Eastern Sun, 5 March 1970

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1283 Thursday* 5 March 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cent*
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    Lock icon Bangkok Talks This Weekend On Border Reds
    379 1 JJANGKOK, Wed. (Reuter) Malaysia and Thailand will start talks next weekend on a new border agreement which is expected to give each other freer territorial access in the border fight against Communist guerillas. The agreement to be sigred next Monday will reflect increased
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    Lock icon Healey Rejects Faster Pullout From Singapore
    82 1 LONDON. Wed (Router) —Defence Secretary Denis Healey rejected a request in Parliament today for an accelerated rundown of the Singapore base Hp told the House of Commons: "W e have agrees a programme for ♦he rundown with the four Commonwealth eovernment« concerned and the
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    Lock icon Russia Rejects 'Destroy Israel' Moves By Arabs
    66 1 MOSCOW. Wed. (UPI> The Soviet Union rejects the Arab guerrilla programme for the destruction of Israel though i f supports the guerrilla efforts to regain occupied lands, the chief spokesman of the Foreign Ministry said today "Our policy on Israel Is clear." Leonid
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    Lock icon Stampede Greets The Queen
    111 1 LAUTOKA. Fiji Wed. (UPI) A crowd of 15 nno stampeded and broke through police cordons to get nearer Queen Elizabeth tonight, trampling children underfoot. Police said there were no serious injuries, although several children got bad scares and their crying mingled with the joyous shouts of
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    Lock icon Huks Strike
    26 1 MANILA. Wed < Reuter) Philippine Constabulary defenders drove off a squad of Huk Communist guerrilla* who attached a command t>ost in Tarlac orovincp this morning
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    Lock icon Stock Exchange Acts On Federal Paper
    125 1 The Committee of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday edged closer to clearing the outstanding position in Federal Paper Products In a circular to memberfirms. It sueeested that a settlement at $4 00 was reasonable In view of the oversold position. Apparently,
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    Lock icon 'I'M GOING TO SAVE SOMEONE'
    357 1  -  By K. S. SIDHU FACTORY girl Low See Moi, 20, hod o feeling o girlfriend was going to die ond almost drowned trying to save her. Strong currents swept her out to sea after she had dived in the muddy waters at the mouth of
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    Lock icon Hanoi Troops Desert The Plain Of Jars
    214 1 VIENTIANE, Wed. (Reuter) —Continuing air attacks have forced North Vietnamese troops to leave the recently conquered Plain of Jars virtually deserted military sources said today. The sources Mid tbe North Vietnamese troops had regrouDed in the hille around the Plain to flrd better
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    Lock icon Death Penalty For Sacrifices
    69 1 NEW DELHI. Wed (Reuter) —India wft] consider imposing the death penalty for human sa-rifice Home Minister Yashwantrao Chavan told the Council of States today. Mr Chavan sain the Gujarat State Government had reoorted a human sacrifice in Januarv when a man was killed bv two men
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    Lock icon Free Tickets Out Of 'Quake City'
    180 1 NAPLES, Wed, (UP!) The government today offered free railway tickets to anywhere in Italy, in the hope of luring away thousands of Pozsuoli slum dwellers whose houses are crumbling as the earth slowly rises. About 800 train ticket* to points all over Italy were
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    Lock icon Heathrow At A Near Standstill
    97 1 LONDON, Wed. (Reute*) A snowstorm and striking airport firemen brought air traffic in and out of London Airport to a near standstill t«day Many flights into London were diver °d to Europe when snow-covered runways at Heathrow airport slowed landings and takeofls to trickle. The
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    Lock icon Harold Wilson's Window Broken
    39 1 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) A 54-year-old man appeared in court today after a window at Prime Minister Harold Wilson's official residence. 10 Downing Street, was smashed Charles Kennev was remanded on bail u «til March 17.
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    Lock icon FRENCH SUB FEARED LOST
    57 1 TOULON. Wed. (ReuterV French naval authorities said today thev were "very worried** about a French submarine which lost radio contact during a dive in the Mediterranean at 7.30 this morning Naval sources said that the families of the submarine's crew were being told that the crafr
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    Lock icon 'NO ELECTIONS AT EXPENSE OF SECURITY'
    437 2 KUCHING, Wed. The resumption of elections in Sarawak should not be at the expense of the security of the state, the Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman said here today. "The government do not want to hold elections that would mar the relationship of the
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    Lock icon TUNKU BRIEFED
    81 2 KUCHING Sarawak, Wed, (AFP) Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman had a two-hour security briefing with the State Operations Committee at the headquarters of the First Malaysian Infantry Division here thi| afternoon. The Tunku told newsmen after the briefing that the security situation in the state was firmly
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    Lock icon 'Soldier Stole From Airman'
    93 2 A National Serviceman of the Singapore Armed Forces, in Pulau Biakang Matl, Mohammed SharifT bin Mohammed 20. was yesterday charged in the Ninth Magistrate Court for the theft of a camera belonging to Michael C. Hardy of the RAF. "e admitted stealing a "Minolta" camera valued
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    Lock icon Joint Carpet, Rug Venture
    72 2 TOKYO. Wed. <UPI> The world's largest integrated textile manufacturer. Burlington Industries. Inc. of Greensbord. North Carolina. Tuesday signed a contract with Mitsubishi Rayon Company to launch a joint carpet and ruz production venture In japan, it was reported. The Japanese Kyodo news agency said the contract
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    Lock icon Mrs. K. Kim Re-elected
    71 2 MRS. K. Kim has been re* elected as President of tha Singapore Sogetsu Association at the fourth annual general meeting held recently. Datin Le# Ch«e Shan was elected as Vice President. The other offo® bearers are: Mrs. E Smail (Hon Secretary). Mrs. Betty Lai (Hon. Treasurer).
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    Lock icon Two Hurt In Crash
    46 2 A car driver, Talib bin Sudin. and a motor van driver, Toh Yong Hock, were injured when their vehicles collided along Bukit Timah 5 J m.s- yesterday at 12.15 ©.m. Talib. 40. and Toh 25 were rushed to hospital by an ambulance.
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    Lock icon Director Hopes To Make Champagne Flow More Here
    265 2 THE Sales Director of Champagne Heidsieck Champagne, Mr. Gerard L. Pelle, expressed the hope that Singaporeans would take to champagne with the introduction of his company's premium champagne, "Diamant Bleu". "Champange is not popular among Asian* and unlike the Brituh. American and
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    Lock icon Three Months For Passport Fraud
    162 2 A 19-year-old shop/assistant from Indonesia who slipped into Singapore without a valid pass and used another person's identity card to obtain a Singapore passport, was yesterday failed for three months. Ch'ng Keng Boon, admitted to the Fourth District Court Judge, Mr. Dalip Singh that he
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    Lock icon M'sia And The N-Treaty
    56 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wad Malaysia will s; 5n nuclear non proliferation tr<*at v in three capitals Washington London and Moscow tomorrow The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said todav the treaty will be signed bv the Malaysian ambassadors to Washingtor and Moscow and the High Commissioner m London,
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    Lock icon The Fourth 'Maiden' Makes Port In 1970
    164 2 THf British India ship, "Amra," yesterday was presented with a silver salver by tfie Port of Singapore Authority on her maiden voyage to the Republic. At a simple ceremony held aboard the vessel, Mr Koh Tiong Seng, Proiect Manager, Container Operations Unit, PSA,
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    Lock icon FINED FOR STABBING 'UNFAITHFUL' WIFE
    201 2 Kasinathan nrumugam was yesterday found guilty and fined $3OO by the Tenth Court Magistrate, Mr. Chan Chee Pew, for stabbing his wife who was accused of being unfaithful to him. The wife K. Letchemi told the court that her husband came home on Dec 10.
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    Lock icon Spain's Envoy
    57 2 The new Ambassador of th«. State of Spain. Don Carlos Fernandez de Henestrosa, yesterday presented hi g letter of Credence to the President of Singapore. Enche Yusof bin Ishak. He succeeds. Mr. Emilio Beladiez. Don Carlos, who will reside in Bangkok, Is also known as Marques de Villadarias.
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    Lock icon EXPO '70
    50 2 A MODEL of the Singapore Tropical Garden Pavilion at Osaka Expo '7O will be open for the public for inspection on March 7 and 8 at the Shell House. Collyer Quay. The exhibition of the model will remain open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days.
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    Lock icon Lecture On Cyelamates
    110 2 A public forum on "Cyelamates and other food additives" will be held at th e Outram Road General Hospital, Pathology Lecture Theatre, on March 21 at 8 p.m. Organised by the Singapore Medical Association, the forum will have three speakers. Dr Phoon Wai On of the Public
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    Lock icon Accidents Down In January
    107 2 There was a drop In number of road accident! in January as compared to the previous month. In January this year, there were a total of 2.790 road accidents, an average of 90 accidents a day while in December there were 5.958 accidents, twice as much
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    Lock icon Tripartite Pact On Copper Hunt
    52 2 RABAT, Wed (UPI) The Mitsui Mining and Smelting Company Limited of Japan, the Moroccan Government Mineral Research and Investment Board and the French Omnium Nord African Company have signed an agreement for the exploration and exploitation of copper deposits m the Z agora region of
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    Lock icon Sales Seminars
    39 2 Scandinavian Airlines System will hold sales seminars for travel agents in Singapore and Malaysia this month. The seminar in Kuala Lumpur will be held on March 19 and 20, and in Singapore on March 16 and IT.
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    Lock icon About People In Singapore
    345 2 Cnche o*hrr*n W**c. Minister 'or Social Affair* will inspeet Mie Grand PH« Circuit and tour the Circuit J > ;mo aing at 10.15 a.m. MP HO Kah Leon® the MP for Jurong will oftciate at th<* balloting of flats th'-S evening at 30 pm The balloting
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    Lock icon AUSTRALIA'S No. 1 ARMED ROBBERY
    246 3 SYDNEY, Wed. (Reuter) Three armed bandits today staged Australia's biggest and most daring robbery. They held up a payroll truck and escaped with 525,000 dollars police said. The money was taken from an armoured payroll truck belonging to Mayne Nickless Ltd, parked while Its three-man
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    Lock icon PM Gorton: Burchett Is A Traitor To His Country
    215 3 CANBERRA. Wed. (Reuter) The Australian Government will not issue Journalist Wilfred Burchett with an Australian passport. Prime Minister John Gorton told the House of Representatives today. Burchett. 58. is a wellknown writer on communist affairs who has reported from both North
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    Lock icon No Water
    66 3 JAKARTA. Wed (AFP) Lightning struck a water Pipe and cut ofT the main supply to Bandung, capital of West Java, the Army's daily newspaper. Berita Yudha. reported today. People nearby fleH when water sProuted from a gash in the melted pipe following an explosion heard 700 yards away.
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    Lock icon EXPO '7O PAVILIONS stand out in a lighting test conducted on the site. The exposition will be opened on March 15. It will stay open until 10 p.m. Street lamps and other lighting equipment on the site are so arranged that no shadow is made on the plazas and roads. A huge Soviet pavilion is seen on the upper right Australia's site is at the lower left.
    69 3 EXPO '7O PAVILIONS stand out in a lighting test conducted on the site. The exposition will be opened on March 15. It will stay open until 10 p.m. Street lamps and other lighting equipment on the site are so arranged that no shadow is made on the plazas and roads.
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    Lock icon A Real Hot Reception
    112 3 LONDON. Wed (UPI) London students shouted and threw a fire cracker at a South Vietnamese diplomat, forcing him to give up a speech at the London School of Economics. Duong Hong Due, Second Secretary at the South Vietnamese embassy, had started to speak at a Liberal
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    Lock icon N-Treatment
    62 3 TOKYO. Wed (UPI) A Canadian engineer w a released today from the Tokyo University Hospital where his brain tumor was bombarded bv rays from a nu?)«ar reactor. Costa Taloumis. 32 was treated for 40 davs- He camp to Japan late last year. Two other patients one an unidentified American,
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    Lock icon BOLD ANTI-USSR WRITER OUT OF YUGOSLAV JAIL
    420 3 SREMSKA MITROVICA. Yugoslavia. Wed. (Reuter) Dr. Mihajlo Mihajlov. writer and university lecturer. was freed from jail here today. He served three and a half years for spreading 'false information' and publishing banned' articles abroad The 36-year-old intellect tual was sentenced to four and
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    Lock icon PUBLIC TRANSPORT CRISIS IN MANILA
    383 3 MANILA, Wed. (AFP) Manila's 5,000 jeepney (10-seat, taxi-jeep) drivers this afternoon ended a violence-marred 48-hour strike. Public transport was previously completely paralysed and a pedicab driver stoned to death. The walkout ended when the Philippine Public Service Commission accepted 'in principle' some of the strikers'
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    Lock icon NO INDON RATIFICATION ON N-TREATY
    371 3 JAKARTA, Wed, (AFP) —Indonesia will no* ratify its signature of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty until it is guaranteed against attack by Com- munist China. This Is the effect of an explanation given todav by a complete v reliable government source of Indonesia's apparent policy-switch. It
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    Lock icon On Strike
    90 3 SEOUL. Wed. <UPI> Some 6.000 nurses in South Korea continued their partial strike for the second day today and refused injections to patient*. Five representatives of the Korean Nurse Association met with Health-Social Affairs Minister Kim Tae Dong. They asked that legal protection be provided for nurses administering
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    Lock icon Students Break Into Parliament
    80 3 SAN SALVADOR Wed. (AFP) Rioting left-wing students broke into Parliament building here la»t night demanding the vote of larger credit* for the university After breaking in the doors of the deserted building the rioters smashed windows. slashed paintings, and daubed the walls with the hammer and
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    Lock icon Seoul Court Sentences Two Men To Death
    99 3 SEOUL. Wed. (AFP) The Seoul Appelate Court todav sentences former National Assemblyman Kim Kyunmam and Cambridge University educated Intellectual Pak Rosoo to death for having been agents of a North Korean espionage ring Both men travelled to East Ber'.ln and then to Pyongyang
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    Lock icon Reds Attack 5 Cinemas
    115 3 CALCUTTA. Wed <Reuter) Armed Indian Maoist Communist revolutionaries tossed home-made bombs here yesterday when they attacked five cinemas All the theatres were showing the same movie, police said Thev i-dded that in the simultaneous attacks, stones, other missl'.es and. at one place, a revolver was also
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    Lock icon Off-Camera Bridge
    111 3 KATMANDU. Wed (UPT) —Police confiscated the camera* of an ambassador and six other niolomats who photographed the "Friendship"' bridge on the NepalChina frontier, the Englishlanguage newspaper. 'Himali Belya' said yesterday. It added the cameras were returned after the film was exposed and destroyed. The newspaoer said the unnamed
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    Lock icon MOB OVERTURN SCHOOL BUS
    223 3 ATLANTA, Georgia, Wed. (UPI) —An angry White mob overturned two school buses loaded with Negro children at a newly-desegregated school at Lamar, South Carolina yesterday. They also attacked law enforcement officers with axe handler, chains and bricks, A force of South Carolina highway patrolmen battled the
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    Lock icon Congress Acts To Block Rail Strike
    301 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) Congress prepaid for swift action today to pass legislation that would prevent a nation-wide rail strike. It is scheduled to begin at one minute past midnight tomor- row morning. President Nixon sent an urgent message to Capitol Hill last night. He
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    Lock icon Ford Cars On Lead-Free Gas
    149 5 DETROIT Michigan Wed (UPI) ford Motor Co. ▼esterdav announced that pe r cent of its eng nes produced at the start of the 1971 mode! ye?r will be able to operate effectively with non-lead gasoline It ii designer to reduce automobile exhaust pollution The remaining
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    Lock icon No Cigarette Ads On US TV From 1971
    211 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. < Reuter* A congressional committee has agreed to a bill banning cigarette advertising on radio and television from January 2 next year. The agreement was reached yesterday by a joint committee from the Senate and House of Representatives It was
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    Lock icon Now A Riot In Illinois
    98 5 CHAMPAIGN. r.llno:s. (UPI) A contingent of 300 lUinon National Guardsmen was moved to the University of Illinois campus last nl*ht. A 10:30 p.m. curfew was Imposed after a second n:*ht of window-breaking by protesting students There were "several" arrests Champaign County Sheriff Russell Chanev dselosed.
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    Lock icon PI Quake
    29 5 MANILA. Wed. (Reuter) A mild earthquake rocked Manila and its suburbs thl* morning N'o properties wag reported damaged Scientists placed the epicentre 100 miles south of here
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    Lock icon TEACHER CAUGHT IN DRUG RAID
    212 5 NEW YORK, Wed (Reuter) Eight high school students and a trainee teacher were among 26 people arrested here during po lice drug raids on 14 Brooklyn schools. The eight students —a'l from the same school were charged yesterday with peddling heroin, barbiturates, LSD and other
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    Lock icon SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROLMEN walk past an overturned school bus on Tuesday. An angry mob of whites tried to prevent Negro children from entering a predominantly white Lamar High School. State troopers had to use tear gas on the unruly crowd. They were trying to get the children out safely. The mob then broke the windows of the busese and overturned them. The South Carolina Governor declared the irrational attacks "defied all human reason and understanding."
    78 5 SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROLMEN walk past an overturned school bus on Tuesday. An angry mob of whites tried to prevent Negro children from entering a predominantly white Lamar High School. State troopers had to use tear gas on the unruly crowd. They were trying to get the children out safely.
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    Lock icon It's The Pill Or 'Nelson Babies'
    143 5 WASHINGTON Wed. (UPI* Sen Gaylord Nelson (Democrat W:scon «a> yes'erday accused of creatine so much fear about b rtJl control that IOO.CWH) unwanted "Ne'son babies" will be born th.« year alone Nelson .s cha.rmar. of a Senate tub-committee which has held widely-publicised hearings on
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    Lock icon Okinawa's Call Girl
    93 5 TOKYO. Wed. <UPI> The number of prostitute* on Okinawa has doubled in five years to 7.400 However. very few are making money, the Diet 'Parliament) was told today. Two women members of the House of Councillor* said their study revealed that the girl* cater mainly to U.S
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    59 5 RANGOON. Wed. (Reuten The Burmese Government has released 20 5 political detainee* to mark Peasant's Day celebrated last Monday. The annual celebration this year marked the start of Burma's ninth year under General Ne win'* revolutionary government. It pays tribute to the mort than 80 per cent of
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    Lock icon REDS ALL-OUT TO RECAPTURE OLD TERRITORY: More Laos Troops To The Frontline
    555 5 VIENTIANE, Wed. (UPI) Premier Souvanna Phouma fold hit top-ranking military commanders that North Vietnamese troop* appear to bo staging a "major offensive." The purpose it to win hack territory held by the communists at the time of thel962
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    Lock icon LAIRD: POSSIBLE CHANGE OF OUR LAOS POLICY
    325 5 WASHINGTON, Wed (UPI) —Defence Secretary Melvin Laird yesterday acknowledged the possibility of a chanqe in U.S. policy towards Laos. However, he did not even hint which direction it would go, in fact a change took place. As he has for the past two
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    Lock icon BORN FREE (AND EASY)
    283 5 OMAHA, Nebraska, Wed (UPI) Casey wasn't the average gorilla. For one thing, he was kept isolated at the Como Park Zoo in Minneapolis-St. Paul, and didn't know about female gorillas Zoo officials finally decided it was time to teach Casey about the facts of life Besides,
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    Lock icon First Albino Whale On Exhibition
    173 5 PEDDER BAY. British Co imbia. Wed (UPI* An albino killer whale, believed to be the first ever captured. wa s paced under 24-hour watch here yesterday by officials from Oa< Bays Sealand" Marina. The rare. ISi-fo©* creature was taken off Race Rock s on the
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    Lock icon THE COMMONWEALTH MEET
    913 6 SINGAPORE will unravel the red carpet in January next year to welcome the heads of governments of the Commonwealth countries when they arrive here for the Prime Ministers' Conference. It will be the first time that the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference will be held in Asia and
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    Lock icon The Lesson Of History
    733 6  -  By Joseph Alsop WASHINGTON Since serious history has been virtually abandoned in the history departments of many American universities, this report is bound to seem eccentric to some people. Yet you really have to use the light of history to see the danger of President Nixon's
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    Lock icon Nyerere's Bid To Stamp Out Corruption
    1050 6  -  By Trevor Grundy (Gemini New* Service) I \AR ES SALAAM: Corruption in the Government especially the one-party state—could play havoc in a country like Tanzania. Although it has a reputation as one of the least corrupt states in independent Africa, Tanzania's intellectual man of
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    Lock icon The Discotheque Has Come To Pakistan
    614 6  -  (By Mohammad Rafique, Gemini Newt Service) KARACHI On to the hall of a discotheque in Karachi steps a modern Pakistani Miss, twisting to the beat of a group imported from the West. A few miles away In a suburb a woman in her twenties,
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      Lock icon Check These Hooligans
      89 6 A group of mischievous boys have been and are deflating tyres of cars parked along Lorong 39. off Sims Avenue. My friend told me that his car tyres were deflated twice last week. He added that the other car owners had similar experiences with their car tyres.
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      Lock icon Poly Official Clarifies Report
      115 6  -  L. H da Silva ASST. REGISTRAR SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC I would refer you to your report In the Eastern Sun of Saturday. 28 Feb. (page 12) concerning Yune Chlng Fatt. Your report indicates that Yuen Chlng Fatt. a Polytechnic student, committed the offence on December 11 at
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    Lock icon Remapping The Earth
    340 6  -  By DICK WEST WASHINGTON. (UPI) LA pert s who have studied pollution problem* in 22 countries are reported to believe that the cost of cleaning up the environment may be much greater than is generally realised These experts are said to fear that public support for anti-pollution
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      Lock icon Interest In Better Class Stocks
      266 7 Exc,la,, 9e of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday ruled firm en <d to about 2.6 mm'ion u n. P tr ,t CijMy i du,,rial Tot,l turner .mount- Contributing to the generally brighter atmosphere were the better class stocks which showed a promising upward trend. They included
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1197 7 BUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange ot Malaysia and Singapore T'ioA "umber of shares traded in brackets in lots ot 1,000 units unless otherwise specified-. INDUSTRIALS ACMA $2 47 (3> $2 50 2) $2 49 (3) $2 48 (1) $2.45 (11
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      Lock icon Hunt For Gold In S. India
      100 7 MADRAS. Wed. (Reuter) The Geological Survey of India will prospect for gold m Aduthural in the Nllglri hills of South India in view of the high assay value of the ore there. The Tamil Nadu Industries Minister told the Legislative Assembly here that drilling
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      83 7 THfc noon price* ai mr sifllapiirf Chin«**e Prodgrt Li<hange »eMerdaj were B<i>er Seller Coconut oil (FO R Bulk a.v.v» Coconut Oil (F OR l»rum 6800 Mixed (.opra JVOO Muntok White Pepper (FOB.) IS7 -.V) fearawak Hhite Pepper (FOB 165-00 Sarawak Special Black Pepper (FOB) N .CM 127 50 Umpnni
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      62 7 NEW YORK. Wed. <UPI> Rubber futures closed unchanged across the board Tuesday on the New York Commodity Exchange. There were no saleg (Close) (Prev Mar 23 00A 23.00 May 23.00 A 23.00 July 23.00 A 23 00 B*P 23.00 A 23 00 Nov 23.00 A 23 00 Jan
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      Lock icon Maiden Visit
      41 7 THE Port of Singapore Authority presented a silver salver to the BI ship Amra on Tuesday when she arrived here on her maiden visit. The 10.000-ton cargo ship was on her maiden voyage from the U K to Japan
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      701 7 and offer prices officially listed yesterday a* tHe e*o«e of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia an** Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS Bnirn Seller* ACM 13 4 Iran ■i 07 B» n A Co i;i 1 *1 Khd 1 77 r"U*lr*r) .v..... si?
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 61 1/2 Cts.
      311 7 MARCH first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and kuala Lumpur yesterday at 61$ cents per lb. t down one quarter of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. An assurance from the OSA that no plans
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      Lock icon Thai-Bulgarian Trade Talks
      52 7 BANGKOK, Wed (UPI) A Bulgarian trade mission is currently in Bangkok to negotiate a trade agreement with Thailand. The trade mission Is the second group from a Communist country to visit Thailand in less than a month. Bulgaria U Interested to sell medical supplies and heavy machinery
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      Lock icon Expert For Expo
      38 7 LONDON. Wed. Mr. Keith John Bickle. a reservations handling expert from BOAC London headquarters. is to man the British airline's special reservations booth In the Kyoto International Hotel from March 14 and throughout EXPO *7O.
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      15 7 THE tin price for yesterday was $673 87 J per plcul, up $4.50.
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      206 7 THF. following is a berthing list issued by the Port of Singapore Authority for today. Thursday. March 5: DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 6 7 Caprala 15'16 State of Bihar 18 Polyxene C 20 East Serampane 23 24 Klnsei Maru 31 '32 Mltaka Maru 40 41 Hai Hlng 47
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      364 7 Sydney Stocks, V I Closing Prices SYDNEY, Wed. (UPI) Controversial nickel miner Tasminex did not affect the share market on Sydney Stock Exchange today. Stock market observer* v*?terdav predicted that the Tasminex catastrophe would cause the market to slump However mining rises and falls were exactly even when
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      Lock icon Shipyard Completes $5.5 m Repair Job
      204 7 "Karanja", Singapore's largest commercia! repair job was handed over on Saturday by Keppel Shipyard to her owners, The British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. and the vessel sailed on Sunday. The vessel arrived in K e P P e I Shipyard in August 1969
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      141 7 LONDON. Wed, <UPI> Industrial shares moved indecisively on the stock market Tuesday but British goveyiment bond* got a new boost from the Fresh £27 million in February gain for the reserves. Australian mines turned down with Taamlnex a recent nickel gambling favourite sliding down after
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      113 7 NEW YORK Wed <UPI> A general feeling of optimism generated bv recent reductions in prime Interest rates by small banks kept the stock market on the upbeat Tuesday In moderately active trading At the close, the UPI marketwide Indicator showed a gain of 0.52
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      83 7 LONDON. Wed. <UPI) Rubber market closed barely steady yesterdav with spot 21-9 16. 21-15 16. SETTLEMENT HOt'SE April 21-15/16. 22-1/16 May. June and April/June 22. 22-3/16 July Sept. Oct Dec and Jan March 22-J 16. 22-3/16 April/June, July Sept and Oct'Dec 22-1 'B. 22-3 16 Jan
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      49 7 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) Exports validated In February totalled U551,462,478,000 for an Increase of 9.5 per cent over the previous month, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry announced on Tuesday The figure also represented a sizeable increase of 27.2 per cent over the corresponding month in 1969.
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      40 7 NEW YORK Wed. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 787.42 20 Transp 178 65 15 Utilities 117.94 65 Stocks 264 51 40 bonds 69.57 Commodity futures Index 134.41 up 0.34.
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      125 7 NEW YORK.. Wed. (UPI) Gold prices were again mixed in routine trading Tuesday In market* here and abroad. In London, gold gained 1 cent to 35 01 a troy ounce at the morning fixing and remained at that level for the second fixing closing in a
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      130 7 HONG KONG VPI-—Wednesday's v> m currency r»5«s <suppl.e,j Ov Forescn Eschar and jnvetfcmem Lid.). 1 Buyers) (Sellers* pet J on st'■sit* dollar* 19.') 136 144 145 per I.onrt Taiwan dof.ir* fi.75 ♦>76 per Australian dollar .140 3*0 per I 00ft Burme* kyats sao 540 per !,ono Indian
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      450 7 ARRIVAL* gift am. MSA Its R Lumpur 943 a m- MSA 119 R Lumpur 12 SO p m MSA4SI huchtn* I 230p m- MSA 021 K Lumpur. Malacca 325 pm. M«A 453 K Rlnabalu 3-40 pm- MSA 521 Bangkok. Penana 540'n m. MSA 865 Manila 1.10 p.m. MsA
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      471 8 I AM a hawker who has been selling fruits and eggs for twenty years I have a wife and four children. We live in a village. Every morning my eldest son helps me to sell the fruits and eggs. The other three children assist my wife
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      472 8 THE habit of gambling is usually first formed by temptation. Gambling can turn a good family Into a poor and miserable one. It can also change an Individual's character. turn honest men Into robbers and liars. To form the habit of gambling is very simple. For Instance, the habit
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      293 8 I lire la s (Ist on the first floor of s block of fists. Beside mv fist Is s row of fists ocdipied by other families I like most the Tsn and Nr families. The Tan family consists of eight members and they hsve a TV set. a
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      223 8 THE question on the origin of music is still in dispute. Our predecessors, the cave men, left no remams of his knowledge on music and this naturally makes matters worse The simple harp that entertained the dignitaries of the glorious Roman Empire seems to be our
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      272 8 With Singapore becoming an independent country on the 9th August. 19«5. we hav# already achieved a goryi foundation for our country. As citizens, we are building up a 'rugged society* for a bright and prosperous future. You an<i I. the younger generation of our citizens
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      392 8 TELLING the truth Is one of the main characteristics which must be followed by everyone One must tell nothing but the truth But It is human tendency to tell lies Moreover, truths are sometimes withheld for fear of punishment or consequences in store. Therefore, more and more
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      278 8 ALL schools In Singapore have their own respective uniforms and it Is a rule that students should wear the school uniforms Uniforms vary In colours and designs. Why must we wear uniforms to school? Obviously there must be some reasons behind this. Now let's consider Its advantages If
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      377 8 What are hobbies? Hobbies are things we do in our erervday life durtnjr our leisure hour* There are manv kinds of hohb.es Stamp collecting is on# of the most interesting and enjoyable hobby Everv country has its own stamps. In mv opinion. I fck# stamps of the better than
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      415 8 CONTEST D-4 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OFFICIAL ENTRI FORM x jgtfKgjj m Name of Place: I liw.iiJlk. 4i I Country: is' 1®«1 I II R" Entrant's Particulars Name: Mr.-Miaa Address: T Are: Closing date: 124.70 Cut Here WH%T TOli HAVt TO DO: 1) barb da* thi* week. the E*itern t»an wi|i
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      98 8 DATELINE: DANGER! sag V as THESE PEOPLE X KNOW HOW TO UVE> WITH HURRICANES, DAN... THEWS. GOT LIDS ON EVERYTHING BUT THE STREETS/ m i T II 8 4%» 1 l»a 7T res* r**K THE WIZARD OP ID wbmi fa» by John Saunders and Aiden McWiiams THAT SHOULD OIVE ME
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      16 8 AMY By Jack Tippit "I'm not sure, but it moy be the world's first, portable snowman."
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    422 9 'Golden Girl' Pat Chan And Brother Alex Will Give A Demonstration At Opening Of Ming Court's Swimming Pool TIEN Chili, Hi# gwimm- ing poo) in the sky of the Ming Court Hotel, will he the venue on March 18 of a lavish
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    Lock icon Knits For All
    65 9 Tbe fashion trend to body-conscious clothes tha t shape the flgur* with soft cling should mean extension of knits into all apparel. according to textile makers. They are even concentrating on heftier fibres to make knit sulta for men. Some of these are already being produced ard
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    41 9 rnlrss a Junior can buy expensive clothes or makes her own. she may b* among those who are moat behind with adopting the new midl lengths. Many popularprice Junior houses are planning to do only mldia lor this season.
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    51 9 Italian designers' attention Is focused this season on belt* and necklace* among accessories Belts mark the waist, contour the hips, sometimes extend from above the waist to just below the hip. in supple kid. with huge buckles, shaped like an 8. for example, running the entire width of the
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    Lock icon Clowning Mum Thinks She's Phyllis Diller
    424 9  -  Ann Landers DEAR ANN: MT mother la easy to get alone with and we rarely have an argument. The problem is that she thinks she is Phvllls Diller When I have kids over. Mum clowns around and arts so rra*y it embarrasses me to
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      296 9 RATION LIDO Phone ***** OPENS TODAY: 11 1 30. 4 00. 6 30 1 9 IS Amidou Sz Caroline CoUior Life Lovy Death" Cn'n T CM ?ND BIG WEEK: 4* 1«S. 4.00, 30 4 9 3# p Q RIU Hayworth. Gialiano Otmiht KIOSK; "THE *****" In Color Warner Bros-7 Am
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      24 9 TODAY and YOU.., Thursday, March 3, 1970. £1 ■tJ2 29 I 30 M»»y H UM 57 63 64 6* AQUARIUS 8v Ah«od 90 ►W
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    Lock icon Australia Score Second Victory
    223 10 NEPIER, New Zealand, Wed (Reuter) —The Australian cricket team touring New Zealand gained their second win in three matches when they beat a New Zealand Under-23 XI here today. The Australians, who go into the first Test against New Zealand at Auckland on Friday, won the
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    Lock icon Swiss To Time Grand Prix
    103 10 The 1970 Singapore Grand Prix on Mar. 26 and 29 will be timed by Swiss Timing Authorities for the fifth year in succession. Swiss precision electronics equipment which does away with the use of stop-watch-es. and thus eliminates the human error in the timing of
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    Lock icon Sime Darby Trounced
    68 10 Borneo Group trounced S:me Darby 6-0 in the Singapore Business Houses League and Cup Division Two match at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. In another Division Two fixture played at Geylang Stadium Malaysia Singapore Airlines edged Cold Storage 1-0. Results of the Division Three matches played at
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    Lock icon Americans Take Lead
    127 10 LAKELAND. Florida. Wed. (Reuter) Three Americans Ken Ellsworth. Mike Morley and Bill Colins each shot a here today to share the lead on the first round of the U5535,000 (about £14.000) Florida Citrus Open Solf tournament. A total of 145 eolfCrs teed off amid high winds at
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    Lock icon Scorching 65s By Godfrey And Bembridge
    701 10  -  Albus, Laws Triumph In Pro-am By Ben Variyan KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. New Zealander Walter Godfrey and Briton Maurice Bembridge fired scorching rounds of seven-under-par 65s in the pro-am tournament here today—prelude to the four-round Malaysian Open golf championships which begins tomorrow. Their identical scores
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    Lock icon Top Amateur Golfers For Tengah Open
    131 10 LEADING amateur golfers in the Republic, including Putra Cud players Brian Marks and David Milne, will be competing in the 1970 RAF Tengah Open golf championships at Tengah coi;rse on Sundav Also competing a brilliant young American. J;m Stewart of the Island Club. The
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    Lock icon Yung Yo For John Player Classic
    140 10 LONDON. Wed (Reuten Hsleh Yung Yo of Taiwan winner of the 1970 Philippine and Singapore Open golf championships, is among the latest acceptances for the £75.000 John Player classic invitation tournament at Holllnweil. Nottinghamshire, from Sept. 3 to 6. Hsieh's victory in two of
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    Lock icon Charman Rose Sparkles In Trial
    196 10 By Our Racing Correspondent PENANG, Wed Charman Rose, with apprentice M. Ismail up, did a sparkling 3f workout in 37 1/5 on a good track here this morning. It was the fastest workout. Istimewa looked a picture of fitness when sent over 3f in 39
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    Lock icon Ghee Soon Re-elected
    62 10 Mr Soh Ghee Soon was re-elected President of the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation at tnelr annual general meeting held recently. Vice-presidents Messrs B S Rodrigues. Tang Tuck Wah Tan Seek Kay and Teo Seng Bee Other Officials: Messrs. Goh Tlang Seong (.secretary!. Alec Kwok (asst. secretary*, Michael
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    70 10 The oro-am woi*s 60 J. Albus (USA) ad JD Laws. H. Kobarl (J) and Ng Chirg Kwei, Abdullah Taib (M> and Abdullah Sahat Peter Thompson (A) and M.W Lamb. 61: G M'Culiar (A> and A Udi H Suzumura <J» and R Eu. A. Teramoto (J) and CB. Khoo
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    485 10 am. K Kunhara (J>. G. Raman M>; 8.07 Chang Tung Chan «Tai-am). Hassan Ali iM-ami; 8.14 Hsu Chi San <Tal>. M Kono «J» Phua Thin Kiay <S>; 8 21 A Liau (B>. B Arda <P». Hsu Sheng San 'Tab; 8.28 Anffln Lsa <M). M. Mori (J-am), S
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    1034 10 SULTAN Of KEDAH CUP. Clam 10 F. 421} Trail Blktir S* 000 Auric ft Breuk ♦1325 Lor*) Scholar 6y 3 12 Wonf T9c Teh S! Stlrer Spray 4y 8 10 Auric B Breuk. 00 Aorlr FImm 4y s no Aurtr R Breuk. «*«2* G*au 0> 8
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      1225 11 <CHANNEL I) P.M >OO Opening Annets in •11 Language* A General Hospital: 325 Another Song Another Melody <T>: 340 ft'a Happening in SmMspore (C>. 3.55 Housewives Matinee "My Life 'Par* I of a Mandarin Fi'.mt- 445 Close: 600 Opening Annets in all Languages Ac Kinga Outlaw Attack At Your Own
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    135 12 The Ministry of P.nanee has appointed five new members for the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, ■who will hold office for one year. Announcing this. the Chairman of the STPB. Mr Runme Shaw said that their appointments were effective from Mar. 1. The five are Mr George Chan,
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    Lock icon 1942 War Survivor Back In Singapore With His Ship
    266 12 WHEN Singapore fell to the Japanese in Feb. 1942 six refugee vessels pulled out of the harbour and headed for Java. Only one ship reached Java. Japanese Zero bombers sent the other five ships with most of their refugees to the
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    131 12 CHARGED WITH WIFE KILLI.XG THE High Court has decided to call a man to make his defence in a case in which he is alleged to have killed his wife in a gun turret about six years ago. Before Yu Yu Chan makes his defence,
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    70 12 A total of. 139 lots of confiscated motor car* ar#» being offered for sale bv the government at a oublic auction on Monday March 9. at 10.00 a.m. at the premise* of Nassim Co <S> Pie Ltd Collyer Quay. The items can b e inspected on March S—7
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    Lock icon Death Fall
    50 12 An unidentified youth about 2° fell to his d*ath from block 30 in Jalan Membina Barat yesterday. He was wearing a white singlet and a pair of blue trousers with a pair of Japanese simpers. No identification papers wer* found on him. Policy do not suspect foul t>lay.
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    Lock icon Two-Day Sales Talks
    144 12 About 100 sales experts from Brunei. Malaysia and Singapore attended a twoday seminar here on the theme "To meet the challenge of the 70s" which ended yesterday. The two-day seminar organised by Singapore Sewing Machine Company, highlighted two major lasues. "Training and Product Knowledge" and "The Presentation
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    60 12 Th» Singapore Scout sociation will laun-h their Donation Draw today in conjunction with their an* n<versarv in S'ngapore This draw i B expected to raise *60.000 fo r the Association's eamPin? and training funds More than 50 orizes including two cars for the first and vconri prizes and
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    58 12 Detective Police constable Peter Chaw. 38. was yesterday acquitted and discharged without his defence being called on a charge of being negligent by discharging a round of ammunition from hi* service revolver. DPC. Chaw was alleged to have committed the offence, on Oct. lb last year at the entrance
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    39 12 The Director of Japan National Tourist Organisation. Mr. Masuo Ueda. will arrive in Singapore from Bangkok to hold a Cocktail Rereptlon and Film Show at the Sky Lounge. Sea View Hotel at 7.00 o.m to 8.00 p.m tomorrow.
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    Lock icon Invalid Pools Coupons
    180 12 The Singapore Pools (Pte Limited announced yesterday that tht B and C portions of Toto coupons sold on Mar. 3 at Tiong Babrn. Seng Poh Market Booth have been lost and declared invalid for the Draw today (March 5). Singapore Pools gave the numbers of Toto coupons
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    Lock icon Mobile Health Team On Rounds
    77 12 THE City Mobile Immunisation Team from the health division of the Health Ministry, will be visiting various centres from 9 a.m. to 12 noon during the next six months to give immunisation against small-pox, diptheria-tetanus-whooping cough and poliomyelitis, to all children from three months to
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    Lock icon Honest Cabby Helps Careless Passenger
    236 12 A Pakistani engineer was able to fly oat to be ®t the bedside of his ailing wile in Fiji because an honest taxi driver who found hi* lost passport and U SSI .500 in traveller's cheques handed it over to the Eastern Sun. Cabby Thng
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    Lock icon Warsaw Philharmonic Here For 3-Day Performance
    157 12 ONE of the world's great symphony orchestras, Poland's Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra arrived last night tor a three-day stay. The Orchestra has 106 of Poland's finest musicians. They will give three concert* at the National Theatre The first will be conducted by the Chief
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    136 12 Mr. Lee Kim Kum has been electee President for the year 1970 1971 of the Singapore Bank Employee's Union at Its recent annual general meeting. Other office bearers are: Vice-President Mr. Wong Kok Cheong; Hon. Secretary Mr. Gregory Chan; Asst. Hon. Secretary Mr. Ng Ah Hock; Hon.
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    75 12 THE Sewerage Branch of the Public Works Department are laving two sewerage mains along MacPherson Road, between the new Reserve Road and Kallang Pudding Road for thre« months. All traffic along MacPherson Road bound for city la requested to turn left into the new Reserve Road and come
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      136 12 A m lAm IN UFE as a pilot officer in the SAF (Ml JOIN NOW! W%c/f Be among the pioneers in the Air Defence Command. The SAF offers young men who are physically fit and intelligent the 'JW challenge of this exciting and satisfying m career. You must be between
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      77 12 TIME a TIDE rODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 245 am. (5.4 ft.). 8.2§ am. (8.5 ft.). 3.34 pm. (9 in*.). 10.35 p.m. (83 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD: 243 am. (6.3 ft.). 821 am. <9.2 ft.). 3.05 p m. (1.7 ft.). 10.39 (101 ft). TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 3.37 a.m. (4.6 ft.). 9.28 am. (9.4
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