Eastern Sun, 12 January 1970

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  • 22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1234 Monday, 12 January 1970. -fr MC(P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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  • 376 1 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Federal Nigeria today announced the capture of Owerri, the last remaining stronghold of secessionist Biafra and its capital/ a development which could mark the final phase of the civil war. The Nigerian Charge d'Affaires in Paris, E. Omatoyo Ogunsulire, said that all
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  • 159 1 DENPASAR. Bali Island, Sun. Balinese danetof girts in traditional bare shouldered gold and pink costumes showered U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew with flower petals when he arrived on this Indonesian holiday island today Their smooth brown shoulders moving to the beat of ancient music, the dancers gave
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  • 813 1 Looking remarkably fresh and rested at the end of a "most informative" three-day official visit, U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and his wife, Judy, left Singapore for Bali carrying with them "pleasant memories" of a people determined to build a "just, prosperous and
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  • 186 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. —The Director of Operations and Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Rasak, today hit out at the Democratic Action Party's decision to boycott the National Consultative Council. He described the DAP "pull-out" as a sign that they are not interested i n
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  • 100 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman said today the government was doing everything possible to restore Parliament, But he pointed out, the people must first prove that they can live and work together as one nation irrespective of race or religion. The Tunku was speaking at
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  • 92 1 BANGKOK. Sun. <UPI> UJS Embassy officials disclosed yesterday that about 51.000 rounds of small arms ammunition worth 3.500 US. dollars were stolen from the American airbase at U-Tapao. The ammunition was stolen from a storage building at the base by thieves who apparently broke a lock to enter
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  • 64 1 NEW YORK. Sun. (UPI) An Incendiary bomb was thrown Sunday morning at the Bank of New York offices on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. but failed to ignite. The device, described by authorities as a Molotov cocktail, left a puddle of gasoline on the sidewalks and cracked the huge
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  • 101 1 CAPETOWN, Sun (AFP) South African surgeon Christian Barnard yesterday implicitly admitted the possibility that he might emigrate shortly. Questioned by reporters about a London press report that he wa s thinking C f leaving South Africa to settle in Rome after his marriage in March
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  • 98 1 BILIGURI, West Bengal. Sun. (UPi) Police Saturday night fired at rioters who attempted to set afire several deserted houses m Slllguri. The houses were abandoned by fleeine folk in the wake of the violent clashes between hlllfolk and townspeople. The clashes spread Thursday and Friday
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  • 131 1 CAPE KENNEDY, Sun. (Reuter) Intelsat 111, a communications satellite insured for more than 4.000,000 dollars, narrowly escaped destruction on the launch pad last night when it failed to lift-off after ignition. There was a brief flicker of flame at the base of the Delta rocket that
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  • 38 1 POLICE hare arrested a Chinese man involved in the $235,000 "robbery of the year" at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's Taman Jur on g branch. He will be charged in court this morning.
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  • 58 1 BEIRUT. Sun. (Reuter, A Trans-World Airlines Boeing 707. hijacked to Beirut by a 26-year-old Frenchman who impressed his women hostages with his charm, left here for Paris tonight. The Instrument panel of the plane, damaged when hijacker Christian Belon pumped rifle shots Into it after the plane touched
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  • 298 2 NEW YORK. sun. (AFP> Commenting on Vice President Spiro Agnew's current trip to eleven Asian nations, the New York Times wrote in a leader today: "The Vice President's principal task, to explain President Nixon's new Asian doctrine to uneasy Asians, is
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  • 95 2 KUALA LUMFCR. Sun Malaysia's naval chief. Commodore K. Thanabalasingam. today denied a report that a mire-sweeper of the Roy a] Malaysian Navy had seized an Indonesian patrol boat He was commenting on an Antara report which Quoted Indonesian Police Commission er Suwarno Surjoputro as statin? that
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  • 366 2 SAIGON, Sun. (UPI) Communist tacticians have move deadly Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMS) into Laos for the first time in an attempt to protect their supply depots from US warplanes. Informed allied military sources who made the disclosure on Saturday said three Sams were fired at
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  • 70 2 SEOUL. Sun. (UPI) The South Korean government yesterday began an 80-dav campaign to clean up corruption in the government with the arrest of two ranking Home Ministry officials. In ordering a thorough investigation of all suspected •Irregularities and corrupt practices. Prosecutor General Shin .lik-Soo said that anyone found
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  • 444 2 IT Is said that generally only a thin line separates the sane normal person from the possessed when pressured by life's experiences. For Michael Kohlhaas that line vanished when the justice he seeks not only evades him but killed his wife. A portrayal which unfortunately warbles
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  • 184 2 MANILA. Sun. (Reuter) An earthquake said to be of moderate magnitude rocked Mindanao and other southern Philippines areas last night but there were no immediate reports in Manila of damage or casualties. Initial reports said that buildings slaved in Butuan province on Mindanao Is'and. 650
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  • 330 2 TOKYO, Sun. (UPI) Rep. J. Herbert Burke, Republican-Florida, said today he does not think the United States will have to remove its military bases from Okinawa to the Philippines when the island is returned to Japan. Sen Burke has been in Japan
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  • 151 2 I YOKOHAMA. Japan. Sun. j (Reuten Fourteen survivors from an abandoned Vietnam-bound ammunition i ship arrived here today in i good shape aboard the Greek j merchant ship Khian Star. The Khian Star picked up the American seamen after the 8.166-ton Badger State's cargo of rockets
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  • 188 2 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Reuter) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi held talks here today with the chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana States on the critical issue of Chandigarh City which both claim. Neither Mr. Gurnam Singh of Punjab nor Mr Basl Lai' of
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  • 248 2 "Yoshida Letter' Being Circumvented? TOKYO, Sun. (AFP) President Chiang Koi-Shek of Nationalist China hos invited Japanese ambassador to Taipei Osoimi Itagaki over to his palace for a discussion on Japan's relations with People's China next Tuesday, Foreign Ministry sources said today. The Japanese
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  • 201 2 BAIGON. Sun (UPI) The layoff of 8-1 2 per cent of the locally employed work force j of the Joint US Public Affairs Office (Juspao> In South Vietnam brought a strong protest today from a South Vietnamese labour union which claims to represent them. The union
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  • 268 4 SAN PEDRO, California. Sun. (UPI) One expensive home was being split in two and a second threatened by a huge crack in the earth that appeared late yesterday in an exclusive cliff-side residential section nere fronting the Pacific Ocean. The gaping fissure. reported- r ly 10
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  • 180 4 DETROIT, Sun. (UPI) A hotel official tried to suck up a puddle of water with a vacuum cleaner Friday at the plush downtown hotel where the Apollo 12 astronauts stayed. Some very worldly problems confronted the three astronauts Friday in Detroit. First there was air pollution. Then there
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  • 52 4 ISLAMABAD. Sun (Iteuter) Pakistan today profited against 'unprovoked firing' by Indian border forces on the frontier between Ea«t Pakistan and West Bengal. In a nota to the Indian High Commission here, it called on Delhi to prevent recurrence of the incidents, which it said ware mostly disputea over
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  • 90 4 "S. S. CONNECTICUT", the crippled tanker stranded some 180 miles off the central California coait, awaited anxiously for the arrival of the hovering helicopter recently. With the aid of pumps dropped by Coast Guard helicopters, the crew of the 676foot vessel cleared its engine room of water on Sat. The
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  • 358 4 HOUSTON, Texas, Sun. (UPI) A Baylor College of Medicine research team will inject into human beings within a few days the first purified and synthesised brain-secreted hormone in medical history. Dr. Roger Oulllemln. head of the team, said he and his colleagues want
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  • 139 4 KtW YORK. Sun. (Reuter) Prince Phili© of Briton was one of r.x "perpetual symbols of excellence in dress" chosen by an International Board of Fashion Writer* and Editors her# today The other Ave were Aim start Douglas Fairbanks. Jr. and Cary Grant Baroness Philippe
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  • 301 4 SAN FRANCISCO. Sun (UPI) The crew of the crippled tanker. "SS Connecticut," carrying 14 million gallons of jet fuel, cleared its engine room yesterday of water which threatened to sink the ship. The 22.600ton vessel and 43 persons aboard were not yet out of danger,
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  • 335 4 DELAND. Florida. Run (tPI) Kate the wanderinf elephant, raptured by a shivering cold and exceedingly carefuJ sheriff's posse, came home Friday to Quite a cocktail two gallons of bourbon. "We gave her a good belt of early times, her favourite, mixed In about seven gallons of
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  • 76 4 JACKSON. Mississippi Sun. (UPl»—Charles Evers. mayor of the town of Fayette, said "loud mouth politicians" are looking for votes by stirring up white* and urging them to put their children in private schools The desegregation that took place during the made clear that whites were accepting the integration only
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  • 315 4 WASHINGTON, Sun/ (UPI) U.S. Government scientists hope a plastic paint may reduce tooth decay. It is painted on light new polish and locked into place with ultra-violet rays, leaving a hard, smooth, nearly invisible film covering the teeth. Dr. Michael Buonocore of the
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  • 74 4 TEXARKANA. Texa» Sun. <t*Pl> While pol ce lurromded a mctel on the border Friday n:ght a kidnapper went in ar.d talked to an accomplice into freeing unharmed a g!rl who had been held 27 hours for 40.5C0 U.S dollar* random The girl. Karen V*cke-x walked from room 7
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  • 541 4  -  Ann Landers £)IAR ANN: Why do you repeatedily advise readers with problems to see a psychiatrist and completely ignore another group of trained specialists who might also be of help* I refer to the psychologists. While the psychologist does not have the medical background of
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  • 485 4 WASHINGTON, Sun. (Reuter) President Nikon's long battle against inflation emphasising gradualism without coercion it facing its most serious threat from an accelerating wages and prices spiral. Huee wag* demands by unions In current contract negotiations, and large tettlements conceded by strikefearing managements, have so frightened some
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  • 399 6 U.S. Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, who was called "The Mouth That Roared" by Bob Hope recently, made two public statements which were as tame and as antiseptic as any visiting dignitary could have made it. He certainly did not live up to the reputation (or should one say
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  • 420 6 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew gave valuable advice to U.S. Vice-President Spiro Agnew to take back to the United States. In a speech Saturday evening, Mr. Lee admonished the distinguished visitor, "If you can bring back to Washington an appreciation of the different time scales in which the
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  • 2208 6  -  "y Gerry Loughran BEIRUT, Lebanon, (UN) A rabid republican regime in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia army colonels and political xoalots exchanging power in radical Syria and Iraq hereditary enemies in the Persian Gulf banding together for protection and war agoin before the decade
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  • 759 6  - Good News For The New Year By Joseph Alsop WASHINGTON. What can just imaginably be Hanoi's first blink has now been registered. The manpower tap, which the Hanoi Politburo turned on fullforce about two months ago, now seems to have been rather abruptly turned off again. As first reported in
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  • 394 6  -  Br DICK WEST WASHINGTON (UPI) Today's assignment: Writ* a three-page assay on "what is wrong with January?" This question has vexed, perplexed and otherwise troubled the mind of man ever since the day* of Julius Caesar, during whose reign the month of January was discovered. Which
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  • 412 6  -  ■y ROBERT STRAND workint L on taTf'fc, o -4 (0? and thmk tom l"" tn w«Mt. Hlk Just how close they a re coming U apparent in the laboratories of Stanford University and Standford Research Institute. "Shakey," a robot, finds *f. °S" abou t a room
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 386 7 ASIAN ROUNDUP J HON KO NG Sun < UPI > Indonesia called on Japan last week to launch a Marshall P°» to ®e v ®'op Alia. Foreign Minister Adam Malik said Japan is capable of playing the role of the United States in Europe
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    • 92 7 LONDON. Sun. (UPI) a Finnish shipping line has placed a £6.5 million order lor two cargo ships with a Swan Hunter Group Company, the first Finnish order placed with a British shipyard for more than 10 years. Smiths Dock Co., Ltd., which is a
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    • 88 7 BRUSSELS, Sun. (Reuter) The Common Market's monetary committee has finalised its recommendations on medium-term financial aid for member countries which experience economic difficulties. Its findings, which have not been disclosed, will be discussed by Common Market Finance Ministers here later this month. They form part of the
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    • 417 7 THE Chase Manhattan Bank in Singapore, as part of their expansion programme which includes the opening of a branch in the Jurona industrial estate later this year, will be sending two of their senior executives to the Chase head office in New York and
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    • 125 7 LONDON. Sun. Hill Samuel and Co. Ltd.. and Nikko Securities Company Limited announce they will manage a Euro-equity issue of 500.000 bearer depositary share s (representing 2.500,000 shares of common stock) of Omr on Tateisi Electronics Company. Omron Tateisi Is Japan's leading manufacturer of automatic
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    • 41 7 JAKARTA. Sun. (AFP) The South Korean Trade Centre will display about 1,000 Iffiias pX South Korean products in Jakarta next March in an effort to expand existing trade between the two oountries, it was announced here today.
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    • 65 7 WASHINGTON. Sun fUPI) The Department of Agriculture yesterday said it has signed an agreement with Pakistan for US$52.l million of wheat. The agreement, under the U5 "food for peace'' programme provide* for the sale of about one million metric tons of wheat or wheat flour.
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    • 395 7 MANILA, Sun. (UPI) The arrival of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to consider a request for a loan of U5527.5 million today sparked new fears of devaluation and the rate of the peso plunged to a record low. The five
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    • 80 7 TOKYO. Sun. (UPD Bankruptcies in Japan during 1969 totalled 8.523 cases for a drop of 20.9 per cent ae compared to last year, the Tokyo Shoko Mercantile Agency purvey showed. The agency attributed the bankruptcies to an increase in personnel expenses, excessive plant and equipment mvestmem s
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    • 98 7 THE following is berthing list lasued by the Port of Singapore Authority for today, Monday Jan. 12. Departures Godowns Vessels 8 9 Sunnyville N W. 1/2 Shunko Maru 23 Giang Ann 31. 32 Nlcoline Maerksk 35 36 Misumi Maru 27 28 Port Elizabeth Maru 38 39 Hikone
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    • 503 7 The weekly market. review ALTHOUGH trading was considerably steadier in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore in the first full week this y«ar. the tendency was still for a downward drift and faMs remained in a large majority. Opening business was sluggish
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    • 171 7 NEW YORK, Sun. (UPI) The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has ruled out any Imminent relaxation of tight money policies because "the risk of prolonged. If not worsened, inflation is far more serious than the risk of recession" The New York Fed. In a review
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    • 197 7 TEXTILE QUOTA DEADLOCK WASHINGTON Sun. (UPI) Japan yesterday requested that the United States revise its proposal for settling the problem of Japanese exports of wool and man-made fibres textiles to the United States. Informed Japanese sources said during discussions between Minister Bunroku Yoshino and
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    • 641 7 THE past year has been a difficult period for National Bolts fir Nuts Industries Ltd., stated Mr. Ong Swee Law, the chairman in the company's Annual Report and Audited Accounts. And so it has been. The company incurred a loss of $13,843 for
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    • 378 7 attKIVALS 600 a m. MSA 029 K. Lumpur 0.00 a.m. MsA 119 K. Lumpur 10.13 a.m. MSA 121 K Lumpur 10.25 a.m. MSA 005 Penang. lpoh. K. Lumpur, Malacca 10-60 a.m. THAI TG423 Bangkok. IUS pm. PAN-AM PAB4I Saigon, Guam. Boooluiu. ban Francisco 12.60 p.m. GAKCDA GAB 92
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  • 392 8 TOP LEFT: Meet this four interesting people all the way from Switzerland in their National Costume. They were dad in this gorgeous outfit which attracted all people who attended a cocktail reception given to mark the Swiss Week. They are (from left) Mrs. Doris Naef, a musician.
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  • STUENTS' PAGE ALL TEN DOLLARS ESSAY WINNERS
    • 615 9 YOUNG man rushes about a small room crouching behind the chair jumping on the desk, jabbing the air with his pencils. To an outsider there appears to be no reason for these strange acts. u e y° un K man is the subject
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    • 473 9 THE question assumes that most of us, if not all of us are good in one way or another, but that we can be better if we go to school. This does not imply that education merely means going
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    • Article, Illustration
      401 9 After a lon* and strenuous flight, our plane landed at Nairobi Airport, in the "Dark Continent**. Kenya is the most favourable spot for Safari. As soon as we had alighted from the plane, we could »ee the big. energetic sun caatlns its last dying beam of light,
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    • 358 9 CONVERSATION Is an art. Of course, everyone, even the most Ignorant can converse with others, but to converse pleasantly, sensibly and easily does not come naturally to many, but has to be learnt. It Is also an art worth learning because without it no one can
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    • 448 9 I was a youne girl. Suddenly, life lay in ruins around me. when I became the subject of a scandal. At that time, my family's upkeep depended on the sale of Ash caught by everyone. Soon, the amount of fish caught slackened due to my father's old
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    • 400 9 An old proverb says "Clean habits lead to clean thoughts and deeds". Students who are accustomed to the habit of keeping themselves clean, will also be devoted to clean thoughts and abstain from corruption. Their deeds will also be good. "Cleanliness is next
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    • 177 9 Essay writing: Rules to observe All entrants are requested to observe the following rule*: 2. Each entrant must fill in his/her own writing the entry form appended below in block letters. 2. No entry will be considered without the entry form properly filled up. 3. The entrant must attach his/her
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    • 115 9 AMY I 'I) r7i ploying witfi my football, $6 I'll bvtf)9> querterbock, okoy?" DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and AfcenMctt/iliamsr i TtCO HAS ALWAYS BEEN HARD TO HANDLE.GENTLEMEN'AT WOME.HE fcR... v DISAPPEARS' OUtTE REGULARLY/ AND, "KJU SAY, NIIGMBORS PINO CASH Panned TO ma SKIVVIES. AND BR>N& W HIM HOME? THAT
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 952 10  -  By By Our Racing Correspondent TPOH, Sun Australian jockey Johnny Nelson was in top riding form. He booted home three winners Pan Andy, Johnara and Highland Inn here today Dividends on his winning mounts were Pan Andy ($23), Johnara ($3l) and Highland Inn ($l3). Visiting Italian
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    • 148 10 HOB ART. Tasmania. Sun. 'Reuter» The lowlv-ranked American player Jim McManus today won the Tasmanian men's open singles tennig title with a straights set victory o%er expatriate Australian Bob Carn.icbael. McManus. 29 ranked mn'h in the United States, took onlv an hour and a
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    • 375 10 KTALA LUMPUR. Sua. The Football Association of Malaysia today approved Singapore's application to field tw 0 separate teams In the FAM Cup and Malaysia CUD joceer competitions. Singapore Service s made up of players from the police and armed forces will compile In the FAM
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    • 124 10 SYDNEY. Sun. <Keuter» A violent thunderstorm this afternoon washed out pi? r with South Australia facing an uphill struggle to overtake New South Wales or. the second day of their Sheffield Shield match here New Soutti Wales' last pair added nine runs this morning, taking
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    • 200 10 LONDON. Sun Nearly 2 2 motor and motor cycle race meetings will be promoted in Britain and overseas by Britain's highest motor raring circuit group. Motor Circuit Developments whose parent company Grovewood Securities owns Brands Hatch. Oulton Park, Mallory Park. Snetterton and Castle Comb
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    • 322 10 Well Done Kadir BURNLEY UNITED last year champion*. trounced Simbang Tigers by eight goals to one In the quarter-finals of the FAS Under-18 youth soccer tournament played at Farrer Park, yesterday. They will meet Hamilton Sport* Club In the semi-finals at the Jalan Besar Stadium this week-end
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    • 64 10 KIMBERLEY. Sun. Denis Lindsay, the -Aicketkeeperbatsman, a surprise omission from the South Africa tea.n announced tod a' to piar Australia in the first cricket Test in Cape Town starting on January 22. Team: All Bacher <captain>. Eddie Barlow < vice-captain Graham Cheva'.ier. Denis Gam«v < wicketke«per>. Trevor
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    • 159 10 MELBOURNE. S_M (REUTER* The match between the touring New Zealand cricket team and Victoria is poised for an exciting finish here tomorrow after the Victorians were bundled out for only 135 in their second inning* tndav. Victoria, leaders in the Australian Sheffield Shield competition.
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    • 403 10 DUBLIN, Ireland, Sun. (Reuter) Ireland snatched an 8-8 draw with South Africa in the Rugby Union International here yesterday when full back Tom Kiernan landed a penalty goal with the last kick of the match. The game had gone Into eight minutes
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    • 227 10 LONDON. Sun. The English Football Association FAt are to go ahead with their plans for a £1 million soccer centre to be established In the Lea Valley area of north-east London. The scheme is being divided into two parts. The first will Include a national
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    • 117 10 BANGKOK, Sun. (UPI) j Defending champion Japan overpowered Singapore with their speed land stamina in the se- cond half tonight for a 1 46 —17 victory in their first game of the Asian rugby football championships. Singapore held the Japanese to a 16—12 edge at halftime. But
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    • 275 10 NEW YORK, Sun. (Reuter) Argentina's Roberto De Vicenzo. winner of 126 tournaments in a career of over 30 years, was yesterday named 1970 recipient of the United States Golf Association's Bobby Jones award for "distinguished sportsmanship in golf.' 1 The 46-year-old Buenos Aire* professional Is
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    • 190 10 THE South Korean soccer team comprising five official* and 17 players trom banks in Seoul arrived here yesterday, on a goodwill tour of six South-east Asian countries. They will play a friendly match against Singapore Services XI at the Jalan Besar Stadium, at f.30 pm. tonight.
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    • 126 10 WELLINGTON. New Zealand. Sun (Reuter)— Results in the New Zealand tennis championships here today inj c.uded New Zeaianders (unless stated): Men's Single* Final: O. Parun beat R Hawke s 1. 12—10. €—4 Women's Singles Final: M. Pryde beat R. Legg e 6 l 6. 6 —l. Men's
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    • 418 11 T ON DON, Sun. (Reutor) Northern Clubs Everton and Leeds, the champions, emerged as »h. only serious contenders for the English Football League First Division title after yester- day s matches. Chelsea, the south's main hope to win the championship. almost certainly slipped from
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    • 119 11 BRIDGETOWN Barbados. Sun (Renter) West Indies cricket captain Gary Sobers wil 1 not be available to represent Barbados in the regional Shell Shield cricket series starting later this month or in the match against the touring Duke c-f Norfolk's team in March, it w*g
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    • 110 11 SYDNEY. Sun. (AFP) American swimmer Debbit Meyer, winner oI three Gold Medals at the Mexico Olympics. won her first race in Australia here yesterday. She took the 100 metres freestyle in the New South Wales championships in an unimpressive time of 82 4 seconds She
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    • 53 11 VISAKHAPATNAM. India. Sun. (Reuter) Top-seeded Alexander Metrevelli of the Soviet Union and Hungarian Istvan Culyas will clash In the men's singles final o* the All-India tennis championships here yesterday. In yesterday'* semi-final*. Metrevelli beat Indian S. Misra 4-6. 7-5. 6-1 and Culyas toppled Indian champion Premjlt
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    • 1422 11 RESULTS English Division One Burnley 1. Wolverhampton 3. Chelsea 2. Leeds 5. Coventry 3. Man City 0. Everton 3. Ipswich 0. Man United 2, Arsenal 1. ShefT. Wednesday 2. West Ham 3. Stoke 0. Liverpool 2. Tottenham 2. Derby 1 West Bromwich 3. Crystal 2. Newcastle United
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    • 378 11 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Sir Alf Ramsey, manager of world soccer champions England, last night described the Mexico City draw as "excellent." He said in a television interview: "I think it is an excellent draw. Group Three is a very difficult group, but if we have
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    • 105 11 LOS ANGELES. Sun. (Reuten Little known Ha« Irwin shot a 4-under-par 67 here yesterday to take the third round lead in the T S$ ino.ooo (£41.000> Los Angeles Open golf tournament. Irwin. 24. finished with a 54-hole total of 203. One stroke behind the leader
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    • 456 11 W-Cup Draw MEXICO CITY, Sun. (Reuter) Italy, West Germany and Russia drew th# easiest groups in the World Cup draw here yesterday. But Cup holders England will face the toughest round against Brazil, in top form, and two tough East European teams from Rumania and Czechoslovakia,
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    • 111 11 SEOUL. Sun. (Reuter) Kum-Taik Lee of South Korea last mBht outpo nted fellowcountryman Surg-Kap Choi to win the oriental middleweight boxing title. Lee. top contender for the crown, bored in to Choi's body and went ahead early in the 12-round bout. Both boxers bled heavily
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    • 75 11 JOHANNESBURG. Sun. (Reuter) John B and. a 23-year-old South African professional. won the Transvaal Open golf championship here yesterday with his very last shot He holed a 20-foot putt for a birdie three at the 18th and took the lead for the first time
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    • 200 11 MEXICO CITY. Sun. (Reuter) The draw and the matches to be played as follows: Group One (Mexico City) Soviet Union. Mexico. Belgium, El Salvador. Group Two (Puebla-Tolnca) Uruguay, Italy, Sweden. Israel. Group Three (Guadalajara) Brazil, England (holders), Czechoslovakia, Rumania. Group Four (Leon) Peru. West. Germany,
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    • 76 11 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Brazil were last night listed as 3-1 favourites to win the 1970 World Soccer Cup after the draw for the final series had been made in Mexico City. William Hill's leading London bookmakers, quoted the following odds: 3-1 Brazil, 7-1 England and Uruguay, 8-1
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