Eastern Sun, 14 March 1970

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  • 22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1292 Saturday, 14 March 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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  • 394 1 Sihanouk Fears PHNOM PENH, Fri. (AFP) The Cambodian government, led by Gen. Lon Nol, Army Commander and acting Head of State in the absence of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, has called on North Vietnam and the South Vietnamese Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) to withdraw their troops
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  • 270 1 LOS ANGELES, Fri. (Reuter) The Los Angeles Times said today Singapore is prepared to make its huge naval dockyards available to Soviet warships on the same commercial basis offered to other nations. "By opening to the Soviet Union the naval facilities needed for permanent deployment
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  • 83 1 JAKARTA. Fri. (Reuter) Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman will pay a three-day unofficial visit to Medan. North Sumatra, later this month official sources said today The Tunku is expected to arrive In Medan on March 23 accompanied by his wife and Indonesian Ambassador to
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  • 54 1 LONDON Fri (UPI> Persistent reports of mounting difficulties ar* pointing to possible charge? in the Kremlin leadership "this year" high diplomatic source* said yesterday But anv reshuffle in the tor> echelon of the Russian leadership is likelv to b* a "change for the worse" from the west's point of
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  • 257 1  -  'NOT FLEEING MY COUNTRY' By CHARLIE CHAN Prince Norodom Yuraneath. eldest son of Cambodia's Prince Sihanouk, who flew in here unexpectedly last night with his wife and four-year-old rr. denied that he fled the country because of the present crisis in Phnom Penh. The Prince, looking tired
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  • 290 1 VIENTIANE, Fn (*FP) Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma today accepted the principle of a ceasefire in Laos without preliminary withdrawal of Hanoi troops. Th« Prince, in an ex. elusive interview with Agence France Presse set as a major condition to a ceasefire the possibility for
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  • 87 1 SAO PAULO. Frl. (UPI) The Brazilian government announced yesterday it will free five political prisoners In exchangr for the life of kidnapped Japanese Conaul General Nobuo Ok'irhl If the kidnappers prove that the diplomat la alive and In good health The announcement waa made In
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  • 40 1 MOSCOW. Frl. < Reuter> Cambodia's Head of State, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, arrived here today on his wav home from Paris. He was met at the airport by Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny and the ambassadors of several .Asian countries.
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  • 199 1 BERLIN. Fri (IPI) The West and East German heads of go\ eminent agreed yesterday to meet. In the East German city of Erfurt March 19, for the first time since the rival states were established almost 21 years ago. Representatives of West German Chancellor Willy
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  • 31 1 BANGKOK FVi (Heuter) A Vietnam war veteran from th* Thai Armv has named commander of Joint Thai- Malaysian military forces along the country's southern border informed sources said today-
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 372 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malays a's nation-wide multi-purpose census, to meet the data required by the various ministries from now and right up to decade will get into full swing on Jun e 23 with 20,000 enumerators and 2,000 supervisors probing for information. The giant
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  • 45 2 TOKYO. Frl. fUPI) Japan turned out electronic appliances totalling US 51,986 million for both home sale* and foreign export during 1969. the Electronic Machinery Industrial Association has announced The production represented a 39 4 per cent Increase over 1963. the association said.
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  • 586 2 A line drown inadvertently over the mop of the world spurred four idealistic young Canadions to undertake globe-trotting mission to establish a link between Montreal, site of the Expo '67, and Osaka, site of the Expo 70. The four Mr Francois Prevost. 24.
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  • 184 2 IPOH, Fri. A Malaysian General said here today the new Malaysia-Thai border agreement finalised in Bangkok Saturday paves the way for a more concentrated war against the Communists terrorists along the common border. Maj. Gen. Mohamed Sany bin Abdul Ghafar. GOC. West Malaysia said: "We can now
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  • 103 2 A well known British writer and him critic. Dr. Roger Man veil (seer above), will arrive here tomorrow for a four-dav visit tn give a series of talks On March 16 at p.m. Dr Manvel] will speak on 'Modern Trend* in Film Production and the Future'* at
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  • 57 2 About 40 first Kyu members of the Singapore Karate Association will be graded for their Black Belt on today at 94. McNair Road at 2 p.m. This Is the larsest group of students grading for black belt and the second such test since the association
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  • 233 2 CAPT. S.R. ARNOLD of Ocean Steamship Group will take charge of the 5,528-ton Anchises at the skipper of the ship, Captain James Ray, has been detained by Chinese authorities while the ship in Shanghai. The ship sailed In here on Thursday with 53
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  • 230 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Malaysia has proposed a meeting of the newly formed Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries to be held in Kuala Lumpur early July to discuss technical and marketing matters concerning the rubber industry. Minister of Commerce and Industry. Enche Khir Johari who
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  • 66 2 WASHINGTON. Fri. (UPI) President Nixon has issued a proclamation formally limiting oil imports from Canada to 395.000 barrels a day. The proclamation, effective March 1. establishes a temporary formal limitation on imports of crude oil and unfinished oil from Canada, The formal limitation Increases the 332.000
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  • 64 2 TOKYO. Fri. (UPI> Itoh and Co. a leading Japanese Trading Co. announced Wednesday it will soon start sales in Japan of Pepsi Cola, a popular U.S. soft drink. The announcement said the company has taken over all stocks of Nitto Inryo of Osaka and Japan
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    • 145 2 TODAY a Saturday, March 14, 1970. a Lm eseeLi rrrr Rmrti m i BTrwndt 9 May 10 D>injrb It Haofth 12 Fina 13 Things 14 Situortcnc 15 Judgmanft 16 Greot 17 Da y ISYou'r* 19 F«cl 21 For 22 Too 23 EnMfteininfl 24Tfca»«'» 25 Add 26 Eipacioiiy 27 Fraa 28
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  • 227 3 NEW DELHI, Fri. (Reuter) —India's External AHairs, Minister, Dinesh Singh, today categorically denied a report in 'The Statesman' that he had tendered his resignation last week and been persuaded by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to withdraw it. A statement on Dinesh Singh's behalf
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  • 163 3 TOKYO, Fri. (UPI) Nobuhiro Kusano was arested last December by police as the major suspect in tHe 2,800,000 U.S. dollars robbery case. He will shortly become an adopted son of a wealthy jewel dealer. Hidekichi Niimoto, 75. the former owner and president of the Jewellery store Tenshodo
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  • 269 3 NEW DELHI, Fri. (Reuter) The Chief Minister of West Bengal emerged from talks with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi yesterday predicting direct presidential rule over his violence-torn state. Chief Minister Ajov Mukerjee also reaffirmed his decision to resign from the communist-dominated coali- tion tomorrow. He
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  • 152 3 HONG KONG, Fri. (Reuter) Twenty-six crew of the 3,394-ton Panamanian fre i g hter 'Eternity' which sank last Wednesday wer e today reported to be in Communist Chinese hands. A spokesman for the ships agents here said a fisherman had reported seeing their
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  • 94 3 WASHINGTON. Frl. f Reuter) A Republican Senator yesterday came out against the proposed elevation of Judge G. Harrold Carswell to the US. Supreme Court, lncreas:ng the chances of a bruising battle when the nomination comes to the Senate floor, probably next week. Sen. Clifford Case of
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  • 231 3 JAMMU, Kashmir, Fri. (Reuter) —A government crisis flared up in the sensitive state of Kashmir last nig Jit when the chief whip of the state Conthat a majority of party press Party announced members had withdrawn support from the Chief Minister, Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq. The chief
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  • 107 3 CANBERRA. Frt. (Reuter) University student Stephen Whitlam has scored a political victory over his father. Labour Party opposition leader (>ouch Whitlam. Stephen. 19. wanted to marrj Sydney girl Sheena Knox, also 19. Whitlam claimed Stephen could not afford it and anyway, he was too young. So
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  • 234 3 HONG KONG, Fri. (Reuter and UPI) Chinese authorities let the 9,640-ton British cargo ship 'Glenfalloch' sail from Shanghai today but detained a senior second officer a spokesman for the snip's agents announced. The officer was Identified as P.J. Duff, a
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  • 140 3 RAWALPINDI, Fri. (UPI) King Hussein of Jordan, accompanied by Crown Prince Hasan bin Talal and a party of seven, will arrive here on Sunday, for a three-day state visit to Pakistan, it was announced yesterday. The government announcement said Hussein will have a three-hour talk
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  • 172 4 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) A British Labour M.P. alleged last night that th e United Arab Republic embassy in London is storing a each® of arms for use by Arab guerrillas. Paul Rose, Member of parliament for the ruling Labour Party. declared there were
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  • 126 4 SALISBURY, Fri. (Reuter) Prime Minister lan Smith announced today the massive pull-out of foreign consular missions from Salisbury would force no change in Rhodesia's policy. "It wont, change anything" he declared "We've been through all this kind of thing before and It
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  • 114 4 BRIGHTON. England, Fri. CReuter) Lorry driver Michael Dagley was Just gaining the upper hand In a fierce wrestling match with two giant bears when police approached. Instead of receiving help, he was arrested. For the bears were the stuffed toy varlty that had been stolen. Dagley.
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  • 288 4 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) The British Government yesterday resisted renewed pressure in Parliament to raise the special annual quota of 1.500 entry permits for East African Asian* wanting to emigrate to Britain. Home Secretary (Interior Minister) Jame* Callaghan told questioners this system for British passport-holders
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  • 126 4 LONDON, Fri (Reuter) The sweet -toothed British, who eat more sweet s than anybody else in the world, have turned their weakness into a strong point in boosting exports. British makers of chocolate and sugar sweet* are now the world's largest exporters. accounting for 30 per cent of
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  • 69 4 SAN JUAN Puerto Rico. Fri (Reuter) Students burned down a classroom building at on* university today and began a strike at another in continuing proat officialdom here. Two students were arrested afte r the 553.000 building was set alight a t the InterAmerican University in western Puerto Rico.
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  • 141 4 MOSCOW, Fri. (UPh A gang of young communists has instituted 'a reign of terror' around a woman's dormitory in the peaceful town of Freganah, the official communist youth newspaper reported yesterday. Komaomolskava Pravda said the dormitory, house mostly young country airls who came from their mountain
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  • 294 4 TEL AVIV, Fri. (Reuter) One Israeli soldier was killed and seven others injured in two short, fierce clashes with Syrian forces who crossed into Israeli-held territory, military sources announced yesterday. Along the Suez Canal, i five-day air lull was shattered when Israeli jeta twice raided
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  • 74 4 MANILA. Fri <UPi> Four unidentified youths hurled three home-made bombs Into the compound of the Manila Police Department's tralnlnt school early today. They escaped after firing shots at pursuing police trainees. The bombs consisted of nails and «unp-»wier packed in rellulold wrapping They exploded about 10 metres away
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  • 272 4 BONN, Fri (Reuter) —Four Boeing jetliner flights—thre« by the Weit German airline Lufthansa and one by Pan-American were either cut short or delayed yesterday because of bomb scares. The Pan-American 727 Jet was waiting 0 n a Bonn airport runway to take off
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  • 59 4 BERLIN. Frl (UPI> East and West German delegation yesterday that West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and East German Premier Willi Stoph will meet In the Eas* German city of Erfurt on March 19 the East German news service ADN reported The agreement to m**t In Erfurt
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  • 83 4 VATICAN CITY. Frl. fßeuten Moi> thar. 6<Y) million of the world s Christians are Roman Catholics. They are also the largeat *lngie group, according to figures published br the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano.' Statistics gatherer bv Catholic mi&slonarlea around the world listed the Christian denominations as: Roman Catholic
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  • 184 4 WASHINGTON. Frl <IFI) Jacqueiine Kennedy Onassis official portrait for the White House has been completed by artist Aaron Shickler and is awaiting shipment to Washington. The portrait of the wife of former President John F Kennedy was commissioned by the White House Historical Association, which declined to reveal
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  • 137 4 UNITED NATIONS, Fri. (Reuter) —The U.N. ambassadors of the big four powers failed to make further progress yesterday in their search for a Middle East settlement, according to informed sources. Optimism had been aroused at the last sess:on of talks by an apparent "thaw in the
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  • 98 4 LONDON. Frt (Banter) A new Item has appeared In the official list of Britain'* protected building* a pigsty. The sty. of a rare type, loin* a number of stately homes amont buildings chosen yesterday by the Ministry of Housing for preservation Located at Berrow in the west
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  • 121 4 ROME, Fri. (Rcutcr) Amintore Fanfani, latest Christian Democrat to try his hand at forming a centre-left coalition, last night started his talks with party loaders. After spending over three and a half hours with hi* party comrade* and with socialist chiefs, he said he had hi*
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  • 288 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) A new reoort has come to light alleging that it was former Secretary of State Dean Rusk who most influenced President Johnton's decision to halt th e bombing of North Vietnam. Bill Gill. White House correspondent for the American Broadcasting Co.. <ABC> reported
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  • 164 5 WASHINGTON. Fn, (UPI) Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield expressed "grave reservations" yesterday toward a proposed resolution to declare unconstitutional U.S. military operation in Laos. Mansfield said it could make the war In Vietnam ".aore difficult and deadly" for American troops. Mansfield referred to a resolution sponsored by
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  • 52 5 WASHINGTON Frl. 'Keut*r, The United States Senate yesterday approved a bill lowering the voting age to 13. but it is doubtful whether the measure will become law. The proposal, which was contained in an amendment to a more general voting bill will apply to Presidential. Congressional. State and
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  • 117 5 WASHINGTON. Frt. (UPI) Sen. John Tower. Republican-Texas, announced his support yesterday for acquiring five additional anti-ballistic missile sites aimed at mamland China. Tower said he thought the ABMS primary mission should be to neutralise any Soviet effort to achieve a first strike capability. But. at
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  • 152 5 DENV ER. Colo Fr; (Router > One man was killed and another serious y injured tonight in a shooting incident aboard an airliner in mid-tlieht The I'nited Airline* aircraft. carrying 31 passengers and a crew of six made an unscheduled stop here after the shooli*-"
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  • 57 5 U .S. Draft Chief WASHINGTON". Fri <Reuter» President Nixon today nominated a former university President as Director of the Military Draft system, ending a search for a successor to the controversial Lt.-Gen. Lexis Hershey. The npw director. Curtis Tarr 45. has rven Assistant Secretary of th«* Air Force lor Manpower
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  • 323 5 HOUSTON, Texas, Fri. ißeuter) Scientists todiy reported they were studying a strange lunar puzzle: Why did tnree kinds ot earth germs die when exposed to a sample of the moon's crust? The bacteria, Including the "common Staph" that cause.* throat infection, were apparently killed
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  • 235 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) Army officers wish they had never set a deadline for removing killer cases from Okinawa and are embarrassed by the fact the gases are still on the island, Army sources said Thursday. Last Dec 2 the Army *3; d it would removing
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  • 62 5 SAN ANTONIO. TP-KS9. Fri. <UPI> Former President Lyndon B Johnson strol ed around his hospital room vesterrtav in a furlher effort to bui!d un h;s strength. Doctors said th#>v were satisfied with his recuperation to date Doctor* at Brooke Army Medical Hospital. where Johnson, fil, was admitted March
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  • 74 5 WASHINGTON*. Fri. (Reutcr) Most politician* "fly kites" to asses? reaction to pet schemes, hut if American politicians want to fly real kites, they hare to go outside the capital llthoueh kite-flvins in th? capital is outlawed by a statute of 1892. the remainder of the nation, both
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  • 246 5 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad. Fri. (Reuter) About 9,000 Black Power demonstrators marched alongside British-owned sugar estates here today, but a feared clash between Indian-descended sugar cane cutten and the marchers did not occur. At nightfall the demonstrators had bef»n tramping for 10 hours and were still
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  • 339 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) A Pentagon spokesman said yesterday the United States does not have and does not plan to acquire the ability to knock out the Soviet Union's land-based intercontinental missiles. By contrast, he said, the Soviet Union is ''very close" to having the ability
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  • 167 5 WASHINGTON Frt ißeuter) The US Air torce will not buy any more F-11l sw.ng-w.ng lighter bombers beyond the 55* at present under contract from General Dynamics. Th* decision, foreshadowed earlier by Defence Secretary Meivin Laird because of budge* ary restraints and the plane's technical troubles
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  • 65 5 WASHINGTON Frt. fUPIt Chairman J William Fulbright of the Senate Foreign Relations Cornrr tte«» said yesterdav the romTii 'ff ronwHenng wavg and meant of obtaining full information'* on the location* of U.S. nuclear weapons abroad "W e suspect the disposition of the<*> weapon* in foreign countries ertails agreement*
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  • 130 5 SANTIAGO. Chile, rrl. (Feuter) A hijack*! Brazilian Varig Airlines Boeing 707 with 30 passengers and 12 crew aboard left here for Cuba tonight following a refuelling stopover. The four-engined Jet was seized by an armed man while It was over Mendoza, western Argentina, earlier today soon after
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  • 968 6 POLITICS in India ever since the split in the prestigious Congress Party has been steeped in a welter of confusion but what is happening in West Bengal seemingly defies any understanding. The state government, under Chief Minister AJoy Mukerjee, was formed after the last elections by a
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  • 633 6  -  by ART BUCHWALD WASHINGTON I had six suits stolen out of my house a few weeks ago. At least I think they were stolen. The cleaners left them In the kitchen, but no one saw them after that, so I had to assume that they
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  • 788 6  -  The New Hebrides is an island croup ruled by an Anglo-French condominium set up in 1906. It lies between Fiji and Australia and is seldom heard about. Now however. a nationalist political movement is stirring. Behind it is a man called Chief President
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  • 943 6  -  By John F. Barton WASHINGTON (I PI) Asia's communist leaders have taken their rivalrv for international prestige into the hookstores of the world. Washington political sources believe that North Korea Dublishei a political biography of Premier Kim II Sun? in the Eng'ish language to counter the fame
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  • 544 6  -  By Robert Kaylor KALONG. Laos <t"PI) Ihere are two different Loyalist armies near this village close to the western margin of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. A look at them tells a lot about the war In Laos One is the Royal Laotian
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  • commercial and industrial
    • 321 7 TRADING was rather quiet in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia an Sinyesterday. Easier conditions continued to rul| on profit-taking and stale Dun liquidation. Industrials, however, received some covering support towards the close, in front of the weekend, and price? In selected counters recovered to around
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    • 987 7 BUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS ACMA $2.37 (1); DIM $2.40 (5); Alcan $193 (12) $1.92 (7) $1.91 (9) $1.90
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    • 83 7 Prtr*« for March 1«> rHARTKKEU I' NIT TKI81F 8. Growth Fund 1 11 118 ASIA UNIT TRl hTI Mai lnvr«t. Fond 1-32 1 87 SINGAPORE UNIT TRim l«t »intiipore 7 93 2nd Mngapore i- 13 3r<1 Singapore 1SI The Com Ind 1 07 1 12 The s«» fund
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    • 95 7 THk noon prim at me *intapore t hinr»c Pr<*1u<e fc> <hange were> Keller Coconut oil (FOR) Bulk MS 0 Coconut on (F o R.> Drum ■W.VI Ml*e«J 4 opra 34 (Ml MP Muiitok Uhitf Pepper (FOB.) 1M00 -ar.iw.ik White P«*np»r (FOR) 1«2 50 S*r;i*jk special Hlack Prpper DOR i
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    • 757 7 3ID and offer prices officially listed yesterday at the close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia an-* Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS Bu> fri Seller* Arms 2 37 2 10 Alran l trt 1.96 B«-n Co 1.80 Borneo Bhd 1-79 1 80
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    • 272 7 March ftrst grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m.. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 60i cents per lb. down one eighth of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was very quiet. After an unchanged opening speculative buying steadied the
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    • 92 7 LONDON. Frl (UPI) Rubber market vesterday closed hesitan- after steadv No 1 RSS spot 21-9 16. 217/8. (Settlement House) April 21-13/16. 22-1/10 May. June and April June 21-7 22-1/8 July Sept and Oct./ Dec. 22. 22-1 8. Jan /March 22-1 '8 22-I'4 April/June Ju.y Oct./
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    • 62 7 THE Association of Banks In Malaysia-Singapore yesterday made the following changes in Its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent or 100 units of foreign currency): SELLING TT. or OD ready: Deutsche Marks 884.2575; Holland Guilders $85.1300; Swiss Francs 871 7450; Belgian Francs $6.2300; French Francs
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    • 51 7 NEW YORK. Frl (UPI> Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange: (Close) (Prev) May 21.508 21.50 July 21 508 2150 gppt. 21 508 21.50 Nov. 21 508 2150 Jan ***** 21.25 Mar 21.258 2125 Locally, No. 2 R6S mas 221 cents per
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    • 44 7 NEW YORK. Frt. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 776 47 20 transp 174.26 15 utilities 116 09 65 stocks 259 98 so bond* 69 46 Commoditv future* index 134 75 up 0 39.
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    • 344 7 Sydney Stocks, Closing Prices SYDNEY, Fri. (UPI) Nickel prospector Tasminex rose strongly in a quiet but firm market on Sydney Stock Exchange Friday. It met keen demand from buyers, rising 16 cents to close at A 55.60. Another Mount Venn projector. East Met. rose five cents
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    • 143 7 NEW YORK. Frl. (UPI) Prices backed off slowly in another slow session on the New York S'ock Exchange Thursday Turnover of around 9.000.f)00 shares was about in line with Wednesday's. At the Anal bell, the UPI marketwide indicator showed a loss of 060
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    • 101 7 NEW YORK. Frl. (UPI) Gola pr.ces were generally steady Thursday in routine trading on markets here and aoroad. In London, gold rose 1 cent at the morning fixing but regained the same amount for a second fixing of 534.99 a trov ounce. The closing price was $35
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    • 340 7 Sharp Reversal Of Steadier Trend In Rubber THE market suffered a sharp reversal of the steadier trend ruling towards th« end of last week and trading levels were reduced eventually to within the 60-62 cent bracket where th« sliding export tax applicable at this point became a new consideration and
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    • 74 7 TOKYO Fri. fUPI Hino Motors. Japan's foremast maker of buses, will soon enter the Australian market, which had dominated by the British Leyland Motors, and build about 300 buses a year, it was reported Wednesday. The Nihon Keizai Shi'mbun. Japan's leading financial newspaper, said Hino
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    • 14 7 The tin price for yesterday was $678 50 per picul. up $2.37*.
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    • 150 7 HONG KOVG Frt UP1 mdty'f 5 pm mrrenc? r»'«- suppled bj Foreign Exehanit* and Investment LT<1 < Buyer*) I Sellers) 195 00 196 00 p*r 100 Strait* dollar?. 145-75 146 75 per 1 000 Taiwan dollar* 6 755 6 Tfl5 per Australian dollar 340.00 360 00 per
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    • 424 7 ARRIVAL* 8 15am Ms A 123 K Lumpur 945 a m- MSA 119 R Lompur 12 30 p m M« A 431 Kuchtnx 230 p m MSA 021 k Lumpur. Malacca 125 p m MSA 453 R Rlnabalu 340 pm- MSA 321 Bangkok. Penang 540p m- MSA 665
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    • 222 7 THE Port of Singapore Shipping Authority has mad* the following berthing arrangements for ships In port today. Saturday, March 14 DEPARTURES Godouns Vessels 1/2 Ellen Bakke 3/4 Australasia 8/9 Anette Maersk 13 14 Roland 21 West Oiang Lee 22 Sletter 23 24 Yuho Maru 2a
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  • 886 8  -  By James Kim SEOUL (UPI) Gambling casinos located near historic battlefields are one of South Korea's biggest new tourist booms. The names of their games are roulette, poker, blackjack and craps, and it's all legal. By automobne. the drive from Seoul's Kimpo International Airport to the
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  • 451 8  -  By Ramesh C. Pande BADARPL'R, India (UPI) Abandoned children are finding a home and care in a rorkv wildnerness thanks to the work of an Austrian humanitarian The reeion called Greenfields. located 15 miles north of New Delhi, the Indian capital, was a dry wasteland
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  • 115 8 TEHERAN. Iran (Feuten Iran's "Palace Of Th* Sun." damaged In a killer earthquake in l%a is undergoing major repairs and has been officially declared a national historic monument. Th* 18th centurv palace Its Persian name is Kakhe Khorshld was built by the great Persian conquerer and
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  • 922 8 IPF LONDON: London may be becoming a city of skyscrapers, old taiues may disappear along with old buildings but the best club* go on forever. There is no fear of these male domains disappearing. The area for gentlemens clubs is the circular half
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  • 363 8  -  By Dick West W ASHINGTON (I PI) The I nited States is havinc "balance of payments" problems acam. meaning that it Is vpcnuinj more overseas than it takes in from abroad But things are looking up. One way of overcoming the deficit is to
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    • 85 8 DATELINE: DANGER! iy John Saunders and Aften McWiHiams HOW SWEET OF YOU TO BRING MY ATTACHE CASE,TICO... I'D BE LOST WITHOUT IT/ VYOU HELP MR RAVEN PUT THINGS IN THE BOAT ..I'M GOING TO ASK DIRECTIONS TO EAST ISLAND.' J I LucKy you DONT D«G ENGLISH,KLD'I THINK I'M ABOUT TO
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    • 18 8 AMY By Jack Tipprf "Hello, City Hall? I'd like to talk to someona, about the child labor laws."
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  • 91 9 DURING filming of "Marooned" at Columbia Studios. Gregory Peck, who stars in the space film was visited on the set bv Ingrid Bergman, who was also at Columbia for "Cactus Flower Both films were produced by Mike Frankovich. The meetine of Miss Bereman and Peck marked a
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  • 58 9 GOLDIE HAWN. who trade a highlv acc'.simed film debut In "Cactus Flower." will plav the female lead :n "There's Girl in My Soup." film version of the International comedy hit which will be produced by John and Rov Boultmg. with the latter directing. The Frankovieh Droduct.on
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  • 48 9 PRINCIPAL photography cn "Joe Egg", starring Alan Bates and Janet Suzman la underway In England. Produced by David Deutsch and directed bv Peter Medak. the Domino production la based on the highly acclaimed London Broadway stage hit bv P<*ter Nichols, who also wrote the screenplay.
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  • 49 9 PRODUCER Ronald Bhedlo will bring Brian Frtel'a Lovers' to the screen as the first project under his recently signed two picture production deal with Columbia. Jack Gold will direct from a screenplay by Julia Jones, based on the hit play which starred Art Carney on Broadway.
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  • 57 9 PETER O TOOLE and his wife Slan. glad to leave the drizzle of an Enelish winter for "Murphy's War." In Venezuela. Peter Yates. of "John and Mary" am Builltt" fame is directing. Peter hasn't been able to live in his London home for the past two years. And
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  • 45 9 808 HOPES daughter Linda gave a good account of herself in o"e of his Chrysler TV series shows. When someone said to Robert She looks like a chip off the old block." he corrected She's more like a slice off the old ham."
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  • 28 9 TOM OHOFGAN ha* been ftgned to direct "The Lenny Bruce Storv," forthcoming Marvin Worth production, O'Horgan directed the atage hit. "Hair," and t-ht fH r 'Tuta.'*
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  • 487 9  -  SINGER, DANCER, ACTOR AND IMPRESSIONIST By Charlie Chan CTROLLINC. casually up and down the stage, the lankv Negro entertainer drawled: "Ah wuz oorn in Alabama. Man. mah folks were so poor that they ran away when ah wuz eight, leaving me to pay the mortgage "Then an
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  • 569 9  -  foe 11,/.s By SHEILAH GRAHAM ORK, Fri. It it a long dav to the Mia Farrow of "l'v« just had a call from the man I love," to Mia, mother of twins by a man it not the man the loved
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  • 525 9  - Gossip About Ex-office Girl Hubby Makes Her Sick An Landers TAEAR ANN: My hus--1 band's bookkeeper quit last May after working for him for five year*. I was not unhappy about her leaving because she was a trouble-maker and I never liked her. Two weeks after Jennie quit, her husband
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    • 251 9 _I_D O Phone *****1 X«w Mowing rrro L|.« 11 »a. 1 4 «0. «.3» »15 nm Robert Vkughn THE BRIDGE AT BEMAGE.V Pan Ar it'A> I CAPITOL Phone *****] Now Showing 11 am 1 30, 4 00, 046 Z tJO.L Alfred Hitchcock "TOPAZ*' Frederick Stafford. D»nv R-t>in in Techmcoior 'PI-681
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    • RACING SUN
      • 1182 10  -  Mile Trip Suits Him To The Ground By Jimmy Lad rPROMP II is the day's best bet in the Class 1 Three Division Two mile event (Race Eight) at Bukit Timah today, opening day of the Singapore Turf Club Derby meeting. At the pro-am meeting here
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      • 1489 10 Race 1: CI. 6 Dkv. 1—6 Fura.—1.15 p.m. ($5,000) 1. e«w! Glor* «f F>dm«re 0 Sarawak Sv 0 00 FT W*e 2 ***** lUub 5v 900 Sul'an o# Paban* r L»e Harbr"i»» 3 3 404*4 Fiesta 5>" 8 11 Mr- D P-euk R5 3reMk Sairi 1 4
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      • 267 10 1 JTMMT LAD CISCO ZODIAC RACE 1 110' D %RMA I I 5 I Dust Fury 7 Okay Okay < 9 CHECKMATE Okay Okay 1 5 Dust Fury (111 EAST MONET 1) Glory of Sarawak 12 Raub BACK t: (15) CHARLIE BROWN I 1 Ilendak Menang I 8 Binjai
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      • 263 10 DAVIS CUP HONG KONG, Fri. (Reuter) Japan art highly favoured to win their Davis Cup Eastern Zone section "A" tie against Hong Kong tomorrow and the only element of uncertainty is the weather. It i$ Hong Kong' s first appearance in th e Davis
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      • 50 10 RAWALPINDI. Pakistan. Fri. <Reuten Johnah Barrington. th e British Open squash champion, reached the finals of the PaUlstan open championships here when he beat Pakistani professional M. Mvasin 9-7. 9-6 5-9. 9-1. in yesterday's semi-final. Barrington will meet Pakistan's former world amateur champion Aftab Javaid in tomorrow's final.
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      • 26 10 LONDON. Frl. (Reuter) Oosforth beat Metropolitan Police by eight points to five in the only Rugby Union club match played In Britain last night.
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      • 121 10 BANGKOK, Fr« (Reuter) An Asian car rally with a 4,000-mile course crossing Iran, Afghanistan, India, Nepal and West and East Pakistan will be held in October by the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFEI, ECAFE sources said yesterday. The sources said the
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      • 101 10 LONDON. Fri. ißeuter* Oxford looked the more Impressive crew In practice here yesterday for their annual clash with Cambridge in the universities' boat race on the River Thames on Mar 28 Oxford covered slightly more water than Cambridge during a series of 90-second bursts
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      • 63 10 FRANKFURT. Fri (AFPV Willi Quatuor of West Germany, former European lightweight boxing chamKion. announced yesterday e was retiring on medical advice. An X-ray has revealed that Quatuor is suffering from a spinal injury which could paralyse him If he continued boxing He was due to meet
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      • 289 10 Balcrest <Rao) showed up again for the second time in a week when he did a smart 3f gallop in 39 on a good track at Buklt Tim ah yesterday morning, reports Jimmy Lad. Regal Mate, with apprentice Samrv up also impressed when he sprinted over
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    • 342 11 TAMPINES ROVERS' custodian Sarikon was booked by referee H. S. Dbillon for rouqh play in a FAS match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Singapore Armed Forces were leading 2-1 when the incident occurred two minutes from the final whistle. Dhillon awarded a penalty and
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    • 233 11 CHRISTCHURCH. New Zealand. Fri. ißeuter) A third-wlcket century stand between Sarr Trimble and Greg Chappell helped the Australian B' team out of trouble on the second day of their second unofficial cricket Test against New Zealand here today The Australian* made a poor start
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    • 61 11 CASABLANCA. Frl. <Reuter) Sean Connery. onetime star of the James Bond Alms, returned the best score In an 18-hole medal play golf competition at an international amateur tournament on the Mnhammedia links here yesterday. Connery returned a nett score of 65. three strokes better than any
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    • 179 11 COPENHAGEN, Fri. (Reuter) —Japan's Ippei Kojima cruised to an easy victory over Danish veteran Erland Kops in the men's singles final of the Danish Open badminton championships here lastnight. Kopma won 15-3, 15-10 less than a week before hp meets Kops again in an early round
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    • 226 11 PENSACOLA Florida. PH. (Reuten Tommy Jacobs shot a 66 yesterday to take the first round lead in the US$l5O,OOO iabout i:62.00n) Monsanto Open golf tournament. Three of his seven birdie putts came consecutively, on the 10th. 11th and i2th holes, the longest, and the last
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    • 54 11 CARDIFF. Frl. <Reuter» Majid Jahanglr, Glamorgan'? Pakistani Batsman. has withdrawn from the County cricket squad to tour the West Indies next month became of his stu- dies at Cambridge University. Glamorgan will not take a replacement and the touring squad will now comprise 14 p! a vers
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    • 347 11 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Watfond, lowly Second Division survivors among the League elite, face th« most glamorous match in their 79-year history when they meet Chelsea, th« favourites, in th« semi, finals of th« English Football Association cup her« to- morrow. Watford have never
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    • 111 11 MELBOURNE, Fri. (Reuter) A Malaysian has been selected for the Australian weightlifting team in the Commonwealth Games at Edinburgh in July. He »s light-heavyweight Leong Chim Seortg, a Melbourne schoolteacher and married to an Australian girl. Leong, who has lifted for Malaysia in both
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    • 77 11 NAIROBI. Frl. (Reuter) Kenya's Minister responsible for Bport. Mr. Masinda Muliro. yesterday banned all golfers who have played in Bouth Africa. Mr. Muliro told a press conference that the golfers would not be permitted to play In Kenya. All but a few of the 31 confirmed
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    • 1271 11 (CHANNEL S) I CHANNEL 8 PM 1.09 Opening Anncta. in (ET.V PROGRAMMES i all 1 inns'ti snH Rr>-®- Ram AM. 8.10-8 30 National LaO.l L»«ri«CM R i™ (Elnn.. "Perayaan )et. 130 Nationa elvet 'Rid-| Thaipusam"; 8.50-910 English ine Mistress"; 200 Phantaman: I 2nd Language Sec. 2 'Rust'; 225 Star Soccer
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  • 523 12  -  By K.S. SIDHU CAPT. Ear! Stoner skipper of his own cargo vessel, has no fear of his first mate becoming a modern Christian Hetcher. Reason: The first mate also happens to be his wife, Jan. "She's a real mate, my first
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  • 186 12 SIX members of the "Thin Wir e Gang" have been sentenced to jail after they pleaded guilty to a series of armed robbery charges. They were Fong Seh Shiang, 17. Ta n Kim Hwek. 20. Koh Thlam Khoon. 19. Tham Wai Siak. 18. Kan
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  • 84 12 Firemen took more than 45 minute* to extract a van driver Chan Kam Weng. who was trapped following a road accident yesterday. Chan was Immediately rushed to the General Hospital where his condition was reported to be "critical". His motor-van had earlier collided with a
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  • 43 12 A Soviet delegation Including a movie star will be arriving in Singapore on March 23 to participate In the "Soviet Film Festival Week'. The Festival, presented by the USSR Embassy, will feature seven Soviet prldewlnning films at the Victoria Memorial Hall.
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  • 49 12 Twenty-nine officials from affiliated unions of the National Trades Union Congress will attend a course on "Payment by Results" from March 16 to April 3 at the Trade Union House. The course is conducted by Mr. S. Ramalingam, an 1.L.0 expert attached to the National Productivity Centre.
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  • 264 12 "Yellow" soya bean cakes, commonly known as "tow kuah" are not safe for consumption, the Ministry of Health warned yesterday. This is because the colouring dye. metanll yellow or "tuah ng hoon", la not edible, a ministry statement stated. "It came to the notice of the
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  • 181 12 THE Jurong Town Corporation yesterdav received a loan of *7.3 million for the purpose of accelerating its industrial growth in the Republic from the Commonwealth Economic Corporation. Agreement for the loan, payable over a period of 16 years was signed by the JTC Mayor. Mr. Woon
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  • 135 12 A taxi-driver Foo Fang Yee was yesterday fined $3OO by the Eighth Court Magistrate Mr. Michael Khoo Kah Lip when he pleaded guilty to outfacing the modesty of a school teacher. Senior Inspector D Krlshnan In relating the facts, told the court that on Nov. 6
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    117 12 A LOCAL engineer. Mr Goh Seng Kim <seen above), will take charge of the Telecommunications Department as Acting Director of Telecoms when the present Director Mr. W. V. Osten. leaves the service today Mr. Goh. 33. first joined the Department in 1952 a* a Junior Technical Assistant. He
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  • 21 12 The Great Royal Circus of ir.dia Is now performing at Queenstown. Tickets are available at $5. $3. $2. and $l.
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  • 208 12 THE Toto jackpot prise will go up to $125,000 for this Sunday's Toto Draw as there were no winners in Toto Draw last Thursday. There were also no second prizes. This Sunday s Toto Draw will be held at TV Singapura and the draw will be
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  • 77 12 A large gathering: of VIPs, members of the diplomatic corps and cabinet ministers attended a cocktail reception. Thursday. given bv the Consul General of Greece. Mr. M. Mavroleon. to welcome the new Greek Ambassador to Singapore. rare Greek delicacies. never before served in Singapore were also provided.
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  • 72 12 Ong Teck Wong. 27, w»s yesterday fined $5OO bv th? Fourth District Court jud who found him guilty of assault on a police officer. He was alleee<j to have punched PC. V Radah on the chest on Dec. 20 last year at the Gay World Stadium after
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  • 20 12 The Singapore Philatelic Society will hold a stamp display at the National Library on Sunday. Admission is free.
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  • 115 12 The Minister for Finance. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. said yesterday the Republic's industrial progress Is at the crucial stage and It is important that there is no let up in It* economy. He was speaking at the presentation of the pione«r certificates at the Chinese Chamber
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  • 39 12 The Singapore Armed Forces will conduct an Internal Security Exercise on •he *evern half of Singapore from 100 pm. today to 1 00 pm. tomorrow. The public Is advised not to be alarmed by the presence of troops.
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    • 76 12 TIME TIDE TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN" 2.21 a-m. (9.1 ft.); 9.19 a.m. (1.6 ft.); 3.47 p.m. ((6.9 ft.); 9.06 p.m. (46 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD 2.31 a.m. (10.2 ft.); 8.42 am. (2.4 ft.); 3.46 pm. (8.6 ft.); 8.50 p.m. (5.9 ft.). TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN 254 a.m. (85 ft); 10.13 a.m. (2.1 ft.);
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