Eastern Sun, 18 May 1969

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  • 22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 1001 Sunday Edition, 18 May 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 oenti
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  • 659 1 More Successes Against Subversives TZ'UALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun k u Abdul Rahman, today stated that the situation in Malaysia would soon be returning to normal. Today, there was only one isolated case of arson in the Federal capital.
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  • 267 1 WORLD RE WASHINGTON. Sat. (Reuter) The State Department today declined comment on the continuing racial violence in Malaysia, but said the U.S. Embassy had advised all Americans there of the gravity of the emer- gency. "The violence does not appear to be directed
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  • 170 1 SINGAPORE. Sat—Singapore has sent 220 pints of ft. j3d to the General Hospital 1b Koala Lumpu r in response to the Malaysian Government's appeal for blood for riot victims. Tlie Director of Medical Services. Dr. Ho Guan Lim. disclosed this in a statement to
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  • 193 1 SAIGON. Sat. (AFP) Secretary of State William Rogers met this morning for a three-hour review of the military situation with Gen. Creighton Abrams. US. Commander in Vietnam. American Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker. William Colby. Director of the pacification programme, and other top military and civilian officials. No
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  • 78 1 CAPE KENNEDY. Sat. (Renter) The final countdown for the eight-day Apollo 10 flight started at 9 p.m. EDT tonight (6100 GMT Saturday) 28 hours before lift-off time. Two pauses, one of It hours and 19 minutes at the minus nine-hour mark and another 0 f one hour
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  • 64 1 ROME. Sat. (Reuter) —Czechoslovak Primate Cardinal Josef Beran died here today, the Vatican announced. The 80-year-old Cardinal, who left Czechoslovakia in 1963 to live in Rome, had been suffering from cancer for a long time. Pope Paul, hearing that Cardinal Beran was near death, rushed
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  • 221 1 PARIS, Sat. (UPI) The battle for the French Presidency shaped up on Saturday as a clash between the two giants of the opinion polls—Georges Pompidou and Alain Poher. Pompidou. former Prime Minister under Gen. Charles de Gaulle and self-proclaimed heir of the former President, opened the
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  • 56 1 UNITED NATIONS. Sat. fUPI) Secretary General U. Thant Saturday welcomed American and Vietcong peace proposals as an admission that military methods have failed and as a basis for peaceful settlement of the Vietnam conflict. He expressed hope the Paris negotiations would clarify what kind of international
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  • 75 1 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) A blind girl of 23 plans to work her way around the world for three years. Physiotherapist Rosamund Paton. of Camberley In Surrey. South England, plans to make Canada her first stop. She hopes to take a hospital job there until she has
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  • 270 1 TURIN. Italy, Sat. (Reuter)— Francesco Saverio D'Ayala, born into one of the richest Sicilian families, has died in Turin at the age of 93 after spending the last 25 years living and sleeping in trains. D'Ayala had a
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  • 178 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. (Reuter) —President Nixon today told opponents of U.S. involvement m Vietnam that American troops were fighting there In the interests of U.S. security as w ell as worldwide peace and freedom. "Sometimes, when we hear criticism of wars «nd particularly this
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  • 64 1 OSAKA. Japan. Sat (UPI) —A German Air Force Boeing 707 carrying Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger touched down a newly-built Osaka international airport amid flourishing German and Japanese flags under beautiful twilight skies at 5:55 p.m. (0855 GMT). The Chancellor and his wife were greeted at the
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  • 220 1 MOSCOW, Sat. (UPI) The Soviet Union's twin Venus probes Saturday completed their missions but the last stages of their 160-million-mile journey remain as mysterious as the planet itself. An official announcement said the spacecraft Venus 6 ejected an instrument capsule which parachuted through the
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  • 110 1 CAPE TOWN. Sat. (Reutert Dr. Philip Blaiberg, the world's longest surviving heart transplant patient, will be allowed to leave hospital in a couple of days, a hospital spokesman said today. The 59-year-old former dentist was taken to Groote Schuur Hospital by ambulance yesterday, apparently because he does not
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  • 118 1 FOLKESTONE, England. Sat (Renter) Everv day for four years railway ticket collector Sid Baker said "Goodnight, Bill" to a home-going commuter. But the man's name was not Bill it was Arthur Drake. And he became fed up with being called Bill. One evening, receiving his usual cheery greeting,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 79 1 In This Issue THIS week's second Eastern Sun Lucky Shopper Page 2. FIRST mini-type language system Page 3. STUDENTS urged to practise social discipline Page 4. CHURCH at Home—Page 6. POPPING Around by Platter Pete Page S. e FILM review and latest Hollywood gossips—Page 9. v WHERE and What To
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  • 670 2 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Organising Secretary of Hi« Democratic Action Party, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, today strongly repudiated the Malaysian Government's charges that the Communists were responsible tor the success of the opposition parties in the general elections. "For once," he stated,
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  • 213 2 SINGAPORE, Sat. A Javanese woman, Pungut binte Idris, 27, fell to her death from the 11th floor o! a partly constructed hotel bnlldlnf at Amber Road last night. Following a "999" call police rushed to the buildinf and found the body lying on the
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  • 124 2 NEW ORLEANS. Sat. (Reuter) Larry Purkey spoke to his mother for the first time yesterday in a tearful telephone reunion. He was speaking from a cell on death row. Purkey'g mother. Mrs. Arthur Sutton, of Greenfield, Indiana, was 15 when she gave up her son. then
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  • 62 2 BERKELEY. California, Sat. CReuter) More than 1,500 National Guardsmen and police kept a firm grip on this university citv today after halting thousands of student demonstrators at bayonet point. Police used clubs and tear gas sparingly yesterdsy to control marching demonstrators but put aside the
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  • 164 2 MANILA, Sat. (Renter) The Mayor of Makatl. his deputy and seven other members of his Municipal Council were sentenced to six years' imprisonment each by a trial court here today for violating the anti-graft law. Mayor Maximo Kstrella, Vice Mayor Teotlmo Gealogc and their
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  • 131 2 The pretty firl (circled) was snapped whilst shopping at CK, Tane on Thursday afternoon. She wins a $2O gift voucher as Eastern Sun's second lucky shopper this week. The firl is requested to call at Eastern Sun. 23-B, Cantonment Road, Singapore 2, to claim
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  • 251 2 SINGAPORE. Sat. —The First Lady of the Republic, Puan Noor Aishah. will officially open the Seventh Combined Welfare Services Exhibition and Sale of Work on Saturday, May 31, at 10.30 a.m. The exhibition, organised by the Singapore Council of Social Service® for Its
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  • 36 2 SINGAPORE. Sat The Singapore Infantry Regiment Band, instead of the People's Defence Force Band, will give a performance at the MacRitchie Reservoir Park on May 25 from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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  • 134 2 SINGAPORE, Sat The folk dance group of the Yonnf Men's Christian Association will conduct a folk dance course for adults and secondary school students. This two-month course will be held at the YMCA auditorium in Orchard Road on Wednesdays and Frldaya from 2.30 p.m.
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  • 88 2 MANILA. Sat. (AFP) Twenty-two persons were reported injured, two of them seriously, and some 7.000 people rendered homeless in a fire that swept through a Central Philippine town on Friday. Officials placed damage at 30 million pesos (US$7.5 million) and said 80 per cent
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  • 218 2 SINGAPORE, So*. The Notional Productirity Centra o unit of the Economic Development Boord will conduct a course on production planning ond control. It will be particularly useful for all levels of management directly concerned with the production function In industry. The course will emphasise
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  • 141 2 VAT- IT-TP, California. Sat. fUPI) Navy salvage experts Saturday hoped to start pumping 1.300 tons of seawater out of a US$5O million submarine sitting on the bottom of San Francisco Bay under 34 feet of water. The USS Guittaro. an attack submanne undergoing
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  • 234 2 MOSCOW, Sat. (Reuter)— Soviet plane designer Aiexei Tupolev sees giant airliners of the future carrying 1.000 passengers at 6,250 mph to any point in the world in about two hours. Outlining his views of air travel by the end of the century in a
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  • 117 2 CHICAGO. Sat. (Reuter) US. Defence Secretary Melvin Laird warned here that the r a would be no drastic cut in U.S. military spending af'er the Vietnam war because it would affect national security. Addressing an Armed Forces Day dinner last night. Mr. Laird
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • 301 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. —The Minister of Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, today received, on behalf of Telok Ayer Integrated School, a $2,000 mini-type language system from the School's Advisory Committee. This mini-type language system consists of a set of taperecorders complete with earphones and
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  • 351 3 WELLINGTON, Sat. (Reuter) —New Zealand Prime Minister Mr. Keith Holyoake said today there were signs of a move towards a peaceful settlement of the Vietnam war "although I do not want to be over-optimistic", he added. Mr. Holyoake. commenting in a statement on the
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  • 46 3 WIESBADEN. West Germany. Sat. (Reuter) West Germany's divorce rate jumped by seven per cent in 1967 when 63.116 couples were legally separated. A report issued by the Federal Statistics Office here showed that marriage was in the greatest danger after only ana Australia.
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  • 93 3 JAKARTA Sat. (UPI) Foreign Minister Adam Malik said today President Nixon's eight-point proposal for peace in Vietnam, as well as the Vietcong's earlier proposals, should be seen as "attempts to overcome the stagnation in the present peace talks" Malik stressed that both pro. posals should
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  • 61 3 JAKARTA. Sat. (Reuter)— An Indonesian Army General will face trial on Tuesday charged with corruption, an army spokesman said today. TTie officer is Brigadier-Ge-neral Sudharman, former Director of the State-owned tin company. This will be the first trial of an Army General on corruption
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  • 155 3 NEW YORK. Sat. (Reuter) Mr. Takeshi Watanabe. President of the Asian Development Bank, arrived here last night for a four-day round of informal talks with bankers about the "general situation" of assisting under-developed Asian countries. Mr. Watanabe. who arrived here from San Francisco. California, where
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  • 76 3 NEW YORK. Sat. (Reuter)— Tony "the Shrimp" Lasorsca, alleged mastermind of a kidnapping ring preying on Mafia members s a maximum security cell here today for his own safety. The Shrimp—he only stands flve-foct, three inches (1.6 metres) surrendered to police because he feared
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  • 335 3 BANGKOK, Sat. (Reuter) Military advisers of the South-east Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) today emphasised that the organisation would continue to be a bulwark against continuing Communist threat in South-east Asia. In a press statement issued at the end of the two-day
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  • 147 3 HONOLULU, Sat. (UPI) —Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore spent part of Fridav at the EastWest Centre and later received a military briefing on the Vietnam war. Mr. Lee conducted an informal seminar at the centre, a U.S. Government educational facility for students from throughout
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  • 129 3 EDINBURGH. Scotland, Sat. (Reuter) —Runaway marriages at Scotland's Gretna Green, a haven for eloping couples, may be halted »oon The village just across the border from England, has long attracted young lovers because wedding requirements are less stringent than under English law.
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  • 69 3 JAKARTA. Sat. (UPT) Representatives of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet here May 28-29 to make preparations for a later meeting of the ASEAN Standing Committee. Foreign Minister Adam Malik announced Saturday. Malik said he expected both Malaysia and the Philippines to attend the standing
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  • 186 3 BANGKOK, Sat. (AFP) Nationalist Chinese Defence Minister Chiang: Ching-kuo today implicity denied that he had discussed his country's membership in the South-east Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) with Thai leaders during his current visit here. Mr. Chiang told a press conference: have exchanged ideas on a
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  • 100 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Singapore Pools (Pte) Limited announced today that It had started a Sports Club for participation by the public. The club which is registered under the name of the Singapore Pools (Pte) Ltd. is at the Company's premises, 1-4 Percival Road. The Hon. Secretary
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 304 4 STUDENTS URGED: Practise Social Discipline —Toh SINGAPORE, Sot. The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, today urged the students in the Republic to practise mass social discipline. He was speaking at a welcoming tea party held tor freshies of the Singapore Polytechnic at the institution's exhibition hall.
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  • 533 4 SINGAPORE, Sat. Thi Univergity of Singapore today released the following reaultg of its supplementary medical examinations: Recti lis of the Preliminary (StHßlementiry) Examination decree# of M 8., 8.8. held in April May 1969. The following candidates have pasted the examination thereby completing the Preliminary Examination for
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  • 129 4 SINGAPORE, Sat. The inaugural meeting of the proposed Singapore Society concerned with the preservation of records and buildings in the Republic will be held at the National Museum on Friday. The meeting which is open to the publie wal be presented with draft constitution of
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  • 75 4 JAKARTA. Sat (AFP) rre raged for hours through th* central market place of East Borneo's Samarmda town in the night of last May 4. injuring a number of persons and cestroylng 200 houses. Antars news agency repor'ed today. Material damages were estimated at 730 million rupiahs
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  • 49 4 JAKARTA. Sat. (AFP) Twelve persons have died from Hong Kong flu in the Teleg# Langsat district of South Borneo in the last two weeks. Antara news agency reported today. The victims, mostly children under 10 years suffered from high fever, excessive coughs and vomitting.
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  • 109 4 SINGAPORE. Sat. Two mor« girls have entered for the "Miss Singapore 1969" beauty contestThey are Misses Joyce Peh and Mavis Young. The winner will represent Singapore in the "Misa Universe 1969" competition to be held at Miami Beach. Mavis is no stranger when the competes with several
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  • 18 4 SINGAPORE. Sat. There were 54 accidents, nx of which were serious during the ltst 24 hours.
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  • 330 4 SINGAPORE. Sat. Thou, sands tonight packed the Gay World Stadium to witness the opening night of the Southeast Asia Pugilistic Championships The championships, declared open by the Defence Minister, Air. Lam Kim San, attracted more than 300 competitors from six countries They are: Hong Kong Taiwan.
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  • 181 4 BINOAPORI Bat. The Chinese High Behool won the Oolden Eagle Award In the Singapore Students' Photographic Competition organised by the Photographic Society of Nanyana University recently. The award waa given to the beit print on the characteristic* of Sinaapore to commemorate its 150 th anniversary.
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  • 438 4 SINOAPORE, Sat. Swami Damodarananda will deliver talk* on Bhagavad Olta at the Ramakrishna Mlulon Hall on Sunday at 5.30 &m. The Singapore Unarmed Training In*tltuta ha* elected the following member* in the pro-tem committee: President: Mr Tan Seng Lee; Vice-President: Mr Ten Tiong Khlm: Secretary: Mr.
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  • 185 4 GENEVA Sat. (Reuter) Mr James Roosevelt. eldea 4 son of the late U S Prenaent Franklin D. Roosevelt, who la -ecovering from a stab wound, will leave hospital some Ume next week, an aide aaid here today. Mr. Roosevelt. 61, who alleged he was knifed In the
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  • 168 4 TAIPEI, Sat. (ATP) An English language newspaper commented here today that Malaysia will be able to solve the present troubles "only by facing the facts of communiam and racism The China News observed In an editorial: "The Malayslan Government has tended to Ignore
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 240 4 Today's Diary 10 a m 8 p.m.: Exhibition on French contemporary tirestry at Singapore Conference Hall, Shenton Way. 10 a m.: Chinese operatic practice at National Theatre Club. Clemeneeau Avenue 130 pm.: English drama workshop at National Theatre Club. Clemeneeau Avenue. 3.30 p.m.: Kenopamshed class at Ramaknshna Mission. Bartley Road
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  • 493 5 SAIGON, Sat. (UPI) President Nguyen an Ihieu said today he hopes to have an early meeting with President Nixon because he believes this is necessary to "set up common pol !cy at this particular point in the Vietnam War. The South Vietnamese President made
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  • 406 5 KINGSTON. Jamaica. Sat. (UPI) Anguillan leader Mr. Ronald Webster, said yesterday that if Britain refuses to accept Anguillan demands lor direct association, including internal self-govern-ment. the West Indies will be "plunged Into a chaotic situation. Mr. Webster is in Jamaica on a two-day
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  • 104 5 ROME. Sat. (UPI) Italy's Foreign Minister, Mr Pietro Nenni, warned hte Socialist Party comrades yesterday they could destroy the Italian Government with their internal squabbling. The Socialist Party Central Committee met for the third straight dav to debate ideology. Ihe socialists, coalition partners with the Christian
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  • 111 5 CANBERRA. Sat. (UPI) The Australian Government is watching the situation in Malaysia very closely, and is prepared to evacuate Australian nationals if the situation deteriorates, Minister for External Affairs Mr. Gordon Freeth told the National Press Club here yesterday. Australia has no intention
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  • 141 5 PARKNASILLA Ireland Sat (UPI) Former French President Charles de Gaulle may soon be unable to buv a drink at his holiday hotel here il local police have their way. Police officials objected in court yesterday to a renewal request of the liquor license for
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  • 585 5 MASHVUJ.E, Tennessee.Sat. (UPI) James Earl Ray. convicted killer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will remain in maximum security at the Tennessee State Prison "as long as I have anything to do with it," State Corrections Commissioner Harry S. Avery said yesterday. Mr. Avery made the statement in an
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 249 5 THE MAN FROM if. jr. c. SORRY, MISTER, MY FRIEND IS- ER, A LITTLE CML&&H AT TIMES.' IT'S JUST H'& WAY OF-ER, HAVING FUN/ THE DEEP FREEZE AFFAIR Part II: There's No Pool 5> s Hi. W>J JFTH/SISTAIWS* WHAT IN THUNDER ARE THEY £AP TO? ANDWHe*B WILL THEY STRIKE NEXT?
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  • A BOOK REVIEW
    • 1042 6  -  CHURCH sm "LOVE NOT THE WORLD..." by R. I. PORTER The "worldly" person. John tell* as, cu recognise himself by a three-fold test. He can test' himself with regard to '"the last of the flesh" the natural desires of our sinful nature. And he cut test himself,
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    • 229 6 VISIT OF AUSTRALIAN NOTED BIBLE TEACHER CONFERENCE SPEAKER DUE SINGAPORE, Sat. Miss F. M. Cook of Sydney, Australia, who is currently on a tour visit to the mission fields of the Christian Nationals' Evangelism Commission in South-east Asia, Hong Kong and Macau will visit the Republic Miss Cook is the
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    • 111 6 SINGAPORE. Sat The Christian Business Men's Committee will be having Mr. Lauw Kim Guan as the guest speaker for the coming monthly luncheon on Tuesday, May 20, at the G.H. Cafe. Battery Road. The time is from 12.45 to 2.00 p.m. This new venue will enable the meeting
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    • 459 6  - 'SO FAITH COMETH BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD'—ROMANS 10 17 by Rev. Quek Kiok Chiang T'HE Scripture quoted above was the text of Dr. Carl Mclntire's one-hour and ten-minute message delivered at the "Far Eastern Crusade to Preserve Historic Christianity" held on Tuesday. 13th May 1669
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    • 118 6 SINGAPORE, Sit. A farewell meeting for Miss. Dear and Misa Marsh of the Christian Book room will be held in the Prlnsep Street Presbyterian Church on Thursday. May 22 at 8 p.m. Miss Dear and Miss Marsh, after 20 yean of faithful service for the Lord in the
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    • 262 6 SINGAPORE. Bat. The Singapore Youth for Christ will be launching a one-month evangelistic effort in Ceylon and India at the invitation of the churches there. A "Teen Team" comprising seven young people of high musical calibre and spiritual maturity has been formed to represent Singapore for this
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    • 344 6  -  by RONALD ALLISON THIS Is a different" book. Here we have the story of Jesu s of Nazareth cover rd by a radio and television journalist. Ronald Allison, who has interviewed, and reported on many of the world's gTeat people, says this... "Without question the story
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    • 168 6  -  Sunday Breakfast by LAUW KIM GUAN "Put on a# the elect of God klndaess" Col. 3.12 THE story is told of an old man who earned with him wherever he w«nt a tin of lubricating oil. If he passed through a squeaking door he would pour some
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 358 6 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS BETH KS DA (NEIL ROAD) 417 New Bridge Road, gingaporo «BD4V 830 &.OCL Breaking of Bread 9 30 aon. Ministry Meeting 12 00 da Sunday School 130 pm. (Junior A Senior) 1.00 p.m. Sunday School (Junior) 130 tun. Sunday School (Senior) 1-80 Dm Gospel MMtlni PULAO TERONG GOSPEL
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 209 7 MUNICH, Germony, Sot. (UPI) Finance mister Mr. Franz Josef Strauss yesterday defended West Germany's refusal to revolue the mark and stressed the "decision is final for this government." In an address to the Association of Independent Entrepreneurs, Mr. Strauss left open what might happen after national
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    • 84 7 JAKARTA. Sat. (ATP) Two full Jet DC-S'a ordered from the United State* and tec Fokker F-27'i from Holland will arrive here by the end of this year to add with existing 31 aircraft owned by the Garuda Indonesian Airways, It Is announced here today. The existing 31
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    • 134 7 3 New HighYielding Strains MANILA. Sat. 'AFP) The Philippine Atomic Research Centre has developed three new high-yielding straini from the so-called IR-8 miracle rice, through Irradiation with Cobalt-60. According to PARC agricultural scientist Dr. Ilumlnado Valencia, the new strains have better eating qualities than IR-8 which hardens easily after cooking,
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    • 296 7 IVITH the agreement of the various Belgian authori- ties concerned, the board of directors of Cockerill-Ougree-Providence has made a proposal (which was accepted) to the effect that the company and its chief shareholders purchase from Evence Coppee et Cie the majority of the latter's direct
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    • 275 7 In view of the continuing C>litical situation in the iddle East, particularly between Israel and the Arab States. P O Lines Ltd. has decided to re-arrange the itineraries of two cruises Kheduled to call at Haifa. The Oriana. 42.000 tons, scheduled to leave Southam
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    • 225 7 SINGAPORE, Sat.— The Swiss Watch Industry Technical Centre in Singapore is now equipped with facilities to offer instructions on all aspects of modern watch repairing and servicing. 4 Mr. R. Chappatte. Director of the Centre at New Penang Road said that another $40,000 worth of
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    • 36 7 NEW YORK. Sat (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York gtock exchange: 30 Industrial* 967.30 20 Rails 241.41 15 Utilities 132.54 65 Stocks 330.19 40 Bonds 73.81 Commodity future# index 139.55
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    • 240 7 SINGAPORE, Sat. The following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for May 18: DEPARTURE: Gcdowns Vessels 5 Stentor 13/14 Adolf Warski 23/24 Euphrates Maru 31/32 Priam 33/34 Ling Yung 38/39 Minetaka Maru 44 Calcutta Maru 47 Lica Maersk N.W. 3/4 Giang Ann
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    • 253 7 GENEVA. Sat. (Reuter) By the year 2000 the world will have some 600 million telephones compared with about 230 million today and only 9o million in 1954. Plans worked out by the International Telecommunication Union already provide for direct dialling between them all. The
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    • 58 7 HONG KONG. Sat. (UPI) Monev quotations: HK56.0925 per U.S. dollar HK56.1125 per US. dollar TT HKSI4.S per pound sterling HKS322 625 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness. HK$ 162.7 per 10,000 Japanese yens HK$ 132.0 per 100 Philippines pesos buyers. HK5133.0 per 100 Philippine
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    • 245 7 SINGAPORE. Sat. —The attractions of Singapore as a tourist destination and a commercial centre have been featured in the latest edition (Spring 1969) of 8 A S World, a quarterly magazine which the airline distributes to travel and cargo agents and commercial accounts
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    • 300 7 SINGAPORE, Sat. The grave disturbances, at present being encountered in Kuala Lumpur and other parts of West Malaysia following the general election there, dominated the scene from Tuesday onwards, state Holiday, Cutler, Bath Cr Co., in its rubber market review. The nervous reaction to
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    • 418 7 HONG KONG, Sat (UPI) U.S. Secretary of Commerce Mr. Maurice H. Stans today warned that the United States might take "unilateral action" If foreign countries did not voluntarily restrain their textile ex- ports. If the problem cannot be solved by multilateral consultation ana bilateral
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    • 129 7 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Gold prices closed mixed in fairly quiet trading yesterdav on markets here and abroad. In London, (old remained unchanged for the morning and second fixing at 43.5®. dollars per troy ounce. In Zurich and Frankfurt, sold remained unchanged from Wednesday at 43.55
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    • 126 7 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Association of Banks la Ma-laysia-Singapore today mad# the following chanfe# in Its rate* to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency). SELLING T.T. or OD. ready: Deutsche Marks $77.1400; Holland Guilders $84.7775: Swiss Franca $7l 2850; Belgian Francs $4.1550;
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    • 87 7 SINGAPORE noon price* ai Chine** Prod aw «•>- Coconut Oil (FOB.) Bulk Coconut OH (F.O.B Onus Mixed Copra Muntok White 1 (F-O.B-) 9«% Sarawak White (FOB) Sat. The t the Singapore i exchange today Buret 48-50 ~r Sm sTw' us*. Sarawak cpeciai »tac« Pepper (FO B.) t«% NL.W wtJ*
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    • 50 7 NEW YORK. Sat (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. Bid) (Asked) Jul 26.45 26.95 Sep 26.10 26.70 Nov 25.70 26.20 Jan 25.25 25 50 May 2525 25 60 May 25-10 25.60 Locally. No 2 RSS was 263/8 cents per pound.
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    • 401 7 ARRIVALS 6.00 am M»A ML o*9 Koala Lampv. 000 am. M>A MLHO Koala Lumpur. 015 a m MSA ML63I Sydney Jakarta 10 IS a.m. MsA MLIIS Euaia Luiupur. 1X.40 p m CAL ('l5 Taipei. Hons Kong 10 25 a.m. MSA MLOSS Prnan*. Ipob, Koala Lompur. Malacca. 140 PA
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    • 62 7 SHIPPING NOTICE M/S "TAIPOOSHAN", 12.000 T.~ c«». w u K~«. x" M" •!> ML is* IT iff' JS? '3r ns^wssm mod »r fftaes ertry nifht. Singapore/Hongkong: Sing I. Trip *****.00 Ro.n4 Trip ffJJO.OO Penang/Hongkong: Singlo Trip *****.00 Round Tnp *****00 Agents: SHUN CHEQNC S. N COJS) PTI. LTD. A»U lararoac*
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  • POPPING AROUND with Platter Pete
    • 1075 8  -  Exclusive ASK-MX conducted by John Grant WHERE do the world's most famous trio go from here? What are the musical things which King-Guitar w into? The Jimi Hendrix Experience NOW. The most famous guitarist of all time speaks to you about the shape of things to come in
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      229 8 TOMMY JAMES d THE SHONDELLS "Sweet Cherry Wine" breakaway'' (Roulette) Definitely another smash for TJ. The Shondells. Not as food as "Mony Mony" perhaps, but better than "Crimson And Clover". The fade-in opening consists of organ and bell clangs, then it settles down into a catchy medium-pacer and the
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    • 384 8 pjl THERE! LIKE Holy Out-Of-This World! Owing to great demand, we had no choice but to print the special JIMI HENDRIX feature this week. Seems like at last Jimi is aaining recognition in Singapore; and I for one, am real glad since I think he s the
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    • 1401 8  -  Says SCOTT CORDON COXHILL WITH hit newly-ihorn hair, leather jacket and cord jeans, Scott I Walker now bears more than a passing resemblance to James I Dean. But there's nothing angry about this young man these days. I With "Scott 3" battling
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    • 254 8 t World Z|Charts* THk rising importance of long playing records in the pop world is demonstrated this week as Bob Dylan's long awaited country-and-western flavoured album "Nashv;lle Skyline" enters the Swedish charts at number ten. Sweden has consistently had albums in its charts this year and this week three of
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  • THE NEW FILMS
    • 1217 9  -  To The Tune Of A Million By David Weir 'POM Jones might well still be singing in working men's clubs i* if wasn't for Gordon Mills Gordon Mills is o Welshman, which m£ans that he is a hard- headed realist. No nonsense. No fuss. No
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    • 478 9  -  Bv GOH ENG KEE SINGAPORE. Sat Diamonds art sure to be some fir is' best friends but whether they would have :t for breakfast could well be some others' undoing. And while honey attract bees, so diamonds gather their flowering court. What a court was entertained in
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    • 983 9  -  By Sheilah Graham FAYE Dunnaway u tn I London, And in no hurry to resume her ftlm career. Marcello Mastroianni is In London completing hi» third British movie. The two factg are related. Faye's next film is 'Little Big Man,"
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    • 244 9 DINOLE. County Kerry, Ireland. In his recent visit to the set of MOM's "Rytn'i Daughter." Aiming here, Prime Minister of Ireland Jack Lynch expressed his interest in films and the continuing desire to host foreign ftlm units. Mr Lynch was the quest of director David Lean and
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    • 232 9 SHAW I Jiiisra RATION LIDO Phone NOW SHOWING: 11 a.m.. 1 45, 4 M. «.M If paa. Elizabeth xarior. Mia Farrow "Secret CWUBJ* Color Robert Mitehum tUI-SBi CAPITOL Phone ***** NOW CROWING! 11 a ■>.. 1 to (M. «45 930 p a John Wavat. Katharine Ru> JlB H'Jtton "■ELLriGHTrRS" Panavision
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    • 16 9 TODAY and YOU. Sunday, May 18* 1969. HOKd TAURUS APR 20 KB m Ssa *3 v.
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    • 327 9 CATHAY A 3»)0| OPEN* TODAY! U 1M, «.M. t.M I SO MOM > "SNOW TREASURE" Pranciscua la Color orchard-j^TeTl OPENS TODAY: SMOM< *T! 10.39 a.m.. 1.4*. 5 15. 1.30 p m. NOW AT NORMAL P*ICES! MOM "Whwe E&rles Dare" Riehard Burton CUat Eastwood 70 MM Panansion Mttrocoior lODFON J 1
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    • 1055 10  -  -Jf.THE TRUTH > MEN^ BY Mary McCluskey MEN are more detached and Independent of love and marriage, say psychologists. Does this mean they don't love as deeply? As women get scarcer and the number of men of marriageable age increases men are having
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    • 1360 10  -  PART 3 By K. F. Yap (b) Potting Monopodial Orchids: Epiphytic monopodial species and hybrids U Strapleaved vandas. rhync.iOStylis. phalaenopsis. etc.) grow well when potted in perforated con. tainers (i.e. clay pots and wooden baskets). Well-burned pots should be selected, as these are less crone
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    • 503 10  -  by h.c. tan THESE day s meals are getting more attention than ever. What with people so concerned with good food and. food connoisseurs' developing tastes which are as keen as the razor's edge. The increasing versatility and variety that this cosmopolitan state enjoy in
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 305 10 f C 3. i -Q\ M cOl ■li AT S QAMLKT&C AUUUTT *W w w w vw wf '^o-s: R, etkLm e gaoan** Qijtttaiel AmmmtJ 9?im e ilJmf €m~y data* sAjmt JjUr Mtim 6mmU <2U4.; dwmtwt < 2Lf«f 6mmU C Hdm», cU/ 9U. 6-u 6mmU 96mm 7* CSmmiml 96mm jCta
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    • 165 10 Vtll/ >S3r SINGAPORE CONFERENCE HALL RESTAURANT I Fully Air-conditioned Tel: ***** Trade Union House, Shenton Way, Singapore 1 60LDEN CROWN RESTAURANT Fully Air-conditioned Tel: *****5 352- B 354 B Commonwealth Avenue Queenstown, Singapore 3 Ideal for: Quick Lunch Tim Sum, Fried Mee/ Meehoon/Rice 9 Dining Out Hongkong Cuisine, A la
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 357 11 Stipe's Report SINGAPORE. Sat. Following is the Stipendiary Steward's report on today's races at Bukit Timah: Race 1: Dawkins (Blasted Oak) was severely reprimanded for permitting -his mount to move in passing the winning post the first time and causing interference to Little Boy (R. Low) and Pulau
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    • 117 11 SINGAPORE. Sat. Top seeded Sharin Osman moved to the semi-finals of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association's Open Hard Court Championships here at Tanglin Club with a comfortable straight se'.s win over Bennv Lim. After a hard fought first set Sharin took the second set easily. He won
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    • 42 11 SINGAPORE. Sat. There were two walkovers in the Fcotball Association of Singapore Division I fixtures today. At Geyland Stadium Hamilton Sports Club received a walkover from Junior A.A. and at Jalan Besar Stadium Stable Boys conceded a walkover to Darul Afiah.
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    • 1632 11  -  By BIG BEN SINGAPORE, Sat.—Chen-Li-Chu with Nawari astride scored a mild upset win in the opening race to pay S74 for a win ticket here today. It was the highest dividend of the day. Nonpariel (L. Harbridge)" won the class two division three event in a thrilling
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    • 129 11 REGATTA BINOAPORE Sat. The University of Singapore won the quadrangular regatta held at the Army Yacht Club, recently. Other teams that took part were the Teachers Training College, the Physical Education Department of the Ministry of Education and the National Bea Cadet Corps. The University of Singapore
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    • 109 11 SINGAPORE Sat. The visiting Hong Kong Armr Cricket XI held Singapore Cricket Club to a draw in a one-day match at the SCC Padang toThe visitor« who were in a shaky position at the 'ioae of play were saved by rain which stopped play. Batting first
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    • 259 11 NEW YORK. Sat. (Reuter) —Results of yesterday's major league baseball games AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Yankees 2. California Angels 1. Chicago White Sox 7. Washington Senators 6. Seattle Pilots 10. Boston Red Sox 9 (11 innings). Oakland Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 0, Baltimore Orioles 5.
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    • 199 11 LINGFIELD. England. Sat. (Reuter) The Elk rocketed back into the En*lish Derby market with a stylish win in the Derby Trial Stakes over a mile and a hall here yesterday. Bookmakers slashed The Elk's odds from 30/1 to 2/1 for the classic at Epsom on
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    • 656 11 SINGAPORE. Sat. SinSapore's top Javelin thrower, [ok Wai Leong established two new records at the Raffles Institution annual athletic meet held at the school ground, today. Wai Leong of Bayley House who set ud a new record of 1?0 fpet 10} inches in the
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    • 57 11 SANTIAGO. Chile, Sat. (Reuter) Chile took a 2-0 lead over Ecuador here yesterday In their Davis Cup American zone south section •econd round tie Patricio Cornejo beat Francisco Guzman 6-3. 1-6. 8-6, 6-4 and Jaime Flllol defeated Miguel Olvera 7-5. 6-0, 0-6, 6-2. Winners of the tie will
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    • 178 11 SINGAPORE, Sat. Ng Chor Yau captured two titles in the Singapore Badminton Association's Youth Championships at the Badminton Stadium tonight. Ng. who represented Singapore in the Asian Youth Championships in Tokyo, outplayed Peter Goh in straight sets 15-9, 15-5 in the singles finals. Partnering
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    • 92 11 SINGAPORE. Sat. Hotel Slngapura held Royal Navy Wanderers to a 3—3 draw In a Football A&sociaion of Singapore Division One fixture at the Jalan Besar Stadium tonight. Hotel Smgapura got two gift' goals from mistakes by the defenders. Gorman. Harris, and Welsh scored for Royal
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    • RACING COMMENTS
      • 1511 12 R aee 1: Horses Class 3* Div. 2 >6 F urs.—2.1S p.m. 1. 08 Pacific Lodge 3y 9 00 HC. Tan Samsuri Asuwadi 6 2 230 Scarlet Prince 4y 9 00 Gembira Stable R Breuk 3 3. 3 Tlnggt Harapan III 3y 8 13 A'lignce Stable E
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      • 1307 12  -  GOING: GOOD By BIG BEN* FAIR REGO and YAKIN will dominate the betting in the Bukit Timah Cup (Race Five) today. My vote goes to Fair Rego, who finished a fair third to V.I P. II over the mile on the second day. A
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      • 33 12 Big Ben Loonshiang Flying Finn Landmark Jimmy Lad Correct Time Fair Rego Never Too Late K.B.K. Noble Jones Yakin Never Too Late Cisco Movie House IV Ad Valorem Never Too Late
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      • 192 12 BIG BEN JIMMY LAD KBK CISCO RACE I TLNGGI HARAPAN Correct Time Phar Pal CORRECT TLME Syndicate Winning Streak RAMONA T Harapan III t'har Pal SYNDICATE Correct Time Skipalong RACE 1 MOVIE HOUSE IV theatre IV Outspoken OUTSPOKEN Movie House IV Olympic Flame II MOVIE HOUSE I\' Outspoken Smoko
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      • 409 12  -  By ALBERT JOHNSON SINGAPORE, Sat. The F.A. of Singapore have asked for the co-operation of police authorities to help stamp out misconduct among spectators during FASsponsored league matches at Farrer Park and Gevlanr football pitches. The FAS move is a followup to fresh
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      • 110 12 WORLD RIO De JANEIRO. Sat. (Reuter) Taiwan yesterday continued to surpass all expectations in the world bridge championship final here against Italy. After 32 deals, the scores were only 54 to 50 in Italy's favour a tiny margin at this form of scoring. The two teams
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      • 142 12 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) New Zea.ander Brian Fairlie Bri i tain number one Mark Cox in straight sets to reach the men's singles final in the London hard-court R,?H^„H ham io shlps at tfce Burhngham Club here yesterday. Twenty year old Fairlie. who fought his way back after
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      • 459 12 SINGAPORE. Sat.— Wyelin Yeo of Raffles Girls' School smashed the girl's 'B' division Javelin record on the first day of the five-day Buklt Timah Secondary School annual athletic meet held at the Chinese High School ground. Buklt Timah. today. Wyelin hurled the javelin to a new
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 65 11 Carpets FOR washing and mending off all kinds of carpets b rugs. Contact*UNITED CARPETS 183 Tanglin Road. (Opposite Hotel Malaysia) Singapore 10. Tel: *****9. Dealers in: PERSIAN. PAKISTAN BOKHARA. INDIAN. BELGIUM b CONTINENTAL CARPETS b RUCS. Wall to wall Carpeting is oar Speciality. Cor Rental U-DRIVE RING *****, Everflne Co
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 41 11 BIG SWEEP Ist Prixe No. *****0 $4,713 2nd Prist No. *****1 $1,346 3rd Prize No. *****5 673 Starters: ($l5O each) Nos;*****1 *****0 *****5 *****4 *****5 *****5 *****0 *****2 Consolation: ($lOO each) Nos:*****1 *****9 *****8 *****3 *****8 *****4 *****5 *****6 *****8 *****7.
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    • 1168 11 >roGfc m, >•* 3f TV and R (CHANNEL 5) AM 940 Prog. Summary in English; 9 The Carol Burnett Show. 1035 The Nurse# The Prisoner; 11 -25 Pesta Pop. PM 12 20 The Bugs Bunny Show; 12 46 Prog Summary in all Languages; 12 55 Belajar-lah Bahasa Kebangsaan: 100 Back-Belajar-lah
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 75 12 Time And Tide TOO AT Singapore Town: 5.54 a.m. (0.3 ft.); 12.41 p.m. (7.6 ft); 5.50 p.m. (3.9 ft); 11.36 p.m. (8.9 ft). Naval Dockyard: 5.34 a.m. (0.9 ft); 12.46 p.m. (9.4 ft); 5.55 p.m. (4.8 ft.); 11 50 p.m. (9.8 ft). TOMORROW May 19 Singapore Town: 6.30 a.m. (0.3
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