Eastern Sun, 20 January 1970

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    23 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1242 Tuesday, 20 January 1970. ft MC<P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon FIRST NO-JURY TRIAL OPENS
    411 1 A 45-year-old sub-contractor, Ng Kuay Tin, was yesterday charged with the murder of a contract labourer, Tan Bok Piau, in a trial in which for the first time in the legal history of Singapore was heard without a jury. Trial by jury for capital offences was
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    Lock icon Plea For Security
    74 1 BRUNEI TOWN. Mon. (Reuter) Inche Abdul Latlf Hamld. Secretary General of the Brunei People'* Independence Front, the state's major political party today urged Britain to ensure the security of Brunei after her pullout next year. Inche Hamld was speaking after the party met yesterday to discuss the
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    Lock icon S'pore To Host INNOTECH
    267 1 SEAMEC DISCUSSIONS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Singapore's Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, today announced his Government's acceptance of the invitation to host the Regional Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH). He was speaking at the fifth Seamec Con- ference here today. i He said
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    Lock icon Red Boy Kills 4 Children
    104 1 SAIGON. Mon. (UPI) A 16-year-old boy today hurled a grenade into a school vard near Da Nang where US Marines were playing volleyball with a group of Vietnamese children, spokesmen said The hand grenade exploded, killing four of the estimated 100 children in the yard,
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    Lock icon German Unity
    61 1 BERLIN. Mon (UPl)—East German President Walter Ulbricht today rejected West German Chancellor Willy Brandt's proposal to open the wall for family reunions but held open the door for East-West German talks Ulbricht at his first international news conference In nine years again Insisted that West Germany sign a
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    Lock icon African Morality
    67 1 DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania Mon. (UPI) The Zanzibar government ha s introduced mandatory death sentence for anyone performing an abortion, according to a decree published at the weekend. The new decree says abortion should be deemed child destruction and thus murder. However, abortions will be allowed at the
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    Lock icon Anti-Heart Attack Plan Claimed
    133 1 CANBERRA. Mon (CM) Australian scientists may have made a breakthrough 0 f world importance in dietary control of heart disease, the medical director of the Australian Heart Foundation Dr. Ralph Reader said today. He was commenting on th§ announcement by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
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    Lock icon Campus Riot
    46 1 PARIS. Mon. (UPI) Riot police today entered the Nanterre Campus of the University of Parts to break up fights between some 400 students. The campus was the site of the incidents that led to the 1968 student-labour revolt that nearly overturned the French government.
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    Lock icon Acquitted
    44 1 DANANG. South Vietnam. Mon. (Reuter) a general court-martial tonight acquitted an American Marine Captain charged with the premeditated murder o: a North Vietnamese prisoner of war. The Jury of six officers took 90 minutes to reach a decision after the one day trial.
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    94 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. (UN) U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers hat decided to include Nigeria during hit tour of African nations next month. Rogers said the visit will not include a first-hand look at conditions in Biafra because it is not "desirable for those on the outside to
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    Lock icon Survivor Sparks New Search For Sunken Freighter
    379 1 CARLOFORTE, Sardinia, Mon. (Reuter) The search resumed today for wreckage and survivors from the 2,706-ton Italian freighter Fusina after a crew member washed up on a beach near here reported the vessel suddenly heeled over and sank last Friday. Two motor launches combed
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    Lock icon Sikkim Queen Shops In HK
    82 1 HONG KONG. Mon (UPI) —Queen Hope Cooke of Sikkim arrived here today for a few days shopping visit to this British colony. "I intend to buy some silk material to make dresses for myself. This is my first trip to Hong Kong." the Ameri-can-born queen
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    Lock icon Thant Leaves Nigeria
    36 1 LAGO6 Mon. (ATP) United Nations Secretary General U Thant left here today for Paris after an overnight visit to discuss the NlS Brian situation with federal ead of state Major General Yakubu Gow>»
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    Lock icon Ugly Scenes In Okinawa
    144 1 NAHA, Okinawa, Mon. (Rcuter) —Tension was mounting today on this U.S. -Held Pacific island as more than 20,000 local workers at US. military bases launched a five-day strike in protest against mass dismissal of base workers. •Skirmishes between pickets and US. Servicemen were reported at several
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    Lock icon Fair Addition
    77 1 KUALA LUMPUR Mon Two women a senator and a lawyer ha\> been ai> pointed as additional members tp the di alogue-bridgi n* National Consultative Council. The appointment of Senator Aishah Ghani and Miss P- G. Lim follows the agitation by women leaders the* the *air sex was not
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    Lock icon IRONY OF A MOTHER'S RESCUE: 3 Boys Died In Aussie Outback
    323 3 ADELAIDE, Mon. (Reuter) A mother's attempt f0 protect her four children against intense heat in outback South Australia ended in tragedy yesterday when two froze to death in a rabbit chiller and a third died in extreme temperatures up
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    Lock icon A SOUTH VIETNAMESE INFANTRYMAN from the 7th Division leads a wounded comrade away from the frontline recently. They had clashed with a Vietcong force and the ROV troops suffered 24 casualties in the day's fighting. It is all part of the Vietna misation programme, whereby the army of the south is slowing replacing the withdrawing Gls.
    58 3 A SOUTH VIETNAMESE INFANTRYMAN from the 7th Division leads a wounded comrade away from the frontline recently. They had clashed with a Vietcong force and the ROV troops suffered 24 casualties in the day's fighting. It is all part of the Vietna misation programme, whereby the army of the south
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    Lock icon AGNEW'S ASIAN TOUR: MISSION UNCOMPLETED
    927 3  -  By ARNOLD DIBBLE MANILA. Mon. (UPI) U. S. Vice-President Spiro Agnew came to Asia, saw some of Asia, but he hardly conquered Asia during the 11-na-tion, 37,000-mile tour completed last week-end. It was his first trip to the region and a s he noted on
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    Lock icon Marathon Dance Ends
    79 3 HONG KONG. Mon (UPI) Nineteen couples yesterday danced non-stoo for 10 hours in a marathon dance contest and then donated their prize money of U551,670 to charity. Twenty-seven dance pairs started out on a repertoire <>f Soul. A-Go-Go. Rock 'n Roll and Waterloo o* eight pairs at
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    Lock icon Unusual Sight
    92 3 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Pub manager Sam Paget thought he must have had one too many when he looked out over the River Thames and saw a 5-foot dolphin. "It was jumping out of the water every 20 seconds and sending uo a spray. A flock of seagulls was
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    Lock icon Saigon Command Reshuffle Soon
    467 3 SAIGON, Mon, (Riutar) Several important changes in command in Hie South Vietnamese armed forces, including the appointment of a new military Governor of Soigon, will be announced soon, informed sources said today. But an official military spokesman said he could not confirm the sources' reports that
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    Lock icon Fatal Brolly
    104 3 COLUMBUS. Ohio. Mon. CUPI) Robert Stump. 10. died yesterday of a head wound he received when his mother apparently hurled umbrella at him. Mrs. Violetta Stump. 39. the boy's mother, was charged with first degree manslaughter. She was to be arraigned today. The woman told police she tossed
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    Lock icon The V-C Children's Crusade
    238 3 SAIGON, Mon. (CPI) The Vietcong Command hai lowered Its draft are to include 9-year-olds in an attempt to refill its decimated ranks, informed allied sources said yesterday. The children are believed to he the youngest ever armed and recruited in the war. although there have been
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    64 3 KITAHIYAMA. Japan. Mon. (UPI) The Japanese freighter. 'Hajims Maru', which capsized yesterday in rough seas off the northern Island Hokkaido cost the lives of 18 of the 20-man crew, the Maritime Safety Agency reported today. The bodies of all 18 have been recovered, a spokesman said. The two
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    Lock icon Ulbricht's Treaty Condition: Equal Diplomatic Status
    381 4 EAST BERLIN, Mon. (Reuter) East German leader Walter Ulbricht said today that a treaty on the renunciation of force betw««n East and West Germany could only be signed when the two countries enjoyed full international relations. The statement, to an international press conference here,
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    Lock icon Cyclone Hits N.E. Australia
    155 4 MACKAY, Queensland. Mon (Reuter) Floodwsters half a m:le wide surged Into Mackay today after a cydore devastated parts of nortlveast Australia, klll:ng at least two' people Hundreds of people were evacuated from this coastal sugar-growing centre 710 miles north of Brisbane after the Pioneer River burst
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    Lock icon Heath's' False Hopes' To The Far East
    117 4 BRIGHTON. Mon (Reuter) A government minister vesterdav dismissed opposition promises to keep British forces In South-East Asia as an impractical policy that raised false hopes Roy Hattersley, Minister of Defence for Administration, said Edward Heath, leader of Britain's opposition Conservatives. had left many
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    Lock icon Children's Underground With A Cause
    280 4 BIRMINGHAM. England. Mon. (UPI) His nam© Is Terry Seeney. He i* a 13-year-old orphan and he relies on a "children'* underground" to keep htm free and fed. Terry lb a fugitive from what he says Is "Injustice." and has been since he and three of
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    Lock icon Wheelchair Man Kills In 'Self-Defence'
    278 4 INDIANAPOLIS. Indiana. Mon (UPI) A man confined to a wheelchair was charged with first degree murder yesterdav in the death of a man he said cost him use of his legs in a tavern fight seven years ago Police said James Doolin. 35. the handicapped
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    Lock icon Lucy's Other Secret
    229 4 BOURNEMOUTH. England. Mon. (UPI) As far as the neighbours were concerned Locy Parker waa juat a pathetic old widow hardly worth their pity. She dreased in tattera. Her house looked like a garbage dump. And there were her frlenda, society's dregs: drunka. tramps, criminals They didn't have
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    Lock icon India Joins Nuclear Age
    204 4 BOMBAY, Mon. (Reuter) The Prime Minister. Mrs Indira Gandhi will formally launch India into the nudear age today when she commissions Asia's biggest nuclear power station The 400-megawatt station at Tarapur. on the Arabian sea coast 65 miles north of here. Is the first of Its
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    Lock icon Millionaire Brody's Singing Debut A Hit
    351 4 NEW YORK, Mon, (Reuter) Michael Brody, hippie margarine heir with the give-away fortune, went on nation-wide television last night, tang a rock song and promised to dispense "another 100 million" next week Sceptical relative® however Insist that he does not have anything like that
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    Lock icon USSR Labour Reforms To Help Economy
    312 4 MOSCOW, Mon, (Reuter) The Kremlin, appirently concerned at shortcomings in Hie Soviet economy, is ordering sweeping reform in state management and stricter labour discipline for the nation's vast work force/ according to official press reports. The Soviet Communist Party newspaper. 'Pravda*. yesterday reatated wideranging
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    Lock icon 'Space Bus' Weather Satellite
    238 4 VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE. California. Mon. (CPIi All aboard for the "Spac* Bus." leaving Yandenberg Air Force Base early today. The "Space Bus it a second generation Tiros Heather Satellite designed to provide greater coverage of the world's weather at less cost than previous systems Officially
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    Lock icon USSR Advanced N-Weapons
    89 4 GAINEBVILLE. Florid*. Mon (UPI> Dr Edward Teller says the Soviet Union la ahead of the United States In nuclear strike capability and can deliver a Wow that would destroy America's ability to retaliate Teller, called "Father of the Atomic Bomb." told civil defence seminar yesterday that "the
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      317 4 Dtt to flint length 4 Show* Dall'i 11 am 2-30. 615 915 NO INCREASE In PRICES! JAMES BOND 007 -ON HEB MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE" George Lazenoy it D.ana Rig I Panavnalon Si Teeiiaicolor (UAt No Hnlf-Pr.ee! No Military Concision' NO FREE LIST! OPENS TOMORROW! Emt Persian ii He.za Audert In
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      32 4 Jack Lemmon Catherine Deneuve in "The April Fools" Abo tUmng fttcr Lawford. Jack Weston. Mynu Ley and Ctarlet Bow /C\ T«fliitlr>ili n* V|p4 A Oftufli Ctrter Films IA National Gtnerml Plctum Release.
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      294 4 ORGAIMISATIOfM □nCHARD'^"-' NEXT CHANGE' Jaek U" B#B -THE 4Pia rOOLS" In Co ■ST □EON 211 DEFINITELY LAST DATS! U IM. •THE ITALIAN JOB" Michael Came Color. P Viaiaa A Paramount Pictur® Diatributec <» r Cathay OPENS THURSI3 'ln Color* MICHAEL KOHLH '.AS'* ColumK# David Warner Ann* Knnna CATHAY —T3+Q 0
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Contest A-12 Winners
    221 5 POTORAMA 70 BY WSF FIRST PRIZE "Pipe Repairer" by Wong Chee Ngee, 246. Geylang Road, Singapore, 14. The line of sight is directed right to the point from the eves of the two workmen and their concentration towards the repairing of leaking pipe is thus depicted with
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    Lock icon P.S.S. Attains 'Manhood'
    186 5 THE Photographic Society of Singapore celeh its 20th anniversary recently. In a speech, L>< «-.m Boon Tiong, President of PS S at the annual dinner held at the Imperial Room, said that the Society has reached "Manhood". From a small Camera Club, 20 years ago, it rose
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    Lock icon Our 'WSF' Revealed
    93 5 Eastern Sun has pleasure in announcing the appointment of Mr. Wang Su Fah, F.R.P.S. AFIAP as the editor of Photorama 70. Mr. Wang is well-k no w n in local and foreign photographic circles as an accomplished work e r in monochrome and colour, and is the
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    Lock icon PREPARE TO ENTER BIG NEW CONTEST
    144 5 WATCH for the release of Fotorama contest 70, sponsored by Moutrie Pte Ltd. Agents for Minolta cameras, on Monochrome photography. There are three top prises valued more than $600.00 and seven other consolation prises, ranging from $55 $lO each. No entry fee Is required.
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    Lock icon SINO-AMERICAN TALKS
    877 6 rpALKS between the United States and China start today in Warsaw and it is the safest of predictions that the result will not be the quick materialization of a detente in relations between the two countries. There can be no absolute certainties in any interpretation of Chinese moves,
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    Lock icon The Jumbo Jet Is Ready
    849 6  -  ®y ROBERT BUCKHORN WASHINGTON (UN) A revolution In aircraft design-shaped something like a pregnant whale takes to the skies in regular commercial service on Wednesday. It's the Boeing 747, the first of the jumbo jetliners. If its backers are right, It will bring aviation a
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    Lock icon Nixon Is Both The Sculptor And The Clay
    1150 6  -  By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI White House reporter WASHINGTON (UPI) The American Presidency mjy change more in this new decade then it did in the turbulent 10 years past. At the start of the *****, Richard M. Nixon, the first President of the
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    Lock icon On 'The Military Industrial Complex'
    736 6  -  By Joseph Alsop WASHINGTON Let us suppose that President Nixon had been obliged to send MeTvin Laird's nomination as secretary of defence to the Pentagon instead of to the Senate. Let us suppose, too, that the Pentagon's generals and admirals had three times rejected the
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    Lock icon Saigon Is Consulting Astrologers
    464 6  -  By HELEN GIBSON SAIGON (UPI) The elegant Senator's wife waited anxiously in the dirty littlo room while the barefoot boy fetched his soothsayer mother. A pickled toad sat at one end of the table beside an elaborate Japanese doll presented by an admiring client. A thin,
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    Lock icon Waiting For The Call From Nixon...
    385 6  -  By DICK WEST WASHINGTON (UPI) When I got home from work the other evening, my wife, who usually has dinner on the table at that hour, had just turned on the oven. "Sorry to be late." she aald. but I've been sitting bv the
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon RESTRICTIONS ON F. PAPER PRODUCTS
      413 7 THE Committee of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday announced further restrictions on dealings in Federal Paper Products after the price •gain nit new peaks following the suspension of all dealings on a month's delayed In a circular to member-firms, the Committee advised:
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1015 7 TDUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore T'llJ e number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS ACM A $2.20 (1) $2.23 <1» $222 '1); Alcan $1.98 <4» $2.00 <2> $199
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      Lock icon Common Mart Meeting
      69 7 BRUSSELS, Mon. (UPI) Common Market Ministers hold their first meeting today and tomorrow since the European Economic Community (EEC> entered its or final phase at the beginning of this year But though theoretically 1970 marks the beginning of a new era for the Common Market, the foreign,
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      Lock icon Malaysia Orders Two Freighters
      96 7 TOKYO. Mon. (ATPi —The Malaysian International ShipDing Corporation ha* ©laced an order with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy industries for buijdmg two identical highspeed 1 L.200-dwt freighters. Mitsubishi announced today. Payments will be made in US dollar* Or in ven, but the exact price was not announced Equipped
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      Lock icon Aussie Denies Wood Chips Confrontation
      200 7 I CANBERRA. Mon (UPI) Minister for National Develop- ment Reginald Swartz has denied that a direct confrontation beween the Australian and Japanese governments t had arisen over the export of wood chios Swartz'g denial came shortIly after aix Japanese paper I Pulo manufacturing companies had
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      256 7 The following is a berthing I list issued by the Port of Singapore Authontv for today, iJan. 20. 1970. DEPARTURES: God«>wns Vessels 8/9 Mickiewiez. 19 BankuraN W 2 Sletter. 23/24 Jhelum. 25'26 Malaysia. 35/36 Madras Maru. 38/39 Glengarry 42/43 Anshun. 44 Jalagirija. 45 Varra. ARRIVALS: Godowns Vessels
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      Lock icon Sydney Closing Prices
      147 7 SYDNEY. Mon. (UPI) Mondsy's closing Sydney stock exchange selected •hares:— MINING; Acmex 1-00 Ass Min $.50 Austral Mm :$5 Barrier 120 Bh South 5.56 C Nors« M C Gold l°-50 Em per L 25 Endur .6° Gm Kalr U n Gt Bould 5.90 Gt West 26 Hammersley
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      Lock icon Dec. Exports Up By 27.5%
      55 7 TOKYO Mon <UPI) Japan's export* in last December ros« to a record U551.663.241 000. the International Trad# and Industry Ministry said. The Ministry Mid the figure wa» 27 3 per cent increase over December, IP6B. Th« previous export record for a single month «n US
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      Lock icon Japan-Pakistan Trade Talks
      56 7 RAWALPINDI. Mon. (UPI) Japanes# Deputv Vice Foreign Minister Shinsaku Hogen arrived vesterdav from Karachi for talks on th® expansion of economic and trad® cooperation between Japan and Pakistan. Hogen. who is the leader of a three-member delegation, started discussions with Pakistani authorities today. He arrived in Karachi
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      Lock icon $18m Malaysia- India Textile Venture Soon At P. Wellesley
      594 7 $18m MalaysiaIndia Textile Venture Soon At P. Wellesley KUALA LUMPUR, Mon, An $lB million Malay-sian-lndian joint venture company it to set up an integrated textile mill which will be the first in Malaysia to produce suiting, shirting and dress material made out of a variety of fibre blends. The new
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 70 1/8 Cts.
      262 7 February first grade rubber buyers r'.oterf at 5 p.m.. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterdav at 70-1/8 cents per lb.. ut> on# cent from the previous close. The tone of the market wa« quiet. The market ruled very quiet but steady during the morning on shorteovering
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      Lock icon Japan: Record Imports In 1969
      66 7 TOKYO, Mon. (Reuter) The Ministry of International Trada and Industry lias announced that Japan's imports in 1 969 reached a record U5514,469,*****00 based on import licences. The figures shewed a large increase of 23.1 per cent over the level of 1968. The ministry said the
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      Lock icon Stock Exchange Closing Prices
      603 7 SINGAPORE—Stork Exchange »°M and olher prices offlcially listed at the d»» of bosiaeaa. INDUSTRIALS A CM A B. Aican 2 0« 1 07 Ben A Co. i MI Borneo Blid. i.5ft BouMead Co- cd C Plywood 209 2.12 IJS SilVKarii* 11 C. Carriage uU 17 D
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      Lock icon AIRLINES TO MERGE
      79 7 NEW YORK. Mor (LTD— American Airlines and Trans Caribbean Airways yesterday announced propose* merger plans the term* which must be approved br the boards of director* of each firm, stockholders the Civil Aeronautics Board. Trang Caribbean shareholders would receive 74 shares of American for each 100 shares
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      Lock icon Japan Buys Rice For In'sia
      68 7 BANGKOK, Mon. (Reuter> —Japan h«B confirmed it will buv nee. worth US$4 5 million from Thailand, Economic Affairs Minister Boonchana Atthakorn said today. He told reporters the rice would be delivered to Indonesia as part of Japan'* food aid programme for that country. Mr. Boonchana
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      88 7 1 MB nouo DtlM a it the MBta> pore Chin*** Produce urbane* ya»terd»r wr»v Bare* Heller Cocunat Oil SIM (FOB) Balk lix-tiniii oil MM (FOB.) Drum W Mixed Copra S5M Mumuk whit* Peppt 180 00 iroE) 9ar»»ak White P*M *1 17: M (FOB) Sinitik Bine* Pepper (F-O.B-) SL-W. >•
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      78 7 i i for Jaa HAK1►RKD 1 Ml IKLH Growth Feed 1 OS 1.1S A«I4 l*MI TKLSTi Mai- intMt- Fan a 1*0 140 SINGAPORE UNIT T1UST* 1st Malayaa xd s.s« mm tad Malayan ad t.99 3rd Malayan 11) The Com lad xd 1 04 1 14 The Set Fund
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      Lock icon Tin Price
      13 7 The tin one® fo- vesterdif wa* $701.50 per picul. down sl-62f
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      205 7 ARRIVALS 8 IS a m. MSA 128 E Lampar 9-45 am. MSA 110 E. Lumpar 12 30 pm- MSA 451 Enchlng 2 80 pm. MSA 021 E- Lampar. Malacca--3 25 pm. MSA 458 EoU Etnabalu. 8.40 p m. MSA 521 B a n g k ok. penang. 7.10
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      29 7 Congratulations Best Wishes to LEVER BROTHERS SINGAPORE SDN. BHD. on the opening at 320 Jalan Boon from: Messrs. V. Kurunathan Soon Huat Hin Chop Hock Hin Eng Chin Soon
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE
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      Lock icon Hovercraft 'Discovers' Great Flocks Of Flamingoes
      647 8 By CHARLES LAMBELIN KINSHASA, Congo Republic, (Router) The discovery of great flocks of flamingoes on hitherto unexplored lakes in Mauretania was just one unexpected outcome of the recent British trans-African expedition by hovercraft. The expedition, which set up a world distance record for a
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      Lock icon Recent Research On Marsupial
      1133 8  -  By HARRY FRAUCA CANBERRA: The first detailed study of one of Australia's most common tree dwelling marsupials, the greater glider possum, schoinobates volans, was recently carried out by Dr. R.F.C. Smith at present with the Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Described by naturalist
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      Lock icon A Banana For Boo
      470 8  -  By JACK WALSH SONGKHLA, Thailand (UPI) 800 is 3 years old, weight about 30 pounds and easilv does the work of at least 10 men. 800 works as a coconut picker, a job that <-omes quite naturallv to him He is a monkey In this coconut
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      Lock icon SCIENCE NOTES: Pollution And Less Efficiency
      315 8  -  By DELOS SMITH NEW YORK (UPI) By scientific test goldfish and city people Have this in common pollution of their respective environments cuts down on the mental efficiency. Other scientists have be*n mamlv concerned with physiral harm to man and animals, from environmental po.lutants.
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      Lock icon Girlfriend Goes Overboard On Expensive Gifts For Him
      669 8  -  Date-line By Ele, Walt Dulaney DEAR ELE: I am going steady with Lois. This if my first steady experience and I have a probem. Lois is the type of person who wants to do some, thing for you all the tima to
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      260 8 QUIZ Corner 1. Where are the lonian Islands' 2 Where is Karl Marx buried' 3. What is meant by LARDING meat or poultry? 4 What is a 'bandanna'? 5. When d»d the English capture Jamaica from the Spanish? 6 Where and when did Robert Browning die? 7. Name the 'Five
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  • SUN SPORT
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      Lock icon Rocky, Clay In Computer Bout
      333 10 NEW YORK, Mon. (AFP) "Fight of the Century", the "Big Guys' Bout" and the "Final Shake-Down" are some of the epithets hung on Tuesday's computer boxing match between Rocky Marciano and Cassius Clay, the only two heavyweight scrappers to give up their titles undefeated. That
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      Lock icon Substitute If Stevens Disappoints
      221 10 TOKYO. Mon. (UP!) Another challenger will be selected If Chiles Godfrey Stevens does not arrive In Tokyo In time for Shozo Saijo's third defence of his World Boxing Association's (WBA> featherweight crown, Feb. 8. the champion's manager said today. Manager Masaki Kanehlra, who Is promoting the
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      Lock icon Atzori Wins Decision
      69 10 CAGLIARI. Sardinia, Mon. <UPI) European Flyweight Champion Fernando Atzori of Italy scored a 10-round decision last night over Tunisian champion Abdeslem Ben Salah In a non-title bout. Atzori. who weighed 115-1/2 pounds was never in serious trouble against the 116-pound Tunisian Former World Light-Welter-weight Champion San d
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      Lock icon W. Germans Win Hockey
      143 10 BOMBAY. Mon. (UPIi West Germany won the International Hockey Tournament yesterday with a 3-0 victory over Holland. For skipper Carsten Keller, playing his 98th International. it was a dream come true He told UPI after the finals he was "more than satisfied. We are on our
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      Lock icon Sabotage Charge In Auto Rally
      375 10 MONTE CARLO, Mon. (Reuter) —'Monte Carlo Rally crews converged on their destination here today amid Italian allegations that sabotage attempts were made on three of their cars at a Yugoslav checkpoint. Three Italian drivers told reporters on reaching Padua. Northern Italy, last night that toothpicks
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      Lock icon Photo shows Col. E. D. Smith of the Brigade of Gurkhas presenting the trophy to Capt. Tony Kerr of the Gurkha Engineers.
      51 10 THE Gurkha Engineers, playing fast hockey, defeated the Gurkha Signals 5-1 last week in the finals of the 17 Division Minor Units Hockey Tournament held at Paroi Camp,
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      Lock icon Douglass Makes It 3 In Phoenix
      308 10 PHOENIX Arts., Mon. (Reuter) Dale Douglass scored a five under par 66 here and came from three shots off the pace to capture the 100,000 dollar Phoenix Open Golf Tournament, his third title in nine months. After a shaky front nine that included two
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      Lock icon French Trot Classic
      93 10 VTNCENNES. France. Mon. (Reuter) Tldalium Pelo. ridden bv Jean Marie, won the 400.000 francs (USs72.ooo> Prix Cornulier. the world's richest mounted trottinp race, over 2.600 metres (a mile and five furlongs) here today. Tidalium Pe!o. owned by Roger Lemarie. finished s tr <»B" ly to tak* the
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      Lock icon Davis Cup To Mull Ban On S. Africa, Rhodesia
      383 10 LONDON, Mon, (UPI) An emergency meeting of countries faking part in this year's Davis Cup competition, which would decide the fate of South Africa and Rhodesia, seems certain to be held in London in March, it was announced yes- terday. The
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      Lock icon Russel Wins Slalom
      138 10 KITZBUEHEL. Austria. Mon. (UPI) World Cup leader Patrick Russel of France yesterday won the Special Slalom of the International Hahnenkamn Ski races, and the Alpine eon*b:n*d The French racer clocked a total time of 110.77 seconds in the two heats of the special slalom with Gustavo Thoeni
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      Lock icon Newcombe Wins Title
      126 10 MELBOURNE. Mon. <UPI) Australian John Newcombe won the men's singles final of the Victorian tennis championships Sunday after fellow countryman Tony Roche was forced to retire at the end of the third set because of a strained elbow. Newcombe was leading 6-4. 6-4. 4-6. before the game
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      Lock icon Yugo Footers Win In Quito
      95 10 QUITO, Ecuador. Mon. •UPI) The touring Hajduk of Yugoslavia football team defeated the Ecuadorean league champion Sports University yesterday 3-1. In a well-played game before 20.000 spectators. Hajduk led at the half 1-0. Pavllca. Oblak and Jerkovlc were best for the Yugos. Hajduk showed an
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      Lock icon Shot Put Mark
      57 10 MOSCOW. Mor (Reuteri Russian Nadezhda Chizhova, women's world shot putt re-cord-holder, added eight centimetres (three inches) to her own indoor hest mark with throw of 18 36 metres (®0 ft--2-3/4 ins.) at Leningrad today. Chizhova's world outdoor record, set during the European championships In Athena last September.
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      Lock icon Jack Lawson Named Athlete Of The Meet
      461 10 LOS ANGELES. Mon. (UPI) —Veteran distance runner John Lawson a Kansas Jawhawker in college. modestly claimed he had a home advantage over Kipchoge Keino of Kenya when he upset the Olympic Games 1,500metre star in the mile feature of the Sunkist invitational Indoor
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      Lock icon IBF Sends Out Feelers
      405 10 WORLD BADMINTON THE International Badminton Federation, bugged by the problem of finance, has sent out questionnaires to all national organisations affiliated to it, to sound out their views about the proposed World Badminton Championships proposed by Singapore. Its Honorary Secretary, Mr. H.A.E. Seheele, has written to
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      Lock icon Bruins Swamp Loyola
      404 10 COLLEGE CAGE NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) Walk, don't run, is probably the best advice for future college basketball opponents of UCLA this season. But the end result may not be any different. The top-ranked Bruins had little difficulty running their record to 12-0 Saturday night with a
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      Lock icon Foyt Wins Auto Race
      107 10 RIVERSIDE. Calif. (UPIT A.J. Toyt. the 35-year-old veteran driver. yesterday scored a four-second Victory fL the acclde nt-marred *****0 U5. dollars Motor Trend J. 000 a Riverside international Raceway. Jim Cook. 48. was critically injured when his 1963 Ford was involved in an accident with David
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      Lock icon Narrow Wins For Police And SRC
      580 11 POLICE Sports Association 'A' team defeated Khalse Association 2-0 in the opening match of the Singapore Hockey Association Division One league played at the Police Academy grounds, Thomson Road, yesterday. The hard-fought match saw Police having a slight edge over their rivals In the
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      Lock icon Chappell In Form In Shield Cricket
      216 11 BRISBANE. Mon. (Reuter) Greg Chappell hit 156 not out his highest first-class score, for South Australia against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield match here today, which ended in a draw. got the runs in 254 minutes. hitting 20 fours He made a total of
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      Lock icon To London To Protest
      130 11 JAXARTA. Mon (AFP> A representative <>f the Indonesian Badminton Federation will leave here shortly for London to make representations to the International Badminton Federation iollowsnf alleged irregularities by the Thai umpire in the recent Indonesia-Thailand Thoma s Cup tournament in Bangkok. A statement issued By the
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      Lock icon Police And PAS Draw Soccer
      121 11 A laa* minute goal by centre-forward R Chandran saved Port Authority 0 f Singapore Recreation Club from certain defeat at the hands of the Singapore Police Sports Association in the Singapore Government services football league match played at the Police Academy. Thomson Road, yesterday. Down
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      Lock icon Indon Envoy Charges Thai Umpire Was Very Unfair
      519 11 JAKARTA, Mow. (Reuter and AFP) Indonesia's Ambassador to Thailand. General Dharsono, Hat returned for an unscheduled visit here with the Indonesian Thomas Cup badminton team following a row over the umpiring of a match by Thai officials at the Asian Thomas CUD
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      Lock icon S'PORE RACE WEIGHTS
      991 11 FOLLOWI N(3«rc tka! race weights for this weekend's racing at Bukit Timah: SATURDAY HORSES CLASS 2—DIV. 2 1 MILE Melmark 9.oft Pahang 9.0° Pelor Ma* 8 12 Lord Timothy 8.11 Camaro 8.1« Beau B°' Flying Finn 807 State Law 8 07 Laju Laju 8.07 Pa sir Bogak
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      Lock icon Skating Mark
      75 11 DAVOS. Switzerland, Mon. (UPI) Sweden'# Hasse BoerJe s set a new world record in soeedskating, completing 500 metre* In 38.9 seconds at an international apeedakatin? event here yesterday. Officially the world record la held in common by the west German Erhard Keller, Suzuki of Japan and Jepchkin of
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      72 11 Accommodation Wanted Holiday seaside bungalow in Singapore required by reputable company. 3 to 4 bedrooms. Long or short lease considered. Full details including rental, no. of bedrooms /bathrooms, to Box No. ESC. 23-B Cantonment Road, Singapore 2. SITUATION WANTED Bachelor. 41 with previous experience as clerk, cleaner c peks housework,
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      1186 11 r. TV SINGAPURA CHANNEL 8 P.M 3 Qr> Opening Announcements m j<ll Languages and Morning SUr; 320 Woman's World <Malav); 3.30 A Diary Of Events In Singapore This Week (Malay); 353 It's Happening in Singapore (Malay) <Repeat); 4OS revton Place (Chinese Subtitles); 4.55 Close; 605 Opening Anncts in all Languages
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    Lock icon No 'Feat' For Protected Feet
    135 12 Let a heavy truck run over your toes and come away unscathed? Sounds crazy but It can be done, as Illustrated In this picture. It has nothing to do with leverage or toughening of the toes through some complex exercises. The answer lies In the
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    Lock icon No Jackpot
    85 12 There were no first and second group prize winners in Sunday's Toto draw However. Singapore Pools (Pte.) Ltd said in a statement yesterday, there were many participants who had four and three numbers correct and each will receive $350 and $l5 respectively. In the three-circle draw, each winner
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    Lock icon Skilled Labour Needed To Service Off-Shore Oil Drilling
    168 12 Skilled Labour Needed To Service OffShore Oil Drilling SINGAPORE shipyards must maintain abundant skilled labour to cope with increasing orders following the "exploding" off-shore oil drilling industry in Southeast Asia. i Mr. Robert T Young, senior vice-president of the American Bureau of Shipping said this after he toured the VTU
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    Lock icon 35 Accidents
    15 12 There wee a total of 35 accidents, two of which were serious, yesterday.
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    Lock icon COUPLE ROBBED
    99 12 Seven youths. a il armed with knives, robbed a courting couple in a car of a total of $1,200 in cash and jewellery at Jalan Kolam Ayer early yesterday morning The victim. Lim Chin Beng. 24. of Bendeemer Road, told police that he was with his girlfriend in
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    Lock icon Malcolm's Portraits Are Good Enough To Eat
    332 12  -  by K. S. Sidhu .MALCOLM GABRIEL, 23, a very promising artist who hails from Penang, is one person who uses a unique paste margarine for his fabulous presentation. Take for Instance his latest creations of the weary portrait of Marco Polo, of Madam
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    Lock icon MacPherson Road Flat Gutted By Fire
    162 12 TWO fir* engines from the Central Fire Station took about half an hour to put out a fire which broke out at the sitting room of a Housing and Development flat at Jalan Pipit, off MacPherson Road, yesterday afternoon. Two small boys, aged five
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    Lock icon Shopkeeper Robbed Of $1,500
    129 12 A coffee shoo proprietor. Lim Yeon Cheong. 45. was robbed of $1.500 in cash and cigarettes shortly after he. had closed his shop at Jalan Bahagia early yesterday morning Lim was in the shop with two assistants and was about to take his bath wh*n there
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    Lock icon BLOOD DONORS NEEDED
    171 12 Reserve blood stocks have fallen orer the last week from 641 units to 582 units yesterday morning, the Blood Transfusion Service announced here. In appealing for more blood donors to step forward, the acting Medical Officer In charge of the Service. Dr. Y. W. Ong. said: "This
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    Lock icon Buddhist Youth Committee
    108 12 Brother Chou Pen* Seah. wag elected th* President of the Singapore Buddhist Youth Mission for the year 1970 at the fifth annual general meeting on Jan. 11. The other office bearen are as follows: Vice President; Brother Chan Tin* Phuan. Hon. General Secretary: Brother Lim Chin Kong,
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    Lock icon Postal Savings Up $15.3m
    145 12 The sating deposit* In tbe Postal Savings Bank hu jumped from $22.8 million In 1968 to $38.1 million in 1969. an Increase of $15.3 million or 67 percent, as a result of I incentives offered by the i bank. The Incentives Introduced last year will continue
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    Lock icon Belgian Prince Drops In
    136 12 Prince Albert of Belgium, accompanied by his Economics Counsellor. Mr Michael Didlshelm. paid a brief vtslt to Singapore over the weekend During hi* two-hour stopover In Singapore the Prince made full use of his time by making a tour of the city a nd the housing
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    Lock icon Home-made Pistol
    63 12 P*nang Mon A ma« has been detained by police in connection with the recovery of a home-made pistol and fou r rounds of ammunition at a hous* in Permatang Damar Laul. Balik Pulau here yesterday The home-mad* pistol is believed to hav* been made in Thal'and. A policy
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    Lock icon Five Charged With Rioting At Quarry
    345 12 FIVE men were yWterdey charged before the Seventh Court Magistrate, Mr, G. S. Sandosham for being members of an unlawful assembly at the Mandai Quarry on Jan 3 1969. The men. Koh Keng Hong 27. Wong Kim Noo 25. Tok £hoon Chui 30, Toh
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      158 12 •v r i* f\ I h 01 JOIN NOW! ™2"< Thi Air Command of thl l^^pi 6356 send IDC Singapore Armed Forces is recruit- ing young men to become Pilot Officers young I Name: men who ere physically fit. intelligent end willing NRICNo: to accept the challenge of this exciting.
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      85 12 Time Tide TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 319 an. (5 6 ft.) 851 a.m. (8 4 ft.) 4 12 pm. (14 ft.) 921 pm. (78 ft.) NAVAL DOCKYARD: 3 33 a m (6 4 ft 843 am. (91 ft.) 3 53 p.m. (2.2 ft.) 11.31 pm. (9 8 ft > TOMORROW SINGAPORE
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