Eastern Sun, 6 March 1970

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  • Title Section
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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1284 Friday, 6 March 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Sun Finds Work For Girl Who Wanted To Die
    513 1 pNG Seok Keau, 21, who wanted to die because she had failed pre-university examinations and couldn't find a job, has a new chance in life. Seok Keau, and her friend Low See Moi, who tried to save her from drowning, are
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    Lock icon 30,000 FLEE HOMES: 'QUAKE CITY' IS GRIPPED BY PANIC
    276 1 POZZUOLI, Thurs. (Reuter) A flood of panic-stricken refugees today streamed from the city terrified by earth tremors and the fear that it will be ripped apart by an underground volcano. Throughout the night the people of Pozzuoll, clutching bundles of belongings.
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    Lock icon The Right Place, The Right Time
    354 1 A bank clerk's flair for turning up at the right time and the right place was the best thing that ever happened to Low See Moi and her friend, Png Seok Keau. Johnny Wee Slew Kiat was enjoying a meal at the Esplanade on
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    Lock icon Two Icebreakers Held Fast In Antarctic Ice
    75 1 WELLINGTON. Thuri. (Reuter) The Argentine Icebreaker General San Martin is using explosives In an attempt to free Itself from Antarctic ice The 3.640-ton vessel Is one of two Icebreakers stuck in Antarctic pack-ice. The 7.760-ton Japanese ship Fuji has been trapped for eight
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    Lock icon Bank Rate Down
    27 1 LONDON. Thurs. (Feutpr) Britain's crisis level bank rate of 8 per cent was cut today by one half per cent to 7.5 per cent.
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    Lock icon Alsop Takes A Trip
    150 1 JOSEPH ALSOP wbose column appears three times a week In the Eastern Sun. will once again spend six weeks in two of the world's hottest trouble spots Vietnam and the Middle East Alsop's first Vletnamdatelined column will appear In the Eastern Sun next week He will
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    Lock icon 10 Years For Deputy
    282 1 SAIGON, Thurj. (UPI) A court today cut the sentence of Deputy Tran Ngoc Chau, from 20 to 10 year* hard labour for Communist activities. The military court, hearing Chau's appeal, reduced the sentence by 10 years after deliberating only one hour. The same court had deliberated
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    Lock icon Britain Urges Talks On Laos
    191 1 LONDON, Thurs. (UFI) Britain hat started consultations on the Laos crisis with signatories of the 1962 Geneva Accord, diplomatic sources said Wednesday. The move followed a request from Prince Souvanna Phouma to Initiate such "consultations" In the face latest Communist offensive there. Britain and Russia
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    Lock icon Spies Arrested
    30 1 N'EW DELHI. Thu r s. fßeuter) India has arrested some Chinese and Pakistani agents who tried to enter India on espionage missions. Defence Minister Swaran Singh said today.
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    Lock icon War Deaths Up
    25 1 SAIGON Thurs (Feuter) American combat deaths in South Vietnam increased last week to 113, the highest toll for more than three months
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    Lock icon Cracker Victims: Now Death No. 6
    196 2 THE firecrackers "madness" has claimed another life 56-year-old construction worker, Sum Swee Cheng died Tuesday evening. Sum was one of the three described by doctors as borderline cases and was admitted to the General Hospital 12 days ago. He was with his brother and
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    Lock icon Management Course
    88 2 The National Productivity Centre of the Economic Development Board will hold a course for management personnel on "Job Evaluation and Incentive*" from March 16 to April 3. The course is recognised as an important technique in the promotion an<i motivation in industry. The fee for the course la
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    Lock icon Five Men Rob Two
    90 2 FIVE men. armed with an object which looked like a revolver and the rest with knives, held up a shop proprietor and his wife and robbed them of 5430 i n cash and jewellery at the shop at Jalan Ismail yesterday afternoon. The shop proprietor. Lim
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    Lock icon Mr. David Thomson, New Zealand's Defence Minister, shakes hands with L/Cpl. Tan.
    186 2 It was a memorable moment for L/Cpl. Tan Kah Chuan when he was patted on the back by New Zealand's Defence Minister, Mr. David Thomson who visited the Singapore Armed forces Technical Training Institute at Seletar West Camp
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    Lock icon Vienna Boys' Choir Here In April
    94 2 World-famous Vienna Boy*' Choir, will give two concerts at the Victoria Theatre on April 13 and 14 There will be an hour matinee on April 12 at the National Theatre from 5 p.m. to 6 pm. The boys will be directed by Uwe Theimer.
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    Lock icon 'Excellent' Training In Brunei
    91 2 BRUNEI TOWN. Thurs. (AFP> Sir Peter Hill Norton. Commander in Chief of the British Forres In the Far East left here today after a two-day visit to Brunei. At an airport Interview he said the training facilities In Brunei were '•excellent" and that the British Forces
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    Lock icon Tourism Tax
    102 2 Any establishment not authorised to collect food-and-drink tax, should, without further delay, inform the Cess Coliection Section, Controls Branch of the Customs and Excise Department. Hoteliers, restaurateurs and bar proprietors as well as the public are Informed that those tourist food establishments and tourist public houses liable to
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    Lock icon 'Orchid' Chapter Of Chinese YMCA Formed
    142 2 A new Club, colled the Orchid Chapter of the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association, has been formed among Chinese-speak-ing sector of the community. Presently with 30 members. the voluntary organisation aims at encouraging righteousness and Justice in civic and international affairs, abstaining always from
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    Lock icon MUTE ARTIST CHARGED
    98 2 A MUTE artist was charged in Court for cheating a normal person of $l9O. Ong Sun Thiam alias Thomas originally pleaded guilty on March 4 but the case was postponed to yesterday because of ambiguities. Yesterday, however, after th e facts of the case were read out
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    Lock icon Stranded Firemen
    82 2 PENANG. Thurg Five firemen were stranded on Penan* Hill last nisht after putting out a forest fire as there wag no railway service for them to come down. According to a fire brigade spokesman, the firemen from the Perak Road F:re Station rushed to the hill on receiving
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    Lock icon Charity Premiere
    64 2 A CHARITY film premiere •Redress". will be shown at the King's Theatre in aid of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association The Minister for Social Affairs. Enche Othman Wok. will be the patron. Ticket! at $l. $2. S3 and $5 and donation tickets at S2O m:n;mum. are on sale
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    Lock icon New Lecture
    37 2 MR. CHEW KENG SENG. Deputy Controller of the Development Bank of Singapore. will conduct an eight-lecture course on ••Practising Auditing" at the New Lecture Theatre Four. University of Singapore, on March 9. Fee is $25.
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    Lock icon 60 Accidents
    18 2 THERE were a total of 60 accidents, five of which were described as serious, on Wednesday.
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    Lock icon Razak Says No Reduction To Assembled-Car Tax
    219 2 KUALA LUMP I R. Thurs. The Director of Operations, Tun Abdul Razak. said today that the 25 per cent excuse duty on locally-assembled motor vehicles would not be reduced. "There is no likelihood at all of any reduction in the duty," he told
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    Lock icon Graduate Course In Urban Planning
    192 2 A postgraduate course in urban planning within the Faculty of Architecture will begin at the University of Singapore during the 1970-71 academic session beginning on May 25. The course extends over a period of two years and students may elect to do It on a
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    Lock icon Tunku Meets Party Leaders
    195 2 KUCHING, Sarawak, Thurs. (AFP) —Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman today held separate meetings with the leaders of the ruling alliance <~nd two opposition parties. The Tunku said he would not comment on his talks until he has reported to his cabinet colleagues in Kuala Lumpur
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    Lock icon The Mini-Skirted He
    59 2 The MiniSkirted He Mini-skirted Ali bin Abdullah, 21 was fined $lOO by the Ninth Court Magistrate Mr. E. C. Foenander for soliciting for immoral purposes at 4.30 a.m. yesterday at the junction of Malabar Street and Bugis Street. Abdullah who had three similar previous convictions was alleged to have committed
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    Lock icon Fined $500
    58 2 A lorrv attendant Goll Thiam Seng, alias Ah Pe*. 31 was yesterday convicted, on a chare* of causme hurt to a rnan with a parang a"d orrieren to t>a v a fine of $5OO or six month* jail Goh wa» accused of cuttine Lee Soon Lye's leg on
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      247 2 Sweep Results TICKET No. *****81 won the first prixe of $400,000 r m the Singapore Sweep drawn yesterday. T he second prixe of 5150,000 went to Ticket No. *****04 while the third prixe of $75,000 was won by Ticket No. *****56. Other results: JACKPOT NUMBERS *****99) *****40) *****37) $lO,OOO/*****11) *****31)
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    Lock icon Thai Minister On Defence: We Will Meet V-C Threat Ourselves
    181 3 OTTAWA, Thurs. (UPI) Thanat Khoman, Foreign Minister of Thailand, said yesterday his country was prepared to provide its own defence if Vietcong troops ever attempted to penetrate its borders. Thailand would count on military supplies from the United States, "but
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    Lock icon Australia To Scrap F-111 Jet Order
    222 3 CANBERRA, Thurs. (UPI) Australia's Defence Minister Malcolm Fraser will leave for Washington soon to negotiate cancellation of the 336 million U.S. dollars F-111 bomber for Australia, a senior government official revealed here today. The official said the Federal Cabinet, which met today, would cancel
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    Lock icon Right Turn
    201 3 BANGKOK, Thurs. (Reufer) Burmese have driven on the left hand side of the road since the days British colonisation. They are now to switch over to the right by November this year. The official 'Working People s Daily' received here said that the Burmese Revolutionary Government had decided
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    Lock icon Biggs Behind Bold Aussie Robbery?
    210 3 SYDNEY, Thurs. (Reu*er) —A Sydney newspaper claimed today that Britain's fugitive train robber Ronald Biggs may have masterminded yesterday's 587,890-dollar (274,340 sterling) payroll snatch in Australia's biggest robbery. The Sydney Dally Mirror explained In a front-page splash story. "No hold-up man In Australia has the
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    Lock icon Bandits Raid On Village
    97 3 AGRA. India. Thurs. (Reuter) Armed bandits killed five members of a family in a raid on a village near here this week, police said yesterday. About 50 bandits, armed with guns and knives, attacked the house of a wealthy farmer. They shot him and his son
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    Lock icon JUST FOR TAKING
    83 3 NAGOY A. Thurs. (UPI) Poller were yesterday looking for an oversized truck loaded with 112 refrigerators that disappeared on Tuesday nigbt while parked in front of its office. The refrigerators were being transferred from the maker's warehouse to far off Sendai City in north-west Japan The driver
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    Lock icon 'E. TURKESTAN' APPEALS TO U.N.
    480 3 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. (UPI) Isa Yusuf Alptekin, leader of the "Eastern Turkestan Liberation Movement," confirmed yesterday that he has asked the United Nations and the governments of the western world for help in his struggle to set up an independent government in Sinking. The latter
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    Lock icon CHINA URGES MORE SELF-RELIANCE
    236 3 HONG KONG, Thurs. < Reuter) China, whose economy was hard-hit by the Cultural Revolution, kept its door open today to foreign technical aid but only by a slight crack. The offiical 'People's Daily', in two articles broadcast bv Radio Peking, called for "less imports, more self-reliance"
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    Lock icon Floating Peso: Manila's Hope For Even Keel
    444 3 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI) The government's top banker ha, admitted the Philippines was virtually bankrupt when it adopted a "floating exchange rate" for its currency last month. Central Bank Governor Gregorio Licaros, Sr. said the floating rate was a compromise between 'outright devaluation' of
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    Lock icon Peso Rate
    82 3 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI) The foreign exchange rate of the Philippine peso stood at 6 15 pesos to one UJS. dollar today for the second straight day In lnter-bank currency trading In Manila. Trading was brisk and the total volume reached US$2 million This was the highest level since
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    Lock icon Dreaded 'Red Patches' Force Is Disbanded
    245 3 Dreaded Red Patches' Force Is Disbanded CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines, Thurs. (UPI) U.S. Air Force authorities today said they have disbanded a special force of crime-fighters. Known as 'Red Patches' for their distinctive insignia. members were military police attached to a special Intelligence and reconnaissance unit. They specialised In patrol
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    Lock icon Nixon Dilemma On Laotian War
    269 5 A .WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reutcr) The Nixon Administration today appeared to be caught in a dilemma over whether to bow to congressional demands and osmose more of American's involvement in Laotian On one hand, it fears exposing the neutralist Jut vulnerable SouthEast Asian Kingdom to fresh
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    Lock icon Sino-USSR Dispute And Japans Rise Will Shape US Policy
    402 5 WASHINGTON, Thim. (UPI) Th e t w o keys to Asia and American policy in the Far East in the 1 r; 70» are the emergence of Japan as a major power and the Sino-Soviet Di«>u*e senior diplomat announced yesterday. Capt
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    Lock icon Bomb At Army Base
    126 5 OAKLAND, California, Thurs. (UPI) A time bomb was discovered yesterday in a barrack at the Oakland Army base, a major shipping point for trocps going to Vietnam. The Army said the bomb a 2$ pound plastic exp osivp wired to a commercial blasting cap and a
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    Lock icon Rail Strike Is Off Again For Another 37 Days
    216 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) —An llth-hour Congress vote barring strikes and lockouts for 37 days kept America's trains running today. Less than six hours before a strike which would have crippled rail services across the U.S.. the Senate and House of Representatives
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    Lock icon Now A Film On Yippies
    113 5 NFW YOFK Thurs. (UFI) Th(i "Chicago Seven" yesterday offered Judge Julius Hoffman Sino.ooo to play himself m a film of their trial which they plan to make to cover l*gal expenses. Thp offer was disclosed by Ttppto leader Abbie Hoffman on a radio interview. Hoffman
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    Lock icon LBJ Better
    54 5 SAN ANTONIO. Texas Thur> UPI) Lyndon Johnson, with a painful heart ailmen*. had the symptoms of a common cold yesterday However, doctors said his "condition continue* to b* stable with a lessening of discomfort throughout the day." Dr Glen Arne v said "Cardioerachlc monitoring will continue" along with
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    Lock icon 'Threat' On Mrs Nixon's Life
    162 5 DENVER, Colorado, Thurj. (UPI) Secret Service agents yesterday questioned an informant who told police two men had threatened to kill First Lady Pat Nixon. Mrs. Nixon arrived in Colorado a* part of her fivestate tour of college volunteer projerts. She met antiwar protester.* face-to-fare at
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    Lock icon 'A Sex Tax' Proposed
    86 5 LANSING. Michigan Thurs. (UPI) A sliding tax scale for sexy, 'sexier* and 'sexiest' movies was proposed Tuesday in the Michigan House. Rep. Quncy Hoffman introduced a bill to require theatre owners to pay a tax of 50 dollars for an "M" rated film. 75 dollars for
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    Lock icon Everything Ready For Tomorrow's Eclipse
    391 5 MIAHUATLAN, Mexico, Thurs. (Reutcrl Million-dollar radio tele* scopes and spectographs contrast starkly with humble Indian homes and flocks of skinny goatj as scientists from 14 countries await the solar eclipse here on Saturday. Some 232 astronomers, living In rents and caravans dotted around this remote
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    Lock icon 30 Charged With Mob Attack On School Bus
    184 5 LAMAR, South Carolina, Thurs, (UPl)—State and local authorities launched a roundup last night of 30 men charged with rioting in Tuesday's white mob attack on Negro school buses, hauling at least one suspect to jail in his pyjamas. Till late last night,
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    Lock icon FBI Breaks Up Ring On Forged And Stolen Bonds
    250 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Router) The Federal Bureau of investigation yesterday said it had broken up a big nation-wide ring dealing in stolen and counterfeit securities and bonds. An alleged Mafia racketeer was arrested. Nearly two million dollars worth of bonds and securities
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    Lock icon A Whale Of A Job
    100 5 LONDON. Thurg i ATV> Calypso, an i 8-foot long female whale. will be artificially inseminated at a British 7X>o this week in an attempt to make her pregnant. t Sperm from the male wha> Cuddles will be sent from the Flsm.ngo Park Zoo '.n Yorkshire
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    Lock icon CYCLONE JANE
    113 5 TANANARIVE. Thurs (AFT Cyclone Jane swept across the south-east of Madagascar February 22 to 24. It left at least 50 dead, ten missing. and 1" injured, according to latest official fig re s issued today bv the national new s agency. MadPresse Communications with Fanarantsca Province the worst
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    Lock icon 55 Injured In San Juan Riots
    199 5 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Thurs. (Reuter)— A 19-year-old girt was shot dead and at least 55 other people injured as rioting and arson erupted in the Puerto Riean capi. tal overnight. The shooting came u about 3 000 students rampaged through streets near Police
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    Lock icon New Guinea
    125 5 CANBERRA. Thurs. «UPI> The Australian Government yesterday announced a greater measure of selfgovernment for the people of Papua-New Guinea. Charles Barnes, Australian Minister for External Territories, said ministerial members of the Papua-New Guinea House oi Assembly now will be able to make decisions on policy and formulate plans
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    Lock icon Good Chance Of Improving Sino-American Relations Now
    365 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) The prospects for improvement of SinoAmerican relations could be better now than at any time in the past 10 years, a senior U.S. official claimed yesterday. The official has ac*ed a* an adviser at the talk* in Warsaw iMlVtui America
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    Lock icon TUNKU'S CONDITIONS
    578 6 IVTHAT Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman said on his arrival in Kuching Wednesday augurs well for Sarawak where elections have been overdue for nearly a year. There is of course no point in conducting elections either in Sarawak or elsewhere unless there is a definite date set
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    Lock icon THE FIRST STEP
    292 6 T\ESPITE all the drama of the last days of the visit of French President Georges Pompidou to the United States nothing much seems to have been achieved. Of course, as Pompidou himself claimed, a personal rapport with President Richard Nixon was established but that in itself could
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    Lock icon NIGERIANS GIVE BLOOD FOR EX-ENEMIES
    1485 6  -  By Richard Hall LONDON: LittU news comes out these days from the warravaged parts of Nigeria. Few journalists are given permits to enter the former Biafran areas. "The portcullis has come down/' say correspondents waiting vainly in Lagos, 300 miles from the Ibo heartland. To
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    Lock icon The Future Of The Balance
    769 6  -  By Joseph Alsop WASHINGTON Because the President's opponents are now in retreat on so many other fronts, they are likely to make the second round of the ABM fight the big show of this congressional session. Hence they have a duty to tell the country,
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    Lock icon Old Tokyo Kaikan Goes Under
    640 6  -  By Hitoshi Sato TOKYO, <UPI) The late Hidcki Tojo, wartime Premier of Japan, ate His seafood there. One of Emperor Hirohito's four daughters was married in one of its banquet rooms. At different times Americans and the Japanese militarists sat on stools in the ground
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      Lock icon HOUSE OWNER'S PLIGHT
      105 6  -  S.K. LIM, 5 m a Singapore citizen by birth. I am the owner of a controlled premises. Bv law I am prevented irom recovering possession of my house for my own use. My house is now occupied by a non-citizen who is not only occupying it free
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      Lock icon Transport Problem
      82 6 Th£ lack of sense of WW* interest and who tne hell cares' attitude among the eonductars and drivers of STC buses leave the thinking mind to wonder at the government's attitude. Are these bus workers above the government? Surely, this Is not the wa v to spread the
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      Lock icon Better Class Stocks Firm On Steady Mart
      350 7 GENERALLY, sustained buying support in the investment class stocks and speculative interest in selected equities maintained the steady conditions in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Trading was fairly active. Prices continued to improve in industrials and at the close, marginal
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1177 7 done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS ACMA $2.40 (3) $2.38 <2>; DIM $2 4C (1); A'can $2 09 iJ) $2 10
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      Lock icon DOW JONES
      43 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. <UPI> Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 783.15 20 transp. 178 08 15 utilities 118 29 65 stocks 264 54 40 bonds 69 69 Commodity futures Index 134 52 up 0.11
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $676.12j per picul, up $2.25.
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      768 7 BID and offer prices j officially listed yesterday at the close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia an-' Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers ACMA 2 35 2 40 Aitan 2«; 2-08 B n <1 Co 1.78 1.80 Birneo Bhrt. 1.75
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      Lock icon London Mart Loses Firm Start
      171 7 LONDON. Thurs. <UPI) The Stock Market lost a flrm start and later on Wall Street plus new* of Britain's stronger gold reserves handed the market an early spurt but the buying hurry soon ran out of steam. Profit-taking hit British government bonds despite the growing
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      Lock icon All-time High On Tokyo Mart
      52 7 TOKYO. Thurs (UPI) Active buying sent the Dow Jones stock price average soaring to an alltime nigh of US$673 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The price average went up 11 f7 points from Tuesday. according to leading securities firms. The previous high was
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      Lock icon COURTESY CALL ON CHIEF OF S.T.P.B.
      62 7 TWELVE inter- national beauties, from three leading international airlines, and representing, Madrid, Copenhagen, Athens, Vienna, Paris, Frankfurt, Rome, London, Dublin, Cardiff and Edinburg, will pay a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Mr. Runme Shaw, at the Board's premises
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      Lock icon Gold Prices
      61 7 NEW YORK Thurs. 'UPI) Gold price* were mixed In routine trading Wednesday on markets here and abroad. In London, gold slipped one cent at *he morning fixing and dropped an additional two centr for a second fixing of $34 98 a troy ounce. American Prepress International Banking Corp.
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      Lock icon N.Z. Meat Chief Due Today For Talks
      177 7 THE Chairman of the N»w I Zealand Meat Producers' Board Sir John Ormond. will arrive in Singapore today (Friday) for informal talks with major meat importers. Sir John, who will be accompanied by another Board member, Mr. NB. Fippard and the Board s
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      Lock icon Strong On Mining
      347 7 Sydney Stocks, Closing Prices SYDNEY, Thurs. (UPI) Trading in speculative mining issues was strong on Sydney Stock Exchange today. Outstanding rises were Carr Boyd up 50 cents to A 57.00. North Deborah up 5o cents to $4.50, Tasman up 20 cents to 90 cents and Lamedec 13
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      Lock icon Copper Hunt
      31 7 TOKYO, Thurs. <UPI) Plans for Joint development of copper deposits in Peru are now under way between the Peruvian Government and Japanese mining companies, it was disclosed on Tuesday.
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      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IN SINGAPORE
      243 7 THE Port of Singapore Authority has made the follow ing berthing arrangements for today, Friday, .March 6. DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 10/11 JaiaraJan 20 West Petaling 23 24 loanna 25 Shosel Maru 27/28 Kyotai Maru 35 36 Glenalmond 36 39 Kungsholm 42/43 Eeneloe 44 Kyoho Maru 45
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      Lock icon Mixed Outlook On NY Mart
      108 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. <UPI> Profit-taking left the stock market mixed on Wednesday following recent big gains. Trading was moderate. At the close, the UPI marketwide Indicator showed an advance of 0.04 per cent on 1.601 Issues crossing the tape. Of these. 674 moved higher and
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      60 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI> Rubber futures closed unchanged to 75 points lower on no sales Wednesday on the New York Commodity Exchange. (Close* (Prev Mar. 2.25 23.00 May 2225 23.00 July 22.25 2300 Sept. 22 50 23.00 Nov. 22 50 23.00 Jan. 22.50 23 00 Mar 22.50 23.00
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      Lock icon Japan Imports
      31 7 TOKYO. Thurs. (UPI) Japan Imported more than a quarter of Australia's total export* In the first half of 1969-70 or A*505.000.000. the Australian Embassy In Tokyo disclosed on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon Hong Kong Money
      136 7 HONGKONG i'-"PI "Thursday'* 3 prr cui* rencv rafe« r-.JpPhtd Ov For" »fn Excnan** 4 nd icves* Ltd <Bu?er«> Seller*) per 100 Strait* <jollar* IM W 144.3 143 3 ppr I nru> Tat wan itor.ars F 75 76 prr AiPtrahap dollar 340 3*0 per 1 000 Burmese *yata
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      380 7 ARRIVALS 8.15 am- MSA 123 K Lnmpnr 9 4.1 a m. MSA 119 K- I.umpnr li>.:topm. M>A 4">l Kucbtnz 230 pm MSA 021 K 1 umpur, .Malacca S»pm. MSA 453 K Klnabalu 340p m. MS.% 521 Bangkok. Penanc 5-40 pm- M*A 637 Tok>o. Taipei. H Kong no p.m.
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      286 7 MARCH first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 61-3/4 cents per lb. up one quarter of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. After a slightly lower opening, the market eased on
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      181 8 —< AIS> THIS girl is holding decades of Australian weather records thank* to the information-shrinking rapacity of modern electronic computers. On her lap is a modern type of magnetic disc storage unit. Seven such units can hold the information from more than 2.000,000 punch cards
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      433 8  -  DATELINE BJ Ele,Walt Dulaney DEAR Ele and Wa't: In our school, there three groups of people. One group runs things and gets things done and wins the a w a r d s and scholarships. The second group gets in trouble,
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      558 8 SYDNEY, Australia Tiny star# which send out radio signal* and sometimes flash like lighthouses as they spin at very high speed are providing scientists with fascinating new facts about the universe. I Radio astronomers ar» now certain these bodies. called pulsars wh»n first
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      832 8  -  By E.C. Thomson LONDON: It's strange How a little bit of bother sometimes turns out to be a blessing. It puts us on our guard against worse trouble! Take a recent -scare" In Britain over a couple of dogs that caught rabies. Not a single case
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      411 8 EASTEHN SUN IT" TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM Nam* of Place: v IPRt &gt;tCountry: mm w$ j&gt; •Xvw.-i. &gt;»• -v*- ww Entrant's Particulars Name: Mr./Miss Address: Ate: Closing date: 12.3.70 Cut Here HHAT YOU HAVE TO DO: 1) Each &lt;li&gt; ibu week, the Eaatern Sun will publish a photograph
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      82 8 DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and Alden McWliams 'BUT...I'M WORRIED ABOUT CONGRESS WOMAN JACKSON.' SHE SHOULDN'T INSIST ON GOING TO THE OUTER ISLANDS NOW/ ANDt A PEW BLOCKS AWAY ON A SMALL TOWN DOCK FOR MY PRICES I DON'T PROMISE THE OUEEN MARY... JES' GtMME TH' CASH IN ADVANCE.' ft
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      183 8 QUIZ Corner 1. Complete: "Use your wit as a not as a sword" 2 What is the derivation of the word "vandalism"? 3 Distinguish between (a) masterly; (bl masterful. 4 What is "lambdacism"? 5 What were the earliest weapons of all? 6 Comparing the Suez and Panama canals, which is:
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    587 9  -  Ann Landers riEAR ANN: I love Wilma and show it in every war I know She is 22 and lam 24 The only thing we nght about is that I don't say "I love you" often enough. About every ten minutes she asks. "Morris,
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    637 9  -  .If*/**'/#'... «.v SHEILAH GRAHAM NEW YORK. Tburs Godfrey Cambridge, who stars as a white man turned black in The Night The Sun Came Cp." was discussing what he calls the M Hiring-the Negro-actor-•nxiety." "If there are five regulars on a television series today," he said,
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    376 9  -  Je By Florence de Santis ROME, Thurt. Italian ready-to-wear for this season is always shown well in advance of the couture so trends can be spotted early. While silhouettes varied, the overall favourite was the small- shouldered, moulded-bust, mark-ed-waist, flared-skirt look. Dresses with swingy coats or
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    62 9 BLACK has been out of fashion for some time. with good reason, as mature women learns it wasn't a youthful colour. But now the young, who can wear black, are discovering it In spring guises. Designers are using prints with blark grounds, the colours wild in magenta. turquoise,
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    57 9 THE current liking for crochet ©specially among the young has sparked the revival of garments which were once standard In Victorian times. First it was the crocheted vest, and lt's the shrug a shoulder warmer most women used to have handy In the days when houses weren't always
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    217 9  -  A Lovelier You BY Mary Sue Miller IF you have not gained weight i n the past months mure a marvel of disciplined living But perhaps you have not weighed, for fear of a gain In such a ft* you are placing ostrich. And yon
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    91 9 THE dress length matched to the coat length, with mid: dresses necessary for max! coats. minis with the mldl coat* a dav preacr.ptlon. THE softened look of mini dresses wnleh must now have pleated or gathered skirts. soft cardigan jackets and lengths of scarf. THE need for tights
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    84 9 LONDON designers are fascinated with the reptile look this season They are using real snakeskln and reptile-look fabrics for their coats. costume* and dresses. The statu* symbol is a mldi or maxl coat of real snakeskln which cost* about $650 In London. Other uses Include snakeskin coliara and
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    81 9 PAlUfl Thurs. The accented w&istllne. now more than ever apparent as skirts go down, means belts and sashes. But In leather it has uaually meant patent Now Pans is turning again to other leathers preferring the softer look of kid and suede surfaces with the newly
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      193 9 ORGANISATION IL I D O PKon« *****] LAST DAY: ill 9 1», \oii4ou i Caro.ine Ce.l»er Ufa L««t t»Hb Co or 'LA&gt; Demand Midnight Vomorap;* at 1 2 The*t-»s LIDO 4 CAPITOL LIDO Opens Tomorrow LILY HO KAO YUAN THE GOLDEN KMGHT 4 SHAW PRODUCTION I M»n&lt;sarin la Shi»*cnr'' Co
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      13 9 TODAY an Friday. March 6. 1970. 'V 5-15- 36-37 (Q 1-60-81 90 /Aiver*
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      273 9 3010 1 &gt;6l I ORGANISATION OnC HARD-3 2161 OPENS TODAY! No Free List I 1 V&gt; AM. &lt;* A •IS p m Columbia f -CACTI FLOW EE'* j lß«r'.d B»-pnin wsltser In Teehnice.or OX STAGE TOVTGHT AT 9 15 P.M "F ASHIONS IN BLOOM 1 rr.vjr lai ODEON ***** NOW
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      443 10 Bognor Camp White Seraya Impress By Our Racing Correspondent OENANG, Thurs. Bognor Camp (Rao), who finished a good second to Actor IV on the first day and White Seraya (Luke Kang), did a smart workout over 3f in 37, the fastest time of the day. The going was good. Bognor
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      112 10 SYDNEY. Thurs. (Reuter) Ton v Roche, the Australian tennis professional, has withdrawn from the AS 25.000 (£11.670) Dunlop International tournament, beg nninz here on March 15 Roche seeded number two. withdrew from the tournament yesterday because of a shoulder injury which has kept him n
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      310 10 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Australian Rod Laver. the world's number one tennis player. wa s beaten by Egyptian Ismail El Shafei for the second time in two weeks in the Rothmans International tournament here last night. The 22-year-old El Shafei showed that his earlier victory in
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      2580 10 1 Race 1 s CI. 5 Dlv. 2—6 Furs.—2.20 p.m. (fts.ooo) 1 won r»iw fty ft 13 S K Qjek J Donnelly ft 2 009B4 Housing Of^flopmrnl .T* 13 Luckr E Donnal;y Pretty 10 3 ***** Roan Prince *y *10 K A T E Brauk Hutch
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      238 10 TOKYO, Thurs (UP!) Orient lightweight champion Jaguar Kakizawa may challenge Ismael Laguna, who Tuesday night wrested the world lightweight crown from Mando Ramos, in April or May in Panama Laguna scored a ninth round knockout over Ra mos in Los Angeles and regained the crown which
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      576 11  -  By BEN VARIYAN KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Japan's seasoned campaigner on the Far East circuit, Ktnji Hosoishi today fired o biasing seven-under-par 65 to take the lead at the end of the first round of the Malaysian Open golf championships. The burly 33-year-old pro
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      584 11 The first round wore*; 65: K Hosoish) (J) 32-33. 66. T Kono (J) 33-33 67: R Draddv (M&gt; 34-33 66- T. Woolhank (A) 34 34. D Barber (USA) 34-34. T. Murakami (J) 34-34 69: B Arda (P) 33-36. M Bembrldfe (UK) 33-36 H Ishii (J). 33-36 Hsieh
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      500 11 TODAYS SECOND ROUND DRAW IW AM G McCUUT (A); H Kobirt (J). 8 07: J Daufhertv (USA); I. Le*aM&gt;i (P) 114: S. Suwanaponfg (T); P THOMSON (A), Lim Ah HONF (S) 9.21: Hahn Charr S*R&gt;F (K); S Onehum (T); Tan Tes Porf (M) (Am). 8 21: C
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      293 11 LIEGI, Belgium, Thurs. (Reuter) —English champions Leeds United, smothering in defence and showing flashes of brilliance in attack, advanced to the brink of the European Cup semi-final* by beating Standard Liege 1-0 here last night. Leeds, who have yet to concede a goal
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      325 11 SUNDERLAND, England. Tues Reuter» Chelsea forward Peter Osgood underlined his claim for a place in the England World Cup squad by scoring twice in the England v Scotland Under-23 international here last night. But the game was abandoned alter an hour because of snow
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      47 11 Tbe Singapore Amateur Athletic Association will hold their annual crosscountry championships at the selarar.ii playing ground 12} ms. Changl Road, on Mar 14 at 4.00 pm. The championships will be divided in three divisions the men's senior, junior and tbe women a open event.
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      150 11 JAYAGARAM S iei! in the third minute of the second hall lained Tin Tock Seng Hospital, the league champions. a 1-0 win over Polico "B" in the first round of the Singapore Government Services knock-out competition at the Fairer P»rk ground yesterday. Hospital would have vaa
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      402 11 Classified Ads. Where To Si STRAND hOTIL Bencoolen Street. Town centre. Quiet clean, reasonable rates. Alrcoi&lt;ditioned rooms, private bath Bar/ Restaurant Hom&lt;ji v services. Tels: 2382P,***** VEHICLE WANTED Mercedes 190/200 Petrol. Please state Particulars and Price To Bo* No. ESC 23-B, Cantonment ROad. Singapore 2. T M C MAGIC CENTRE
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      456 11 TENDERS P.W.D. SINGAPORE TENDERS are Invited from P.W.D. Registered Contractors for the under mentioned work:1. Contract for the supply of Aluminium plates and sheetings for the new Singapore Traffic signs during the period 1.4.70 to 313.71. "Open to all" Those Contractors who are hot registered with the P.W.D. will be
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      83 11 TENDER Tender Notice The following tenders ire invited bv the Chief Supplies Officer. Singapore »nd will close at 12 noon on 18.3.70. 1. Transport and delivery of School Furniture and Equipment. 2 Manufacture and dellvery of Hotel Furniture. Wooden and Metal A tender deposit of $2OO/ls required, payable to the
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      1014 11 'lll' i'L'il' 1 (CHANNEL 5) F.M SOO Opening Annets; 103 General Hospital: 3TO Woman'* World iE'; 400 Singapore This Week &lt;E». 405 If* Happening In Singapore «E»; 4 20 Day* Of Our Live*: 4 V) Close: 6 On Open, ing Anncts: 6 Lucky Dip: 6 30 News in B-ief 635
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    491 12 What Is Culture? THE Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pong Boon soid yesterday thot Singapore must have a good cultural environment, if its, citizens ore to live meaningful lives. He pointed out thot the government has done a great deal to improve the Republic t
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    500 12 Singapore as a base for tour-hopping in South east Asio that is the image an Australian newspaper editor hopes to project in a special report on the Republic's tourist potential. "I want to tell the average Aussie family saWng up tor a holiday that
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    182 12 AN internationally known German Soprano. Margarita Schack, will give a recital of "Concert and Operatic Arias" at the Victoria Theatre on March 16 at 8.30 p.m. The concert is organised by the National Theatre Trust in association with the German Embassy. At the
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    91 12 A mentally retarded man, Yu Yu Chan, alias Yu Geok Cheong, was acquitted by the High Court on a murder charge yesterday. His acquittal was In accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code, Section 362 which stated that a person suffering from schizophrenia cannot be sentenced to Jail.
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    405 12 LORD Littlebrook, just 4ft 2 inches tall, a noted world midget wrestler, yesterday, revealed a secret of hi, life 'I am married and believe me, my wife &gt;t 5 ft. 10 inches tall." "When w*!k along ♦he streets, many just refu«e to believ
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    217 12 Millions of people from all corner* of the world will see the choicest and best of Singapore In Just about half an hour This "slgiu-see:ng' will be in the form of a documentary film, entitled "Singapore Island City", made bv Shell The film
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      79 12 TIME TIDE TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 337 a.m. (4 6 ft.), 9.28 a.m. (9.4 ft.), 4.22 p.m. (5 ins.), 1105 p.m. (8.7 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD: 3.31 a.m. (5.4 ft.), 9.46 a.m. &lt;lO.l ft.), 3.54 p.m. (1.1 ft.), 11.09 p.m. (10.7 ft.). TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 4.19 a.m. (3.8 ft.), 10.19 a.m. (10
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      29 12 Toto Draw THE following numbers were drawn in yesterday's Toto Draw: 43 28 38 33 18 The additional number was 3. The three-circled numbers drawn were: 5 12 21.
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