Eastern Sun, 5 November 1969

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  • 21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S Q\7N NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1170 Wednesday* 5 November 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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  • 492 1 'Letdown React WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI tr Reuter) President Nixon said last night he has adopted a plan for withdrawing all United States ground combat troops from Vietnam, but he refused to commit himself to a fixed timetable. In a televised address to the American
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  • 198 1 BONN, Tues. (UPI) European nations must do mere for their own security including the creation of large numbers of well trained and equipped reserves. NATO's European Commander, Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, said today. Goodpaster made his statement in an interview with Armin Haas
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  • 125 1 BEIRUT. Tues. (UPI) Arab guerrillas resumed limited operations in Lebanon today, but a high government official indicated that the guerrillas still will not be permitted to fire on Israel from Lebanese territory. Najeeb Sadaka, Secretary General of the Lebanese Foreign Ministry and a member of the
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  • 234 1 CANBERRA, Tues. (Reuter)Government opponents of the leadership of Premier John Gorton were given new fuel today when the poorest set of Australian balance of payments figures for seven years were published, political observers here said. The apparent net capital inflow for the September quarter of
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  • 103 1 GLASGOW Scotland. Tues fKeuter) More than 100 firemen, ankle-deep in foam and choking on heavy smoke, today fought to bring under control a blaze which started last night at the headquarters of Scottish Television. One fireman was missing feared dead Several others were overcome by the
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  • 456 1  -  By Peter Loke INTRACO on international trading organisation sot up by tho Singapore Government with private entrepreneurs will soon be setting up a Singapore Steel Supply Centre (Pte) Ltd. to stockpile steel in the Republic in the light of a worldwide
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  • 189 1 BONN, Tues. (UPI) Chancellor Willy Brandt said today he believes a military solution in Vietnam is impossible, and welcomed President Nixon's plan for staged withdrawal of American troops from that country. Brandt said he hoped Communist leaders tn Hanoi would react In a "positive" manner to Nixon's
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  • 30 1 TOKYO. Tues. <UPI) Cr«w n Princes, Miehifco *as discharged from the imperial Household Hospital today. 12 days afte r s he underwent corrective surgery on a deformed rib.
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  • 87 1 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Tues (Reuter) —U Tnant said last night that in eight years as SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations he was not conscious of having made a sing'e mistake And among his "most correct" action* was to withdraw th» UN Emergency Force from the Middle East
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  • 386 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The three-day defence talks between officials of Britain. Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore opened here today shrouded 'in secrecy'. The official level conference was at the suggestion of the New Zealand Prime Minister Mr. Keith Holvoke, and Malaysian
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 150 2 A $25,000 model of a ship was yesterday presented to the Nautical School of the Singapore Polytechnic, to enable student® to learn better." This eight-foot model, chistened "Anchises". came from the Blue Funnel Line, with j which the School has wide i connections. Presently, there
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  • 459 2 ICFTU SEMINAR OPENS EIGHTY top trade unionists from 1 3 Asian countries have arrived in Singapore to participate in the throe-day Ninth Asian Regional Conference of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, scheduled to open at the Singapore Conference Hall, this morning.
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  • 112 2 THE chairmen on the panel of judges for tomorrow's Toto Draw at the Broadway Stage hall of World Amusement Park will be Mr. Donald Tan. a sa?es executive with Rothmans. The other two officials are Mr. V.T. Raj an. a Toto agent and Mr. Patrick G.
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  • 311 2 THE Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture. Enche Sha'ari bin Tadin, yesterday stressed the need to inculcate in youth tho quest for greater international understanding. ''For in youth, lies the future destiny of nations and hence of the world/' he said. To back up
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  • 199 2 THE National Trades Unions Con great (NTUC) Fund for Low Kim Luan. who lost both his legs following an industrial accident recently, received a big boost of $2,000 from the management and staff of two local cinecoaa and a film company. The managements of
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  • 88 2 HUNDREDS of American housewives and local women flocked to the "Christmas Basaar", held at the American Club in Scotts Road to raise funds for charity, yesterday. Mrs. Charles T. Cross, wife of the American Ambassador in Singapore, opened
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  • 266 2 MEMBERS of the Singapore Association of Shipbuilders and Repairers' Association (SASAR) are taking steps to maintain their own steel stock to assist one another should the present world shortage of steel btcome acute. This was stated by Mr. J. A. Wilde. President of SASAR. following
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  • 401 2 A witness yesterday described in the Fourth District Court the last few seconds before a collision between a three-ton military truck and a taxi. Si* people died in the crash. Mahmud bin Tabbrl. a security guard with the Chartered Industries of Singapore, said as
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  • 189 2 The plight of the American who camps out at the Singapore International Paya Lebar Airport (first reported in Eastern San last week) has reached the ears of many people who are concerned about his misfortune. So while he was up at the airport snack bar
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  • 64 2 A watchman *'ho stole eight pounds of sweet* for the coming Deepaval was yesterday granted a six-month conditional discharge by th* Ninth Court Magistrate. Mr E. C. Foenander Bhagat Singh a'o Chanda Singh pleaded guilty to the charge of theft which was committed a- the Jack
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  • 284 2 THIRTEEN European travel agents currently on a four day tour of the Republic as guests of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board yesterday suggested that the Vocal entertainment industry should show more originality. More traditional entertainment especially in dances and music should he offeree to
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 387 2 *****89 Wins $400,000 Sweep TICKET Number *****89 won the First Prist of $400,000 in the Singapore Big Sweep drawn at the Broadway Hall in the New World Amusement Park, yesterday. Ticket number *****44 won the second prise of $150,000, J *****43 *****50 *****86 Third Prize of $75,000 went 2 *****7
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  • 665 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) Following is the text of the exchange of letters between President Nixon and the lata North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh. President Ho's letter was dated August 25 and received in Paris on August 30, four days before his death
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  • 411 3 PARIS. Tues. (Reuter) South Vietnamese exiles here yesterday intensified their political activities in light of a reported decision by non-communist opposition leaders in Saigon that the time has come to make a move. Sources said backers of an alternative government to President
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  • 68 3 LONDON Tues. (UPI)—Tw O Japanese couples were married thousands of e et above the North Pole today. Stewards poured champagne, the captain provided the marriage certificate and passengers sang songs in what was probably th<* first wedding aboard a jet. The grooms, brothers Ken and Shunichiro Takahashi. stepped
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  • 389 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) Future storage of nuclear weapons at U.S. bases is the only unresolved issue in negotiations for return of Okinawa, Japanese Embassy sources said yesterday. The sources said the United States and Japan are in agreement on all other points concerning return
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  • 286 3 PARIS, Tues. (UPI) Communist diplomats at the Vietnam Peace Talks, who have publicly indicated that they would reject President Nixon's speech whatever he might say, yesterday went into seclusion to study the policy statement. One top Communist negotiator yesterday said, however that "the statement will
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  • 244 3 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. (Reuter) —The China Debate in the U.N. General Assembly is expected to move into top gear today with Peking's most powerful foe, the U.S., and Albania, its most powerful friend, scheduled to speak. The reports were given a new boost yesterday when
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  • 188 3 DACCA East Pakistan. Tues (UPI) —Pakistani army troops opened Are yesterday for the second straight day at battling mobs of Bengalis and Indian refugees who have turned this city into virtual battleground since the week-end At least 1.000 persons were reported ai rested. The official death
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  • 76 3 MANILA. Tues. (UP I) Some Philippine candidates have 17 million pesos (4.25 million US. dollars) in fake bills ready to distribute as bribes just before next Tuesday's National Elections, according to Philippine Election Commissioner Jaime Ferrer. Ferrer said he had receved Intelligence reports that a sizeable amount of
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  • 668 3 NEW DELHI, Tues. (Reuter) The battle for control of India's ruling Congress Parfy reached »fa!e-mate yesterday,with both factions mounting vitriolic campaign* to discredit their opponents. The supporters of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi fighting to get control of the party organisation and prevent a back-lash toppling
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  • 54 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) —The Apollo 11 astronaut* will fly directly to Washington tomorrow from Tokyo to receive a red carpet welcome from President Nixon and othe r top officials on their return from their world tour The three spacemen and their wives will then be overnight guest.
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  • 279 4 Britain's Economic Prospects Better Jenkins LONDON Tues. (Reuter) Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins last night" announced a big improvement in Britain's economic prospect*. In a speech to Parliament he said that the government's most ambitious aim for a trading surplus looked like being achieved three months ahead of schedule.
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  • 83 4 WASHINGTON', Tues. (UPI) British Prime Minister Harold Wilson Is expected to visit President Nixon next month. It was reported in Washington last night. According to White House sources, arrangements are being made for the President to entertain the Prime Minister at a White House dinner on
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  • 69 4 BRUSSELS. Tues. (UPI) Assassination threats and 1.000 policemen met Congolese President Joseph Mobutu at the airport, yesterday for the first visit of a Congolese Head of State since Belgium gave the African territory Its independence In 1980 Police checked cars approachlnz Brussels International Airport after an
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  • 348 4 PARIS, Tues. (Reuter) A Soviet Historian, in a report smuggled out of Russia and published here yesterday, predicted the "fall of the Soviet empire" after a war with China within 15 years. War with China Is undoubtedly unavoidable I see It
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  • 215 4 JERUSALEM. Tues. (UPI) Israel intended to warn Lebanon that guerilla attacks launched from Leban®* territory would continue to invite swift Israeli retaliations. Informed political sources said yesterday. Sources here said reported from Cairo indicating an agreement was close between Lebanese and guerilla leaders which
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  • 56 4 JERUSALEM Tues (UPI) —An explosion shattered the British Consulate in East Jerusalem last night, police re* ported. Tnere was no immediate report of injuries Or damages Police saia an explosive charge went off at the threestorey building The British Consulate has been the target of Arab guerrilla
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  • 332 4 STUTTGART Germany, Tuts (UPI) A weekend visit to her German cousins sparked romance rumours In Germany yesterday for Britain's Princess Anr.e The Dally Blld Zeitung. which specialises in gossip-column type stories, said the 19-year-old Princes# had a handsome German prince in close attendance
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  • 413 4 ROME. Tues. (UPI) An Italian prosecutor filed three more charges yesterday against plane hijacker Raffaele Mlnlchlello and said he was sure he would be tried first In Italy rather than the United States. If the 20-year-old American Is tried here and convicted of
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  • 141 4 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter)— Police hunting the killer of a wealthy spinster kicked to death two weeks ago have asked US authorities to help trace a vital clue The clue needed Is the finger prints of an American friend of 70-year-old Miss Nellie
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  • 112 4 GEORGETOWN. Guyana Tues. (UPI) Another victim was discovered yesterday In a series of child-murders here. He is a boy whose age police estimate at between 10 and 12 years. His body was found floating in a trench near a sports club In the northern sector of
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  • 321 4 TUNIS, Tucs. (Reuter) Mr. Bahi Ladgham, secretary general of Tunisia's ruling party, the Parti So'.ialiste Destourien (PSD) was widely tipped today to become the nation's first Prime Minister and effective successor to President Habib Bourguiba. The ailing 67-year-old President, re-elected on Sunday
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  • 157 4 UNITED NATIONS. Tues. (UPI > The general assembly's tru»tee»h;p committee yesterday again called on Britain to use force to prepare for African majority rule in Rhodesia. Voting 79 to 8. with 17 abstentions, the committee a s o urged extension of existing sanctions against
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  • 111 4 LIVERPOOL England. TUPS (Reuter) Blonde mother of three Kim Nerltt woke up in hospital here yesterday with a mortuary identification tag still round her wrist "I really knew then that I was back from the dead", said K'm. 23. after she came out of a deep
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  • 185 4 LONDON". Tues (UPI) Radio South Africa yesterday attacked heart transplant pioneer DT. Christian Barr.ard for his crltirlim of South Afncaj* apartheid policy. Barnard's remarks were •"grossly unfair" and extremely unscientific." It said Barnard said in a speech in Capetown on Friday there :s no future
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  • 81 4 BIRMINGHAM England. Tues (Reuter) A conno sial plan to broadcast sex lessors to schoolchildren under 10 has .aised a delicate problem —homework Normally when children •'-ere taught anything ij. school like readme or arithmetic they were told "go and practise it explained a worried councillor on
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 103 5 PATRICK POH WAH CHIA of Singapore (teen above) has been elected President of the East-West Centre's Student Association in Honolulu, it was announced. The EWCSA is the official organisation of more than 450 students from the U.S., Asia and the Pacific area living at the East-West Centre. Chi a is
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  • 373 5 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) Mayor John V. Lindsay, who began his campaign tor re-election as the underdog without the endorsement of hii own party, was favoured Monday to defeat two conservative candidates in Tuesday's election. Lindsay ran as a liberal and Independent candidate
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  • 182 5 DE KALB. 111., Tues. (UPI) Analysis of the lunar soil samples supports the theory that the moon once was part of the earth and became separated in a cataclysmic tidal wave, a space scientist said yesterday. Dr John O Keefe of the National Aeronautics
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  • 92 5 UNITED NATIONS. Tues. CReuter) U.N. SecretaryGeneral U Thant entertained Soviet cosmonauts Georgi Beregovoy and Konstantm Feoktistov in his 38th floor suite last night, along with U.S astronauts Frank Borman and William Anders, who are acting as hosts to the Russians during their U.S. visit. Numerous U.N delegates
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  • 226 5 WASHINGTON. Tues f Renter) The U.S. Air Fore* yesterday asked for design Proposals for a $12,000 million programme to build a supersonic replacement for fhe B-52 strategic bomber. Five companies were asked to submit by late winter their design and cost proposals for a force
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  • 280 5 CHICAGO, Tuea. (UPI) Black Panther Leader Bobby Seaie appeared unshackled and ungagged at the trial of the "Chicago Eight" Monday but refused to cease his demands that he be allowed to act as his own attorney. U.S. District Court Judge Julius J. Hoffman rejected motions
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  • 36 5 UNITED NATIONS. Tues <UPI) UN Correspondents honoured Secretary General Thant a» an informal party in their club-rooms here Monday marking the eighth anniversary of his accession to the too post In the world organisation.
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  • 293 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) Rep. James A. Haley, Democrat-Florida, said yesterday the United States, by borrowing back part of its foreign aid gifts with interest —is not being "just soft-hearted" but "soft-headed." Haley, in a newsletter to his district, said recent testimony about loans before
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  • 51 5 ATHENS. Tues. (Reuter) The crew of the 16.435-ton Greek liner Queen Frederica abandoned ship early today when fire broke out on board, the Greek merchant marine announced. It was not immediately known whether any passengers had been aboard the liner, which usually between Piraeus and New
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  • 159 5 SAN FRANCISCO. Tues (Router) Police today reraptured convicted murderer Robert Crump 41. who with two hostages, held police, at bav for two hours with a rifle and severa sticks of dynamite. A police sergeant dived at Crump's 1*8? and knocked the rifle from his hand after 40
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  • 213 5 OTTAWA. Tues (UPI) Canadian External Affairs Ministers Mitchell Sharp announced on Monday Canada would close five of its diplomatic offices and phase out Its presence on the International Control Commission in Vlentian. Laos and Phnom Penh. Cambodia Sharp told the House of Commons that Canada
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  • 91 5 COLUMBUB. Ohio, Tues. (UPI) U.S. Rep. Donald Lukens. Republican-Ohio, said Monday he will Introduce a resolution in the House of Representatives that would permit astronauts to pray In space. Atheist Madalyn O'Hair had asked a Texas Federal Court for a restraining order to ban prayers l n future
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  • 371 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) President Nixon's Vietnam speech, far from abating the November anti-war demonstrations, will spur greater participation in them, protest leaders said Monday. Thev expressed "incomprehensible disappointment/' in Nixon's speech terming it an insult to the intelligence of the American people. Ted Johnson, a leader
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  • 40 5 UNTTED Nations. Tues (UPD —A Polish-born American U.N. Secretariat employee plunged to his death Monday morning from his 3"lh floor offic? in the UN. Secretariat building, officials said. He was identified as Tadeusz Rymanowski of the budget department
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  • 379 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) President Nixon's speech on Vietnam left the opposing camps in Congress still divided Monday the Doves were dissatisfied and the Hawks backed him to the hilt. Both sides credited Nixon with eloquence in his address to the nation. Those opposing the war
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  • 124 5 CAPE KENNEDY. F.a., Tues. fUPI) A Poseidon missile carrying an experimental multiple warhead package streaked down the Atlantic missile range yesterday on Its 12tk test flight. The stubby. 34-foot missile blasted off from a land launch pad and propelled its dummy MIRV warhead assembly toward an instrumented Atlantic
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  • 148 5 EDGARTOWN Ma«sa Tue« (Reuter) —A pre-inquest hear:ng on Thursday into the death of Mary J D Kopec'nne was ordered today by District Judge Jarre* Boyle Judge Boyle announced the closed hearing afte r the Massachusetts Supreme Court ordered him to c o?e the inquest to the prer«
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  • 135 5 CAPE KENNEDY. Fla Tues (UPI) The three Apollo 12 astron auts returned to the Moonport Monday after spending their last weekend with their families In Houston before the scheduled Nov. 14 launch of man's second lunar landing mission. Charles (Pete) Conrad Jr.. Richard F. Gordon and
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  • 125 5 NEW YORK. Tues (UFT) Americans are so anxious for an end to the Middle East tension that they may be duped by Russia into a fraudulent peace plan, the Chairman of the National Jewish Community relations advisory council said on Sunday. Jordan Band of Cleveland. Ohio, head of
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  • 914 6 NOTHING dramatic was expected or put forth in President Nixon's address to the United States about the Vietnam war. It was cold logic and sound argument extremely well-presented to convince all those with an open mind that everything possible is being done by the Nixon administration to
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  • 893 6  -  By WILLIAM FORREST Gemini News Service Dr. Antonio Salasar, whoso forty-year dictatorship of Portugal was ended fourteen months ago by a paralytic stroke, thinks he is still Prime Minister. And his successor, Dr. Marcello Caetano. humours him in this fond belief. Closely watched by his aged housekeeper, who
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  • 351 6  -  By JERRY LEBLANC HOLLYWOOD, California, (Router) Fear following closely in the wake of a crime-wave that shocked the wealthiest suburb in the world has brought a boom to burglar alarm companies and private protection agencies here. The Bel Air suburb is the home of many
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  • 166 6 VIENNA, (UPI) Wirti ski trails as crowded as highways, skiing experts are beginning to advocate the use of police on mountain slopes to curb speeding and reckless schussing. Prof. Walter Kuenzel, Head of the Austrian Institute for Maintenance of Ski Trails, said the fact that
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  • 704 6  -  WHEN TIGER SHARKS, sea-snakes and killer sting-rays are your swimming companions, need more be said? Competitors swim in cages and are lucky if they don't end up wounaed or with mouthful Is of polluted water. By LARRY FOLEY Gemini News Service MAGNETIC Island, e 20squere
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  • 350 6  -  By PETER HARVEY TONIGHT to the British children is what Sew Year's Day is to their Chinese counterparts Unfortunately, as with our firecracker menace, the same holds true for them too. LONDON, (UPI) "Remember, remember Hie Fifth of November gunpowder, treason and plot!" Small
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  • 18 6 WHILE G«d waits, for his temple to be built of lore, men brier* stones. Tor ore
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  • 396 6 THE LIGHTER SIDE BY DICK WEST WASHINGTON, (UPI) The Defence Department announced plans this week to "consolidate, reduce, realign or close" 307 military bases or operations This turned out to have been an understatement. When lists of the installations affected by the cutback were made available to
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 476 7  -  By Our Market Reporter THE Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday was again quietly easier although) trading in the afternoon session appeared to be on a steadier note. The market started fairly aubdued on the continuing lack of buying interest and some profit-taking Losses
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    • 859 7 BUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore "umber of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS Acma 52.U3 <11» $2.09 (7) $2 10 <l> 52 11 (1) $2.12 (1»; DIM 52.10 <2
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    • 61 7 NEW YORK. Tues (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged to 55 points higher yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. There were no sales. (Close) (Prev) Nov- 27.50 27.50 Jan. 24.758 25.25 24.20 March 25.00 25.00 May 24.75 24.75 Oct. 24.60 24.60 Sept. 24 50 24.50 Nov. 24 35
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    • 144 7 MR. TAN AIK KIN, product engineer for the Philips Department of William Jacks left recently for Australia on a month's familiarisation tour of several factories In the Associated Telecommunications of Australia Ltd. group of companies. During hla visit, Mr. Tan will be briefed on the latest
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    • 153 7 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Australian m»nes were the most active sector of an otherwise very quiet market. Poseidon moved ahead, after initial drifting In line with Melbourne and Sydney, and renewed borehole speculation. Profit-taking i n late dealings clipped gains to 23/9 at 411/3 (afte
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    • 124 7 ROME. Tues. (Reuter) New high yielding varieties ct cereals are increasing production of staple foods at an unprecedented rate. Dr. O.E Flschnich. an Assistant Director General ol the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). said. Tomorrow they could overturn the repeating pattern of poverty
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    • 365 7 LONDON, Tuts. The 747 it to the 707 what the Queen Mary was to the Mauretaoia or a modern saloon car is to an Austin Seven a bigger and better model offering better economics to the operator and greater comfort to its passengers. To the
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    • 244 7 SEVEN senior managers from Singapore are attending an International Management Congress at Tokyo from Nov. 4 Nov. 8. This Congress, the fifteenth. Is organised by the International Council for Scientific Organisation <CISO). an international management body whose aim is to promote the exchange of information
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    • 145 7 NEW YORK. Tues (UPI)— Gold prices continued to weaken yesterday in modern tely active trading on markets here and abroad. Dealers attributed the decline to speculative selling and lack of demand reflecting higher interest rates and greater stability in world monetary markett In London, gold
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    • 92 7 JAKARTA, Tues. (UPI) A total of 18.116 tons of rice arrived at Jakarta harbour from Bangkok last Thursday to relieve the existing rice shortage. The shipment lr part of 688.000 tons of rice ordered by the government, from various sources abroad for this year. The government
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    • 13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $645.23 per picui, up $075.
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    • 129 7 THE A&soclation of Banki in Malaysia-Singapore ye.«terday 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 Mark? $83.3675; Holland Guilders V '2425; Swiss Francs $70.9625: Belgian Francs $6.1925; Frenc'.i Frai.cs
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    • 227 7 THE Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for ships in port today. Wed. Nov. 5:DEPARTCRES Godowns Vessels 1/2 Neptune Zircon N.W.I Hua Heng N.W.2 Perils 21/22 Rvukal Maru 31/32 Bandung Maru 33/34 Benlomond 45 Vishva Sandesh ARRIVALS Godowns Vessels 23/24 Nikkei Maru 18
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    • 165 7 SYDNEY. Tue« <UPI) Tue«day's closing Sydney stoek Exchange Selected Share* MINING Amcex 2 40 Ast Mm 7.50 Austral MiD .45 Au*t Dev. 1 60 Barrier 190 BH South 445 C Gold 9 20 Cra 18 00 Empar 155 Endur 1.05 GM Kalf 1 35 GT Boulder 3.50
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    • 270 7 NOVEMBER first grade rubber buvers closed at 5 p m.. In Singapore end Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 65 cents per lb., down one eighth of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market wag quiet after easier. The morning showed a continuation of yesterday's
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    • 178 7 TOKYO, Tues. CUPI) Ford Motor Co. reached agreement with two Japanese automobile manufacturing companies last week to set u© a Arm to produce automatic transmissions The new company, to be named Japan Automatic Transmission Co will be capitalised at one billion yen (US$2.7
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    • 654 7 WIMJAPOKE BtOCS ntianr* mid tad c rther MoH officially luten at the ck» of business INDLSTRIALS Acma 2 11 Ben A Co 1.74 1.83 Borneo Bhd cd 1*7 1 80 Boustead Co. 1 98 2 00 Camel Plywood 1.68 1.73 Central Sugars 4 24 Cold Storage
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    • 104 7 LONDON TU©6 (UPI) Rubber closed mainly nominal yesterday with spot 26, 27 nom. buyer. SETTLEMENT HOUSE Dec 25-3/8. 26-3/8 nom Jan. 24. 24-1/4 Feb 23-5/8. 23-7/8 Jan /March 23 11/16. 23 7/8 April/Jun* 23 1/2. 23 3/4 July/Sept. 23 3/8, 23 5/8 Oct/Dec- 23 1/4.
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    • 85 7 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) A Kmart recovery In the final hour yesterday enabled stocks to finish mixed In moderate turnover. Shortly before the final bell, the UPI marketwlde Indicator showed a loss of 0.09 per cent on 1.587 Issues crossing the tape. There were 687 declines and
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    • 93 7 i HE noon prtew at the fctntapore Chinee* Produce exchange yesterday were > Seller Buyer Coconut OH 53 50 (r O B Bulk mm Coconut Oil 6600 (FOB.) Drum Mixed Copra Muntok white Pepper 33-00 (FOB.) ***** Sarawak White Pepper 222 50 (FOB.) mmm Sarawak Special Blacs Pepper (FOB.)
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    • 6 7 i •Hon* konf Currency)
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    • 39 7 NEW YORK. TUM (UPI) Daw Jones closin* averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 854.54 30 Industrials 20 Rails ***** 15 Utilities 118.87 65 Stocks ***** 40 Bonds 71.30 Commodity futurei indey 143.88 up 0.06.
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    • 415 7 ARRIVALS6.00 am. M!>A 029 K. Lnmpur 7.X5 a m OAS SK97* Bangkok. Tashkent. Copenhagen. 9 00 am. MSA 119 K. Lnmpur 10-10 am. GABODi GA800 Jakarta. 10.15 a.m. MSA 121 K. Lumpur. 10-25 am. MSA 005 Penang, ipoh. K Lumpur. Malacca10.50 a m. THAI TG4X3 Bangkok. 1.10 p
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    • 1087 8 ALTHOUGH it was once considered almost impossible, today many blind Americans are successfully earning college degrees side-by-side with sighted classmates. NOT many years ago it would have been almost impossible for a blind student to attend public school with sighted classmates. Today, thanks to understanding e
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    • 270 8 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) An optimistic 40-year-old children's entertainer In London is planning a worldwide New Years party for the year 2.000. And so far 16 cities from Nairobi in East Africa to Hong Kong in the Far East have responded to Mr John
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    • 124 8 HONG KONG Tues. An Increasing number of young people In Hong Kong are anxious to know how police work and have organised visits to various police stations In the colony. A police spokesman said a total of 4.285 students from schools and youth organisations had toured various police
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    • 85 8 BRISBANE. Tues. Donald McNulty. 22, who last month changed his name by Deep Pool to Elvis Presley is considering changing It again to Cliff Richard. He says he Is sick of being ragged about his new name and annoyed that the name McNulty has not been changed
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    • 830 8  -  Date-line By Ele and Walt Dulaney ELE and Walt: I'm a boy 16 and it's my misfortune to be a cry baby. At times of stress and emotional upheaval, I find the tears pouring down my face. This has happened this past year when I won
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    • 75 8 JAKARTA. Tues. Ore of Indonesia's top pop singers. Dlah Iskandar. has paid she would like to see South-east Asian pop singers contest to determine the top singer in the area. Diah. who has appeared in Malaysia and Singapore, also said she saw a setback in pop tastes recently.
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    • 260 8 Corner 1. On which Swedish island stands Visby which was once a trading centre for Asia. Russia and Europe* 2. Who hath drowned more men than Neptune 5 3. What happens to those Whom the gods love 4. Poisedon was the god of the sea in Greek mythology What was
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  • 242 9  -  By Gloria-mae THE Christmas Fair Commit tee's prefunction at Tropicana Restaurant was a definite success. It was sponsored by Air-India. The audience feasted on the restaurant's specialities of "Tim sum" and an interesting fashion show. The demonstration on the proper way to wear the sari
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  • 193 9 LOS ANGELES. Tues. (Reuter) Singer Frank Sinatra on Sur.dav night made his first public appearance since the New Jersey Crime Commission issued a warrant for his arrest last month for failing to answe r a subpoena to testify at a mafia hearing Sinatra
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  • 657 9  -  for llf/s v., Sheilah Graham LONDON. Tues ciever timing. The announcement from Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton that they would "retire for a year," just when the million-dollar salary is slipping Into limbo. Elizabeth hasn't worked since "The Only Game In Town.** about a
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  • 564 9  -  Ann Landers DEAR Ann: J have a problem and don't know where to turn It concerns my 20-year-old daughter. Betty has become very friendly with a woman I will call Janice Janice is 41. She never married or even had a boyfriend so
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  • 285 9 NEW YORK, Tues. (Reuter) The mystery of whether Paul McCartney is dead or alive appeared to be solved once and for all on Sunday night when Life magazine published photographs and an interview indicating the Beetle is alive and well in
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  • 81 9 LONDON. Tues. (UPI) Lulu, a pop itar at 14. celebrated her 21st birthday on Sunday with 40 pop stars, friends and family in a Baker Street restaurant. The party was given by her husband Maurice Olbb of the Bee Gee pop group Among the guests were Mr.
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    • 359 10  -  By By Our Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Train, a course scratch? ing last week, showed there is nothing amiss with him when he did an attractive 3f trial in 40 on a yielding track here yesterday morning. Sunspot also impressed in his workout.
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    • 968 10 a. 2 Div. 2 6 F. 818 Born Free 6y 9.00 Ladieg Stable RS Breuk 754 Pelor Mae 12y 9.00 Wan Stable Rodgers 389 Limelight 5y 9.00 Joy Stablg Allan 109 Nasi Goreng 5v 8.13 Stabl# J. Donnelly 119 Ming Dynasty 5y 813 Olvmpia Stable Teh
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    • 297 10 IPOH, Tues. India ploying surprisingly lively football tonight on a wet ground beat Singapore 3-0 in the Group B match at the Perak Stadium tonight. Singapore, who did not settle down on the wet ground fought gamely throughout but found the stout Indian defence
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    • 409 10 MELBOURNE, Tues. (AFP) Th# South Australian five-year-old, RAIN LOVER staged one of the best fighting finishes in many years to win the rich Melbourne Cup horse racing classic over two miles at the Fleming- ton course here today. Carrying nine stones seven Ksunds
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    • 146 10 DACCA, East Pakistan. Tues. (Reuter) New Zealand cricketers were last night seeking assurances of security a t the Dacca ground whe rP thei r third Te s t match against Pakistan begins o n Thursday. At lea«t seven people have died in nots in Dacca
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    • 161 10 RAWALPINDI. Pakistan. Tues (Reuten The Pakistan selectors hav e dropped Mushtaq Mohammed. Youni s Ahmed and Saiahuddm from the side to meet New Zealand in the third and f>na] cricket Test at Dacca on Nov 8 All three were missing from the list of
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    • 175 10 Springbok Tour LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Rugby Union officials determined to save the opening game of the Springbok tour against Oxford University have come up with a deterrent to anti-apartheid demonstrators harfd cash at the turnstiles. Demonstrators and any other spectators who cannot produce a
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    • 138 10 SYDNEY. Tues John Benaud. younger brother of former Australian Test captain Richie Benaud, has been named captain of Ne* South Wales fo r the coming inter-State Sheffield Bhieid cricket competition. Richie Benaud lead New South Wales from 1958-64. It i s believed to be the first
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    • 114 10 The smart light and dark blue tunics were dasigned by a team-member, 21-year-old Senior Aircraftwoman Denise Martin, (far right in picture). Also displaying
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    • 606 10 Four records were broken at the second annual Singapore Teachers Union's swimming meet at the Chinese Swimming Club Pool, Amber Road, yesterday. First to break the mark was Chiam See Tong in the men's "B" 50 metres free style He set a
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    • 216 10 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) England,? Injury-hit soccer squad left here yesterday for their matcfti against Holland in Amsterdam tomorrow a game which begins manager Sir Alf Ramsey's preparations for the defence of the World Cup in Mexico next summer. With Everton's Alan BalL Brian Labone
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    • 56 10 RAWALPINDI. Pakistan TUBS. <Reuter> The Pakistan Cricket Board XI declared at 270 fo r nine in reply to the New Zealand touring team'g first inningg total of 357 for three declared on the second da v their three-day match her* today The Zealanderg reached 27 for
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    • 33 10 BOMBAY. Tues. (Reuter)— India were 202 for four in their first innings at close of plav on the opening day of the first cricket Test against Australia here today.
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    • 33 10 MEXICO CITY. Tues- (AFP) Susumu Hanagata of Japan arrived here today to prepare for his world flyweight boxing championship against World title holder Efren Alacran" Torres of Mexico in Guadalajara on
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    • 131 11 ADELAIDE, Australia. Tues. (Reuter) Barry Jarman Australia's former Test wicket-keeper and vicecaptain, yesterday announced his retirement from first class cricket. The 33-year-old South Australian said that his decision had been made only after long deliberation. "We are expecting our fourth child mid-way through December,"
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    • 585 11 MANILA Tues. (UPI) Newly-crowned World Boxing Association flyweight champion Bernabe Villacampo of the Philippines was voted yesterday Boxer of the Month' for October by the Oriental Boxing Federation (OBF). Villacampo. 29. won a unanimous decision ©ver Hiroyuki Ebihara Oct. 19 in Osaka, Japan. Ebihara
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    • 116 11 BANGKOK, Tues. (UPI) Malaysia and Iran have bid to host the 7th Asian Games in 1974 and are pressing their claims with the opening Tuesday of the Asian Games Federation annual meeting. The meeting is being attended by 35 delegates from Afghanistan, Burma, Ceylon,
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    • 77 11 LONDON. Tues. < Reuter)— British tennis officials hope to persuade American veteran Pancho Gonzales to make his farewell appearanc® in London Gonzales. 41. who recently retired for th e third time, has been Invited to play in the British covered court championships starting on Nov. 17.
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    • 98 11 TORGUAY, England. Tues. (AFP) The fourth tournament counting towards the Dewar Cup indoor tennis serie s opened yesterday at the Torquay Palace Hotel covered courts with no surprises. The leading contenders are not in action until today. Preliminary round results: Men's Singles Round One: H. p lotz
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    • 54 11 MEXICO'S Vicente Garcia lies on Hie canvas and is counted out in the sth round of the bout with Lionel Rose in Melbourne, Australia last Saturday. Rose, the former Bantamweight champion, was making his debut as a featherweight. Gracia was later taken to the hospital for precautionary
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    • 265 11 CHESSr BY EASTERN KNIGHT Though the University of Singapore had been unbeaten in the four rounds of the 1969 Inter-Clubs Championship Chess tourney they were astonishingly defeated last Sunday by Singapore Chess Club with a score of 31 points to lipoints. Results: (Singapore Chess Club names
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    • 53 11 HONG KONG. Tuss (Reuter) The visiting Singapore National cricket team beat Hong Kong'» invitation XI by 87 runs in a one-day match her® today. Scores: Singapore 138: Invitation XI 7 j Martens was Singapore's most successful bOwler with fou r for 22 while Sivalingam had
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    • 158 11 NAPA. California. Tues, (Reuter) Jack Nicklaus sank an 18-foot birdie putt on the first hole played yesterday to win the US$l4O,OOO (about £58.000) Kaiser Open golf tournament in a fourway, sudden-death playoff. Four players had earlier tied on 273, The playoff In the 72hoie tournament was
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    • 438 11 T ONDON, Tues. (Router) Britain's top docton reported yesterday on the likelihood of brain damage in boxing and cited an estimate of about 200 "punchdrunk" ex-profes-sional fighters in Britain as an example. The report, by the Royal College of Physicians on the
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    • 87 11 TAUNTON. England. Tues. <Reuter) Greg Chappell. the 21 year-old South Australian all-rounder, will not be playing for Somerse* next season, the English County Cricket club announced here yesterday. In a letter to the club. Chappell said hi* firm would not grant the necessary leave and that he
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    • 34 11 LONDON. Tues (Jleuter) Results of Rugby matches played last night were: Rugby League: Hull Kingston Rovers 81, Hunslet 3 Rurby Union: Cross Keys 3. Llanelli 12; United Hospitals 42, Edinburgh University 6.
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    • 131 11 World Billiards LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Jack Karnehm of London became the world amateur billiards champion at the Victoria Hall London last night, when the only man who could have challenged him Michael Ferreira df India, lost to his compatriot Satlsh Mohan. Karnehm was assured oT the title
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