Eastern Sun, 16 January 1970

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  • 22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1238 Friday, 16 January 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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  • 369 1 US Flew Ojukwu His White Mercedes Out' GENEVA, Thurs. (UPI) Biafren leader Gen. Odumegwu Ojukwu was flown out of Biafra last Saturday in a United States aircraft together with aides, their families and his white Mercedes, American sources said today. The flight was arranged by United States Intelligence, they said.
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  • 95 1 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Britain's 300.000 nurses today accepted a major 22 per cent pay rise but they want it all now, not over a two year period as originally suggested. The nurses' rise was one of three major Industrial agreements reached today, the others beln* a pav rise
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  • 52 1 GENEVA. Thurs. (UPI) Biafran leader Gen. Odumepwu Ojukwu annealed to world povernment today "to save my neonle from extermination.'* In his first statement since leaving Biafra last Saturday. Ojukwu said Biafra had been starved into defeat. He said h* left his country "to save the lives of
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  • 39 1 TOKYO. Thurs. (UPI) Foreign Ministry officials of Japan and Pakistan will hold a two-day meeting on Jan. 19 and 20 at Islamabad to exchange views on international and bilateral o r °b'ems. the foreign ministry disclosed today.
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  • 161 1 CANBERRA, Thurs. (Reuter) An Australian Labour government would be anxious to co-operate with the United States in a big economic development programme in Asia, Vice President Spiro Agnew was told today. Australian Opposition leader Mr. Gough Whitlam and his deputy Lance Barnard discussed their
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  • 17 1 LAGOS. Thurs. (UPI) —Biafra today formally signed a surrender agreement pledging loyalty to Federal Nigeria.
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  • 82 1 MAERDY, Wales, Thurs. fßeuter) Two thousand people have been evacuated from their homes in this littSe South Wales village following the discovery of a breach in a dam near here. A bid to strengthen the dam with concrete may be made following the arrival here today
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  • 45 1 VUNG TAU. Thurs (Reuter) Private Peter Allen was sentenced to hard labour for life today by a general court martial for the murder of an Australian Army Lieutenant. Allen. 20. o* Devonport. Tasmania, was ordered to be discharged from the Australian Defence Forces.
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  • 36 1 BRUNEI TOWN. Brunei. Thurs. (UPI) The Royal Brunei Malay Reeiment will acquire Armallte M-18 rifles. Its commander L* Col. J.J.H. Simpson said today. The Armalite M-18 is an advanced version of the M-16.
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  • 51 1 DURHAM. England. Thurs. lUPI) An armoured police wagon set off from Durham courts carrying three men sentenced to prison terms at the local jail. When it arrived at the Jail, It was empty. The three ripped open the roof and escaped ts the van travelled through rush hour
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  • 140 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. (UPI) A public prosecutor today demanded the death sentence for an Indonesian Chinese charged with the premeditated murders of his longtime mistress, Mrs. Lily Kartika Dewi and her 4-year, old son Iwan in Hong Kong in 1967. In a 75-mlnute summation read
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  • 73 1 MALMOE Sweden, Thurs. (UPI) —A 60-year-old eccentric who filled his apartment with newspapers was found dead today—suffocated bv newspaoers police said The paper s had been piled next to the unnamed man's bed and had toppled onto him as he slept the police spokesman said. His two-roomed apartment
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  • 454 1 25 PER CENT DEFENCE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia is to spend a quarter of the ordinary budget on defence and security this year. A total of $803.2 million has been allocated for Defence and Internal Security an increase of $l6B million over last year's
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  • 720 1 Kuala Lumpur, Thurt. The Malaysian Government today slapped extra import, customs and excise duties on tobacco, cigarettes, liqueor and a variety of consumer goods to net SI 32.7-million. Under the new tax details announced by the Deputy Prime Minister and Direc- tor of Operations, Tun Abdul
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  • 62 1 LONDON*. Thurs. <UPI) Scotland Yard today had a new lead in the disappearance 17 days ago of Mrs Muriel McKay. 55. wife of an Australian newspaper executive. A Scotland Yard spokesman said "We are disclosing no details but privately, detectives said it was likely Mrs. McKay had been
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 52 2 Picture shows Dato Aw Kow, the Company's Managing Director, (Centre) and at the extreme left the Company's General Manager, Mr. Liao
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  • 199 2 MR. HERMANN Gammeter has arrived in Singapore to take up an appointment as Director of Food and Beverage for Shangri-La Hotel. The Shangri-La, located in Orange Grove Road, is due for completion at the end of 1970. "It will feature four restaurants iwith a seating
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  • 222 2 MR. SHAW VEE MENG. a director of the Shaw Organisation. was yesterday granted a divorce from his wife, Kok Peck Yee, by the High Court on grounds of cruelty. The petitioner in the divorce proceedings. Mr. Shaw, was represented by Mr. Graham Stafford while Madam
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  • 129 2 Judgement on the legal proceedings In which business- j man. Ng Kong Yeow, paralysed after a road accident two years ago claimed for more than $lOO,OOO damages, has been reserved by the Chief Justice. The accident happened more than two years ago June 18. 1967 at
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  • 287 2 'HOPED FOR HIS RETIiRV ELSIE Cher Yong Giat yesterday told the High Court that for ten years after her husband left home, she was "hopeful" that he would return to her one day. In a petition seeking for a decree nisi on the
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  • 172 2 LONDON. Thurs. (Renter)— The International Tin Council decided today to continue the current suspension of the Buffer Stock Manager's obligation to offer tin at the ceiling price of 1605 sterling per metric ton when the price is abov> or at that level It derided to continue
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  • 35 2 A labourer. Tambusumy Chandra. 20. died on arrival at the General Hospital after he had been attacked by a group of persons armed with parangs at Bth mile Buklt Tlmah Road yesterday morning.
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  • 205 2 Versatile dancer with a flair for singing. Miss Tomako Tanaka, Has been in the "business" for the past ten years and intends to carry on "until Mr. Right comes along." Of an English father, Tomako. who is from Tokyo, believes that "marriage is a
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  • 309 3 MANILA Thurs. (LPI) Three youths who were sentenced to die for the abduction and rape of a wellknown local movie star three years ago were yesterday condemned to the electric chair a second time. They were convicted for assault of a waitress
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  • 204 3 WASHINGTON. Thuri. 'Reuten Staff Serjeant David Mitchell Testerday was ordered to stand trial by court martial on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder by shooting at an eight-year-old boy in the alleged My Lai Village matsacre.' This new charge
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  • 118 3 4 Defect— At The Cost Of 12 (M) Leaflets BAN ME THUOT. South Vietnam. Thurs. (Reuter) The South Vietnamese Government received four defectors during the battles of Bu Prang and Due Lap for the cost of 12 million leaflets dropped by planes. President Thleu and other government leaders yesterday came
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  • 54 3 BRIG. PHOTO PHILIP EFFIONG (above) is the Biafran Chief-of-Staff who assumed the leadership of Biafra when Gen. Ojukwu fled the country. He is seen holding a hand grenade in this file photo taken a year ago, Federal Nigeria accepted the surrender of rebel Biafra on Tues. and promised mercy for
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  • 235 3 TOKYO. Thurs (UPI) An estimated 2.470 000 Japanese kids disappeared today and emerged as adults. Many of them were in their best Sunday suits, kimonos and mini-skirts at family parties, television programmes and public gatherings, one of which was addressed by Crown Prince
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  • 91 3 NEWARK. New Jersey, Thurs. (Reuter) Barber Anthony Attanasio was burned to death in his car yesterday when a rear tyre exploded, ruptured th«» petrol tank and set fire to the vehicle. Attanasio. 58. was reviving up the car as its rear wheels were stuck in an
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  • 114 3 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) An 18-year-old Asian Rirl from Kenya who was earlier this week turned away from Britain will now be allowed to stay if she returns The girl. Manjula Modha. arrived here on January 7 seeking to become a student. She was sent back to Kenya two
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  • 201 3 RANGOON. Thurs. (Reuter) Burmese health officials are having difficulty introducing more modern and hygemc measures among the rural population. District Health officials attending a recent seminar In Rangoon cited the example of some peasants who still preferred to go Into the fields to relieve themselves rather
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  • 276 3 Japan —More Part In Own Defence Soon? TOKYO. Thurs. (Reuter) Japan seems likely to take a greater part in its own defence with the appointment of a minister who advocates such a r<>le. Yasuhlro Nakasone. 51. was named as Director of the Defence Apency In Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's new
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  • 325 3 DJAKARTA. Thurs. (Reuten About 200 secondary school students halted trafflc In Central Djakarta today to plaster private cars with notices condemning recent big government increases In the price* of kerosene and petrol. One notice showed a drawing of an army officer toasting a rich
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  • 211 3 NEW VORK. Thurs (UPI) A Dailas-Texas based firm yesterday announced that It would dedicate a recently purchased 435 carat diamond. 14th largest in the world and one of the two largest in the United States, to the cause of peace. The Zale Corp.. which
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  • 432 3 BANGKOK, Thurt. (Reuter) China ordered communists to step up the guerrilla war in Thailand in 1969 when North Vietnam failed to win a military victory in South Vietnam and had to go to peace talks at Paris,
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  • 97 3 MANILA Thurs (LTI) President Marcos, already at odds with .he Philippine press appeared today headed towards another feud, this time with the powerful Philippine sugar bloc. One of the leaders of the block, Ramon Noal. resigned from his two government posts
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  • 424 4 HONG KONG, Thurs. (UPI) Communist China will have a ballistic misalU •rith a 6,000-mile rang, and capable of carrying a nuclear warhead operation within a year or 15 monthi, a former top U.S. military commander in the Pacific
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  • 105 4 BRACKNELL, England. Thurs (Reuter) A former British Army officer accused of plotting to kidnap four British Jews and Ay their bodies in refrigerated crate s to Jordan. was remanded in custody by a Magistrate's Court her# yesterday Former Captain Trefor Williams 40. who
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  • 240 4 WASHINGTON, Thura. (UPI) Mrs. Nixon today christens aviation's biggest baby the 700,000-pound, 490-passenger Boeing 747 jumbo jetliner. With the pres® of a lever. Mrs. Nixon sprayed red. whit# and blue water over the Pan American clipper. •'Young America." at Dulles Interna- i tlonal Airfield outside
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  • 456 4 HONG KONG. Thurs, (Reuter) University lecturer* and students who know more about Chinese antiquity than Maoist ideology came under fire today in China's press and radio. The attack, made in an article published by Peking's 'People's Daily' and broadcast from
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  • 56 4 SANTA CRUZ. California, Thurs. (UPI) A proposed ordinance outlawing nude dancing in Santa Cruz Ha* been dropped by the City Council without action. Council-woman Anne Garni said the proposed law's explicit listing of which portions of the female anatomy are fit for public view was so "obscene" she couldn't
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  • 289 4 LAGOS, Thurs. (Reuter) Secessionist negotiators I began armistice talks in Lagos today with the Nigerian Federal leader Major- I General Yakubu Gowon, amid strict security precautions. Usually reliable souroes said the five-man Ibo team received from General Gowon renewed assurances for the welfare and security
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  • 471 4 Japan's MilitaryIndustrial Complex 'Worrying' MANILA. Thurs. (UPI) A U.S. congressman on a two-week study tour of American defence arrangements in Asia today expressed concern over what he called the emerging "mili-tary-industrial complex" in Japan. Rep. Lester Wolff. Demo-crat-New York, member of the Bub-Commlttee on Asian Affairs of the U-S. House's
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  • 184 4 London, Thurs. I Fashions latest trend, the maxi-coat, is a potential killer, the British Safety Council warned yesterday. After deciding that the pnaxi is here to stay—at least for the winter the council decided to issue its own "Safety Code"' for wearers of the flared anklelength overcoats. The
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  • 180 4 HAMBURG, Germany, Thurs. (UPI) "St. Paull Nachnchten," a monthly newspaper devoted to sex and claiming a circulation of 750,000. may be banned from public sale because of its classified advertisement pages, the publisher said yesterday. Publisher Helmut Rosenberg said the November and
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  • 94 4 GILL IN GHA M. TRIG" AND. Thurs «UPI) —For 44 vears«, Bill Neudeg c drove his bus around *he same traffic roundabout on his dailv route. And each time, he repressed a desire to break the monotony—by going around It twice, Lntii Tuesday the da%- he
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 51 4 TODAY a Friday, January 16, 1970. aw Lm, sir, £1: 2) 22 23 s.. 2SOriM* 26 B« 27 Wandar 28 Ot 29Goimi 30 Theft's rva T 55 Opportune MVoloobte* 54 To 86 Horotcspo 57 Happen 87 Win SlTroubl* eSTodoy 59 Atroid 99 Fronfcjy 60 In fOUM m ZL @Good ©Aitt
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  • 385 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) The U.S. Space Agency says budget cuts for the coming business year will force it to cut 50.000 jobs and delay for two years completion of the Apollo moon missions and the landing of a life probe on the planet Mars.
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  • 161 5 LONG BEACH Calif Thurs. (UPI) Four students were arrested yesterday at Long Beach State College during a sit-In protesting the suspension of two professors who used nude models to teach a class in sociology. The students refused to leave the administration building despite a warning that
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  • 80 5 Marijuana As Sacrament SAN RAFAEL Calif. Thurs. (UPI > —ln a dramatic.! theatre-ln-the-round courtroom designed by Frank Lloyd i Wrght. attornevs for Frank Werber. former manager of the Kingston Trio, ooened an attempt vesterday to prove that marijuana can be a religious sacrament. They promised a list of witnesses Including
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  • 258 5 LOS ANGELES, Thurs. (UPI) Grinning and joking, Hippie cult leader Charles Manion put of* entering a plea in the Sharon Tate murder ease Wednesday after quipping that he was thinking of asking the District Attorney "to call the whole hting off." The long-haired Manson. clad in
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  • 142 5 CHICAGO, Thurs. ißeuter) The world's fourth tallest skyscraper an 80-storey block rising to 1.136 feet —is to be built in Chicago's Loop business and financial district. Work on the new granite *nd mable-faced giant will start In March and Is expected to be completed in
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  • 88 5 SANTA MONICA. Calif. Thurs (Feuter> Twenty-one-year-old Susan Atkins, awaiting trial for th« murder of actress Sharon Tate and others, told reporters today the nam* of her 16-month-old baby boy. She said the baby born while she was travelling with the Hippie cult "Manson Family." was called
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  • 45 5 PALO ALTO. Calif. Thurs YReuter) Stanford University doctors have been authorised to prescribe contraceptive pills to anv girl student who requests them The new rule replaces one that prevented campus doctors from handing out the pill except to married or engaged firls.
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  • 222 5 SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. (UPI) —An ex-convict suspected of a wild killing spree surrendered meekly yesterday when officers awakened him in the garage of a commuter's suburban bungalow. The suspect.. Raymond Bcott. 36. was wanted In connection with the slaying of two persons and wounding
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  • 71 5 PHILADELPHIA Thu r (tjpl) Frank Sinatra's attorneys asked a Federal Appeals Court Judge yesterdav to Issue an injunction forbidding the state of New Jersey to force the singer to testify in a crime investigation. William H Hastie. Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, heard arguments
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  • 74 5 MELBOURNE. Thurs (Feuten Angry police want to prosecute youths wearing novelty T-shirts with the slogans. "A good cop Is a dead cop.'* and "I hate every cop in this town." A police spokesman ir.d here today the shirts were "despicable and infantile" and warned that
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  • 60 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs (Reu. ter) The U.S. Supreme Court today ordered 14 southern school districts serving about 35n.00n black and white children to desegregate no later than Feb. 1 The ruling expanded a landmark decision in October in which the court ordered the distrcts to desegregate at once and reversed
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  • 325 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) Scientists testing a drug which dramatically reduces the effects of Parkinson's disease reported yesterday that in some patients it also stimulates remarkable sexual activity. Dr William E. O'Malley, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology at Georgetown University here, told a symposium on the drug L-Dopa:
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  • 170 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Renter) American scientists today proudlv displayed a meteorite which, they ,gid. could prove as scientifically valuable as moon samples brought back by Apollo astronauts. The 22-lb. lump of grey rock was found on a snowy cart track in Oklahoma last week after automatic cameras picked
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  • 58 5 HONOLULU. Thurs (UPI> Windy up to 100 mlles-an-hour smashed into the Hawaiian islands yesterday, causing two million U.S dollars damage and extensve power blackouts Some 150 persons A*d their homes on the northeast sid« of Oahu island. Five persons suffered minor injuries, one bov was hit by a
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  • 856 6 JAPAN entered the Seventies, conducting general elections a few days before the New Year and Prime Minister Eisaku Sato announcing his new cabinet a few days after. Sato's new line-up does not differ much from the previous cabinet with the three key portfolios of Foreign Affairs,
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  • 918 6  -  By GAMINI SENEVIRATNE LONDON: What will the world be like in 2001 AD? As the Sixties ended and the Seventies began, 1,600 children from schools all over Britain assembled in London to consider their future. The boys and girls, between 15 and 19, will
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  • 388 6  -  By VINCENT BUIST BUDAPEST, (Reuter) Life for the bon in Hungary is no tun at the moment. He it being held in a three-way squeexe. If he tries to discipline late, shoddy or absentee workers, they move to a job in the next-door plant
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  • 693 6  -  By Joseph Alsop WASHINGTON An extraordinary display of Soviet bad faith can now be disclosed as the real background of the recent flurry over American -policy toward Israel. The flurry was caused, of course, by the statements of State Secretary William Rogers, outlining the American government's view
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  • 113 6 Letters... THE University, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, should provide intensive vacation cuur&es with a similar number of lectures and practical classes which will count as a full university degree subject for NT. and C.T. teachers. i«ie iiriui structure is, wasteful as lecture halls, labs
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  • 397 6  -  By MARCUS FERRAR BERNE, (Rtuter) Switzerland's 1,400,000 skiers take a king-size insurance problem with them, as they begin swarming out on to the Alpine slopes for their favourite sport at this time of the year. With top-class skiers skim- ming down the mountainsides
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  • 344 6  -  By DICK WEST WASHINGTON (UPI) Speaking of cultural trends, a local television station, WTOP-TV, recently gave a little party in honour of its new resident Ghoul, Sir Graves Ghastly, an actor who specialises in introducing horror films. Sir Graves began plyi n f his
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 319 7 TRADING in tho Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday closed on a steadier note after the Malaysian budget announcement seemingly disengaged the brief easier sentiment following initial dealings. Business, however, was dealt in quiet conditions and concentrated in selected industrials though fair buying support
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    • 94 7 Olanarwv Pr:ce« for -Inn 1«) 1 H\KII Ki ll \|l «HI > I F Growth I und 1 07 1 ts t M 1 1 ihiMf Mil lntr>t land l :<o 1 40 9lM.4FOftt If.Nil IKIMf l»t Malayan \d ;.#i 2nd Malayan xd 2 e 3r'l Malayan \d
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    • 229 7 BANGKOK, Thurs. (Reuter) Bangkok and Thonburi, the twin city across the Chao Fhya river, had 273.474 motor cars on their streets in 1969 an increase of 47,182 vehicles over 1968, according to Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner Major Gen. Monchai Phankongchuen. Monchai told Journalist* recently
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    • 173 7 SYDNEY, Thurs (UPP Thursday's closing Sydney Stock Exchange delected sharea): MININGS Acmex 1105 Austral Min 1.00 Barrier 130 Bh South S 50 C Norse 8 20 C OOld 11 00 Cra 2250 Endur .63 Gm Kale 1.15 Ot Boulder 6 00 Ot Nthn 68 Gt W ts*
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    • 13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $703.75 per picul, down $2.50.
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    • 89 7 LONDON. Thurs (UPI> Rubber market closed very steady with spot 23|. 24* Settlement House Feb. 24 24-3/8 Mar 24-5 16 24-9/16 Apl 24-9 16 24-13 16 AplJun 24-13'16 25 JlyDec 24-11 16 24-7 8 Jan Mar 24-5 8 14-13 16 Apl'Jun 24-9 16 24-13 16 Jly Sep 24-9
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    • 327 7 Januarv first grade robber buyers rimed at 6 p m., in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at cents per lb. down half a rent from the previous close The tone of the market was erratic. The market opened «teadier following last night's after hours rise and
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    • 1160 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 bracket* in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS ACM A $2.25 (2' $2.24 (1); Alcan <2.00 «1> $2 01 <l> $199 (9)
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    • 139 7 HONG KONG. Thurs, fUPI) Thursday's 5 p m. currency ratei (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd. I in terms of Hong Kong dollar*: BUYERS SELLERS 195 196 per 100 Straits dollar? 145 146 per 1.000 Taiwan dntVs 6 "35 6 745 p« r Australian dolla' 295
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    • 452 7 AK HI ALs: ft 00 am MsA oiw K Lumpur »oo«m Ms A liv k Lumpur 10 15 am M>A I*l k umpur lo .5 am MB A IKIS Penan* ipon. k Lumpur, Malacca--110 pin MsA 451 kuchlng 225p in MsA 0-1* kota Hbaru. 11 en EX.IIIU. k
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    • 273 7 THE followinr i* a berthing list issued by the Port of Singapore Authority for today, Jan. 16: DErARTIRES God own* Venseli 3 '4 Seizan Maru N.W.3 Trang 19 Nichiryu Maru X.W.I Bidor N.W.2 Musi 23 24 Tosho Maru 25/26 Eastern Mum 27/28 Sunnv Princes^ 31/32 Thomaseverett 44
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    • 740 7 SINGAPORE—Stock Eichanti •■old and oilier nrtrea official^ listed at the rlwt of bosineaaINDUS TRIALS B s. t( M t.w 2 25 \ican I »5 1 'J8 Br ri Co 1.85 Borneo Bhd 177 178 Hoa-trad to. rd 2 07 i sucan> 4 OH CC M I
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    • 99 7 IHK noun price* ai tl»» MniamirrilKf ere Hater MII*V < or. .nut (ill 50 00 1 (rOB-) Bulk < iNnniit oil 60 00 <F O B Drum MHert Cnari *6 V) vt u >n •••> white Pepper IMS-BO (F O B >driH«k Wkltr Pepper 180 00 (F O B
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL $5 ESSAY WINNERS
    • 317 8 Advantages Disadvantages Of Being The Eldest In The Family THERE are many disadvantages of being the eldest in the family. Firstly, the eldest member is responsible for the maintenance of the family. He has to work hard and if he cannot make both ends meet, he has to borrow. If
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    • 359 8 SOME people think that Singapore is but a mere dot on the world map, without any natural resources, except human resources. That is true, but Singapore mean* more than that to me To me, It means a prosperous and promising nation behind a group of
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    • Article, Illustration
      278 8 RING the alarm clock woke me up. I jumped and glanced at the clock and what a surprise. It was already seven o'clock. I quickly washed up and changed into my school uniform. When I went down for breakfast, my mother was surprised to see me in
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    • Article, Illustration
      177 8 On every Wednesday night a night market Is held along Orchard Road. This weekly market or 'pasar malam' attracts hundreds of flat-dwellers and others. Many Europeans also visit this market which offers all kinds of goods at reasonable prices. Those who sell here are those who usually do
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    • Article, Illustration
      166 8 There are many types of pets. The one I rear is a dog. It is known as a "Boxer" and his name is Rover He is cream in colour with black eyes and nose but with a very short tail. He is very fierce. He likes to eat
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    • 255 8 THERE are 2,000 types of mosquitoes of which some of them are dangerous and harmful. Nowadays, the mosquitoes are considered very harmful to human beings. Mosquitoes do not actually live on human blood. It Is the female mosquito that needs blood to live and to lay her
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    • 154 8 THERE are many provision shops in Singapore. When your mother needs anything in the kitchen, she would ask you to eo to the provision shop and buy things she needs. These shops sell almost e\erything that is required in the kitchen. In a provision shop, we can find
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    • 238 8 IN this world, all people must work in order to get something. 80 laziness affect our lives and work. If we hope to have good and satisfactory results in our examinations we ought to be diligent in our worx. If one is diligent, he or she will
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 95 8 AMY By Jack Tippit Vi "No, it doesn't have MY noma on it, but it's PAPA beor's choir, and YOU happen to be the BABY bearl N DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and Aidsn McWiiams THE FAMILY THAT FOUND TICO SAYS HE'S IN GOOD SHAPE, MISS ST. CLAIR... "THEY'RE TAKING
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  • 30 9 LILY and Gail in designs with crimplene. This material is soft in texture and unnecessary for lining to be used. Notice the easy cut from the belted waists.
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  • 250 9 HOLLYWOOD Producer M. J. Frankovich has announced an all-star cast for his first 1970 production, "Doctors' Wives," set to go before the colour cameras at the Columbia Pictures studio in midFebruary. Academy Award winner Dan Taradash wrote the screenplay for "Doctors' Wives'* based on the
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  • 152 9 i LONDON (UPI) Hemlines lifted inches above the knee and fell to midcalf in the showing on Wednesday of spring fashions by Christian Dior of London, Designer John Langberg coloured creations in his take your choice skirt lengths powder blue bright- ened with glinting metal
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  • 113 9  -  By GLORIA MAE CRIMPLENE is THE material now; the most sought-after by fashionable ladies and the office ones too. But the take-over of the fabric world crimplene is not complete as yet. This fabric is manufactured by Fibremakers Ltd. of Australia, the biggest synthetic yarn manufacturer
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  • 221 9  -  A Lovelier You By Mary Sue Millar A YOUNG Lovely writes: Just whan I am going to a dance or something special, a great big pimple pops up on mv chin. It never fails. I look awful and feel awful. There must be tome way to deal
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  • 611 9  -  Ann Landers J)EAR ANN: I was always amused by the nitwits who sent their problems to you. Now I have a problem that is not very amusing. Last week my sister-in-law brought my brother to our home and dumped him here She screamed. "You made him this way,
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  • 559 9  -  Speaking For Myself... Sheilah Graham NEW YORK: Carolyn Jonet' first novel. "Twice Upon A Time/' it to "texually ditturbing" (her wordt. not mine) that, the told me, her tecretary quit after typing the first three chapter*. Said Carolyn, "It made her up-tight
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  • 335 9 WASHINGTON, (Reuter) A medical expert told a Congressional subcommittee today that oral contraceptives could produce breast cancer in women. Dr. Hugh Davis a gynaecologist at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, aaid prolonged use of birth control pills could cause irreversible change* In the metabolic
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    • 246 9 SHAW [LIDO Phone ***** J.ird Ua;. nur.y It >o»! Due to film s length 4 Shews Daily: 11 a m «:«>. 15 A 8 15 NO INCREASE in PRICES! J V lES BOND 007 "ON HHI MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE" G*orge Lazenoy <v D.ana Rigi Pmv;«tnn t Technicolor 'DAI So Haif-Pnce!
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 229 10  -  By Our Racing Correspondent JPOH, Thura. Four Wishes did a splendid gallop over Bf in 40 2/5 on a soft track here this morning. She finished full of running. If she runs up to her track form on Saturday she should be hard to beat.
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    • 159 10 BIRMINGHAM. Thurs. (Renter) Tony Hateley. English football's most expensive player, was last night suspended for a week by his club. Second Division Birmingham City. Hateley, for whom a total of £375.000 has been paid in transfer fees by various clubs during his career, had been
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    • 79 10 TKL AVIV. Thurs. (Reuten Rumania's Olympic soccer team beat an Israeli World Cup selection l-o here yesterday in the first of a series of matches planned to prepare Israel's ?quad for the World Cup finals In Mexico. Right winger Grusla scored Rumania's winning goal ten minutes from
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    • 314 10 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) World champions England were booed off the pitch by a 75.000 crowd after being held to a goalless draw by the Netherlands in an undistinguished friendly International at Wembley here last night. Team manager Sir Alf Ramsey made seven changes in
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    • 134 10 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) —England's Newcastle United, the holders, and Belgium club Anderlecht qualified last night for the quarterfinals of the European Fairs Cup soccer competition. Both clubs ended level on aggregate with their third round rivals, but won through because In this case goals scored
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    • 2419 10 Race 1: CI. 6 Dlv. 3 6 P.-2.15 p.m. (S4.SOO) *****1 Moonnkfr 7y 9 00 Mra. D E Brauk. R S Breuk Nfamat 1 l 231H2 Trooprr 8y 900 J M Lewi* R.S Breuk Soaidt 9 3. O»ot The Trua 7y 8 12 SH Ta n
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    • 526 10 TOKYO. Thurs. (UPI) Some Japanese boxing writers i are doing Fighting Harada an i Injustice by trying to Influence him to retire because he was knocked out by world featherweight champion Ray Famechon In their title rematch last Tuesday night. They have said that
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    • 771 11 TOKYO, TKura. (UPI Shoso Saijo expressed confidence today of retaining his World Boxing Association (WIA) featherweight crown against the WBA top contender, Godfrey Stevens of Chile, in e title match Feb. 8 in Tokyo. "I don't care whether Stevens is a slugger or a boxer.
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    • 177 11 MELBOURNE. Thurs. (AFP) British professional Roger Taylor moved into the quarter-finals of the Victoria men's singles tennis title here today when he thrashed Ray Ruffels, a top Australian Davis Cup player, 6-4. 6-4. Taylor, from Sheffield, outplayed Ruffels in ground strokes, overhead plav
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    • 101 11 MANILA. Thurs. (AFP) UB Open champion Orvllle Moody ha* agreed to participate In the 1970 Philippine ?olf championship tentatively scheduled to be held at the suburban Wack Wack golf course Feb. 19-22. it was learned today. An Informant told AFP that eight countries
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    • 124 11 Amateur Boxing MANILA. Thurs. (AFP) The Philippines expert at least 12 foreign countries to participate in the fourth Asian amateur boxing championsh;ps to be held in Manila April 4-9. organist here said today. Of the 12. seven have signified their intention to take part Japan.
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    • 56 11 CALCUTTA. Thurs (Reuter) Asian champion Alex Metrevell. the Soviet Davis Cup star, reached the men s singles semi-finals In the Indian tennis championships here today The Russian scored a 6-1 2-6 8-6 6-2 quarter-ftnal win over Anand AmrltraJ. of India. In an All-Indian quarterfinal Gaurav Misra won
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    • 30 11 NEW YORK. Thurs. <UPI) Johnny Murphy, general manager of the New York Mets. died following a massive heart attack In a New York hospital last night.
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    • 140 11 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs. (Reuter) South African Hugh Inggs fired a five-under par 66 to lead after the first round of the 72-hole South African P.G.A. championship at Germiston, near here, yesterday. Another South African, Trevor Wilkes was two strokes behind Inggs. The nearest overseas challengers were
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    • 162 11 PORT ELIZABETH South I Africa. Thurs (Reuter) —I The Augtralian crlcketerg will I fleld a team of near Test strength for th* toughest match of their South African I tour so far against Eastern! Province her® tomorrow. The powerful province sid® will lnc ude the
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    • 136 11 SYDNEY, Thurs. tUPI) Kel Nagle and Britain's Guy Wolstennolme carded course record five under pai 64's In the first round of the ASIO.OOO Endeavour Masters golf tournament at Sydney today. Nagle, the tournament favourite and Wolsteuholme each had five birdies. On the final hole Nagle
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    • 168 11 RUGBY BANGKOK. Thurs. (AFP) Singapore, playing fast and attractive rugby on the sixth day of the second Asian rugby football championships at the National Stadium today, took second place behind Japan in Group "A" when they slammed a 37 points (two goals, five tries,
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    • 465 11 Classified Ads. Education SHORTHAND BEGINNERS' JANUARY 2 months rapid, 8 a.m./li a.m./ 2 p.m. sl2'- only. B'pore Commercial School (opposite Rex) Tel: (Spore) *****/*****3. SHORTHAND BEGINNERS' JANUARY 7 months course 5.15 p.m./ 715 p.m. $6/- only. S pore Commercial School (opposite Rex) Tel: <8 pore) *****/*****8. BOOKKEEPING BEGINNERS' January commencing
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    • 568 11 NOTICE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BINGAPORE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTEGRATION ORDINANCE, 1963 (No. 18 of 1963) NOTICE UNDER SECTION 19(10) WHEREAS in exercise of the powers conferred by subsections (1) and (3) of Section 19 of the Local Government Integration Ordinance, 1963 (hereinafter referred to as "the ordinance") the
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    • 296 11 TENDERS C.S O TENDER NOTICE TENDERS for the supply and delivery of the following Item are invited by the Chief Supplies Officer: Mild Steel and Iron Sheets. Galvanised. This Item Is restricted to I contractors registered under Supply (h) Miscellaneous I Articles. Tender forms and further j particulars may be
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 994 11 (CHANNEL 5> PJL 300 Opening Annct* in all Languages and Morning Star. 320 Woman's World (English); 3.50 A niarv Of E\e-ts Tn Sinc-*-por® This Week (English); 353 Itj Hapo^ :lin 8 In Singapore English* i Repeat-; 405 Scarlett Hill (Strav Bullet); 4.30 Clo-e. 5.55 Opening Anncts in all Languages and
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  • 682 12 THE President of the British Board of Trade, Mr. Roy Mason, yesterday p edged to do everything possible to encourage more British businessmen to invest here and help the Repub rapid progress so as to achieve its goal as a powerhouse of production
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  • 117 12 A financial agreement was recently concluded between the Development Bank of Singapore and two large French Banks, Banque de L'lndochine and Credit Lyonnais, involving a total sum of about $27,500. The agreement would permit the financing through DBS of contracts entered Into between Singapore buyers
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  • 35 12 The Republic of Lebanon has appointed Mr- Mohamed Fathallah as its first Ambassador to Singapore. Mr Fathallah is also concurrently Lebanon's Ambassador to India and he will continue to reside in New Delhi.
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  • 55 12 Ramli bin Ahmad, who pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to rheat a bus ticket inspector, was given a six—month conditional discharge vesterdav He admitted in the Ninth Magistrate's Court that on Jan. 14. when asked to produce a pass which h e said he possessed.
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  • 162 12 THREE Singaporeans were personally congratulated by New Zealand's Defence Mi. nister, Mr. David Thomson for their fine performance at the 1969 shore-training course held at HMNZ Tamaki in Auckland, recently. Of these three, Lim Khoon Hock, of the Singapore Armed Forces, topped the entire training. He received
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  • 101 12 Shop-keeper Barg Cheorg Soo. was robbed of more than $B5O in goods and cash, at dagger-point when he was about to close his shop at Lorong Buang Kok on Wednesday night. At 8 35 pm Bang 50. was about to close his shoP when four men.
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  • 501 12  -  By Charlie Chan Petite Wendy Jones set her sights to being a professional skating star with the fabulous American "Holiday on Ice" show she did it in grand style, winning tbe 1969 World Professional Skating Championship for Ladies in London last April. It was as
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  • 74 12 The "moon rock," scientifically called mlcrobreccia. has beer drawing large numbers of Singaporeans since it was first opened to the public at the National Museum on Wednesday. Anxious people crowded round the hemisphere i* l which the rock is enclosed and gave ecstatic "oohs and ahs
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  • 203 12 THE monthly statistical report on "Visitors arrivals to Singapore", presented by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board for the month of November, last year, showed an increase of 30 per cent over the corresponding month in 1968. This 1s again an all-time high
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  • 146 12 Three senior Singapore scouts are currently attend, •ng the second Australian Senior Scout Venture for Scouts held at the Venture Camp in Melbourne. About 1.408 boy scouts from all over the world are taking part in the 10-day camp During the camp the 1 scouts
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  • 129 12 A GIRL who suffered from Laughing spells* after falling an examination two years ago. Jumped to her death from a flat In Tlong Bahru Road, on Dec 12. last year, a coroner's court was told yesterday. Neo Lay Kay, 15. was found lying on the ground,
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  • 141 12 A managing director, who used Singapore as his base of operation* was fined $5OO for hiring out an aircraft without permits. H.W. Gewald. who was repre- j sented by Mr LLm Choo Bay.' had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge before the First District Court Judge,
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    • 75 12 Time Ac Tide TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 4.51 a.m. (8.2 ft) 9.46 a.m. (3.2 ft.); «20 D .m. <6.8 ft); 1146 p.m. (5 0 ft.) NAVAL DOCKYARD: 4 38 a.m. (9 5 ft.); 924 a.m. (4.1 ft.); 6.17 p.m. (8.6 ft.) TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 4.51 am. (8.2 ft.) 11.46 a.m. (3.2
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    • 34 12 Toto Draws The following numbers were drawn in yesterday's toto draw:— 46. 2, 3i. 6. and 44. The additional number was 3 In the three circle draw, numbers 33. 44. and 29 were drawn.
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