Eastern Sun, 25 June 1969

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  • 21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 1038 Wednesday, 25 June 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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  • 286 1 WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Tues. (Reuter) Australia and New Zealand would not need to increase their forces in Malaysia and Singapore following Britain's military withdrawal, Admiral Sir Peter Hill-Norton, Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in the Far East, said I here tonight. Speaking
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  • 113 1 WELLINGTON. England, Tues. (UPI) Every housewife who has dented the family car can take heart in Dorothy Smith's ordeal. Mrs. Smith, 38. apparently .trying to reverse in a side-street, drove her car head-on into a wire fence, breaking a con crete oost. When she did reverse she
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  • 66 1 UNITED NATIONS. Tues. (UPI) The big four U.N. ambassadors met todav in their 14th session in search for a Middle East peace formula. The envoys of Britain. France, the Soviet Union and the United States met at the offices of the Soviet mission. The meeting brought
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  • 56 1 MOSCOW. Tues. (AFP) The Soviet Union todav launched another artificial satellite, dubbed Comos-287, Tass News Agency reported. It said the device was carrying scientific measurement instruments which were working •'normally." The new satellite had an apogee of 170 miles and a perieee of 120 miles and was circling the
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  • 217 1 TOKYO. Tues. (Reuter and UPl)—lndian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, who arrived here yesterday on a five, day official visit, was received in audience today by Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako at the Imperial Palace. She was later guest of honour at a luncheon given by the
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  • 126 1 BELGRADE. Tues. (Reuter) Singapore Foreign Minister Mr. S. Rajaratnam flew in here last night on a four-day official visit to Yugoslavia at the invitation of Mr. Marko Tepavac, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Rajaratnam and Mr. Tepavac began talks this morning on bilateral cooperation
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  • 90 1 AMMAN, Tues. (Reuter) Two Arab guerilla groups today disputed responsibility for blowing up an oil pipeline in Haifa's harbour area early this morning. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said its commandos planted explosive charges under the pipeline. Later the Palestinian Armed Struggle Command said A
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  • 335 1 THE FINAL PARTING LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Britain announced it was withdrawing its mission in Rhodesia and closing the Rhodesion office here, thus severing the last diplomatic links between the two countries. The decision was reported to parliament by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, Mr. Michael Stewart,
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  • 57 1 WASHINGTON, Tues <UPI> Fire damage at a Colorado plant has stopped production of nuclear warheads for missiles until next spring. The blaze occurred May 11. at a plutonlum processing plant at Rocky Flats. Colorado. Disclosure came in the appendix to a big volume of published testimony
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  • 83 1 WINDSOR. England. Tues. (UPl)—Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery and former Prime Minister Harold Mao Millan today attended funeral services for Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis, one of Britain's foremost World War II generals. Alexander, as commander-in-chief of Allied Forces in the Mediterranean, led the ouster of
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  • 34 1 CAIRO, Tues (Reuter) Egypt claimed to have shot down one of four Israeli fighters in the Suez gulf today, only hours after another Egyptian commando raid into Israeli-occupied Sinai. See this page.
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  • 116 1 THE HAGUE, Tues. (Reuter) A mystery poison which has killed millions of fish in the Rhine forced Dutch authorities to cut-off river drinking water supplies to main cities today and switch to emergency reservoirs. Government officials In Holland and the West German state of Rhine Westphalia. issued warnings
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  • 148 1 LONDON, Tues. (AFP) British ambassadors to the Common Market countries began a two-day conference here today to study Britain's prospects of join- ing the "Six." The conference, being held in the Foreign Office, is under the chairmanship of Britain's Minister for Europe. Lord
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  • 286 1 SAIGON, Tues. (Reuter) The South Vietnamese Information Ministry has cautioned the American magazine Newsweek and the international news agencies Reuters and Agence France Presse against what it called damaging reporting. The Saigon bureau chiefs of the three organisations were summoned to the Ministry
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  • 309 1 NEW TENSION LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Flames and black smoke swirled over a sabotaged oil pipeline in Haifa today and Israeli and Egyptian jets fought an air battle to the south in renewed outbursts of violence in the Middle East. The tension and incidents had
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 359 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Construction work on a Sl4 million three-nation joint venture to produce steel wire and rope will start on a 15-acre site at Batu Tiga, Selangor, within the n«t two weeks. The Berjaya Kawat Sendi- j rlan Berhad an enterprise jointly undertaken by Malaysian
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  • 72 2 A FAMILY of four were charged in a magistrate's court yesterday with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Ishak bin Mohammed Tan on April 1 Last year. The four Chua Kee. 53, his daughter, Chua Bong Yoo, 21. his mother, Sim Thiow, 70, and his wife. Yap
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  • 70 2 TWO men. Chew Seng Wenn and Chee Heng Soon, were charged in the Ninth Magistrates Court yesterday with bribing a Traffic Policeman. Chew. 3D, and Chee. 22. were alleged to have offered $2O to Police Constable Chui Ah Che e to allow them to enter the Port
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  • 287 2 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) The Chinese authorities have eased the conditions under which thev have held Reuter correspondent Anthony Grey in confinement to his house for the past two years, it was disclosed today. He is now allowed to listen to music on his
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  • 93 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Director of Operations, Tun Abdul Razak, has directed that a grant of $500,000 be alloted from the Social and Welfare Services Trust Fund to the National Emergency Relief Fund. This is to enable various projects for the relief of the victims of
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  • 43 2 THE MP for Tiong Bahru, Mr. Ch'ng Jit Koon will open a Fun Fair at the Tiong Bahru Community Centre on Saturday, June 28 at 9 a.m. The fair Is organised by the Tiong Bahru Primary School Advisory Committee.
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  • 207 2 A FORMER prostitute told the High Court yesterday that her patron was confronted by four men outside the Capitol Cinema and an object plunged into his abdomen. The woman. Ling Ngoon Slew, 29. alias Kim Lan, said that she had Just come out
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  • 60 2 A 17-YEAR-OLD youth. Leow We® Keh, was convicted in the first Criminal District Court for robbing a taxi-driver of $l6 at Upper Aver Rajah Road on April 19. Leow was armed with a knife during the robbery. He was with two other persons The District Judje. Mr. DC.
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  • 47 2 TWO youths. Syed Hassan bin Hussain and Johan bin Sain, were jailed one year each in the Fourth Criminal District Court yesterdav for possessing seven forged US$2O notes. Hassan, 17, and Johan. 20, committed the offence between April 5 and 8. They pleaded guilty.
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  • 53 2 A TAXI driver Tan Seh Low was sentenced to a year's jail yesterday for causing hurt to hit passenger. Ang Kr»k Hin. 73, following a quarrel over the far* on Jan. 30 this year. Tan pleaded guilty to the charge before the Fourth Di»trlct Judge.
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  • 145 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A 21-year-old odd-job labourer, Wong Nyuk Llm, was found murdered in front of his house at Serdang Bahru New Village near here early this morning. His bloodstained body wai found sprawled at about 8.30 a.m. A short distance away, an- other youth, Yee
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  • 180 2 MELBOURNE. Tues (Reuter) The Member of Parliament for Australia's "Kelly country" moved today to prevent English pop singer Mick Jagger playing the role of Ned Kelly in a film about the legendary Australian outlaw. The MP.. Mr. MacHolten. sent a telegram to the Immigration
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  • 117 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Three former seriously affected district* In KelantanPasir Puteh. Ulu Kelantan and Bachok were declared cholera free today. A spokesman of the Ministry of Health said this was because of the Improved situation In the districts. He added that there were four more
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  • 43 2 "SINGAPORE, before the bases" will he the topic of a luncheon talk at the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Singapore W«t, tomorrow The speaker will be Mrs. Mary Rayner of the Depart" ment of History, University of Singapore.
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  • 616 2  -  People Urged Early So Can Be Cured By PAT CHAN FREE check-ups, to detect CANCER at an early stage, are now uvailable to the public in Singapore. This commendable service is being made available by the Singapore Cancer Society which recently launched the cytological pilot
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  • 117 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues A cigarette van salesman. Foo Seong Loy. was held up by two youths at Jalan Bukit Bintang here yesterday and robbed of his cigarettes and cash amounting to $968 30. Foo told the police he had earlier parked his van near the Bukit
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  • 57 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Malaysia will sign a trade agreement with Yugoslavia ?n Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. The Minister of Commerce and Industry. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari will ngn on behalf of Malaysia. Yugoslavia will be represented by hPr ambassador to Malavsia At present Malaysia has trade agreements
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  • 273 2 The Housing and Development Board will issue commemorative stamps on July 20 to mark the completion of the 100,000 th unit of public housing, Special First Day Covers with design reflecting the theme "Homes for the People" are already on sale at all post
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  • 54 2 A MAN. Ong Sens Eng. was chirged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday with outraging the modesty of Wendy Lynn Caroll at Jacaranda Road on June 19. Ong denied the charge and was allowed bail of $5OO in one surety pending trial in the Eighth Mag:strate's
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  • 94 2 WATER will be cut off at al, factories along Neythai Roai from 9 30 a.m. to 1 pm today. On Thursday, June 26. water will be cut off from 9 a m to 5 p.m. at Prince Charles Crescent. Crescent Government's School. Alexandra Estate Primary School
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  • 127 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Sabah Police have arrested two Filipino suspects wanted in connection with a robbery and murder of a shopkeeper and a kumpit crew An Information Department statement said the two suspects. both Filipino nationals, were found in the jungle about half a mile from
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  • 157 3 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) Britain's balance of payments target and economic prospects set out in the government's letter of intent to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in connection with the new one billion dollar credit kept the pound firm on foreign exchange markets today. The sterling
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  • 74 3 CANBERRA. Tues. (Reuter) Blonde American-bom Mrs. Bettina Gorton, wife of Australia's Prime Minister, packed jeans, shirts groundsheet and foam rubber mattress before setting off on a week's safari today through the swamps and desert of Arnhem Land in Australia's far north. She joined a partv
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  • 408 3 10 DIE /.V DEA TH MIAMI, Tucs. (UPI) A Dominican Airlines DC-4 cargo plane with two of its engines crippled and belching smoke, crashed "like a big firebomb" into a crowded business area yesterday demolishing and burning buildings and automobiles in a two-block area.
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  • 78 3 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Nineteen persons died from "acute reaction" to heroin In New York City over the weekend, about three times the normal number, the Medical Examiner's Office reported today. The bodies of the victims, most of them teen-agers and persons In their twenties, were taken
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  • 417 3 THE GRAPES OF WRATH LOS ANGELES, Tues. (Reuter) The deadlock has finally been broken in America's most intractable labour dispute, the war between growers and union-minded pickers of Californian eating grapes. Federal mediators opened an initial bargaining session here last Friday to try to settle
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  • 291 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) Convictions against a coupie alleged to have run a "strip and whip" club with 20.000 sexual deviate customers across America were quashed by the Supreme Court here today. The court said in an unanimous decision that New Jersey police violated the
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  • 84 3 JAKARTA, Tues. (Reuter) Indonesia will have to import more than half a million tons of rice this year to meet its rice shortage. Antara News Agency reported today. Antara quoted Deputy Chairman of the National Logistics Board Commodore Muljono. as saying that this year's rice production target
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  • 54 3 MELBOURNE. Tues. (Reuter) Former Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies Is ill and has been confined to his bed at his Malvern home near here since last we«k. Sir Robert. 74. who Is suffering a recurrence of diverticulitis. an inflammation of the Intestine, is expected to leave his
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  • 183 3 MEXICO CITY. Tue s. (Reuter) Representatives of 12 Latin American countries meet here today to found an agency to keep the continent free of nuclear weapons. The meeting, expected to last until Saturday. Is being held at the Mexican Foreign Ministry and will be
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  • 370 3 OTTAWA, Tuts. (UPI) Canada will trim 13,000 to 18,000 men from its 98,000man unified Armed Forces over the next three years. Defence Minister Leo Cadieux told the Commons yesterday. Cadieux's statement came as another step in the government's overall review of defence policy. An earlier
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  • 117 3 LONDON, Tues (Reuter)— A vellum bible fetched £85.000 in a sale at Sotheby's auction house here today. And an eighth century manuscript containing 18 sermons of St. Augustine was sold for £48.000. The bible was written on 682 leaves of vellum in Northern Italy in the
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  • 236 3  -  By ALLAN REDITT ACCRA, Tues. (Reuter) Ghana's rulers today set a date August 29 for elections which will bring the country back to civilian rule after nearly three and a half years of military- police government. Ghanaians will elect the first civilian government since Dr.
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  • 111 3 MoscowHanoi Air Link MOSCOW. Tues. (Reuter) A direct civil air service has been established between Moscow and Hanoi, it was officially reported here today Aircraft of the Soviet airline Aeroflot and the North Vietnamese company. Hang Khong Vietnam, will fly onceweeklv between the two capitals with stopovers in Tashkent. Karachi
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  • 166 3 HOLLYWOOD. Tues. (Reuter) Paramount Pictures today sued actress Barbara Bain for USSI2.OOO a week damages, and asked for an injunction barring her from working for anybody else. In a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. Paramount noted the Emmy Award winning actress was still
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  • 274 4 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. (Reuter) Tough Afro-Asian proposals to settle the Rhodesia problem with more sanctions and trade bans on South Africa and Portuguese Mozambique headed for defeat here today. A Security Council vote on the draft resolution expected to be taken last
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  • 202 4 ROME. Toes. (Reuter) Fierce controversy raged in the Italian film world last night over the expulsion of director Franco Zelllrelli from the Italian Filmwriters Association for fcia criticism of sexy films. The row highlighted the controversy surrounding the Italian cinema and its future following the
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  • 117 4 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) Gold prices were unchanged to slightly lower yesterday in quiet trading on markets here and abroad. In London, gold dropped 7-1/2 cents at the morning recovered the same a second fixing unchanged at $41.30 a troy ounce. In Zurich, gold slipped 27-1/2 cents
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  • 402 4 UNITED NATIONS, New York, Tues. (Reuter) West Germany and Zambia bought more from Rhodesia last year than any other country apart from South Africa despite U.N. Security Council sanctions, according to an official report released here yesterday. South Africa was by far the
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  • 174 4 PORTSMOUTH. Tues (Reuter) The four Britons who trekked for 476 days across the Arctic Ice-cap arrived home yesterday and spoke of narrow escapes from Polar bears and cracking ice-floes. Expedition leader Wally Herbert, 34. looking fit and bronzed by the Arctic sun and snow,
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  • 137 4 CAIRO. Tue«. (Reuter) President Nasser ha® appointed a new commander for the Egyptian Air Force to replace Major-General Mustapha Salabl El-Hinnawi who has been cashiered. The authoritative newspaper. A 1 Ahram said today President Nasser has issued a decree ?ppointing 47-year-old MajorGenera 1 Aly
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  • 66 4 re^° USl 7i^ n^ b y? hed P hot °f raph it one of a series specially taken to Wales on Julyl* Prince Charles who is to be invested as the Prince of HA *°°kinf at the engine of a Chipmunk aircraft. Si SStni? U P "•With
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  • 513 4 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Foreign Secretary Mr. Michael Stewart was asked In the House of Commons yesterday when he expected the release of Reuters correspondent Anthony Grey and other British subjects detained by the Chinese Government. Mr. Stewart, answering a question from
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  • 129 4 OXFORD. England. Tues £l Uter) A 39-year-old father of seven children described by police as a demolition expert blew himself and hi* house to pieces here early today after a family argument. Police and neighbours rescued five of hia children, a*ed four to
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  • 78 4 PRESIDENT Chiang Kai-shek recently reviews honour guards (top) on the occasion of the 45th founding anniversary of the Nationalist Chinese Militray Academy at Fengshan, Southern Taiwan. Chiang, who will be 82 on October 31, founded the school 22 years ago at the order of Dr. Sun
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  • 174 4 ROME. Tues (UPI) The few hundred men guarding Italy's unique art treasures joined a nationwide strike wave yesterday. They said their action would force cloaure of all the nation's museums, galleries and archeo. logical sites such as the Roman Forum and the
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  • 105 4 EAST BERLIN Tues. (Reu'er) The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia weakened the world peace movement. West European delegates said at the World Peace Assembly here yesterday according to conference sources. At least a dozen delegates in the European Security Committee one of Ave at the three-"ay-old
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  • 344 4 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. (UPI) The World Court wants to break a lifetime lease on its headquarters in The Haque. In a memorandum issued yesterday, the International Court of Justice said it is in no hurry to leave the Dutch capital but
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  • 76 4 WEST BERLIN*. Tues. (Renter) An eight-year-old boy lost an arm in a train accident here yesterday and hours later after police had organised a search for the lost limb —it was sewn back on. The boy lost his right arm after plunging out of a a window of
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  • 136 4 SARK. Channel Islands. Tue*. (Reuter) The only doctor on this tiny feudal island TO miles out in the English Channel has resigned because he cannot use an invalid carriage to answer emergency calls For 50 years Sark has been under the absolute rule of
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  • 158 4 JOHANNESBURG. Tue s. (Reuter) Heart transplant pioneer Professor Chris ian Barnard arrived here by air from Italy yesterday and" promptly denied reports that he had been involved in a scuffle with a photographer in a Rome restaurant. The Italian News Agency ANSA reported earlier jesterday
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  • 237 5 HONG KONG Tues. (UPI) A Jap >anese juror upset the murder trial of a young Chinese dance hostess when he got up and strolled out of the courtroom during trial proceedings in the Supreme Court yesterday. Trials In Hong Kong are conducted
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  • 136 5 SAIGON. Tues. (Reuter) After shelling It repeatedly for a month, North Vietnamese troops launched a night ground assault against a remote Special Forces Camp but were repulsed by point-blank artillery fire, the U.S. command said today. One American of the U.S. Special Force? Green Berets')
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  • 193 5 OTTAWA. Tues (Reuter) Seventy girl cyclists arrived here today on their way from the site of the Montreal Expo 67 World Fair to the Osaka Expo 70 World Fair. The group left the Man and His World exhibition In Montreal, successor to Expo
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  • 69 5 LISBON. Tues. (Reuter) Three leading members of the illegal Portuguese Communist Party were arrested while holding a meeting here, a state security police communique announced last night. The arrested men are Angelos Matos Mendes Veloso, Manuel Martins Pedro and Carlos Joaquim Cabral De Matos. Police seized
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  • 256 5 SYDNEY. Tues. (Reuter) Australia's overseas airlines Qantas will have the first of Boeings long range version of the Jumbo Jet the 747 B with the more pcwerful-7 engine in service in the last quarter of 1971, a spokesman said here today. The spokesman
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  • 123 5 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) The State Department said yesterday it has nothing that indicated reported Soviet complicity In the North Korean seizure of the US Intelligence ship Pueblo last year. State Department spokesman Carl Bartch made the comment when asked about a charge by a former Czechoslovak!
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  • 77 5 RAWALPINDI. Tues. (Reuter) Leading Moslem architects from all over the world, will compete to design a huge Mosque in Islamabad. The prooosed mosque, which King Feisal of Saudi Arabia offered to pay for during his visit to Pakistan's new capital in 1966. will hold
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  • 30 5 ANKARA. Tues. (Reuter) Turkey is to recognise the Mon. fcllan People's Republic, the oreign Ministry announced today. Diplomatic relations will be established at ambassadorial Wrel. the ministry added.
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  • 246 5 SAIGON. Tues. (Renter) The Vietcong have released three South Vietnamese prisoners of war to celebrate the establishment of the National Liberation Front's Provisional Revolutionary governmrnt. The fronts clandestine network. Liberation Radio. broadca.«t news of the release this morning and said the three soldiers had
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  • 237 5 HONG KONG. Tues (UPI) A family of seven, seized by Chinese Communist authorities 10 years ago, returned to Hong Kong last Sunday after escaping from China, police reported today. Police also reported the escape from China of three young men who made their way
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  • 83 5 MANILA. Tues (Reuter) A voung man with a pistol in each hand blazed away inside a restaurant in southern Manila last night, killing three people and wounding four others, police said today. Witnesses told police that the gunman and two unarmed companions fled on
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  • 117 5 HONG KONG. Tues. (Renter) China has authorised its foreign ministry to issue a serious warning to the United States its 469 th over what it terms as •"military provocations." the New China News Agency reported today. The warning arise* out of two incidents involving a
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  • 133 5 TOKYO Tues <Reuter) About 110.000 left-winger* took part In nation-wide rallies In Japan against the U-S-Japan Security Treaty renewed nine years ago today. Police said rallies and demonstrations took place at 301 places, sponsored separately by the opposition Japan Socialist and Communist Parties. Twelve people were
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  • 146 5 ADEN. Tues (Reuter) Mr. Mohammed Ali Haithem. 29. was last night named Prime Minister of the Southern Yemen People's Republic, and Mr. Salem Ali Rabyee. 35. chairman of the new five-mar Presidential Council. The decisions were taken by the Supreme General Command cf the
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  • 143 5 MANILA. Tues CUPI) The Asian Development Bank (ADB- announced today it has accep ed a new Japanese contribution of 72 million yen (US$200,000) for the bank's Technical Assistance Special Fund. Japan made two previous contributions to the same fund last vear totalling 47.26 million yen (U*****,278).
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  • 386 5 TOKYO, Tues. (CPI) Indira, the elephant named after India's Prime Minister, is getting too fat, her keepers at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said. At her last weigh-in, Indira weighed 4 tons and zoo decided that at age 36 she should be watching her calories.
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  • 90 5 WOOMERA. South Australia. Tues 'Reuter)—The firing of the British Black Arrow satellite launching vehicle here scheduled for today has been postponed until tomorrow, a spokesman at this desert firing range said. He said a "Set of circumstances" had delayed the firing. which would be experimental and
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  • 214 5 MELBOURNE, Tues. (Reuter) Australia's economy was "just about perfectly balanced" Federal Treasurer William McMahon said here last night. He told the suburban Coburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry that only Japan had had such a rate of development as Australia. Justice GG Briggs discharged the entire
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  • 153 5 HYDERABAD, India Tues. (Reuter) Fire? on the line today forced the Delhi-Madras Grand Trunk Express to an emergency halt in the troubled Telengana area of Andhra State. The Are# was put out by the driver and other Railwaymen and the express was able to proceed. The
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  • 183 5 JAKARTA, Tues (UPI) A Jakarta dentist, Dr. Sie Se Kwan. identified a human skull on exhibit as that of Mrs. Lili Kartika Dewi. whose dismembered body was found entombed in a Hone Kong Happy Valley apartment last year. The trial court reconvened today after a 10-day recess
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  • 74 5 KARACHI. Tues. (Reuter) The Afghanistan government has been in contact with several South Asian governments about a proposed road link between Russia. Pakistan and India, according to Afghan radio. In a broadcast monitored here last night, an Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted as saying Afghanistan
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  • 55 5 PARIS. Tues. (UPI) Some 400 doctors from 65 different countries met here yesterday in the 23rd assembly of the World Medical Association. The doctors elected a Frenchman Jacques Monier to replace Sir Leonard Mellen ot Australia as president. Momer, 50, is a general practitioner who
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  • 416 6 THE beginnings of a chain reaction in higher interest rates among the western nations may just be new symptons of a malingering system that would require a political operation to mollify. More than one major political incision, in fact. Canada, the United States, France, Italy
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  • 320 6 mHE Pakistan government has conceded that JL the nation cannot meet the food-sufficiency target declared by former President Ayub Khan. Wheat-eating West Pakistan was "nearer self-sufficiency" than rice-eating East Pakistan according to a survey released by the government. There was no expected gain in the rice crop over
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  • 205 6 THE Finance Minister at the foundation-stone laying ceremony Monday for Singapore's latest offlces-cum-hotel complex remarked that there was a fear of excess capacity in the hotel service post-1971 and therefore the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board was already "engaged ......in making exact calculations" to arrive at the saturation point
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  • 739 6  -  By IAN MACDOWALL JEDDA, Saudi Arabia, (Reuter) Tenders will soon be invited for the building of one of the world's biggest airports to serve the holy cities of the Moslem faith Mecca and Medina in the supersonic age. For 12 centuries these desert
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  • 666 6  -  (From Sin Chew Jit Poh THE Standards Council was formed within the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research. BIBIR. recently. This Is an agency established by the Economic Development Board by virtue of resolution passed by the Parliament to be an organisation to certify the standards
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  • 395 6  -  FLAGMAN PANAISAN By T. C. Kemasang JAKARTA, (UPI) When he was President of Indonesia, Sukarno liquidated Pak Naisan's job. At the snap of a finger, Pak Naisan and hundreds of other train crossing guards found themselves out of work. In his haste to modernise Indonesia. Sukarno decreed
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  • 435 6  -  By Elizabeth Wharton WASHINGTON. <UPI> Just how far a citizen's inherent right to privacy can be legitimately invaded for reasons of national security is the kernel at the heart of the new flare-up of a year-old "wiretap" argument in Washington. The new controversy con- cerns pinpointing tne responsibility for
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  • 672 6 RIYADH. Saudi Arabia. (Reuter) Twentiethcentury centaurs, half-automobile half-man this is the image of Americans in Saudi Arabia which has grown rich on the oil which fuels the motor age in the i'nited States. But into Riyadh. Saudi Arabia's desert capital, this month flew a
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  • 592 6  -  By MARCUS FERRAR PARIS. (Reuter) Life is getting steadily tougher for the 6.000 unwashed tramps of Paris. Evil-smelling, often drunk from cheap wine, they «re now having to work much harder at the vagrancy business to keep body and soul together. Modernisation of the French
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 294 7 By OUR MARKET REPORTER K h Stock Exch n *e r Mtlaysi* and Singapore ye«terd»y vlO us day buy in* support in contrast to its distinct easiness the pre- The market had a slightly easier opening when share prices were marked even lower than
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    • 270 7 July first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 71J cents per lb., cown seven eighths of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet after easier. Opening levels were quoted half a cent lower
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    • 198 7 SAN FRANCISCO—The charming and gracious Miss Rosalind Ong. "Miss Tourism Singapore 1969." held s press conference in Pacific Are* Travel Association offices last week, daring promotional world tour that takes her to Log Angeles. Chicago, New York, Toronto, London, Paris and Rome. Daring
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    • 74 7 HONG KONG. Tues. (UPI) Money Quotations: Kong dollars 6.0823 per U.S. dollar Hong Kong dollars 6.0975 per U.S. dollar TT Hong Kong dollars 14.52 per pound sterling Hong Kon< dollars 505.875 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness Hong Kong dollars 163 0 per 10.000 Japanese yens
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    • 13 7 THE tin price for yesterday was $618.62$ per picul, up $1.625.
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    • 379 7 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Britain yesterday announced another severe twist of the credit screw in return for a big new international loan, but hinted that some relaxations may be on the way. Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Roy Jenkins, in a letter of intent to
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    • 1249 7 BUSINESS done in and reported to the tradinf rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified: INDUSTRIALS ACMA $l.BO (1) $1.92 (1); Ben $1.96 t2»; Borneo $1.70 12> S'l6B 11) $1.69
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    • 269 7 THE following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for June 25: DEPARTURE Godowns Vessels 6/7 Broholm 8/9 Ascanius 10/11 Merian 23/24 Tocansa 31/32 Le Natal 33/34 Neptune Topaz 40/41 Ferngate 42/43 Star Aldebaran N.W.3/4 Bruas ARRIVAL Godowns Vessels 29/30 Bemhard Battleln 3/4
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    • 136 7 fflHE §tn*»pon Rubber Broken Awociation bu aupplled the foUowX mg information in rr»pect of busim em transacted In SMRa for tne »«<->. enema June 30; Paliete 4 cent* premium buyer*. SMR 5 CV 'HC) July At cente premium eel ten 6MR 5 CV <HCl July'Sept. 4 cuti
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    • 187 7 NEW YORK. Tuet. (UPI) Stocki dropped sharply yesterday. extending their slide into the sixth week. Trading was brisk. Tight money continued to pressure the list, but so did some fresh items, including a decline in factory orders for durable goods last month reported by the
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    • 52 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. (Bid) (Asked) July 26.55 Sept. 25.95 26.45 Nov. 25.50 26.10 Jan 70 24.85 25.60 Mar 24.75 25.10 May 24.75 25.10 July 24.75 25.10 Locally. No. 2 RSS was 26-7/8 cents
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    • 44 7 MB. CHUA BENG HIN, a freelance sales representative for Universal Office Equipment left recently for a study tour of Japan and Formosa. During his three-week tour, he will rteit steel offl ce equipment factories in Osaka.
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    • 460 7 iiNOiruu noes change eold and other •mclaifr Ut>Hl at ik« ckx IND18THIALS ACMA 1.90 H*n CO 1.98 Borneo Bhd. CD 171 Boustead Camel Plywood CBI 2.48 C. Sugar 3 64 Cold storage 6.20 Chemical Co 1.65 Cycle Carriage l s« DB-S 1 89 Dunlop 3.20 E.
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    • 128 7 THE Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore yesterday made the following changes in Its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency): SELLING T.T or O.D ready: Deutsche Marks $76.9175; Holland Guilders $B4 3125; Swiss Francs $71.5800; Belgian Francs $6.1125; French Francs
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    • 36 7 NtW YORK, Tues. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Industrials 870.86 20 Rails 213.97 15 Utilities 120.85 65 Stocks 296.33 40 Bonds 72.55 Commodity Futures Index 139.22
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    • 107 7 THE noon price* at the Slncapore Cbinne Produce Lxchanse > esterday were >— Bayer belle* Coronat OH (F.O.B.) Balk mm 48.50 Coconut Oil (F.O.B.) Drum #1.00 Mixed Copra 1 SI .00 Muntok White Pepper (FOB.) 122.50 Sarawak White Pepper (FOB.) mm 120 00 Sarawak hpfcial Black Pepper (F O
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    • 46 7 (Maniien Prloe 1st Malayan 2.77 2nd Malayan 200 3rd Malayan 121 Tbe Com. Ind. XD 14)1 141 The Sarlnr Fnnd 112 122 M. Invest Fund 1.25 145 1st Hons Knns 1.45 141 2nd Hong Kong XD .99 1.04 Sterling Com. 5/4 (•Hon* Kong currency)
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    • 413 7 ARRIVALS. 600 am. MSA MLO29 Koala Lumpur. 7X5 am SA> 5K973 Bangkok. la»hkent. Copenhagen 0.00 am. MSA MLII 9 Kuala Lompur. 10.10 am UAKtUA U AHOO Jakarta. 10.16 am MSA MLI2I Koala Lompor. 10X6 am MSA MLOOS Penanc. lpoh, Koala Inropur, Malacca. 10.60 am THAI TG423 Bangkok. 140
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  • 543 9  -  By Sheilah Graham BARBRA Streisand is effective and a great singer, but not yet a great actress. This was the considered opinion of Michael Crawford who co-starr-ed with Barbra and Walter Matthau in 20th Century-Fox's $22 million musical version of
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  • 559 9  -  By Sheliah Graham LONDON "T DON'T buy a Rolls Royce like a suit," said Dcnald Pleasance. the British actor, usually a villain in American films, who is now starring in "Arthur! Arthur?" I believe I have the order right. "I don't even buy
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  • 92 9 Bruce Cabot has been signed by producer John Foreman for a controversial role in Paramount Pictures' '\A Hall of Mirrors." The motion picture, which goes before the cameras this month on locations in New Orleans, stars Paul Newman. Joanne Woodward and Anthony Perkins. The character Cabot
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  • 108 9 DUDLEY Moore (left) does not seem to be helping much, by holding onto Tony Curtis' leg in an attempt to rescue rum in this scene from Paramount Pictures' "Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies," which opens at the Cathay next month.
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  • 96 9 MIKE NICHOLS' film of Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" has begun shooting in Rome. The film lg a Paramount Pictures' in association with Fllmwaya Presentation. Based on the Joseph Heller best-selling satirical novel on World War 11. -Catch-22" is being directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay
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  • 107 9 NEW YORK. Paramount Pictures' "Goodbye, Columbus" is highlighted in the "Spotlight" column in the June issue of Seventeen Magazine. The column, written by Seventeen's film critic Edwin Miller, is sub-headed: "What teens are LOOKING at LISTENING to TALKING about in the world of entertainment"
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  • 91 9 DRUMMOND (Richard Johnson) is escorted to Petersen's reception in his honour by fUmorous men-killers Helta (Daliah Lavi) and Pandora (Beba Loncar). "SOME GIRLS DO" A Betty Box/Ralph Thomas production for Rank United Artists release, starring Ri- chard Johnson. Daliah Lavi, Beba Loncar. Vanessa Howard. James
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  • 421 9 WEST BERLIN. Tues. (Reuter) The eves of the film world focus on West Berlin thi» week, as actors, directors and producers gather here for the 18th International Berlin Film Festival opening tomorrow night. Critics have spent the past few weeks selecting 22 feature
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    • 215 9 OPEN'S TODAT! U A.m.. l.fS. 4 no. 1f.30 A 9 15 p.m. Albert Fmnev. Lira Minnelli "CHARLIE BVBBLES" Color Next Change: Ann-Margret Vittona Oassman "The Tiger A The Pussycat" Color <SB» CAPITOL Phone 297 S 5 OPENS TODAY! So Free List XI a m 1.30. 4 00. 45 A *3O
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    • 19 9 TODAY a Wednesday, June 25. 1969. im id 18 26-34 41 LI s S£»T.J: 2- 5-22 30-52 66 mm*
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    • 312 9 .i.TOV, ■Mmmm 4K ODEON ***** DEFINITELY LAST DAT! (No Free Llat» 10 45 ft m.. US. S.4S. «.30. 9 15 p.aa. Colombia Pictures (resent* "MACKENNA'S GOLD* Gregory Peek Odu 6harit Super Panavuion Ttchnleeiov ODEON A PALACE: OPENS TOMORROW' Alio RAY "Sairide C«bb>b4«" Technicolor. ThehniScope I CATHAY I PALACE I *****
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  • 1105 10 Horses C las e 2 Dftv. 1—1 Mile: £21 Green Son ♦y 900 M r A Mrs WJ. Wesrne Allan 079 Lord Shah fly 9.00 Friend* Stable 374 Bean Chimes »y 813 Hoong Van Stable Daniels 007 Paair Bopk By 8.11 Wan Stable
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  • 74 10 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Mike Denness, 28-year-old Kent opening batsman, has been added to the England party for the Second Test against the West Indies beginning at Lords on Thursday. Denness. who has A career record of 9,135 run# and eight centuri«, joins the squad because of
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  • 293 10 By BIG BEN SINGAPORE, Tues. Newcomers Senarang Bintang and Blast Off, trained by Colin Tulloh, impressed in a 3f workout in 39 2/5. They looked fit and should give a good account of themselves first time out. The going was yielding. Star Writ
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  • 121 10 LONDON, Tues. Ernie Johnson, the 20-year-old jockey who won the Derby on Blakeney this year, is learnine more about the finer points of riding by watching champion Jockey Lester Piggott on film. Before the Derby he studied films of Piggott's Derby triumphs at Epsom shown to
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  • 74 10 THE Race Walking "C" Grade judges' examination and lectures by two Senior "A" Grade judges will be held at the Balestier Road Boy's School, on July <j at 10.00 a.m. Candidates wishing to sit for the examination must apply in writing to the Hon. Secretary.
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  • 434 10 Doubell, Clarke Melbourne, Australia, Tues. TWO of Australia's greatest runners left recently for a world tour that may well be a milestone for thein. The veteran is Ron Clarke, still running at 32 when most of his early contemporaries have burned themselves out mentally or physically.
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  • 90 10 LONDON. Tues. Alan Kimber, the Southampton, Southern England, swimmer, is to make his first competitive appearance in Britain since he was left out of the British team that went to the Olympic Games last year. Kimber will be taking part in the British long distance championship at
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  • 83 10 GLASGOW, Tues. (Reuter) A top Scottish soccer club decided yesterday to Install a powerful claxon horn at their rround to drown the obscene songs of their supporters. Chairman of Glasgow Ranters, John Lawrence announced the move after meeting City Magistrates who were disturbed
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  • 694 10 Badminton TOP favourites. Ong Tione Khiam and his brother Tione Hin scored an easy win in the men's doubles first round of the SBA Junior championships held at the Singapore Badminton Hall, on Monday night. The Ong brothers beat Seow Eng Jeam and
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  • 172 10 DALLAS. Texas, Tues. (Reuter) Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly one of the world's great tennis players is being buried today near her Dallas ranch home Immediately after the ceremony at Hillcrest Memorial Park, her 12-year-old daughter Cindy will pack her bags and set off
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  • 290 10 LONDON. Tues. (Reut«?r)— Only three of yesterday's English County crlc k et matches escaped the full effects of the rain and there was no play at all at four venues. Leicestershire's Oraham McKenzie, the Australian Test fast bowler, took three Glamorgan wickets for 28 and County
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  • 59 10 Beatty Secondary School will hold their annual athletic meet at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre, on Friday at 2.30 p.m. There will be two events lor the old boys. They are the 100 metres and the 800 metres events. For the first time the school will
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  • 307 10 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) The newly-formed International tennis players' association are to hold a special meeting in London on Sunday to discuss the South African problem in tennis This was stated at a press conference given at Wimbledon yesterday by officials of the association.
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  • 184 10 NEW YORK. Tues Gary Player established a personal career winnings record by boosting his Professional Golfers Association earnings to U5589,006 with a third-place finish worth US$B,B5O in the Kemper Open last weekend. Gene Littler, who did not compete in the Kemper, continues to lead the
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  • 78 10 TAIPEI. Tues. (Reuter) Taiwan will host the second Asian Youth Basketball tournament to be held in Taipei from August 22 to September 4, the Central News Agency reported today. Seven countries have registered for the bov's competition. They are South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Hong
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 309 11 Wimbledon LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) A full day's play at the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships is expected today provided there is no further rain. The championships are 64 men's singles games behind schedule after steady rain washed out all matches on the opening day yesterday. But Wimbledon referee
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    • 385 11 HO HO CUP A proposed move to open the Ho Ho Cup interport soccer compe. tition to players of all races will be discussed at top Council level of the Singapore Chinese Football Association on June 30. The senior vicepresident of SCFA,
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    • 60 11 ROYAL Air Force Changi won nine out of the 13 events in the two-day FEAF regatta over the Johore Straits, last Sunday. Changi had a tight final race with RAF Seletar before winning by one and half lengths. Picture shows the RAF Changi Fours (left) crossing the winning line one
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    • 697 11 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPD Home runs by Frank Robinson and Dave Johnson In the eighth Inning lifted the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-3 victory over the Washington Senators last night and enabled them to open up a Sigam® lead in
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    • 274 11 LEICESTER England. Tues (Reuter) English league champions Leeds United today signed striker AUa n Clarke from relegated Leicester City fo r a fee in excess of £150,000. the same figure which made Clarke Britain's most expensive soccer star when he joined Cit v
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    • 153 11 LONDON. Tu?s 'Reuter) The P'tch fo r the second cricket Test betwee n England and the West Indies beginning at Lords On Thursday is expected to be firm and true. Covers protected the pitch from yesterday's steady ram which wrecked sport in Britain. England
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    • 101 11 LONDON. Tues. Gibraltar. Ceylon and India hav f now accepted invitations to send teams to Edinburgh Scotland. for next year's Commonwealth Oames. With just ovp r a year to go until the 1970 Games from July 19-25. 28 of the 42 federation members have indicated
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    • 110 11 BIRMINGHAM. Eng. land. Tues. (Reuter) Tom Cartwright, the 33-year-old En g land and Warwickshire allrounder. performed the hat-trick for the first time in his career in the English County cricket championship 9 match against Somerset here today. Cartwrifht, who made his County debut in 1952. gained his
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    • 421 11 New York, Tues. (Reuter) Heavyweight Joe Frailer was today set for a showdown match with rival championship claimant Jimmy Ellis after successfully defending his version of the world boxing title for the fourth time. California Irishman Jerry Quarry became the 24th victim of the
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    • 220 11 NEW YORK. TUM. (UPT> Jerry Quarry, stopped for the first time in his career, pleaded for "on® mere round" with the physician, but the doctor wouldn't listen He said 'no' to Quarry's plea between th® seventh and eighth round, at M»diso n Square Garden last
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    • 101 11 LONDON. Tues Britain will have one of the biggest teams at the European athletic* championships in Athena, Greece, from Sept 16-21. In the list of entries published by the organisers, tha British Amateur Athletic Board have announced their intention of sending 83
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    • 176 11 LONDON, Tues. (Heater) American heavyweight boxer John "Speedy" Jordan was taken to hospital after a knockout defeat last night The Negro boxer from Norfolk, Virginia, was knocked out in two rounds by Jack Bodell, the number one contender for the vacant British heavyw eight title.
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    • 40 11 ZURICH. Tues. 'Reutar) Morocco have asked for a three-match tournament oo neutral ground. Instead of aix home and away matches, for the Group 16 third round World Cup qualifying matches. The International Football Fa. deration (FlFA) said today.
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    • 931 11 (CHANNEL 5) A.M 3.oft Opening Announcements m all Languages and Housewives Matinee <Pt. 1 of a Hokkien Film "Money Every, where"); 3.35 House and Home (New Zealand Lamb No. 2> (Chinese Version); 3.50 A Diary of Events ip Singapore this Week Chinese Version); 3.55 Be Our Guest "English Version); 4.10
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  • 421 12  -  By K. S. Sidhu THE MUSLIM Religious Council of Singapore has implemented a scheme to offer 40 scholarships to students in the Higher School Cer- tificate and University level. Outlining the details of the scholarship scheme, Enche Ismail bin Abdul Aziz.
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  • 111 12 THE CHAIRMAN of the Committee on the Utilisation of Natural Resources, of the Science Council of Singapore. Dr. Tan Eng Liang, flew off to Germany recently for a two-week information tour. The purpose of his trip is to study "Scientific Research In Germany." Dr. Tan was
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  • 325 12 THE STATE Coroner, Mr. Liew Ngik Kee. yesterday recorded "an open verdict following an inquest into tne death of a woman whose body was found in a highly decomposed state in her house in Fowlie Road. The woman, Emy Liem Khoen Jim. 43. was said to
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  • 202 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Yane Di-Pertuan Agon? today expressed his gratitude to the New Zealand Government for its decision to continue to contribute to the defence of this region after the withdrawal of British Forces in 1971. The King was replying to a speech by the
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  • 120 12 THE BRITISH Secretary of State for Defence. Mr. Denis Healey, will fly in here for a two-day visit on Thursday. While here. Mr. Healey will call on the Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. and the British High Commissioner. Sir Arthur de la Mare.
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  • 177 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Canada will spend $3 million on forestry studies in Sabah in the later half of this year under a United Nations aid programme. Two teams of United Nations expert provided by Canada will undertake the study. The first two Canadian forestry experts
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  • 92 12 THE National Theatre Company will put on a fr** concert of classical Chinese and Western songs and music at the Eusoff College lounge of the University of Singapore, this evening at 7.30 p.m. The concert is part of the NTC's plans to bring "songs and music
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  • 129 12 THE FIRST National City Bank has appointed Mr. Wong Nang Jang as its Singapore Manager. At 30. Mr. Wong is the youngest manager of a foreignowned bank in the Republic and the first Singaporean to be put in overall charge of a foreign
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  • 82 12 ANOTHER political detainee, Low Bwee Bian who formerly strongly supported the Barlsan Sosiall* and Its Communist United Front activities was released to- day. Low. 29. was then the Chairman of the now deregistered Pel Ching 0.8 A In an interview given on his release. Low
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  • 83 12 THE LATEST entries for the M lsoth Anniversary Queen of Singapore' contest comes from a nurse and a sales representative. They are, Miss Pauline Yong Siew Cheng, a nurse from the Thomson Road General Hospital, and Miss Dorothy Yeo. a sales representative. The semi-finals of this
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  • 55 12 AN 18-year-old youth. Lau Lim Siong. was charged in the Ninth Magistrates Court yesterday with theft of two motor-scooter wheels value-i at $6B from a bark-lane in Amoy Street on June 23 He was allowed bail of $5OO In one surety, pending trial in the Eighth
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  • 55 12 SINGAPORE Pools 'Private) Ltd put out a correction vesterdav stating that the last four digits drawn for the second prize in the weekly Lucky Draw on Sunday. June 22 was ••2295" and not "2296" as stated in their press release. The Eastern Sun reported the correct number
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  • 88 12 ONE of the interviewers from the Planning Department of the Ministry of .law and National Development doing a Retail Establishment Survev has reported the loss of her special identification card She is Miss Chuang Ling Ling of 55. Still Road, and holding I/C No. *****54 Miss Chuang
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  • 348 12 THE PRESIDENT of Singapore, Enche Yusof bin Ishak. told the annual General Meeting of the St. John Council that he was now in better health than 12 months ago. Enche Yusof who, is also President of the St. John Council, praised the Council for its
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  • 58 12 A TYPOGRAPHICAL error occurred in the caption for the pictures depicting a foundationstone laying ceremony which appeared on this page yesterday. The correct sentence should have been: "The Finance Minister. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. officiates at the auspicious ceremony of laying the founda-tion-stone of the Overseas Union Bank and
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    • 113 12 High Tide (Today) Singapore Town 6.16 a m. 6.4 ft 6.39 p.m. 7.4 ft. Naval Dockyard 6.26 a.m. 7.8 ft 6.42 p.m. 8.6 ft. Low Tide (Today) Singapore Town 0.02 a.m. 3.1 ft. 12.14 p.m. 3.3 ft. Naval Dockyard 12.12 p.m. 4.4 ft. High Tide (Tomorrow) Singapore Town 7.49 a.m.
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    • 45 12 I S PORE DIARY I 12.45 pm.: Rotary Club of Singapore's weekly luncheon at Coleman Room. Adelphi Hotel 2 p.m: Heats of the Ninth Annual Safety First Quiz for Schools at Shell Theatrette. Collyer Quay. 8 pm.: Oriental dance at National Theatre Club. Clemenceau Avenue.
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