Eastern Sun, 9 January 1970

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  • Title Section
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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 123! Friday, 9 January 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cent*
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    Lock icon Agnew Assures Of Continued 'Umbrella'
    794 1  -  THE U.S. Vice-President, Mr. Spiro Agnew and his wife will arrive at the airport here today by U.S. Air Force special plane at 11 a.m. for a three-day official visit to the Republic. Singapore is the eighth leg of their 26th day-tour of 11 countries.
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    Lock icon Vice-President
    34 1 Mr. P. Coomaraswamy, Speaker of Parliament, hat been appointed to act as Vice-President of the Republic from Jan. 9 to 11, both dates inclusive. The appointment was tnnounced in a goverrr-ent gazette yesterday.
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    Lock icon 'Japanese Murder' Couple Held
    127 1 A man and woman were yesterday charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court with the murder of a Japanese house-wife, Madam Ayako Watanabe. The murder took place three days ago at Madam Watanabe's residence in Jalan Sea View. Sim Woh Kum, alias Sin Woh Kum, 37, and
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    Lock icon ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING AGNEW
    152 1 ALL United States citizens intending to go to the American Embassy residence at 53, Grange Road, tomorrow to greet Vice-President Agnew and his wife, are reminded that they should be at the premises by 11.30 a.m. Admission to the grounds will be by presentation of their
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    Lock icon 'Allies Vie To Sell Arms To The Arabs'
    238 1 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) The controversial inter-Allied race for the sale of arms to Arab nations accelerated yesterday with the disclosure that Britain is seeking to sell anti-aircraft missiles to the Sheikhdom of Qatar in the Persian Gulf. Official sources said the missiles
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    Lock icon AUSTERE EATING
    81 1 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI> It was one of the oddest lunches the Cafe Royal had been asked to provide. Each luncher wanted only a small slice of melon, four ounces of stewed chicken and half an orange. The lunch party was the Weight Watchers* Society. BOSTON England. Thurs. (UPI)
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    Lock icon Unprecedented Call On US
    65 1 WARSAW. Thurs (Reuter) —Chinese Charge d'Affaires Lei Yang paid an unprecedented formal call on United States ambassador Walter J. Stoessel. Jr. at the U.S embassy here today. The envoys were together for more than an hour m Mr. Stoessel'g top-floor office. Observers speculated that a possible
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    Lock icon BRITAIN IN AN ICY GRIP
    133 1 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) i The River Thames froze over In places. So did parts of the sea. A butcher found It was warmer In his refrigerator. A farmer borrowed an elephant to pull his milk through the snow. And *o It went Wednesday when England
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    Lock icon Cheeky Sheehy
    63 1 BOLTON. England. Thurs. (UPI James Sheehy was nominated Tuesday as "the cheekiest thief of the century" In Magistrates' Court here. Prosecutor Barry Cuttle told how Sheehy walked out of the town's police station, on Christmas Day with the Inquiry office table. Sheehy, who was caught by police only
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  • Article
    Lock icon 'Signs Are Right For US Withdrawals—So Far: 'Significant' Drop In Hanoi Infiltration
    464 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) U.S. officials yesterday viewed a sharp drop In North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam as significant, and said it augured well for President Nixon's programme of staged withdrawals of American troops from the war. Latest
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    Lock icon CALL TO EXTEND SAIGON STRIKE
    204 3 SAIGON. Thurs. (Reuter) Leaders of the Vietnamese Confederation of Labour (CTV) have called for an extension to a 24-hour general strike by thousands of RTY members in Saigon. The strike, to back demands lor a public bus service in the city of some 3.000.000. started
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    Lock icon Plan Soon For Good Sino-Japan Relations
    486 3 TOKYO, Thurs, (UPI) —Japanese Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi has ordered his staff to draw up a concrete plan for establishing diplomatic contact with Red China. The instructions issued by Aichi yesterday envision talks between Japanese and Red Chinese diplomats in third countries, similar to
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    Lock icon World's Most Dear Nightlife: Tokyo
    327 3 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Expensive Tokyo nightlife, outstripping New York and Paris prices, will stun "non-Japanese, non-expense account" visitors to the Osaka 70 Exposition, an article in the show-business magazine. 'Variety.' said yesterday. Writer Connie Soloyanis wrote in hi s front nage story from Tokyo
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    Lock icon U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT PREDICTS: Peking Will Have ICBMs By Mid-70s
    561 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs, (UPI) —The State Department yesterday forecast that Communist China will have a "moderate" inter-continental ballistic missile force (10 to 25 missiles) by "the mid-*****." Its estimate was contained in a special review of Communist China. The Department claimed
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    Lock icon Earthquake Near Perth
    69 3 PERTH. Thurs. (Reuter)—Th e West Australian township of Meckering. about 90 miles east of here. was shaken by an earth tremor just before midday today The tremor registered 32 on the Richter scale. A number of tremors have been felt recently in Meckering. a town of about
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    Lock icon Paris Talks On—With 3 Negotiators Absent
    138 3 PARIS, Thurs. (UPI) The leaders of both communist delegations at the Vietnam peace talks will miss the first bargaining session of the new year today and American delegation officials yesterday described their reasons for staying away as "ridiculous." The talks' 49th session. and first
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      78 3 >ixs: ESCORT Ei "3S THE 70s WITH FOUR DOORS AND THE LONGER LOWER LOOK N K v.-, Now, all the Escort saloons De Luxe, Super (illustrated) and GT, have four big doors. The longer, lower look. 15 cu. ft. boot. Full instrumentation. Vivacious performance. Unburstable o. h. v., five main-bearing
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    Lock icon AMONG SINGAPORE'S BEST-DRESSED WOMEN
    494 5 IT'S the tiny tots' world. "Children nowadays are getting to be too demanding" It was said during a conversation among some mothers. They were discussing their experiences of taking their little girls round the shope. One mother said that her 4-years-old daughter did not want to
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    Lock icon New Minerals Discovered On Moon
    118 5 HOUSTON. Thurs (Reuter) Three minerals never found on the earth have g o far been discovered in the Apollo 11 moon samples, scientists at the lunar science conference said yesterday. The new minerals, in very small traces, were found by several teams of scientists Two
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    Lock icon Double Loss
    86 5 MEXICO CITY. Thurs. (UPI> The same thief has stolen two of Francisco Peres's proudest possessions his television set and his daughter. Perei returned from work Tuesday and wax told by his 16-year-old daughter Lus that neigh, hour Martin Vega had stolen the family television set. police said. Perei
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    Lock icon Biggest Mirror
    82 5 TOLEDO Ohio. Thurs. <UPI> A single piece of glass believe to be the largest ever cast In the western world got Its Inspection and stamp of approval Wednesday by scientists and astronomers before it could be installed In a Chilean telescope. A group of international scientists and astronomers
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    Lock icon SIBERIA
    53 5 WASHINGTON Thurr fßeuter) American tourists will be able to holiday in Boviet Siberia next summer following aoproval of an Alaskan airlines request to fly package tours Into the remote region. The U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board gave approval yesterday for ten charter tours to the Soviet Union between June 6
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    Lock icon Pearl Buck
    53 5 HARRISBURG Penn. Thurs. «UPI) A request by the Pearl S Buck foundation for a license to solicit funds in Pennsylvania was denied yesterday by the State Commission on Charitable Organisations but ruture approval may be given if the foundation follows newly announced guidelines. The foundation Indicated It would
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    Lock icon LAIRD PROPOSES IMPROVED ARMS
    227 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs, (Reuter) Defence Secretary Melvin Laird said today the United State* might have to beain production of a new strategic bomber or an improved undersea-launched missile to meet the Soviet Union's increasing offensive capability. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon. Laird said new intelligence Information
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    Lock icon Sheriff Contradicts Kennedy's Testimony
    528 5 EDGARTOWN, Mist., Thurs. (UPI) A witness at Hit secret inquest into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne flatly contradicted a crucial time element in Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's account of the auto accident which took her life, United Press International learned Wednesday. Christopher S Look Jr..
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    Lock icon Sea Talks
    64 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs Reuter) a high-level U 8 delegation is in Moscow for discussions with Soviet officials on the law of the sea. Including such topics as territorial waters an<j flying Lmlts. the State Department spokesman sa:d yesterday. Department Press Officer Robert J. McCloskey, In response to queries about
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    Lock icon RCA Head
    65 5 NEW YORK Thurs. (Reuter' David Sarnoff. the man who broke the news to the world of the Titanic disaster In 1912 announced today that he was retiring after 38 years as chairman of the board of the Radic Corporation of America. **he Board of Directors of the corporation,
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    Lock icon U.S. TO DECREASE SPACE SPENDING
    199 5 HOUSTON, Texas, Thurt. (UPI) President Nixon's space spending plan for the next fiscal year is expected to be the lowest since the expansion of manned spaceflight eight years ago, informed sources reported Wednesday. They said the administration Is expected to uk Congress for about US$3.6
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    Lock icon Satellite Link
    42 5 SAN CLEMENTE. Calif. Thurs. «Reuten A telej phone talk between President I Nixon In California an<j King Hassan II of Morocco In Rabat today inaugurated the first communications satellite ground station in Africa and linked all continents lnspace- age communications.
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      589 5 WHmwwnwwwMmwmw STARUTE CERAMIC INDUSTRY, LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF NEW ISSUE OF SHARES The factory commenced production In January last year (1969) with e built up area of approximately 95,000 square feet coating 51.65 million on a 5% acres site, and machinery end equipment totalling approximately $2 million.
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    Lock icon LEARNING MORE ABOUT ASIA
    551 6 U.S. Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew is now making a tour of Asia that is becoming a tradition since the Second World War. Strictly speaking the Harry Truman administration should be considered a wartime one because he became President during the war when FDR died although he
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    Lock icon BRANDT'S HEADACHES
    272 6 CHANCELLOR Willy Brandt of the Federal Republic of Germany celebrated his recent assumption of power with some sweeping overtures to the Communist countries of East Europe. His interest was primarily directed towards the Soviet Union. East Germany and Poland. All of these three countries reacted favourably to Brandt's
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    Lock icon Indonesians Are Hopeful
    1216 6  -  By JOSEPH GALLOWAY HARI HARTOJO JAKARTA (UPI) Indonesian historians may have to write the story of this decade in italics and red ink to chronicle the importance of the 1960'5. It was a decade which began with a demagogue building dream castles with the hopes of a
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    Lock icon 'Sweet' Tours
    239 6 RIDGETOWN. Barabados. ißeuter) Tourist* coming to this sunny West Indian uLand may be offwed a chance to Kf on* of its many sugar factories In action. The proposa' to combine the island's tw 0 bigeest moneyspinning industries sugar and tourism cam* from Mr. Dudley Smith, the Puerto Rico-ba«ed
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    Lock icon Indon Witch-hunt Continues Feverishly
    262 6  -  By JOSEPH GALLOWAY JAKARTA, (UPI) The Indonesian Government is proceeding with a widening series of arrests of rankmg military officers in a cleanup of leftist and proCommunist elements. Army spokesman Col. Josef Sotjan says the arrests "are not based on any recent anti.government conspiracy. We can
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    Lock icon A National Asset At Risk!
    892 6  -  By Joseph Alsop CAMBRIDGE, Mass. If Los Alamos were In obvious danger from attacks by the storm troopers of the New Left, there would surely be a deafening nationwide uproar. Yet that is now the situation of MlT's great Instrumentation Laboratory, which is a national
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    Lock icon SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
    468 6  -  LETT MISS WEE KIAT Acting See rectary-General Singapore Association For The Blind. Singapore WITH reference to the report entitled "School For The Blind Fares Bleak Future" of Ist January 1970 (Eastern Sun). I wish to clarify that S.OMyers, the Principal of Convoder Hall School for the
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon C P Ships Go Containers
      80 7 HONG KONG CP Skips, one of the six sister organisations with CP Air under the holding company of Canadian Pacific, is going container this year according to Mr. John Stenason, Vice-President Transport end Ships, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, when he visited London and Rotterdam. Although
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      Lock icon Market Perks Up A Little, But Still Subdued
      417 7 THERE was a slight improvement in the Stock Exchanae of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday following over all steadier though fairly subdued trading. Sentiment was somewhat helped by a reserve of sellers in the popular stocks and speculative switch of interest to other
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1069 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:- INDUSTRIALS ACMA 52.19 <6>: Alcan 12.00 <24 1 $2 CI (12> SI (23» $2 02
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      Lock icon Sydney Closing Prices
      139 7 SYDNEY. Thurs. (UPP Thursday's closing Sydney ftock exchange selected ar.ares. MININGS: Acme* 1.15 Barrier 1.45 Bh South 5.30 G Norse 7.90 C Gold 10.60 CRA 24.00 Em per 1.45 GM Kalg 1.15 GT Bou'ier 5 00 GT Nthn .64 GT West .16 Kammersley 1640 Kath Inv 5.90
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      Lock icon New York Rubber
      63 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI)— Bibber futures closed 55 points lower to 35 points h.gher on no sales Wednesday on the New York commodity exchange- (Close) (Prev.) Jan 25.258 26 00 25.25 March 25.75 26.30 May 25.60 2555 Julv 25.60 25.35 Sept 25.60 25.25 Nov. 25.60 25 55
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 69 5/8 Cts.
      300 7 Januarv first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 69-5/8 cents per lb uown one Quarter of a cent from the previous close The tone of the market was quiet. London followed through fully on yesterday's decline here and
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      Lock icon Japan Will Increase Aid To S-E Asian Countries
      564 7 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) European discrimination against Japanese products is hampering plans to reduce Japanese barriers to foreign investment and imports, Japanese trade representatives said yesterday. In an annual forecast, the United States-Japan Trade Council said Japan would reduce trade barriers bu*. hecome
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      236 7 THE following U a berthing Mat issued bv the Port of Singapore Authority for today. Jan. 9 DEPARTURE Godowna Vmsela 1/2 Madison Lloyd 3 Billy 19 Taisei Maru N.I. 2/3 Petaling 25/26 Bnliva Maru 33/34 Benhope 35/36 S.A. Alphen 4C/41 Narasan Maru 42 43 Moonie 44 Pelieas
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      Lock icon Dow Jones averages
      69 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI)— Dow Jones closing average* on the New York stock exchange: 30 Industrials 801.81 20 Tranj 180.03 IS Utilities 111.04 65 Stock B 285.09 40 Bond* Commodity futures index 137.58 off 0 39 Wednesday's volume was 10.010,000 shares. Of a total 1.585 issues traded.
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      Lock icon Australian Stocks Dominate
      223 7 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Australians again overshadowed the rest of the market, Norseman Gold and Gold and Minerals Exp ware strong on speculative buying, reflecting Melbourne-Sydney. Westralian Nickel was firm, despite a company denial of a nickel strike, but North Deborah was sharply lower on the Chairman's statement.
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      Lock icon Gold Prices Dip Slightly
      91 7 NEW York. Thurs. (UPI) —Gold prices slipped slightly In routine trading on Wednesday on markets here and abroad. In London, gold dropped 5 U S. cents to 35.00 U.S. dollars Der troy ounce at the morning fixing and remained at that level for the second flxFrankfurt
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      Lock icon Tin Price
      13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $701.50 per picul. up $1.62*.
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      Lock icon Stock Exchange Closing Prices
      614 7 SINGAPORE— Mid and other listed at the CIOK I.NDLr m ACMA A lean Ben A Co Borneo Bhd Bonttead Co. cd C Plywood Stock Exchange prices officially > of business. rKIALS A B. M9 2 20 2.04 189 1.77 1.80 *04 *.0.1 1 5# ISA C.
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      Lock icon SMR Weekly Review
      141 7 The Singapore Rubber Brokers Association supplied the following information in resrTt of business transacted in M.Rs for week ending January 2. Based on International No. 1 R.S.S. FOB. Prices: SMR SCV (Heveacrumb) January Pallet# 1.5/8 cent* premium traded and sellers. SMR 5L (Heveacrumb) January Pallets 1.1/8 cents
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      86 7 THE BOOB PDM at tfef 1 itag»> port rfelRW Pro4«N KU tarn* iMtfrdkr W*T*± geltav Coeoaot (Ml (ton.) Botk MM Cornnut (Ml (FOR) Drum 81-80 MIxH < nprm *7 00 Mnniuk White Pepper 107-50 (F O B.) Sarawak White Pepper (F-O. B-) 185.00 *ara«ai> «penal (liar* Pepper (F-O.B-) 80%
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      73 7 (Muaitn' Pried for Jan. S) CHARTERED UNIT TRUST S. Growth Fund I N ill AMU UNIT TBV8TI Mai. Invest- Pood 180 14# SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS 1ft Malayan xd K-Sl n<3 Malayan xd 2M 3rd Malayan 129 The Com. Ind xd l os The Sar. Fund 1-W i it
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      Lock icon LONDON RUBBER
      89 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber market closed Idle with spot 23-s'B 24-5/8 nominal. Settlement House Feb. 23-7/8 24-1/4. March 24-1/4 24-5/8. April 24-1 2 24-7/8. April June 24-3/4 25. July Sept. 24-11 16 24-15/16 Oct. Dec. 24-5 8 24-7/8. Jan Mar. 24-9'16 24-13 16. April' June 24-1/2 24-3/4. July/Sept.
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      416 7 AKKIVALS: 500 a.m. MSA U'-'H K. Lumpur M.OO a m MSA 119 K Lumpur 19-16 am. M>A 121 I anipur 10.25 a.m. MSA 005 Penang, Ipoh, K. Lumpur. Mitoits 110 p.m. MSA 451 knrhlni 2.25 pm. MsA 04* kota Bnaru. l r»miinu. K. Lumpur. *25 p m MSA
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL $5 ESSAY WINNERS
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      Lock icon A Nightmare
      825 8 It all happened so suddenly. I was travelling In a rocket at a great speed when suddenly the engine started spluttering. It forced me to land on a very strange land. I did not bother to look out of the window but went straight to the engine to
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      Lock icon Unforgettable Dream...
      289 8 AFTER the TV programme, "Journey to the Unknown" I went to bed The story was about a wicked witch who li k ed to kill human beir.gs and changed them Into animals. Then I dreamt...... It wa? a stormy night At about midnight I could not sleep because
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      Lock icon I And The Ghost
      314 8 Everyone has experienced dreams before. There are different types of dreams There are good dreams and frightening dreams. night, I was alone reading a ghost story I was frightened after reading it I quickly went to bed and covered myself wit a blanket. Soon I fell
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      Lock icon A Pleasant Evening Stroll
      348 8 ONE afternoon at it wm very hot, I decided to take a stroll. As I stepped out of my house, a gust of cool breeze welcomed me. But after that, it was hot again. There was sighing and complaints of the hot weather. Dogs and cats
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      Lock icon Living In A City
      304 8 LIVING in a city has its advantages and disadvantages Let us just consider its advantages They are very obvious In a city, there are many schools, colleges and universities Thus, the people living in a city, have ample opportunities to seek adequate education. There are libraries,
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      Lock icon Day Dreaming...
      316 8 COMING home at three o'clock In the morning because of a party, I dropped on my bed and started to sleep. I found myself awake at six o'clock in the morning. After breakfast I trotted to school. In school while having English lesson about "A visitor from Mars"
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      Lock icon Christmas Shopping
      215 8 BEFORE Christmas day. every one nas to go shopping to buy necessary things My mother and I went to High Street for Christmas shopping. We went there in a taxi. I was very excited when we reached there. We saw all the shops were beautifully decorated with Christmas
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      Lock icon 'The Last Days Of My Life'
      245 8 I am an eld bore-shaker motor-car. My body is very weak and I am lying alone in a dark room waiting to be carried away as old junk Although I am very weak and old. my memorv is still eood and I often think
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      185 8 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      12 8 By Jack Tipprt a •J tOMShUbls OLD dog a NEW trick.,, .Ytammitl"
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      91 8 DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and Akten McWliams AS THE COLO WINTER N»GWT SETTLES OVER THE CITY, THE POLICE PADiO OPERATORS ARE BUSY ■IS! HEY DANNY. >: LOOK OUR LITTLE VISITOR CAME EQUIPPED WITH HIS OWN CfltOlT CAKO 1 OUT, AT THAT MOMENT, IN WENDY RAVEN'S APARTMENT w> r lif
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    Lock icon Evening Clothes Seem Influenced By Quiet Majority
    593 9  -  Jewellery Dramatises Simple By Florence de Santis IN the modern world, where a little rebellion generates a lot of noise, e few wild designer ideas een get enough publicity to seem like a real trend. Then the so-called trend disappears with bewildering rapidity,
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    Lock icon Any Colour So It's Red!
    234 9  -  A Lovelier You Br MARY SUE MILLER HAVE you ever stopped to think that the colours you wear have more to offer than personal flattery s Albeit, that is a lot! For one thinq. colour has the power to point up your personality. Portrait painters
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    Lock icon Wyckoff Walks Off...
    152 9 HONGKONG, Thurs. <ATP> Mr. Bob Wyckoff has quit his Job as director of photographyon Burgess Meredith's film "The Yin and the Yang of Mr Oo" which Is currently being shot In Hongkong. Mr. Wyckoff walked off the set In a Hilton Hotel room yesterday together with his
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    Lock icon Death Of Miss Susanns
    80 9 NEW YORK (UPI) The poodle heroine of Jacqueline Suaann» best-selling novel, "Everv Night Josephine"' died Tuesday of heart failure, just five days short of her I6?h birthday. Miss Susanns* book about the pood> and her friend* haa sold a million copies in paperback and hard cove
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    Lock icon Floral Boom
    214 9 NEW YORK. (UPI) it seemed appropriate in this month to investigate "flower power", not the Hippie type, hat the business variety. Flower sales are booming In the United States, Europe and Asia. In Hawaii, the anthurlum business, where sales can't satisfy demand, is a costly but growing business
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      106 9 GRAND OPENING TONIGHT 7.00 P.M. OPENING CEREMONY BY MR. CHAN CHEE SENG PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS TONIGHT'S GATE COLLECTION DONATED TO SPORTS PROMOTION FUND FREE SHOWS LUCKY DRAWS rsi A t£ □o \n a till? A ..Js T-. v 4 w~. s- **•<* FAIR 2 n
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      67 9 ENG LEE CO. 672, North Bridge Road Singapore Tell ***** Wholesale Retail All kinds of Ladies and Men s footwear. SPECIAL SALE AT THE GREAT WORLD CARNIVAL TRADE FAIR 1970. FISHE NOT We Extend Our Congratulations to THE MALAYAN THEATRES (Pte) LTD., on the opening of the CARNIVAL TRADE FAIR
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      77 9 UUWd h on 19 CAST OF 75 INCLUDES FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL STARS! 75 COUNTRIES! 300 CITIES! 4 WTXHI greail^i IN THE WORLD GAY WORLD STADIUM Nightly 8.00 p.m. Sat. fir Sun. matinees 3.80 p.m. Popular Prices! As from 18th January Special Concessions Ring: *****2. Tickets on sale now Robinson's, C.K. Tang,
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      295 9 aF» G A l\l IS AT I o I\l □EON ***** OPENS TODAY! Back By Overwhelming Demand a a.*.. 1.30. 4.00, <M IJt pjn. THE ITALIA* JOB' Michael Cain*. Color. PVUion A Paramount Picture Distributed by Cothar TOMORROW MIDWIOHT! In Color Columbia's "Michael Rohlhaat" David Warner. Anna Karina Htt Jan.
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      334 10  -  By Our Racing Correspondent TPOH, Thurs. Deposit showed up again this morning when he did a smart 3f workout in 42 on a soft track. He was full of running at the finish. Bukit Timah trainer Colin Tulloh's newcomer Ombudsman impressed in a trial with stablemate
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      134 10 Rugby PARIS. Thurs. (Reuter) France *-ere confident of vio torv against Scotland in the opening match of the fivenation Rugby Union tournament at Murrayfield. Scotland on Saturday French captain Christian Carrere said: "We have a very solid pack and that j s important against the Scots."
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      24 10 BOMBAY. Thurs (Reuter) West Germany beat Italy 1-0 in the seven-nation hockey tournament here yesterday. There was no score at half time.
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      360 10 FA CUP LONDON. Thurs t Reuter) First Division teams Derby County and Tottenham Hotspur breezed through to the fourth round of the English Football Association Cup last night. Unpredictable Spurs blasted Third Division Bradford City 5-0 and Derby romped to a 4-1 victory over Second
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      116 10 HOBART. Tasmania. Thurs (AFP) Gerald Battrick. 22-year-old member of the British Davis Cup team wa s reprimanded for swearing in the Tasmanian tennis championships here yesterday. It was the second time In nine dav s that he had been in trouble for using bad language on the courts.
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      2620 10 Saturday Raot It CI. 6, Dlv. 1-5'/i Furs.•1.15 p.m. ($4,500) 1 ***** Landaulet Sy 900 Milton Tan Rodgera Ni 9 2 ISM) Glow# Stream 10y 900 F!a«h Stable Oma n C Leoi-g 9 230*2 Hone* Dear Sy 809 Tbon.; Teck Stable Paul Velu 13 4 *****
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      148 10 HOBART. Tasmania. Thurs. (Reuter) Vladimir Zednik, the 21-year-old Czechoslovak player, scored a shock win over American Davis Cup star Stan Smith in the second round of the men's singles in the Tasmanian lawn tennis championships, here yesterday. Zednik, playing on grass for only the third time,
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      516 11  -  by R. NATHAN ryHREE top players of the Singapore National Rugby Union will miss the second Asian rugby tournament commencing on Sunday at Bangkok. REASON: They are on the injured list. Brian Gascoigne. skipper of the Singapore Civilians. and who has played for
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      162 11 W A S H I N GTON. Thurs. (UPI) —Donald Dell bowed out as nonplaying captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team yesterday after guiding a youthful team of American tennis stars to international supremacy two years in a row. Dell, 31,
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      57 11 LAUNCESTON. Tasmania. Thurs. ißeuten England wicket keeper Alan Knott hit a stylish half-century here today and helped boost Tasmania's chances of eventual Inclusion In the Sheffield Shield cricket competition. Knott was out bowled for 54 after helping Tasmania to a first Innings win over South Australia
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      321 11 LOS ANGELES. California Thurs. (AFP) Sugar Ray Robinson, former world middleweight champion and one of boxing's all-time "great*", wants to meet the present title-holder, Italy's Nino Benvenuti. in an exhibition bout. Robinson, now in his forties and finally retired after several come-backs, has proposed
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      519 11 MUNICH. West Germany. Thurs (Reuter) Munich's Initial enthusiasm over the staging of the 1972 Olympic Games is slowly waning amid awareness of the spiralling costs and criticism of Its plans for the world's number one sporting event. The ever-mounting expense and a
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      258 11 DUBLIN, Irish Republic, Thurs. (Reuter) —The Springboks rugby teem flew into the Irish Republic yesterday to be greeted by the seme hostile anti-apertheid demonstrations that have dogged the players throughout Britain. Chants of "apartheid out" and "go home Fascists" met the South Africans at Dublin
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      89 11 SYDNEY. Thurs. (AFP) Miss Debbie Meyer, the American triple freestyle Gold Medal winner at the Mexico Olympics, makes her Australian debut here today. For her first competition in salt water she will compete in the 800 metres of the New South Wales swimming championships. In
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      441 11 Classified Ads. Books/Publications SPECIAL DISCOUNT all books for Primary/Secondary/H.B. C. are available. K. SHAIK IBRAHIM COMPANY. 71, Bras Basah Road. Singapore. Tel: *****. MANDARIN conversation for beginners by experienced lady teacher (BA.) Twice weekly 6.30 pm. 330 p.m. Tel: *****. Education CHINESE MATHS Classes: Mornings' Afternoons for Secondary IV students
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      269 11 j TENDERS P.W.D. SINGAPORE TENDERS are Invited from P.W.D. Registered Contractors for the following Works Grasscutting Work at Ulu Pandan Sewage Treatment Works Jurong Pumping Station. Showround: Contractors to meet SO. at Gate of Ulu Pandan Sewage Treatment Works (Toh Tuck on 15.1.70 at 10.30 a m All Grasscuttlng. Deslltlng
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      966 11 (CHANNEL 5) P.M. 300 Opening Anncts in all Langs and Morning Star; 325 Wnunn s World "English); 350 A Diarv Of Event* In Singapore This Week (English); 3.55 It's Happening In Singapore »English (Repeat*; 4.10 Scarlett Hill Second Sowing'; 430 Close 5.55 Opening Anncts. in all Languages and Luckv Dip;
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    423 12  - S'pore Muralist Finishing His Best Work' Here (By Dennis Chia THE greatest joy world renowned muralist, Gerard D'A Hendersen had was when he was asked to design and execute a mural for Singapore. Without any hesitation he said a big "Yes". "Why should I not contrt-' bute something for my
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    175 12 Mr. Chua Chew Yong. 30, a Senior Officer of the Economic Development Board has been appointed Director of the Singapore Investment Centre in Frankfurt, Germany. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Frankfurt, he holds the highly-coveted German Diploma Ingenieur degree.
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    166 12 Property worth $300,000 went up in smoke when an early morning fire razed six factories in Kuantan Road yesterday. Two families, with a total of 12 members, were made homeless by the 50-foot high flames. However, there were no casualties. Four fire-engines which raced to the scene
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    1080 12 CONFIDENT thot his party would topple the Labour Government in the next general election, British Conservative Party Leader, Mr. Edward Heath, has reiterated that there would still be time to HALT the withdrawal of British forces from this region. "The last date
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    975 12 INDUSTRIAL HEALTH A local authority on occupational and industrial health yesterday made several suggestions to improve industrial health in Singapore. Dr. W. O. Phoon. President of the Society of Occupational Medicine said that the early implementation of the measures was essential as it would
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    92 12 Police are investigating a v5.0J0 extortion bid which was made on a bar girl over a phone-call on New Year's eve. The victim. Madam Goh Ai K»fn, 29. a waitress in a Clemenceau Avenue bar received a telephone call on that night. A "rough" voice on the
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    252 12 MORE and more oil millionaires from Kuwait are looking to the East for their holidays, the Far East Representatives of the Kuwait Airways, Mr. K. T. Shehata said yesterday. Mr. Shehata who Has been in the airlines services for about 21 years is here for
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    149 12 Jafar Bin Musa 23. was yesterday sentenced to six months jail by the Ninth Magistrates Court, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of cheating Manap bin Sait. Manap was at a Johore Bahru bus terminus on Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. when Jafar approached him
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      89 12 rime €t Tide TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 12 32 m (9.2 ft.) 531 am. (4.8 ft.) 11.16 a m. (10.5 ft.) 6.15 p.m. (.2 in) NAVAL DOCKYARD: 12 29 am. (11.2 ft.) 5.27 a.m (5 5 ft.) 11.33 a m <11.3 ft.) 5.46 p.m. (2 in.) TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN 1.14 am
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