Eastern Sun, 26 September 1969

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    23 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1130 Friday, 26 September 1969. <& MC (P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Thai Troops Rushed To Southern Border
    398 1 BANGKOK, Thurs. (AFP) The Thai government today rushed troops and armour to the southern provinces to quell rising lawlessness caused by bandits and Communist terrorists. Prima Minister Thanom Kittikachorn told the press that the measure was taken following the death of an Army Major
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    Lock icon Summit: 'Restore Palestine Rights'
    393 1 RABAT, Thurs, (AFP and UPI) Islamic heads of state and government reject any solution to the Palestinian problem which does not restore Jerusalem to its status before the June, 1967 six-day war, according to the joint statement of the Islamic Summit to be issued here today,
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    55 1 ADELAIDE, Thurs. fßenter) A Juvenile Court Magistrate here provided a father with a vacant police cell in which to spank his 12-year-old son after he admitted stealing two purses from a parked car and using the money to travel to Adelaide. The case against the boy was dismissed
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    Lock icon U.S. Troops In Thailand Cut Soon
    157 1 BANGKOK. Thurs. (AFP) The first batch of American troops would be pulled out of Thailand by the end of thla year. Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn stated here today. Thanom. speaking to reporters. did not. however reveal the number and nature of the troops to
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    Lock icon FORGED NOTE
    59 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Another forged Singapore $5O rote was recovered at the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation here yesterday. A police spokesman said the note was discovered when an accountant at Hotel Malaysia here. Mr. Loh Chee Wah banked in his day's takings Police believe the note was paid
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    Lock icon Raja To U.N. In October
    115 1 The Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. 8. Rajaratnam will lead a six-man delegation to the current 24th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. It was learned yesterday. Mr. Rajaratnam will also address the Assembly during the general debate In October Mr. Tommy Koh. Singapore's
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    Lock icon Huks Killed
    36 1 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI) Philippine constabulary forces, using foot soldiers and an armoured personal carrier, killed five suspected Communist Huks in an overnight battle which continued Thursday. One man. carrying a Garand rifle, was captured.
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    Lock icon THE Port of Singapore Authority yesterday accorded the "150th Anniversary Welcome" for the 12,500-ton vessel, "Singapore Triumph" when it arrived here on her maiden voyage. To mark the occasion, the master, Captain Shing Kwung To (Centre), was presented with a commemorative salver by the Port of Singapore Authority's Traffic Manager, Mr. Chen Nee Sian. In return, Captain Shing presented Mr. Chen with a momento.
    64 1 THE Port of Singapore Authority yesterday accorded the "150th Anniversary Welcome" for the 12,500-ton vessel, "Singapore Triumph" when it arrived here on her maiden voyage. To mark the occasion, the master, Captain Shing Kwung To (Centre), was presented with a commemorative salver by the Port of Singapore Authority's Traffic Manager,
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    Lock icon Aussie Troop Units Move From Malaysia To S'pore
    367 1 THE first of three maior units of Australian troops stationed at Terendak Camp in West Malaysia pulled out and moved down to Singapore, yesterday. They are the 107 Battery of the Royal Australian Artillery who came here with their armament of six
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    Lock icon Israel Says Riad's Offer Nothing New
    241 1 TEL AVTV. Thurs. (UPI) Israel said Thursday tl*re was nothing new in Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Rlad's offer of package deal with Israel on the Middle East conflict. Foreign Ministry spokesman David Rivling told a news conference that Riads statement spoke of neither direct
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    Lock icon Grey Out Soon
    57 1 LONDON. Thtip®. (UPI) Chinese diplomats in London said Thursday British journalist Anthony Grev could be freed Oct. 3. after having spent more than tw« years under house arrest in Peking. The Chinese saltf Grey would have his freedom when British officials release Chinese journalists jailed in Hong
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    Lock icon Assam Violence
    40 1 CALCUTTA. Thurs (AFP) Fresh violence broke out for the second day today in Imphal city, capital o* Menipur state, about 300 miles northeast of Calcutta, when two groups clashed in the main market area, It was learned here.
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    Lock icon First Trade Office To Be Opened In Saigon
    139 2 INTRACO s first trade office abroad, to be headed by Mr. Charlie Phua, will be opened in Saigon early next month. It will be INTRACO's first foreign office out of the ten which it intends to set up from the remainder of
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    Lock icon K.S. Rajah To London For Studies
    174 2 THE Acting Senior State Counsel of the Attorney General Department. Mr. K S. Rajah. left the Republic last night for London to attena a six-month course on International Law and Local Drafting beginning on Oct. 1. Mr. Rajah. 39. is Singapore's nominee to the
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    Lock icon RANSACKED
    89 2 Two men. armed with knives, robbed a housewife of cash and jewellery worth a total of 51. 380 at her house at Lorong 14 in Geylang, on Wednesday morning. The victim. Yap Hong Eng. 53. was in her house with a visitor and a servant when the two men
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    Lock icon Accidents
    25 2 There were a total of 64 accidents, eight of which were described as serious, during 'he 24 hours ending 6 a m. yes. terday.
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    Lock icon Youths Impress Rotary International President
    336 2 Rotary International President James F. Conway described Singapore youth as Intelligent and full of life. President Conway was speaking at a dinner given in honour of him and his wife by the Rotary Clubs here at Hotel Malaysia, Wednesday night. He told the fathering of
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    Lock icon MUSEUM CHIEF ARRIVES HERE
    109 2 THE Director of the National Maritime Museum m London. Mr. Basil GreenhilL has arrived in Singapore for a three-day visit During his stay here. MT. Green hi 11 will have meetings with the Director of the National Museum. Mr. Eric Alfred the curator of the University
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    Lock icon Mosquitoes Dangerous
    378 2 THE Singopore Medical Association yesterday warned that what is popularly termed as "nuisance" mosquitoes are not only a nuisance but are a definite hazard to health and a cause of death. Voicing full support to the Government-initiated "Anti-Mosquitoes Campaign" to commence in October, the Association, in a statement
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    Lock icon Corruption Trial Told Of Marriage Of Convenience
    681 2 "A marriage of convenience" was revealed in the Second Criminal District Court yesterday during the trial of on assistant director of the Social Welfare Department, Abdul Azix bin H. M. Nor, charged with corruptly obtaining 52,000 from the manager of the commercial firm,
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    Lock icon Bireley Sales Drop Probed
    318 2 AN extensive campaign will soon be launched by Bireley s (Singapore! Limited a soft drink franchise of Bireley's of USA to strengthen some of its fading economic factors, with a hope to recuperate the company, to its former footings. Since the past five years, the sales
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    Lock icon PLANS FOR NEW HEALTH CENTRE
    148 2 The Seven-day Adventist Denomination in Singapore is now planning to start a new Health and Welfare Centre. The old centre at Penang Road was closed recently because the land was required lor a government development project there. In a release issued yesterday, s spokesman said
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    Lock icon Big 4 Talks The Only Way To Peace In Mid-East
    491 4 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs (UPI) French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann said yesterday Big Four talks "must now be pursued unrelentingly" as the "only method that can lead to a general, equitable and lasting settlement" of the Middle East question. Schumann spoke
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    Lock icon TIGHT SECURITY AS PRAGUE LEADERS DECIDE FUTURE OF DUBCEK
    527 4 PRAGUE, Thurs. (Reuter) Extensive security precautions today sheltered an important meeting of the Czechoslovak Communist Party Central Committee which will decide the political fate of former liberal Alexander Dubcek. Palace guards and police late last night began to cordon off Prague
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    Lock icon Mosque Fire: Administration Was Negligent
    106 4 TEL AVIV, Thurj (UPI) An Israe'. commission which investigated the Aug. 21 fire at the Al Aqsa Mosque has found tha* the Moslem administration negligent in having failed to instruct Its employees in the use of fire ftghtina equipment It also said the admimstra tlon
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    Lock icon Police Disperse 40 'Skinheads'
    69 4 LONDON. Thura. (Reuter) Police sealed off the entrance to a London hippie squatter colony last night after a judge told occupants of the building they could face prosecution for conspiracy. Police surrounded the building. a school occupied for the last 11 days, and chased away 40
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    Lock icon East Germany Ratifies Nuclear Treaty
    137 4 EAJST BERLIN. Thura (Reuter) East Germany yesterday ratified the United Nations Nuclear Non-prolife-ration Treaty and urged other countries to do the same before It was too lite. The treaty, drafted in the United Nations General Assembly in June 1968 and so far signed by about
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    Lock icon MINI VERSION OF A PROUD SHIP
    164 4 HAMBURG. Th u r s (DaD) This copy of the "Bremen 4" awakes more than one memory of German passenger shippiny in former days. 12 metres long and weighing 12 tons. It is considered the largest model ship in the world. It runs on
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    Lock icon Warsaw Pact Manoeuvres
    186 4 WARSAW. Thurs (Reu'er) Polish communist leaders headed by party chief Wladys. iaw Gomulka yesterday watched four armies at battle exercises In the biggest Warsaw Pact manoeuvres ever held In this country. Press reports said the troops were using highly sophisticated modern weapons, and staff officers in mobile
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    Lock icon Seamen's Brawl Captain On Murder Charges
    77 4 CAPE TOWN. South Africa. Wed. (UPI> A local magistrate yesterday committed a Chinese trawler captain to a supreme court trial on Oct. 1 an murder charges in the death of three seamen In a nightclub brawl last week. Captain Suen Choa and two other
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    Lock icon Veteran's Day
    35 4 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) President Nixon yesterday proclaimed on November 11 as Veteran's Day. He said that from the American revolution to the war m Vietnam. US servicemen had served with valour and devotion.
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    Lock icon New Plans To Combat 'Sanction Breakers'
    217 4 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Plans to combat the operations of sanctions-breakers trading with Rhodesia were drafted by the 28-natlon Commonwealth Sanctions Committee at a meeting here yesterday. The committee composed of the high commissioners of Commonwealth diplomatic missions, also approved a set of recommendations for
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    Lock icon BARRICADES GO UP AGAIN IN LONDONDERRY
    221 4 LONDONDERRY Northern Ireland. Thurs. (Reuter) New barricades were rushed up in Londonderry early today and passion* climbed once more to danger level after a clash between Protestant® and Catholics In which one man died. Catholics hurriedly reerected the street barriers which they had pulled
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    Lock icon W. German Foreign Exchanges Shut Down Until After Sunday's Polls
    598 4 BONN, Thurs. (Reuter) West German Foreign Exchange markets shut down today until after Sunday's election amid increasingly bitter Christian Democrat accusations that their Social Democrat partners in the ruling coalition were provoking speculation into the mark. The surprise government move
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    Lock icon Bid To Include Seamen's Wives On Voyages
    92 4 GENOA. ITALY. Thura. (Reuter) A proposal that wives should be allowed to join merchant seaman on voyages was made here yesterday by a 32-natlon conference organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). It was contained In draft recommendations drawn up during a two-week
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    Lock icon MASS OUTPUT OF OUTBOARD ENGINES
    74 4 OSAKA. Thurs. (UPI) Yanmar Diesel Engine Co. yesterday announced It would start a mass production of rotary outboard engines shortly for sale beginning next year. The company, with its head office in Osaka, plans to pro- duce 500 rotary outboard engines "of 20 horsepowers and
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    Lock icon Code Of Conduct For Nude Stars
    221 4 LONt)ON. Thurt. (Reuter) A cod® of conduct to protect actors and actresses from Peeping Toms while audltlonlni for nude rolls was announced in LOndOn yesterday. The agreement, between Equity, the actore union and representatives of theatres, rules that everyone at a nude audition must
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    Lock icon Arabs Protest Against Travel Rules
    121 4 JERUSALEM. Thura (UPI> Arab leaders have protested to the International Red Crosa and the United Nation* against the severe travel and trade restrictions imposed by Israeli occupation authorities on the Hebron district, south of Jerusalem. Arab sources said yesterday. Pro ests were also made on
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    Lock icon Meir's Gesture Of Goodwill
    112 4 JERUSALEM. Thurs (UK) Informed sources said Premier Golda Meir personally approved a derision to «r.ow Jordan to repair the East Ghor Irrigation Canal, which was blasted by Israeli jetplanes last July. The sources said It gesture of goodwill toward the United States by Mrs Meir. who
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    Lock icon 'Dead Man' Tramps On
    120 5 THIS IS OTTO SILBERHORN, 50, German by birth, goldsmith by profession who has been a full-time tramp tor many years. Officially, he "fell for his people and fatherland during World War Two. He always carries this document with him and from time to time visits "his"
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    Lock icon 'Paper Gold' Will Help World Trade
    207 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) The Head of the International Monetary Fund Tuesday recommended creation of 9,500 million dollars in "Paper Gold" to put more money into the world trade market. The recommendation of Pierre-Paul Schweitzer. Managing Director, paralleled the proposal of the Free World's 10
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    Lock icon U.S. Plane Hijacked To Cuba
    111 5 MIAMI. Thurs. (UPI) A National Airlines jet carrying 72 passengers and a crew of se\*en has hijacked to Havana on Wednesday night during a flight down the eastern seaboard. the airline reported. The airline said the Boeing 72? apparently was commanded minutes after taking off
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    Lock icon Kidnap Car Ownership Established
    161 5 RIO DE JANEIRO. Thurs. (UPI) Police said Wednesday that a man they have been holding for a week has admitted ownership of the station wagon In which US. Ambassador C. Burke Elbrick was transported to his place of captivity after his recent kidnapping. The man In
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    Lock icon Younger Brother Takes All Blame
    252 5 Ramon Nouarro Murder LOS ANGELES, Thurs. (UPI) The younger of two brothers convicted of murdering Ramon Novarro testified Wednesday that he alone fatally beat the silent screen star. In an apparent attempt to save his older brother from the gas chamber. Thomas Ferguson. 18. told
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    Lock icon Marriage Called 'Legalized Rape'
    211 5 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) To some, marriage may be bLss. but to five angry New York women, it's "slave labour" without wages. The women, who called themselves members of the "Feminists," marched to New York City's Marriage License Bureau on Tuesday with a petition calling for
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    Lock icon N-Test Unlikely To Trigger Quake
    182 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Wednesday announced that it would go ahead with its scheduled underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island on Oct. 2. •It Is most unlikely that the explosion will trigger an earthquake of magnitude as large or larger than
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    Lock icon HIPPIES FIGHT CHICAGO POLICE
    246 5 CHICAGO, Thurs. (Reuter) Police and Hippy demonstrators clashed outside the Federal Court building here today as eight anti-government leaders went on trial for their part in the Chicago riots during last year's Democratic Convention. At least eight people were Injured as demonstrators hurled stones and bottles
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    Lock icon FOUR SHOT
    60 5 CINCINNATI, Thurs (UPI) —Four women were shot and killed Wednesday by holdup men during a robbery at a small bank near a shopping center in suburban Delhi Hills, police reported. Police said the women, two employees and two bank customers. were herded into rear room at the Cabinet
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    Lock icon Six Killed In Chicago Blast
    190 5 CHICAGO, Thurs. (UPI) —An explosion ripped through e printing plant Wednesday, sending one-ton rolls of paper into the street. At least six persons were killed and 30 to 40 injured. Firemen searched the interior of the building for workers who might have been trapped inside.
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    Lock icon Hugh Scott Succeeds Dirksen
    195 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) Benat« Republicans Wednesday chose Sen. Hugh Scott over Sen. Howard H Baker Jr. aa their new floor leader succeeding the lata Everett M. Dirksen. At a closed meeting of the 43 Republican Senators, the 68-year-old Scott was chosen to serve aa Republican leader
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    Lock icon POPE'S APPEAL
    71 5 VATICAN CITY. Thuxs (UPI) —Pope Paul VI has called on Christian. Moslem and Jewish leaders to negotiate a special statu* for Jerusalem and other holy place* in Palestine, the Vatican said yesterday The Pope made hij.carefully worded suggest-on in a letter sent to King Hassan of Morocco on
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    Lock icon Mary Jo's Parents Ask Autopsy Postponement
    266 5 WILKES-BARRI, Penn., Thurs. (Reuter) The parents of Mary Jo Kopechne, who was killod in a ear accidint involving Sen, Edward Kennedy, today asked a court to delay an autopsy hearing until after Massachusetts holds an inquest into the accident. The girl's parents also asked
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    Lock icon Court Sees Lewd Film
    128 5 SACRAMENTO. Calif Than (Router)—Judgp and Jury In the obscenity trial of two "bottomless" dancing girls went to see a special showing of the spicy Swedish film. "I ajn curious (yellow).'' Municipal judge Earl Warren. Jr.. son of the forme r U.S. Chief Justice, held court in
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    Lock icon Atlantic Quake
    48 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs (lUu> ter) —The US earthquake information centre today recorded a large underwater quake m the mid-Atlantic. about 1.500 rruleg east of Puerto Rlcow It said the earthquake occurred on the submerged midAtlantic ridge, an active seismic zone extending from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
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    125 5 UNITED NATION'S. Thurs. (UPI)— President Nixon said on Wednesday the U.S. Peace Corps would send more technicians to developing countries as part of "new initiatives", Including a commitment to the proposed International Volunteer Corps Nixon sent a letter to Secretary General U Thant on the occasion of
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    Lock icon Horse Thief Sentenced
    96 5 JERSEY CITY. ThurvfUPl) —David Bvrd. 52. has been sent to jail for 30 days for steaiir.g a police horse named Paddy Bvrd. who pleaded gui'-ty. told a Jersey City court he was drunk around noon when he stumbled across Jersey City Police Horse No 137. munching grass
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    Lock icon RABAT SUMMIT
    876 6 rr is pretty obvious that the Rabat Summit Meeting is not being held according to the rules outlined by the Marquis of Queensberry and many a blow is being dealt below the belt. It was billed as the Islamic Summit ostensibly to thump the chest and make a
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    Lock icon Pity The Taxman Too...
    875 6  -  By Derek Ingram Gemini News Service LONDON: Britain's Ombudsman is a knight of 63 with the Elizabethan name of Sir Edmund Cempton. He has been at work for more than two years now and it can hardly be said that he has created any great stir
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    15 6 Earnest men never think in vain though their thoughts be eiretn Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
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      Lock icon Put Right Before Might
      184 6  -  LIM HUAN SER Singapore. THE middle-East conflict Is dragging on unnecessarily long and as your editorial comment rightly describes, the situation Is a tight spot for Nasser and possibly also for those who back him. Judging from the performance of the belligerants. It Is unlikely the
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      Lock icon Action Against 'Jaga Kretas'
      131 6  -  G. TOLSON A.S.P. Publicity Division. Operation! Plannln* Department Ml| BeptfeHk Sisiifvt. I refer to the letter which appeared under the caption End Menace of Jaga Kretas' in the Eastern Sun of 23 Sept. •89. Jaga Kreta boys commit an offence under the law when they importune
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    Lock icon WINNING THE ELECTIONS WITH WOMEN
    765 6  -  By Heinz Ockhardt BONN, (INB) On September 28, the 38.6 million citizens of th| Federol Republic of Germany of voting oge will elect o new federal parliament to serve the first four years of the seventies. In pre-elec-tion convassing political timing and advertising flavour is
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    Lock icon Cayman Islands Get More Cubans Now
    406 6  -  •y Olive Miller GEORGE TOWN. Grand Cayman Islands for years an escape route for Cubans fleeing from Fidel Castro's regime are this year receiving an increasing number of Cuban refugees. Eiaht refugees in two boats reached the Caymans this month, bringing the year's total
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    Lock icon Promises Of New Look For Sydney
    431 6  -  By ROY HARBOUR SYDNEY: (Riuttr) The richest plum in AM* tralian local government control of the Sydney City Council goes on the market tomorrow and for the first time in 20 years the Australian Labour Party (A.L.P.) is not assured of victory. A Liberal
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      Lock icon Conditions Steady Quiet On Stock Mart
      483 7 By Our Morktt Reporter TRADING in the Stock Exchonge of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday was quiet although conditions again steadied after Wednesday's easier dose. Turnover fell to about 1.7 million units. Steady conditions ruled for the better part of the day but most operators
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      58 7 HONG KONG. Thura. (UPI) Money Quotations yesterday: HK56.0925 per US dola r HKS6.IIO per U.S. dollar TT HKSI4 52 per pound sterling HK5309.25 per tael of gold 94.5 pe r cent fineness HKSI6I.B per 10.000 Japanese Yen HK5120.5 per 100 Philippines Pesos buyers HK$l22 5 per 100 Philippines
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      916 7 l>rsrNESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in bracketa In lota of 1.000 units unless otherwise apecified: INDUSTRIALS A CM A SI 88 (2); Ber. Co. 1134 (2>; Borneo $l-78 (4>; Camel
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      Lock icon Malaysia To Make Locks And Hinges
      102 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tfaura. Malaysia's first backyard industry nanufacturinr leeks and hinges would be established soon in Suagei Rengam near here. Plans by a local entrepreneurs have been finalised and production would begin by next month. A spokesman of the com psny said machineries were
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      Lock icon U.K. MART VERY QUIET
      130 7 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) The market was very quiet yesterday. Equities, however, recovered most of initial small falls near the close when the FT Index was 0 9 down at 385.0. The coming West German elections continued to mske for a cautious mood. Leading Industrials showed little
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      Lock icon Cold Prices Mixed On World Marts
      135 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI)— Gold prices were narrowly mixed in featureless trading on market! here and abroad yesterday London gold edged one cent higher at the morning fixing and slipped back one cent at the second fixing to 40.84 dollars, unchanged from Tuesday afternoon.
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      101 7 THE Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore yesterday made the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency): SELLING TT. or OD. ready: Deutsche Marks —ln abeyance; Swiss Francs $71.8150; Belgian Francs $6.1450: French Francs 155 4650; Danish
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      14 7 Th* tin price for yesterday was $635.00 per picul, up $4.87 J.
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      Lock icon MALAYSIA'S GNP EXCEEDS THE $10,000M. MARK
      1058 7 TTUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The decade 1958 —1968 had been a period of high economic growth and financial stability which saw for the first time Malaysia's Gross National Product exceeding the $lO,OOO million mark in 1968. The Bank Negara Malaysia attributed this "steady rate of
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      40 7 NEW YORK. Thurg. (UPI) Dow Jones closing B v«r»*ei on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 834.68 20 Rails 200.66 15 Utilities in-M 65 Stocks 280.56 40 Bonds 71.40 Commodity Futures Index 141.32 up 0.22
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      Lock icon NEW YORK PRICES FINISH LOWER
      200 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI)— Prices finished lower on the N#w York Stock Exchange yesterday in less active trading. Volume of around 1,000.000 share* was running more than a million shares below Tuesday's at a comparable periodAnalysts said the news budget held little to inspire traders.
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 75 3/8 Cts.
      270 7 October first grade rubber closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 733/8 cents per lb., up half a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. Quietly steady conditions ruled throughout the morning as the market fluctuated around
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      Lock icon London Rubber Market Closes Idle
      92 7 LONDON. Thun (UPI) Rubber market cloaed idle yesterday with spot 27. 27 J. Settlement House Oct, Nov, Dec. Oct/Dec 271. 27 j Jan March 28-9/10. 28-3/4 April June 26-1/2. 28-11/18 July Sept 28-3 8. 28-1 2 Oct Dec 28-1 '4. 28-1 2 Jan March 20-1.
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      263 7 The following la a berthing list released by the Port of Singax>ore Authority for Sept. 25: DEPARTURE Godowna Vessels 3 Ariake Maru 0 '7 Calchas 8 9 Bali 15 10 Akibaaan Maru 18 Fernmoor 18 Soko Maru N.W. 1 Hua Heng N.W. 5 Perak 25 20 Tonan
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      586 7 I1NOAPOU chance MM IM srE. PM officially 11*140 as Dual MM, m at INDUSTRIALS ACMA 1 co. 1 8 5 1.84 Borneo 1 78 1 79 Boufctead 1.95 188 Chemical Co \ii 488 174 (old Storage r i 39 us l?t Dev. Bank 176 178 E.
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      105 7 BEIRUT. Thurs. (Reuter) A Malaysian delegation which arrived here on Tuesday from Kuwait began talks with Lebanese officials here yesterday on the establishment of economic relations between the two countries. The delegation is on a threeday visit here as ©art of a tour
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      82 7 TOKYO, Thurs. (UPD Japan export letters of credit received during Sept. 1-20 totalled US$6B2 million, the Bank of Japan and the Finance Ministry announced yesterday. The figure represented an increase of only one per cent over the same period of the previous month and an
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      16 7 PWW f T' J< f miIfiiiliH 1 I'll V!<1 r^yryntrpw>w^y 1 (•Boat Mi Oerrwr)
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      50 7 WASHINGTON, Thu re. (UPI) The UB. gold stock was 911.154.000.000 on the last day ot last month, the highest monthly figure alnce February. 1968. th« Treasury Department announced yesterday. The August gold figure we# $lO million higher than July and $473 million abort August a year ago.
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      301 7 ARRIVALB: 5-00 rm. Mb A 029 K. Lampor. 900 am- MSA 119 E- Lumpur. 10-15 a.m. MSA 121 E. Lumpur. 10 25 a-m- MSA 005 PestM, Ipoh. K. Lumpur. Malacca. U?I:5: fi?» A mi 1U n m V**"-8-25 p.m. MSA 038 Kota Bharu, A!or Star. Ipoh. k Lumpur.
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      543 9  -  Ann Landers t)EAR ANN: My iVidther is 83 years old. I have never lived anywhere but under her roof. I am 65 today, a dried-up raisin of a woman, all my chances for marriage long gone, all my hopes for a career
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      431 9  -  S Uf, Sheilah Graham IF YOU want to see the stars in Hollywood, ycu do not wait for them at the comer of Hollywood and Vine For a long time now, no one of any fame or importance has strolled
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      Lock icon WHEN 'THE DESPERADOS' STRIKE...
      450 9  -  By Goh Eng Kee "rpHE DESPERADOS" J. is one desperate attempt to screen in the savage, the murderous and the bloody And to dramatise its points, director Henry Levin has in colour some bloodcurdling and blood-and-thunder scenes of individual members of a family bemg wiped off.
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      Lock icon A COME-BACK OF THE NEW ORLEANS STYLE?
      161 9 BERLIN. THUN. (DAD) Despite Beat and Soul, Dixieland and New Orleans have never been entirely banned from the Western part of the old Gorman capital. Th o to have always boon five to ton bands which play for lovers of "traditional ja*x". Tho
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      804 9  -  Does It Affect The Kids? JE By Jeff Pike TODAY when one wife •n three g6es out to work, many psychologists and doctors believe that children suffer physically and psychologically. But recent research is proving that this isn't SO There used to be a social stigma attached
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      51 9 FIRST PRIZE V. PLUS A iDRAWING DAY 7th OCT. 69 Wk f&d SINGAPORE SWEEP TICKETS MAJN AGENTb PUST OFFICtb JOTOBOUIH SALON CATALINA Mwtit, Thcrnul Bath Special Maeini Coarse < Latest Equipment) Bust Treatment, Wixinf. Facial. Manicure, Etc.. 319-A. Rirer Valler Head, (Opposite Killtne? Bead) Singapore. 9 Tel. ***** \oor Aial
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      258 9 SHAW :wtviw>ini.'i LIDO Phone ***** I LAST 4 SHOW?' 11 a 1 45. 4.M. «.S0 p.m. Burt Reyno'd*. Anne Francia "IMPASSE" Color IUA) Saa:on from Tonight 9 15 p.m. Premier# 'No Free Lut< E-a Renzl a.« "PLAYGIEL" LPITOL Phone 29/591 LAST DAT! 11 IB 143, 400 830 A 8,30 p
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      94 9 TODAY and YOU... Friday, September 26, 1969. H M m 13-17-23-26 *W Tf 75 Furthif 76 With 77 Moko 7« A 79 Bosle 80Chon«M •1 Phyrieol 82 Rocroottan 83H#erf» 84 Doiirt 85 CIOW «6AMociota •7 No 84 MiropM •9 A 45 otdor 46 To 47 And 48 For '49 Follow
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      288 9 ORGANISE r I O N CATHAY J3400. Now Showing? 11. I.M. 4. «.30. 8 30 "A FINE P4IR" ta Technicolor Roca Htidaon. Claudia Cardinals A Nationa: Ocnerai Picture ■ORCHARD--321 b 1 LAST D4YS: >• Free Uit: Snow Start* 1 48. 6lt B.So oid ICE Starts: 2 03. ft SS A
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      1467 10 Bi Mt it a int. 2—6 Furs.~2.15 P*m. ($6,000) 1. 700 Ori* 5y 900 Song Lee Stable Chong 1 307 Scorpio D 4y 8.13 Beng's Stable Tulloh Too 3 1 774 HfjuUiner 4y 8.12 Big Seven Stable Rod sera Rejoo 4 4 303 Motivation jOy 811 Copt-
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      366 10  -  By BIG BEN FILM STAR, with George Podmore astride, shaped like a winner when he sprinted smartly over 3f in 36 4/5 on good going at Bukit Timah yesterday. It was the fastest time of the day* Aratunga (Lee Coles), a Singapore Gold Cup candidate,
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      156 10 US Baseball Results Standings NEW YORK. Thurs (Reuter) Results of yesterday's major league baseball eames: NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 8. St Louis 0. Chicago 6. Montreal 3. Atlanta Houston 1. Cincinnati 7, Los Angeles 2. San Diego 3. San Francisco 2. Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates were rained out
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      60 10 LOS ANGELES. Thuri. (Reuter) Tennis veteran Pancho Gonzales, who has announced he will retire next month, gave one of the best performances of his career when he beat Australian Ken Rosewall in the third round of the Pacific Southwest Open championships here yesterday. The score ln the thrilling
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      37 10 GENOA. Thurs. (Reuter) Brazilian soccer club Santos beat a combined Genoa's Ampaoria side 7—l, after leading 4—o at half time, in the sixth and final match of their 12-day European tou r here last night.
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      Lock icon Cup Holders Swindon Go Down To Oxford
      319 10 LONDON. Thura. (Reuter) Swindon Town. England's Football League Cup holders, relinquished their grip last night when beaten 1-0 by Second Division Oxford United ln the third round. A goal by David 81oan ln the 50th minute sunk promoted Becond Division Swindon Second Division
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      58 10 BIRMINGHAM. England. Thurs (Reuter) A hard-hit goal by forward Laeeq Ahmed gave Olympic champions Pakistan a 1-0 victory over England in a men's hockey international here last night. Ahmed chased a pass from centre-forward Abdei Rashld in the ninth minute of the second half and cracked
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      60 10 Filipinos Ben Arda tnd Eleuterlo Nival arrived here yesterday aboard a Philippines Air Line plane. They will represent their country In the World Cup to be played at the BICC's Buklt Course from Oct. 2-5. Orvllle Moody, the United States Open champion, la expected to arrive
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      1516 10 E IN It CL S Dlv. 1—6 fnrt^LOO 1 pan. ($*300) 1. 2. 3. 4 5 6 7. 8. 9 740 000 443 0 886 900 040 136 310 Dolphin g Bay Su« Raf« Bulldoior ShonmiB IF Eecort n Rrrp Boep Slarnallab Srjarah Queen g GambH 4y
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      84 11 NOTTINGHAM. Eh gland. Thurs. (Reuter) Deryck Murray. Nottinghamshire and Wett Indies Teat wicket keeper. said here yesterday that he it giving up ft rat class cricket. Murray will take a course in Industrial econ6mics at Nottingham University, but hopes to play for Nottinghamshire during his vacations.
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      261 11 Roy Chan smashed his own 100 metres freestyle record on the third day of the four-day Singapore Age Group annual swim meet held at the Chinese Swimming Club. Amber Road, yesterday. COMPETING in the boys' Under-14 auction. Rov returned a record time of 82 2
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      Lock icon Numata-Ramos Title Fight
      79 11 LOS ANGELES. Thurs (AFP) The already twicepostponed world lightweight title flght between Voahlaki Numata of Japan snd American Mando Ramos will definitely take place here on Oct 4. This was announced here today br a spokesman for the promoters, the Olympic BoxIn* Club. At a orew conference
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      269 11 A mammoth scoreboard.. measuring 15 feet high and 60 feet wide, the biggest ever constructed in the Republic has been sited by the Ist Tee of the Bukit Course and in front of the Club House for the benefit of both players and spectators alike, at the
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      Lock icon Japan's Title As S'pore Shock Koreans
      401 11 HONG KONG, Thurt. (AFP) Jipin won the fir# nation regional international hockey tournament when Singapore tcorod a shock 1-0 victory over South Koroa in a tempestuous match hora today. Japan, with six points from throe matches, hare an unassailable lead. They meet South Korea
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      191 11 BOMBAY. Thura (Reuter) New Zea'.and were 21 {or no wicket in reply to India's first innings tot a: of 15« at the close of the Ar?t dav's play in the first cricket Test here today. SCOREBOARD India—lst Inning*. Abid Ali c Confrion b "adlee %t 3 C.
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      75 11 MELBOURNE. Thurs (Reuter, —a 40 —1 outsider won the feature event at today s Caulfie'.d race meeting, the ASin.OOO Invitation Stakes over seven turlongs Heralding, ridden by local looker F Reys. came in three quarters of a length of Hanuman <R Qumton). with Bowl Kin* (F Moore)
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      115 11 WARSAW, Thurs (Reuter) Olympic middleweight champion Viktor Kurentaov of the Soviet Union won si* gold medals at the world and European weightlifting championships here last night and hoisted his country into the lead in the team clarifications. But the 28-year-old Army Lieutenant was below peak
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      395 11 Classified Ads. HOUMS Land For Sale 4 Clill BLOCK IIIUCI BODII FATTEN PAKE A ITFt Mtortr Oaraen Terrao# Houm* it *4 03 Buktt Tim ah Road. topp Chinese High School) iDacioua comWhere To Stay STRAND HOTEL. Bencoolen Street Town centre. Quiet clean, reasonable rate* AirI conditioned rooms, private bath Bar
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      370 11 NOTICES MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK at Market Street ATTRACTIVE shop, premises 25 Cross Street, at the MultiStorey Car Park, is available for letting by tender. Full details and tender form g obtainable at: Ministry of National Development. sth floor, Upper Pickering Street, Singapore 1. Tenders will close at 12 noon on
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      506 11 NOTICE GOVERNMENT Of THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTEGRATION ORDINANCE, 1963 NOTICE CNPER SECTION 19(2) NOTICE t» hereby given, pursuant to Section 19'2) of the Local Government Integration Ordinance. 1963 chat the Director of Public Works require* the execution of streetworks in respect of the following streets:1) Westerhout
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      1265 11 (CHANNEL 5) P.M. 3.0 C Opening Announcement* in all Languages and Morning Star; 320 Woman World; (English>; 400 A Diary of Event! in Singapore this week iEnglish); 4 OS It's Happening in Singapore (English J (Repeat); 420 Scarlet Hill (Double Corner); 5.05 Close. 600 Prog Summarv in all Languages; 605
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    Lock icon AMONG SINGAPORE'S BEST-PRESSED WOMEN
    408 12 A WEEKLY pictorial feature by the] Eastern Sun based on the photo-] graphs taken by our cameramen at« official functions, parties, exhibitions,* shopping centres etc. 'THAT colour!" This ensemble of the modern sarong kebaya worn by Mrs. Fe Wanner (above) is in burnt turqoise with silver
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    176 12 THE Air Commander, Far East Air Force, Air Marshal Sir Nail Wheeler, yesterday presented a commendation certificate to a RAF airman, Junior Technician Dudley Baker, tor his efforts in removing an activated smoke bomb from the bomb bay of an RAF Shackleton maritime reconnaissance aircraft. Dudley
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    127 12 The Public Utilities Board has appointed Mr. Wee Kian Kok as the Chief Financial Officer to the Board with effect from Aug 29. A former student of St. Andrew's School. Mr. Wee. 35. has been in the City Council and later the Board's service for
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    79 12 Two Singapore Parllmentarians left here yester* day *o Port-of-Spaln. Trinidad, to attend the IMb Annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. The parliamentarians are Mr. J. F. Concelcao (MP for Katong) and Mr Hwang Soo Jin (MP for Jalan Kayu) and they both represent the Singapore Parliamentary Society. Some
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    81 12 A paper factory supervisor. Seow Boon Teck. 21. and his friend, were robbed of their wrist watches valued at $B3 and cash of $2O by a man at Tiong Poh Lane on Tuesday night. Seow. of Jalan Buklt Ho Swee. was sitting on a bench with his friend
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    118 12 The Royal Army Educational Corps is Inviting Singapore teachers to visit an exhibition of 2.700 school textbooks. hei<j at the newly created British Teachers' Centre at Ayer Rajah Road The exhibition Is staged In conjunction with the Publishers' Association of Great Britain. Textbooks on display cover fields from
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    412 12 THE importance of packaging and package design, often regarded as "the Midas touch" before distribution of a products, is very often under-estimated by most manufacturers in the Republic. Mr. Will C. Grant, Chairman of Grant Advertising Corporation of Chicago, who was speaking at a press conference
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    376 12 THE National Library is the only library in Singapore which lends music and ♦he donation of a music collection helps in meeting the needs of Singapore's musical public. This was the comment made by Mrs. Hedwlg Anuar. Director of the National Library, when she
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    149 12 Three Singapore trainees will leave for India soon for training provided by the Indian Government under the Technical Co-operation Scheme of the Colombo Plan The students are Victor Seah. Goh Han Tiong and ASP Ramakrishna Naidu from the Singapore Police Force. Both Victor and Goh have
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    74 12 The Comptroller of Customs and Excise announced yesterday that an excise duty of on® cent will be imposed on every 100 sticks of locally manufactured matches a? from today. This also applies to locallymade advertising matches But, the Comptroller noted, there will be n o increase
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      180 12 NOW THE MOON. WHAT IS NEXT? SOUTH EAST ASIA AFTER VIETNAM? WHEN WILL RESEARCHERS FIND A CURE FOR CANCER? WHAT'S AHEAD NOW FOR STOCK PRICES? Here U a very special introductory rate: (To New Subscribers only). 55 weeks for only SS2I 50 just 39 cts a copr against 81.20 a
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      87 12 Time dfc Tide High Tid« (Today) Singapore Town: 11.12 a.m. (8.9 ft 11.15 p.m. (10.0 ft.). Naval Dockyard: 11.26 am. (10.6 ft.), 11.32 p.m. (11.6 ft). Low Tido (Today) (1.0 ft.). 4.58 pvm (1.7 ft.). Naval Dockyard: 440 a.m. (1.5 ft.), 4.49 p.m. (2.3 ft High Tide (Tomorrow) Singapore Town:
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