Eastern Sun, 12 December 1969
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Title Section21 1969-12-12 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1205 Friday, 12 December 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents21 words
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Article, Illustration1535 1969-12-12 1 By Eastern Sun reporters AS flood waters which washed the joy out of Hari Raya Puasa and caused three deaths subsided in various parts of a water-logged islandrepublic, the Government yesterday geared itself towards the twin tasks of rehabilitation and reconstruction. It is estimatedSunpix by William Ng. - 1,535 words
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40 1969-12-12 1 UPI radiophoto.UPI radiophoto. - 40 words
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Article61 1969-12-12 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs (UPIi Tricia Nixon helped hand out Playboy Magazines. mink bow tie*, and other gifts to 500 wounded servicemen mostly from Vietnam at a Christmas party last night at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre. The Presidents 23- year-old daughter Is honorary hostess at the Christmas61 words
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Article38 1969-12-12 1 SEOUL. Thurs (UPI) A Korean Airline YS-11 turboprop plane with 50 persons aboard was hijacked to Communist Korea this afternoon while on a regular flight from a regular flight an eastern coast town n ea r Seoul.38 words
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247 1969-12-12 1 BANGKOK. Thurs. (Reuter) Angry Burmese students fought with police in a rare demonstration after failing to qet tickets to Tuesday night's boxing finals at the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, according to reports received here today. While usually reliable! sources sa'd the violence did247 words
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Article240 1969-12-12 1 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Britain's former ambassador to Washington, Lord Harlech, married American journalist Pamela Colin today in a ceremony attended by Queen Elizabeth's sister Princess Margaret. The 33-year-old Miss Colin, daughter of the wealthy New York lawyer and art lover Ralph Colin, used to be240 words
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441 1969-12-12 1 KUALA LUMFUS, Thurs.—The King in a Hari Raya speech to the nation over TV and Radio Malaysia warned the people not to capitalise on sensitive issues or bring up matters which can create anger in the people's hearts. He said. "We must441 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous20 1969-12-12 1 LADIES PAY *B3 S I "We all wear Davy Crocketts in the hunting season, see? It's Joe's idea of safety!"20 words
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Article, Illustration271 1969-12-12 2 THE $2B million luxury Singapore Hilton West will be opened for business on February 1, 1970. Announcing this today, fhe General Manager of the 26-storey hotel, Mr. H Lim Ewe Hin, said that work is now going on around the clock for the ble271 words
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Article59 1969-12-12 2 CAIRO, Thurs <UPI> Egyptian university students for the second time this year are on the Sue? Canal frontlines. rHafovetng regular troops, government officials said today Six thousand student* In the last few weeks have been given rudimentary military training and are spending several days on the front59 words
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104 1969-12-12 2 A big twist to the fashion shows has been planned. Creations from Joy's Boutique will be shown this Saturday at the coffee house of a leading hotel here. Max Factor will introduce their new line called the "California Look" for the eye-make-up. Max Factor's catgirl will zoom up the hotel104 words
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Article503 1969-12-12 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Flood voters swept through most of Johore villages and towns in the last 36 hours claiming 1/ lives, including four children, and cut off the state and the east coast from the rest of West Malaysia and Singapore. Sixteen bodies were recovered503 words
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Article, Illustration170 1969-12-12 2 METRO (Private) Limited yesterday received the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board Shield tor winning the recent Window Display Competition. The window dresser for Metro. Mr Yoon* Yee Soon. was presented with a certificate of award and a cash prize of fMn Runners-up of the170 words
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Advertisement63 1969-12-12 2 ilk with every 5 lb. tin of DUTC powdered whole milk One 14 oz. tin will be given free with every purchese of a 2</j lb. tin HURRY! This offer is for a limited period only. Get your free DUTCH BABY sterilised natural milk from your usual retailer today. (This63 words
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Miscellaneous34 1969-12-12 2 Toto Draws THE following were the numbers drawn in yesterday's Toto draw: 18. 43, 36, 34 and 2. The additional number drawn was 9. In the three circles, numbers drawn were 11. 12, 13.34 words
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363 1969-12-12 3 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI) The future of more than 100 big factories in the Philippines was in doubt today because of lack of dollars to import raw materials. The Philippine Chamber of Industries (PCI) reported that these factories are faced with363 words
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424 1969-12-12 3 SYDNEY, Thurs. (UPI) The afternoon newspaper. "Daily Mirror', editorially attacked U.S. Senator William Fulbright today following Fulbright's claim that Australia's role in Vietnam was tokenism. Fulbright assailed the Canberra-Washington axis in an address to Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, yesterday.424 words
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Article165 1969-12-12 3 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) British potato farmers learned today they are being watched by "spy in the sky" pilots to find out whether they are growing the correct quota of potatoes. Use of the planes was revealed by James Rennie, Chairman of the Potato Marketing165 words
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350 1969-12-12 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) Congressmen disagreed heatedly today whether a helicopter pilot testified there was, in fact, a massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. Mendel Rivers, Democrat-South Carolina Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and the only Congressman to speak officially, said CWO350 words
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Article211 1969-12-12 3 RANGOON, Thurs. (UPI) All universities and colleges were closed today after 1,000 Burmese students rioted when they were unable to obtain tickets for a boxing match. During the rioting, one student was seen waving a Burmese flag. Another carried a placard which said, "We don't want211 words
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Article72 1969-12-12 3 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter)— Han Suyin, famous Chinese woman author, has expressed disbelief that there is a population explosion anywhere in the world. Author of the popular novel. "Love is a Many-Splen-dnured Thing." Han Suyin. who arrived here last night from Tokyo for a series of72 words
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330 1969-12-12 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) Senate Foreign Relations Committee sources yesterday challenged reports from Japan that nuclear emplacements on Okinawa had entered into a recent closed-door hearing on Vietnam with Secretary of Defence Melvin Laird. Commlttee Chairman William Fulbrlght was out of town and could not330 words
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Article55 1969-12-12 3 ISLE OF BHEPPEY. England. Thurs (UPI> For runaway prisoner Ivan Lewis, it Just wasn't his day He hopper a train he though would take him to London and freedom. It took him back to the Isle of Sheppey. where he had escaped from Eastchurch Prison The 21-year-old55 words
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371 1969-12-12 3 SEOUL, Thurs. (UPI) —A Korean airlines YS-11 Turboprop plane with 51 persons aboard has been missing since 12:35 p.m. (0335 GMT) today and is believed to have been hijacked to North Korea, airline officials said. The plane, with two371 words
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135 1969-12-12 3 SASEBO, Japan, Thurs. (UPI) Communist China yesterday freed 23 Japanese fishermen who had been detained in Shanghai since last month. Their release cost their employers 10 million yen (27,777 U.S. dollars). A report reaching here said the men of the No. 23 Kotoyoshl Maru and135 words
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Advertisement150 1969-12-12 3 (i OVER 535,000 WORTH OF PRIZES TO BE WON IN THIS CONTEST Prizes to help speed your housework and g've you plenty of time for leisure. The/ include cookers, water heaters, refngerators. wash ng and vacuum cleaners ..aM worth more than 535.000. First prize (all the items featured below) is150 words
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258 1969-12-12 4 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. (Reuter) Arab diplomats vowed today to raise the Palestine refugees issue in the Security Council soon. The assembly yesterday. voted by only 48 votes, the smallest affirmative tally this session, against 22. with 47 abstentions, for a resolution258 words
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93 1969-12-12 4 ROME. Thurs (UPI) The Senate will begin discussion on Dec 17 on a BUI already passed by the Chamber of Deputies to permit divorce m Italy, it was announced vesterday. Christian Democratic Sen. Gennaro Cassiani, of the Senate's Justice Commission. said the discussion will93 words
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Article49 1969-12-12 4 PARIS. Thurs (Reuter) Plane hijackers will face penalties ranging from five years to life Imprisonment under a new article of th« French Penai Code unanimously approved yesterday by the National Assembly's L*gal Commission. The French Parliament has to approve the article before it becomes law.49 words
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Article393 1969-12-12 4 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Asian flu yesterday followed an erratic course acrow Europe but constitute more of an annoyance than a dangerous plague. Doctors on the continent classified the bug as a mild form of the disease known variously as aslan flu. Mao flu and Hong Kong393 words
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Article68 1969-12-12 4 WASHINGTON Thurs. (Reuter) President Nixon today ureen Congress almost to double its backing to the arts with a grant of 40 million dollars in the next financial year. In a special message to Congress Nixon said that at a tim* of severe budget stringency. a doubling of68 words
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362 1969-12-12 4 CHICAGO, Thurs. t Reuter> The United States Is closely watching Common Market expansion negotiations in case restrictive agricultural policies are extended to new areas, a senior government official said today. I Mr. Clarence Palmby. Assistant Agriculture Secretary, told an American Seed362 words
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163 1969-12-12 4 SANTANDER, Sw>n, Thurs (Reuter) An early Stone Age grave, discovered near here last August, is to be flown to the United States for specialised preservation treatment at Washington's Smithsonian institute The tomb, containing the fossilised body of a man who lived around 30,000 BC.163 words
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Article88 1969-12-12 4 WASHINGTON. Thurs (UPI) —Th* International Development Association Wednesday announced a n U S dollar loan to helo Pakistan finance improvements bv the East Pakistan Water and Power Authority. The credit will hav e a duration of 10 years including two years of grace It wm bea88 words
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65 1969-12-12 4 FOUR of the America's leading Black spokesmen join hands prior to participating in a panel discussion at Boston Col lege's Robert Centre on Dec. 8. From left: Roy Wilkens. Executive Director of the NAAOP; Media Hewett, new chairman of the Black Panthers; Dr. Ralhp Abernathy, president of the Southern ChristianUPI radio picture. - 65 words
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Article230 1969-12-12 4 DAMASCUS. Byrla. Thurs. <UPI> Syrian and Israeli troops yesterday fought a -fierce artillery and tank battle" in the southern seer or of their ceasefire line in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights A Syrian military spokesman said the fighting started when Israelis tried to resume engineering230 words
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Article71 1969-12-12 4 BERLIN. Thurs. (UPI) A fire in a power plant early yesterday worsened East Germany's power shortage The East Germany News Service reported a huge fire closed down the Llppendorf Power Plant near Leipzig and made cuts in the supply of electricity to factories in the71 words
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Article60 1969-12-12 4 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) A painting by Edgar Degas fetched £120.000 from an American buyer at Sotheby's auction house yesterday. The picture by Degas, of three ballet dancers, was bought by Dr. Armand Hammer. head of Occidental Petroleum in Los Angeles Another picture by the 19th. century60 words
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278 1969-12-12 4 TRIPOLI, Thurs. (Reuter) Angry crowds marched through streets here demanding death for plotters behind an abortive coup attempt disclosed in the past 24 hours against Libya's three and a half months old revolutionary regime. The demonstrations late last meht came within278 words
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206 1969-12-12 4 PARIS. Thurs (UPI) We. t German Defence Minister Helmut Schmidt said yesterday his country has no intention of reducing Its defence efforts Speaking a" a session of the Assembly of Wester. European Union (WEUI devoted to the United States and European Security." Schmidt206 words
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Article62 1969-12-12 4 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI> The Senate vesterdav vote-j to give the President broad authority to bar import* power President Nixon Hid not seek nor want Senators from southern and New England states which have been hit by competitive from foreign textiles, shoes antf electronic equipment, joined forces to tack62 words
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180 1969-12-12 4 DAR ES SALAAM. Tanzania. Thurs. (t'Plt The Dar Es Salaam blood crisis became critical last night as the citv's total blond bank supplies dwindled to four pints, a Red Cross official said. Many Tanranians believe donated blood is used to satiate the appetites180 words
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164 1969-12-12 4 AUCKLAND New Zealand Thurs (UPI i Auckland Un:vers:tv will accept ro more private Malaysian or Singapore students for next year because they cannot be accommodated The deputy registrar said yesterday. new students from Malaysia ?nd Singapore will be diverted to other New Zealand universities,164 words
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326 1969-12-12 4 JERUSALEM. Thur* <Reuter, The Israeli go* eminent ha« sharply criticised the T>lan for a Middle East peace «ett>ment put forward on Tuesday bv U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers In a statement issued af f er a meeting late last night. th<i326 words
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Article71 1969-12-12 4 BELFAST Northern Ir«land. Thurs rUPIi About 500 British troops wi!i leave Northern Ireland before Chrstmas. British Army Headquarters here announced yesterday The troops, members of the Ist battalion of the Foval Green Jackets, originally moved Into the province to beef up army forces during71 words
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Article63 1969-12-12 4 LONDON. Th irs (Reuter* London's demonstrators had a choice rf 500 organised protests to attend in th® capital last year. Parliament heard last night Lord Frank Beswlck. chief manager of the Puling Labour Party m the of Lords, gave th-* figure in a debate on the63 words
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Miscellaneous9 1969-12-12 4 TODAY an v. Friday, December 12, 1969. 3-16-27 389 words
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Article, Illustration404 1969-12-12 5 WEEKLY pictorial feature by the Eastern Sun based on the photographs taken by our cameramen at official functions, parties, exhibitions, shopping centres etc. 4 WHAT a pose This is Mrs. Hazel Glisby (above) who is wearing a caftan and one In the real sense of the404 words
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372 1969-12-12 5 CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. Thurs. (UPI) Apollo 13 Astronaut* James A. Lovell, Thomas K. Mattingly and Fred W. Haise were cleared Wednesday for launch March 12 toward a hard-to-reach landing site in the foothills of the moon's highlands. It will be man's372 words
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Article191 1969-12-12 5 SPACE CENTRE. Houston. Thurs (UPI) Charles 'Pete' Conrad, who guided a tiny spaceship to mankind's second lunar landing last month, stepped from quarantine yesterday and told an applauding crowd 'How good that gun feelsConrad and his Apollo 12 colleagues Richard F. Gordon and Alan L.191 words
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Article77 1969-12-12 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs.(UPl) —American prisoners of North Vietnam resent that the captives let off so far were released to US Peac e groups*, a Navy pilot who was held at Hanoi for 21 months testified Wednesday Lt. Robert F Frishman told a House Interna 1 Security Committee hearing "We77 words
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Article57 1969-12-12 5 SANTA CRUZ. Calif Thurs VReuter) Mayor Richard Werner, a 74-year-old retired Army Colonel, was acquitted here today of malicious mischief charges brought against him for his single-handed assault on 3 Vietrone flag hanging from a window. Mayor Werner ripped down the home-made flag from schoo: teacher Larry57 words
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Article270 1969-12-12 5 SAN QUENTIN. Calif.. Thurs. (Reuter) Slrhan B Sirhan convicted assassin of Sen Robert Kennedy, has said he will end hit two-week hunger strike today In the hope h# has induced San Quentln prison authorities to let him talk to other condemned prisoners. The 25-year-old270 words
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Article132 1969-12-12 5 WASHINGTON Thuri <5« ut r > Leadership of New Mobe," one of the organisatons running last month's protest* against the Vietnam war. Is "top heavy with Communists." a US Representative claimed yesterday Democrat Richard H Ichord said this was disclosed by a preliminary study made by132 words
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Article44 1969-12-12 5 ANNARBOR Mich. Thurs OJPl)—Philip T Barr.um. m*h 0 be*-ftme Michigan's first heart trar.sp ant recipient ard the world's 51st. died Wednesday after surviving nearly 15 month? with the transplanted organ. Death of the 50-year-old Kalamazoo Mich accountant was attributed to "rejection and infection44 words
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Article103 1969-12-12 5 HOLLYWOOD. Thurs (UPI) The wife of Dean Martin announced Wednesday she will begin divorce proceedings to end their 20-year marriage because her husband had fallen in love with another woman. Mrs. Jenne Bieg*er Martin, a former model, said in a statement re'.eased by her attorneys:103 words
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Article60 1969-12-12 5 AKRON. OHIO Thurs 'UPI) —A band of black students seized the administration building T Akron State University Wednesday but wher they learned Gov James A Rhodes had mobilized the National Guard. The students left the building with coats ©uller) ove r their head* shouting "no pictures, no60 words
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Article296 1969-12-12 5 BOSTON, Thurs. (Reuter) District Attorney Edmund Dinis today pondered hit next move in the Mary Jo Kopeehne case after losing a long battle against her parents for exhumation of the 28-year-old secretary's body. D:nla District Attorney at New Bedford in southeast Massachusetts. is now296 words
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Article358 1969-12-12 5 CHICAGO. Thurs. (Reuter) Police have launched an inquiry info the slaying of Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark during a police raid on their slum apartment here. Police Superintendent Jame s Conlisk announced the mor.e last night amid mounting concern over last week's killings358 words
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612 1969-12-12 5 LOS ANGELES, Thurs. (UPI) Three young women defendants in the Sharon Tate-Labianca sloyings were ordered held without bail Wednesday while detectives combed the former ranch home of a Hippie cult implicated in the seven murders. f was believed the Sheriff's investigator* were searching for612 words
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Advertisement133 1969-12-12 5 5j1i«49 j J PUBLIC NOTICE The pclfc'ic 'S informed fkj» a" TO T O coupon* so<d or 9th £r 10th December, '969 at TOTO Booth NO: 202-06 located at Cantonment Road -avt been le«t m yesterday's *'ood and are therefore deda r ed tnvai'd TOTO participants wKo purchased their coupons133 words
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Article903 1969-12-12 6 CHINA recently completed the construction of a road across the Himalayas to Pakistan and in Improving her southward overland communications is now in the process of building a road to Laos. There has been no news about this road construction from Peking but the four countries which903 words
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Article, Illustration736 1969-12-12 6 PETER COOK - Mao 's Trade Fair: The West's Sneak Preview Of China By PETER COOK Gemini News Service HONG KONG After three yean of turmoil. Mao Tsctung's China is ready to put profits before politics. This was the view of foreian businessmen returning to Hong Kong from the Canton Trade Fair the736 words
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323 1969-12-12 6 ALBERT KAFF - By ALBERT KAFF TOKYO (UPI> A reindeer industry in Alaska? That's right, children. Even as Santa Claus' midnight ride approaches, the people up north are trying to figure out how to put more pop into the reindeer business. Back In 1930. reindeers were big323 words
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Article, Illustration732 1969-12-12 6 Joseph Alsop - By Joseph Alsop WASHINGTON Once again the unspeakable has been spoken, the unmentionable has been mentioned, the unsayable has been said This is a remarkable event; and if one looks ahead, it is probably a maior political portent. To be specific, the Warren Court was under732 words
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518 1969-12-12 6 Hollers...' A lot of piou» self-criticism wa s venerated at the recent NTUC seminar, all because ore man from the Federation flocked bark to hospitable Singapore after finding the place to© not for his personal liking and saiety. New life, in the form518 words
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Article304 1969-12-12 6 I t fi congratulate the Malayan Railway for reorganising their officers but would refer to an incident which need* clarification for !he *a'*e of those who travel by rail The trains do not arrive at th«;r destination according to th# schedu'ed times and cause grea? inconvenience m times304 words
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Article214 1969-12-12 6 ALBERTO FRAVEGA ROYGT - ALBERTO FRAVEGA ROYGT Consul-General, Repub'lr of Argentina Consulate I have the pleasure tc write to you to refer to the artic.e publisher) on 27 Nov. in the daily under vour worthy direction. entitled "Grea* Argentine Robbery" Mar del Pa'i Casino. signed bv Andrew Graham-Yooll. Gemini News Service. which214 words
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COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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Article495 1969-12-12 7 INDUSTRIALS were steady when trading resumed in the Singapore trading room of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. The Kuala Lumpur trading room remained closed for the Hari Raya holidays. Trading was fairly moderate on routine business and some buying interest in selected495 words
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Article964 1969-12-12 7 BUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDI^TRIALS ACMA S3 13 (2) *3 14 (3' DIM $2 16 <ll. Borneo Bh<s 1964 words
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Article88 1969-12-12 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber market closed :die with ?pot yesterday 24-1 2. 25-1/2 i rom. SETTI>E>TENT HOUSE Jan 22-3/4. 23 Feb 22-3/4 23 March 22-7/8 23-1/8 Jan March 22-3/4 23 April /June 23-1/8 23-1/4 July/Sept 23 23-3/16 Oct./ Dec. 23 23-1/8 Jan/March 22-15/16 23-1/18 April88 words
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Article159 1969-12-12 7 STDVEY, Thurs. (tPI. Thursday's closing Sidney stock exchange selected shares. MININGS Aerreg 2 95 ASS Mm 750 Barrier f 5 BH South 433 C* N"rse 6-00 C Gold 960 CRA 21 00 Endur 60 GM K-'g 65 CT Bouider 820 GT Nthn *5 Hamneia.ey 12.50 Kalh Inv159 words
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Article250 1969-12-12 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Gold pr-ce* yesterday remained close to the US$35 level for the second consecutive day in very luht trading on markets here and abroad. Having declined steadily by more than L'bss an ounce since mid-October, the free market price has now250 words
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Article, Illustration236 1969-12-12 7 THREE men in a 1942 twin-engine bl-plane arrived in Singapore recently en route to Britain to take pan in the England-Australia BP Air Race on Dec. 17. Chief Pilot Dave Gray together with his co-pilot Jack Moon and navigator Ray Conney landed at the Singapore236 words
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Article14 1969-12-12 7 The tin orife fo* yesterday wi< $702 25 oer picul. up 50.12}.14 words
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259 1969-12-12 7 NEW YORK Thurs. (UPD— Late buying helped stock ß to their best performance of the week yesterday, although decline* still outnumbered advances by a considerable margin. Trading was moderately active. Shortly before the close the UP I market indicator, measuring all stocks259 words
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Article, Illustration126 1969-12-12 7 SATISFIED that local personnel are capable of making his factory hum. Mr. M. J. Curran recently headed for the Lufthansa office and bought tickets for himself and his family, Mr. b Mrs. Curran and their five children flew Lufthansa recently for New York after having enjoyed126 words
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Article305 1969-12-12 7 December flrst grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 64* cents P«r lb., UP three quarter* of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was Quiet but steady. After opening a shade lower on London305 words
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Article134 1969-12-12 7 HONG KONG. ThurMUPI) Manv of the Hon? Kong hote's will ra.se 'heir room ra'es early next year, a rev.soaper reported today. J.S Foo f e. the '•halrrnar of the Hong Kong Hotels Association told thf press that the l r crease would not affect the tourist134 words
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Article127 1969-12-12 7 TOE Association of Banks In Malaysia-Singapore yesterday made the following changes In Its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 unlta of foreign currency): SELLING T.T or O.D ready: Deutsche Marks $84.3550; Holland Guilders Swiss Francs $72.0200; Belgian Francs $6.2475; French Francs $55.5925; Italian127 words
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Article706 1969-12-12 7 SINGAPORE Stock Exchange *o|d and other prlow ofDdally luted tt Ihr now of builre*^ INDUSTRIALS ACMA K 82 15 Bfn dt Co Borneo Btad. Bouttead Co. C amel Plywood f C M. in 1M 1 60 178 1-98 iS? CCM Deb 95 C- Storage Holdr. A706 words
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137 1969-12-12 7 HONG KONG. Ttaurs. (UPI) Establishment of a third Stock Exchanre in Hor.g Kong is being seriously considered by leaders of the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. The chairman of the society Yin* An-Ting toJ<j TJPI137 words
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Article64 1969-12-12 7 HONO KONO. Thurs. fUPI) Money Quotations today: HK56.0475 per U.S. dollar. HKSBO7O per U.S. dollar TT HK514.48 per pound sterling. HKJ2RI 75 per tael of told 94 5 per cent fineness HKSI6OS per 10.000 Japanese yen. HKIIIO.O per 100 Philippine pesos buyeri. HKSU3.O per 100 Philippine pesos sellers.64 words
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Article85 1969-12-12 7 THE nmiD prteea at the Mnt*porr rhlDfif ProdBft exchaoct >ester«1ay were> Barer t*el»a* COfODOl Oil (FOB.) Balk Coconut Olt (F.OB.) nram 6450 Mixed Copra 36 50 Muni oh White Pepper (FOB) ***** Sarawak White Fepper (FOB) iTr*o Sarawak special Black Pepper (FOB.) WJ% M W 127 50 lamp<>njc special85 words
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Article58 1969-12-12 7 NEW YORK Thurs. (UPI)— Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded vestwrdav on New York Commodity Exchange. Closed Jsn 23.25 A 23 23 March 24 25A 24.25 May 24.25 A 24.25 July ***** 23 00 Sept 23.008 23"0 Nov. 24.23 A 24.23 Jan 24.25 A 24 25 Locally, No.58 words
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Article403 1969-12-12 7 AMKI\ ALU 0 so t in M» u'p K Lam par wuot ni M»4 |lll K Lumpur. ItUim M*A 1st k Inmpur. 10 ZA m M»A f»AA Proani, lpf»h. k Lumpur. Maktcfc 110pen. MrA W] Kacfclit* i-Z.1 bm. M»A 047 kuU BOATO, TnanuR. K I nmggt a :5403 words
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STUDENTS' PAGE
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Article760 1969-12-12 8 Patrick Wallace - Science Topic By Patrick Wallace LONDON. Thurs If you were to examine closely the single frames of a motion-picture film depicting fairly rapid movement, you would find that such action in a scene frequently causes a succession of blurred images to be recorded by the cine camera.760 words
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Article, Illustration1344 1969-12-12 8 Harry France - ffm Harry France CANBERRA. Thurs. Australia is probably the only country which can boast, if such a word can be used in this context, a heavy road toll in dragons. This I found out during a six-year survey of dragon numbers in eastern Queensland and1,344 words
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1016 1969-12-12 8 f/e and; Walt Dulaney - Date-line By f/e and Walt Dulaney "HEAR Walt: We are four guys who have been friends for a long time. Girls are an important part of our lives right now and here's the problem. Whenever one of us starts going with a girl,1,016 words
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Miscellaneous17 1969-12-12 8 AMY By Jack Tippit r 'v.v mm A 0, you con't PUSH and RIDEat the same time17 words
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Miscellaneous178 1969-12-12 8 1. In which sport do the winners go backwards and the losers forward? 2 How many "bells" are struck on board ship at the end of the watch? 3. Which animal is particularly prone to the disease of bubonic plague* 4. What is the word for the eye at the178 words
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Miscellaneous77 1969-12-12 8 DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saundere and Akfen McWiiams MYJO®, DAN/ I'M BREAKING THE BIGGEST SPORTS 3TOC3V OF THE YEAR/ m fi y i R DONT LINE MY POCKETS WITH A BROTHER'S BAD LUCK,TRO// THERE'S NO ITORV...UNDERSTAND/ r /IO I wn I LUi V«i V. WHEN GLOBAL NEWS GETS THE INSIDE77 words
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Article, Illustration630 1969-12-12 9 Ann Landers - Ann Landers T\EAR ANN: My brother is coming home from Vietnam in a few weeks. The reason I am writing is because his wife brought over Lem's last letter for me to read. It said, "I hope you will come to the airport and630 words
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581 1969-12-12 9 Sheilah Graham - j S/9i'4t/iitiij IV#/* Sheilah Graham SOUTH OF FRANCE. Thurs. I talked with David Niven at his villa in Cap Ferrat the day after he arrived from London following the MGM cancellation of "Man's Fate". David was to have s*arred581 words
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Article134 1969-12-12 9 NEW YORK, Thur s Something new has appeared in home sewing, an application of the usually male Dower tool concept. It's a cordless, compact scissors, put out by RCA, called Mini Scissors. Operated by battery, these scissors work on a pushbutton. glide through paper134 words
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Article76 1969-12-12 9 LONDON. Thurs The fashions concept of "putting It together" shows no signs of declining. Spring will see It extended, at least, for the younger part of the population. It's a concept that begins with a base that isn't like lingerie, but more on the bodysuit76 words
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Article, Illustration604 1969-12-12 9 Florence de Santis - By Florence de Santis NEW YORK, Thurs This is the year when women seeking to sofve the men's gift problem can at last abandon that last-ditch refuge, the Christmas tie Oh, y«u can buy ties, if you want to. In fact, even604 words
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Article124 1969-12-12 9 LONDON*. Thurs Youth designers In London have no doubts about the longer lenghi*. Almest as a matter of course they're doing both maxis and midls lor spring Most of the styles are deliberately nostalgic, varying from country inr.o cen<> look* 0 the sophistication of the124 words
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Article112 1969-12-12 9 PAPIS. Thurs. Maxl can mean big as well as long, and that's the sense In which many spring accessories are getting the maxl treatment. Oversized handbags heavily top-»tltched and trimmed In chunky hardware giant sunglasses and the return of the big belt result from continuing trend112 words
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Article230 1969-12-12 9 lOOK IN red coats, soft and wrappy. often belted :n shiny black patent, with rounded patch pockets. the red brilliantly pure or orange-y. THF sharp contrast of soft black and shiny white, as in black chiffon shirts with white satin collars and cuffs. SHOES with bright spring contrasts,230 words
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Article132 1969-12-12 9 PAP IS. Thurs Glove* are engaging the Interest of more designers who see this accessory as the next one due for some real attention Most of them are deslgnin® spring gloves with cuffs as the way to give them drama Take a navy nylon glove and132 words
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Article, Illustration80 1969-12-12 9 AS Gabrielle Chanel, the great Paris designer, Katherine Hepburn will wear these costumes in the musical, "Coco." Cecil Beaton interpreted these 1954 Chanel-isms. left, in a slender coat with typical white trim and cuffs showing from the dress beneath. Right, Chanel is working costume, one of80 words
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Advertisement18 1969-12-12 9 DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TURN YOUR DOLLAR INTO SUI1I0? itoSIIUNRE SWEEP of course! he 6 th JAN.'7O18 words
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Miscellaneous296 1969-12-12 9 I #SHAW ORGANISATION LIDO Phone ***** NOW SHOWING: 11 m 1 30. 4 00. OSO 9 15 p m Yu: Brraner THE FILE OF THE GOLiJE.N GOO»E Co'.or 'CA> 4-Tbratre Midnight Tomorrow at LIDO-CAPITOL-REX SKY Jeany Ha RIVER OF TEARS" A SHAW PRODUCTION Mandarin in Shawscope. Color CAPITOL Phone *****296 words
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Miscellaneous301 1969-12-12 9 m P OFT CA Hansel _occAKib»i iori_ ""Mfc CATHAY ***** *ow SHOWINGU a m I.M. «.M. M tin p m. John Mill* Mar« Letter la «r* WILD BCN FBEE A Columbia Picture In Techoioolor fOCT CHANOE' Columbia's ••LOCK I P TOT B DAL'GHTEBS" Chrmtopher Plummer 1B Color I ODEON *****301 words
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477 1969-12-12 10 Min Thu Rangoon - By Min Thu Rangoon CINGAPORE scored a comfortable 13-1 victory over Burma today to win the SEAP Games water-polo gold medal. In the match for the silver and bronze medals, Malaysia triumphed over Thailand 7-1. The Burmese, taking part In international water-polo competitions for477 words
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Article, Illustration129 1969-12-12 10 PATRICIA CHAN (left), winner of the women's 100-metre freestyle in a new SEAP Games record time of 1 minute 5.9 sees. Standing in front of her it teammate Tay Chin Joo who was second in 1 min. 7.5 sees. Mr. Chan Chet Seng, leader of theUPI pictures - 129 words
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166 1969-12-12 10 JOHANNES BURG. Thurs. (Reuter) The South African Lawn Tennis Union decided unanimously last night to enter for the 1970 Davis Cup, despite the looming threat of expulsion from the competition. The Union met here to act on a circular from the International166 words
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Article188 1969-12-12 10 MELBOURNE. Thurs. (AFP) Japan meet Hong Kong and South Korea take on tnighty Australia in the first round of the Davis Cup Eastern zone. Section "A", as a result of today's draw. The Philippines and South Vietnam both drew byes. In Section "B"". Ceylon meet188 words
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Article51 1969-12-12 10 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Results of yesterday's soccer matches: Exhibition International (at Wembley) England 1 Portugal 0 F.A. CUD Second Round (Replays) Exeter 0 Northampton 0 (after extra time). York 2 Bangor 0. Scottish League Division One: Dunfermline 2 Dundee U. 3. St. Johnstone 2 Ayr U.51 words
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Article46 1969-12-12 10 RANGOON, Thurs. (UPI) Burma beat Laos 4—o in soccer competition in the sth Southeast Asia Peninsular Games tonight, scoring all goals in the first half. Burma thus enters the final and will meet Thailand on Dec. 13. the final <iay of the SEAP Games.46 words
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Article423 1969-12-12 10 RANGOON. Thurs. (Reuter) Burma's veteran long-distance runner. Sumbwegam. today won the most prestigious event of the Fifth Southeast Asia Peninsular (SEAP) Games the gruelling marathon. No timings for the event were immediately posted. Another Burmese runner, Myintung Naw. came second, while Thailand's Vicharn Benchakul was423 words
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118 1969-12-12 10 RANGOON. Thurs. (UPI) —Mr. Chan Chee Seng, leader of the Singapore contingent to the Fifth SEAP Games, yesterday expressed the hope that Malaysia would reconsider including swimming events in the Sixth SEAP Games to be held in Kuala Lumpur. He said the SEAP118 words
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301 1969-12-12 10 ceded the third set 17-21. then went on to lake an easy 21-4 victory In the fourth and deciding set. Fong Kwal Chin and Llm Ouat Hoon of Malaysia and Pakotlp and Malika of Thailand. the defeated semifinallsts, were awarded bronze medals. The301 words
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Article574 1969-12-12 10 Boxinr Finals 1.1 cM FlTweisM —DaW.g (B) bt Chawalit On-Chi m (T) on points. Flywrirbt: Hla Shwe 'B) bt Jum'at b. Ibrahim (S) on points. Bantamweight Win Maur.g (B> bt Kesavan Nair (S) t.k o. Featherweight: Them Lwin (Bt bt Thongchai Chantana. surakon (T) on oomts. Lightweight: —Maung574 words
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Article149 1969-12-12 10 LOS ANGELES. Thurs. (UPI) ■—Olympic decathlon champion Bill Toomey scored 4,488 points after five events in a meet yesterday as he made another attempt to top Kurt Bendlin's world record of 8,319. This is Toomey's 10th decathlon competition of the year SEBRING, Florida: Britain's John149 words
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Article, Illustration1394 1969-12-12 11 Frank Taylor - The British Sports Writers' Association have been naming their Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year since 1949. In this article Frank Taylor, a wellknown sports journalist and chairman-designate of the Association, writes about the 1969 awards. Frank Taylor, Tony Jacklin. Open golf champion and Ann Kaydon1,394 words
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Article276 1969-12-12 11 LOS ANGELES, Thurs. (AFP) Mando Ramos. the world lightweight boxing champion is expected to be reinstated and his boxlne licence made valid tomorrow. The Mexican-born American champion, scheduled to defend his title against number one challenger. Ismael Laguna of Panama on January 10 had276 words
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Article187 1969-12-12 11 NEW YORK Thurs (UP!) —A "dream fight" between Cassius Clay and Joe Easier at Tampa riorida. became a posFibilltv after Fonda Governor Claude Kirk gave his official blessing to the bout "I think Mr. Franey can easi beat Mr. Clay." Kirk said. "You know, there was187 words
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Article75 1969-12-12 11 MANILA. Thurs. <Router) Deven countries have aereed to send teams to the 12th Asian Youth Soccer tournament to be held here from April 15 to May 2 next year according to the Philippine Tootball Association (PFA). The PFA taid that Invitations h*rt been *ent t«75 words
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268 1969-12-12 11 LOS ANGELES. Thura. (AFP) The experienced British ring technician, Alan Rudkin, will make his third bid to win the world bantamweight boxing title when he meets the powerful Mexican champion Ruben OHvares tomorrow night. The champ:on. with hla Incredible record of 5i k o.268 words
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Article59 1969-12-12 11 SEOUL. Thurs (Reuter> A South Korean sooc*r team will leave here for a 20-<iay tour to five South-east Asian countries t<> hold goodwill matches, it was announced tot«am will consist oi Ave official! and 17 players selected from teams belonging to banks in Seoul They59 words
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Advertisement20 1969-12-12 11 BTRANT) HOTfcL. Bencoolen Street. Town centre. Quiet, clean, reasonable rates. Aircondlttoned rooms, private bath. Bar/ Restaurant. Homely services. Tels: *****/*****.20 words
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Miscellaneous1085 1969-12-12 11 < YOUR (CHANNEL 5i AM 900 Opening Anneta in all Languages A- Sei*'" c ln Action Museum: 9 2"> 21?t Century From Crame To Classroom iPart 2»; 950 The Right Career The Eui.dng Engineer 10 05 Close P>l 3on Openir.e Anncts. in all Language; A- Morning Star. 320 Woman's World1,085 words
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1242 1969-12-12 12 THE Labour Movement in Asia must identify itself with the new national purpose of "rapid economic development" which transcends the narrower interests of just fighting for the odvancement of union members, if it is to recover its former prestige and influence, Singapore's Minister for1,242 words
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Article, Illustration265 1969-12-12 12 IRENE BARRI the scintillating songbird with a soothing style fresh from San Francisco has arrived here to captivate nightclubbers with vocal artistry accented by the humorous and dramatic actions of an ex- pert pantomimist. Making her Asian debut in Singapore, she is currently on265 words
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Article82 1969-12-12 12 TWO men were charged In the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday with importing gold bullion without a licence. They are Shi a Shen» Gee. a driver, and Lim Ah Koon. a seaman. They were arrested at the Telok Ayer Basin on Dec. 9 Both pleaded not guilty to the82 words
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Article131 1969-12-12 12 The Postmaster General has made an appeal to members of the public to comply with certain measure* to ensure that all mall and parcel* are delivered promptly during the festive occasion They are: Address and names to be written elearlv on envelopes followed bv the131 words
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Article75 1969-12-12 12 ALL toto coupons sold on Dee. 9 and 10 at Toto booth No. 202-06 located at Cantonment Road have been lost in Wednesday's flood and are therefore declared invalid. Singapore Pools (Pte.) Ltd. announced yesterday. Toto participants who purchased their coupons from that Booth are requested to75 words
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189 1969-12-12 12 A few hours before Ho Fu Yonq. a 29-year-old. housewife committed suicide, she told ner elder brother over the phone, that her kidney disease was incurable, the coroner's court heard yesterday. Ho's body was found lying at the foot of a block of189 words
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Article, Illustration107 1969-12-12 12 LANCE Corporal John Mills of 54 (FARELF) Support Squadron, Royal Engineers, carrying a child to safety, (top). Enche Othman Wok. Minister for Social Affairs, giving an encourag* ing word to a young flood victim at the St. Andrews Hospital, when he visited the centre earlierSunpix.; Sunpix by William Ng.; Sunpix by Richard Chow. - 107 words
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Article26 1969-12-12 12 THE Farrer Park Swimmin* Pool will be closed to the general public for maintenance and cleaning of pool, commenclne from today until further notice.26 words
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Article69 1969-12-12 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. President Marcos* special envoy. Mr. Romeo Busuego. today called on the Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman at the residency. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter. He told newsmen that his meeting the Tunku was not to discuss on matters of69 words
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Miscellaneous87 1969-12-12 12 Time Tide TODAY Singapore Town 125 am (9 ft,). 624 am. (4 9 ft). 12 04 p.m. (10 4 ft 705 pm. 3 ft.). Naval Dockyard: 117 am. (11 ft.) 6.19 am <5 7 ft.). 12 20 pm (11.3 ft 638 p.m. (.3 ft.). TOMORROW Singapore Town: 213 am (887 words
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