Eastern Sun, 28 August 1969

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 110! Thunday, 28 August 1969. ir MC(P) 0737 Prio* 15 cents
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    Lock icon BID ON ALLON'S LIFE UNCOVERED
    449 1 JERUSALEM, Wed. (UPI Reuter) Would-be assassins tried unsuccessfully to kill Israeli Deputy Premier Yigall Allon yesterday on the heels of the first Arab guerrilla rocket attack in more than two years on the city of Jerusalem Israeli Police sources said. Authorities said a hand grenade
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    Lock icon C'wealth Citizens Need Visas For HK
    295 1 HONG KONG, Wed. (Reuter) Commonwealth citizens will need visas to live in Hong Kong from next month but tourists and businessmen from Commonwealth countries will be allowed to stay in the colony for up to three months without visas. The visa regulations will come
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    Lock icon SULTAN SUSPENDS PROBE
    72 1 BRUNEI TOWN. Wed. (Reuter) The Sultan of Brunei has ordered the immediate suspension of the Brunei Public Accounts Committee, which has been probing government spending sine® early this year. It is understood the order, made under emergency regulations. is in the interests of security. The five-man committee,
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    Lock icon Gurkha Recruitment Reduced
    71 1 KATHMANDU. Wed (Reuter) —Nepal is to reduce recruitment of the nation's tough Gurkhas for the British and Indian Armies. Foreign Minister G B Rajbhan Ri told the Rashtnya Panchayat (Parliament) yesterday there were 14.000 Ne palese in the Indian Army and 10.000 in the British Army. The
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    Lock icon High Court Trial 'For Mboya Killer'
    83 1 NAIROBI Wed. (Reuter)— Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoroge charged with murderin* Tom Mboya. Kenya's Minister for Economic planning and development, will be tried in the Kenya High court here next Monday. The Office of Mr. Samuel Waruhlu, defending counsel, today confirmed the trial date. The
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    Lock icon Soviets To Free 19 Fishermen
    98 1 TOKYO. Wed 'Reuter) The Soviet Union will release this week 19 Japanese fishermen detained !n Russia on suspicion of violating territorial water, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said today. The ministry said >t would send two coast guard patrol boats to receive the fishermen one to
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    Lock icon FOR THREE CENTS...
    58 1 SALERNO. ITALY Wed. (UPl)—Umberto Beritto. 18. was getting the worst of it in a fight with 33-year-old Antonio Giordano about a 2ft lire (three-cent) debt when Beritto'* father decided to intervene. The elder Beritto fired a barrage of pistol shots. Several bullets struck Giordano causing him minor
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    Lock icon EMPRESS IS EXPECTING
    37 1 TEHERAN. Wed. (AFP). Empress Farah is expecting her fourth child, it was officially announced here today. No prospective date was given for the birth, but it is expected to be in January or February.
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    Lock icon Police Hunt For Murder "Accident" Robbery Gang
    338 1 The Police disclosed yesterday how robbers murdered a sub-contractor in "a well-planned Highway accident" to rob the victim of a payroll he was carrying alone Keppel Road on Saturday. Wong Chen Choo. 49. who suffered serious injuries as a result of the "accident**,
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    Lock icon Japanese Navy Visiting W. Malaysia Next Week
    244 1 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. —Four destroyer* at the Japanese training squadron of the Maritime selfDefence Force will make a three-day visit to Port Swettenham from Sept 1 to 3. The destroyers, comprising Teruruki. Takanami. On ami and Makinami. under the command of Rear Admiral
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    Lock icon Preparation For Coming Storm
    375 1 Fairhall: Prudence Demands CANBERRA, Wed. (AFP)—Australia facet no early threat to its security but ordinary prudence demands that this should not be taken for granted. Defence Minister Aden Fairhall told Parliament today. He was speaXmg on the debate for Australian budget for the current financial year.
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    Lock icon POISONED RIVER
    36 1 JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter) —More than 300 people have been taken to hospital with stomach pains in Purwokerto, Central Java, after drinking water po'.luted by fishermen using chemicals explosives, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported today.
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    49 1 MANILA. Wed. (Reuter) Hundreds of pushcarts propelled by paid volunteers have begun collecting Manila's garbage. The English-Language Manila Daily Mirror said in an editorial today that never since the Japanese occupation had Manila been reduced to such apparent poverty. but tourists would probably find the carts "cute."
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    Lock icon M'sia Hopes For 'New Era Of Relationship'
    347 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Yang diPerfuan Agong hoped today the 1970's will usher in a new era of relationship' between Malaysia and Singapore and 'a new chapter in the history of this region.' He said this when the new Singapore High Commissioner to
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    Lock icon NEW POWER STATION
    73 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The new $72 million steam power station in Port Dickaon will produce 40 per cent of West Malaysia's present requirement of electricity This was stated today by the Chief Resident Engineer supervising its construction, Mr. R.G. Whillock who said the station would become the
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    Lock icon Mahesan Case: Counsel Alleges 'Plot Victim'
    1033 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Mr. M. Shonkar, counsel for T. Mahesan today alleged in High Court that his client was the victim of a plot hatched against him by three persons, one of whom tried to blackmail phone sometime In April or May 1967. Mr.
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    Lock icon Statutory Board Workers 'Not Privileged Class'
    307 2 PUBLIC employees must adjust themselves to the socio-eonomic conditions of an independent Singapore and must regard themselves as a part of the working class in the Republic. The General Secretary of the Singapore Telephone Board Workers Union. Mr. O. Kandasamy, stated this when he
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    Lock icon AFIA Expands Indonesian Operation
    150 2 MR. Bowdre P. May», Jr. has announced the appointment of Mr. C.R. Lacy as manager of the Indonesian portion of AFIA's worldwide insurance network. The Jakarta branch was returned to its ownership almost two years ago and has been operated by Mr. R. Soenarto, AFIA's permanent
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    Lock icon Bigger Quota For China's Silk Export To U.K.
    87 2 LONDOX, Wed. (Reuter) China is being given permission to Increase her sales of silk yarn to Britain, according to trade sources here. The Board of Trade (Trade Ministry) which operates an Import quota system for textiles, will shortly announce that the value
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    Lock icon Sunpix shows Dr. Howarth with the president of the SIA, Mr. Rex Koh. (Story in Page 12).
    66 2 THE Singapore Institute of Architects yesterday played hosts to the visiting Dean of Faculty of Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture, of the University of Toronto, Dr. Thomas Howarth. Dr. Howarth
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    Lock icon FLYING MANHOLE COVERS IN LONDON CITY
    217 2 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Fire flashed through electrical maim under London streets today, flinging steel manhole covers high into the air and sending pedestrians diving for shelter. Towers of smoke erupted fiom the streets of the crowded financial area known as "the city". Some bankers
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    Lock icon Code Of Ethics For Motor Industry
    178 2 THE Singapore Centre of the Institute of Motor Industry was registered recently and held its first annual general meeting Those elected into office for the ensuing year were Mr. W O. van Harpen, chairman: Mr. AH. Vict, vice chairman. Mr. H O. Thomas, secretary
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    Lock icon About People In Singapore
    372 2 Lt. Col. A. Navlor will be the speaker at the Rotary Club of Singapore- West luncheon at the Dutch Club in Camden Park today. According to programme chairman Mr. Leonard Rayner, he will speak on "Cruising under sail". Rtn. V G. Caccavale will rive a vote
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    Lock icon 54 Criminals Freed For 'Wandering Soul' Festival
    230 2 SAIGON. Wed. (Reuter) The release of 54 criminals ordered by President Nguyen Van Thieu in an amnesty marking the Bud. dhist festival of wandering souls today has been extended to include 44 prisoners of war. A government spokesman said at least two of
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    Lock icon More Peking Vitriol
    173 2 HONG KONG. Wed. (Reuter) An article released by the New China News Agency today accused the Soviet Union of dishing up a theory to legalise its poicy of expansion and aggression. The article written by a roldier said the Soviet Union, following the tune of the United
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    Lock icon INVISIBLE COLOUR CODES
    190 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. In' a project sponsored by the 1 U.S. Agricultural Research Service. Israeli scientists have developed invisible colour codes, decipherable by physical or chemical methods, for 30 species of seeds. This colour coding. U.S. officials said, could revolutionise the blending and certification of seeds throughout the
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    Lock icon CAR TAX TO FINANCE ROAD CONSTRUCTION
    114 2 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI> government bas proposed a stiff new tax on the purchase of automobiles to finance conit ruction of roads, subways and railroads in a p® n K The proposal outlined Kakuei Tanaka. general of the ruling LiberalDemocratic Party, would maK Japanese car
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    Lock icon Doll's Wife Charged With Spreading Rumours
    229 4 ATHENS, Wed. (Reuter) Mrs. Aghelikl Maghakis. who claimed that her university professor husband was tortured in Jail, appears before a court martial here today charged with spreading false rumours. Earlier this month, the 45-year-old wife of the Professor of Penal Law at Athens University,
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    Lock icon A Matter Of Paperwork
    126 4 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Colin Dynes had waited a while for his new Rolls-Royce, and he was disappointed when the firm told him there was a hitch In the paperwork. But they said he could go for a ride in it anyway, with one of the firm's
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    Lock icon 'Lifeboat For Billiard Hall'
    101 4 BLACKPOOL. England. Wed. <UPI) The boys down at the coastguard station are used to emergency appeals for a lifeboat. They are not used to an appeal for a lifeboat coming from a billiard hall. It happened down at Riley's Billiard Hall, when a maid somewhat over
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    Lock icon Gabor Barred From Hotel
    61 4 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. '(Reuter) Film actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has been barred from one of San Francisco's top hotels, the Mark Hopkins, because she threw a hair brush at a maid and abused the staff, a hotel spokesman said yesterday. "We don't need her here, don't
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    Lock icon IMAGINE THAT...
    85 4 BRESCIA, North Italy. Wed. (Reuter) A man yesterday reported to police here the theft of 20.000 lire (£l3). and his left arm. Vittorio Sziani. 49, whose right hand and left arm are artificial, told police he noticed the money and arm were missin? when he returned home after
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    Lock icon Labour Party Urges More Aid For Family Planning
    203 4 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) —The British Labour Party today urged more international aid for family planning projects as part of the effort to raise living standards among poorer nations. The recommendation was made in a party pamphlet titled "The flght against world poverty."*
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    Lock icon Another 'First' For Prof. Barnard
    314 4 CAPE TOWN. Wed. (UPI and Reuter) South African heart surgeon Professor Christian Barnard vesterdav gave an eight-year-old Italian girl arteries between her heart and lungs. She had been born without them. The operation on Giovanna Bon which lasted close to five houns was described earlier
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    Lock icon Banderillero Dies In Clinic
    61 4 MADRID. Wed. (Reuter) Spanish bullfighter Francisco Pita Alvarez a banderillero died In the bullfighters' clinic here yesterday of gangrene in a horn wound received in a fight in San Sebastian on Sunday. The banderillero has the dangerous job of running up to the bull and placing
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    Lock icon Arab League Shelves Summit Talks Bid
    571 4 UJf. at At Israeli Air Raids Wed. (Reuter) —The 14 member-states of the Arab League shelved Jordan's proposals for an early summit conference for at least three months. King Hussein's call for an immediate summit, supported by Egypt's President Nasser, was put off once
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    Lock icon Airport Officials Silent On Crash Of Soviet Plane
    444 4 ]LfOSCOW, Wed. (Reuter) Airport officials here •i"* today maintained a total blackout on the crash of a big" Soviet airliner packed with holldaymakers which apparently burst into flames while coming in for an emergency landing. But unofficial accounts pieced together from various
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    Lock icon Americans Biggest Spenders In Britain
    226 4 LONDON, wed (REUTER) Americans are still the biggest spenders of a u visitors to Britain, an official survey reported today. Last year. each U.S. visitor was in Britain for an average of 12 days slightly less than the previous year but they spent six sterling
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    Lock icon 'B' Special Urged To Stay On In Belfast
    303 4 BELFAST. Northern Ireland. Wed. (UPI)— A Northern Ireland Home Affairs secretary vesterday appealed to the civilian B-Special forces to stay on the job and the British Army taid the reserve Dolice would still be used at "key points" in the six counties
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    Lock icon MEN PREFER THE 'ESQ.'
    82 4 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) The Civil Service Department Management Services had thought for a bit about changing the traditional Esq" to a simpler "Mr." c n letters to male correspondents. But after a brief poll, it abandoned the idea The poll "showed that whereas the ladies tended
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    Lock icon Development Of SST Awaits Funds
    207 4 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) Government funds for the development of a US. supersonic transport (S S T.) plane will run out by next spring unless additional money tg allocated by President Nixon, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (F. A. A said today John H
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    Lock icon Nudists Help Stranded Yachtsman
    87 4 VENTNOR. Isle of Wight. England. Wed. (Reuter) Nudists donned their clothes yesterday and climbed down a cliff in stormy weather to help a stranded yachtsman. The catamaran yacht of Dr. Charles Vaughan. a medical practitioner, was dashed onto a rocky coast on this Island south of
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    Lock icon Launching 9 Minutes Early
    66 4 NEWCASTLE Upon Tyre. England. Wed. (UPI) The launching party crowd was sull gathering when the 14.760-ton Atlantic conveyor began its graceful slide down the ramp to the sea nine minutes early. Authorities said the launching was rushed up when a trigger controlling the launching devices tripped
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    Lock icon Workers Defy Army Warning To Stage Nation-wide Strike
    331 4 BUENOS AIRES Wed (Reuter) Thousands of workers defied a warning by Argentina'! military government today to stage a crippling 24-hour nation-wide strike. Many state workers were warned in a decree issued after a meeting of military chiefs and top government ministers that
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    Lock icon Mary Jo Inquest Maybe Deferred
    237 5 NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Wed. (UPI) District AtDinis said on Tuesday he will decide on Wednesday whether to postpone the scheduled Sept 3 inquest into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's car. Dinis decision apparently will hinge on the outand timing
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    Lock icon Virginia Too Hard Hit By Hurricane
    198 5 GULFPORT. Miss. Wed. (UPI) As rescue and cleanup operations continued 1.000 miles apart on Tuesday, there were indications Hurricane Camilles rains may have been as deadly as Its 190-mile-an-hour winds and 30-foot tides. The Gulf Coast, where the hurricane struck full force, has counted
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    Lock icon Nixon To Curb U.S. Inflation
    105 5 SAN CLEMENTE. California. Wed. (Reuter) President Nixon said yesterday the administration believed it could prevent inflation and restore stability to the U.S. economy. In a message released ahead of Labour Day next Monday, the President said it was essential to protect the wages of "-orking
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    Lock icon Poverty Bugs Old Persons In America
    290 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) A rapidly increasing number of Americans face near or outright poverty during their retirement years unless the nation does more to help them, a Senate Committee reported Monday in opening hearings on the problem. Foreign experts in their opening testimony concluded
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    Lock icon Tricia Nixon In Hospital
    194 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) Trlca Nixon. 23-year-old daughter of the President, was admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Centre Tuesday with abdominal pains. It was learned she may have appendicitis. Her condition was not regarded as serious, it was learned, and doctors expected to make a determination
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    Lock icon Law To Halt Pre-Trial Publicity
    125 5 OTTAWA. Wed. (UPI) Canada's new pre-trial evidence amendment, aimed at protecting defendants from pre-trial publicity, went into effect yesterday. Under the amended Criminal Code, judges are now obliged to issue a non-publication order before evidence Is heard In criminal cases at the pretrial level If
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    Lock icon Moonquake Meter Goes Out Of Order Suddenly
    246 5 SPACE CENTRE, Houston. Wed. (CPI) The moonquake meter left on the lunar surface by Apollo ll's astronauts has stopped responding to commands from earth and can no longer record major tremors, the Space Agencv said on Tuesday. A spokesman at the Manned Spacecraft
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    Lock icon No Motive For Embassy Fire
    85 5 OTTAWA. Wed. (Reuter) A search of records here has revealed no apparent motive for yesterday's Are bomb attack on the Canadian embassy in Vienna A Hungarian-born Canadian. Colman Losonczy, 47. who came to Canada in 1951. confessed to throwing two petrol bombs into the Embassy,
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    Lock icon Saigon's Role In Nixon's Decision 'Not Important'
    221 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) A State Department spokesman on Tuesday sought to minimise the role, if any, that the Saifon government played in President Nixon's decision to delay the announcement of further U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam. Press Officer Robert J. McCloskey was questioned
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    41 5 SAN CLEMENTE. Calif Wed (UPI) —President Nixon plans to confer with President Diaz Ordaz of Mexico Sept. 8 at the dedication of the new Amistad Dam across the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas, the western White House announced Tuesday.
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    Lock icon Brazil Devalues
    47 5 RIO DE JANEIRO. Wed (Reuter) —The Central Bank today devalued the Brazilian Cruzeiro to 4.125/4.150 from 4.075/4.100 to the dollar effective tomorrow. TTiis was the eighth time the Cruzeiro ha* been devalued since a flexible exchange rate system was adopted on August 22 last year.
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    Lock icon Mexico Floods
    34 5 MEXICO CITY. Wed. (UPI) Eloodwaters began to recede in southern Mexico Tuesday with a slackening of the almost constant rains of the past two weeks. The flood-connected death toll stood at 15.
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    Lock icon Korean MSc On Summer Job Shot In Chicago
    224 5 CHICAGO. Wed. (UPI) Seungl Paik. 29. a Chicago Transit Authority bus driver, was In serious condition on Tuesday after three youths shot him while 15 passengers watched without acting. Police were searching for the youths, between 17 and 19 years o who
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    Lock icon Window Dressing
    96 5 STONEHAM. Mass.. Wed (UPI) The Redstone Shopping Centre was treated to an unusual display on Monday, not sponsored by the local supermarket. Dawn revealed the shopping centre to be covered with obscene graffiti on walls, posters and even on 20-foot high banners, with multicolored letters a foot tall.
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    Lock icon Costa Rica
    66 5 MEXICO CITY. Wed. (UPI) Costa Rica ratified the Latin American nuclear ban Monday, bringing the number of ratifying countries to 14. The treaty bans the manufacture. possession or use of nuclear weapons in Latin America. It has been signed bv all the nations of the region except Cuba,
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    Lock icon IKE'S GRANDSON MAY JOIN NAVY
    340 5 SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. Wed. (UPI) David Eisen. hower. grandson of President Eisenhower and son-in-law of President Nixon, is thinking of going into the navy. Both hla father and grandfather were career army men. Elsenhower, 21, said his late "granddad"' advised him to go into the
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    Lock icon U.S. TO KEEP ONLY TWO AIR BASES IN THAILAND
    432 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Renter) The United States is likely to phase out operations from all but two air bases in Thailand as it begins withdrawing American troops from that country, U.S. officials said today. Talks on reducing the present 48.000-man level of
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    Lock icon 'Conqueror' Joins UK's N-Navy
    207 5 LONDON. Wed <Reut*r) Britain's underwater nuclear navy gets more punch tomorrow with the launching of H M.S. Conqueror. a hunter submarine of all-British construction. She will Join four other nu-clear-Rpwe red submarines armed with gun 8 and homing torpedoes now in service, and the four Polaris
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    Lock icon Another GI Quits Church
    156 5 HONOLULU. Hawaii. Wed. (UPI) A young soldier surrendered to military authorities on Monday, reducing to 22 the number of anti-war servicemen in sanctuary at two Honolulu churches. Spec. 4 Ronald Suppl. 20. was the fifth GI to leave the shelter of the Church of the Crossroads
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    Lock icon Warning Against Military Cuts
    188 5 ATLANTA, Ga., Wed. (Reuter The U.S. Defence Secretary Melvin Laird, said here today that any additional cuts in the defence budget would weaken America's military posture around the world. Laird said some critics of defence spending were dlsatL«fled with his announced 3.000 million dollar budget reduction,
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    Lock icon Singapore And Her People
    414 5 Advertisement THE*rs only eight 4*TI left till Sept 4 for photo* raphen in Singapore to enter the "Singapore and Her People" pnotographle competition. Jointly sponsored by Behn. Meyer and Co. Ltd. and Eastern 9nn Do not mlas thl« opportunity, for >ou Dl t be Just as
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    Lock icon INDIRA—THE WINNER
    565 6 MRS. Indira Gandhi has won a convincing victory not because she is the Prime Minister of India but because of the simple fact that she evoked popular support for the stand she took. While credit for taking an independent stand and becoming a rebel in the Congress Party
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    Lock icon YET ANOTHER FOE
    215 6 FROM recent reports it is evident tnat many students in Malaysia are more interested in 'revolution' than in studies. Surprisingly, quite a number of them are supposed to be concerned with religious studies. Religion and revolution like oil and water —do not mix easily. Apparently, it does
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    Lock icon INDIA'S SEARCH FOR NEW OIL SOURCES
    529 6  -  By John Rogers NEW DELHI, (Reuter) Tho Indian Government, embroiled in a price war against foreign-owned oil companies, has started a major effort to tap new oil sources at home and abroad. Petroleum Minister Tri- guna Sen claims that a cartel of big international
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    Lock icon The Drug Trade
    698 6  -  By IBRAHIM NOORI BEIRUT, (Reuter) Baalbeck, famous for its annual festival of the arts staged amid the magnificent ruins of a Roman temple, has won a less savoury reputation as a centre for drug trafficking. Several foreign tourists, of thfr many who flock to Lebanon each year
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    Lock icon TODAY'S QUOTATION
    38 6 Worry a little bit every day and In lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.—Mary Hemingway.
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    Lock icon Haynesworth Faces Conflict – Of – Interest Questioning
    676 6  - Haynesworth Faces Conflict Of Interest Questioning By Frank Mankiewicz,Tom Bradon WASHINGTON Judge Clement Haynesworth, President Nixon's nominee for the Supreme Court, will have to explain a curious conflict of interest when he comes up for Senate confirmation next month. Those who know about the matter are particularly concerned about an
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    Lock icon Australian Bridges For Sarawak
    136 6 CANBERRA. Australia. Australia Is to design and supply six prefabricated steel bridges for a road which links Kuching and Miri in north-west Sarawak. Australia will also design another two bridges which will be financed by Malaysian authorities. The Australian Minister for External Affairs. Mr. Gordon Freeth.
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    Lock icon Miniskirt Plus Pistol
    434 6 FREEHOLD. New Jersey (UPI) Joyce Asay wears a miniskirt like many other pretty American housewife. She also wears a .22 pistol. Joyce is a female private detective. She has glided beneath the sea to take pictures through a porthole of two known Mafiosi who were anything but
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    Lock icon War Museum And The Searching Mind
    714 6  -  By ALVIN B. WEBB JR. LONDON (UPI) To some, the building that once was an insane asylum is a monument to man's inhumanity fro himself. To others, the grim and sometimes grisly machines and pictures and uniforms that fill its halls are silent lessons
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      Lock icon ACTIVE BUYING POWER ON STEADY MARKET
      466 7  -  By OUR MARKET REPORTER THE recent easier trend in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore was reversed yesterday when new speculative buying received active sup- port. The market opened firm and continued steady as it met Increased buying power, which gained further momentum
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      Lock icon US Wheat Sale For S. Vietnam
      57 7 The US. Agriculture Department has announced the sale of US$5 million of wheat to Vietnam under the U.S. Food for peace programme. The sale involves about 100.000 metric tons of wheat or its equivalent in flour for Vietnam piastres which in turn will be
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      Lock icon Promoted As Regional Manager
      191 7 MR. D.P. Mitra. (abort), who has been AirIndia's manager for Singapore and Malaysia since January 1969 is now promoted as Air-India's regional manager in Australasia. He has an outstanding career with Air-India which he joined in June 1954. Prior to joining AirIndia. he was Commissioned Officer
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      Lock icon Gold Prices Slip On World Marts
      167 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Gold Prices slipped in moderately active trading yesterday 1 on world markets. Reports circulated that South Africa has started selling gold on the London market. In London, gold fell 5 cents at the morning fixing and an additional 2-1/2 cents
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      222 7 THE following is a berthing i list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for Aug. 28: DEPARTURE Godowns Vessels 3/4 Berlin 8/9 Hammonia Ragna Bakke 15/18 Karimun 18 Crna Gora N.W 4 Perak 21/22 Yamaki Maru 33> 34 Glenogle 40/41 Senzan Maru 44 Partizanskaya Slava 45
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      Lock icon Taiwan – San Francisco Route Proposed For China Airlines Ltd.
      417 7 Taiwan San Francisco Route Proposed For China Airlines Ltd. WASHINGTON, Wed (UPI) A Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) examiner has recommended that China Airlines Ltd. be authorised to operate between Taiwan and San Francisco by way of Osaka and Tokyo. The examiner, Thomas P. Sheehan, said China Airlines planned to begin
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      Lock icon Dunlop To Pay An Interim Dividend Of 5%
      170 7 THE directors of Dunlop Malaysian Industries Berhad announce the trading results (which have not been audited) of the company and ita subsidiaries for the first six months of 1969. compared with corresponding period of 1968 as follows >- 1969 1968 $(000's) $(000's)
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      Lock icon London Rubber Mart Closes Barely Steady
      95 7 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Rubber market yesterday closed barely steady with spot 27 3/4. 28 1/8. SETTLEMENT HOUSE Oct. 27 7/8, 28 1/8 nom. Nov and Oct/NOv 28. 28 1/4 nom. Jan March 27 1/4, 27 5/18 April /June 27. 27 1/18 July Sept 26
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      225 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Stocks fell back along a broad front yesterday in an extension of the profit taking which began cn Monday after last week's big rise. Trading was lightA spokesman for the Shearstn, Hammlll Brokerage said the market "was due for rest and
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      134 7 TOKYO. Wed. (Reuter) Japan will send an official mission to Th?iland next month to further economic ties between the two countries, the Japanese Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. The mission, headed by Mr. Kiichiro Sate, former chairman of Mitsui Bank, will include more than
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      46 7 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. (Ask) (Bid) 30 Industrials 823 52 7.92 20 Rails 199.73 2.16 15 Utilities 115.51 0.48 65 Stocks 279.58 2-56 40 Bonds 71.92 0.08 Commodity future Index 140.26 0.23
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      938 7 T>USINESS done in and reported to the trading 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 $1.83 (1); Ben $1.79 '(1) $l.BO (5); Borneo 51.74 (1) $1.75 (2); Boustead
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 77 1/4 Cts.
      339 7 September first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m., in Singapore and Kuala Lumper yesterday at 771 cents per lb., down three eighths of a cent from the previous, close. The tone of the market was easier. Quiet conditions continued to rule as the market fluctuated
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      13 7 The tin price for yesterday vas $642.12$ per picul, up $1.12*.
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      552 7 SINGAPORE ehuft told and i officially lUieo at t busineaa. rVDUSTBIA Acma Stoec other ha ck> LS 1.81 EX* prices M Of Ben 6 Co 179 180 Borneo Bbd Bouitud 1.75 1.86 177 188 Camel Plywood XBI C. Suaar 3 58 186 3 66 Cycle Carriage
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      117 7 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) The market yesterday recovered initial losses to close around overnight levels. Equities were marked down initially on Monday's falls on London and Wall St. The Pergamon Prese/Leasco affair which was being investigated by the city panel was reported to have had a depressing
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      54 7 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) Money quotations: HK56.0925 per U.S. dollar HK$6 ***** per U.S. dollar TT HK514.46 per pound sterling HK5307.375 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness HK5162.1 per 10,000 Japanese yen HK5123.5 per 100 Philippine pesos sellers HK5124.5 per 100 Philippine pesos sellers. Philippine pesos
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      77 7 THB noon price# at ttc R1b» pore Cbineae Prodoc* Exchange Coronot Oil (FOB) Bulk 480® Coconut Oil (FOB.) Drum 50 50 Mixed Copra 10-50 Muntok vvtute Pepper (FOB) 14*50 Sarawak White Pepper (FOB.) 140 00 Sarawak Special Black Sftf ***** "RSSS Lampong Black Pfpper ASTA t9 A R 132.50
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      59 7 (Manager*' Price* for Aug. *s> ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. lomL Fund Ii5 1*3 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS 1st Malayan 2 72 2nd Malavan 1-97 3rd Mala) an 126 The Com. Ind 101 The 6irln( Fund 108 Sterling Com 5/6 1.11 MS H.R. TRUST FUMJg 1st Hong Konj 1-60 2nd
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      51 7 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged across the board yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. There was one sale. Sept. 31.00 Nov. 30.75 Jan. 30.50 Mar. 30.25 May 30.25 May 29.85 July 29.75 Sept 29.75 Sept 29.60 Locally, No. 2 RSS was 291/8 cents per
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      462 7 ARRIVALS. 5 00 am. MSA 029 K. Lumpur. k laa in 1 l A 11 i57& lulled !>iat«. Papeete. Padie 9.00 a.m. M. v A1 19 K. Lumpur. KiOIUl OAKt'liA Jakarta 10.15 a.m. MSA 121 K Lumpur. 10.25 a.m. MSA 005 Ptnang, Ipoii, K- Lumpur. Malacca. U45pJIL PAN
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      159 7 SHIPPING NOTICE Ideal Holiday Trip to Colourful Hongkong «nd back By Luxurious Passenger Liner M/S "TAIPOOSHAN", 000 Ton. Gro«. Speed 1» Knots. FORTNIGHTLY EXPRESS SERVICE rOR HONGKONG—SINGAPORE PENAN G Singapore 2* 29 Aug IS It Sept 2!) 30 Sept 15 16 Oct Penang M Aag 1 Sept 15 17 Sept
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      465 8 THERE is a Chinese proverb that says: "Taste not the bitter, know not the sweet." "Our elders have always tried to show us the light of this principle but this is not enough. Therefore, they induce us to work hard with promises of rewards. For
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      313 8 "CARELESS drivers kill careless pedestrians." This is a popular slogan around the island. I think it is very true. Pedestrians have been described as careless due to their attitude Road safety is vital sinc« people less attention to it. and has led to many cases of tragic and
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      419 8 IN my seven years of school life I have discovered that school life is the most interesting and happy life. The school premises are full of happiness. In fact, school is a place where one enjoys the most. The teachers themselves are the greatest happiness suppliers. I
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      390 8 I AM in Secondary Two D of Telok Kurau Secondary School in the afternoon session and I have discovered some of my classmates as most unusual characters. For example, the first and the most outstanding fellow student is the innocent looking Peter. He
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      378 8 A proverb says: "Hard words break no bones". It means that harsh and unkind words will not hurt us. it 1« the unkind deed that does ua harm. Of course, a word cannot break a bone as a blow can. but we can be hurt in other ways
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      242 8 EVERYWHERE in our country, we are able to And pirate taxis. Pirate taxis ply along busy streets and they serve customers who are workers, housewives and school children. Pirate taxis are very convenient to the public and they are a great help. Wherever they wish to go, the
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      Lock icon Advantages Of TV
      165 8 NOWADAYS, entertainment programmes in television have reached the standard of the cinemas. Pro grammes like 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.* and 'The Saint* are the favourites to many teenagers as well as the aged. Old people who are weak and feeble and are unable to go to cinemas
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      187 8 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys ud girls of 14 ud under appears In this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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      111 8 "I must begetting old, M0m...1 just don't feel like facing the old world today.." DATELINE: DANGER! THE PINT-SIZED BREADWINNER IS SORT OF QUIET TONI6HT, WEN WHAT S THE PROBLEM 'vstc. »v k 1 I WISH I KNEW, DAN...WHEN LEGS WONT EAT SECONDS/ SOMETHING'S v*ny WRONG/ 1 f THX WIZAMD OP
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    579 9  -  Ann Landers DEAR Ann: I was intrigued by the letter from the girl who said she was no beauty but every time she turned around she was propositioned by the dentist, the elevator operator, the parking lot attendant, the butcher, etc. The wide-eyed Miss swore
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    45 9 BEAUTIFUL Italian actress, Claudia Cardinale, looks especially alluring clad only in a bath towel in a scene from Paramount's western adventure drama "Once Upon A Time In The West." The western comedy will be shown in Singapore and Malaysia in the near future.
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    216 9 VENICE. Italy, Wed. (UPIt —The 30th Venice Film Festival. a "new look" showcase in dancer of boring its participants, came alive yesterday with two critical successes. A Ciech war film. "Honour and Glory." drew prolonged applause So did the Japanese picture "Shonen."
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    Lock icon Striptease Must Never Be Vulgar, Says Mannequin Dancer
    512 9  -  By K.S. Sidhu MEET an interesting mannequin...Princess of Hanoi, Minh-Klm...now a striptease dancer, performing at Hotel Malaysia. This very gentle artiste, whose father was related to the Emperor of Vietnam Bao Dai and was a provincial governor when the French ruled Vietnam.
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    350 9 VfEW YORK. Wed. Leo Jaffe president of Columbia Pictures has been named to receive the Brotherhood Award of The National Conference of Christians and Jews. The Award, given annually to an oustanding individual in the amusement industry for distinguished service In
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      244 9 LIDO Phone ***** LAST DAY! U 1.45. 4 00. 3ft A 9 19 p.B. Gene Barry Senta Berger "litanbal Espreat" Color (UI-SB) OPENB TOMORROW! Davd Janssen Rosemary Forsyth WHERE IT S AT" Color I PA) rCAPITOL Phone 2975*1 NOW SHOWING! 11 a m.. 145 4.00 «.30 A 9.30 pm. Guy
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      88 9 TODAY and YOU... Thursday* August 28, 1969. SIWMZ a v* Bf CLATI. POLLAN K Ys-rMjrAdWfyGrf* X S m.n Atfrllng to tha Start. n To dsvtlop mtttogs for Thursday,* *»od words corrisponding to nunbors 17 of your Zodiac birth sign. acoi Your 31 Tatar *\9°« Roc— 32 An YouH 33 inMMd
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      425 9 [Lgauaxa OR C H A RD ***** I Last Day! t.M. Ul 1.41 p.m. Ate.: 31.50, CM $4.00 8 port FltoPestival Picture Columbia's TUNNY GIRL" Barbra Streisand Omar Stoqtt Tecnnicolor Pan a Vial on School: 51.50 To Aiy Seat at t.OO A 5.3# p.m. ahowi OPENS TOMORROW! Patricia Neal "A
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      1322 10 CL 2 DIv. S-6 F. 280 406 090 900 451 313 332 930 909 628 253 952 377 475 747 204 Master Auctioneer 7y Viol ace* 5y Niagara 6y Black Tulip 6y Double Seres 5y Star Writ 4y Better Than 5y Patsohn 4y Debonair 4y Prince
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      Lock icon Trainer Mawi Dies In Wife's Arms
      426 10  -  By JIMMY LAD Local trainer Abdul Mawi. 47, collapsed and died in his Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman home on Tuesday morning. After attending to the trackwork at Kuala Lumpur for the forthcoming Selangor Turf Club meetine he returned home and complained of "chest pains'*
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      282 10 US Baseball Results Standings NEW YORK. Wed (Reuter) —Results of yesterday's major league baseball games AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago White Sox 3. New York Yankees 2 (10 innings), Oakland Athletics 8. Detroit Tigers 6 (first game), Detroit Tiger s 9. Oakland Athletics 6 (second game), Boston Red Sox 4, Kansas City
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      Lock icon Piggott's 100th Winner
      89 10 FOLKESTONE. England. Wed. (Reuter) Lester Piggott. British champion jockey, broke Ms hundredth winner of the season when finishing first in three races here yesterday. Piggott completed the thirteenth "century* of his career by taking Queen Flaria past the post a length clear of 5-4 favourite Arrecife in
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      Lock icon Famechon To Defend Title In Los Angeles
      123 10 TOKYO. Wed (Reuter) World Boxing Council featherweight champion Johnny Famechon of Australia will meet either Mexico's Vincente Saldivar or Fighting Harada of Japan for his next title defence, promoter Mike Barrett said today. The title fight would not be in Australia, he added.
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      Lock icon Fight Offer To Rose
      186 10 LOS ANGELES. Wed. (UPI) Promoter George Parnassus said yesterday he had offered deposed bantamweight champion Lionel Rose of Australia USS2O.OOO to make his first bout as a featherweight contender in the Forum. A Forum spokesman said Jack Rennie. Rose's manager was interested. The date for any
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      Lock icon Fathul Edge Wanderers
      147 10 Fathul Karib moved into second position of the FAS League table when they edged the leaders Royal Navy Wanderers by 2-1 in a division one fixture at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The Wanderer* took an early lead in the 32nd minute with a goal by
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      Lock icon Nagle's Son, Colin Thrills Golfers
      252 10 Executing booming drives and accurate Iron shots as only to be expected from topclass professionals in the game. Colin Nagle. 22. son of Kel Nagle. former British Open champion, thrilled his golfing partners by making golf look a very easy sport. Playing In a friendly
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      280 10 Inter-Port Cricket Four British servicemen, who hare been outstandinf in this vears cricket league tournament, picked to represent Singapore in the three-day IMtrport cricket match to be played in Hong Nov. 7 to 9. They are Tony Lewis. Ray Stevens, 8. Spalding and John Foster.
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      Lock icon RAF Changi Beat Stable Boys
      231 10 Two goals each by Mercer and Jones in the second half enabled R.A.F. Changi to beat Stable Boys by 4 —2 in a division FAS league tie at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Airmen were a goal down In the first half, but rallied
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      Lock icon Two International Masters For Indonesia
      250 10  -  (By Eastern Knight Althoufh the top two places of the East Asian Zonal championship went to the Philippines and Australia, Indonesia made amends by producing two International Masters In both representatives. They are the first Asian country to do this. Wotulo played "solid" chess throughout
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      Lock icon US Open Tennis Richest Tourney In History
      455 10 FOREST HILLS. N«r York, Wed. (Reuter) Australian Rod Laver will be striving to become the first man to complete the grand slam twice when the U*****.000 United States Open tennis championships start here today. The 12-day grass court championships the richest tournament in
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      381 11 LONDON, Wed. (Beuter) Mike Denness, play in f la his first Test match, yesterday helped to steer Enfland to victory over New Zealand In the third and final cricket Test at The Oval here. England won by eight wickets with more than half
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      Lock icon Rose To Fight As Featherweight Says Manager
      248 11 SYDNEY, Wed. (Reuten Australia's former world bantamweight champion Lionel Rose hoped to have his first fight as a featherweight in October in Australia. his manager Jack Rennle said today. Rennle. who returned from Los Angeles where Rose lost his title last Saturday to
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      Lock icon 4 Non-Americans Qualify
      68 11 RUM SON, New Jersey. Wed (Reuter) Four non-Ameri-cans yesterday gained position! in the final 16 berths left In the U.S. Open tennli championahlp itartin* today at Forest Hill*. New York. Patrick Proisy, of France, Jasjit Singh of India. Armando Comejo of Chile and Max Senior of Australia
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      Lock icon Dowling Praises England Bowlers
      276 11 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) —Graham Dowling, New Zealand's cricket captain, praised England's bowlers after England had won the final Test yesterday to win the series. "The best bowling team I have Slayed against or ever seen", was owling's tribute. "England have the bowlers to take advantage of
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      130 11 LONDON, Wed. (Renter) Derek Underwood. Kent'* left-arm spin bowler, was voted "Man of the Series" In the Testa between England and New Zealand, which ended yesterday. The award, made by the HorUek* Company, carried a cash prize of £2OO. Hils brought Underwood's sponsored prize money
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      29 11 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) Results of Rugby League matches played last night were: Blackpool Borough 3. Widnes 23. Doncaster 8, Hull Kingston Rovers 12. Wigaa 22. Warrington 6.
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      414 11 LONDON. Wed <R«uttr> New Zealand averages for the thre*-niatch Teit term againit England Baiting: M I SO. B H.L. A C M Turner I 4 1 126 53 4200 B F Hasting* 1 5 0 18S 63 37 60 BE Congdrn 3 6 1 179 66
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      380 11 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Glamorgan. Surrey and Hampahire, three of the top contenders for the English County cricket championship title, were all beaten yesterday by the weather Their matches, like the other four championship tames, ended in draw» as rain swept the country. But all picked
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      Lock icon Doyle Wins On A TKO
      91 11 SALT LAKE CITY. Wed. (UPI) Heavyweight Tony Doyle of Salt Lake City scored a tko over Amos "Big Train" Lincoln last night In 2:58 of the eighth round at the Salt Palace Sports Arena Doyle scored his tenth consecutiv# win when he culminated a steady
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      Lock icon Injured Cyclist In Coma
      54 11 GHENT. Belgium, Wed. (AFP) Jose Samyn, the 23-year-old French professional cyclist, was still in a coma in Ghent University Hospital today after falling from his cycle in a race yesterday. Samyn, who underwent an operation during the night, is suffering from severe concussion Doctors described his
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      24 11 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Portadown beat CliftonviUe by three goals to one in a Irish Football League Ulster Cup match played laat night.
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      26 11 TEIPEI. Wed. (AFP) Japan beat Singapore 50-4t after leading 29-22 in the men's group of the second Asian Youth baaketball tournament here last night.
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      239 11 LONDON. Wed (Reuter; Alan Ball. England's World Cup soccer star, inspired Everton to a 2-1 win over Sheffield W»dnesday last night to keep his club at the top of the English Football League First Division. Bali out Everton ahead In the 28th minute
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      66 11 NEW YORK. Wed. (CPI) Chi Chi Rodrifues. veteran of the PGA golf tour, was yesterday named to represent Puerto Rico for the ninth time in the World Cap folf championships at 1-5. He will be paired with Jesus Rodrifues in the 14nation tournament Hans
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      667 11 ijia Classified Ads. Houses Land For Sale DOWN PAYMENT SSJM/Immediate Occupation Katong Seaside (Opposite Shaw's Villa. 440 A East Coast Road) Freehold 2/3-storey luxury semi-detached bungalow 4 rooms. 3 halls, split level, t balconies, quality equipment, large kitchen, spacious gardes at Katong First Class Residential Area Hilltop facing sea. Convenient
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      1273 11 (CHANNEL PN.: 300 Opening Announcement in all Language* and Morning Star; 3.2? It's Happening in Singapore (Repeat) <English 340 House Home tMalay>; 3.50 A Diary of Events in Singapore This Week (Malay*; 355 Health in the Home (Chinese); 4 05 Housewives Matinee (Pt 2 of a Mandarin film. "Shanghai Girl")
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    209 12 Three Asian beauties flew off early yesterday morn, ing to vie for top honours in the International Beauty Contest in Tokyo. They are: Miss Jenny Wong, last year's runner-up in the Miss Singapore contest. Mis s Pauline Chai of Malaysia and Miss Shirlene Clare
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    254 12 Singapore students Intending to further their studies In universities and colleges In the United Kingdom are asked to submit their applications to the Public Service Commission early. In a news release issued today, the P.S.C. noted that application forms and "how to apply" handbooks for admission to
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    120 12 THE Inner Wheel Club will stage two ballet performances In October to raise funds for children charities under the X-ma s Fair Fund and scholarships for talented young Singaporeans to study ballet. Shows will be held at the Victoria Theatre on Oct. 22 and 23.
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    Lock icon Ball Lectures Japan On "Wealth And Responsibility"
    292 12 TOKYO Wed. (ITI) George W Ball, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nation s today urged Japan to assume more responsibility commensurate with its wealth. Ball said Japan is being forced "by evolving circumstance, to recognise what it means to be the second
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    92 12 JAKARTA. Wed. (UPI) Member of Parliament Usman J. Helmi charged today that former President Sukarno and his friends, with Japanese connivance, embezzled about US$69 million from Japanese war reparations. Total reparations were US. $230 million during the Sukarno regime. Helmi told newsmen that those involved
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    89 12 Two police corporals were at Woodlands Road to set up the radar speed trap to catch roadhogs hut instead they helped to catch one of two snatchthieves. While they were setting up the speed-trap, the police corporals saw two youths snatching a gold-chain from a woman pedestrian. Immediately.
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    58 12 THE Catholic Church in Singapore will hold a "con-cele-brated mass" at the St. Joseph's Institution Field at Bras Basah Road on Sunday. Aug. 31, to mark the Republic's 150 th anniversary. A spokesman from the Church said the mass is for Catholics to publicly manifest their
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    Lock icon Seminar For "Understanding"
    141 12 THE Seminar on Education for International Understanding in Schools will open at the Ministry of Education's conference room, this morning. The Seminar, organised by the Singapore National Commission for Unesco. will be declared opened by the Permanent Secretary oi the Education Ministry, Mr. Kwan Sai Kheong. During
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    Lock icon Singapore Site For Regional Architecture
    270 12 A Studies HQ The Architects Regional Centre. Asia ARC ASIA will be set up in Singapore to promote advanced studies in architecture and urbanism in the region. This was announced here Sterday by an internationally >wn architect. Dr. Thomas Howarth. who is the Dean of
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    Lock icon Singapore Entries In Guppy Shows
    82 12 SINGAPORE Aquansts has entered more than 350 specially selected Singapore fancy guppies for the 16th International Guppv Show in Berlin and the California International Guppy Show at Los Angeles. The secretary of the Singapore Aquansts* Society. Mr. Seah Kim Sw« e released tlus information yesterday.
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    94 12 THE Junior Chamber of Commerce will Play host to some 30 Colombo Plan scholars now studying in Singapore. The Chamber's guests come from Bhuton. Botswana. Burma. Ceylon. Pakistan. Philippines. Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. A spokesman from the Chamber said the specific aim of this project is
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    Lock icon 'Buddha' Film Sept. 10 Premiere For Charity
    309 12 Y's Men's Club of Singapore, Beta Chapter, will hold a grand charity film premiere of an epic Japanese technicolour production, "Buddha," at Odeon Theatre, on Sept. 10. The proceeds of the show will go to the building fund of Kampong Glam Community Centre.
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    150 12 A society must be organised to give the fullest satisfaction to women as well as men, said Mr. O. G. Thomson, of the Foreign Affairs Ministry at a luncheon meeting of the Inner Wheel Club of Singapore yesterday. He defined "satisfaction" as a
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    209 12 The Nanyang Siau Llm National Art Association will hold a variety show at the National Theatre 0 n Sept 1617 to raise funds for their new building. The new building will be built adjacent to their present one at Kim Keat Road and there will
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    438 12 A prominent Rotation yesterday called on local service clubs, cultural and social organisations and the Government, to pool their efforts to set up an "International Students Village." The Chairman of the Community Service Committee of the Rotarv Club of Singapore. Mr. Tan Boon Chiang, made this
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      86 12 Time Tide High Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 1155 a.m. (8.5 ft.), 11.24 pjn. (10.2 ft.) Naval Dockyard: 12.02 p.m. (10.5 ft.), 11.45 p.m. (11.5 ft.) Low Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 5.26 a.m. (-0.1 ft), 5.16 p.m. (2.6 ft.) Naval Dockyard: 5.00 a.m. (0.3 ft), 5.12 p.m. (3.1 ft.) High Tide
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