Eastern Sun, 28 December 1969

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  • 22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1220 Sunday Edition, 28 December 1969- MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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  • 325 1  -  By Suhaimi Bidin,Peter Ong Three gunmen yesterday staged 1969's greatest bank robbery when they held up Jurong branch of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and escaped with $235,000. The whole robbery took less than five minutes. The robbers all in their early 20's
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  • 77 1 CHICAGO. Sat ,UPI» A steady but slow rise tn traffic deaths indicated yesterday that the National Safety Councils estimate of 300 to 920 Christmas holiday fatalities was too high. The council said snow kept the toll down "It looks like trafflr deaths win be well b*l<-.w our
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  • 75 1 ALDERSHOT. England Sa f (UPI) Er:'<a Schwaim. a German zirl. met three English men during an Italian vacation last summer. On Friday Aldershot Register Peter Barter received her letter saying she wanted to reach "Graham. Pete r and Collin.'* aged between 21 and 25. who live "in a
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  • 48 1 JERUSALEM Sat .Reutert Arab guerrillas todaj tried to blow up the JerusalemTel Aviv railway line, police said Four explosive charges wre found on the line near the Katamon district of Jerusalem. close tn the Jerusalem Railway Station and removed wi'hout causing damage, police added.
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  • 56 1 EFFINGHAM Illmou Sat 'UPI' Jack H:ghtowp r and Bob Mihlbache r are considering exchanging a different Christina* card next year. It would be cheaperFor t'ie l4 years, the t**° fronds have exchanged the same card, adding a r.ote each year. The dog-eared card and the notes are getting
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  • 315 1 MANILA. Sat. (AFP) Forty-four crewmen and passengers of the freighter King Bay flew back to Singapore sate and sound this afternoon, after an unscheduled Christmas stopover here following a grounding ac- cident. Five other crewmen are staying here overnight before flying to Hong Kong
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  • 133 1 SEATTLE Washington Sat. fUPI) Early one morning six years ago, telephone operator Mrs Virginia Smith spent nearly two hours talking a man out of killing himself. He had dialled "O" lor operator and was lucky enough to get someone who cared. Mrs Smith was successful that night,
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  • 84 1 BANGKOK Sat <t*Fr> American tourists visiting Thailand will be allowed only 15 instead of 30 days' stay in this country without a visa beginning Jan. 1 next year, a spokesman of the Foreign M:nistry said today. American visitors presenter are allowed 30 days of st a y without
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  • 35 1 HONG KONG. Sat. (Reuter) A 3 270-ton icebreaker, the largest ever built in China was launched from Shanghai's Chungking shipyards yesterday. Radio Shanghai reported The shiD took three months to build, the radio said
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  • 113 1 LONDON Sat fFe u ter> London hospitals today placed on a "red alert" ordered to admit only emergency cases a* influenza tightened it* grip on Britain. En.ereency admissions at 200 London hospitals of people suffering from chest complaint*. including influenza and bronchitis rose yesterday
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  • 76 1 HASLINGDEN. England. Sat. «UPI• Caretaker Joe Moden has a large double bass euphonium he would like to get r.d of He found It in a mens room after six groups performed at a concert. He took it to his office, sure the owner would come for it But
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  • 447 1 TOKYO, Sot. (UPI) —The pro-American ruling party surged into a big lead in a Japanese general election that tested Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's policy of "Pacific partnership" with the United States. Voter turnout was about 65 per cent the lowest at any Japanese general
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  • 436 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman said that he would not have parliamentary rule restored just to appease a few politicians clamouring tor such return at the risk of the lives of many. Speaking at a gathering of more than
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  • 122 1 A total of 61 plane*, taking part in the BP London Sydney Air Race have passed through Singapore Airport yesterday since the first came in on Saturday. Meanwhile race officials here said that they received a last telegram message from Sheila Scott in Bali
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  • 117 1 HARTEBEESPOORT DAM, South Africa. Sat. cUPI) Jack Seale. the 27-year-old curator of the Hartebeespoort Dam Sanke Park, is spending the Christmas holidays Inside a locked cage with five crocodiles. Seale entered hi* eighth day in the 20 bv 30-foot cage today. He claims his stay Is two
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  • 49 1 RAFALLO. Italy. Sat (UPP Bcegar SiM a Bruno. "5. froze to death while sleep--Ing on a bench in the Rapallo Public Park on Christmas Eve, police said Saturcav She clutched a handbag containing and mere than 2 400.000 lire (US$3 840) in cash, stocks apd a bankbook.
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  • 108 3 The German fleet has never had an aircraft carrier in its entire history. But recently, the first ship of this type, a'beit a miniature version and entirely unsuited for warlike purposes, was demonstrated The original river-ship is actually called "the first German aircraft carrier" in Bremen. It
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  • 445 3 HONG KONG. Sat. (UPI) Intelligence sources in this listening post said on Saturday that they had no information to substantiate reports that Communist Chinese troops had trapped and surrounded a Soviet Army unit in China's Sinkiang region. The sources said they were
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  • 204 3 VIENTIANE Sat. (UPI) Korth Vietnamese trooos are cteadily building up forces in Northeast Laos and a major offensive is expected within a few months a Defence Ministry spokesman said. The spokesman said aerial reconnaissance spotted 131 trucks crossing the North Vietnamese border to Laos
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  • 54 3 HONG KONG. Sat (Reuter) Police patrolled hills in the new territories today in search of a wild animal, possibly a tiger The search started after frightened villagers reported finding tiger-like footprints on their vegetable patches Experts were examining plaster casts of the footprints to determine what kind
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  • 244 3 SAIGON. Sat. (UPI) Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky has said that the U.S. was wrong in trying to win the war in South Vietnam with large numbers of its troops. Ky said that while he was South Vietnam's Pnme Minister. prior to
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  • 321 3 THE Cambodian government, in two cables addressed to The Editor, The Eastern Sun, has denied news agency reports which appeared in this newspaper earlier this month. The first cable said: "Your newspaper on Dec. 6 published an agency cable quoting a declaration by South Vietnamese
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  • 240 3 VIENTIANE. Sat. (UPI) An American millionaire is seeking the aid of Moscow in sending two planeloads of Christmas gifts to American prisoners of war after North Vietnam refused to allow him direct flights to Hanoi. The North Vietnamese Charge d'Affalrea In Laos aLso denied
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  • 66 3 MANILA. Sat. (UPI) The Central Bank yesterday approved a US$l.54 billion foreign exchange budget for 1970 fashioned to shore up the country's dwindling dollar reserves by US$l5O million. The budget covers import needs, payment of foreign debts, travels and studies abroad and government expen. ditures. Under the measure,
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  • 284 3 SAIGON, Sat. (UPI) American forces lost their first killed in action following an allied Christmas ceasefire in a running battle that matched U.S. armoured vehicles against Communist rocket grenades, military spokesmen said today. Spokesmen Mid armoured calvalry troop* of the U.S. Americal Division
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  • 218 3 HONG KONG. Sat (Reuteri North Vietnam's Defence Minister Gen. Vo Nguyen Glap. has attacked U-S Dl fi ns to Vietnamise the war in Vietnam and sa'd North Vietnamese troops were determined to fight to a finish against U.S. aggression." Th# General was speaking in
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  • 64 3 PHNOM PENH. Cambodia Sat (UPI) Pnnce Norodom Sihanouk Cambodian Head of State, gave a dinner vesterday for the outgoing head of the Indian delegation to the International Control Commission. The commission set up by the 1354 Geneva Convention ending the Indo-Chinese war is composed of Poland, India and Canada
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  • 133 3 MANILA. Sat. (Reuter) An organisation calling itself the Movement for a Democratic Philippines (M.DP.) plans an anti-U.S. rally here on Dec 2 9 during the visit of Vice President Splro T. Agnew In a manifesto the M.D.P. denounced Agnew's visit as "a mere inspection by
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  • 134 3 MANILA. Sat (UPI) A band of 20 heavi> armed Communist Huks stormed into a village in the Central Luzon province of Pampanga vesterday and executed an old woman anr! a boy before horrified villagers The terrorists swooped down early Friday herded residents of the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 190 3 There is a Ford with better performance than the car you are thinking of m and London rcai I i i m (§> everyday Maybe we can get you there quicker. Every day, back and forth, Air-India flies the Atlantic route 14 times a week. Something to remember, next time
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  • 436 4 OTTAWA, Sat. (Reuter) The often uncertain course of Canada's relations with France has recently taken a distinct turn for the better. Relations were frigid In 1967, after President Charles de Gaulle stood on a balcony In Montreal and declaimed: "Vive Le Quebec Libre" (Long Live Free
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  • 100 4 MILAM. Sat (Feuter"> The death toll in the Dec. 12 bomb attack in a Milan bank has risen to I 5 with the death of a 61-year-old farmer in hospital on Christmas night. The fanner. Angelo Scaglia. father of 11 children, had his right
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  • 78 4 BEIRUT. Sat (Reuter)—'The Yemen Republic, which abstained fiom discussions at this week's Arab summit conference in Rabat, said yesterday that such conferences were not effective in solving real Arab problems A statement issued by the Yemeni embassv here said each countrv should u6e its own means
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  • 241 4 PARIS, Sat. (Reuter) Five gunboats built for Israel in France which left the channel port of Cherbourg over Christmas have been sold to a Norwegian firm, the Freneh Defence Ministry said today. The boats, capable of firing missiles but not yet
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  • 240 4 DAR Es SALAAM Sat. (Router) Saboteurs on Thursday night blew up a pumping station on the Zam-bia-Tanzania pipeline and today the 1,000-mile link, which carries all Zambia's refined oil requirements, was not operating. A technical team from Ndola. in the Zambian ropperbelt. flew in here
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  • 70 4 MOSCOW Sat (Reuter) The Russians have launched a second artificial satellite carrying scientific equipment from other east European countries, it was officially reported hfere yesterday. The sputnik, intereosmoa-2. was launched on Christmas Day with instruments designed in Czechoslovakia. East Germany. Bulgaria and the Soviet Union. Tass news agency
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  • 128 4 COTONOU. Dahomey. S»t (Reuter) Dahomey military directorate, which took over from President Emtle Deriln Zlr.sou following an army coup on December 10. yesterdav promised a constitutional government and genera! ejections at the earliest possible date A meeting of the threeman d-rec'orate chaired by Lieutenant-Colcnei Paul
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  • 280 4 DUBLIN. Sat (UPI) A time bomb blew an angel off the monument to Iriah "liberator" Daniel O'Connell yesterday and smashed bank and snop windows as far as a mile away, police said. The predawn blast in Dublin's OConnell Street Injured Oakbone. police said. But it
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  • 67 4 AMMAN. Sat (Reuter) Jordanian forces last r.lgh* foiled an attempt bv an Israeli army natrol to crow the River Jordan onto the east bank jus* south of Allenbv Bridge a Jordanian military spokesman said Immediately afterwards Israeli funney oil the west bank shelled Jordanian positions
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  • 30 4 LONDON. Sa» (Reu'er* 53-persons died In holiday road accidents Jn Britain, according t© provisional government figures released yesterday The toll was »n increase of 15 OVT 1968
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  • 463 4 CAIRO, Sot. (UPI) Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser pledged yesterday to liberate lands occupied by Israel and promised Egypt would "not give up a single inch" of Arab land, Cairo Radio said. Nasser was speaking at a rally in Tripoli which was also attended
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  • 194 4 BAGHDAD, Sat. (Reuter) Any future Arab summit conferences should be attended by nations who would share full responsibility and make great sacrifices for the cause. Iraq said yesterday. Iraq boycotted the ftnal session of the Rabat summit this we*k because it felt some Arab governments
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  • 228 4 PARIS, Sat. (Reuter> President Georges Pompidou yesierday stressed the importance of French friendship with Russia and th» United States, and pledged to continue "trusting cooperation with West Germany. In New Year messages to foreign heads of state, released by the presidential palace here, Mr.
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  • 52 4 PARIS. Sat (Renter* men were sho* dead under the Christmas decorations of a Pans nightclub last r.igh* Police belie\> it rr.av ha"*"« been a gangland killing The two men died shortly before -r;:dn:ght in th* Ro«« Rouge <Red Rose) Cabaret Police identified them a* th# owner
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 236 4 minima* APARTMENT TOMMIE, I DON'T Ml NO 1 .TELLING YOU-I'M UPSET I S—r-v WITH LU ANN 7 M s 4 t m vi m>\ i n WELL.ISUPPOSE THAT SHEX ANP W£3 SHOULP HAVE. TOLP US THEY WERE GOING OUT—PUT It? GUESS THAT WEB JUST TQOK HER BY THE HAND AND
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  • 499 5 CAPE KENNEDY. Fla. Sat. (UPI) The Executive Secretary of the President's Space Council says a cty is like a spacecraft and the same approach that put men on the moon can be used to cure urban problems. j Once we begin to think of the
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  • 50 5 NEW YORK Sat (UPI) A United Press International count at 10 est showed 303 person? had beer, kj.led in traffic accidents since the start of the holidav perion began at 6 pm. Wednesday A breakdown of accident deaths: Traffic 308 Planes 0 Fire 45 Miscellaneous 24 Total 377
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  • 99 5 MANILA Sat. (UPI) A Senate committee yesterday recommended renegotiation of military treaties with the United States that would give the Philippines jur.sd etion over crimes committed by American servicerren whether on or off U.S bases Sen Salvador Laurel. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice also urged for
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  • 72 5 NEW YORK Sa* (UPI) Phil ips Talbot forme r U.S. Ambassador to Greece "ar.d Assistant Secretary 0 f state for Near Eastern Affairs, has been elected President of the Asia Society it was announced Monday. Effective Jan 1. Talbot will succeed Kenneth T Young, who resigned to undertake
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  • 192 5 HCNOLULU. Hawaii, Sat. (Reuter) Twenty-five men were missing last nigi\t following an explosion in an ammunition ship headed for Vietnam. The ship, the Badger State, 3.166 ton*., was reported in "extreme peril" by the Navy about 580 miles northeast of Midway Island In mid-Pacific.
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  • 832 5 'YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND NOW BUT YOU CERTAINLY WASHINGTON, Sat. (Reuter) Former President Lyndon B. Johnson soid tonight that his main feeling at the moment of relinquishing the Presidency was relief that he was no longer the man who "could
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  • 213 5 HONOLULU. Sat UPI) Vic* President Spiro T Agrew arrived in Ha war Fr.dav amid tight security on his way to the Far East where he hopes "to cet a reaction ,f > *he Nixon Doctrine'* in foreign po'.irv during a 37.000-mile journey M I hop* it will
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  • 83 5 NEW YORK Sat (Reuter> A Unites Airlines Boring 727 jetliner carrying 2T passengers and six crew was nijackPd to Havana overnight minutes after taking off from here A Federal Aviation Agency spokesman sa d the pane third United Airl:ne r forced to Cuba, touched down safelv at Ha"ana three
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  • 284 5 LA CALERA, Argentina. Sat. <UPI) Six men and a woman hopped out of two hijacked cabt yesterday, opened fire with sub-machineguns and pistols on three policemen and a plainclothes officer, and then went on to rob a branch of the Bank of Cordoba of 2.500,000
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  • 138 5 NEW YORK. Sat (UPI) New York s first major winter storm with snow and sleet driven by wind gusts ux> to 56 miles an hour snarled transportation in the metropolitan area yesterday Several thousand persona wpre trapped at Kennedy. La Guardia and Newark airports which were
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  • 69 5 WASHINGTON. Sat (UPI) President Nixon and his top budget advisers struggled Fr> day to squeeze down a 2.5 billion dollar gap between th« governments expected inborn® and expenditures in the 1971 fiscal vear Budee* Director Robert Mayo told Nixon and Defence Secretary Melvln R Laud "we are c
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 245 5 mmm m S.' B la jAn n M gSI Q nw J-C&/ GOOD®/ v—•l I M JOINING THE RAfJGE£S BOWLING TEAM Si* I'P LIKE TO GEE A &ALL/ VOU P LlKfc TO «5C A CALL J+ VJ^^r yes, sif?/ y^poc^]^ PANCIN& 6EAKS I'VE HEARP OF A BOWUHG BEAR? THIS HA?
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  • Church At Home
    • 156 6 FOLLOWING an inaugural Meeting of Samaritans of Singapore at the I P.P.F. Hall, Dunearn Road on Saturday, October 25th, we are delighted to announce that the long-planned Telephone Service of SO S. began on December Ist The new headquarters of S.O S. are housed strategically in the
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    • 666 6 Gospel Through Communication Satellites A Report By Lauw Kim Guan, Director Of F.E.8.C., Singapore Who Has Jusr Returned Prom A Familiarisation Tour Of Broadcasting Stations In Manila. 'THE eoneept of communications through satellites is fast catching up in South East Asia. Singapore is to Save a Satellite Earth Station soon.
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    • 208 6 Wednesday, Christmas Eve was celeb r ated in most churches with a service, concert feast and carolling. At Chinese Presbyterian True Way Church, it was a joyous event for young and old Many members and friends of the church took part whole heartedly in the
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    • 166 6 THE Sidaislers of St. Andrew's Cathedral will be presenting two programmes of music, poetry and movement on the theme "Love 11 a Man", The sho-.v» to be held at I pin on Januarv 2 and 3. 1970. Will seek to expior* various facades lo v as understood by
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    • 38 6 •BEHOLD God exa!'eth by h;s pcwer: who teacheth like him?" (Job 22 Th'.s verse from the Dook of Job is included in the LessonSermon Christian Science" to be read in a 1 churches of the denomination today
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    • 187 6 MAN TO MAN bv Ri nard C. Ha'iverson (Zor<~.ervan) paperback. pp. I6 r 52.95. It is rot often th«t wt have a book especially written for men This one ha« some ninety short, devotional messages suitab'e for a man*? dav by dav spiritual reading The
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    • 55 6 THANK you for the various airmailed copies of Eastern Sun which have kept us in touch with our Singapore Our sho r t-term service Here is up. and Godwilling, vse're flying back Jar 7, 1970 The Lord Has given a 4th verse to the song "O Galilee" I'll present
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    • 170 6 There's a sea Ive learned to love From our Mothers knee. And more I've come to tove her. the Sea of Galilee 'Midst mountains brown she s nestled. Her water's so blue. More beauteous are ner stories, So wonderously true. "Tis th» sea our Saviour loved From His
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 1488 7 CYDNEV, Sat. Australia is spending $320,000,000 to usher in a new era ol Civil aviation as revolutionary as the switch from propeller-driven aircraft to ets This is the initial price tag Australia has put on the arrival of the Boeing 747 <ets. heraldinq a
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    • 345 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. West Malaysia's •sternal trad* position continued to improve, in contrast to past experience and as a result trade surplus for the first ten months amounted to $1,135 million an all time record. The high rise in the trade surplus was
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    • 40 7 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchanae yesterday: 30 Industrials 797.65 20 Ralls 176.90 15 Utilities 109 82 65 Stocks 262 63 40 Bonds 68 16 Commodity Futures Index Closed.
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    • 99 7 IH* nn»n price# at ilir NlBII POF r (hln*«e Produce urhinn <r»irrdkf *w> Barer Wllei oconut (Mi 1 ftR) Bulk 61 00 C<M'»nui (Mi (FOB) Dram •2 SO Miifd opri 17 00 MmiMk Whit* Pepper (KOB 1 ***** White Pfppfi (F.0 B no oo >3 r.i MI k «pr<lal
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    • 5 7 I'tiODg Eong Currency)
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    • 162 7 NEW YORK. Sat. lUPI) Stocks climbed across a fairly wide front yesterday, but trading tapered of! sharply with many investors absent as the season's first major snowstorm snarled traffic and disrupted most commuter transportation in the city. At the ciose. the UPI marketw.de ind.cator was up
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    • 83 7 BANGKOK. Sat (Reuter) Economic Afla.rs Minister Boonchana Atthakorn yesterday denied rumours that the government would further reduce rice export premium rates In an effort to boost rice exports. He toid reporter* there was no need for such a move and added: 'Our rice prices are
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    • 39 7 TOKYO Sat »UPI> Eight Japanese firms have announced plans to form a drilling company to develop oil in Sabah Malaysia. The new company. "6abah Marine Area."- Co.. Ltd.," will develop oil in co-operation with Aquitaine Petroleum Co.
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    • 33 7 TOKYO Sat. < UPI The Industrial Bank of Japan has predicted Japan will register a Gross National Product < GNP» of US$679 billion in 1970. about 3.9 times the estimated ONP for fiscal.
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    • 408 7 WASHINGTON, Sat. (UPI) The Free world's monetary system will be $3.5 billion richer New Veer's day. At that time synthetic reserves called Special Drawing Rights, SDRs, will be distributed by the International Monetary Fund among the nations that have decided to participate
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    • 71 7 NEW YORK Sat. <UPI> Gold prices were steady to slightly easier on market* here and in Paris yesterday. The free market gold price slipped four cents to 36.82 dollars and the six-bank fixing was nine francs lower at 6.593 francs a kilo. American Express International Banking Corp.
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    • 212 7 THE following Is a berthing list Issued by thp Port of Singapore Authority for today, Dec. 28. Departures: Godnwns Vessels 6 7 Vishva Maya 21 22 Etsuzan Maru 27 28 Hokusei Maru 29 30 Shun Hlng 15 16 Hector 33 34 Centaur N.W.3 Plsang Radja N.W 2
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    • 507 7 ARRIVALS I2?lin 1 f 11 toi r<pitu, >indi, ><iain<"i» A w aoi MH i<iv K Lumpur V 1*14 111 M*% ll!l R Lumpur J"\am M» JMI Xiint). lo is n MM IIS K Lump ax U.4V p a» 141 1 IA Ktpn Hoat KOH| 10 1A i m
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  • POPPING AROUND With Platter Pete
    • 397 8 1/ 2 MILLION FANS AT STONES' FREE SHOW •CJTtWE O Out Of Their O Minds." "Life And Death At The Stones' Show "Jagger In Big Rave Punch Up Those were some of the headlines alter the Rolling Stones gave a free concert at Tracy. California. earlier this month It must
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    • 389 8 JJI THERE! My lincerest New Year wishes to all you groovy hep type cool cats. Have you made your new year resolutions yet? I've made mine: I hereby resolve never to wait longer than three months before getting a haircut (at least for 1970). There so many
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    • 395 8  -  GEORGE HAMILTON —worst actor of the lot bj Sheilah Graham GEORGE Hamilton, the sole survivor of "The Survivors." gave. in my opinion, the worst performance of the principals in the series As one critic so accurately remarked. George had only two expressions: hi*
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    • 345 8 Five Little Bee Gees, but many shocks in store: One left to form a group and then there were four Four Little Bee Gees, not qood company; One became a soloist and then there were three Three Little Bee Gees, not sure what to do; Decided
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    • 123 8 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: *A Brand New Me (Philips). II f ELL. there's a funny thing A few *eeks back. Dusty was asking "Am I The Same GiH?" and now her new single provides the answer 1 I like it better than the last one
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 97 8 A sensational "red-blooded new album from THE ROLLING STONES "LET BLEED" Stereo SKI 5025 Don't forget to in to Radio Singapore every Sunday at 10 am for 'We've Got It Taped' and at 11 am. for 'Hall Of Fame' DECCR ECCA ORIENT (Pto.) LIMITED Singapore Kuala Lu<npu> fVtirtng Hong *or«q
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 59 8 WORLD CHART At the end of a fabulous d*cad» of success for the Beatles, the once unchallengable super-group has been eclipsed by a rival British combo. Fleetwood Ma«*. the blues eroup now touring the United .-tatps ha*, victorious ;n two top championship polls published bv British muslcai papers this wek
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    • 386 8 Fleetwood Mi'* chart successes th:s year above these of the Beatles and such name s as Ehrli Presley Frank S.natra and The Rolling S'ones The la'est Fleetwood hit. 'Oh Well" is still high in the charts in Amsterdam and Stockholm. The Beatles nj. a "live" group seem no longer to
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  • 627 9  -  By Florence de Santis HEW YORK, Sat. When I first met Levino Verno several years ago, he had a tiny office at a small junior sportswear firm, where even his skinny frame had trouble finding room between the sample bolts of
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  • 196 9 LOOK fOU... IN THE YOUTH WORLD... basics turned into fantasv with accessories, such as a jumpsuit with scarves and sliver ropes, a midl skirt gone Victorian with a skirt. lndian headbands turn glamorous, in metallic silk rope loosely braided, or close-woven white silk braid with pearls or stones.
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  • 118 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI> A? predicted in most surveys. this was one of the poorest Christmas shopping seasons In memory. Total gales barely ros<> enougn over last year to equal price inflation and fell sharply below that m many cities. Snowfall on Tuesday and Wednesday in much
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  • 30 9 THE Singapore Film Socletv r<=*n El Angel Exterminador" (The Exterminating Angel) directed by Luis Bunuel, at 6 pm and 9 pm. at the Cultural Centre. Canning Rise, today.
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  • 579 9  -  Ann Landers HEAR ANN: My turtle died We didn't know until it was too late that he was only a baby and should have been kept warm Three days ago Rmgo seemed to be hibernating Mum called the pet shop and asked why
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  • 574 9  -  Spcii < ft#/ for sr it...1 Ufl Sheilah Graham N'EW YOFK. 8a» Roman Polanskl has abandoned his suspense thriller. The Day Of The Dolph'.n He is not in the mood to mak* a murder story, u you can well imagine He
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  • 267 9 NEW YORK. Sat Albert Finney will now play the title role in "SCROOGE." the screen musical version of Charles Dickens* Immortal classic, It was announced by producer Robert H. Solo and Jere Henshaw. Vice-Presi-dent in Charge of Production for Cinema Centre Films. On
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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    • 10 9 TODAY an ;-V v r Sunday, Dec«mber 28, 14-24-51-57 72-76-78
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    • 208 10 1225* fjLAD CISCO ZODIAC 5A 4 CHARMAN ROSE 1 Nonpar! H S I Prince Glean S PRINCE GLEAM 1 Nonpariel 4 Char-man Roae «I* BAGS FTT IHNIFEX SUM. KnifM N«i Lmn 3 PASA KNIGHT (5 Spinife* 7 Macondo 5 SPINTFEX 1 Nea« Lane 3 Paw Knight T RACE «;<
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    • 523 10  -  By JOHN PRSEMAN LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) Leeds Unfted's hopes of retaining the English First Division soccer title suffered a serious setback whan thay sank to a 2-1 defeat against European Fairs Cuphotders Newcastle United yesterday. A 55.000 crowd at St. James's Park saw Wyn
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    • 167 10 SYDNEY, Sat. (Reuten Australia's top trotter. Cocky Raider, has been sold to an American syndicate for US$112.000 according to reports here. But the champion will be raced in Australia until after the glamour Inter-Dominion championship event in February. The "Sydney Morning Herald" said today
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    • 238 10 DIVISION ONE Burnlev 1 Liverpool 5 Chelsea 3 Southampton 1 Conver.trv 3 Ipswich 1 Man United 0 Wolves, ft Newcastle 2 Leeds 1 Notts. Forest 1 Arsenal 1 Sheff. Wednesday 2 S'land ft Stoke City 1 Derbv ft Tottenham 2 Crystal Palace 0 West Bromwich 3 W Ham
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    • 217 10 Malaysia Singapore Sikhs Triumph HONG KONG. Sat. (AFP)— The vlsitina Malaysia-Singa-pore Sikh nockey team yesterday overwhelmed the Kowloon Cricket Club (KCC) 11-0 In their fourth successive victory during their sevenmatch Hong Kong tour. Half time score was 4-0. The visiting team yesterday displayed their speed and cohesion in a top
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    • 1013 10  -  Jimmy Lad \TANGTZE KIANG g«ti tht vot« In Hit sea--1 son's lost classic, thi Gold Cup worth $25,* 000 (Race Five) run ovtr 1 Of ot Penang today. The five-ytar-old by Tomerlano scored a convincing win over the Bukit Timah 7f in October when he beat
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    • 24 10 RINA II can win the Christmas Plate run over 8-l/2f The Irish mare showed a return to form when fourth to Sklpalong
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    • 150 10 LONDON. Sat. rßeuter) Llanelli grabbed the glory in the Boxing Day club rugby union programme by beating London Welsh by eleven points to Ave to maintain their unbeaten home record. London Welsh had the tonic of an early try. but Llanelli, cheered on by a 15,000
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    • 120 10 SYDNEY. Sat (Reuter) The New Zealand sloop Fidelia is leading In the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, according to observer* In private aircraft today Reports received here from the plane* said the big New Zealand sloop had passed the early leader Australia s Apollo and
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    • 1425 10 Rae« it a. a m*. a—6 pan. (ss.ooo) l. s?a Nonpar! eJ 9? 9 00 Arjcott stabl* Heddle Harbridg# 1 1 (WO 1 Itrxman ST 9 13 C L L*oni FO Kwok R Breuk U lamatl 13 3 059 urrenr? N«Ke 5r 911 Curraory Stablo J Donnelly
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    • 991 11 Kachang Puteh Obliges By Our facing Correspondent OENANG, S at. Newcomer Deposit created an upset in the class four division two event to pay $143 for a win ticket here today. He wss ridden by Rod Dawkins. Kachang Puteh. with Ricky Kingston astride, scored a double at
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    • 181 11 RAWALPINDI Bit (Renter) Olympic hoekey champion* Pakistan crushed Argentina 5-0 (half-time 3-0) In the first Test match between the two countries here yesterday. Ashrafq and Raihid Junior each scored two goals for Pakistan and Shehnas completed the scoring An 8.000 cr«wd. witching the match In bitterly cold
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    • 45 11 MADRAS. Sat. (Renter!— India, needing 249 runs for victory, were 82 far two at the close on the third da? of the fifth and final cricket test against Australia here today. Scores: Australia 258 and 153. India 163 and 82 for two.
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    • 319 11 TWO goals after extra time enabled Royal Navy Wanderers to beat Police, the defending champions, 4-2 in the President's Cup final at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Wanderers were first to attack and three minutes after the start right winger Bowker missed
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    • 135 11 Benaud Davis Tame Vic Attack MELBOURNE Sit. <ReuAilm~rd°^ n Benaud and Geoff Davis tamed the Victorlan attack w:th a >park»ing 2"4 run fifth wickets stand for Ne* South Wales in their Sheffield Bhield cricket match here today Benaud and Davies came together after Alan Thomson. Victoria's new fast bowling star,
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    • 92 11 Centuries By Favell Chappel ADELAIDE Sat (Reuter) Greg Chappell and Les raveli hit centuries as South Australia to 500 In their innings on the third day oI their Sheffield Shle'.d cricket match against Queensland here today. Queensland in their second mn.ngs were 152 for three at the close, still 9R
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    • 72 11 HOBART Tasmania. Sat. (Reuter) West Indian batsman Rohan Kanhal s'ammed an unbeaten 108 before declaring Tasmania's first Innings at 2M for five against the NewZealand cricketers here today New Zealand, who scored 304 for five declared In their first Innings, were 29 for no wicket at
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    • 94 11 NEW YORK, Bat. (ATP) Heavywelgnt boxers Jimmy Ellis and Joe Frailer are now believed almost certain to meet In a world title bout here on February 16. Madison Square Garden authorities, where the bout la planned to take place, have called a press conference for Monday
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 41 11 BIG SWEEP Total Pool: ($23,500) Itt Prixo: No. *****9 $7,755 2nd Priio: No. *****7 $1,938 3rd Priio: No. *****7 969 Stortors: ($258 oach) Noc--*****0 *****1 *****5 *****6 *****8. Consolation: ($96 ooch) No»:*****0 *****9 *****6 *****8 *****5 *****1 *****9 *****9 *****3 *****7.
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    • 1318 11 (CHANNEL 5* AM 10W Op'fHf An r.cts 10.03 Skippv The Bush Kangaroo Wombat; 1030 The Doctors And The Nurses So Soma Girls Play the Cello"; 1120 Pesta Pop; P M 12.10 Mr. Ed The Talking Horse Disappearing Horse'; 12 40 The Mon~oea; 135 Chinese Matinee 'Sorrowful Mother" illokkien feature film\
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  • 260 12 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board is to be empowered to collect cess of three per cent from tourist hotels, tourist food establishments and tourist public houses when amendments to the Tourist Promotion Board Ordinance, 1963, are passed by Parliament. These
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  • 152 12 IT was a belated Christmas for scores of Catholic Brothers in this region and the Brother Superior General of Christian Brother's Schools Brother Charles Henry, when they met here yesterday to celebrate the festive season. Brother Henry who was accompanied by the Assistant Brother Superior General
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  • 182 12 NEO KEE LEOK alias Shaw Tee. 24, who is presently serving his six-year jail term, yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery and was sentenced to five vears' jail by the Third District Court Judge, Mr. K.T. Alexander. Mr Alexander ordered Neo's
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  • 215 12 A SALESMAN teaching his girl friend driving was way-laid by four youths who hijacked his car at knife-point a Court was told yesterday. The prosecution officer. Inspector Chan Beng Hwee. was relating the facts of an armed robbery case to the Fourth District Court, Judge.
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  • 97 12 PUNANO. Sat The M:ni?te r of Home Affa'rs Tur Dr.) Ismail today inspected the Rehabilitation Centre at Pu'au Jerejafc n ear Penang ng t° reporters later. Tun Ismail said that the inmates *'ere well looked after and their standard of training was very high. "In fact",
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  • 86 12 THE Chairman on the panel of judges for today's Toto Draw is Mr. Wong Hung Khim. Acting Principal Assistant Secretary. Ministry of Labour. The other members are Mr. Khoo Ong Lee. Acting Assisr tant Secretary. Ministry of National Development; Mr Tan Siok Huat, Acting Higher Executive Officer,
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  • 208 12 MRS. Agnes Howe yesterday showed that not only men can breed prise winning tisnes. v 4 2 y o,d beat male competitors and took the first Communi/y 6 HaM 69 action of the Guppy Show staged at the Tanglin Halt This was not.
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  • 251 12 THE Minister for Social Affairs, Enche Othman Wok. yesterday urged the people to make full use of the facilities offered by Citizens' Consultative Committees which are doing excellent work in promoting closer friendship and harmony between the various communities. The Minister was
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  • 164 12 THE Coroner Mr. N.A. Rozano, yesterday recorded a verdict of death bv misadventure on an 11-year-old airf, Lim Meow Siah, who died eight days after being scalded by boiling water. The father of the deceased. L'.m Bee Hi an who is attached *o the Naaft at
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  • 108 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Custom, officer* today detained two mil f n r allefdlv trying t rt Kmußß'e a cane of stout out of the Guinnej, Malay a Berhad brewery at Surgei Way near here. T"»e stout taj found in a lorry normally u**d to rgrt s«ay "pent gram
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  • 38 12 THE President has ordered the ground* r»f the Istana te be open to the public on Thursday January 1. 1970 be:nc New Year's Day from 800 am. to 630 p.m., a Government statement said yesterday.
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  • 163 12 THE second phase of the NFX (National Fitness Exercises) will be Introduced In March next year, the Minister for Social Affairs. Enche Othman Wok announced last night. He was speaking at the dinner on the second anniversary celebrations of the Singa Athletic Association at the
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  • 105 12 EX-BOYS' Brigade members In will set together when the Stedfast Club holds it» End-c/-the-year Fellowshp tomorrow reht at ♦he Pnnsen Street Fresbvter:ar Church Fellowship Hall. All past members of the B B are invited to the gathering wh:cn will Include a session c 4 s:r.glng a nd
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  • 39 12 THE British Minister of Defence f®r Administration Mr. Roy Hattergley. j g scheduled to arrive he re tomorrow at the Royal Air Force Changi He is on 14-day routine familiarisation tour vigit to the Far East
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  • 52 12 THE Tha- Ambassador- to S;rv gapore. Mr Nibhon Wilairat. members of hi s Embassy and members of the Thai community will observ e an sgp-o'd custom presenting food ard offer:r.g» to all Thai Budd list «nonk« at the premise, of the Embassy at Orchard Head. at am. on
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  • 9 12 THERE were 61 accident*, none serious, yesterday.
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  • 67 12 BROTHER Augustus, the blind brother from Johore was among the many at the airport yesterday to receive Brother Superior General Charles Henry, from Rome. Brother Augustus who is seen here, receiving some help from Brother I. Patrick of St, Joseph's Institution is teaching in St. Elizabeth's School the school for
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  • 243 12 LEGISLATION affecting manufacturers is to be introduced by the Government. This is in the form of the Control of Manufacture (Amendment) Act, 1969, which was read the first time on Dec. 23 in Parlia- ment. The bill seeks to make the following amendments to the
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  • 83 12 THE Muslim Religious Council of Singapore will be organising a Religious Course for Muslim Converts (Mu'aUf) next year. The Course, free of charge. will be conducted in English. Chinese and Tamil The aim of the Course is to provide Muslim Converts with a basic knowledge of the
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  • 51 12 THE import duty On gij pvv "N-hn a rt'r>t l;k* f an<i firework, ha« tv>Fn lnrrea*from fin cent s *o Si P"t pound Th: s <n r '*ac# m th»> impp't duty u tr» giv> ad<i»d pro»*"-t;on to loraj manufacture r *d -vac «>f'fmrn v* c
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  • 105 12 A UOCAL shipyard has won a tender for repairinq the tanker, C"ty Service Valley Forge which collided with the Esso Colon here recently. The tender, worth about half a million dollars, was announced yesterday. The Arm. Jurone Shipyard Limited, managed to obtain thp tender from
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