two Fatal Accidents
    76 9 SINGAPORE. W«d. T»n Ah Mol. "4. a pedestrian was killed In an accident when he was knocked down by a motor cyclut along Lavender Street yesterday. In another f*t*l accident, a motor-cyclist. Wah Keng Suan. 20. of Shrewsbury Road, died after colliding head-on with a lorry at
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    105 9 TOKYO, Wed. (UP!) Japan had a favourable surplus of US$l6O million in its overall balance of payment* in April, the Finance Ministry estimated. The Ministry said the basic balance account after seasonal adjustments, also registered a 5230 million in the black. The basic balance
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    107 9 HONG KONG. Wed (Renter) Telephone traffic between Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur was reported rather heavy today following yesterday's disturbances in the Malaysian capital. A spokesman for the telephone company said there had been no disruption to «ervices. "It seems a lot of people tie placing
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      153 9 TODAY and YOU. A r. Thursday* May 15. 1969. rjTj m lingtoi of your Zodiac birth sign. 10pposite 2 Fin* 3 Ltttwt 4Mok* 5 TSat 6 S»< 7 Decision 8 For 9 Full 10 Soclt 41 You LIO i 20 Star* L, I 21 lUcefes XR.Y23 220fr«* AUG.22 23WUI 2<To
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      417 10 Selene® is knowledge. It la a branch of mathematics. There are physical sciences, chemistry and pure sciences. In the early days, people used to work with human resources and had crude tools. "Hiey worked from hand to mouth. But inventors in those days tried to do their
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      106 10 A DHOBI is a man who washes dirty clothes, and puts them into a basket. He carries the basket to the rope. Then the dhobi hangs up the wet clothes. The bright sun and the wind dry them. When the clothes are dried, the dhobi collects and irons
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      537 10 ONE December evening, Jack and I went for a stroll in the country-side. Under such a placid atmosphere, both of us had walked quite a long way from our house without even knowing. We enjoyed the scenery very much especially with the red setting sun. We were
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      228 10 Leisure, as the dictionary puts it is time free from work. Leisure is the time during which one can play or engage oneself in one's own particular interests. There are. of course, many ways to spend this free time such as looking after one's pets, pondering over books or
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      168 10 LAST week I had fight with my friends while I was playing games with them. I ran wildly and accldently knocked one of my friend's arm. I apologised to him but he was not satisfied and scolded me. H© passed all sorts of remarks about me. I lost
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      455 10 ONE day, I woke up very late in the morning. I found that I was alone in the house. I hurried to get my tooth-brush, and I could not find it. So I took my brother's brush. After brushing my teeth, I went to get my handkerchief.
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      417 10 HOME accidents kill more people every year than any other kind except motor vehicles accidents. These home accidents are due to carelessness and ignorance. Of all accidents at home, falls are the most common kind. So. to avoid them we should follow these rules. We should
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      210 10 AFTER months of saving my pocket money I have one hundred dollars and with this sum I can do many things. The first thing I like to do is to visit Batu Cave in Kuala Lumpur There are many fascinating stories about this cave. It will cost
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      352 10 WATER is very important to all living things on earth. For, if there is no water, all the living things on earth will die. Animals, insects, plants, trees and human beings depend on water for survival. Without water, all living things on earth will
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      186 10 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears In this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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      Lock icon Two Killed On Basketball Court
      53 11 MANILA. Wed. (ATP) Basketball player and a voung boy were shot dead during a free-for-all among baseketball fans in Santa Maria town Bulacan Province north of Manila, it was reported today. Scores of other spectators were injured in the ensuing panic. Cause of the ahooting
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      198 11 Rodrigo Trophy SINGAPORE. Wed. Defending champions St. John's Comprehensive School will meet Raffles Institution in the Rodrigo Challenge Trophy inter-schools soccer final at the Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. The competition was introduced by the President of the Football Association of Singapore. Mr. L.P. Rodrigo
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      166 11 MANILA. W-d. (UPI) —The four-nation Oriental Boxing Federation (OBF) opens its 14th annual convention here on Thursday to discuss intramural problems and possible expansion of the organisation to include Australia and Pakistan. OBF President Justiniano N. Montano Jr. said one of the major items up for
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      21 11 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Monk's Hiii Secondary School will hold their annual athletic meet on the school ground tomorrow at 2.15 p.m.
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      547 11  -  By ISA ISMAIL JAKARTA, Wed. (UPI) An expectant mother in Indonesia must reserve a hospital bed the minute she knows she Is pregnant or else glv e birth at home. Hospital space is so scarce In this equatorial archipelago that a mother to be must complete
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      Lock icon Soccer Now Recognised As Major Sport In Japan
      477 11 TOKYO, Wed. (t'PI) It appears that soccer, the most popular sport in Europe, South America and South-east Asia, has at long last become recognised as a major sport in Japan. Baseball, imported from the United States, has long been the most popular
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      173 11 Junior Tournev BIXGAPORE. Wed Entries are now open for the Singapore Badminton Association Junior championships to be held at the Singapore Badminton Hall Gulllemard Road, commencing on June 16 till July 13. There will be five event*: the men's junior singles and doubles, the women's singles
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      101 11 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) —Results of yesterday's major league baseball games: NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta Braves 4, New York Mats a. Chicago Cubg 19. San Diego Padres K Houston Astros 10, Montreal Expos 3. Cincinnati Reds 6. Philadelphia Philhes 4. San Francisco Giants 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 8 Los Angeles
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      84 11 TOKYO. Wed (UPI> Yokozuna (Grand Champion) Taiho and Sek.wake Kiyokunl won their bouts today to remain the only undefeated competitors In the too division on the fourth day of the 15-day Sumo tournament at the Kokuglkan Stadium. Talho. 28 who is shooting for his 30th tit'.e. easily slapped
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      184 11 Bridge RIO DE JANEIRO. Wed. (Reuter) Nationalist China were beaten by Italy in the 11th round of the world bridge championship at Rio Country Club early today but they still have a strone chance of becoming the first members of ;he Far East Bridge Federation ever to
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      1207 12 THE BUKIT TIM AH GUP Honct CUm 2 Dist. 1V 4 Miles. 438 Ruanian Sy 900 Sultan of Pahanf Lee 00 Likewise 5y 8 09 J. Donnelly Owner 100 State Law 6y 9 09 Bukit Stable J. Donnelly 300 Tra# Friendship 6y 8
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      284 12  -  By BIG BEN SINGAPORE. Wed. Shillelagh Bov did an Impressive 3f gallop In 41 on a yielding track here this morning. The best time, however, was returned by Kins master (Harbridge) and Aristocrat If in a half mile workout. Clapping on the pace soon
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      187 12 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Eleven acceptors were announced today for the Yorkshire Cup to be run over one and three-quarter miles at York (1500 GMT) on Thursday. They are with probable Jockeys and weights: Chicago R. Hutchinson and Quartette unjockey both nine stone. Torpid O Starkey 8 9
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      93 12 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Ten acceptors were announced today for the Oaks Trial Stakes for three-year-old fill:es to be run over one and a ha f miles at Lingfield (1345 BMT) on Saturday. They are with probable jockey-. and weights: Rose Blanche unjockey. Parradell M. Thomas.
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      70 12 TAIPEI, Wed. (Feuter) Nationalist China will compete in the Pacific area preliminaries of the world little league baseball tournament which Is scheduled to start in July, the central news agency said today. in the tournament teams from Taiwan, Japan and Guam will compete for the right
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      Lock icon Sponsors Agree To Layer's Court Demand
      258 12 NEW YORK. Wed (IPI) Rod Laver spearheaded a group of professional tennis players yesterdav in forcing Madison Square Garden to change the surface for the 1'5525.000 invitation tournament which begins tomorrow The tournament, with tour professionals from each of the two tennis touring leagues..
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      144 12 MANCHESTER. Wed. (Reuter) A.C. Milan, holding a two-goal lead from th« first match, confidently expect to eliminate European Cup-hold-ers Manchester United from the cup in the return semifinal match hero tomorrow night. United face an uphil! task in trying to get the two goals back
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      129 12 MEXICO CITY. Wed. (Reuter) Efren Alacran Torres. Mexico's world flyweight champion, will make his first title defence against Japan's Takeshi Nakamura at the El Toreo bullring here in August. Mexican promoter Pablo Ochoa said the date for the tight would deoend whether the open-air bullring could be
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      237 12 NEW YORK. Wed. (AFP) Negotiations have begun here between the managers of Italy's world middleweight boxing champion Nino Benvenuti and former world champion American Emile Griffith for a title fight in New York. Griffith earned another crack at the middleweight title, and his fourth meeting
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      Lock icon Littler Tops Winning List
      135 12 PALM BEACH GARDENS. Florida. Wed. (Reuten American Deane Beman's U8520.000 (£8.330. win in last week'g Texas Open golf tournament boosted him Into fifth place in the nrlze money list on the 1969 United State's professional circuit. It was Beman's first tournament victory in two years on
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      Lock icon Davis Cupper Dies At 79
      116 12 BERKELEY, California, Wed. (UPI)—Dr. Melville H. Long, who won the first national clay courts championship s.nd was a member of the 1909 Davis Cup tennis team, died yesterday from a heart ailment. He was 79. Dr Long, who practised in San Francisco Tor 50 years
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      148 12 MOSCOW. Wed. (Reuter) World chess champion Tigran Petrosyan evened the score In his world title series against Boris Spassky at 5.5-5.5 yesterday when Spassky resigned at the 56th move. The victory was the second in succession for Petrosyan, and gives him a
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      Lock icon Kent Hold Sussex To Exciting Draw
      548 12 Wed. (Reuter) —In a nerve-tingling finale to yesterday's English County cricket Kent finished seven runs short of victory with Sussex needing only one more wicket to win. Sussex declared their second Innings at 133 for nine, setting Kent a victory target of 223 at
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      84 12 MEXICO CITY. Wed (UPI) Mr. Ignaclo Trelles. technical director of Mexico s football team since 1957 has been dismissed following the recent European tour of the host team to the 1970 World Football Cup He has been replaced by Mr. Raul Cardenas. Making these changes the
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      147 12 CANTERBURY. England. Wed. (Reuter) Rain washed out play in the West Indian cricketers' match against Kent here today. It was the fifth day's cricket the tourists have lost out of the first 13 of their short tour. Kent and England captain Colin Cowdrey won the toss
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      66 12 HONG KONG. Wed (Reuter) Twenty-six boxers left here by air today to represent Hong Kong In the South East Asian Pugilistic Festival. They will join 10 other Hong Kong competitors who arrived yesterday In Singapore for the Festival which starts tomorrow. Today's group which will
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      169 12 SINGAPORE Wed. Reyal Navy Wanderers and Hamilton Sports Club head the Football Association of Singapore Division One league table with IS poin s each. But Navy have a better goal average. Both teams have so far played nine matches out of the 13 league matches In the
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