Eastern Sun, 20 July 1969

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    27 1 Eastern Sun 3rd ANNIVERSARY BONUS: PRICE 10 CENTS. •SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY, Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1063 Sunday Edition 20 July 1969. -fr MC (P) 0737
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    Lock icon ORBITING MOON FOR THE LANDING
    811 1 HOUSTON, Texos, Sat. (UPI and Reuter) After a short accurate firing of the main engine of the Apollo 11 spacecraft shortly after midnight (Singapore time), the three American astronauts went into an elliptical moon orbit. At 56 minutes past midnight (Singapore time) Michael Collins Spacecraft
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    Lock icon 'SUN" Service For The Moon Landing
    84 1 BECAUSE of the great interest that has been created locally by Apollo 11 trip to the moon and numerous telephone calls we have been receiving from readers regarding the progress the craft has been making, the Eastern Sun will provide round-the-clock service from midnight
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    Lock icon TIME-TABLE FOR CRITICAL HOURS
    477 1 SPACE CENTRE, Houston. Sat. (UPI) The Apollo 11 timetable in Singapore time based on the flight plan and subject to change: Sunday 7:02 p.m Crew awakens for first of two very busv days. 9:02 p.m. Aldrin enters Moon Lander without his spacesuit. 9:40 p.m —Armstrong enters
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    Lock icon Nantah To Have Graduate School
    239 1 $.200,000 ALREADY RAISED NANYANG University has already raised more than $200,000 for the establishment of a College for post-graduate studies. This was told to a distinguished gathering by the Vicechancellor of Nantah. Prof. Rayson L Huang at the FundRaising Dinner organised by Nanvang University's Graduates'
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    Lock icon Guaranteed 31-Cent Sugar
    127 1 THERE will be no Increase in the retaii price of sugar in Singapore. Prices will remain at about SO-31 cents per kati. The Trade Division of the Ministry of Finance issued this statement on Friday informing the public on the price of sugar in the light oi
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    Lock icon Sharks Halt The 'Ra' Trip
    80 1 BRIDGETOWN. Barbados. Sat. (UPI) —Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl said today he had abandoned his voyage aboard an Egyptian papyrus reed boat from Africa to Central America because sharks prevented repairs to the storm-damaged craft. Heyerdahl said he did not consider the experiment a failure "The
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    Lock icon B-52 CRASHES AT THAI AIR BASE
    104 1 BANGKOK. Sat. (UPI) A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber crashed on takeoff this afternoon at Utapao Air Base, 125 miles southeast of Bangkok. Although the crew escaped unharmed two men aboard an Air Force rescue helicopter were killed and a third seriously injured, U.S.
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    Lock icon India Controls Banks
    37 1 NEW DELHI. Sat. (Reuter) The Indian Government has decided to nationalise major commercial banks, the Press Trust of India reported tonight. It was announced that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi would broadcast to the nation.
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      37 1 In This Issue... Pages 3. 4, 5 Your foreign reading. Page 6 The church page. Page 7 Commercial page. Pages 10, 11 Sports. Page 12 Offer to build a rugged society. :»ag- 1 2 "Lunanauts" counter-visit earth?
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    Lock icon Logistics Officer Aide-de-camp To Queen
    298 2 COMMAND Movements Officer, Group Captain Philip G. M. Ridsdale. who -joined the Royal Air Force in 1939, has been appointed as Aide-de-camp to the Queen. He is at present attached to the Far East Air Force Headquarters and will be leaving Singapore lor Britain at
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    Lock icon Marshall Succeeds Ibrahim
    126 2 Mr. David Marshall has succeeded Dr. Ahmad bin Mohd. Ibrahim as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, for a threeyear term. Dr. Ahmad has left SingaK>re to join a distinguished w firm in Malaysia. The 24-member governing body which
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    Lock icon Cheaper Hotels Needed For Singapore
    343 2  -  by PATRICIA CHAN SINGAPORE should provide more mediumdoss hotels for the "less loaded" tourists, an Australian travel agent suggested yesterday. Not all tourists could affora the luxury hotels, said Mr. Ron Pollock of L.H. Quartermaine at a press conference at the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board
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    Lock icon 'Accentuate The Positive' Call A Success
    326 2 YOUTH FESTIVA SINGAPORE has been successful in accommodating the differences and accentuating the positive towards the creation of a strong united nation despite her diversity of culture, language and religious traditions, according to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Dr. Lee Chiaw
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    Lock icon Man Held After Extortion Report
    86 2 Poliee have arrested a man in Woodlands in connection with an extortion attempt on a shop-keeper on Friday night. A shopkeeper had reported to the police that he had received several threatening calls demanding $5,600. The caller warned the shopkeeper that his life would be
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    Lock icon 200 To Gather For Medical Congress August 15-17
    320 2 MORE than 200 doctors, professors and specialists from countries in this region will attend a fourth Singapore-Malaysia ConXress of Medicine from ug. 15 to 17. to commemorate the 150 th anniversary of the founding of Singapore. This was announced yesterday by Dr.
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    Lock icon 'Nation Growing With Her Trials'
    200 2 SINGAPORE had been forging ahead in all fields of nation building, despite her limited resources and the host of problem facing her, the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Law and Development, Mr. Ho Cheng Choon said yesterday. He was speaking at the passing-out parade
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    Lock icon Hospitals To Have G-W Committees
    179 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Every hospita: in Malaysia will soon have a goodwill committee within its own compound to promote goodwill and racial harmony among its patients from diverse origins. The Minister of Health. Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir who is on a tour of
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    Lock icon Estate Kepala Stabbed, Robbed
    68 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Five masked and armed men stabbed an estate kepala, Lim Poi at a rubber estate In Rawang yesterday and escaped with $7O. Police said today the robbers. two armed with pistols burst into Lim's house in Lin Cheong rubber estate and held him
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    Lock icon Stolen Car Recovered
    75 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Police have mounted a search for two men who crashed through a road block in a stolen Mercedes Benz at Padang Besar near the Thailand/ Malaysia border last night. Police have since established the car, bearing false number plates, as the one belonging to
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    Lock icon Gangster Dies Prom Wounds
    104 2 A man wh 0 was ln the bie gang clash at Sago Street on Sunday night died at the General Hospital at 2.30 am. yesterday from injuries sustained. Police gave his name as Fong Thiew Torg, 29. of Sago Street He was rushed to hospital after
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    Lock icon Estate Valuers: New Committee, Dinner July 26
    119 2 MR David Phoa was elected the president of the Real Estate Valuers Association at its recent annual general meeting. He is seen here seated in the centre with other officebearers of the association for 1969-70. Picture shows seated from left: Mr. Tan Kim
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    Lock icon Raffles Campfire
    57 2 THE 2101 Raffle# seeut group will celebrate the Republic's 150 th Anniversary with its annual campfire on Aug 2 at the Institution ground The Member of Parliament for Bras Basah. Mr. Ho See Beng will be the guest of honour. Some «on grouts. guMes. parents, teachers and guests
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    Lock icon THIEU SUGGESTS POLL TO UNIFY
    231 3 SAIGON, Sat. (Reuter) President Nguyen Van Tnieu said today that South Vietnam deeply regretted ltl f V letcong's rejection of his latest peace offer, and said he hoped they would revise their attitude. "They win gain nothing by wajting, the 46-year-old President told a press
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    Lock icon Saigon Govt. Shuffle Soon
    133 3 SAIGON. Sat. (Reuter) A South Vietnamese Government spokesman said today a major cabinet reshuffle was to be announced in the next few days. Informed sources said the economy, information finance and health ministries would probably be affected. The reshuffle will be second since Prime Minister Tran
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    44 3 TOKYO. Sat. (UPI) A U.S. F4B Phantom fighterbomber "accidentally" dropped a Sparrow air-to-air missile in E •mountainous 'area in Glfu prefecture, central Japan. Friday morning but it did not explode. A U.S. military official said that "the accident caused no damage nor casualties."
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    Lock icon U.S. Base In Pakistan Shut Down
    134 3 WASHINGTON. Sat. (Reuter) The U.S. electronic listening base in Pakistan, which made headlines when a high-flying U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down over Russia in 1960. a s closed down after ten years of operation. Officials reported that the agreement which set up the
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    Lock icon Libraries Go Underground
    89 3 HONG KONG Sat. (Reuter) Maoist opponents have set up underground libraries in Hunan province in central South China, Radio Hunan said today. Quoting an article by a worker propaganda team, the provincial radio said the opponents were peddling "feudalist. bourgeois and revisionist books" from the libraries to
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    Lock icon Yahya Khan Sees: 'Breaking Of Dawn'
    205 3 KARACHI, Sat. (Reuter) President Yahya Khan today voiced guarded optimism about prospects of progress towards a return to constitutional rule in Pakistan. "I see a little bit of a breaking of the dawn", he told reporters at Lahore. Gen. Yahya was commenting on the
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    78 3 JAKARTA. Sat. (Reuter) The new United States Ambas. sador to Indonesia. Francis Galbraith. today presented his credentials to President Suharto at the Merdeka (freedom) Palace. Galbraith. who speaks Indonesian fluently, will accompany President Nixon in talks with President Suharto when the American leader visits here later this month. Major
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    Lock icon BOMBERS POUND RED POSITIONS
    332 3 SAIGON, Sat (UPI) Five waves of Air Force 852 bombers hammered Communist troop concentrations in strategic Tav Ninh Province which military sources have predicted will be a prime target for a new Red campaign, U.S. spokesmen said today. The eight-engmed Startofortresscs flew the Ave missions late
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    Lock icon Chou To Visit Pakistan
    58 3 RAWALPINDI. Sat. (Reuter) Chinese Prime Minister Chou En-Lai will visit Pakistan early next year, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported today. The news agency said Chou promised to visit Pakistan during talks with Air Marshal Nur Khan, a member of Pakistan's Council of Administration, who returned
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    Lock icon Party Chief's Ultimatum Fails To Shake Indira
    439 3 NEW DELHI. Sat. (UPI and Reutcr) The crisis which threatens to split India's ruling Congress Party inched nearer to its climax Friday as Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi flatly rejected an advice of Party President S. Najalingappa to restore the finance portfolio
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    Lock icon Japan-U.S. Crisis Develops Over Nerve Gas In Okinawa
    412 3 TOKYO. Sat. (UPI) The Japanese government said on Saturday it was awaiting an explanation from the United States on reports that nerve gas is stored on Okinawa. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Japan expressed its grave concern to the United States
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    Lock icon Freeth Doesn't Care Free Choice Or No
    228 3 SYDNEY. Sat. (Reuter) Even if the Act of Free Choice currently under wav in West Irian were a "completely non-free choice." it would be no different than the situation prevailing in a hundred other places around the world. Australian External Affairs Minister Gordon
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    Lock icon Assam Flood Threat Recedes
    103 3 DIBRUGARH. India. Sat (Reuter) —The level of the River Brahmaputra started receding slowly today at Dibru garh. in northeast India, where a state of emergency was declared yesterday as Ine water rose to an all-time high. But army and civilian rescue teams stood by with boats
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    Lock icon I'nesia Frees 17 Detainees
    89 3 JAKARTA. Sat. (Reuter) Indonesian authorities have released all IT political detainees in Merauke. capital o* West Irian's eastern regency. Antara news agency reported today Antara sa;d the detainees were released before the Act of Free Choice was carried out at Merauke on Monday and the regency
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    Lock icon Probing Local Initiatives For Collective Security
    597 3 NIXON'S ASIAN MISSION IVfASHINGTON, Sat. (UPI) President Nixon hopes during his South-east Asia visit to lay the groundwork for a new and less costlv long-term American policy in that area to be inaugurated as the United States disengages from Viet- nam, White House sources
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    Lock icon Peace Rally Staged In France
    216 3 PARIS. Sat. (UPI) North Vietnamese and Vietcong diplomats on Friday scattered across France to attend Com-munist-sponsored Vietnam peace rallies designed to put pressure on the allies to make huge concessions at the negotiating table. The rallies, sponsored by the Communist-led peace movement, were held amid
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    46 3 MANILA. Sat. (Reuter) Manila schoolchildren will have the day off on Monday so thrv can watch Apollo ll'a moon-landing on television. Onofre Corpuz. Secretary of Education told newsmen all students should be able to witness "one of the great eventa in the history of mankind."
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    Lock icon Astronauts Nearing Moon Become More Loquacious
    884 4 SPACE CENTRE, Houston, Sat. (UP I) The Apollo 11 trio Neil Armstrong. BUM Aldrin and Mike Collins are becoming more communicative as their flirht to the moon progresses. At 32 hours and 40 minutes into flight and 126,000 miles from earth, Collins was reporting
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    Lock icon Sock ItTo Me, ...Moon Baby!
    254 4 DETROIT. Mich Sat. (UPI) Several thousand Michigan residents think they know what astronaut Neil Armstrong's first historic words from the surface of the moon should be. "So far. so good." is the quote offered by Tom Monnich. "Thank you. lord Corrine Provense. Or. maybe. "Sock
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    Lock icon Luna 15's Mystery Resolved
    204 4 MOSCOW. Sat- (UPl)—The Soviets Friday issued the first official indication that Luna-15 is a "Moonscooper" designed to bring samples of lunar soil to earth. An ambiguously worded Tass commentary late Friday Bight linked the earlier Lunas which soft-landed on the moon, others which achieved moon orbit,
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    Lock icon Police Pinch Passenger
    100 4 BUENOS AIRES. Sat. (Reuter) —Police went aboard a West German Lufthansa airliner at the international airport here today and carried off a passenger they overpowered and laced into a strait-jac-ket. The Boeing 707 jet airliner had arrived from Frankfurt on a flight to Santiago. Chile. Other passengers
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    Lock icon Apollo Outside Light Damaged
    120 4 HOUSTON, Sat. (Reuter) Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong today reported some damage to a floodlight mast which would be used as an aid in an emergency transfer of the Lunar Module crew into the Command Module. Space Agency officials said that the problem was not considered
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    Lock icon Russians Assure Luna 15 Won't Hurt Apollo Flight
    353 4 SPACE CENTRE, Houston. Sat. (ITI) Soviet space scientist* personally Informed IS. Astronaut Frank Borman #n Friday that Russia's Luna 15 would not interfere with the flight of Apollo 11, it was announced. Borman. who returned recently from a trip to Russia's space
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    Lock icon 'Music Of The Spheres'
    118 4 HOUSTON. Texas. Sat. (Reuter) Intermittent snatches of music floated down to Mission Control across 182.190 nautical miles of space from the Apollo 11 spacecraft last evening The snatches of hrass-and-string serenade were heard as the moon-landing mission crew prepared to eat supper before bedding down for
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    55 4 BEIRUT. Sat. (Reuter) A 40-year-old Lebanese housewife has named her eleventh child Apollo 11. Mrs Rifka Sallm. a mother of seven girls and three other boys, appeared on television tonight with her newly-born baby boy. She said "Who knows, he may be one of those who will land
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    Lock icon U.S. To Help LICK Overpopulation
    247 4 WASHINGTON, Sat. (Router) President Kiteta todav pledged increased American efforts to help counb. In .he form .f birth cantrol information and improved food supplies. In a special message to Congress he painted a grim picture of the world population explosion. By the year 2.000 it
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    Lock icon New Geology Study Starts Next Week
    191 4 HOUSTON. Sat. (Reuter) Investigators in eight countries joint the United States next week in opening wide a brand new science Extraterritorial Geology. This is the name given to study of the makeup of celestial bodies other than earth ApOllo 11 will provide its first
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      255 4 DIP I HEAR THE DOORBELL, MAGEE? APARTMENT 3 a® SK G I I 7 fi? 7 UUI) I in/» <■ 1 ,IM»» H 3 1 A: fKfl 2S YES—LFSA REPORTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER, FROM THE TTMES/ THEY'RE INTERVIEWING ME ABOUT THAT PICTURE WHICH RAN IN THE PERKYLATOR/ L THEY'D LIKE TO
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    Lock icon 7 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
    1222 6  -  "The man of God answered, THE LORD IS ABLE TO GIVE THEE MUCH MORE THAN THIS'," II Chronicles 25:9 What is your Answer? How are you Answering Life's Questions? What are you telling; a sin-sick world? What are you saying to those who are spiritually impoverished? What
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    Lock icon MESSAGE FROM REV. KHOO
    133 6  -  CHURCH -AAA# REV. KHOO SIAW HUA. A PORTION of the Scriptures says that we should all study The Word to show ourselves approved of God. The propagation of the Gospel today is not without difficulty and Jesus and His disciples laid down their lives to show
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    Lock icon Farewell To Miss Liu By Woman's Association
    77 6 MISS ENID LIU. a teacher of the Trinity Theological College was given a farewell dinner recently by the Woman's Association of the Chinese Presbyterian True Way Church, of which Mrs. Yeo Thian Kiew is the chairman of the Association. Miss Liu will be
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    Lock icon TRIAL BY JURY
    375 6 A COMIC OPERA BV GILBERT AMD SULLIVAN ON 25TH 26TH JULY 8.30 P.M. AT THE COHERENCE HALL THE seventy strong group of the Wesley Methodist Church will present Gilbert and Sullivan's "Trial By Jury" at the Singapore Conference Hall on July 25 and 26 to raise fund
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      119 6 Heartiest Congratulations to the EASIEBNSUN on the happy occasion of the Third Anniversary. Anglican Church (Diocese of Singapore Malaysia). Assemblies of God, Singapore. Baptist Churches, Singapore. Bethesda Churches of Singapore. Bible Society of Singapore, Malaysia Brunei. Presbyterian Churches of Singapore. Christian Business Men's Committee. Christian Nationals Evangelism Commission. Church of
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon ECONOMIC GAINS ACHIEVED BY THE PHILIPPINES
      626 7 TV/T AN I LA, Sat. The Philippines achieved outstanding gains in the x A pursuance of economic objectives as development ana growth accelerated while relative price stability was maintained last vear In its annual report for 1968, the Central Bank said that build-up in
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      Lock icon London Rubber Mart Closes Hesistant
      87 7 LONDON. Sat. (UPT) Rubber market yesterday dosed hesitant with spot 27-3/8 27-5 8. SETTLEMENT HOUSE Aug. 27-1/4 27-1/2 Sept. 27-3/16 27-3/8 Oct. 27-1/8 27-1/4 Oct./ Dec. 27-1/16 27-1/8 Jan./ March 26-3/8 26-7/8 April/June 25-15/16 26-1/8 July/Sept 25-3/4 25-15/16 Oct./ Dec. 25-5 '8 25-13/16 Jan./ March
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      Lock icon Japan Aid To Fishery Schools
      71 7 JAKARTA. Sat. (Reuter) Japan has agreed to supply US$3OO,OOO worth of equipment to four Indonesian fishery schools. The agreement was signed here yesterday by the Japanese Charge d'Affaires in Jakarta. Mr Takeo Arlta. and the Acting Director for Economic Affairs at the Foreign Office. Under
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      55 7 HONG KONG. Sat. (UPI) Monev Quotations: HK56.***** per U.S. dollar. HK56.0875 per U.S. dollar TT HK$ 14.54 per pound sterling. HK5309.25 per tael of fold 94.5 per cent fineness. HK5161.7 per 10,000 Japanese Yens HK$ 135.5 per 100 Philippines pesos buyers HK5136.5 per 100 Philippinej pesos sellers Philippine
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      Lock icon Industry's Quickie Zen
      715 7  -  By Shota Ushio TDKYO, Sat. (UPI) The 41 men reporting for new Jobs with the Fujita Construction Company looked tense and grim. They'd signed on as draftsmen, crane operators and common labourers. But here they were marching through the gates of the Soji Buddhist temple. The company
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      56 7 NEW YORK. Sat (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged across the board yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. There were no sales. BID ASK Sep 28 25 Nov. 27.50 Jan. 26.75 26 90 Mar. 26.50 2690 May 26.25 26 75 July. 2600 26.50 Locally. No. 2 R S.S.
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE WILL GAIN FROM TRAVEL BOOM
      272 7 SINGAPORE will deflnit forecast Pacific travel ialising right now accord the United States. This was said by Mr. Hugh Brewster, BOAC's Marketing Officer in South-East-Asia, who was commenting on the Increase in passenger traffic from the U.S.A. across the Pacific. Revenue j>assenger traffic on
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      Lock icon JAPAN ECONOMIC NEWS BRIEFS
      374 7 TOKYO. Sat. (UPI) A "Jetway" bridge to facilitate passenger traffic between airplanes and the airport terminal building made Its debut yesterday at the Tokyo International Airport. The bridge was Installed at spots No. 21 and 22 where a Japan Airlines plane took off for London via
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      Lock icon Lady Officer Trainee At Bank
      60 7 THE Chartered Bank, Singapore. ha s announced the appointment of Mis* Wee Kiat as an officer trainee. Miss Wee. 21, holds an honours degree in social science from the University ©f Singapore. A former pupil of the Cedar Girls' Secondary School, she later gained her
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      Lock icon LONDON MARKET DULL
      113 7 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) The market ended dull yesterday but turnover was slightly higher than recent days, reflecting end account selling and the switching of fund# into the new 400 mln. stg. Treasury loan stock. Towards the close, the FT Index was 7.7 down at 370.7. British funds
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 7 THE tin price for yesterday was $623 per picul, up $0.50.
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      259 7 The following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for July 20:— DEPARTURE: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Svoboda 3 4 Oregon Mail 5 Vanino 6/7 Vishva Vikas 15/18 Thomas Maersk 18 Jaladuhita N.W. 5 Hua Heng 23/24 Thorsorient 31/32 Koyo Maru 33/34 Columbine 35
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      Lock icon CHIEF TECHNICIAN TOURS GERMANY AND BRITAIN
      277 7 CHIEF technician of Associated Technical Services Ltd., Mr. Chan May Wah recently left Singapore for two months visit to Germany and England. He will be studying the latest products in the sophisticated marine and communications equipment handled by his company. In Germany, Mr. Chan
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      63 7 THE Association of Bank? fn Malaysia-Singapore yesterday made the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currencvV. SELLING TT. or O'.D. ready; Deutsche Marks $77.2250; Holland Guilders $B*****; Swiss Franc® $71.5800; Belgian Francs $6.1450; Trench Francs $*****5;
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      51 7 (Manager* Prloea) l»t Malayan \n 2.8R 2nd MaU>an \D 1.94 3rd Mala\an 122 The Corn Ind .55 I 08 The !*a\ ing i unti 1 on 119 M. Invest Fund I.JJ.% 1.35 W Hong Kong 1.50 1.58* 2nd Hong Kong XD 1.02 i.o;» >terling Com. 5/8 <»Hong Rone
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      104 7 THE noon price* at tfte fcinr*. pore Chine** Produce Exchange >e»terday were:— Buyer seller Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk 48 00 Coconut Oil (FOB Drum 50.50 Mixed Copra 30 50 Muntok UtUtc Pepper (FOB) 130 00 Sarawak Unite Pepper (FOB) 127 50 Sarawak Special Black Pepper (FO B.) »6% N.L.W
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      37 7 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York stock exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 845.92 20 rails 201.52 15 utilities 120.97 65 stocks 286.36 40 bonds 72.47 Commodity futurtt Index 140.92.
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      416 7 ARRIVALS 5.00 a.m. MSA ML029 Kuala Lumpur 9 00 a m. MsA >1L 11H Kuaia Lumpur 9-45 a-m. M>A MLFTSI Sydney. Jakarta 1015 a.m. Mha ML118 Kuala Lumpur. 13.40 p.m. t 'AL C15 Taipei, Bone Kong. 10.25 a.m. MSA ML055 Penang, Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur. Malacca. 14)0 pm. 8AS
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  • POPPING AROUND with Platter Pete
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      Lock icon Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Pan-Am Jingle
      236 8  -  BY P.P. As you may know, it's rather common for jingles to be extracted or copied from popular songs. Among some of those which you may have heard made into commercial jingles are "Up Up And Away", 'Theme From The Magnificent Seven", "Do You
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      Lock icon O'Hara Hits Out At Nudity In Films
      114 8 BANGKOK. Sat. (Reuter) Hollywood film star. Maureen O'Hara has complained against nudity and the morbidity of films made today. Miss O'Hara who arrived In Bangkok this week with her husband and two children for a short holiday told reporters: "I would not degrade
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      448 8  -  NICK LOGAN \|ICK TAYLOR was 14 and a year away from leaving school when the Rolling Stones had their first hit with "Come On Like so many of his age group he is 20 Mick has never had the opportunity to see on
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      289 8  -  RAY COLEMAN THE WHO are the best "live" group in Britain. They proved it last week at a party in London's Ronnie Scott club, where they launched their new album. "Tommy." For more than an hour they played the loudest pop music ever heard.
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      529 8 JJI THERE! Like Holy Cheesecake! Everyone but everyone is talking abojt the moon! It is a great occasion, this moon-landing; and it really bridges the gap between fantasy and reality. But it's not only now that people talk ft M M ft. about the moon. In fact,
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      290 8 SAM AND DAVE do a bad imitation of each other, but not as bad as Micky Dolenz does of both of them. Micky, Davy a nd Mike debuted their new trio on one of the three late night TV shows here.reports Richard Robinson from New
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      Lock icon Joe Is In After Ten Years
      222 8  -  GORDON COXHILL A FTER 10 long year* of hard graft Joe Dolan hat finally realised his prime ambition: to have hit record in England. As the leader of the most successful thowband in Ireland, the Drifters, |oe has notched up many chart smashes in
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      273 8 DIANA SUPREMES SPLIT? FRESH RUMOURS are sweeping America this week that Diana Ross will DEFINITELY leave the Supremes before the autumn. Reports say that Tamla Motown, who have so far denied a split, have signed a new girl singer whom they are grooming to take over from Diana when she
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      209 8 DONOVAN and the JEFF BECK CROUP: Coo Coo Barabajaga (Love It Hot) (Pye) A LMOST everything else thie week fades into significance A against this gem of a record that heralds Donovan's longawaited return and dispels all fears that his magic was on the wane. This totally compelling, marvellous little
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      417 8 World Charts it seventh there. London: 1. In The Ghetto Elvis Presley 2 Semeth«pg In The Air Thunderclap Newman 3 Hello Susie Amen Comer 4. Honky Tonk Woman Rolling Stones 5 War 0* Life Family Dogg 6. The Ballad Of John And Yoko EeaHes 7. Breakaway Eeach Boys 8. Livng
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    Lock icon Director Scouting For Talent For Stage Shows
    390 9  -  By K. S. Sidhu A LEADING Japanese musical director and choreographer is scouting for young Singapore talents to train them for theatre and stage shows. Singaporeans have sufficient amount of talent which can easily be utilised if given the proper training, said Mr.
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    Lock icon Violence Is Missing From New Delon Film
    449 9  -  By Sheilah Graham PARIS, Set. In Alain Deloh's film, "The Sicilians/' for 20th Century Fox, there will be no violence at least not in the still photographs for publication. Violence is a delicate pdint right now in the Lfe of the handsome French
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    Lock icon POP GROUP TO SPLIT
    60 9 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) One of Britain's mcst successful pop groups Dave Dee. Dozy, Mick and Tich announced this week they will split up In September when lead singer Dave Dee goes solo. The group, who have been together for eight years and made 14 hit records,
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    52 9 NICE. France, Sat. (UPI)— Greta Garbo. more alone than ever since the death of her friend George Schlee two years ago. is spending the summer near here at Cap Martin. The 63-year-old former film star is still as determined as ever to keep out of the public eye
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    Lock icon 'Funtastic' Gags
    390 9 Goh Eng Kee Reviews Those Daring Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies' IN THE shoes of those hairraising. hilarious, adventurecomedies which make it a point ot spilling both men and machines into unwieldy masses comes Paramount Pictures presentation of that Ken Annakin's production of "These Daring Young Men In
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    Lock icon Bob Vaughn Is One Of The Few Who Made It In TV And Films
    608 9 LONDON. Sat. "Some people play golf." said Robert Vaughn "I enjoy studying in the halls of Academe." Robert, whom you may remember as Napoleon Solo in "The Man From U.N.CLE.' TV series, has just completed his
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    Lock icon Tom Jones Nets $170.000 From Seven Shows
    72 9 LOS ANGELZS. Sat. (Router) British singer Tom Jones broke all records during his week long engagement at Hollywood's Greek Theatre here, the theatre announced this week. Previous record for the theatre was held by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass in 1966. Jones grossed $170,00n
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    Lock icon The Success Story Of Fou Ts'ong
    615 9 Cultural And Music Corner By Ayaho FOU TSONG, the world famous Chinese pianist will give a recital at the Conference Hall on Sunday, July 27 at 8.30 p.m. It is presented by Goh Soon Tioe. The following article is an abstract from "Ming Pao"
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      24 9 TODAY and YOU... Sunday* July 20, 1969. m k'itt SB r^rm GEMINI 2O I" vutaZ& ffKMI Mil CAMCIR mSJUNi 21 ~&JUl'r 22 i&AL ft
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      1312 10 Race l: Horses Class 6 Div. 1—6 Furs.. —2.00 p.m. ($4<&oo) 1. 682 Okay Okay ty 903 Quarry Stable Mawi Soaidi 2 2. 120 Tee Up llv 9.02 Kongsi Lima Rodgers T.S Chiam 13 3. 096 Discovered 6v 8.11 Discovered Stable Daniel s Dawkins 3 4 335
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      917 10  -  Going: Good To Yielding By Big Ben CAN Regal Mate carry 907 and beat the strong King's Gold Cup field in Race Five at Kuala Lumpur today? In mv opinion he can defy that impost and carry the colours of Goodman Stable to victory. The
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      31 10 Big Ben Hand in Hand Regal Mate Eeilaishang Jimmy Lad Rina II Sporting Sam Royal Meadow II Cisco Okay Okay Sporting San* Regal Mate Zodiac Gwerle Regal Mate Eeilaishang
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      Lock icon Emerson Enters S-finals
      111 10 AIX-EN-PROVENCE. France, Sat. (Reuter) Roy Emerson, of Australia, was the only seeded player to reach the men's singles semi-finals in the Golden Racket international open tennis tournament here yesterday. South African ClifT Drysdale, Yugoslav Nicola Pilic and Francois JeulTret all crashed out in yesterday's quarterfinal matches. Fourth,
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      116 10 NEW YORK. Sat (Reuter) —Results of yesterday's major league baseball games:— AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Yankees 5 Washington Mets 0. Boston Red Sox 6 Baltimore Orioles 1. Detroit Tigers 4 Cleveland Indians 0. Chicago White Sox 6 Kansas City Royals 1. Minnesota Twins 1. Seattle Pilots 2
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      171 10 BIG BEN JIMMY LAD CISCO ZODIAC RACE I HAND IN HAND Pink Heather Miss Raconteur MISS RACONTEUR Okay Okay Landaulet OKAY OKAY Miss Raconteur Hand In Hand GWERLE »ink Heather Trooper RACE 3 RED TULIP Palau Pinang Rina II RIVA II Maxwell Garden Pulau Pinang RINA II Pulau Pinang
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      34 10 LONDON' Sat. (Reuter) Svd Buller and Arthur Jepson were today appointed umpires for the first cricket Test in the 'hree-match series between England and New Zealand, starting at Lords here on Thursday
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      419 10 SINGAPORE.'g top woman swimmer Patricia Chan set up another two meet records yesterday. final day of the fourday Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's annual swlmmlne championships at the Singapore Swimming Club. Tanjone Rhu. She broke the 100 metres butterfly stroke and 100 metres backstroke meet
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      97 10 HONG KONG. Sat. (Reuter) Eight Asian nations have accepted invitations to take Part in the Asian youth tennis championships opening here in August. They are Indonesia, Israel, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, South Vietnam, Burma and the Philippines. According to spokes- man of the Hong
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      506 10 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) Glamorgan's win over Sussex was the only victory in the English County cricket championship yesterday. The other three championship matches ended in draws. Left-arm slow bowler Peter Walker spoilt Sussex's chance of beating Glamorgan when he took five wickets for 110
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      147 10 BRISTOL, England. Sat. (Reuter) Bob Hewitt and Fred McMillan. of South Africa, suffered their first doubles defeat in the Davis Cup when thev were beaten 6-4. 3-6. 4-6. 6-4. 9-7 by Britain's Mark Cox and Pete r Curtis here yesterday. The defeat gave
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      43 10 IN OOD. Cal i f ornla. Sat. (UPI) Former world featherweight champion Vicente Saldivar of Mexico, showing the effects of a 21month retirement, survived an early knockdown last night to score a decisive unanimous 10round decision over Jose Legra of Spain.
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    729 12  -  By K. S. SIDHU A "destiny scientist" who is also President of the Institute for the Advancement of Indian science at Nagpur has offered to help build a rugged society for Singapore if he is given an opportunity to do so by
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    340 12 Dear Readers. Believe In "Lunanauts"? Molemen? How about Fairies? Since that tongue-in-cheek story about the "gnomes" of Anglo-Chin-ese Primary School at Coleman Street, we have received several calls over the phone wanting to know more. What can we say? We don't think they really exist except
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    89 12 N r EPAL has appointed its first Ambassador to Singapore. The ambassador-designate is Mr. Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, concurrently the Nepalese ambassador to Burma He will continue to reside in Rangoon while accredited to Singapore. The appointment wa9 announced jointly be the Government of both countries.
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    58 12 A MOTORIST Mr. Wong Koh Fung, 54, was killed when his car crashed into a tree at Scotts Road on Friday. Mr. Wong of Cantonment Road was travelling from Newton Circus to Orchard Road. Meanwhile. 81 other accidents of which eight were classified as serious were reported
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    212 12 THE annual spectator-orientated Sea Carnival on National Day this year will take on a "new form" which will enable people to see more items simultaneouslv. The Carnival at Telok Aver Basin is organised by the Port of Singapore Authority and will be open
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    135 12 Globe-Girdling In HomeMade Plane AN amateur pilot from New Zealand is expected to touch down at the Singapore International Airport in a homemade plane no bigger than a motor car. on Tuesday. Mr. C- V. Tait is attempting a round-the-world flight in his monoplane (an Airtourer 115) built in his
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    103 12 A SALES representative. Seah Chee Huat. 22 of Paya Lehar Road was drowned at Changl Beach on July 18 He went there for a picnic with 11 other friends. At 10.30 a.m. he and another colleague of his. A. Lachmanon hired a sampan and rowed out to
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    69 12 Mr. Tan Soo Liam. a businessman is another Eastern Sun lucky reader, who was caught by our cameraman at the lounge of a leading hotel here. He has been a staunch supporter of Eastern Sun and finds it an interesting paper with a lot of news. Mr.
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    Lock icon PRODUCTIVITY BONUS SCHEME SIGNED
    367 12  -  by JOHN HSU A Productivity Bonus Scheme was one of the several benefits the 3,000 employees of the Keppel Shipyard (Pte.) Ltd. will enjoy under a new collective agreement signed between management and workers yes- frerday. The collective agreement was signed by Mr. T. C. McLav.
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    86 12 A MAN who passed off as another when he pleaded guilty to a charge of gambling in public was vesterdav sentenced to a month's jail and a fine of $l5 by the Ninth Magistrate's CourtLeong Tai Ngaw, 23. pleaded guilty to the gambling charge
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    90 12 THE Adult Education Board will organise a 10-week "Garden design and landscaping" course from Aug. 4. at the Adult Education Board. 126. Cairnhill Road. The course which will be held every Monday from 6 p m. to 730 will be conducted in English by Mr.
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    49 12 THE Sincapore Polytechnic has published a comprehensive prospectus giving detailed Information of the courses it offers to intending students and the facilities and conditions relating to these The 1969-1970 prospectus 19 available to members of the at a charge of $1.50 cts. per copy from the Polytechnic.
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    62 12 TAN KEE SENG. 33 was yesterday charged In the Ninth Magistrate Court for cheating Png Wee Chor of $4OO, by inducing Png to buy a magic stone that could cure any illness. Tan pleaded not guilty and was allowed ball of $l,OOO In one surety,
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      99 12 Time Tide High Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 1.36 am. (8 4 ft 2.40 p.m. (7 6 ft.). Naval Dockyard: 157 am. (9 7 ft 2.50 p.m. (9 3 ft.). Low Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 8.03 a.m. (1.1 ft 811 p.m (3 ft Naval Dockyard: 7.52 a.m. (16 ft 8 10
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