Eastern Sun, 1 January 1970

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  • 319 4 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (UPI) The big four powers yesterday wound up a two-hour and 15-minute 22nd session in their continuing search tor a Middle Eastern peace formula amid speculation of some progress. The session at the Soviet mission to the U N., presided
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  • 313 4 PARIB, Wed. (Reuter) President Georges Pompidou 1 returned from a Christmas respite last night to face the most embarrassing problem of his six-month rule the affair of the five Frenchbuilt gunboats now sailing for Israel. The President arrived in Paris from his country
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  • 65 4 KHARTOUR. Wed. (UP!) —A military court sentenced former Health Minister Ahmed Zein El Abdem last night to 10 vears m prison and a fine of £5.000. Abdein was charged under the Corrupt Practices and Abusing of Ministerial Powers Act The court also orohibited him from political
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  • 67 4 PARIS. Wed. (Reuter) —The last three Mirage jets from the fleet of 50 planes ordered by Israel but blocked in Trance bv an anns embargo, were handed over vesterd&y bv the builders to the French air force for safekeeping The jets, built by the Marcel
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  • 149 4 MUNICH. Germany, Wed. (UPI) The lawyer for former Nazi Deputy Fuehrer Rudolf Hess said yesterday th« 77-year-old convicted war criminal's condition is very serious** Lawyer Alfred Seidl *aid he will ask the Americans. Russian*. British and French to release Hess on the grounds of ill
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  • 94 4 HONG KONG. Wed (Reuter) Nationalist and Communist Chinese troor* facing each other across the narrow Taiwan Straits hav e been ordered t 0 suspend shelling during the New Year. This is to enable the opposing forces to have a t>eaceful New Year A-cording to a Pekin*
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  • 171 4 ROME, Wed. (Reuter) —The annual battle of Italy's film stars against the taxman want into full swing yesterday with Sophia Loren leading the field. According to the assessor for Rome's family taxpayers, the glamorous star has once again topped the poll, with a taxable income of
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  • 265 4 PAIRO. Wed. (Reuter) The Arab summit confer* ence in Rabat last week was not a complete failure. Egypt's official spokesman said here yesterday. President Nasser who talked out of a key session had preferred realism to empty communiques, Dr. Esmat Abdel Meguid
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  • 64 4 NTW DELHI. Wed. (Router) Prim* Minister Mrs. Jndira Gandhi was named today to the 21-membe r high command of her ruling Congress Party. Named to the Coiurres, working Committee with her were two of her top barkers in the power struggle which led up to th* split in
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  • 65 4 RANGOON. Wed (UPI) A'.l school*, colleges and educational institution* which were closed following disturbances early December will re-open in January. It was officially announced today. Schools will on Jan. 5. vocational college* on Jan 12 and universities on Jan. 15. the announcement said. It called on oarents. teachers
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  • 84 4 SAIGON. Wed <UPI> An Army Genera: directing an investigation of the alleged Mv Lai massacre travelled yesterday to the province where the Incident occurred and interviewed ranking Vietnamese officials- military spokesmen said today. Spokesmen for the U S Command said Lt. Gen William R. Peers talked In the
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  • 116 4 SOUTHAMPTON, England, Wed. (Reuter) Train robbers stole 87 bags of new British decimal coins worth £21,750 in transit from the Royal Mint to a bank here. Their haul was only part of a £60.500 con- signment of seven-sided 50-pence pieces (worth 10
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  • 235 4 MOSCOW. wed. (UK) A Soviet scientist yeaterday registered a claim thst active volcanoes exist on the moon. At the aame time a leading •pace scientist said the Soviets do not plan to send cosmonaut* to explore the moon in the near future. Soviet astronomist Nikolai
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  • 254 4 I ONOON, Wed. (Reuter) Scores of Scotland Yard detectives were drafted to the suburban Wimbledon area yesterday to join a kidnap hunt tor the mining wifa of a wealthy Australian newspaper chief. With few clues to work on, police said they
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  • 120 4 MADRID. wed (ROUTER) General Franco, in a Year message to the Spanish people, last night dashed peculation about his Imminent retirement "While Go<j fives m W* I will be with you. working for the motherland." he aaid in the televised message Informed sources
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 353 4 TODAY a Thursday, January 1, 1970. fed or, 70-77-81-85 UO 22 i 0 5 6 7 8 Tim* 38 Start 9 improv* 39 Of 10 To 40 A 11 It'll 41 Little 12 To 42 Out 13 Temptation* 43 Be 14 Ptons 44 PteoMe 15 You 45 A 16 Hard
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  • 2076 5 Mr. Wee Cho Yaw Wtthin four years of Its independence, and under the ahle leadership of the Government and the whole- rt d support of iti. peo- «i J lnga,>ore 15 gradually building U p a fl rm and s t r ong economic foundation which Is
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  • 109 5 BANGKOK, (Renter > Thailand's Chief of Police has blamed better education for a rise in the country's crln> rate. Speaking at a recen* seminar in Bangkok General Prase rt Ruchiraworg. the Director General of Police said a person arrestee for suspect-' ed burgiarv had been educat-i
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  • 164 5 SAIGON, Wed. (UPI) Communist troops firing heavy machine guns downed two American helicopters in sharp fighting northeast of Saigon that marred a Vietcong New Years cease-fire, military spokesmen said toj day. The helicopters were downed yesterday afternoon In two clashes In jungled Phuoc Long
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  • 129 5 KUCHING. Sarawak. Wed. (UPl)—lndonesia has assurea Malaysia th?t the withdrawal of 6.500 Indonesian troops from the border with Sarawak will onlv be carried out when situation there in Droves. Brig Gen. Zain Has'nim. Commander of the Third Malaysian Infantrv Brigade, said yesterday. The General said this on
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  • 85 5 STDNEY. Wed. (Renter) Australia's wonder stock Poseidon Nlokel ended 1969 bv bursting dramatically through both the ?00-do]lar and 100-sterling barriers on the Sydnev and Melbourne exchanges. After rooming to 215 dollars (over 102 sterling) In Melbourne It closed there today at 212 dollars (more than 101 sterling) 42
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  • 216 5 MOSCOW, Wed. (UPI> The Soviet delegation to Peking encountered derogatory wall posters, harsh negotiators and social ostracism during the first two months of border talks, informed diplomatic sources said yester- day. The sources said the head of the delegation. Vassilv V. Kuznetsov, reported th procedural
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  • 242 5 SAIGON. Wed. (Reuter) Madame Kieu Mong Thu a glamorous and hot-blooded opposition member, grabbed at a revolver in South Vietnam's National Assembly today as pandemonium broke out in the former French opera house. Madame Thu. 28 became so Incensed during a debate on alleged pro-Communist
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  • 148 5 PARIS. Wed (UPI) U-S and North Vietnamese negotiator g at the Vietnam peace talks c'ashed yesterday in a sharply-worded debate over the treatment of U.S. prisoners of wa r Deputr chief negotiator for Hanoi Col. Ha Van Lau denounced th® presentation of a list of 1.406
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  • 46 5 BANGKOK. Wed. (Tauter)— Four bandits have beer ku.ea and two policemen seriousiy wounded in a 4(V-minute battle in P*ttani evince near the Malaysian border, a provinda 1 police report aaiH toreport said batt-« took place when police ambu»hed the bandit« in a hill village
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  • Page 5 Advertisements

  • 819 6 r[E first day of the year or the first day of the decade is a time to pause to take stock and, for the sentimental, it is also a time for making resolutions. The decade that produced near-fiction scientific achievements like man's conquest of the moon and
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  • 1469 6  -  By Joseph Tyler WASHINGTON (UPI) Man the Magnificent cam* close in 1969 to making Mankind forget for a moment Man the Menace and Man the Miserable. I Whan Noil Armstrong, Hio first Man on tlio Moon, Ct a foot down on Hi*
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  • 468 6  -  By PATRICIA McCORMACK NEW YORK (UPI) New Year's resolutions for parents determined to widen the communications' gap between themselves and teenagers during 1970: I will for child his rock records are nis business, that I have endured enough punishment to raise him this
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  • 859 6  -  By ELIZABETH WHARTON WASHINGTON (UPI) Soon after today. Senator Edward Kennedy will faca an ordeal whose outcome could resurect a political life which is now in ruins. But it is e slim chance. Soma say it would take a miracle. On
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  • 773 6  -  By WARREN NELSON WASHINGTON (UPI) Although President Nixon has agreed to return Okinawa to Japanese administrative control, he has been careful to do so under arrangements that will allow the United States to maintain military bases there. But, many ask. who needs foreign military
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  • 160 6 JOHANNESBERG. (Reufer) A Zulu witch-doctor has predicted the spiritual and moral destruction of future generations in west* ern countries through the use of addictive drugs. Credo Vusamazulu Mutwa his fuii name means "Bushman Awakene r of the Zulus" is no ordinary jungly mystic. He
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 420 7 THE Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday closed the year on a steady In the two hours, trading was mainly of a routine nature and trended selective. Turnover was moderate. In perspective, underlying the year's notable equitable response to the newcomers (36 issues compared
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    • 706 7 BUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS ACMA $2 21 13); Alcan $lB2 (2) $lB3 (6> $1.84 <4* $1.85 <6» $1.86 (8); LIM
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    • 271 7 MELBOURNE. Wed Melbourne will have a direct service to the United States six times a week from Ist July next year. Qantas Airways announced that it would fly from Tuilamarine to San Francisco v lB Svdney, Fiji and Honolulu on Tuesdays. Wednesdays.
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    • 122 7 SYDNEY. Wed. (UPD Wednesday's closing Sydney Stock Exchange selected share* MININGS Acme* 1.20 Am Mm 800 Austral Mia 45 BH South 3.50 C. Nors# 7.00 C. Gold 10.70 Cm Kalf 1.15 Gt West .16 Hammersley 10.50 K- Kampar .70 Lake View 2.50 Loloma 3 50 Long Met
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    • 100 7 THE Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore yesterday mad* the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 1)0 unit* of foreign currency): SELLING T.T. or O.D r*ady: Deutsche Marks $B3 8550; Holland Guilders $85.3050; Swiss Francs $7l 5925; Belgian Francs $6.2375; French
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    • 207 7 THE following is a berthing list issued bv the Pert of Singapore Authority for todaT, Jan 1. 1970:DEPARTTRES Godown* Vessels 1/2 Dolius 3/4 Manoloeverett 5 Santo Maru 10/11 August Cesaree 13/14 Menestheus 19 Semarang Maru 21/22 Angelina 23 24 Kimanis 25/26 Kunak 33/34 Kanto Maru 38/39 Pando
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    • 147 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Toes. Mr. John Chant Thien Fatt, sales engineer with the Philips Department of William Jacks leaves next week (or Holland and other European countries, on a nine months familiarisation and training tour of several factories in the Philips group of companies. During his
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    • 87 7 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI)~ The «toclc market Anlshed mixed yesterday in active turnover. At the close, the UPI marketwlde indicator showed a fain of 0.01 per cent on 1.677 Issues traded There were 724 advances and 697 declines A turnover of approximately 15.700.000 shares, compared with 12.500.000
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    • 43 7 NEW \ORK. Wed. OJPP Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 794 63 20 rails 176 07 15 utilities 109 53 65 stocks 201 63 40 bonds 68.07 Commodltv futures Index 139.12 off 0.62.
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    • 324 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) The world's major trading nations have agreed to a gold-purchase plan aimed at preventing the price of the metal from dropping below a floor of US$35 an ounce, it was announced yesterday. The International Monetary rund announced it will buy newlv
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    • 115 7 NEW YORK Wed. (UPI) Gold price* were mostly uncharged In quiet trading ye» terdav on market* her# and abroad. In London gold rose 21 cents at the morning Axing but lost the same about for second fixing of $35.20 per troy ounce Frankfurt gola gained 1 cent
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    • 321 7 JANUARY first grade rubber buyers clued at 5 p nu.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 6J-| cents per lb., up one cent from the Previous close The tone of the market waa quiet after Irregular. The market opened above vesterday's high point on good
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    • 58 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged to 100 points higher on the New York commodity exchange yesterday. There were no sales (CLOSE) (PREV) Jan. 25.25 2425 Mar. 25.25 25.00 May 25.25 25.00 July 23.308 23.30 Sept. 23 208 23.20 Nov. 2525 25.00 Jan 25.25 25.00 Locally.
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    • 377 7 PARIS. Wed. The French and Soviet Governments have recently signed an agreement relating to the operation of air services between Paris, Moscow and Tokyo. In keeping with this agreement, the Inauguration by Air France and Aeroflot in April 1970 of a new Trans-Siberian
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    • 621 7 SINGAPORE—Stock Exchange sold and other price* officially listed at the clot* of busineaa. LXDISTRIAUI A cm* A lean Ben A Co Borneo Bad 2.20 *21 186 1-87 170 172 1 X.S Bou*tead Co. 203 1 M>4 Camel Pit wood Central >ugars CC.M 1.36 4.1* 4 1.62
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    • 171 7 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Australian mines captured the limelight In a busy session on a Ann stock market yesterday. Two of the recent speculative nickel farourltles took wide swings before Poseidon ended higher on the day while North Flinders fell again. Losses predominated in the
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    • 90 7 THE noon prtM *t U» StBC*porr Chlneae rrtxJoc* «xc bania IMtWdky W9Tt> DQ7M Sella* Coconut Ot! sets (T OM Drum Coconut OH 01 50 (FORI Drum Mixed Copra >7 00 Muntofc Whit* Pepper IBM <FOB) Sarawak White reaper twos <F O B.) Sarawak Special Iliac* Pep par (F-OB) >-.L
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    • 70 7 (Manager** Frle«e I m CHARTERED UNIT TRC8T 8. Growth Fond 1M 1.11 ASIA OUT TBD8T# VU1 Invest, rand ISO 140 SINGAPORE OilT TBI8T0 lit Malayan 2nd Malayan 3rd Malayan Tht Com. Ind xd Tb« Sav. Fund 280 2 03 128 1 03 1.09 1 18 l.|» (Manager#' Wen
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    • 14 7 Th« tin Pnc# for yesterday was $499.12 i per Pieul up som.
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    • 426 7 ARRIVALS. 500 a.m. MSA 029 R. Lnmpor. 8.10 a.m. CTA LT 1578 Loa Angeles, Honoluln. Tapeete. Auckland Noumeaniwam. Ma At is R. Lampur. »lt am. GAKIDA UAWB Jakarta. 10 1A am. MBA ltl R Lumpur 10.25 a.m. MSA 005 Nam, Ipob. R. Lompor. Malacca. UJIml pan AM PAB4I
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL $5 ESSAY WINNERS
    • 161 8 QN my first day in school I woke up very early because I was going to school for the first time. When I reached the school I was excited and nervous. I kept on asking myself what a school was like. As I walked into
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    • Article, Illustration
      215 8 po-EDUCATION la the edu\J cation of two sexes together. There should be a good proportion of both sexes In a class In each class there should not be more boys or more glrls.for this will be "unfair." In my opinion, co-education is desirable. Co-education also helps the opposite sex
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    • 298 8 fPO DO well in a geography examination, it is important to understand what the examiner wants and to answer what is required without adding anything which is irrelevent, that is, which is unnecessary A good answer, therefore, keeps to the point, has order and
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    • Article, Illustration
      255 8 THERE are many kinds of fish-which are kept by people in large tanks My pet fish is the gold-fish Why I like this fish is very obvious. It is a very beautiful fish which can swim very gracefully in water Its movements are never hurried and our
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    • 708 8 VyHEN rose f rom m y t ec j one morning, I felt a pain in my heart, to- gether with a very high fever and I thought it would be better for me not to go to school that day. I
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    • 485 8 T'AE-KYON, the ancient name for Tae Kwon-Do. dates back to the Silla Dynasty, about 1,300 years ago. Silla was the smallest of three kingdoms of Korea. She was constantly invaded from Koguryo in the north and from lUckchae in the West. In 500 A
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      439 8 I AM a twenty-cents coin and was made in the mint of United Kingdom. I was later exported to Singapore by ship. When I arrived at Singapore, I was taken to a bank in the city. One day, an old lady came to the bank to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 341 8 Hello, D u STUDENTS. First of all, let me wish you all a happy New Year. We hope you have had an enioyable holiday, climaxing with the festive season of Christmas and New Year. Well, tomorrow will be the first day of the new term for 1970. And after the
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 4 8 By Jack Tipptt vZs\si
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    • 116 8 DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and AUen McWSiams "TELL TMt WHOLE STORY TO THE FOOTBALL FOLKS, DUKE 'I THINK THEY'LL WANT VOU BACK IN UNIFORM/ V MeANWWlLE. IN A NEARBY HOSPITAL OFFICE... TlCO IS WTLL ENOUGH TO TRAVEL, t' LS ST CLAIR... JUST BE SURE HE OOESN'T v CATCH COLO
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  • 161 9 pARRY ON AGAIN, DOCTOR is a profound probe into the havoc which reigns at that seat of surgical science. Long Hampton Hospital, and in the British medical profession. Starring Sidney James as a medical orderly dedicated to disorder, Kenneth Williams as a surgeon who is a
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  • 72 9 HOLLYWOOD Wed. Tom O'Horgan has been signed by Columbia Picture* to direct "The Lenny Bruce Story." forthcoming Marvin Worth production, it was announced recently. O'Horgan. who directed the international stage hit "Hair" ia currently winning acclaim for his direction of "Futz". his first motion
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  • 40 9 HOLLYWOOD. Wed. Teda Bracci. one of the original cast members of the musical "Hair." has b#>en signed by producer-director Stanley Kramer to make her film debut In "R.P.M.*", Columbia Pictures presentation starring Anthony Qulnn, Ann-Margret and Gary Lockwood.
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  • 78 9 STOCKTON. California. w *d. Principal photography on Stanley Kramer's RPM starring Anthony Qulnn. Ann Margret and Gary Loekwood. has begun at the University of the Pacific campus here. Kramer Is producing and directing the Columbia Pictures presentation which deals with pre-sent-day college unrest. Based on an
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  • 619 9  -  Ann Landers T\EAR ANN: You've helped a lot of people but you've never said a word about the most abused. pushed-around folks of all those of us who work for the telephone answering services. How in the name of heaven can we get the
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  • 471 9  -  V/ic/i/iiiif/ for ,l/i/st'lf... Sheilah Graham NEW YORK, Wed. Hello. David! And I do mean Merrick Was that nice to advertise lr. such big black letters that your stage production was the "Only Truly Authentic Dolly In New York"? We know the show is
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  • 177 9 BOSTON. Wed. Principal photography has commenced on Paramount Pictures "Love Story" starring All MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal and Ray Milland. Shooting began at Harvard's Watson ice rink with the most logistically complex scene in the film, an ice hockey game between Harvard and Dartmouth in
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 48 9 The Chairman and Board of Directors of FAR EASTERN BANK LTD. Extend Their Warmest Greetings for the Festive Season to All Friends, Patrons and Business Associates on this Joyous Occasion FAR EASTERN BANK LTD. H«ad Offices 137/139, Cecil Street. Singapore 1. Branch Office! 38 Neil Road. Singapore 2.
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    • 84 9 THE NATIONAL THEATRE TRUST in association with GOSCONCERT MOSCOW present LENINGRAD STATE BALLET 3 Performancee National Theatre Thursday 8tl» |an )8 30 p.m. »'f «r |an I Friday 9th (an. f Saturday 10th lan- I as aa. aa ti3. sis At C K. T»na. Cold Siorwte RoMnaon n And National
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 294 9 b SHAW ®f WISH ALL MOVIEGOERS A A Gm4 Picture fcoin» la ltH [LIDO Phone *****] 2nd BIG WEiK No Free Lint Du* to fltm i«n(tta 4 Rkowi daily: 11 a.m.. 2 .10. lft A Via NO INCREASE la PRICES! JAMES BONO 007 "ON Hkß MAJESTY'S SECBET *EBV|CE' George Lazenoy
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 408 10 The following is the Stipendiary steward's reoort issued yesterday on the I*** days racing at Penang* RACE 1: Approaching the 3 furlongs Black Tulip (Kingston) had to be severely checked when crowded out from between Charman Rose (Dawkins) and Taipinr Jade (Rajoo). On inquiry it was
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    • 115 10 HOBART. Wed. (Reuter) The British Opposition leader, Mr. Edward Heath, in his sloop Morning Cloud, has won the 840-mile Sydney to Hobart Blue Water classic on corrected time, according to Erovlsional results released ere. The provisional results, released late last night by the Royal Tasmania Yhcht Club,
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    • 96 10 MELBOURNE. Wed (Reuter) Australia's Ron Clarke, holder of all world running records from two miles to 10.000 metres, may miss next year's Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and the 1972 Olympic Games. Clarke said: "I must make athletics a comparatively minor consideration to my private career."
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    • 497 10  -  Si UfrtU N«w« V T INETEEN-SIXTY-NINE will be a year to remember in Singapore oolf. During Hilt year the Republic wet host to the 17th Cenade Cup chempionship, a sport achievement in Southeast Asia. We salute the Singapore Golf Association for their endeavour in
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    • 723 10 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI) There will be no New Year celebration for both Australia's Johnny Famechon and Japan's Fighting Harada who will meet in a title rematch on Jan. 6. Both fighters have said they will postpone the celebration until after the fight. Famechon, who
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    • 29 10 SEOUL, Wed. (ATP)—South Korea today won the third Asian youth volleyball chamoionsh'os in the men's division >y be* i :he Fii 'ippines 3 0 in the match.
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    • 68 10 INSIDE right Kluas Koppe (extreme right) jumps up to head the ball off a centre from right winger Hans-Jurgen Hecker (not in picture) in Tuesday's friendly soccer match between the visiting F. C. Hertha 03 E.V team of West Berlin and the Singapore Royal Navy Wanderers Police combined side at
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    • 199 10 JOHANNESBURG, Wed. (Reuter)— With the Australian team due here on Friday, a fierce fussle is taking place among South Africa's Currie Cup Cricketers for Test honours. The South African season 1* now in full swing and the republic'* established task are battling s t de
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    • 155 10 CASABLANCA. Morocco. Wed (Reuteri A squad of 13 players has been named to represent Morocco in the World Soccer Cup final* in Mexico next May, th« Royal Moroccan Footba',l Federation announced here yesterday. Another four players will be selected later, accord in* to the Federation's
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    • 78 10 OLDHAM. Wed (Reuter) Oldham Athletic. 22nd in the Fourth Division of the Foot- ball League, dismissed manager Jack Rowley—for the second time in seven vears. Rowlev a former English international who scored two goals in Manchester United's 4—2 virtory over Blackpool in the 1948 F.A. CUD final
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    • 228 10 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) English and Scottish football fixtures for Saturday Jan. 3 are as follows: English Football Association Cup. Third Round Arsenal v Blackpool. Aston Villa v Charlton Athletic. Blackburn Rovers v Swindon Town. Bolton Wanderers v Watford. Bradford City v Tottenham Hotspur. Brentwood
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    • 302 10 Tests Show Swedish XI Not OverSensitive To Thin Air STOCKHOLM, Wed. (Reuter) Stamina tests have shown that tin Swedish World Cup soccer team will have no major problems with the thin air in Mexico next June, team manager Orvar Bergmark said yesterday. Last month, most of the top players were
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    • 75 10 HONG KONG Wed. fßeuter> The Malaysian-Singa-pore Sikhs' hockev team completed their tour of Hong Kong with a convincing 6-1 win over the Army yesterday. The Sikhs led 4-0 at halftime. The visitors thus leave for home tomorrow with an unbeaten record. They captured the Dr. Keshminder Singh
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    • 266 10 ADELAIDE, Wed, (AFP) Gerald Battrick, a member of the British Davit Cup team, will receive a warning about his court behaviour tomorrow (Thursday) before he resumes his semi-final against Australian John Alexander in the South Australian tennis championships. When rain ended play just before lunch today
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    • 158 10 KIMBERLEY. Wed (Reuter> The n on-white South fr? a c n i? D r ket Board conl^P 1 forrria liv rejected a 50.000 Rand ($213,150) fU d set uP by the sPorts white players. The fund, announced thre« months ago by Mr. Jack Cheetnam. President of
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    • 2458 11  -  By WALLY MARTIN THE YEAR 1969 could well be called the year of •urprises in U.S. sports. It started with th. New Yortt Mets' tup.rbowl rl«tory en thet Sunday afterneen in January. No word, may e«er be eble te de.cr.be the fanta.tie tlimb
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    • 115 11 LOB ANOELES. Wed. (Reuten Scottish boxer Walter McOowan may be offered a tilt at the world bantamweight title against Mexico's Ruben Ollvares, British promoter Laurie Lewis said here. Mr. Lewis said he had been assured of this bv Los Angeles promoter George Parnassus, who has
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 177 11 Classified Ad. Where To Stay STRAND hOTIL Bencooien Street. Town centre. Quiet clean, reasonable rates. Alrcond'tloned rooms, private bath. Bar/ Restaurant. Homeiv services Tela: *****/*****. |SS JOIN NOW I iH AS PILOT OFFICER The Air Defence Command of the Singapore Armed Forces is racruftlng young men to become Pilot Officers
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1992 11 <* f 3.15 Folk Bong Cellar; 4.00 Four Younr Sound; 800 Sports 70; 8.1 O'Ciork Date; 5.00 The News- Popular Sirging Stars: 8 3 brief; 503 East Meet* West. 530 Movie Magazine: 900 Musica.< Playbnx; 5.50 NFX; 6.00 The 930 The News. 940 Evenift Newsbrief; 803 Public Anncta; Star; 10
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  • 151 12 Members of the Singapore Armed Forces yesterday witnessed a demonstration of Britain's Alvis Stalwart high-mo-bility. amphibious loadcarrier, capable of carrying 35 fully-armed troops. The Stalwart is
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  • 174 12 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) The International Monetary Fund has agreed to buy gold from South Africa, ending an impasse that troubled the world financial scene for almost two years. The fund agreed to purchase newly mined gold if necessary under specified conditions tied
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  • 80 12 Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore becomes an honorary Companion of Honour in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's honours list published in London today. This exclusive order consists of the sovereign and 65 members, exclusive of honorary members. It is conferred for conspicuous national service but
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 68 12 m m '■4:'i SfSft S m THE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT OF THE GOODWOOD HOTELS GROUP THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE AND WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR a WRL., V »if T Malaysia ROPK HOTEL PHILIP C.M.SEOW, General Manager MARK) M. RUOSCH, General Manager yuHiu lv V HOTEL CECILIA SEOW,
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