Eastern Sun, 21 July 1969

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    26 1 EASTERN SUN 3rd ANNIVERSARY BONUS: PRICE 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY, vV Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1064 Monday* 21 July 1969. ■fr MC(P) 0737
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    Lock icon EAGLE SEPARATES TO TAKE MEN TO MOON
    848 1 HOUSTON, Texas, Sun. (Reuter. UPI, AFP) The spidery Lunar Module successfully separated from the Apollo 11 command ship and began to fly around the moon on its own carrying American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buz" Aldrin. Apollo commander, Michael Collins, still in
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    Lock icon ISRAEL BOMBS EGYPT; ISLAND BRIEFLY HELD
    384 1 TEL AVIV, Sun. (Reuter) Israeli planes struck at Egyptian artillery and missile bases in the northern sector of the Suez Canal today, an official announce- ment said here. It is the first time since the 1967 June war that Israeli aircraft have bombed military
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    89 1 JAKARTA, Sun. (AFP) Three silent ambassadors returned from a week's visit in West Irian today with Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik and Information Minister Air Vice Marshal Budiardjo. They are Hugo Scheltema (Holland), Gordon Jockel (Australia) and Luang Phinit Akson (Thailand). They declined to comment on their observation
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    Lock icon Apollo Schedule
    267 1 By the time you receive this newspaper American Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Ed win Alarm will have landed on the moon. Armstrong has already said that he may not be able to sleep in the Lunar Module and observe the scheduled rest period He is likely to change
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    Lock icon Wheeler Ends Saigon Trip Optimistic On Withdrawal
    301 1 SAIGON. Sun. (Reuter) Gen. Earle G. Wheeler. Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, left Vietnam today after a four-dav visit highly optimistic at progress in handing over the major fighting role to South Vietnamese forces. However, the General was reluctant
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    Lock icon DRIVING SCHOOL
    35 1 ROME, Sun. (Reuter) An Italian, Alessandro Serafini. has sent an application to the Italian Transport Ministry to open a driving school on the moon, and promises free lessons tor the first 10 students.
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    Lock icon Filipina Is The Prettiest Of All
    293 1 Miss Universe MIAMI, Sun. (Reuter) Miss Philippines, Gloria Diaz, 18, tonight was named Miss Universe for 1969 at the annual pageant here. Miss Diaz, who speaks English and Spanish, was selected out of 66 contestants from throughout the world. She received 10.000 dollars (about
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    Lock icon Honduras Accused Of Breaking Ceasefire
    299 1 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras. Sun (UPI) A Salvadorean army spokesman accused Honduran troops of breaking the latest ceasefire on Saturday with attacks on five Salvadorean positions along the frontier. An Organization of American States (OAS) source estimated that 2,500 people had been killed or wounded in the
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    Lock icon 'BEAUTY PLUS BRAINS' GIRLS SELL SINGAPORE
    209 2 OUR "beauty plus brains" girls are making a big Impact wherever they go to sell Singapore to foreign travel agents and woo prospective tourists to come and see for themselves "Instant Asia," in the Republic. Currently. Miss Tourism Singapura, 1969, Miss Rosalind Ong, is
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    Lock icon Malaysian Swamp Land Worked On
    209 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Selangor government is taking steps to convert 230.000 acres of jungle swampy land for agricultural purposes while waiting for a report from a foreign expert on the proper utilisation of land. The acting Mentri Besar. Enche Shoin bin Haji Ahmad said
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    Lock icon Asian Package Tourism Urged
    141 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Steady growth of tourism can be achieved in this region if hoteliers and tourist organisations co-operate to organise package tours between Asian countries. This was stated today by the Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry. Enche Talib bin Mahmud before leaving Penang for
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    Lock icon Elegant Uniforms For Receptionists
    360 2 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board will "revolutionise the sarong-kebaya uniforms for its receptionists into something more practical, chic and absolutely attractive. "We want them to have a different Identity with the Board wearing these new distinctive uniforms which are specially created by a Paristrained fashion designer.
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    Lock icon Sarawak Trade Shows Surplus
    146 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Sarawak's external trade for the first three months of the year showed a trade surplus of more than $139.2 million as against a deficit of $2 6 million during the same period last year. The figures were disclosed yesterday by the Department of
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    Lock icon LIM AGAIN ELECTED TO HEAD TOURIST ASSN.
    337 2 MR. HERBERT Lim Eng Kwan has been elected chairman of the Singapore Tourist Association for the third successive year. H£ was elected to the post at the annual general meeting of the association held at the Adelphl Hotel's Coleman Room early last week.
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    Lock icon ALATAS IS FOR K.L. BAN
    234 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Gerakan Ra'ayat Malaysia today declared Its backing for the government's move to restore normalcy, Including the banning of local publications in the Interest of the nation's security. The National Chairman of the Party. Prof. Syed Hussien Alatas told a press conference
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    Lock icon WIRE THEFT
    66 2 POLICE yesterday appealed to the public to ring OQQ If they see suapicloua persons tampering with electrical wires. The appeal was made after four reports of theft of STB telephone wires at fo'ir different places on July 19 Two of them were at Kim Keat Road, one from
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    Lock icon MULTI-RACIALISM IS SEEN A REAL ASSET
    463 2 THE ultimate safeguard for security and prosperity In the Republic depends on the resolve of the people in establishing a multi-racial society with complete equality of opportunity for all races. This was stated by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture. Mr. Fong
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    Lock icon P. R. Men Of Five Nations To Meet
    251 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The public relations administrative and production requirements of the armed forces of the five participating nations in the forthcoming joint exercise will be discussed at a 2-day conference at the Ministry of Defence here on Wednesday. The exercise, code-named
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    Lock icon Durian Hazard
    137 2 THE fruit season here is in full harvest but woe to those who forget their social obligations while savouring rambutans and durians. The Ministry of Health has warned motorists and their passengers that discarding of fruit skins and seeds on public roads is an offence punishable bv a
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    Lock icon Malaysia Situation Improving
    252 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The general situation In the country Is continuing to Improve, but isolated caseg of arson and assault are still keeping tension and fear alive in certain sensitive areas, the Malaysian Police Control Centre reported this evening. It added that no fresh incident had been
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    Lock icon Salt Factory
    70 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Malaysian government has approved the setting up of a salt factory In the west coast of West Malaysia. This was announced today by the Minister of Commer e and Industry. Enche M"* hamed Khir Johari who said the factory would help Malaysia to save
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      159 2 (Finished colour prints in seconds.) I o A i HOL**iliD COLOU The first Polaroid Colour Pack Camera was sold in France in 1965 for $255. For the last 4 yean we have looked for ways to make this camera for less money. We now have the Colorpack II for $lOO.
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    Lock icon Thor Heyderdahl Hopes To Track Abandoned Raft 'Ra'
    540 4 Thor Heyderdahl Hopes To Track Abandoned Raft Ra' BRIDGETOWN, Barbados. Sun. (UPI) Thor Heyderdahl and his crew headed yesterday for Barbados aboard the yacht "Shenandoah," giving up the attempt to cross from Africa to Central America because sharks prevented repairs to the storm-damaged Egyptian papyrus raft "Ra." The Ra. which
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    Lock icon Blockhead Theft
    117 4 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) A marble head, worth about 10.000 sterling, has been stolen from a unique fifth-century Greek frieze at the British Museum. The theft was discovered by the Museum Authorities on June 17 but it was kept secret until today. The 100-foot lonj frieze, made up of
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    Lock icon Newspapers Allege 'Oldest Mother' Claim An Hoax
    386 4 JOHANNESBURG, Sun. (Reuter) A grandmother who claimed she gave birth at the age of 58 shut herself in her house to-day and refused callers as newspapers quoted her as saying it was all a hoax. A notice posted on the door at Mrs.
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    Lock icon Fatal Snore
    46 4 WEST BERLIN, Sun. (Renter) A 71-year-old West Berlin pensioner killed his 78-year-old room-mate at an old peoples' home on Friday night by smashing a chair over his victim's head, a police spokesman said. He told police on arrest, "I got infuriated because he snored."
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    126 4 ROME. Sun. (UPI) Maxl coats, tunics and trousers in black, white, red, plum, green and brown spell Fashion 6970. Judging by the Italian fall and winter collections shown to date. Heels are higher and not as chunky, though still far from slim. Boots are either anklelength. or the
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    Lock icon Field Day For Apollo Gamblers
    179 4 ROME. Sun. (UPI) Thousands of Italians who bet thla week's State-controlled lottery with numbers associated with the moon, space travel or the Apollo 11 flight, hit the jackpot yesterday. Seven of the winning numbers picked by machines were backed by billions of lire wagered by
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    Lock icon 19 Drowned In River
    115 4 ANGERS. France, Sun (UPI> A sandy rlverbank forbidden to swimmers since 1957 gave way under 23 children In a day camp outing on Friday and 19 of them drowned In the swirling current of the River Loire Three local families lost two children each In the
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    Lock icon Gen. Franco To Announce Royal Heir On Tuesday
    539 4 MADRID, Sun. (Reuter) General Franco is expected on Tuesday to make a young Bourbon prince as future King of Spain, but ironically the move is likely to anger Spanish monarchists and split the Royal family- For 30 years the 76-year-old leader had
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    Lock icon Fairfax Atlantic Trip A Success
    550 4 PORT LAUDERDALE, Florida. Sun. (UPI) A bearded and "bloody tired" British adventurer waded into the arms of his girl-friend at a public beach south of here yesterday to end successfully 180-day solo voyage across the Atlantic in a 22-foot rowboat. "I haven't sleDt in days.
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    Lock icon Rumor's Last Bid To Form New Govt.
    259 4 ROME, Sun. (Reuter) Italy's Prime Minister Designate, Signor Mariano Rumor, makes a final attempt next week to form a new coalition government and avoid the need for an early general election this autumn. I After his first round of lnter-party consultations ended in
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    Lock icon Another Soviet Craft In Med.
    57 4 ISTANBUL. Sun. (Reuter) A Soviet support ghip of the Ugra Claa* used for servicing nuclear submarines passed through the Bosphoru* on its way to the Mediterranean yesterday. Istanbul Port Authority aid the 9,000 tons. 420-foot long ship, built on warship line* has four twin-barrelled 12.5
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    Lock icon Fair Queen After The Fair
    95 4 POOLE. England. Sun. (Reuter) Carnival Queen. Yvonne Short, grabbed her velvet robe and gold crown, jumped into a taxi and ordered the driver "find the procession and follow it." Yvonne. 21. got left behind when the procession moved off through the streets of this south
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    Lock icon Indian Conductor Married
    128 4 LOS ANGELES. Sun. (Reuter) Zubin Mehta of India. Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and cons:deied one of the world's leading young conductors, married American Television Actress, Nancy Kovak, here yestercay. The couple were married in the West wood Community Methodist Church and then at the
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    Lock icon In Commemoration Of Hitler Bomb Plot
    193 4 WEST BERLIN, Sun. (Reuter) Dr. Gustav Heinemann, new West German President, yesterday said. "A good German cannot be a Nationalist. To-day, a national-minded German can only be a European." Recalling the days of Hitler Germany, he said, "such disaster must not recur." Germany's national
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      92 4 TODAY ari Monday, July 21, 1969. ARIBS UAH. 21 AM. If 49-32-33-55 71-73-73 yf TAURUS A\ APH. 20 HAY 20 18-21-23-26 sa l TAR GAZE By CLAY H POLLAN Your Doily Activity Guido According to tho Start. To develop message for Monday, reod words corresponding to numbers of your Zodioc
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    Lock icon A TIGHTER REIGN
    591 6 MRS Gandhi's decision Saturday to nationalise major Indian Commercial banks comes as no surprise since the current drama in the affair and her personal differences with Mora J i Desai which led to the latter's removal from the post of Finance Minister and his resigning the office
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    Lock icon THE POWER AND THE FEAR
    382 6 THE world is again caught by fear this time the fear of super powers and the near super one. The condition is not quite dissimilar to the trauma that shook the people when the guns of Hitler started roaring. Today's fear is also universal. Super
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    Lock icon Flotsam, Jetsam And Mr. Morris's Treasure Trove
    1012 6  -  By Fred Mpanga LONDON Echoes of the War of the Spanish Succession two and a half centuries ago fill Sotheby's sale rooms in London when two French naval cannons, thousands of gold and silver coins, silver plate and other "artifacts" from H.M.S. Association
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    Lock icon TODAY'S QUOTATION
    37 6 Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. Cecil B. de MiUe.
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    Lock icon ANOTHER OLD S'PORE GUN
    697 6  -  LETTERS... S. RAMACHANDRA Singapore 1 CAME across an illustrated book on mili- tary weapons from the earliest to the modern times in which the 13 i mortar of the type is f shown. Beyond stating that the gun was used in the American Civil War. there
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    Lock icon They Must Go Forward
    683 6  -  JOSEPH ALSOP LONDON They cannot go back, so they must go forward. This is the summation, by one of the wisest European observers, of the problem facing the Soviets in their Eastern European empire since their brutal invasion of Czechoslovakia. At home in the United States,
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    Lock icon Mboya's Bridge Is Falling Down
    1027 6  -  The assassination of Tom Mboya is a tragedy for Kenya. He was one of the few leaders in Africa whe bridged not the rap between black and white, but also the more difficult passage between the continent's tribal past and its ambitions for a non-tribnl
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Cheaper Wheat, Or Just A Rumbled Mart?
      228 7 »v? n \.(Reuter) Latest moves in the shaky world wheat market could open a pricecutting war or lead to stable but lower prices, Mr. Jean-Luc Pepin the Canadian Trade Minister, said here. The United States decision, to reduce its prices in face of
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      Lock icon Very Depressed London Mart
      530 7 Govt's 1994 Loan Jolts Investors LONDON, Sun. (UPI) Investors this week seemed still to be following that traditional stock market advice heard earlier in the year to "sell in May and go away." Buyerg deserted the exchange and industrial shares slumped to set a new low
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      Lock icon Adverse Reports Slump Car Sales
      76 7 TOKYO. Sun. (Reuter) The growth rate of Japan's motor-car production sharply declined in June, according to the Japan Automobile Indus, try Association. The Association attributed the decline to automobile makers' reports of defects in their cars. The Association said Japan's car production in the month
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      Lock icon '26 Per Cent Investment In Future'
      153 7 SYDNEY, Sun. (UPI) federal Treasurer William McMahon said on Friday night Australia ploughed back 26 per cent of it's annual production into future investment. No other nation of the world, with the exception of Japan, had this record, he said. McMahon, addressing the New
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      Lock icon CLOSING session of the fourth regional conference of development banks of Asia sponsored by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held in Manila shows (L-R) D. C. Gunesekaram, ADB Secretary, Takeshi Watanabe, ADB President, Hon Sui Sen, Pres. Development Bank of Singapore, who chaired the conference, and H. Huehne, ADB chief technical Advisor.
      53 7 CLOSING session of the fourth regional conference of development banks of Asia sponsored by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held in Manila shows (L-R) D. C. Gunesekaram, ADB Secretary, Takeshi Watanabe, ADB President, Hon Sui Sen, Pres. Development Bank of Singapore, who chaired the conference, and H. Huehne, ADB chief
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      Lock icon Minister Quits As Indira Controls Banks In India
      846 7 HONG KONG, Sun. (UPI) The Indian government lost weekend nationalised the nation's major banks in a move related to Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi's new economic policies. Acting President V.V. Giri signed on ordinance which will nationalise all banks with deposits totalling
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      Lock icon Computer Boom Continues
      169 7 (AIS). MELBOURNE, Australia. The number of computers operating In Australia has increased from 400 to 1.000 and the computer workforce hag grown from 9,000 to 18.000 since 1965. These figures were given by the Federal Treasurer. Mr. William McMahon at the opening of the National Banks data
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      Lock icon Thai Tapioca
      73 7 BANGKOK. Sun. (Reuter) Thailand will double last year's export of tapioca flour to 200,000 tons. Mr. Suvit Wanglee, president of the Flour Association said today. Mr. Suvit told reporters that the reason for the increase was higher production this year. Mr. Suvit however warned exporters that Indonesia, Thailand's
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      Lock icon HK Exported 68.9 m. Yards Of Cotton To The US
      279 7 NEW YORK, Sun. (UP!) Hong Kong exported 68.9 million square yards of cotton piece goods to the United States during the first five months of this year, down 500,000 square yards from the same period of 1968, Hong Kong trade
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      Lock icon Colourless Week
      730 7 The weekly market review OVERALL conditions in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore the past week remained bearish although there were signs of an improving trend. The tendency for the downward drift had falls right in a large majority and on the week, some 65 industrials. 10
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      Lock icon Xerox Gets Exports Citation
      219 7 XEROX CORP has been given the 'E' lor Excellence In Export Award by President Nixon at a Whit« House ceremony where Xerox President Mr. C. Peter McColough received it on behalf ol the Corp. The *E' Award is presented to US manufacturers and business organisations for
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      418 7 aKRIVALS 8 00 am. MSA MLO2B Kuala Lampor. t> 00 a.m. MSA ML11» Bull Lumpur. 101 ft ajn. MSA MLI2I Koala Lumpur. 10 23 am. MSA MLOO6 Penang. Ipoh. Kuala Lun.piir Malacca. 1040 ajn. THAI TG422 Bangkok. 1235 p.m. PAN-AM PAB4I Saigon. Guam, Honolulu. San Francisco 12.50 p.m.
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      Lock icon 'Vitaphragm' Suspension For Chairs
      121 7 LONDON. Sun. (UPI) Kosuga, one of Japan's largest furniture manufacturers. 1* introducing Vitaphragm rubber seat suspensions in Its chairs. This follows a recent announcement that more than 500.000 of these British seat systems will be fitted to Japanese motor vehicles by the end of the year.
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      124 7 SHIPPING NOTICE Coleartul He M/S "TAIPOOSHAIT, 12.000 TOM Grots. Speed It Knots. Singapore X 3 24 July 8 9 Anx 24 25 AUK •10 Sept rOBTNIGBTLT EXP*£BB BKXVICK FOB HONGKONG —SINGAPOEI PENANG Penang Singapore tS 21 JwJy 28 Jaly 10/12 Au lj'U A«g i* Anr Aug 11/13 Sept 1«/1» Sept
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      15 7 Thai International now flies to more countries' in the Orient than any other airline i/
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    Lock icon PICTORICAL SOCIAL ROUND-UP
    481 8 TOP: The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture. Mr. Fong Sip Chee inspects a guard-of-honour put up by student contingents at the National Cadet Corps City District Parade held in conjunction with the Singapore Youth Festival 1969 at Raffles Institution grounds over the week-end. LEFT: The
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    Lock icon CADET OFFICERS BIG DAY
    38 8 A SECTION of the smart officers cadets waiting for their turn to be commissioned bv the Defence Minister, Mr. Lim Kim San at a solemn and dignified ceremony held at the Singapore Conference HalL
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL TEN DOLLARS ESSAY WINNERS
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      Lock icon THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
      463 9 IF we hope to make a success of life, we must have a clearly defined oim. We must have a fixed objective always in mind so that we can proceed along a definite path. This is perhaps most strongly illustrated by the case of a young
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      Lock icon CARTOONS
      530 9 CARTOONS are one of those things that people see everyday and never talk about. This is despite the popularity of cartoons. By cartoons, I mean not only those little squares or strips that appear in the newspapers, bdt also film strips shown on television. "We may wonder at their
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      Lock icon Sounds I Like To Hear
      359 9 SOME of my favourite sounds are no other than those made by nature. Among them are the sound of the perpetual waves rippling over the sandy beach. The rustling of leaves in the breeze and the howling of wind are some examples of those I
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      Lock icon Reaching For Outer Space
      541 9 MAN is forever curious. He has conceived many new ideas and invented many things. He has explored what there is to be explored on earth. But few men would ever dream that an exciting period of space exploration has opened up in this century. The search
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      Lock icon His 'Fortunate' Mistake
      535 9 TAN Ah Hce cculd not control himself any longer. Tears came rolling down his cheeks as he walked slowly out of his school. The iowcr certificate examination results had just been read out by his teacher, and he was the only one who had failed. He was
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      Lock icon Manners That Make The Man
      371 9 MANNERS are what every man must have before he can hope to achieve popularity and success in life. A man who wishes to impress his partner on his good manners often uses flattery. This may work if he is sincere about what he has said,
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      230 9 Essay writing: Rules to observe All entrant'* are requested to observe the following rules: 2. Each entrant must fill in his/her own writing the entry form appended below in block letters. 2. Ao entry will be considered without the entry form properly filled up. 3. The entrant must attach his/her
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      128 9 AMY 5-27 CficfC^oST By Jack Tip pit "You know what I like 'bout you, Roger? I like you because your good habits are not so bad and your bad habits are not so bad, either."' DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saundos and AldenMcMffiara IT MIGHT DO MORE GOOD IF > VDU'D
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  • SUN SPORT
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      Lock icon CAPTAIN FLEET'S KING'S CUP
      1675 10 By BIG BEN KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Fairway Stable's Captain Fleet beat 15 other runners to win the King's Gold Cup worth $30,000 here today. Neglected on the tote Captain Fleet, ridden by Ricky Kingston, paid $99 for a win ticket. Always in touch with the leaders
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      Lock icon Azahar Smashes National High Jump Record
      825 10 A brilliant Jump by Singapore's high jump champion, Nor Azahar Hamid, was the highlight on the final day of the two-day Swift Athletes Association's annual athletic championships at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre, yesterday. Azashar, 20, a National Serviceman, smashed the National and Singapore
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      Lock icon 5 Newcomers In UK Team
      145 10 Ryder Cup SOUTHPORTN. England. Sun. (Reuter) Britain today Included five newcomers In their 12-strong team to meet the United States in the biennial Ryder Cup golf contest to be held at Royal Birkdale here from September 1320 Six of the team had already qualified automatically
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      Lock icon Lodewijk Wins Czech M/cycle GP
      136 10 BRNO. Czechoslovakia. Sun. (Reuter) Paul Lodewijk, of Holland, riding a Yamaha, won the 50cc event at the Czechoslovak Motorcycle Grand Prix world championship meeting here today. Lodewijk covered the six laps, totalling 83.4 kilometres (5181 miles) In 41:23.3 minutes at an average 120 KPH (74.56
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      Lock icon Gaia's Irish Oaks By 3 Lengths
      128 10 THE CURRACH. Ireland, Sun. (UPI) Americanowned filly GAIA ridden by Irishman Liam Ward cruised to a three-length victory yesterday in the Irish Oaks classic to win prize money of nearly £21.000. Gala, a 9-1 chance, always was in the front rank and when Ward
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      Lock icon Gary And Loh For Aussie C'ships
      497 10 BOWLING Gary Burling and S. Y. Loh as winners in the two finals of the MSA Big Bowl Classic at Jackie's Bowl. Orchard and Katong. They will represent Singapore at the Australian Bowling Championships at Brisbane in October. At Orchard, yesterday S Y. Loh
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      Lock icon Boon Poon Captures Challenge Trophy
      517 10 Tan Boon Poon of G Division captured (he Ind iv i d u a Championship Challenge Trophv at the first Special Constabulary annual athletic meet at the Police Academy Grounds yesterday. Tan took top place in the 110 metres hurdles and was placed second in
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      205 10 INDIAN Association held Singapore Recreation Club to a draw in the second round of the SCA Division One league match at the Indian Association ground Bales:ier Road, yesterday. IA who are now placed at the bottom of the league table, batted first and were dismissed
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      69 10 CRETEIL. France, Sun. (AFP) Joseph Spruvt of Belgium won the first cart of the final stage of the Tour of France cycle race today, covering the 111.5 kilometres (69.6 miles' from to Creteil in two hours 56 minutes 18 seconds. His compatriot and teammate Eddy
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      50 10 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL:— ($31,088) Ist Prize No. *****0 $7,694 2nd Prize No. *****7 $3,847 3rd Prize No. *****7 $1,923 Starters: ($l6O each) Nos: *****6 *****9 *****0 *****0 *****7 *****2 *****1 *****8 *****9 *****3 *****3 *****8 Consolation: ($l7O each) Nos:— *****1 *****8 *****2 *****5 *****8 *****6 *****9 *****0 *****6 *****4.
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    Lock icon Younis Puts Surrey To A Big Lead
    502 11 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Younis Ahmed, of Pakistan, English County cricket's most prolific scorer this season, hoisted Surrey into a commanding position against Middlesex with another fine batting performance at The Oval here yesterday. Younis hammered 68 in 78 minutes to help Burrey reach
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    168 11 DAVIS CUP LONDON. Bun fßeuten Britain and Rumania yesterday won their respective European Zone finals of the Davis Cup and moved a step nearer to a challenge round meeting with the holders, the United States. Britain completed in upset 3-2 victory over South Africa at Bristol,
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    104 11 NEW YORK. Sun. (Reuter) Results of yesterday's major league baseball games: American Leajfue New York Yankees 9 Washington Senators 0 (Ist), New York Yankees 0, Washington Senators 2 (2nd). Detroit Tigers 10 Cleveland Indians 4. Chicago White Sox 5. Kansas City Royals 4. Oakland Athletics 3 California
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    72 11 PRIVATE Salleh bin Ibrahim of the Royal Army Ordinance Corps clears 1.91 metres a new Joint Services record in the high jump event held here recently. An outstanding army athlete. Salleh who is from Kelantan. has represented the Armv at hockey, football and athletics. His soccer
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    56 11 SILYERSTONE. Er. gland Sun (Renter) Britain's Jackie Stewart, driving a Matra. won the Brlt.sh Grand Prix hPre yesterday. Belgian Jackie Ickx (Brabham) was second wi'h New Zealanrier Bruce McLaren (McLaren* third and Austrian Jochen Rlndt (Lotus' fourth. Britain's Piers Courage driving a prlvatelv-entered B.R.M. finished fifth and
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    147 11 DETROIT. Michigan. Sun (I'PI) Buster Mathis has been suspended from boxing for walkin* out on his scheduled July 23 heavyweight fight with Al "Blue" Lpwis. "I susppndpd him on Wednpsday whpn he broke his contract.' Chuck Havpy. .Michigan Boxing Commissioner said of thp colourful Grand
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    291 11 SICC'R Chua Yew. handicap six shot a 36-37 73. one-over par over the Thomson links to post the best gross during the Eu Tong Sen Cup qualifying trials yesterday. Winner of the Keppel Open (1967). and Malaysian A Division Ooen championship last year.
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    105 11 AIX EN PROVENCE. Sun. (Reuten Britain's Anne Jones won the women's singles title at the Golden Racket championships hpre yesterday beating Francoise Durr of France in 40 minutes. Mrs Jones won a very poor final ©n the sun baked courts here 6-1, 6-1 before a
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    69 11 FRINTON, Eng'.and. Sun. (UPI) Australians swept both men's and women's singles titles yesterday at the Essex lawn tennis championships. Ghaham Primrose beat Keith Wooldridge of Britain. 6-4. 6-3 to take the men's title and Margaret Court beat Pat Walkden of South Africa. 6-2, 4-6. 6-4 in the women's
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    73 11 SANDWICH, England. Sun. (Reuter) Peter Alliss. the British Ryder Cup golfer, scored his first major success in England since 1967 when he won the £7,000 Piccadilly medal knock-nut tournament AlUts beat fellow Briton George Will after a sudden death play-off. The two players had tied on 149,
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    434 11 SHARKS snored 95 points to emerge champions at the first annual swimming carnival sponsored by the Public Swimming Club at the Yan Kit Swimming Pool on Saturday. Whales were r unner-up with 81 points. Sawfish with 54 points were third. Results:- 100 m freestyle Men: 1. Soh
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    114 11 PORT ELIZABETH. Sun. (Reuter) The Australian Rugby Union tourists easily won a lacklustre match against Eastern Province by 17 points to nil here yesterday. The game was fought out almost entirely between the forwards, and thp Wallabies surprisingly outplayed the much heavier Eastern Province pack led
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    286 11 LOS ANGELES. California. Sun. (AFP) United States emerged as comfortable winners both over Soviet Union and the British Commonwealth In their triangular international athletics meet which ended here yesterday. They beat the Soviet Union by 125 points to 110 and crushed the Commonwealth team by
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      1187 11 TV and Radio (CHANNEL 5) P.M. 300 Opening Announcements in all Languages Morning Star; 325 Health in the Home English; 335 Be Our Guest Chinese: 35a House and Home Tamil; 4 00 A Diarv of Event? in Singapore This Week Ta-ml 405 Scarlet Hill; 455 Close 6 '>o Prog Summary
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    140 12 THESE "ARAB" maids are not from the entourage of a visiting oil Sheik. They are pupils of the Choon Guan School doiner the dance of the "Tinkling Bells" at the closing performance of the Youth Festival on Saturday night. THESE YOUNG GIRLS »re part of the dance item
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    Lock icon NEW ENGINEERING FIRM SECURES FIRST ORDER
    263 12 A NEWLY-ESTABLISHED Singapore-Hongkong joint engineering venture here has secured its first order, worth $1 million, to supply hotel appliances to several major hotels in the Republic. The contract with Faithful Engineering (Singapore) Private Limited is for the supply of steam boilers, water heaters, laundry
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    133 12 The National Productivity Centre, a unit of the Economic Development Board, will conduct a three-week course on v jrk simplification from Aug. li i2B. followed bv a four week in-plant practical application. The aim of the course is to let participants utilise the techniques of
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    35 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Eight piculs of tin-ore worth about $2,500 were reported stolen from Kampar Tin Mine in Perak yesterday. The theft was discovered by storekeeper. Mr. Lee Fah Yin. 33. yesterday morning.
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    57 12 A 34-year-old stevedore. Loh She Kong was shopping along Pitt Street on Julv 19. when he felt someone "pinching" his wallet. Loh turned around and saw a youth running away. His cry for help was answered by an off-duty policeman who arrested the youth after a short chase.
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    894 12 THE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. last night hit out at those who try to introduce fads and fetishes of the contemporary permissive society of the West. "In the interest of all, we cannot and will not allow this permissive, escapist, drug-taking, self-indulgent
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    148 12 Coming out from a newsvendor's stall with a Sunaay copy of the Eastern Sun. eight-year-old Tan Eng Fong yesterday came into "firing range" of our cameraman Richard Chow. Result: She was "shot" carrying her Eastern Sun copy. Like four other readers before her. a 10-cent investment has brought
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    124 12 Singapore's Foreign Minister and Minister for Labour. Mr. S Rajaratnam. will this evenin? declare open a $250,000 building (seen above) to provide additional facilities for the Ramakrishna Mission's educational activities here. The Swami Yivekananda Centenary Memorial Building has been built from funds donated by well-wishers from
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    388 12 A NEW organisation to help Malay students overcome their difficulties in understanding lectures or lessons in English was recently incorporated as a public company limited by guarantee in Singapore. The organisation Yayasan Rakyat Bhd i People's Foundation) w-as formed following a seminar on Malay
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    183 12 DOGS bred in Singapore and Malaysia will compete with dogs imported from the U.K., Australia. USA and other countries at the Singapore Dog Show to be held on Sept. 20 at the Gay World Stadium here. The show is sponsored by the Malaysian Kennel Association
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    21 12 THERE were a total of 81 accidents, of which seven were serious, during the 24 hour* ended 4 p.m. yesterday.
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      130 12 TOTO DRAW THE following numbers were drawn in yesterday's Toto Pools: 38 37 42 18 2 The additional number drawn was: 44 The numbers drawn for the weeklv draw were:— 131 1969 ***** Time Tide High Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 2.18 a.m. (8 ft.) 3.15 p.m. (7.8 ft.). Naval Dockyard:
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