Eastern Sun, 19 May 1969

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  • 22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 1002 Monday, 19 May 1969. MC (P) 0737 Price 15 cento
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  • 203 1 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has donated $500,000 worth of foodstuffs to the Malaysian Government for distribution among distressed families in the curfew areas. The Malaysian High Commission is now making arrangements to despatch the huge quantity of packages by
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  • 77 1 HOBART, Tasmania, Sun. (Reuter) Tasmania's state election has ended in a temporary stalemate. After the count today electoral officials announced that the new house of assembly has 17 liberals, 17 Labour members and Mr. Kevin Lyons (Centre Party), who has not yet decided which of the
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  • 85 1 SNEEM. Irish Retvublic. Sun (Reuter) General and Madame Charles de Gaulle today attended mass In the centuryold church of St. Michael in the tiny parish of Sneem, County Kerry. Villagers applauded the exFrench President and his wife as they arrived for 11 o'clock mass.
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  • 169 1 SINGAPORE, Sun.— The New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Keith Holyoake said today that his countrv was deeply concerned and regretful with what happened in Malaysia. However, he added, that the New Zealand troops would not be used in the internal effairs of Malaysia. He was speaking to newsmen
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  • 117 1 P E N R H Y N DEUDRAETH. Wales, SUB. (Reuter) —Writerphilosopher Bertrand Russell was celebrating his 9"th birthday today with a champagne party. There was a cake. too. But as his secretary said, "97 canVies would be a bit formidable the cake will just
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  • 385 1 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Government will close down the Singapore branch of the Bank of China if it conducted activities that will lead to disturbances of public order in the Republic. This warning was given in a press statement issued late this
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  • 332 1 SINGAPORE. Sun.—The new air service between Singapore and Moscow will pave the way for more tourists from South-east Asia visiting Europe and vice versa. The Soviet Union's Deputy Minister for Civil Aviation. Mr. N. P. Bvkov, said this when he arrived here on the Aeroflot's Inaugural flight
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  • 424 1  -  27 Hours Of Colour TV Booked By WILLIAM HUMPHRIES HOUSTON, Texas, Sun. (Reuter) American's Apollo 10 moonship today achieved a satisfactory earth orbit and its three-man crew prepared to fire it towards the moon. Officials at the manned space flight centre here said the orbit was
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  • 606 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The overall situation in Malaysia remains tense but under control, Radio Malaysia reported tonight. In Selangor, while the situation was reported to be improving, there were still sporadic incidents and three cases of arson were reported. Two cases of arson In Negri Sembilan
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  • 67 1 TEL AVIV. Sun. (ATP) An Israeli Army patrol clashed with a group of Arab commandos in the Hatseva area south of the dead sea last night. an Israeli military spokesman reported today. He said after a short exchange of fire the Arabs withdrew into Jordan. There were
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  • 84 1 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Australian Foreign Minister. Mr. Gordon Freeth re-iterated here today Australian troops would not be Involved in Malaysian internal affairs. Mr. Freeth said this at the airport where he stopped for about 45 minutes before flying to Bangkok to attend
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  • 109 1 PERTH. Sun. (Reuter) —The Norwegian freighter "Astrid Bakke" rescued a Japanese seaman who had spent 15 hrs. in the Pacific clinging to pieces of wood to stav afloat. The man. Kivcsi Nakamura, aged about 25. was picked up on May 10 about 20 miles east
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  • 87 1 SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore has now full diplomatic relations with Nepal. Singapore's High Commissioner to India. Mr. Maurico Baker has been concurrently appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Nepal. He is expected to present his credentials to the King of Nepal. King Mahendra Bir Birkram Shah
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 648 2 By Elizabeth Wharton WASHINGTON, Sun. (TJPI) The shock wave of the Fortas incident 1s receeding, but its ripples are likely to affect American destiny for at least a generation. The facts in the case are simple: Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas
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  • 208 2 JERUSALEM Sun. (UPI) A big-four power formula for i Middle East settlement may be produced in the next two weeks, sources close to the government said yesterday. Though agreement in talks currently being held in Washington and New York is not yet
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  • 140 2 WASHINGTON. Sun. (UPI) The Evening Star warned editorially on Saturday that if racial violence in Malaysia spreads it could lead to a Vietnam-like situation In that country. "The violence...began after last week's elections but the reasons for it still remain somewhat obscure" the newspaper
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  • 62 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. The "Colour Group" of the Photographic Society of Singapore will hold a Colour Night at its club house in Cashin Street on Fri. May 23 at 8 p.m. Mr. Yip Cheonw Fun. winner of the 1968 Touristic Singapore Exhibition (Monochrome Section) will give
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  • 28 2 SIENA, Italy, Sim. (Renter) —Veterinarians are investigating the death of several hundred baby minks after a series of supersonic bangs shook a mink farm near here.
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  • 210 2 LONDON. Sun. (UPI) A London editor says that Cap* Town dentist Dr. Philip Blaiberf. the world's longest surviving heart transplant recipient, has "probably done more harm to the advance of cardiac surgery than anyone living." Dr. Donald Gould, editor of the New Scientist magazine, criticised heart transplants
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  • 164 2 UNITED NATIONS, New York, Sun. (Reuter) U.N. Secretary General U Thant yesterday welcomed recent diplomatic initiatives by President Nixon and the National Liberation Front to break the deadlock at the Paris-Vietnam talks. In a statement, the U.N. chief said: "The stated desire of both sides to
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  • 93 2 VIENNA. Sun. (Reuter) A former Canadian government official has begun a world-wide campaign here to protest against too small cages for zoo animals. Mr. Anthonv Frlseh, 37. Secretary General 0 f the Vienna based World Animal Organisation, claims that many zoos torture animals by keeping
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  • 454 2 SINGAPORE, Sat.— Work on the multimillion luxurious ultra-modern Hotel Royal is now in full swinf in order to get the project completed by end of 1970. Piling work for the proposed hotel at Newton Road was completed early last week. This announcement was made
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  • 291 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. The President of the Singapore Christian Brothers' Schools Old Boys Association has called on students and parents to accept the government policy of expanding into technical education, whole-heartedly. Mr. Patrick Mowe said that the bias did not "compel" everybody Into that
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  • 302 2 PANAMA, Republic of Panama, Sun. (UPI) —Two Panama Canal employees left yesterday morning in a dugout canoe named "Llki Tiki Too" for Hawaii. They want to get there before U S. astronauts land on the moon. Robert I. Webb, a 33-year-old lock operator machinist, and Capt.
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  • 67 2 SINGAPORE. Sua. The Far Eastern Freight Conference and Neptune Orient Lines (Singapore) Ltd.—the Republic's national shipping linenhave concluded an agreement for Neptune, to became a full member of the F.E.F.C. This will take effect as from May 15. A new* release issued today also announced that
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  • 367 2 By Margaret Saville LONDON, Sun. (UPI) Buckingham Palace is not likely to issue a statement about it, but the word is around that 18-year-old Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elisabeth 11, is in trouble with the Palace "Establishment." Not, let It be
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  • 405 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. Sports in helping the citizen to ''strive and train for a higher plan of achievement" can be a cornerstone for personal and national accomplishments, the Parliamentary Secretary to the ministry of Social Affairs, Mr. Chan Chee Seng said today. Mr.
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  • 24 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. —The following numbers were drawn in today's weekly TOTO Pools:19 12 29 41 L The extra number drawn was: 49.
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  • 254 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. Mr. Tang Tuck Wah, Secre-tary-General of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council said the Boys' Brigade in the historv of the uniformed group movement in Singapore "holds an I honourable place." He pointed out that by it s efforts the Boy's Brigade
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  • 58 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. SATA mass X-ray unit will be stationed at the Community HalL Block 46-1. Tanglin Halt Road, .rom tomorrow until June 2, from 5.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Residents of Commonwealth Drive and Tanglin Halt Road arc asked to take the free-X-ray during this
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  • 48 2 SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter) Three American aircraft crashed into the South China Sea today after a mid-air collision during a refuelling operation, a U.S. spokesman said Six men are believed to have been killed. Air and sea rescue operations were still in progress iate tonight.
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  • 209 2 NEW DELHI. Sun. (UPI) India's lion population Is dwindling rapidly and game authorities fear that the rate species may soon become extinct. The Indian lion, which resembles its African cousin but as slightly smaller and more docile, once roamed throughout the subcontinent. Today It only habitat
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  • 92 2 MELBOURNE, Sun. (Reuter) —Thirty-two ships lav idle in the Port of Melbourne today. with a further 24 anchored outside the harbour, because of a work stoppage by dockers. And the dockers are expected to walk off the job again tomorrow if their canteen and toilet
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 59 2 STORE DIARY 10 a.m.-8 p.m: Exhibition on French contemporary tapestry at Singapore Conference Hall, Shenton Way. 7.30 p.m.: Free film shows by Ministry of Culture at Kampong Dunearn, Nam Ho Village (Lim Chu Kang Road) and Tuas Village Wayang Stage (Jurong Road). 8 p.m.: Indian dance practice at National Theatre
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  • 669 4 THESE students are among some of the freshies of the Singapore Polytechnic who attended a tea party specially held for them last Saturday. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, Is seen speaking informally with them at the party held at the exhibition hall
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  • 375 5 SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter) American arm--2n P t? roo P«« firing from tanks killed 0 North Vietnamese in the Central Hiqhlands 1 i i i yesterday evening. A U.S. command spokesman said today some of the estimated 130 North Vietnamese engaged in close hand-to-hand fighting with
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  • 108 5 VATICAN CITY, Sun. (Reuter) French Cardinal Gabriel Marie Garrone yesterday warned against excessive veneration of the saints and the transfer to them of honour and trust that belonged only to God. Writing in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, the Cardinal. Prefect of the church's congregation for Catholic education,
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  • 279 5 HOUSTON, Texas. Sun. (Reuter) The first colour television picture from outer space will be beamed back to earth today shortly after the Apollo 10 astronauts begin tneir eight-day journey to the moon and back. The astronauts are scheduled to make the first of 11
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  • 141 5 LONDON. Sun. (Router) Britain's third heart transplant patient was fully conscious and comfortable, a bulletin said last night. 24 hours after the cperation in a London hosplta' The patient's general condition was satisfactory. Earlier South African born Surgeon Donald Ross, who performed the operation on Friday flew
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  • 55 5 SEOUL, Sun. South Korea's CIA announced last week it has cracked a Communist North Korean spy ring involving some 60 persons. The ringleader was identified as Park Daein (left) 37, ex-research worker at Cambridge University. Rep. Kim Kyu-nam (right), 40, was a leading member of the
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  • 217 5 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados. Sun. (Reuter) Angulllan leader. Mr. Ronald Webster, today told a team of Commonwealth parliamentarians that only governments who had not opposed the Island's secession should be invited to form a commission to resolve Its constitutional crisis. Reports reaching here from Anguilla said Mr. Webster
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  • 252 5 JAIPUR, India. Sun (Reuter) About 2,640 people died of disease in four famine-stricken districts of the desert state of Rajasthan between last October and May 15. the State's Health Minister said yesterday. Mr. Brlj Sunder Sharma told a press conference that more
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  • 780 5 BEIRUT. Sun. 'Reuter) A court trying three men on charges of shooting former Lebanese President Camille Chamoun adjourned yesterday until May 31 anniversary of the attack when it will give its verdict. Tne prosecution on Friday asked for the death sentence for the three Nabil Mustafa Akkari. a Lebanese
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  • 115 5 CAPE KENNEDY. Florida. Sun < Reuter) Doctor* protecting the health of three Apollo-in astronauts last night reluctantly permitted them to attend a dinner here in honour of WS. Vice-President Sp:ro Agnew on the eve of their Alight to the moon. The doctors said privately that a less
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  • 40 5 NEW DELHI, Sun. During demonstration for employment and better living conditions, some 300 youths were arrested while attempting to storm the parliament during the demonstration. According to conservative estimates, there are five million unemployed persons in India. UPI radio photo.
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  • 506 5 BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Sun. (Reuter) Fighting flared up for the second successive night on the borders of Belfast's Catholic and Protestant areas, raising fears of fresh religioninspired violence in Northern Ireland. Police reinforcements on stand-by since breaking up a fight on Friday night in Crumlin
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  • 164 5 BANTRY, Irlih Republic. Sun. (Reuter) Police last night were holding a member of the crew after Spanish fishing boat sailed into harbour here with lt» skipper dead from gunshot wounds. Irish Police said 34-year-old Romunder Chans Canteno. described as the Ashing skipper of the Rosa Cudllleiro.
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  • 734 6 rpH* Foreign Ministers of SEATO member X countries begin their two-day annual c§pference In Bangkok tomorrow and at least two of its Asian members will be questioning the future role of this defence alliance. What has SEATO achieved during the 15 years since Its inception when It was
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  • 174 6 rTHE situation in West Malaysia has improved considerably in the past two days and life is expected back to normal in a day or two. It is always a painful process to look back at what has happened and assess the damages of the disturbances. However, the bitter
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  • 313 6 WASHINGTON, Sun. A team of U.S. civil engineers has been producing what amounts to laboratory, controlled earthquakes In efforts to learn more about how they affect steel building frames. The man-made tremors, in ultra-slow motion, are generated by hydraulic loading equipment. Ultimately, the research may lead to the
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  • 12 6 Load peace propaganda make* war seem imminent David Herbert Lawrence.
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  • 120 6 WARSAW, Sun. (Reuter) Mr. Wladyslaw Gomulka. the Polish Communist leader, tonight criticised President Nixon's eight-point Vietnam peace proposals for certain omissions and unacceptable terms but said they constituted a basis for negotiations. Mr. Gomu'.ka was answering a question from the audience at a parliamentary election
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  • 458 6  -  by LARS-ERIK NELSON MOSCOW, Sun. (Eeuter) As Russia prepares to receive more than half a million summer tourists, a Soviet writer has proposed replacing ancient oniondomed churches 'with power stations and workers' flats in tourist itineraries. .T r. Showing foreigners more
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  • 687 6  -  By Donald Woolford VANIMO, Ntw Guinea, Sun. (Reuter) In West Sepik, where Australia's responsibilities end and Indonesia's begin, all eyes are on West Irian. To district administration officers, the army and police it is a matter of professional concern as they try to estimate how many
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  • 538 6  -  By TREVOR WOOD PARIS. Sun. (Reuter) Two greying politicians this weekend launch their official campaigns for the presidency. Although other, leftwing, candidates are also competing, the presidential contest lg seen essentially as one of Krsonalltlea between Gault former Prime Minister George* Pompidou and Centrist Alain
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  • 705 6  -  by ROBERT GHISAYS LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) The third and final volume of Bertrand Russell'* autobiography Is dominated by the philosopher's constant fear that mankind will destroy itsself by nuclear warfare. Earl Russell, who turned 97 today, says that In the early 1940s and 1950'5, "it
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  • 174 6 WARSAW, Sun. (Reuter) Sooner or later the Chinese people will overcome the false destructive policy of their present leaders, and the breach in the Communist camp will he healed. Mr. Wladyslaw (Jomulka, Polish party "chief, predicted tonight. He told a parliamentary election meeting here that th'e
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  • 63 6 MOSCOW. Sun. (UPI) Krasnaya Svesda. newspaper of the Armed Forces on Saturday reported the sudden death of retired Lt. Gen. Georgi K. Vozkov. The 70-year-old General belonged to the engineering corps and specialised in aircraft construction but had been retired for many years. Fifteen other generals,
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  • 138 6 NEW DELHI. Sun. (UPI) Abdul Ghafar Khan. Pakistan's Pathan leader now in self-exile in Afghanistan, was chosen on Saturday to receive the Jawahar'.al Nehru Award for International Understanding for 1969. The award jury said in the year of Mahatma Gandhi's birth centenary, "its most appropriate offer
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 391 7 NEW YORK, Sun. (UPI) Steel demand is beginning to taper off on schedule, but many mills report the usual mid-year follow through will be shallower than was anticipated earlier this year. Shipment estimates for the second quarter run a s hieh as 24 million
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    • 80 7 JAKARTA. Sun. (ATP) Sorong. on the western tip of West Irian, forms the province's t>rincipai export harbour. Antara News Agency reported today. Two-thirds of the province's exports last year, worth 165 million rupiahs (412.000 U.S. dollars), was shipped from Sorong. West Irian's export commodities
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    • 630 7  -  S'pore Investing U.S.$2O Mil. In Indon By Hari Hartojo JAKARTA, Sun. (UPI) Singapore has many reasons to fear Indonesia. Indonesians long have resented their own dependence on Singapore for exports and imports. During Pr e si dent Sukarno's rule, Indonesian military leaders boasted they could destroy Singapore,
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    • 144 7 MANILA, Sun. (Reuter) Three new strains of the world-famous IR-8 miracle rice with qualities superior to those of the original variety, have been produced by the Philippine Atomic Research Centre (PARC) here. Dr. Iluminado Valencia, PARC agricultural scientist said the new strains, temporarily called
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    • 87 7 NEW DELHI, Sun. (Reuter) India's exporters set an alltime record of 13.535 million rupees (£752 million), during 1968-69, the government announced. The export figure repreaented a rise of 13 per cent on the previous year's tota'. of 11.987 million rupees (£667 million). Imports went down from
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    • 69 7 KARACHI, Sun. (AFP) The Swedish Government supplied 120,000 tons of fertilisers in the form of a gift for use in East Pakistan over a three-year period under an agreement signed in Islamabad on Friday. Funds raised from the sale of the fertilisers will be used
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    • 616 7 LONDON, Sun. (UPI) If there was any cheerful economic news for Britain this week not much of it filtered through to cheer the business world. A foreign trade deficit of nearly £6O million ($144 m.) in April depressed the business scene just as the
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    • 168 7 SINGAPORE and Malaysia's most successful Canon dealers left recently for Japan on a ten-day holiday sponsored by The Guthrie Waugh Organisation and Canon Inc. of Japan. The trip was awarded to ten dealers for their efforts in promoting the sale of Canon cameras which reached an
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    • 119 7 JAKARTA. Sun. (UPtt A 10-man delegation of businessmen from Nationalist China arrives in Jakarta on Monday to look into possibilities of exploiting local forest products in Joint venture with Indonesian partners. The delegation will be led by the director of the Nationalist Chinese Forestry Bureau.
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    • 409 7 HIROSHIMA, Japan, Sun. (UPI) Toyo Kogyu Co., one of Japan's leading automobile makers announced on Friday it will start assembling from Monday small four-wheel-ed trucks at the factory of Steel Brothers, Ltd., of Chrlstchurch, New Zealand. It said under a contract signed with the New
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    • 688 7  -  By Robert C. Miller OUVA, Fiji, Sun. (UPI) Fiji hoi become the Hong Kong of the South Seos with the some tourist attractions, some booming economies and same problems. Both are British Crown Colonies. Both are islands. Both are duty free ports.
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 211 9 THE CURRAGH, Republic of Ireland. Sun. (Reuter) Rigiit Tack, an Irish-bred but English-trained colt, made turf history here today when winning the Irish 2,000 Guineas classic. Right Tack, who is owned by Englishman Mr. Jim Brown, la the first colt ever to win both
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    • 122 9 NEW YORK, Sun. (Reuter) Rod Laver beat fellowAustralian Roy Emerson. 6-2. 4-6. 6-1. to win the USSIS.OOO (£6.200) Madison Square Garden invitational lawn tennis tournament here last night. The prize monev was the largest ever given in a pro tennis tournament, a Garden spokesman said. Both
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    • 95 9 SYDNEY. Sun. (Reuter) The Australian Rugby League eelectors tonight announced the following team to tour New Zealand from May 26 to June 11: Backs: Mike Cleary (NSW). John Cootes (NBW), Jefl Denman (Qld). Bob Honan (NSW), Les Johns (NSW), Graeme Langlands (NSW), Graham Lye
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    • 512 9 SINGAPORE, Sun.— The 12th Coy of Anglo-Chinese School won the overall team championship trophy in the Singapore Boys Brigade 25th annual athletic meet held at the Farrer Park Athletie Centre, yesterday. They collected 153 points to snatch the title, with the 20th Coy of
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    • 132 9 ATHENS. Sun. (Reuter) The world's leading women lawn tennis players assembled here todav to compete for the Federation Cup starting tomorrow. In sweltering h«at they were out early practising on the courts of Atnens' leading lawn tennis club. It was announced todav that
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    • 200 9 SINGAPORE. SUB. The Geylang Serai Sports Club's Sepak Rata team, eaptured the "Eastern Sun Cup" for the Championship District East Division In a tournament organised by the Sepak Raga Assn., PERSES. The Advisor of PERSES. Enche Mohamed Ghazall bin Ismail, said that PERSES had
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    • 191 9 MACAO. Sun (Reuter) West German E. Waxenberger and Albert Poon of Hong Kong, driving a Mercedes Benz tort ight won the Guia 101. Macao's first endurance race. In second place were West Germans Klaus Doerr and Herbert Adamezyk in a Porsche 911s Third place went
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    • 168 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. Singapore Armed Forres rallied to beat Police by three goals to two in a FAS Division One match played a: Jalan Besar Stadium here tonight. Police, who produced some fine teamwork and open play, failed to make the best of several scoring chsnces Attacking
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    • 489 9 NEW YORK. Sun (Reuter) Stan Bahnsen and John Ellis had a game to remember yesterdav as the New York Yankee* beat the California Angels. 6-0. Bahnsen. who went Into the game 0-0. pitched a neat two-hitter. He had a perfect game until the seventh Inning Ellis,
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    • 98 9 SANTOS, BraziL Sun. (R#uter) Athie Jorge Cury, President of the Brazilian Football Club. Ssntos. today angrily denied press reports that Santos were planning to aell King" Pele because thev were in Anancial difficulties. "Everyone should know by now thst Pele is not negotiable", he ssid. 'ln snv
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    • 467 9 SINGAPORE, Sun Nineteen year old Miss Han Yoke Moi, a staff nurse attached to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, pulled off a bit surprise when she capturea the coveted Yong Nyuk Lin challenge trophy in the 6s-mile Nurses' Week 'Big Walk' competition
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    • 130 9 SILVERSTONE. (Northamptonshire). Sun. (AFP) Japanese race driver Tetsu Ikuzawa. winner of the event last year, made a great attempt to complete the double" in the "Martim" formula three event here yesterday. Ikuzawa driving a Lotus, failed to catch the winner. Britain's Ben Moore (Titan) but
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    • 81 9 NEW DELHI, Sun. ißeuter) India will plav former champions Indonesia in the •econa round of the Asian Zone Thomas Cup badminton championships at Jaipur on September 28 and 29. it was announced here today. This is the first time a Thomas Cup tie will be
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    • 240 9 By Littla Nene SINGAPORE. Sun. David L*u (H'cap 18) shot a nett 3430=64, three-under the stand-ard-scratch for *.he Keppel Cours# to lead the eight qualifl ers in the Bobby Earle Trophy's examination round yesterday. The other qualifier* are SC. Reuse (H'cap 15): DG Anthony (16); Dennis Mitchell
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    • 216 11 MANCHESTER, England, Sun. (Reuter) lc er 12-year stay in the English First Division Soccer League ended yesterday when they slumped to a 3-2 defeat against Manchester United in their last game of the season. Leicester needed to beat United to avoid being relegated to
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    • 174 11 BALTIMORE. Sun rßeuter) West Ham United yesterday trounced Scotland's Dundee United 6-1 in the North American Soccer League Cup here. The Scottish tide, representing Dallas, were completely outclassed in the match last night by the London side, who fielded their World Cup trio of Bobby Moore. Geoff
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    • 183 11 IX)NDON. Sun. (Reuter) The honours list lor the British soccer season which ended yesterday is as follows: ENGLAND: LEAGUE ONE. Champion: Leeds United. Runners-up: Liverpool. Relegated: Leicester City and Queen's Park Rangers. LEAGUE TWO. Champions: Derby County. Runners-up; Crystal Palace. (Both promoted to League one). Relegated: Bury
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    • 135 11 LONDON. Sun (Reuter) Brian Fairlie. the little New Zealand champion, won the London hard-court tennis title at the Hurlingham Club here yesterday. In the men's singles final. 20-year-old Falrlle beat British Davis CUD International Graham Stllwell 11-9. 6-3. It was his second successive victory over a
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    • 77 11 BRUSSELS. Sun. (Reuter) John Newcombe. the Australian professional and top seed, was surprisingly knocked out of the Belelan Open tennis championships here yesterday by unseeded Yugoslav Zeljko Franulovic. Franulovic played superbly In the semi-final to win 9-7, 3-6. 6-2. 8-6. The Yugoslav Davis Cup player will
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    • 75 11 MANILA. Sun, (Reuter) Saleman Itchlanuchlt of Thailand last night won the Oriental Junior lightweight title vacated by Japan's Yoshiak Numata by beating Jimmy Noel of the Philippines In a dull 12-round boxing match here. There were no knockdowns. Itchlanuchlt piled up enough points in the early rounds
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    • 96 11 Captain Prince Michael of Kent, an entrant in the Transatlantic air race, from the 11thJJ u u s dashes up the River Thames towards Charing Cross on the last leg of his New York to London trip. rlnce h ?/J landed at Brize Norton,
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    • 309 11 RAIN HIT COUNTY CRICKET AGAIN F ONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Rain, which has be*n the winner in most English County cricket matches so far this season, again came out on top yesterday. No play was possible In four matches Of the other five, there was
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    • 81 11 SANTIAGO Chile, Bun (Reuter) Chile qualified for the South American zone finals of the Davis Cup after winning the doubles match to gain a winning 3-0 lead over Ecuador here yesterday. Chile'* Jaime Pinto and Patricio Cornejo beat Francisco Guzman and Mifuel Olvera 10-8. 6-1, 6-4. The Chileans
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    • 241 11 GLASGOW. Scotland, Sun. (Reuter) Centre-forward Colin Stein scored four goals In Scotland's crushing 8-0 victory over little Cyprus in their World Soccer Cup qualifying match at Hampden Park here yesterday. The Scots had beaten Cyprus 5-0 m the first leg on the Mediterranean Island last November
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    • 102 11 PORT ELIZABETH. South Africa. Sun. (Reuter) The touring British Barbarians Rugby Union side suffered their second defeat of the week when they were beaten 23-11 by the Bouth African Barbarians before a 25.000 crowd here yesterday. This first ever match between the two Barbarians side
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    • 139 11 INDIANAPOLIB, Indiana. Sun. (Renter) Intermittent rain yesterday washed oat the first day of qualifying time trials for the Indianapolis 500 race on Mar 30. A crowd of 200.000 saw only a few practice attempts and a qualifying bid by American Jigger Sorois whose mechanics
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    • 305 11 FORT WORTH. Texas. Sun. (Reuter) Australia* Bruce Crampton scored a one under par 69 and Billy Maxwell shot a 70 yesterday to move Into a tie for the lead at 54 holes of the U*****,000 (about £51.000> Colonial national Invitation golf tournament. Crampton's round was one
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    • 26 11 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Results of football matches played yesterday were ENGLISH DIVISION ONE Manchester United 3 Leicester City 2. Newcastle United 1 Liverpool 1.
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    • 334 11 MONTE CARLO. Sun. (Reuter) Scotland's Jackie Stewart will be trying for his third successive Grand Prix victory this year when 16 of the world's top drivers roar off here today at the start of the 27th Manaco Grand Prix. But Stewart, winner In South
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    • 1858 12  -  By BIG BEN SINGAPORE, Sun.— Yakin. Jointly owned by the Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and T.C.N. Stable, completed a double for the meet when he won the Bukit Timah Cup for class two performers here today. The four-year-old Castle Donnington gelding was confidently ridden
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    • 305 12 TRAINER FINED -TO APPEAL SINGAPORE, Sun. Following is the Stipendiary Steward's report on today's racing at Bukit Timah: The adjourned Inquiry into the form reversal of Impressionist was concluded when the Stewards suspended apprentice R. Allan, rider of Impressionist in hi s first run,
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    • 350 12 SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore Recreation Club beat RAF Tengah by five wickets at the padang today in a Singapore Cricket Association Senior League fixture. I SRC, beaten in their last two games, regained the;r form to win comfortably and remain in the hunt for the title.
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    • 68 12 LONG BEACH. California. Sun. (AFP) Lee Evans equalled this season's world record for the 440 yards with a time of 45.8 seconds curing the Long Beach University meeting here yesterday. Earlier, he had run the 220 yards in 21.0 seconds. The Finn Erkki Mustakari won the
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    • 202 12 LINGFIELD. England. Sun. ißeuter) Sleeping Partner, the 100 to seven outsider of the six-horse field, won the Oaks Trial stakes run over a mile and a half here yesterday. Ridden by South African John Gorton. Sleeping Partner, owned by Lord Rosebery. won by half a
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    • 188 12 SINGAPORE. Sun The Singapore Turf Club Amateur .Meeting originally scheduled for June 7 will now be held on May 25. The Secretary of the Club. Mr. D. R. H. Brown, disclosing this at a press con£"ence today said that the MRA took this
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    • 121 12 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Castleford beat Salford 11-6 to win the English Rugby League Cup final here yesterday for the first time since 1935 A capacity crowd of 100.000, paving record receipts for a rugby final of £58.847. watched the match at Wembly Staaium. It was only the
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    • 127 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. Low Peng Koy. 23. took top honours in the eight-mile. Big Walk race organised by the Singapore Polytechnic Students' Union, this morning. Low. a second year student of the Singapore Polytechnic in the Industrial Technician Course, won In 1 hr. 12 mins. 0.7 sees. Second
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    • 51 12 RIO DE JANEIRO. Sun. (AFP) Italy won the world bridge championships for the tenth time in the last 12 years when they beat Nationalist China by 429 points to 182 in '.he final which ended here early today. United States beat France In the third place
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    • 36 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. Fathul Karib Club trounced Bakat Baru SC. by twelve goals to nil in a FAS Division One league match played at the Jalan Besar Stadium this evening At half-time Fathul led 5-0.
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    • 275 12 SINGAPORE, Sun. Hy Ny of Cambodia won the men's singles title in the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association 'open' hard court tennis championships held at the Tanglin Club courts. Stevens Road, today. Hy Ny defeated Oey TJie Siang in three gruelling sets 6-1, 5-7,
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    • 101 12 BALTIMORE, Marv]£nd, Sun. (Reuter) Majestic Prince, the favourite, won the 94th running of the Preakness Stakes at Plmlico race course yesterday, maintaining his unbeaten record that included the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago. Majestic Prince, ridden by Bill Hartack. covered the mile 9 J-furlongs course in one
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    • 81 12 MOSCOW. Sun. (AFP) The Byelo-Russian Football Federation have suspended three players from their top side Dynamo Minsk, which play in the Soviet National Football League, for commiting fouls on the field. The three are goalkeeper Vintzas Kateiva. half-back Vladimir Zakharov and forward Semi on Tshaussov. The Federation
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    • 78 12 KOBE. Japan. Sun. (UPI)— The Middlesex Wanderers, a British All-Star amateur soccer team, today played a 1-1 tie with the Yanmar Diesel Company squad before 15.000 spectators at the Misaki grounds here It was the third game for the Wanderers after they spilt a two-game series
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    • 337 9 TODAY and YOU... Monday, May 19, 1969. iIpTAR GA Br CLAY X. POLLAN AM 19 1M&34-50 3d-7MO-90 A? TAURUS AfB 20 MAY 50 37-39-42-57 GKMINI MAY 21 H Yevr Ooi/y Actfv rty Guide >1 According to tho Stars. To develop message for Monday, reod words corresponding to numbers of your
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL TEN DOLLARS ESSAY WINNERS
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      710 10 WHAT is the biggest problem faced by all govtrnmintt in thi world? Is it o political problem? No, it is overpopulation. Today it has caused a great headache to the government of a country. This is also happening in Singapore. Figures have shown for the past few years that
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      318 10 "READING maketh a full man", says Francis Bacon. Books are our most faithful friends. Our friends may change or die but books are immortal and they are always meant for us to read them. Some may argue that reading is dull, but I think It's educative. Of all the
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    • 487 10 THE Queue-up Campaign has iust endid. It was organised by thi National Safety-First council to enable passengers to be more orderly in boarding buses and most important, to create a better social discipline. This campaign had been in progress for the past four
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    • 361 10 IT was almost midnight when Hock, a drunkard, started on his way home. With hands, each holding a bottle of whisky, he was whistling away along the silent, narrow lane leading towards his home. That night It was especially dark, and the surrounding atmosphere was
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    • 447 10 THE main purpose of using the 'rod' on the child is to correct and reform him. Punishment has to be considered carefully and dealt with in serious cases and when it is being administered, the child should be told why he is being
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    • 517 10 THE advanced Learner's Dictionary defines 'Juvenile Delinquency' as 'a young person who fails to perform his obligations'. Any part and corner of the world you go today, the term 'Juvenile Delinquency' is commonly heard of. Everyone of us is afraid to meet somebody who is a Juvenile delinquent.
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    • 400 10 ONE day when I woke up, the day was already very bright. Instantly I jumped up from my bed feeling puzzled and thinking that I must be late for school. Looking around the room and seeing the alarm clock on the table, I found that the clock
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    • 68 12 Time And Tide TODAY Singapore Town: 6.30 a.m. (0.3 ft.); 1.19 p.m. (7 ft 3 ins.); 6.26 p.m. (4 ft.). Naval Dockyard: 6.07 am. (0.9 ft.); 1.23 p.m. (9.1 ft.); 4.27 (5 ft.). TOMORROW Singapore Town: 0.09 a.m. (8.8 ft.); 7.07 a.m. (0.5 ft); 1.58 p.m. (7 ft.); 7.02 (4.1
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