Eastern Sun, 8 June 1969

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 1021 Sunday Edition 8 June 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 13 canto
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    Lock icon Island Alert For Illegal Entry Here
    356 1 A strict round-the-clock security cordon has been thrown round the island to foil any attempts at illegal entry into Singapore, it was learned yesterday. Police and immigration authorities clamped down the "watch-on-the-sea" operation following arrests of a number of illegal residents during security raids
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    Lock icon Nixon Briefed For Midway Meeting
    277 1 HONOLULU, Sat (UPI) President Nixon today marshalled his top foreign policy and military advisers in Hawaii for Sunday's descent upon Midway Island and a summit conference with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. Awaiting their chief's arrival were U.S. officials summoned from Washington, Pari s
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    Lock icon Nun Knifed In Church
    82 1 MILAN. Sat. (Reuteri A 59-year-old Roman Catholic nun was in hospital here today alter being stabbed in the back by a woman while praying at an altar in Milan cathedral. Eyewitnesses said the nun's screams broke the silence of the huge gothic cathedral yesterday when a
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    Lock icon Burning Issue
    67 1 HOUSTON. Texas, Sat (AFP) —A cinema here showing the Swedish film "I am curious (Yellow)", in which an act of sexual intercourse occurs, was burned to the ground today in mysterious circumstances. The proprietor. Mrs. John Scott, who has received a number of threats since the film opened
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    Lock icon BEAUTY ON THE ROCKS
    81 1 PERTH AUSTRALIA. Sat fßeuter) The 9.000-ton Nationalist Chines® freighter "Se a Beauty," which ran aground on a reef off north-west Cape. 750 miles north of here. on Thursday w a s still stuck fast today. Two attempts by the Western Australian lighthouse supply ship Cape Don
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    Lock icon Varsity Honours President
    292 1 The University of Singapore today conferred the Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters on President of the Republic of Singapore. Enche Yusof bin Ishak. honouring him for his service in building a multiracial. multi-lingual, multicultural society. The conferment was made by the Pro-Chancellor. Professor E.S. Monteiro on
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    Lock icon 'FRONTLINE SITUATION'
    117 1 KUALA LUMTUR. Sat. Goodwill anion* the various races Is the country s first line ©f defence in the present situation, said the Minister with Special Duties. Tun Tan Siew Sin today. He was convinced that the Malay and the Chin- 4 ese in the country wanted to live
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    Lock icon EYE SURGERY FOR TUNKU
    103 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Malaysian Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman underwent an eye operation at the University Teaching Hospital here this morning. He was operated on by Mr. Redmond Smith, a senior ophthalmic surgeon from the Moorefleld Hospital in London. Mr Smith was assisted by Dr.
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    105 1 EXETER, England. Sat. (Reuter) Gilly James was too old at 76 and too short at five feet to be a policeman. But that did not stop him. He acquired a blue uniform, a cap, white cloves, whistle and chain. And when the regular policeman of the nearby Tillage
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    Lock icon NUT CALLS FOR INTEGRATION
    247 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. —The National Union of Teachers today urged the government to convert all existing one-race educational institutions into integrated schools or colleges as soon as possible. Students could continue to learn through the medium of their own language and yet have plenty of opportunities
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    Lock icon STRIKE BY PRINTERS
    57 1 ROME. Sat. (Reuter)—ltalian news agencies fell silent today at the start of a 24-hour strike by teletype operators and ©rinting workers which will deprive Italy of newspapers this evening and tomorrow morning The strikers are protesting at a refusal by employers to guarantee that the introduction of
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    Lock icon Minister Takes Up Language Issue
    143 1 HYDERABAD, India. Sat. (Reuter) Mr. Yeshwantrao Chavan, India's Home Minister. flew into Hyderabad today for talks on the Telengana issue which has caused five months of demonstrations and riots. Separatists in this povertystricken area of Andhra state claim the state government has done nothing for
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    Lock icon Cow Rescue Bid
    45 1 HONG KONG. Sat. (Reuter) Two Marine policemen leapt fully clothed into a flooded rain catchment on the Hong Kong island of Lantao to try and rescue a drowning cow. They managed to get the 270-pound cow ashore, but it died shortly afterwards.
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    Lock icon Speed Tested
    25 1 MOSCOW. Sat. (Reuter) The Soviet Union's TU-144 airliner has flown at supersonic speed for the first time, it was officially announced here today.
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    Lock icon Smallpox
    19 1 JAKARTA. Sat. (Reuter) Smallpox caused 323 deaths in Central Java last year, according to the Antara news agency.
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    Lock icon China Says 'Yes' To Border Talks
    251 1 TOKYO, Sot. (UPI) Communist China said today it has agreed to meet with the Soviet Union in Khabarovsk in Far East Siberia on the Sino-Soviet joint border river navigation issue, on June 18 as set by the Soviet Union, according to the New China
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    Lock icon And Now A Tax By PLO
    52 1 AMMAN. Sat. (Reuter) The Palestine Liberation Organisation (P.L.0.) Is to levy a liberation tax of three to six per cent of the income of Palestinians all over the world, P.L.O. sources said today. Tax scales for various Income brackets were expected to be announced
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    Lock icon 'Paid Opposition' In Thailand Denied
    129 1 BANGKOK. Sat (UPI) The leader of Thailand's leading Opposition Party says he will resign his post if anyone could prove he had accepted a US$lOO,OOO gift from Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn. M. R. Seni Pramoj, leader of the Democrat Party, replied in a news conference
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    Lock icon Technology Poses Hurdles In Getting Work For The Blind
    406 2  -  BY PAT CHAN THE BLIND population of the Republic Is ready to break into the field of technological employment but faces much difficulty in doing so. This was said by Dr. Arthur 8. M Llm, President of the Singapore Association for
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    Lock icon Ong Will Launch SEAMEO Seminar
    290 2 Singapore's Education Minister, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, will officially open a week-long seminar of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation's (SEAMEO) at the Cultural Centre, Canning Rise, tomorrow. The seminar on "New Developments in the Theory and Methods of Teaching and learning English** the
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    Lock icon About People In Singapore
    342 2 THE Australian Government Trade Commissioner. Mr. H. C. Sargent, in association with Berlei Limited of Sydney, hold a reception and faflWT-parade to mark a Gala display of Berlei foundation garments for 1969/70. The display will be held on Wednesday, June 11 at the Trade Commissioner's Display
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    Lock icon SCP Supports Government
    127 2 Disturbances The Singapore Chin e Party yesterdav appealed to all membera or the public to remain calm about the recent minor disturbances in the Republic. "The Government is doing all it can to keep the situation under control and the fullest co-operation of the people Is necessary
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    Lock icon 15 Evangelists Off To Manila
    79 2 SOME 15 Evangelist Congress Ministers from all over Malaysia and Singapore left the Republic yesterday for Manila for a two-week visit. Bome of them will remain at Manila during the two weeks while others will proceed to Hong Kong, Japan and Bangkok. Among the Ministers
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    Lock icon Situation Never Serious Enough To Need Curfew
    241 2 •"Barker THE Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. E. W. Barker, said last night that the situation in Singapore had never at any time being so serious as to warrant an imposition of a curfew, even a limited curfew for a few
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    Lock icon Funeral Of Mr.Hannaford
    81 2 MR ALFRED Joseph Hannaford. 45. Second Secretary (Commercial) in the British High Commission in Singapore, died on Thursday, June 5. after a short illi.ei and was buried today at the Ulu Pandan Military Cemetery. He joined the British Foreign Office in 1947 after war service with the
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    Lock icon Taxi Drivers 'Wrong Turn'
    71 2 Taxis shuttling between Geylang Road and Tanjong Pagar Road recently hiked their fare from 30 cents to 40 cent# resulting in considerable personal loss. The sudden incre««e in fare has resulted in people refusing to use this form of public transport. They are using buses instead.
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    Lock icon New Front
    26 2 The newly formed Singapore United National Front will nold a conference at the Singapore Chinese Party'a headquarters in Cross Street today at 2 prn
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    Lock icon Pinned To Death
    45 2 A VERDICT of death by misadventure was yesterday recorded by the Assistant State Coroner on Tan Tee Jen. a carpenter. who was pinned to death by a wooden beam in his house at 10-1/4-mile off Ponggol Road, on May 2, this year.
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    Lock icon NEPTUNE TOPEZ IN TUESDAY
    117 2 THE newly formed Singapore National Shipping Line—the Neptune Orient Line Limited will get its first 12.000ton *hip. the Neptune Topez. next Tuesday. Announcing this yesterday, Capt. M.J. Sveed. 45. Managing Director of the Company, said the Neptune Topez would be the first ship to start operation
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      225 2 S PORE DIARY I Singapore Diarv for June 8: 10 am.: Chinese operatic practics at National Theatre Club. Clemenceau Avenue 1.30 p.m.: English drama practice at National Theatre Club. Clemenceau Avenue. 5 p.m.—6 p.m. Performance by Toa P«:'oh Primary School Band at Botanic Gardens. Guny Road. 5.30 p.m.: Performances by
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    Lock icon 'Oh Most Wonderful Day'
    640 3  -  Tears Of Joy Trickle Down Parents' Cheeks 1969 CONVOC-'THE BIGGEST By PETER LOKE jy TEARS of joy trickled down the cheeks of proud parents yesterday as they watched their children walk up the stage of the National Theatre to receive their degrees at the University of
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    Lock icon U Must Be At The Head
    230 3 NATION BUILDING The University of Singapore should be the "vanguard" in the flood tide of nation building, the Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, declared yesterday. "We survive in the University if Singapore survives as a dynamic and prosperous society. We
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    Lock icon Study Not Confined To Schools
    199 3 Conceicao EDUCATION was not confined to a period in school but continued throughout life, said Mr. J. F. Coneeicao, MP for Katong when he officiated the opening of Maju School on Friday. The purpose of education, he said, was to produce people who could think
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      220 3 On your way to Britain you cam F >« iilt t 4 Tif a »»vi 1 yi with Air-India. And Intourist > J i can throw in a guided tour r of the Kremlin as well! Air-India fly through Moscow to Londoiu It costs 110 more to fly this way
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    Lock icon 'Hibernation' Saved Man
    175 4 MADRID. Sat. (Reuter) Armando Socarras, the Cuban refugee who hid in the undercarriage of an airliner, survived the eight-hour flight to Madrid because he was frosen into temporary hibernation, a doctor confirmed today. "We know of no similar case in the entire history of world medicine". Dr.
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    Lock icon Gun-Metal Statue Dedicated
    211 4 SAN FRANCISCO. Sat. (Reuter) A statue of St. JYancia, cut from some of the 2.000 runs surrendered by San Franciscans after Senator Robart Kennedy's assassination, waa dedicated on the first anniversary of his death yesterday. The gun-metal statue by sculptor Benlamino Bufano waa placed in the civic
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    Lock icon 'UK Will Join EEC'
    75 4 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter) Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart said last night on his return from the Western European Union (WEU) ministerial meeting In The Hague that he reasonably optimistic Britain will eventually enter the Common Market. On the suggestion by West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt, orf
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    Lock icon Plane To Fetch Survivors
    67 4 ROME. Sat. (Reuter) A special Alitalia DC-S left here today for Libreville, capital of Gabon, to fetch the 14 Italian oilmen Biafra has ordered to be released after condemning them to death. Others had been massacred. On board the plane were executives of the Italian oil
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    Lock icon Mrs. Gandhi
    42 4 KABUL. Sat. (UPI) Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi left Kabul on Friday, the second day of her five-day official vi■ 1 1 to Afghanistan, for Bamiam. Bamiam Is famous for two joint statues of Buddha carved from solid rock.
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    Lock icon A Son For Danish Princess
    119 4 COPENHAGEN, Sat. (Reuter) Princess Margrethe, heiress to the Danish throne, gave birth to her second child, a son earlv today, the Danish court announced. The Princess' first child. Prince Frederik. was born on May 26 last year. The blonde Princess married French diplomat count Henri
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    Lock icon New Credit Facilities For Britain
    300 4 PAKIS, Sat. (Reuter) A group of leading nonCommunist industrial na. tions will contribute to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) stand-by credit for Britain, it was officially announced here to. day. Member countries of the Group of 10 General Arrangement to Borrow (GAB) have agreed t6
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    Lock icon Died For Frustrated Love
    60 4 NEW YORK, Sat. (Reuter) A South American millionaire shot his fashion model wife then killed himself after apparently failing to patch up his sixth marriage, police said today. Argentine-born Alfredo Cernadas, 50. was found next to his estranged wife. Patricia Lynn Starr, 29, in a pool
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    Lock icon Editor Tossed Naked Into Sports Arena
    186 4 CONCEPCION, Chile, Sat. Oteuter) Police today investigated an attack on a newspaper editor who was kidnapped and beaten, had his head shaved and then was tossed naked into a sports arena in front of 4.000 people. Police sources said the attack against Hernan Osses
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    Lock icon Curfew In A US City
    82 4 HARTFORD. Connecticut Sat. (Reuter) A city-wide curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 am. was imposed here today following four niflhts of disorders and looting in the predominant-ly-Negro north end. Two men were shot accidentally last night by police firing at boys fleeing from a store
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    Lock icon EDITOR'S TRIAL ENDS
    146 4 JOH A N N ESBURG. Sat. (Reuter) Chief Counsel for the Defence in South Africa'* prisons' trial today concluded his argument in the Supreme Court nere and called for the acquittal of the accused Laurence Gandar. editor-in-chief of the Rand Dally Mall, and Benjamin Pogrund, a senior
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    Lock icon Six 'Mercy Planes' Shot Up
    99 4 GENEVA. Sat. (Reuter) At least six planes have been lost and 12 people killed in the nearly 5.000 mercy flights into Biafra since early last year, according to figures issued here today. The figures did not include the latest reported incidents last night's shooting down
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    Lock icon 12 GUILTY OF MUTINY
    61 4 FORT ORD, California. Sat. (Reuter) Twelve soldiers were convicted of mutiny and two others on lesser charges today for staging a sit-in demonstration in the stockade of San Francisco's Presidio Army camp. With sentencing to follow shortly, the mass conviction brought to an end one of
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    66 4 ORLU, Biafra. Sat. (Reuter) —Federal troops made five sttempts to push forward in midWestern Nigeria this week but were held by Biafran troops, according to a Biafran war communique. Last week Federal authoritie» claimed their forces had chased the Biafrana out of the mid-West but the
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    Lock icon ENVOY'S DAUGHTER TURNS UP
    277 4 Three-day Escapade VIENNA, Sat. (Reuter) Magdalena van der Spuy, pretty daughter of the South African ambassador who vanished last Wednesday, turned up safe and sound here today, and a police spokesman said she had not been kidnapped. Austrian police launched a nationwide search for the girl
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    Lock icon Two Vietnams
    51 4 JAKARTA. Sat. (Reuter) Foreign Minister Adam Malik, said last night Indonesia would recognise two Vietnams if the Paris peace talks resulted In a divided Vietnam. Addressing Indonesian publishers. he said his country's only wish was peace in Vietnam and that the Vietnamese people could be united in the
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    Lock icon 30 Rescuers Lost In Mountains, 20 Held For Looting Bodies
    421 4 THE MEXICAN PLANE CRASH MONTERREY, Mexico, Sat. (UPI and Reuter) Mexican troops and security agents have arrested 20 persons for looting tne bodies ot 79 persons killed on Wednesday when a Mexicana Airlines 727 jet crashed against the sheer face
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    Lock icon Red Summit May Crack Over China
    489 4 MOSCOW, Sat. (Reuter) Rumanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu warned delegates to the world Communist conference here today they could jeopardise its results if they persisted in attacking China or other parties. Hlg remarks brought the 75-natlon meeting, the first of Its type in nine years,
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    Lock icon Hotting Up For Round Two
    298 4 FRENCH MANDATE PARIS. Sat. (Renter) The two contenders for the succession to General de Gaulle last night launched into the campaign for the decisive second round of voting on June 15, with centrist Alain Poher making a slashing attack on Gaulllst Georges Pompidou. M. Poher.
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    Lock icon Navy Goes Into The Rocks
    352 4  -  By JOHN TALBOT STOCKHOLM. Sit. (Renter) Sweden's largest and most modern naval base, blasted out of the solid rock of one of the 20.000 islands of the Stockholm archipelago, is to be officially opened soon by King Gustav. Parts of the base, bra:ft centre of
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    Lock icon LIFERAFT IS SIGHTED
    57 4 JUNEAU. Alaska. Sat. (fteuter) —A liferaft was sighted in the Bering Sea today near the spot where a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane with 19 men aboard disappear, ed yesterday, the Coast Guard reported. A Coast Guard spokesman said early reports gave no indication whether there was
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    Lock icon Vietnam War Escalates As Reds Shell Da Nang
    562 5 c n nunl st forces pounded Sooth Vietnam's second a si»ectarS a r«V- €av T rocket and mortar barrage that destroyed a ship in military spokesmen said push a Pew offenslv campaign into its second day. 5* d *unner s sent at
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    Lock icon China Seen 'Very Complex Problem'
    186 5 JAKARTA, Sat. (Reutcf) Indonesian Foreira Minister Adam Malik said last night his country might be the main target of China's strategy to create trouble in South-east Asia. Addressing Indonesian publishers. the minister said that during the post-Viet-nam war period. China would constitute a major problem
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    Lock icon Park: 'Wait 6 Months For Y-N Peace
    166 5 SEOUL, Sat (Reuter) President Chun* Hee Park of South Korea believes that If the Saigon government and its allies hold on for another six months without giving an inch they could get very favourable peace terms, according to high official sources here. The
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    Lock icon Japan Left Raps ASPAC Meet
    209 5 TOKYO, Sat. (CPI) The major opposition Japan Socialist Party (JSP) yesterday demanded that Japan call off the forthcoming Fourth nisterial Conference of the Asian and Pacific Council tASPAC) opening on Monday in the hot-spring resort town of Ito some 75 miles south of Tokyo. JSP
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    134 5 COLUMBUS. Ohio. Sat (UPI) Army Chief of Staff Gen. William C. Westmoreland said Friday he would like to see the South Vietnamese assume a greater role in the Vietnam war "if they can do it without damaging" allied efforts. The former U.S. Commander in Vietnam said
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    Lock icon Sentenced For Incest
    57 5 MANILA, Sat. (UPI) A 41-year-old man on Friday received a prison term of 12 to 20 years for raping his 11-year-old daughter in 1960 in Pasay City, about four miles south of Manila. The man was also ordered to pay 10.000 f»esos (2.500 U.S. dolars) to his
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    Lock icon KIEM RETURNS
    190 5 PARIS, Sat. (Reuter) Tran Buu Kiem. leader of the Vietcong's National Liberation Front delegation to the Paris peace talks, returned here today after a five-day visit to Cuba and Algeria. He told reporters that he hoped his talks with Cuban and Algerian leaders had contributed to strengthening of
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    Lock icon Policeman Shot In P.I.
    91 5 MANILA. Sat. (UPI) A former member of the Philippine Constabulary (National police) who distinguished himself In the antiCommunist Huk campaign several years ago was shot to death Thursday night in front of the US Clark Air Force base in Pampanga. some 60 miles north of here.
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    90 5 JAKARTA. Sat. (UPI) British Undersecretary for Asian Lord Shepherd arrives in Jakarta late Sunday for an official visit as guest of Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik. Malik told newsmen earlier this week he could not say whether any issues of special Interest would be discussed. Malik said
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      377 5 THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. THE DEEP FREEZE AFFAIR Part II: There s •4 T 3BR 7 N CTTTTIFF3 f ,t :'L N f THE MAIN OBJECTIVE 6 TO Ft HO THOSE I FREEZE 80M85... WE DON'T WANT TO I PAN'C IHEM OFF BEFORE WE KNOW JU9T WHERE THEY ARE/ m
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Bank's Export Oriented Policy Assures Good Profits
      449 7  -  By Suhaimi Bidin THE total assets of the Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd. Increased from $205.6 million to $378.5 million with a balance sheet total O! $440.1 million. Thi» was disclosed by the Chairman of the Bank. Dato Dr. Aw Chanj Chye. i„ his
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      Lock icon Urban Renewal: 3rd Sale?
      224 7 The Singapore Government i| likely to introduce a third sale of urban Renewal aites for private participation as there haa been a good response from the private sector both local and from everieaf. This was stated In the Chung Khlaw Bank Ltd.'# Directors Report for 1968
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      Lock icon Indon's Rate Of Inflation Down
      99 7 JAKARTA. Sat (UPI) monthly rate oi Inflation uas down to 0 2 per pent during the first quarter of the year, according to flaurea released by the Centra] Bureau of Statistics in Jakarta. food nrlces during the past month declined by 1.95 per cant, but
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      12 7 THE tin price for yesterday waa $620 per picul, unchanged.
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      368 7 ARRIVALS iNt» Ms A MLU2* koala SOOa-m iSr K HU W Koala Lumper M 4 a-aa M 64 ML33I Sydney 10. l« a.aa MLUS Koala Lumpur. 1t.40p.0a CAL Cl* Taipei. Bong Knag. 10-88 am MBA MLOA* Penang, i?alaceit Lumpur, loop* MA* fK»TI Copenha|t«n. Tashkent. BanctioSs st London. Paris,
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      301 7 See PSM'S Beview Ships ,B Port *"»<•<"«. BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st DECEMBER, 1968. (J) Foreign Currency Balances have been converted at the rate ruling on 31st December, J968. (2) In addition to the engagements on behalf of customers there are commitments in respect of Forward Exchange Contracts. REPORT OF
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  • POPPING AROUND with Platter Pete
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      974 8  -  by RICHARD ROBINSON LINDA EASTMAN'S mar- J riage to Paul McCartney J was a disappointment to p many people in America for v a variety of reasons. First J there are the millions of f young girls across the Uni- d ted States to whom the Beatles
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      Lock icon SPOTLIGHT: JOE SIMON
      222 8 Joe Simon, Sound Stage 7 recording artiste, was born September 7, 1943 in one of America's landmark musical regions in Simmesport, Louisiana, near Orleans. Rhythm and blues. Ja zz end other musical forms familiar to the region had a strong influence on his early life in Slmmesport
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      Lock icon This Month Is 'Monument Month'
      133 8 COSDEL (Singapore) Limited has scheduled June as a "Monument Month" to coincide with the label's foreign thrusts internationally. With the increase of the label's overseas LP productivity, an A R spokesman from Cosdel said that it will devote more air-p!ay, press advertisements and airtime to
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      Lock icon PLATTER PETE'S POSTBAG
      289 8 JJI THERE! Like groovy! This month is 'Monumental Month' at least where Monument records are concerned; and no one can say Platter Pete isn't "with-it". Just dig the spotlight on monumental JOE SIMON this week! Joe's "The Chokin' Kind" is already a millionseller in America and deserves
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      Lock icon MIRACLES' LONG WAIT!
      365 8  -  RICHARD GREEN. AT the end of 1960, Tamlo Motown received its first Gold Record. It was for a disc called "Chaperone," recorded by the Miracles. This week, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles make their British chart debut with "Tracks Of My Tears." It seems almost inconcelv-, able
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      124 8 MONUMENT Breaks out with chart contenders and coming up fast with ii great new releases! June Is "MONUMENT" Month! is artistry it r. V m 1 1 BOOTS RANDOLPH SUNDAY SAX SLP ***** fkwte Htvnlntptr* Y.ikety S y/^ ,r i BOOTS RANDOLPH YAKETY SAX MLP 8003 iHiFI) MONUMENT I lauirht
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      359 8 Jf World Charts jf SONC. and surprise, of the week la undoubtedly "Oh Happy Day" by the gospel tinging Edwin Hawkina Singers. who iaka it up 19 placaa in Britain and IS in Holland. In tka Unitad States, Elvis Fresley ranaws hit claim aa Hia king of rock music by
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    Lock icon STEADY TREND CONTINUES IN RUBBER MART
    271 9 T I e nd which had developed right ot the end of lost week's trading, continued during the week under review. June was taken U P to just above 71 cents on shortcovering some new buying, and enquiry for nearby physicals state Holiday, Cutler,
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    194 9 CANBERRA. Sat. Australian table-wine sales have jjssa 220 per cent in the past 10 years. Opening the recent annual conference in Canberra of the Federal Wine and Brandy Producers Council of Austra--1 La. the Australian Minister for Primary Industry, Mr. J.D. Anthony, 6aid that
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    47 9 Muueri Price 1 1st Malayan 2.92 2nd Malayan 2.10 3rd Mala>an 12? The Com Ind. XD 1.01 111 The faring Fund 1.15 1.25 M Invest Fund XD 1.30 140 1st Hong Kong 1.45 1.51* 2nd Hong Kong XD 1.00 1.01 Sterling Com. *Hong Rons currency)
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    97 9 THE noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange >eiterdnv were:— Hujei ifiiti Coconut Oil (FOB) Bulk 49.25 Coconut OH (F.O.B.) Dram 51.75 Mixed Copra 1100 Muntok white Pepper (F.OB.) 96% Nl.W. 121.50 Sarawak White Pepper (FOB.) 120 00 Sarawak special Black Prpper (FOB.) M% NX W 92.50 Cam
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    186 9 CANBERRA. Sat. Australia will send a trade survey mission to Taiwan. South Korea and Okinawa in July. The mission will survey prospects of increasing Australian export® of manufactured products and raw and sem:-processed materials. Opportunities for Australia to take part in the
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    249 9 The following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for June 8: DEPARTURE: Godowna Vessels 1/2 Servaaskerk 13/14 Star Bellatrix N.W. 3/4 Lipis N.W. 4/5 Musi 21/22 Nan Tai 31/32 Benmhor 35/36 London Maru 42/43 Mississippi Lloyd 47 Sandakan Maru E.W. Jetty Caltex
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    942 9 By Ayako THE stunniAf figure 6f A this sketch is one of the American Chamber Ballet Stars who would be performing: at the Victoria Theatre on June 12 and 13 at 8.45 p.m with several other brilliant ballet dancers. The programme Includes some very rarely performed
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    993 9  -  By Sheilah Graham PAGING James Bond. Sean Connery needs you. He has one million pounds stashed away in the tax-free Channel island of Jersey, and the only way he can make use of the money is to go there and
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    212 9 She so shone in television's earlier series of "The Avengers" that she was cashed in by the bright boys of the screen. But it was the case of Diana being rigged in Para mount Pictures' "Th e Assassination Bureau." As John Steed's television partner, one
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    741 10  -  By K.F. Yap CARBON DIOXIDE: The gas, carbon dioxide Is a chemical compound of the elements, carbon (C) and oxygen (0). It may be considered as an impurity in the atmosphere, resulting from the combustion, or burning of fuel and other carboniferous
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    699 10 THE traditional Vietnamese woman's dress, the ao-dai, is considered by Westerners to be one of the most elegant and feminine national costumes in the world. Over the last thirty years or so the ao-dai has undergone many changes. French influence has contributed to its present
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    233 10 IT'S strange* how girls (and too many woman) seem to think that a different hemline is something that has no relation to the rest of them. With the season of short skirts upon us, consider that this look requires as much fashion know-how as any
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    175 10 r LOOK fOR... Colour in holiday jewellery rather than glitter, with ropes of beads in turquoise, coral or jade, the dangle earrings and bangle bracelets ditto. The return to sleeves on evening dresses, but now lavishly decorated, sometimes with jewelling, at others with embroideries and cut-outs. A trend
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    244 10 T ONDON, Sat (Renter)' Li The London fashion whirl took a new turn this week with the openin* of the world's first revolving clothes shop. Called "Stop The Shop", the latest addition to London's trendiest fashion street, the King's Road in Chelsea, turned heads as
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    140 10 NEW YORK. In fashion as elsewhere, the more things change, the more they remain the same. Some designers have always resisted the cry for seasonal newness, seeking change only when long-time trends dictated. One such house is Davidow, run by two brothers who at 80 and
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    59 10 NEW YORK. While sportswear designers have lately been using American Indian themes in fashion, the United States government has been encouraging real Indian fashion arts through the Institute of American Indian Arts. Located in Santa Fe, Mexico, the Institute educates young Indians and Eskimos while encouraging their work
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      457 10 TODAY and YOU. Sunday, June 8* 1969. i! Li *0 r* -r —n MM TAUKUS I MAY 20 i-iii BSE2DI tmm £2 f' \m v'tr LLjJI your IB* 31 Making 20ppertunfty 32T0 3Pi irtfcbq. 33Substort ■4 You 5 Mild 6 Could 7 Those 8 Period 9 For tO Should llMamn
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      912 11 Singapore's top woman swimmer, Patricia Chan who captured the 'Sportswoman of the Year' title for the past two years, shattered another National record at the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's eighth Age Group swimming meet held at the Singapore Swimming Club, Tanjong Rhu, yesterday.
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      54 11 TOKYO. Sat. (ATP) A 19-year-old student. Yasuo Takada today set a new Japan record for the men's 200-metre butterfly swimming, covering the distance in two minutes 07.6 seconds. The previous record of 2:08.6 was held by Takada himself. Takada made the f«»t in an inter-varsity meeting «*ld st
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      216 11 PARIS Sat (Reuter) Mr Stanhope Joel's Caliban will tomorrow attempt to become the first English-trained colt to win the French Derby thi» century. Caliban, trained at Newmarket by Noel Murless. mi»sed the English Derby on Wednesday to contest the French equivalent, the Prix
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      238 11 US Baseball Results Standings NEW YORK. Sat. (Reuter) Results of yesterday's majdr league baseball: American League N.Y. Yankees 3, Chicago W.S. 2 Boiton R.S. 4, K.C. Royals 2 (11 Innings) C. Indians 8, Calif. Angels 3 B. Orioles 5, Seattle Pilots 1 W. Senators 1, M. Twins 0 O. Athletics
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      1532 11 By BIG BEN TPOH, Sot. Four A Wishes (apprentice Rao) ond Kakamion (Pretty) scored doubles at the meet here today. Four Wishes paid $2l for a win while Kakamiou ($l3). Trainer Eddie van Breukelen saddled three winners Miss Raconteur, Four Wishes and Kakamion while trainer
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      59 11 TAUNTON, England. Sat (Router) The touring West Indian cricketers beat Somerset by 312 runt when the County side were all out for 197 10 their second innings on the ftnai day here yesterday. The West Indians had declared their second innings closed at their overnight score of
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      323 11 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) England's new skipper Ray Illingworth steered Leicestershire to their second championship success of the season at Hove yesterday where the visitors beat Sussex by six wickets. Illingworth (52 not out) was ably backed by Ceylon batsman Clive Inman (55 rot out), and
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      1084 12  -  GOING: GOOD By Big Ben FOURTEEN runners will face the starter for the Perak Derby worth $30,000 in Race Four at Ipoh today. More than half the field hold a chance making it one of the most difficult card of the day. On past performances, I
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      29 12 Big Ben Fraser Hill II Peak of P'fection Warm Season Jimmy Lad Gwana Castle Command Desert Terror Cisco Sejarah Aqua Viva Nataraj Zodiac Gwana Castle Command Nataraj
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      147 12 WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Bat. (Reuter) The determined Wales Rugby Union team overwhelmed Wellington 14-6 here today, In a hard-fought match which ended in a wlld-punch-up. Fighting broke out among the opposing forwards and after a vain attempt to restore order, referee David Millar signalled the
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      150 12 PARIS. Sat. (UPD British professional Ann Jones and Australia's Margaret Court battled their way through to the women's singles final yesterdav at the French Open hard-court tennis championship. Top-seeded Mrs. Court, title holder for 1962 and 1964. handed out a narrow semi-finals defeat to
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      136 12 LOB ANGELES, Sat. (UFI) Lightweight champion Mando Ramos broke a hand in training yesterday and will not be able to meet Japan's Yoshiaki Numata for the title at the Memorial Coliseum on June 14. It was scheduled to be Ramos first defence of the crown he
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      181 12 1 BIG BEN JIMMY LAD CISCO ZODIAC RACE 1 MOTIVATION Queen's Gambit Ltara SEJARAH Motivation Queen's Gambit FAIR CHANCE Stay Free Uiara RACE a ERASER HILL II Hendak Menang Speed Orb FRASER HILL n Perkasa II Hendak Menang FRASER HILL 11 Speed Orb Hendak Mtnang GOLDEN SUN Eraser Hill
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      414 12 WARSAW. Sat. (Reuter) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) get down to serious business at their 68th session here today with a wrangle over the official title of North Korean Olympic representatives expected to flare up early in the
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      203 12 AUCKLAND, New Zealand. Sat. (Reuter) The New Zeaand Rugby League team staged a tremendous second-half rally to beat Australia 18-14 in the second Test here today. The much-improved New Zealand side recovered from a 7-4 deficit at half-time to end a losing streak of
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      54 12 HAMILTON, New Zealand. Sat. (Reuter) The touring English Football Association side spearheaded by Stoke City striker George Eastham with a hat-trick overran the New Zealand XI 5-0 here today. England should have had six goals, but Milwall forward Keith Weller missed a penalty after Eastham had been
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      120 12 The Football Association of Singapore have named an 18man team in the Gold Leaf Pesta Bola against an English F.A. side at the Jalan Besar Stadium here on June They are Ahmad Wartam, Quah Chui Heong. Mohd. All. Freddie Chew. Syed Khalid. Samad Allpitchay.
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      101 12 LYTHAM ST ANNES, England, Sat (Renter) Alan Hardaker, Secretary of the English Football Learue, yesterday called for stronfer punishment for football hooligans. Mr. Hardaker was speaking after a visit to First Division club Newcastle United, whose ground was invaded by rioting Glasgow Rangers'
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      1265 12 Race l: Class 5s 1 Div. 2—6 Furs.— p.m. ($5,000) 1 ngo Ability Sam 8v 900 OifSsen Grant Huddle a r-43 L'tara 4v 813 Utara Stable E Breuk t Subian 7 3 «>8 Brilliant Prism* 6v 810 Modern Stabl» Mansor White 12 4 W Titan 4y 8
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      69 11 Carpets FOR washing and mending of all kind* of carpets b rugs. Contact: UNITED CARPETS 183 Tanglin Road. (Opposite Hotel Malaysia) Singapore 10. Tel: *****9. Dealer* in: PERSIAN. PAKISTAN BOKHARA. INDIAN. lELCIUM b CONTINENTAL CARPETS b RUGS. w *ll to wall Carpeting b oat Speciality. STEAMBATH, MASSAGE ETC. FLEMINGO MASSAGE
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      1080 11 (CHANNEL 5> Massacre: 10 20 Oriental Art; An. 10 00 Prog Summary In 10.35 Frost On Sunday: 11JC English; 11.05 The Carol Burnett Close. Show; 11 00 The Nurses Climb (CHANNEL 8) A B oken Ladder, 11 50 Pesta ftFVFR AI pbhtp Pop 12 45 Sk'ppv The Bush < r
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      36 12 Time And Tide TODAY SINGAPORE Town: 4.24 а.m. (7.4 ft.); 11.27 a.m. (1.9 ft.); 6.21 p.m. (6.9 ft.). NAVAL Dockyard: 4.25 a.m. (8.7 ft.); 10.56 a.m. (2.9 ft); б.ll p.m. (8.4 ft); 11.43 p.m. (4.5 ft).
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