Eastern Sun, 25 September 1969

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  • 80 2 THE Customs Department will introduca a new type of uniform to provide a smart turnout for its staff working at the Singapore International Airport and at Woodland Station as from Oct. 1. The new uniform will reolace the khaki typo worn by its rank and file since 1910.
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  • 338 2 A 34-year-old unemployed man, Chan Shue Sum, was sentenced to seven years' jail on a charge of armed robbery. He pleaded guilty to the charge before the Second District Court Judge. Mr. Donald Yeo Hock Chwee, yesterday. Three of his accomplices. Low Chan Seng. 23.
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  • 121 2 Singapore will have a multi-million-dollar copper mill, the first in Southeast Asia, next year The mill is cal ed Copper Industries Ltd., and ha s an authorised capital of $lO million. It wa s Incorporated in the Republic in June and granted pioneer status by the
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  • 174 2 THE Police spokesman, ASP G. Tolson, yesterday morning advised the public to demand for PUB identification cards when meter readers come to read the meters at their houses. He warned of this following an Incident In which an Innocent housewife was robbed of
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  • 157 2 AN editor-writer with Mc-Graw-Hill Far Eastern Publishers (S) Ltd.. Mia* Goh See Meng will leave for Europe next week to attend the World Book Fair at Frankfurt. During her European trip, Mi« Goh will also visit the company's London office in Maidenhead. Her itinerary includes Greece,
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  • 61 2 The Public Utilitieg Board announced that there will be no water i* the following areas tomorrow (Friday) from I an to 9 p.m. Th e area, are: Syed Alwi Road, Maude Road, Tovnshend Road. Kitchener Road and Jalan Berser, The r will also be poor water pressure at
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  • 149 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Malaysia-Singapore Airline plans to computerize its Reservations Department within the next three to four years at a cost of $24 milium. This was disclosed today by 'he Managing Director of the airline. Mr. David Craig who said this was necessary in view of
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  • 58 2 The Amalgamated Union of Public Employees, the biggest civil service union in Singapore, will bold a grand dmne r and dance at tbe Golden Lotus Hote| Malaysia on Saturday Tha gue»t-of-honou r of the function, to b« attended by at l?ast Government and >tatutorv board employees, wiU be tha
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  • 130 2 One of two robbers who held up two salesmen, tied them up, abandoned them in some bushes and the n escaped in their van, was yesterday sentenced to seven years j*ULee Geok Eng. 25, had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge before the Second District Court Judge.
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  • 236 2 KUALA LUMPUR. W.d Six men. believed to be members of a confidence tricksters fangs, operating throughout Malaysia wee detained bv police last night during a raid. The detained men. between the 30 to 45 age bracket are from Singapore. Ipoh and Kuala Lum. pur. A police
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  • 158 2 THI National Productivity Centre, a division of the Economic Development Board, it sponsoring a top management seminar, "Increasing Productivity and Profits through Management Information Systems" at the Singapore Conference Hall from Oct. 21 24. The International Labour Organisation, organlsera for the seminar, is sending three
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  • 93 2 Lltterbugs who dirty Singapore beaches will be booked on the spot without further warnings, a Government itatement said yesterday. According to the statement, vandals who remove or damage fittings In public toilets and who throw refuse bins Into the sea will be arrested and charged under the Vandalism
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  • 166 2 The Australian Light Engineering tad Machine Shop Equipment Display at the Australia* Trade Commiarianer's Display Rooms In Cletnenceau la attracting substantial Interest from the local lapr—entatiye* of trade and eenunevee. manufacturing industries and technical education personnel. The display, which will be opened to public daily until Sat Sept.
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  • 319 2 AN internally-known hotel consultant, Mr. Henry Utell, urged the local government and tourist promotion authorities to create more diversions in addition to the present places of entertainment and shopping centres to keep the tourists longer in the city. Mr Utell. president of an international
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  • 112 2 A PUBLIC Utilities Board's engineer. Mr. Seah Hark Boon will attend an annual convention of the Australian Gas Association Canberra from Sept. 38 to Oct. 2 The convention will deal with paperg covering the marketing of gas and gas appliances and the problems encountered before and
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  • 77 2 THE Singapore Musical Society will formall present to the National Library 19 orchestral works and seven pieces of chamber music in a ceremony held at the Library, this morning. The Society's donation includes works by some of the great masters of classical music Beethoven. Haydn. Mendelssohn. Mozart. Schubert,
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  • 380 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) The Stat* Department yesterday said there were more than 2,100 Americans in Laos, including 500 Government, military and civilian personnel and 330 U.S. civilians working tor organisations under contract to the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID). The remainder of
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  • 136 3 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) Four Irlanese went on trial at the week-end in JaJapura. West Irian's capital, on charges of organising an anti Government demonstration, the independent KNI news agency reported. The Irianese Julius Boney, Justinus Toto, Stefanu Nafunl and Lazarus Sawias pleaded guilty
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  • 159 3 MANILA. Wed. (Reuter) Some 300 rain-soaked farmers and students seeking land reforms burst into Malacanang Palace last night and broke up a formal ceremony, forcing President Marcos to listen to their demands. Ringed by anti-riot police, the group stood dripping water on the
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  • 72 3 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) A woman gave her one-month-old baby away as a wedding present last night to her husband and his new bride. The wedding took place in suburban Kepu yesterday and at the wedding party last night, the woman gave the
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  • 291 3 KYOTO. Wed. (UPI) A squeaking sound will follow Princess Margaret's every steo during her tour to the 16th century Nijo Castle to-day. but the noisemaker won't be her shoes. Built by Eiyasu Tokugawa who ruled Japan 400 years ago. the castle has what the Japanese call "nightingale floors":
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  • 362 3 CALCUTTA, Wed. (UPI) A Calcutta prostitute hat mounted a campaign against what she calls abuses by policemen, pimps, bullies and landlords which have caused her profession to fall on hard times. The Office of the City Mayor acknowledged receiving a four-page, neatly handwritten signed
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  • 367 3 NEW DELHI, Wed. (UPI and Reuter) Three persons were killed and four wounded seriously when police fired yesterday on a rock-hurling mob at a huge public meeting addressed by Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi. The incident occurred at Imphal, the capital of
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  • 287 3 SAIGON, Wed. (UPI) Defence attorneys to-day said they were being denied access to the 500-page transcript of the investigation which led to murder charges being filed against six U.S. Special Forces officers. Army spokesmen said the military could not release copies of the transcript
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  • 85 3 NEW DELHI. Wed. (UPI) India will send a two-man delegation to attend the Islamic Summit Conference in Rabat, an official spokesman said here last night. The two are: the Indian Ambassador to Morocco. Gurbachan Singh, and the ViceChancellor of the Aligarh University. Professor Ab d L.
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  • 399 3 SEOUL, Wed. (UPI) A South Korean Navy destroy®r tank a 50-ton North Korean boat with 15 crewmen and espionage agents aboard after a four-hour gunbattle off Korea's south-western coast early to-day. The Government CounterEspionage Command said the Communist vessel was sunk at 2,20
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  • 140 3 SEOUL, Wed. (Renter) President Park has warned Army leaders that South Korea should be prepared for the eventual withdrawal of the 50.000 American troops here. But the President noted their presence had deterred North Korea from an all-out attack on the south. President Park told
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  • 325 4 PARIS, Wed. (Reuter) The French franc yesterday tumbled to Its lowest value since devaluation In the face of continued labour unrest and wild-cat strikes. As troubles multiplied on the Labour Front. Prime Minister Jacques ChabanDelmas acknowledged that his government could take no direct
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  • 99 4 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Some 300 guests were brought downstairs In their nightclotnes when fire broke out early today at Clandgs Hotel in London's West End. They milled around in the front hail, while 40 firemen tackled a blaze on the sixth floor of the luxury hotel where
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  • 62 4 MOSCOW. Wed. (Reuter) People in remote parts of the Soviet Union will soon be able to read Moscow news papers before Mcscovites. the Tass News Agency reported yesterday Soviet scientists have achieved satisfactory results transmitting newspaper type pages by satellite from Moscow to the Far Eastern city of
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  • 149 4 NEW YORK. Wed (Reuter) General de Gaulle said In a letter written after he nad stepped down from the French presidency that France was temporarily "on the road down." the New York Times reported today. A dispatch from Paris correspondent Henry Ginlger said the General
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  • 67 4 VATICAN CITY. Wed. (UPI> Pope Paul VI ended a 10week working vacation yesterday at the Papal summer residence of Castelgandolfo and returned to the Vatican. His return to the Vatican comes less than three weeks before the opening of the Roman Catholic Church's second Synod
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  • 68 4 OXFORD. England Wed (UPI) —Police arrived to open a 22 foot trailer exhibiting the latest in anti-theft devices, but the van wa s gone Reinforcements were called in and po- lice searched for the trailer. {>resumed stolen They found it n a farmer's field "This was obviously
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  • 381 4 NEWPORT, Rhode Island. Wed CUPI) Mrs. Jacqueline Onassis has teamed up with tobacco heiress Doris Duke In a multi-million project to restore scores of 18thcentury homes in Newport. Rhode Island, it was announced yesterday. Francis Comstock. executive director of Miss
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  • 162 4 VALLETTA. Wed. (Reuter)—Some 50 people—including a woman and child —were rescued last night from the 20.000-ton greek tanker Gabriel as she lay crippled on rocks and pounded by huge seas here. One crewman died when he dived into the sea after the vessel ran aground
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  • 71 4 VIENNA. Wed (Reuter) Albania. China's tiny ally in Europe, has charged the Soviet Union with using military manoeuvres to blackmail, subdue and humiliate Its Warsaw Pact allies The accusation came m Polish-language broadcast by Radio Tirana last night, according to a monitor report reaching Vienna yesterday.
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  • 48 4 PERSHORE. England Wed (UPl)—The County Council decided Ada Champken. 89. an invalid, should t>ay more rent So it raises her weekly rent from four pence (fou r U.S. rents) a week to three shillings six pence (42 rents) Ada immediately asked for repairs to the roof
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  • 367 4 RABAT, Wad. (Rauter) Palestine guerilla* yesterday pressed for a major role at the Islamic summit here, asking it to appeal to all Moslem nations to provide them with military and financial support, confo1 renco sources said. The source* said the request came
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  • 81 4 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Malaysia's Minister of Home Affairs Tun Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman yesterday visited a Harley Street medical specialist during the course of medical check-up. Further tests and appointments with leading medical specialists have been arranged for today, a spokesman for the minister said.
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  • 97 4 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) For Prime Minister Harold Wilson it was love at first sight "I saw her playing tennis," he said in a radio inter-view, recounting how he first met his wife Mary. So the following Saturday I joined the tennis club
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  • 255 4 MILAN. W«d (Router) Italy's wave of industrial strikes, now in its third week, continued unabated today as the management of the giant Pirelli-Bicocca rubber factory announced a total shutdown. The decision followed violent protests by nigntshlft workers, angered because the management imported 5.000 tyres from Spain. Greece
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  • 58 4 LONDON. Wed. (UPD—Wilf Amery decided to burn out wasps in his *arden shed on Monday. He attacked with flaming rags, and the Are in the wasp nest spread to his shed, destroying it. and to a neighbour's greenhouse. Total coat of the damage was £3OO ""It wa*
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  • 372 4 UNITED NATIONS, New York, Wed. (Reuter) Egypt yesterday launched a bitter attack on the U.S. before the U.N. General Assembly, accusing Washington of sharing responsibility for the present situation in the Middle East. Speaking in the general debate Egypt's Foreign Minister Mahmoud R,vd said the
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  • 232 4 BELFAST. Northern Ireland. Wed. (Reuter) The Northern Ireland government yesterday offered to work in friendship with the republic to the south, but rejected reunification of Ireland at the present time. Prime Minister James Chi-chester-Clark issued a statement In reply to a epeech by the Irish
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  • 236 4 STUTTGART, West Germany. Wed. (Reuter) Union leader* In the Saarland warned today only a few days before West Germany s general elections that more strikes would break out If negotiation* opening here fail to produce positive results. West German local authorities me*t union leaders In
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  • 41 4 TRIPOLI. Libya. Wed. (Reuter) Mr. Mohammed AIShitwi has resigned as education and national guidance -JJ the Libyan Revolutionary Cabinet An official announcement issued here said Mustapha Abdalla Benamer had been appointed to succeed him. No other details were available
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  • 300 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) President Nixon announced Tuesday he had decided to go ahead with fccT\ rU j*'°" an mer can supersonic transport plane i despite vigorous opposition, because I want the united States to continue to lead the world in air transport/' The administration will
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  • 50 5 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. (Reuter) Howard Gettle. 48 chief mechanic at the garage which maintains this city's police cars, has been arrested on suspicion of selling stolen tyres. He was taken into custody by a plainclothes officer to whom he sold a new set of tyres at bargain rates
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  • 166 5 PENEHURST, N.C., Wed (UPI) —There will be 6 to 12 men on Mars between 1983 and 1986. a Space Agency spokesman said Tuesday. Julian Scheer. Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, told th 1 annual
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  • 182 5 MONTREAL. Wed (UPI) The 14-member legal subcommittee of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) yesterday began a two-week conference aimed at drawing up a draft treaty for prosecution or extradition of airplane hijackers The sub-committee meetings began in the morning and were scheduled to run through Oct. 6.
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  • 85 5 NASSAU. Bahamas. Wed YReuter) Police with tracker dogs are scouring grand Bahama Island for two masked gunmen who robbed a bank in Freeport of $209,000. kidnapped two policemen and hijacked a taxi. The policemen, one an Inspector. were released by the bandits several hours after Monday's
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  • 180 5 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Wed. (Reuter) Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Ames Research Centre said today that up to 100 million tons of moon rock and fragments were almost certainly scattered over the earth's surface in prehistoric times. The announcement said most
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  • 399 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) —The disputed military contingency plan with Thailand cannot be implemented automatically without specific approval of both governments, the former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand assured the Senate Foreign Relations Commit- tee Tuesday. Graham A. Martin of North Carolina, career foreign service officer newlyappointed
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  • 216 5 BUENOS AIRES. Wed. (UPI) Soviet Public Health Minister Boris Vaasilievich Petrovsky said Tuesday Russian doctors are experimenting with the possibility of transplanting: genital organs "to prolong the sexual life of human being" Petrovsky said such transplants have been conducted on animals but have not been
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  • 109 5 GENEVA. Wed (UPI) United States disarmament officials said on Tuesday America and Russia are trying to agree on a site for the longdelayed missile limitation negotiations. They said they believe a holdup on agreement on where to stage the private talks is now delaying final announcement
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  • 83 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) Dr. Thomas O. Paine. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator, said on Tuesday that the Apollo series of spacecraft probably would be the last assigned to land on water. Paine said after Apollo NASA would concentrate o" developing spacecraft which would return
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  • 272 5 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. (Reuter) British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart said today there were "very little grounds for hope" for an early settlement of the Vietnam conflict following Hanoi's response to President Nixon's initiatives. But. he told a press conference. there were no logical grounds for
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  • 63 5 LOS ANGELES Wed (UPI) Grant B. Cooper, who defended the convicted assassin of Sen. Robert Kennedy, was fined U. 5.51,000 on Tuesday on his plea of guilty of contempt of court for unlawfully possessing a secret Grand Jury transcript. Cooper, who was in charge of the defence of
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  • 284 5 NEW YORK, Wed. (Reuter) People living in three crime and narcotics ridden streets in e slum section of New York's Bronx district have less than one chance in 20 of dying a natural death, the New York Times said today. The newspaper. In the second
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  • 144 5 SAN RAFAEL. Calif. Wed. (Renter)—An episcopal vicar said in court today he believed marijuana could be one of the sacraments like bread and wine in Christian Religion* worship Testfying that he himself *moked the illegal dmg. Rev. Robert Cromey Mid 11 v of drug* was probably
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  • 83 5 CHICAGO. Wed. (UPI) A businessman found Innocent of murdering a Go-Go dancer, his son's former fiancee, was sentenced to from two to three years in prison on Tuesday for obstructing justice by plotting to hide her body. Criminal court Judge Philip Romiti sentenced Samuel Saikin. 53. who was
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  • 224 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, President Nixon's nominee tor the Supreme Court, denied before a Senate committee today that he violated judicial ethics by buying stock in a company involved in a case before his court. "If you are suggesting that any Judge may
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  • 79 5 MEXICO CITY. Wed (Reuter) Death toll In the crash here on Sunday night of a Mexicana de Avlacion Boeing jet was finally established today as 27. The plane broke m two in waist deep water on the edge of a lake, as It came In to land on
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  • 201 5 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. (Reuter) Secretary General U Thant today reproached those member states who ignore or disregard Security Council resolutions and blamed them for giving the U.N. a bad name as an ineffectual, even impotent, institution. He called on all the nations to "play the
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  • 184 5 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reut«r) British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart and Israel'* Foreign Minister Abba Eban yesterday agreed that Russia did not want another fullscald war in the Middle East, informed sources said. The two ministers discussed Soviet intentions at a onehour meeting. Sources said
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  • 29 5 POXTOISE. France. Wed. (Reuter) Fireman Jean Claude Gaudefroy. 22. was sentenced here yesterday to five years in prison for argQCHe was accused of startsfour fires
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  • 652 6 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman has produced a document to present his version of the recent racial rioting. It is not our intention to question the facts, or truth, or arguments or explanations but certain basic questions have to be answered. Was it necessary for Tunku to
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  • 254 6 OUR Foreign Affairs Minister Mr. S. Rajaratnam made it clear recently that the world peace is maintained by a balance of terror as a result of the rivalry between the super-powers. Is there anyone bold enough to bell the cat and remove the element of terror in our
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  • 19 6 It la better to aak some of the questions thin to know all the answers. James Thorber.
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  • 327 6  -  •r Thaung Myine BANGKOK, (Reuter) The United States has told the committee directing the grandiose Mekong River development scheme that it will not help finance the 22-million U.S. dollar project to build a bridge over the Mekong in South Vietnam at the moment. The United
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  • Letters...
    • 122 6  -  D. M. JANI Singapore At the point where the new Jalan Toa Payoh meet* Kim Keat Avenue, no traffic lifht controlling the flow of traffic has been installed. During the morning rush hours, when traffic is heavy, the jam at the intersection is chaotic and many motorists,
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    • 79 6 SINCE 1968 all Public Accountants resident In Singapore were not allowed to audit in Malaysia in spite of repeated appeals made by the Malayan Body of Public Accountants. It is often stated by the Malaysian Ministers. Malaysia and Singapore should work together economically for mutual benefits.
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  • Article, Illustration
    840 6  -  •y Peter Bastock LONDON: Nothing strikes a harsher note of fear in the heart of a wife of o West German Luftwaffe pilot than to learn he has been posted to a Starfighter jet squadron. His chances of being killed increase alarmingly not in combat, but in a
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  • 485 6 The Lighter Side By Dick West WASHINGTON, (UN) Something happened to me this week that tent my crest falling into a dish of humble pie and gave my ego such a shattering blow it will never again become tistical. I suffered what was aurely the ultimate humiliation,
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  • 567 6  -  By Alan Hutchison DAR ES SALAAM (Router) Tansanian Moslem* will no longer bo ablo to divorce fheir wives simply by repeating "I divorce thee" three times if sweeping Government proposals for changes in the marriage law are passed by the National Assembly next month.
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  • 517 6  -  •y INAYET-UR-RAHMAN KARACHI: Students, who led the campaign a few months ago to topple Ayub Khan from the presidency, were back in the newt in Pakistan the other tnis time for a different reason. The place was Decca, East Pakistan: the occasion a seminar at
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  • 568 6  -  By DAVID LAMB HHP DUC, Vietnam, Tues. (UPI) Hiep Due village it one of those t r a n g e little nowhere places that suddenly found itself in the limelight of the war. The village doesn't even rate a dot on most maps.
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 544 7  -  By Our Market Reporter war* in i?* 04 tx€h n 9* of Malaysia and Singapora yesterday T?ediiL wIl Y eas,er ll t0 Y a r f i Hi; close on decreased buying support and profit-taking. Trading was generally fairly subdued. r Business was largely
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    • 1109 7 DrSINESS done in and reported to the trading room* of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lota of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified: INDUSTRIALS Acma $lB9 (1) $1.83 <l>; Ben $lB5 (1) $lB3 (1>; Borneo Si 79 (5);
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    • 180 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI)— Stock* closed mixed yesterday In active trading. A comment from Paul W. McCracken, chairman of President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers, that the administration is winning its battle against Inflation helped market sentiment at the outset, but profit taking turned the list
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    • 123 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI)— Gold prices were steady to slightly easier in featureless trading on market* here and abroad yesterday. Handy and Harman left Its noon posting unchanged at US$4l.lO an ounce, but American Express International Banking Corp. lowered Its prices by five cents
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    • 39 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 industrials 834.81 20 rails 200.97 15 utilities 112.67 85 stocks 281.11 40 bonds 71.45 Commodity futures index 141.70 up 0.52.
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    • 264 7 THE following is a berthing list released by th® Port of Singapore Authority for Sept. 25: DEPARTURE Godowns Vessels 15 16 SA. Constant!* 10/11 Neptune Topaz 13/14 Belltsk 15/16 Kota Klnabalu 18 Bogota N.W 1 Hua Heng 21/22 Shoryu Maru 23/24 Raja Brooke 25 26 Shavit 27
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    • 258 7 BANGKOK, W«d. THAI International is to move it's head office in Bangkok to new and more spacious premises soon. Ove r recent years the airline has developed so rapidly that there has always been a shortage of office accommodation, in 1968 Thai expanded from
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    • 297 7 October first grade rubber buyer* closed at 5 p.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 74-| cents per lb. up five eighths of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. Opening prices were marked up on European currency uncertaintiea
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    • 77 7 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) Money Quotations yesterday: Hong Kong dollars 6 0925 per US. dollar. Hong Kong dollars 6.100 per US. dollar TT Hong Kong dollars 14 52 per pound sterling. Hong Kong dollars 308.375 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness. Hong Kong dollars 161.7 per
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    • 79 7 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Rubber market closed steadier yesterday with spot 262 271. SETTLEMENT HOUSE Oct. Nov, Dec and Oct/Dec 27, 211 Jan March and April/June 261. 26*. July/Sept 26-3/16, 26-3/8 Oct Dec 26-1/16. 26-1/4." Jan March 25-15/16. 26-1/8. April June 25-13/16. 26. July Sept 25-11/16.
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    • 59 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI)— Rubber futures closed unchanged to 25 points higher on no sales yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. Nov. 28.008 90.00 A 28.00 Jan 28.40 A 28.15 Mar 27.758 28.25 A 27.75 May 2815 A 27.90 July 28.05 A 27.80 Sept. 27.65 A 27.65
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    • 164 7 \f R. Richard J. Graham, 1"! BOAC's newly appointed Manager for South-East Asia will administer the airlines regional activities from BOAC's Singapore offices. He arrived in Singapore recently, accompanied by his American-born wife, Elaine. Mr. Graham, who was born in Australia, has served with BOAC for
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    • 240 7 ADB Yes' To Requests From Malaysia, Thailand MANILA. Wed. (AFP) The Asian Development Bank yesterday approved requests for technical assistance from the Thailand and Malaysian governments. The grant to Thailand consists of a mission of five expert* to work as part of a 17-man team in high potential "nucleus districts"
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    • 600 7 ■LNGAPOKB Bti MB eachanga MM and oUM st prtoaa ottcHliy Uateo at the buainaat ClOM of LNDLSTR1AL0 1JI MS Borneo Bhrt 1.79 l.ao 8ou»tead l.oo L.9» Camel Plywood 179 lJtl C. 8u*ar 4.20 4 24 COIN storage 2.37 2 3M Chemical Co 1.71 Carriage 117 i.;a
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    • 147 7 LONDON. Wed. (UFT) The sttx* market drifted lower yesterday but South African sold mines cashed in on International currency worries and Pushed higher in small seal# trading. Eajly preaaure 0 n the pound on foreign exchanges hit British Government bonds but they mostly cleared the bottom
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    • 89 7 THE tiMtn price* at the StagaBachauce por# Chlneae Produce jecterday were*— Bt Umtint Oil (FOB.) Balk Cocnnnt Oil (F.O.B) Drvm Mixed Copr» iyec teller MM MM 11-50 Mantok tfbJte Pepper (FOR) Sarawak White Pepper (F O R 262 44 280 00 Sarawak Special Black Pepper (F O B >
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    • 58 7 (Miliar*"' PHeee for Sept. 4MA UNIT TRUST* Mai. Invest. Fund 123 24) 141 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST* let Malayan 2 83 2nd Malayan 2.05 3rd Malayan 1.30 The Com. Ind 1.04 Tbe >av Fund xd 1 OS Sterling Com 5/4 H K. TRUST FUND* lat Bong Rong 1.78 2nd
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    • 13 7 THE tin price for ye*terrify wu $830.12$ per picul. ur $3.87*.
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    • 299 7 ARRIVALS. 500 a.m. MSA 029 B. Lumpur k-iAam 11% l l is 7* Lulled Statca. Papeete. Pact Uc HOCa m. Ms>Al 19 B. Lumpur. v-**ajn. GAKLDA UAwa Jakarta 10.15 a.m. MSA 121 B Lumpur--10.25 am. MSA 005 Penang, ipoh. k Lumpur. Malacca. 1245 PJB. PAN AM PA94I Mlgun,
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL $5 ESSAY WINNERS
    • 334 8 "CLEANLINESS come next to godliness". This old English saying means that next to doing good, being clean is most important. Last year, the Singapore Government organised a "Keep Singapore Clean" campaign in which all Government organisations. civic bodies and householders enthusiastically took part. The
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    • 532 8 ROAD accidents daily occur in Singapore. Both drivers and pidistrians art responsible for them. In order to prevent further accidents, the Safety First rules have to be observed. There are many vehicles moving on the roads. In order to prevent difficulties of communication, the Government has widened the
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    • 316 8 HE is dead and gone but the memory of him will forever remain in my mind. Collin was my pet dog He was a big and friendly Alsatian and he was my sole companion He comforted me whenever I was sad .When I think
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    • 320 8 IN this modern world of ours, everything it rather fast moving and obviously, all this is done by intelligent people who have made life much easier and luxurious They certainly have pushed out the "primitive world." How was all this done? Who are the people,
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    • 217 8 Join in the NEW rv. ft fun-to-enter Contest for the young 1 fi RULES REGULATIONS 1. This is a bi-monthly contest appearing weekly Thursday on this page. 2. Every participant is required to fill in the "balloon** space(s) what he or she thinks is being said by the characters in
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    • 183 8 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this pare every Thursday. One or 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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    • 11 8 By Jack Tlpplf "V "Daddy, am I what boys call CURVY?"
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    • 65 8 DATELINE t DANGER! by John Saundas and AUanMcVWams AS HIS OPPONENT PREPARES TO FIGHT GANG 9TVLE...LEE Ray MOVES IN...LIKE A BASE RUNNER HEADING FOR HOME/ SSffi ss as m a w, 4T «r m > j trri HPS e J®k i S66MS T& 86 7M6 Our BACK IS lOUJN& MB.'
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  • 678 9  -  >//«•<»/.»/»«/ i ~i it., Sheilah Graham HOLLYWOOD. W«L AII McGraw certainly hit the Jackpot when Robert Evans, head of Paramount production, «lgned her to star in Philip Roth's "Goodbye Columbus." The film, her first, not only made her a star over- night but
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  • 48 9 NEW YORK. Wed. Bekim rehmlu, who stars as Dax In the forthcoming film "The Adventurers." has been signed to star In his first Western, "The Devil's Backbone." A Dlno De Laurentlls Production for Paramount Pictures. "The Devil's Backbone'' Is before the cameras on locations in Spain.
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  • 31 9 ROBERT Lightstone has been promoted to the position of general sales manager of Paramount Films Service Ltd., the Canadian distribution operation for Paramount Pictures Corporation. His appointment is effective immediately.
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  • 546 9  -  Ann Landers T)!AR ANN: Lloyd and I have been married for six months. The day we came home from our honeymoon Lloyd presented me with 14 pairs of socks to be darned, seven shirts with frayed cuffs (He showed me how his
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  • 105 9 FRANK Ifield, one of Britain's most consistently popular singers over the past ten years, Is to give three major performances In Tokyo during "British Week." Now 32 years of age, Frank Ifield has starred in many successful television shows in Britain
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  • 52 9 NEW YORK. wed. Edward G Robinson. Jr.. has been signed for a featured role In Paramount Pictures' "Norwood." The contemporary comedy with music, which stars Glen Campbell and Kim Darby, currently Is before the Technicolor cameras on locations at Lake Elslnore. California. Robinson will portray a Ufi sailor named
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  • 173 9 PRINCIPAL photography began recently on MGM» Freemao-Enders Production "False Witness." starring George Kennedy. Anns Jackson and Ell Wallach. Director Richard Coll a will film most of the John T. Kelley screenplay on Los Angeles locations utilising hidden cameras. The suspense-drama marks the third motion picture by producers Everett Freeman
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 135 9 THE NATIONAL THEATRE COMPANY'S CHOIR and CHINESE ORCHESTRA Present AN EVENING OF MUSIC AND SONGS. items include: FULL-CHINESE ORCHESTRA AND SOLOISTS FULL-CHORUS AND SOLOISTS on 27th 28th September* 1989 8.00 p.m. at VICTORIA THEATRE TICKETS: $3, $2, $l. BOOKINGS: C. K. TANG, POPULAR BOOK STORE, I WORLD BOOK STORE, NATIONAL
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 244 9 >414 L I D O Phone 284 OPENS TODAY! U tm ItS 4M. M 111 BI Burt Reyne:«ts. Anne Franci* -IMPASSE" Color >VK) COMINO BOON! Kr, Rena u PLAYGIBL" CAPITOL Phone ***** J NOW SHOWING! 11 a 1«. 400 0 .3fl 83* >h Heary Bilva eagles of wab™ WidncTMn A
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    • 286 9 TODAY and YOU... Thursday* September 25* 1969. s IZt U E GUT 1. KHXAN— X Your Dolly AdMty Gvido K According H tho Stan. To dovtlop messogr for Thursday rewords corresponding to number* -of your Zodiac birth sign, 1 UnwpKtad Si whh <1 Bit 2 Unueuol 32 Your 62 Brihg
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    • 54 9 CATHAY I OPENS TODAY! M TOGETHER ACAIN... in a thrilling adventure that rocks the screen with <* t A SIMULTANEOUS OPENING TODAY! MAJESTIC lODEON-KATONGI RUBY 100. 3 30 II 100. 330 11.44. B.IA. Y.oo oso p m II ?-oe *e ia II e.«a e.ia »-m. On* Mm IcelM A W»r
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    • 371 9 B m .in,. ODLON 2 1-116 Opent Taday! U. LM. 4. 3© 9.M Columbia'a TBI DESPERADOS" Vmot Edwards Jack Pa lane* in Technicolor On SUM Tomorrow 9.1> p.m. GCtXNESS Doable Tanr Mu»t Qtl* Shaw SATURDAY MIDNIGHT! Color "ASSASSINATION" In Scop# Henry SUva Stewart CATHAY *****J Open* Today: 11. 13*. 4.
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    • 1147 10 CL 1 Dlv 1-1 M 000 Bellendaine 8y 9.00 Horse Sense Stable E. Breuk. 151 Loo«hlM| 4y 9 00 Auric Stable R Breuk. 190 Castle Command 6y BOB Hollywood Park Stable Allan 410 Parallel 6y 1.07 Dato Capt. Bloxham R. Breuk. 203 Crystal Palace
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    • 351 10  -  By BIG BEN Skipper II Keeps Winning TNSTANT POWER, who finished o good second 1 to Captain Fleet at the recent Ipoh meeting, impressed in o 3f gollop in the company of Costle Commond ot Bukit Timoh yesterdoy. The going was good. They raced stride for stride
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    • 57 10 MELBOURNE. Wed (Reuter) Henry Alfred "Ossie" Pickworth. erne of Australia's greatest golfers, died in Royal Melbourne hospital last night He was 52. He was the only man to win three successive Australian Opens in 1946. 1947 and 1948 and won his fourth Australian Open in 1954. Pickworth
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    • 81 10 SIX yurt six championships. In 1964 at fha aga of only 19 ha recorded his first victory at tha Carman Athlatics Championships with a throw of 63.87 matras; now Uwa Bayar (picture) has baan abla to calabrata his sixth consecutive success at tha latast championships in
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    • 786 10 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) The New York clinched at least a tie for the Eastern Division title in the National League last night when they beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-2, in 11 innings after the runnerup Chicago Cubs had dropped a 7-3 decision to
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    • 58 10 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Results of football matches played last night were English Football League Cup Third Road Manchester United 2 Wrexham 0, Nottingham Forest 1 West Ham United 0. Queens Park Rangers 6 Tranmere Rovers 0, Sheffield United 13 Luton Town 0. English Division Two Bristol City
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    • 317 10 LOS ANGELES. Wed (UPI) South Africa's Rav Moore scored the first major upset of the US$3O,OOO Pacific Southwent Open tennis championships yesterday with a three, set victory over Rod Laver of Australia. ranked as the world's top player. The longhaired Moore, wearing a hairband, defeated Laver.
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    • 298 10 Sir, With the Seap Games at Rangoon barely ten v/eeks away, I am doubtful whether the Singapore Amateur Gymnastic Association can have six competitors ready for the Gymnastics events. First of all, top gymnasts from Armed Forces, Vigilante Corps, Teachers' Training College and the Universities
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    • 353 10 PHILADELPHIA, Wed (Reuter) —Cassius Clay, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, and current title claimant Joe Frazier were parted minutes before they staged an unscheduled bout in a gymnasium here yesterday. Both had donned boxing trunks and shoes and Clay was already in the ring
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    • 67 10 HOUSTON, lexae, Wed. (UPI) Former heavyweight champion Sonn v Listen won his 14th consecutive fight yesterday by knocking out SD. "Sonny" Moore of Dallas after 2:15 of the third round Liston. weighing in a t 228 lb. knocked Moore down once in the first round and twice
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    • 150 10 BYDNEY. Wed. (UPI) Lionel Rose, former world bantamweight boxing champion. last night took his first step on the long road towards the world featherweight title. Rose lost his world title to Mexican Ruben Ollvares In Los Angeles last month. Last night, the former world bantamweight champion
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    • 68 11 A three-ball match in Shell's WoHderlul World of Golf series was played and shot at the 8.1.C.C.a Bukit Course last year. The film In colour, featuring three leading professionals Britain's Dave Thomas and America's Doug Sanders and Charles Slfford competing for the $45,000 prize money
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    • 674 11 THE seventeenth "Canada Cup" championship, re-baptised "The World Cup" since last year in Rome and which will be played at Island Club's Par-35-36 —71 Bukit Links from Oet. 2-5 is a dream come true not only to Singapore, but to
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    • 76 11 The British Army will start their 1969-70 rugby fixture* at the Dover Road Stadium, on Oct 7. The first match la between the Army Under-23 and St. John'a School Combined Pupil* and Staff XV. at 7.30 p.m. The British Army Under--23 team which won the Singapore Rugby Union
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    • 237 11 The Royal Air Force's best football team In Singapore are an Army team. Stationed at RAF Changl. 55 Air Despatch Squadron. Royal Corps of Transport won the RAF Changl League. They won every game scoring 38 goals against iour. This led them to represent RAF Changl In
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    • 53 11 A hat-trick by Quah K'm Lye enabled Hamilton Sports Club to score a 3 —o Win over Singapore Armed Forces m a FAS Division One league match at tha J*l*a Btsar Stadium, yesterday. K m Lye's goals cam* in the 16th. 31st gnd |oth nunuta of
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    • 466 11 Police Constable Lea Kiah Chang scored a 'double' at the Singapore Police Farce annual swimming meet held at the Chinese Swimming Club Pool, Amber Road, yesterday. Lee representing Zone Three, won the 50 metres breaststroke in 39.5 seconds and the 100
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    • 48 11 WOLVERHAMPTON. Eng land. Wed. (Reuter) —English First Division club Wolverhampton Wanderers yesterday signed Leeds United winger Mike O'Grady for £B«.ooft to replace peter Knowles. who quit gocctr for religious reasons Knowles. *n England Under--23 international, has become a full-time worker for the Jehovah's Witnesses.
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    • 453 11 HONG KONG. Wed (AFP) Singapore were unlucky to go dow n 2—l to Hong Kong m a disappoint.r.g match in the international regional hockey tournament here today. The Singapore *de two goals dow n *t th® interval. pressed continuously in the second half and had
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    • 104 11 LONDON Wed, (ATP) European heavyweight champion Henry Cooper is now te fight W.B A. world title holder Jimmy Ellis of the U.S.A. at Wembley, London, on Nov. 1 next, it wag learnt here today. Cooper has twice had to pott pone the bout, billed as a
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    • 118 11 PORT MORESBY. New Wed. (Reuter) Australia's Para Kilborn brake her awn Commonwealth record for the 200 metres hurdle here last night. Mls» Kilborn recorded 24 I seconds to shave 01 of a second off her old mark. Her time was only 0.3 of a second off
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 269 11 Classified Ads. Houses Land For Sale DOWN PAYMENT 12.500'. Immediate Occupation Katong Seaside (Opposite Shaw's Villa 440 A East Coast Road) Freehold 2/3-storev luxury semi-detached bungalow 4 rooms 3 halls split level 3 balconies quality equipment, large kitchen spacious garden at Katorg First Class Residential Area Hilltop facing sfd Convenient
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1393 11 (CHANNEL S) PJf. 300 Opening Announcefish Version); 3 40 It s Happening in Singapore (Repeat* i Chinese Version*; 3 55 Housewives Matinee (Part 2 of a Mandarin film "Oh Bny«! Oh Girls"'. 5 05 Close 5 55 Programme Summary in all Language;; 6.00 Peter Potumus Show; e25 Tarzan (Mountain on
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  • 647 12 THEY come from all walks of life, doctors, lawyers, architects, authors, professional skaters, nightclub artistes, teachers, students, and housewives, and they are ell here to sample "Instant Asia" in 72 hours. The visitors are among come 900 Australian tourists who arrived on the P and O
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  • 52 12 A FORMER taxi-driver. Ng Ser Hai, was committed to stand tnal for murder in the High Court, at the close of a two-day preliminary inquiry. Ng is charged with the murder of his 11-year-old daughter. Ng Meng Suan, in his house at Rifle Range Road, on April 27,
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  • 105 12 FIFTEEN lovely and shapely girls will vie for the "Princess Republic of Singapore" title at the finals of the beauty quest which will be held next Monday at the Singapore Conference Hall. They are (as seen in pix above from left) Susan A. Clark, Betty Tang, Blossom Gay,
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  • 81 12 The Port of Singapore Authority has introduced postal facilities in the Free Trade Zone to facilitate its operations The office for posting Is Known as the Parcel Acceptance Office, situated at the Authority's former Pay Office near Gate 2. Facilities for the despatch of parcels are
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  • 341 12 A miniature pyramid, symbolic of its virtues and cultural accomplishment, was erected by the members of the Rosicruciai Order, Singapore Chapter, last Sunday evening. The pyramid, built from 31 wooden blocks with the virtues and cultural accomplishments engTaved on them, represented a "structure of ideals'.
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  • 578 12 THE Adult Education Board has built the adult education movement into one of th« finest of its kind in this part of the world in less than 10 years. This was stated on Tuesday night by the Minister for Education, Mr. Ong
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  • 64 12 The mid-week Toto Draw will be held at the Singapore Wonderland Amusement Park. Kallang Park, this evening at 7.30 p.m. The finance director of Singapore Wonderland, Mr Ng Kuan Hoey will be the chairman of the panel of judges The other two judges are Mr. Chan Say Chan,
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  • 439 12 THE Public Work Department will implement e city area traffic improvement scheme to ease the traffic congestion in Collyer Quay, Battery Road and Raffles Place areas at 3 p.m. this Saturday. Announcing this yesterday the Senior Executive Engineer, Mr. J. T. Nalliah said the implementation
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    81 12 MISS Alberta Oliver (above) of Berrien Springs. Mich USA. ha* beep appointed new elenen. tary teacher for the Far Eastern Academv in Thomson Road here. Miss Oliver. 29. replaces Miss Ruth Eggers w>io returned to her homeland after serving her term. The new teacher will also serve as
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  • 114 12 The Post Office Savings Bank Lucky Draw will be conducted on Saturday. Sept. 27 and telecast "live" over Television Singapura at 5.30 p.m that day. The announcement was made by the Poatm asterGeneral yesterday The panel of judges for the Lucky Draw will comprise four members
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  • 150 12 THE Vice-Chancellor of Nanyang University. Prof. Rayson Huang, is now in London on a tour of the institutions of higher learning in the United Kingdom. Prof. Huang is th« guest of the British Council during his stay in the United Kingdom. Since Sept. 19. the Professor
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  • 168 12 THE Lembaga Biasiswa Kenangan Miulud, Singaport, (Pfophet Muhammad's Birthday Memorial Scholarship Fund Board), will hold an opening ceremony for its fourth 'nnufl g tr al meeting at the King Faisal Muslim Lecture Hall, in Lorong 12, Geylang, on Sept. 28 at 11 a m. After the
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  • 59 12 THE poster design competition to be held in school* in connec tion with the "Keep Singapore Clean and Mosquito-Free' campaign. it receiving enthusiastic response from school children at all levels The Singapore Medical Association which is sponsoring the competition has to date received entries from more thtan 150
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 98 12 Time €t Tide High Tide (Today) Singapore Town 10.48 am. (8.6 ft.), 10.32 p.m. (9 9 ft.) Naval Dockyard: 10.58 am. (10.4 ft.), 10.50 p.m. (11.3 ft). Low Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 4.26 a.m. (0.7 ft 4.21 p.m. (2.5 ft.) Naval Dockyard: 4.01 am (1.4 ft.), 4 If p.m. (3.1
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