Eastern Sun, 17 March 1970

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY -fr Eitd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1295 Tuesday, 17 March 1970. MC(P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Hippies Hijack U.S. Arms Ship: Crew Set Adrift
    543 1 JJANGKOK, Mon. (UPI) Two Anti-Vietnam war hippies hijacked the American ammunition ship Columbia Eagle which is now anchored in Cambodian territorial waters, crewmen said today. The 24 crewmen who were set adrift in a lifeboat are convinced the "pill-popping, marijuana blowing" hippies
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    Lock icon Malaysian 'Landing' To Be Probed
    109 1 MANILA. Mon (CTI) The Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen Manuel Tan. today ordered military authorities to investigate reports on the alleged landing of 90 "Malaysian agents" in the Southern Philippines. "Since there is such a report in the local press. Gen. Tan decided
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    Lock icon Guards Rush To Protect Makarios
    151 1 NICOSIA, Mon. (UPI) Police doubled their efforts to protect President Makarios from assassins today after gunmen shot a former close associate of his. Former Interior Minister PoJycarpou Georghadjis. himself under police questioning about tne attempted murder of Makarios. was shot dead in his car outside
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    Lock icon CAMBODIA MOVES BORDER TROOPS
    313 1 BANGKOK, Mon. (Reuter) Cambodia has moved troops from the Cambodian-Thai border probably to redeploy them along borders with South Vietnam and Laos, Interior Minister General Praphas Charusathien said today. The Cambodian government recently said it would need additional troops to stop North Vietnamese and Vietcong infiltration.
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    Lock icon British Trade Balance Slumps
    190 1 LONDON, (Reuter) —Britain's overseas trade accounts showed a deficit of £5-million last month, the first setback in six months, the government an- nounced today. Officials said that lnsplte of the February deficit, figures over the past three months showed the visible trade balance remained in surplus,
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    Lock icon METHEDRINE SUPPLY CUT
    192 1 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) —A leading supplier of the drug methedrine hat put strict reitricHom on it throughout the world. A spokesman for Burrough* and Wellcome. Basil Saunders, said methedrlne has been one of the principal targets of criticism during mounting anxiety over drug-addiction in many parts of
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    Lock icon Thousands Go On Strike At Heathrow
    206 1 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) —Thousands of workera at Heathrow Airport walked off the job today disrupting flight schedules and delaying thousands of pas- sengers. The workers trooped to a nearby football field where union leaders had called a mass rally to protest against the awarding
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    Lock icon Three Jailed For NAAFI Robbery
    177 2 A High Court judge, Mr. D.t. D'Cotta yesterday sentenced three men to a total of 18 years' jail for armed robbery committed in January last year at NAAFI in Grange Road. Khairl bin Mohamad Yasin. 43, was sentenced to eight years' and Mohamad Noor bin
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    Lock icon Youth Robbed
    72 2 A technician, Chan Kwok Meng, 22, was robbed of a wristwatch and $lB5 by four youths at the car park at Henderson Crescent, Sunday night. Chan, of Henderson Crescent was on his way hom« when four youths approached him at the car park. One of them pointed a
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    Lock icon Terendak Camp: Handover, March 28
    209 2 THE last buildings in Terendak Camp, Malacca, a symbol of British military presence, will be formally handed over to the Malaysian Government on March 28. The Camp, which once housed several thousands of Commonwealth troops, will now be purely occupied by Malaysian troops. The handover
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    Lock icon Karate Class
    69 2 A beglnnera Karate for boys and girls between the ages of 12-15 is being organised by the Youth Department of the Chinese YMCA The class begins on April 1 and will be neld on Mondays. Wednesdays and Frdays from 515 pm to 615 p.m at the Chinese YMCA.
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    Lock icon N-Service Policeman: 'Detective Hit Me With Handcuffs, & Opened Fire'
    317 2 N-Service Policeman: 'Detective Hit Me With Handcuffs, Opened Fire' A clerk. Lim Choon Hock, alleged yesterday that a detective hit him with a pair of handcuffs and, as he was walking away, opened fire at him twice. He was testifying against Lam Choon Wah, who faces two charges: discharging three
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    Lock icon Top Belly Dancer At Night Club
    335 2 •ELECTRIFYING LEILA' Currently captivating audiences at the Marco Polo night club with her electrifying dancing is Leila Guiraut, world's foremost exponent of the art of belly dancing. The curvaceous, dark haired beauty, whose classical midriff gyratiops ar® on display for the first time in
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    Lock icon Belgian Envoy
    102 2 THE new Belgian Ambassador Mr. Jacques D" Hondt. presented his credentials to President Yusof Ishak at the Istana yesterday morning. Mr. D" Hondt. 40. succeeds Mr. Andre Selllez. He has a long record with the Foreign Service, dating bacic to 1959. He was the Attache In Bogota (Columbia)
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    Lock icon MP TO ASK ON N-SERVICE AND THE FAMILY
    289 2 The M.P. for Mountbatten, Mr. Ng Yeow Chong, will ask the Minister for Defence, Mr. Lim Kim San, in Parliament today if he will consider not to call up all the children in a family for full-time National Service if one of
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    Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.—President Suharto of Indonesia (raised right hand) responding to the cheers and waves of the 10,000 crowd who jammed the Kuala Lumpur International Airport to give him a rousing welcome when he arrived here yesterday morning to begin his four-day state visit to Malaysia. On his left is the Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong, behind them is the Sultanah of Kedah and partly hidden (wearing spectacles) is Madam Tien Suharto.
    94 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.—President Suharto of Indonesia (raised right hand) responding to the cheers and waves of the 10,000 crowd who jammed the Kuala Lumpur International Airport to give him a rousing welcome when he arrived here yesterday morning to begin his four-day state visit to Malaysia. On his left is
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    Lock icon 40 Nations In Foto Fair
    146 2 MORE than 40 couni tries are expected to participate in the 21st Singapore International Sales of Photography, organised by tn» Photographic Society of Singapore, beginning on May 23 at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Photographers and photo clubs all over the world will also compete for
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    Lock icon $20,000 Toto Win
    81 2 Th« second group prise of $20,000 was won by on« participant who submitted four numbers plus th« additional number correct in Sunday's Toto Draw. There were no Jackpot winners and flrst group prize for the next draw will remain at $125,000. Singapore Pools (Pte Ltd. said in
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    Lock icon More Volunteers Wanted For PDF
    122 2 THE People's Defence Force, a volunteer element of the Singapore Armed Forces, wants more recruits. Youn? men. 20 and above, who are not liable for Na- tich.al Service, may volun- teer on a part-time basis either as Engineer soldiers or infantry soldiers. Those with a
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    Lock icon Booth Robber
    42 2 Rahim Moosah 32 yesterday peadert £uilty in the Ninth Magistrate's Court to attempting to steal money from the coin box of a telephone booth in Woodlands. Hp was remanded at the Central Poli?e Station till March 23 for further mention
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    Lock icon W. Bengal Govt. Is Dissolved
    205 3 CALCUTTA, Mon. (UPI) An estimated one million persons armed with spears. bow s and arrows and other primitive weapons massed in Calcutta yesterday to pledge support to communist rule of West Bengal whose Marxist-domi-nated ministry will be dissolved today. The Ministry of the United Front
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    Lock icon 22 Die In Plane Crash
    109 3 DANANG. Vietnam, Mon. (UPI) A US. Nav v EC--121 reconnaissance plane crashed while landing at the Da Nang airbase today, killing at least 22 of the 31 Americans aboard, U S. military spokesmen said. The spokesmen said •"eight or nine" persons were injured in the
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    Lock icon JAILBIRD HUSBAND
    96 3 LAUNCEBTON. Mon. (Reuter) Newly-married Graham Edwards sampled the wedding cake and tea at his wedding reception, kissed the bride, and driven off to begin a year In jail. Earlier yesterday. Edwards was married to his fiancee Kathy, at Devonport Council Chambers with two detectives as witnesses. The reception
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    Lock icon US Pay For PI Troops In V-N Goes To Marcos
    205 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI) —A ranking member of both the Senate's Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committe yesterday claimed U.S. pay for Philippine support troops which had been sent to Vietnam involved a pretty shoddy story". Sen. Stuart Symington. Democrat-Missouri, appearing
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    Lock icon Kashmir's Congress Party Splits
    164 3 SRINIGAR, Kashmir, Mon. (UPI) A split in the ruling Congress Legislature Party has led to an unscheduled recess of Parliament and threatens to topple the state's Chief Minister. The Governor prorogued the budget session of the assembly on the advice of Chief Minister G M Sadiq
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    Lock icon FARROW AT PREVIN SHOW
    82 3 WAVENDON. England. Mon <UPI) Actress Mia Farrow made her first public appearance since the birth of her twin sons. She joined Princess Margaret Saturday night in the audience of a gala musical evening starring Andre Previn. Previn has publicly acknowledged he is the father of Farrow's
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    Lock icon QUADS WELL
    36 3 QUELIMANE. Mozambique. Mon. <UPI) Helga Malagueta. 35, yesterday gave birth to quadruplets at the Quellmane Hospital. However, she died shortly afterwards. Ani news agency reported. The quadruplets all girls were reported in good condition.
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    Lock icon Hearing On Drug Use By GIs
    135 3 WASHINGTON. Mon. (CPU A Senate subcommittee will hear testimony that marijuana use was widespread among U.S. soldiers who participated in the alleged My Lai Mas sacre. sources announced yesterday. The report came from a source close to s j n. Thomas Doda Democrat Connecticut.
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    Lock icon ALARMING SYSTEM
    97 3 TOKYO. Mon <UPI> Officials of the Imperial Hotel, which opened a new wing last week, are taking a second look at their fire alarm system Only a handful of guests were routed from their rooms early today when a clerk accidentally pressed the panic button. The depressed button
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    Lock icon Copter Plant In Taipei
    162 3 TAIPEI. Mon. (Reuter) The Commander of the US. Air Force Logistics Command. General Jack Merrell. today began talks with Chinese Nationalist military leaders on plans by the two countries to set up a helicopter plant in Taipei. General Merrell. who arrived here yesterday with a team
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    Lock icon Reds Attack Post Near Vientiane
    259 3 VIENTIANE, Mon. (UPI) Communist froopi attacked a government outpost about 80 miles northeast of Vientiane early today, heavily damaging a bridge on the nation's main north-south highway. According to well-in-formed sources, an estimated two companies of communist soldiers hit the outpost at the village of
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    Lock icon Closed Door Mini-Skirt Contest
    76 3 JAKARTA. Mon (iUutfr- In a beaut? contest held behind closed doors. 17-year-old high school student Elvira Nanution has won the title of "Miss Miniskirt." The contest was held despite strong protests from women's and mo*lem organisations Nonetheless, the 28 contestants had their choice whether to wear
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    Lock icon Big Military Parade In USSR
    99 3 MOSCOW Mon. <Reuter> Soviet Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev reviewed a big military parade in west Russia following the Soviet Army's biggest winter military manoeuvres since World War Two. The exercises. codenamed 'Dvina' after a local river, began last Tuesday and ended on Fridav In
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    Lock icon Law To Protect Newsmen
    72 3 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) National Broadcasting Co. President Julian Goodman urged the New York state legislature yesterday to grant newsmen protection from pressure to reveal their sources of Information. In a letter to assemblyman Edward Crawford. Chairman of the Assembly Committee on the Judiciary. Goodman supported
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    Lock icon SEATO Meet Postponed Again?
    162 3 CANBERRA, Mon. (UPI) The 15th Ministerial Council meeting of th« South -East Asia Treaty Organisation is almost certain to be post, poned again, diplomatic sources in Canberra said today. The meeting was originally scheduled for the Philippines In mid-April However. It was postponed when rioting made
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    Lock icon Java Famine
    62 3 JAKARTA. Mon. (AFPi Seventeen thousand persons are starving or suffering from malnutrition In a famine In Indramaju Regency. West Java, the newspaper Pedoman reported today. Several had died through eating poisonous leaves and rootf. West Java Governor Ma-jor-General Solichln last Friday sent 87 tons of rice, one million
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    Lock icon Souvanna's Appeal Turned Down: No USSR Peace Aid To Laos
    351 3 MOSCOW, Mon. (Reuter and UPI) Russia has turned down an appeal by Laos to join international consultations to restore peace to that mountainous country of South-East Asia. Prime Minister Alexei Kosygln. In a letter to President Nixon disclosed here today,
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    Lock icon MISS WORLD HOTELIER
    84 3 MELBOURNE. Mon. 'Reuter) Australia's former Miss World, Penny Plummer. announced last night that she is to marry the businessman's son who has been her boyfriend for the past three years. The luckv man is 20-year-old Michael Clarke. He flew to London to Join Penny after she won
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    Lock icon Japanese Diplomat Freed: Manhunt On For Terrorists
    473 4 SAO PAULO, Brazil, Mon. (UPI and Reuter) An army of 15,000 policemen today swept through this city of 6.4 million in search of the terrorists who kidnapped Japanese diplomat Nobuo Okuchi. The kidnappers freed Okuchi unharmed last night 12 hours after the arrival
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    Lock icon Parts Of Bodies In Bombed House Found
    243 4 NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) —Searchers found fragment* of one or more bodiei and part of a bomb mechanism yesterday in the wreckage of a Greenwich Village townhouse demolished nine days ago by dynamite blasts. Assistant fire chief Henry Yunge said the human fragment*
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    Lock icon CHILE QUAKE STARTS ANDES AVALANCHES
    384 4 LA SERENA, Chile, Mon. (UPI) Race drivers formed their autos into a first aid caravan and snaked through slippery mountain roads m the towering Andes yesterday, aiding villagers affected by avalanches touched off by an early morning earthquake. Radio reports from this Andean mountain village
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    Lock icon Student Protest In Manila
    55 4 MANILA. Mon 'Reuter> About 100 student* today picketed outside the presidential palace to demand better deals for the country's cottage industry workers. The student* accused the administrator of the Cottage Industries Development Authority of maladministration and demanded that he be 'prosecuted' The workers wer* being abused
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    61 4 CAIRO. Mon (AFP). Eight people were yesterday condemned to death in Aden for sabotage and "subversive activities, the Middle East new, agency reported here todav. The accused were said to h» v e acted on the orders of the former Sultan Ahmed Abdallah El Fadli. The sentences
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    Lock icon Israeli Ambassador Back Home
    163 4 JER U S ALEM, Mon. (UPI) Israel's Ambassador to Washington yesterday reported to the cabinet on relations with th e United States amid mounting speculation President Nixon may not grant Israel's request for more combat jet aircraft. An official communique said only that Ambassador Itzhak Fabtn.
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    Lock icon FREIVCH ELECTIONS
    119 4 PARIS, Mon. (Reuter) Gaullists and the opposition communist* made gains in French local council elections which ended last night. Interior Minister. Raymond Marcellin said today the Gaullists had gained 33 seats and their supporters 17. The communists had (rained 19 seats and the left-win* Unified Socialist Party two
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    Lock icon UK MAN IN PEKING HOME
    85 4 BONO KONO. Moa. (UPP John Denson. British Charge d'Affalres In Peking, arrived In Hong Kong from China this morning. He made only a brief stopover In Hong Kong before flying to London for consultation* with the British Government.. Denson was earlier reported to be greatly
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    Lock icon 622-Foot Jump By Man From Tower
    265 4 SAN ANTONIO. Tn«i, Mon. (UPI) A Mexi-can-American man, who looked "depressed" and left a five-page note behind, yesterday jumped 622 feet from the uppermost observation deck at th e Tower of th e Americans. The latter is the focal point of Hemiifair 68. A
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    Lock icon Mystery Murder Of Cypriot Ex-Minister
    262 4 NICOSIA, Mon. (Reu—Government in. vesti gators were today trying to ettablish how ex-Interior Minister, Polycarpos Georghadjis, found •hot in a ear last night, met his death. Unconfirmed reports said Georghadjis. who quit President Makarios' Government 15 months ago, had driven out with a policeman to
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    Lock icon Strikes Hit San Francisco
    135 4 SAN FRANC ISCO, Mon. (UPI) Union leaders decided last night to extend the strike of city workers into a fourth day after marathon week' end negotiations proved fruitless. A wage dispute aflect'.nf approximately 14.000 of the city s 22 000 employee* has closed school*, shut down
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    Lock icon After Apollo Programme Is Through: JOINT U.S.-SOVIET SPACE MISSIONS
    282 4 WASHINGTON, Mon (UPD The head of the American space programme yesterday announced that U.S. and Soviet astronauts might be flying joint space missions once the Apollo moon programme is completed. Dr Thomas Paine. administrator <>f the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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      116 4 We Extend Our Heartiest Welcome To The President Of The Republic Of Indonesia, President Soeharto And Mrs. Soeharto On The Occasion Of Their State Visit To Malaysia. P. N. DJAKARTA LLOYD OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE FOR SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA. AGENTS: SINGAPORE: Messrs. Carrington Agencies (PTE) Ltd., 7th. Floor, Hongkong Bank Chambers* Room
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  • Fotorama '70 YOUR WEEKLY PHOTO PAGE
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      Lock icon Focus: Action Pictures
      717 5  -  —by WSF ACTION PICTURES To take an action shot, one has to overcome two main "shynesses" one from the poser/s and another, the cameraman himself. PICTURE A "Reflection*" Apart rrom the reflection of a bridge pillar, it does not give a good emphasis to the title and
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      Lock icon Colour Slide Show Next Week AT N-Library
      86 5 THE Photographic Society of Singapore will screen nearly 300 colour-slides from over 20 photographic clubs from all over the world at the National Library Lecture Hall at 8 p.m. on March 25 and 26, 1970. The 75-minute show—"Ga'a Tenth"—i| the 10th annual edition
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      Lock icon Theme: Animal Study
      37 5 STUDY of animal in action, like the eats, court, dogs, goafs, horses, monkeys, tigers and elephants, etc. Make a simple but effective composition, and record the expression of each. AVOID UNNECESSARY AND COMPLICATED BACKGROUND.
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      Lock icon FOTORAMA '7O CONTEST – 'C'
      404 5 FOTORAMA '7O CONTEST 'C' Sponsored by Moutrie (Pte.) Ltd. Agent for MINOLTA CAMERAS. OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM Potorama Contest "TO* EASTERN 6UN 23-B Cantonment Road Singapore a In complying with the rules of this contest I rubmft herewith my entry and shall abide by the decision of the Juoges ADDRESS: TTTLE:
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    Lock icon PUZZLE FOR THE PRINCE
    926 6 11/TTHIN the extremely short period of two weeks the four countries North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos which comprise the former French Indochina have entered a phase of deterioration that can be only termed frightening to the Southeast Asian. Only one thing appears certain: the
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    Lock icon Deposition Is The Only Way For Jonathan
    1199 6  -  •y ANTONY MARTIN, Gemini New# Service MASERU:—What outsiders find hardest to understand about the political crisis in Lesotho is the quarrel between the government of Chief Leabua Jonathan and King Moshoeshoe 11. Assuming th« regime stays in power, the betting i$ that the
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    Lock icon The Many Faces Of Calcutta
    943 6  -  By ELA SEN Gemini News Service CALCUTTA: The last bastion of Britain's Indian Empire is crumbling. The frontage of the once exclusive Bengal Club 1s being laid low to make way for a skyscraper. This Club and the British established many such all over India
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    Lock icon Reds Don't Tolerate Drunken Driving
    510 6  -  By PAUL BACKSHALL LONDON (Reuter) Most countries crack down hard against drivers who drink, but some of the severest punishments are ordered by courts in Eastern Europe. East German motorists who drink run the risk of losing their licences and face sentences of up to
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    Lock icon Ceylon Polls Likely In May
    428 6  -  By JOSE SEGURA COLOMBO. (UPI) Ceylon will choose a new national government in elections expected the last week in May, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. better known aa the World Bank, may be a key campaign issue. Parliament Is scheduled to be dissolved
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    Lock icon The Calm And The Storm In Brazil-Paper
    200 6 rhH^?« TON c (UPI > The ZL*?**"!? Monitor TrS" thit WM >k rSI-Wy of a Japanese df*Diti #h rf mln dPr that hZ I. i Bur fa <* caJ Plulft «ki r Sm uin i„ o ,ngs lrf ftr from well in Brazil."
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  • commercial and industrial
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      Lock icon Mart Opens Week On A Dull, Quiet Note
      385 7 A continuation of last week', bearish trend prevailed whan the Stock quiet M,,!aySl3 Singapore reopened yesterday. Generally, trading ar P os *e* wer e recorded in most of the popular speculative industrials including Federal Cables, Paper Products, Pacific Milk and General Lumber.
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      1090 7 gUSINESS done in and reported to th« trading rooms ot the Stock Exchange ot Malaysia and Singapore TnSn umb f r of in brackets in Tots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS LCAS 5196 <2> ,la < 7 > $1 94 0> 51.93 (3) $1.91 (1) SI9C
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      Lock icon Sales Agent For Airline In Brunei
      125 7 Scandinavian Airline* Svstem has appointed Borneo Company (Brunei) Ltd.. as its ffeneral sale* a»enls for Brunei. SAS general manager for Brunei. Malaysia and Singapore Mr John Hover, here anrounced recently. Thp romranv ha%> oflß.'e» in Kuala Belait B nd Bninei Town to provid# service
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      100 7 TRK noon price* it mi P NIBMP"(* Chlnw friKto<« > Ct «hin»» mifrdii «>r»> BMJM Mm < iH-onuf Oil (FOB) Bulk 87-M 1 oronm nil (F O B Drum Ml 90 Mixed ropr.i .14»« Mllril ok White pepper (FOB) IfiO 00 Mmmli Hltttr r>-pper (FOB) is; v> s «r»*nK
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      735 7 SID and offer prices off cially listed yesterday at the close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia an J Singapore were J INDUSTRIAL* B. 9 ACMA 2 35 2 38 Alcan 1.91 1 fc»3 Ben A Co 177 Borneo Bh-1.
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 61 1/4 Cts.
      296 7 April flrst grade rubber buyers closed at 5 ».m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 61 i cents P?r lb. down three eighths of a cert from th«> orevious close. tone of the market wa* verv quiet but steady. The market drifted lower at the
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      87 7 rManagtri' Trie** for March 17) CH\KUKHi I Ml I HI *1* A. Omwth Kiinrl 1 II 1 1« *»H 1 Ml 1KI -T* Mai. Inint. fund ISO 11.1 »|N«. \P<»KI 1 M l IKI'Hlo 1*t Klniapnrr 2.92 2nd «'n*annre |2 3rd Sinraporr i!as The Cnm Inrt it; 11?
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      Lock icon Visitors To Oil Company's Plant
      250 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Representatives from the National Electricity Board, the Malayan Railway. the Rubber Research Institute and the transport and industrial sectors were taken on a conducted introductory tour of BP Malaysia's Lube Oil Blending Plant in Port Swettenham recently. The visitors were taken around
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      Lock icon Detergent May Help Solve Air Pollution
      148 7 A hl|h quality detergent, patented by an American chemical Arm with international affiliation*, may help to alleviate the problem of air pollution caused by Singapore! rapid industrialisation. The manufacturers of the detergent are Craln Chemical International America. According to Mr. Quah Jim Song, general
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      Lock icon New Sales Officer Appointed
      136 7 Mr John B.rd arrived recently from London to ta*e up his appointment as BOAC's Sales Officer In Singapore. Mr. Bird envisages a great tourist and convention potential for Singapore and revealed in* airline's plans for bringing more overseas travel agents to the area to see at
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      Lock icon Back From Training
      81 7 MR. Wong Too Nam. (above) cargo supervisor of Lufthansa German Airlines, hat just returned from Bangkok where he attended a cargo handling course. In Bangkok, Mr. Wong familiarised himself with freighter handling and held discussions with his counterparts on cargo movements from Singapore to Europe via Bangkok.
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      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IN S'PORE PORTS
      244 7 THE Pfrt of Sinrapnre Authority hi* mad f the foPowrfi* berthing arrangemenU fc r in port today, Tuesday. March 1': DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 3 4 Ryndam 5 Sanyo Maru 8/9 Fernardoeverett 13 'l4 Adrastus 15/18 Aeneas 20 West Hua Heng 20 East Lipis 21 Rajah
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      Lock icon Falls On Broadfront
      274 7 -'-at Sydney Stocks, Closing Prices SYDNEY, Mon. (UPI) Share prices continued to fall across a broadfront on Sydney Stock Exchange today. Monday's market was similar to that of late last week, trading being slack with falls generally small. Mininr leaders again held the ground although most other
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      Lock icon Named Vice President Of Ad Firm
      94 7 Mr J Richard Hams ha* been appointed Vice President of the world-wide Grant Advertising International Inc. He Is also the general manager of Grant Advertising in New York His appointment was announced recently by Mr. Will C. Grant, the board chairman. Commented Mr, Grant:
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      115 7 THE chairman of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board. Sir John Ormond, has forecast increased sales of New Zealand meat particularly lamb in the Singapore/ Malaysian area. Sir John, who passed through Singapore recently on his way to Expo '7O at Osaka, said
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      141 7 HONO KONO M^n. (UP!) Monday'* 5 pia currency rates «supplied by Foreign Exchange' and Invarment Ltd (Buyers) (Sellers* 195 196 per 10< straits dollar* 1455 146 5 P*r I ono Taiwan dollar# 6 755 6 765 per Australian dollir 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese feyula 490 510
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    539 9  -  Ann Landers nEAR ANN: Shortly L after our 25th wedding anniversary my husband informed me there would be some changes made. He announced that starting now he is going to do all the things he has wanted to do with or without me. Moreover,
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    821 9  -  By Romola Metzner PARIS, Mon. "l»'» curtains for the kicky little mini of the '6O». It'* dead. In Pari* the midilength hemline made the strongest impact at all the couture showings." Rose Wells, astute fashion authority and vice president of Federated Department
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    615 9  -  ifif/ for By SHEILAH GRAHAM YORK, Mon. When Johnny Carson says he wants out from his NBC contract, it usually means he wants more money. The rumours are around again, but Johnny pooh poohs the gossip and NBC says it has him
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      10 9 TODAY and YOU. Tuesday, March 17, 1970. m 12-1M042 45-57*
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      258 9 CATHAY -***** OPENS TODAY! 11 am. I.SO, 4. 630 4 BSo p Norman Clark In "MISTEB X' Technicolor Technißcepe NEXT CHANGE MOM THE RI THUSS EOUH" Van Heflm Gi:bert Ro;and C.nemaßcope Technicolor □RCHARD-***** I NOW SHOWING: I SA. t.m. «.M 8 15 V m Columbia* "CACTCS FU)WEE" Ingrld Bernnan Walter
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      Lock icon ALL-AMERICA Bob Laniar of St. Bonaventure holds his knee in pain after a collision with a Villanova player in the NCAA Eastern Regionals Saturday at Columbia, S.C. Laniar suffered torn ligaments and will require surgery. He will be out of the NCAA championship playoff. His team however went on to win 97-78.
      54 10 ALL-AMERICA Bob Laniar of St. Bonaventure holds his knee in pain after a collision with a Villanova player in the NCAA Eastern Regionals Saturday at Columbia, S.C. Laniar suffered torn ligaments and will require surgery. He will be out of the NCAA championship playoff. His team however went on to
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      Lock icon Mai Anderson Upsets Ralston In Long Duel
      402 10 SYDNEY, Mon. (UPI) Part-time tennis player Mai Anderson swept aside temperamental U.S. Davis Cup Coach Denis Ralston in tiv* sets in the opening rounds of the 28,000 U.S. dollars Dunlop international tournament at White City Monday. Anderson. 34, who has played in only
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      105 10 HONG KONG. Mon. (Reu ter> Japan today beat Hong Kong jn the first round of the Davis Cup Eastern Zone Section 'A' tie Joji Watanabe and Isao Watanabe beat Kenneth Tsui nd Winson Wei Chung Junior in the doubles match 6-4. 6-1, 6-1, to give
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      116 10 VIENNA Mon, (Reuter) Ricky Wilde, 24-year-old British runner won the men's 3,000 metres final at the European Indoor Athletics Championship today *,n a world's best indoor time of seven minutes 47 sees The British athlete was eiaht-tenths of a second inside the previous fastest time set
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      91 10 CAIRO. Mon. (UPI. Spain's Manuel Santana yesterday won the Egyptian Open Lawn Tennis championship in straight sets when he beat Russia's Alexander Metrivelli 7-5 6-2. 6-4. Santana took only 95 minutes to win before a full house of 5.000 at the Gezira Sporting Club. In the
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      119 10 MEXICO CITY. Mon. *UPI> Mexico whipped Peru 3-1 in Aztec Stadium yesterday in a World Cup tune-up game for both squads. It was 2-1 at the half The home club scored twice in the first half at 40 minutes on a kick from 10 feet out by
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      81 10 CARACAS Mon <UPI» Tom Gorma" of th* Unfed States outlasted Great Britain's Gerald Battric*. 6—2. 6 —4, 3—6. 6—4 yesterday to win th* men» chanmpionship of the International Altamira Tennis Tournament Marv Ann Eise' Curtis, fourth-ranked U.S. olayer. took the woman's smiles title. easilr outclassing -omoatriot
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      150 10 MANILA. Mon. (UPI) Philippine Davis Cup Captain Raymundo Deyro easily outclassed Ron McKenzie of Australia to win the men's singles of the National Invitational Tennis title 6-3. 6-3. 6-2 yesterday. A capacity crowd of 3.(K>o saw the 44-year-old Filipino take 90 minutes to win the
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      52 10 MEXICO CITY Mon. '(UPI) Aneel Manguals two-out. two-run single broke a 3—3 tie in the ninth inning vesterday and sent the Pittsbrugh P.rates to a 6—4 exhibition victory over the Mexico Citv Tieers. It was the Pirates third victory in the winduo of their four-game series against Mexican
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      250 10 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) —Brian Close, former England cricket captain, has backed this summer's South African cricket tour to England in the hope that it would encourage South Africa to change its racial policies, the Liberal Guardian newspaper reported to- day. Close spoke yesterday at
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      53 10 IPSWICH. England. Mon. (UPI) Frank Clarke, oider brother of Britain* most valuable player* Allan Clarke of Leeds worth £165.000 (S$l.188.000) was transferred from Queens Park Rangers to Ipswich town Sunday for £40.000 (SS288.000). Clarke, will make his debut for Ipswich on Saturday in their home relegation
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      390 10 CALCUTTA, Mon. (Reuter) Chen Chien Chung of Taiwan won the Indian Open Golf Championship here yesterday with a record aggregate of 279 for the 72 holes. Finishing with a five-under par 68 over th# Royal Calcutta Gold Club Course. Chung cut three strokes otf the
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      239 10 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Mon. (UPl)—Veteran Dick Mann yesterday pushed a purring Honda 750 cc. through its first American test and won the 29th annual Daytona 200, final event of the American Motorcycle Association's speed classics. Mann, from Richmond. Calif., turned the 53 laps on the
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      438 10 VAIL. Colo. Mon. (Reuter) For refugees from the glass and concrete jungles of American cities, the skiing village of Vail, Colo, provides a pleasant old-world contrast. Although only eight years old, Vail has been modelled on a Bavarian mountain village. complete with chalets
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      139 10 TRON MOUNTAIN. Michi Mon. (UPI> H;gn winds caused postponement for the second day in a row of an international ski jump doubleheader on the 90-metre Pine Mountain slide here yesterday The Fine Mountain international meet and the Kiwanis Ski Club Invitational were re-scheduled for next Saturday and
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      184 10 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) It was success all the way for Japan in the Britannic House Invitation Tournament at Lower Sydenham, last night as their number on* players ran off with th« men's and women's singles. Ippei Roiima was hardpressed by English national champion Paul Whetnall
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      138 10 NEW YORK Mon. <ITI> Pete Maravieh. held to only five points in the first lialf hy an inspired Georgetown defence, hit 15 in the second half yesterday to rallv Musiana State to an 83-82 \ictory over the Hojss in the first game of a National Invitation Tournament doubleheader.
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      31 10 TOULOUSE FVance Moe (Reuter) France beat Ergland by 14 ooir.ts to In th<» final match of the Taiangular Rugby League tournament here todav England ed 6 —2 at ha.ftime.
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      178 10 CALCUTTA Mon. tUPI) Chen Chleng Chung, winner of the 1970 Indian Open Golf Tournament, said today the old course at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club Is "my lucky one." Flashing a smile, the Taiwanese golfer who now plays lor the Kabisa Golf Club in Tokyo,
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      100 10 NEW YORK. Mon (UPD —Following are the exhirwp ijon baseball records AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Washington 6 2 Cleveland 5 3 Ne w York 5 4 Baltimore Detroit 4 6 Oak.and 3 6 Seattle 3 5 Kansas City 3 5 California 3 5 Chicago 2 4 Boston
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      91 10 CHRISTCHURCH. N Z. Mon. (Reuter) The i>econd unofficial cricket Test between New Zealand and Australia "B" was abandoned as a draw when rain washed out play on the fourth and final day here today. The Australians were 236 for five in their first innings in reply
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    Lock icon Sunpix by William Ng shows David Sung Jr. leading in Commander-In-Chief at the winner's gate.
    57 11 AURIC STABLE'S classy sprinter, Commander-In-Chief (Dawkins) proved too good for his rivals when he romped home by two lengths in the top sprint at Bukit Timah on Sunday. Commander-In-Chief was installed a warm favourite and
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    Lock icon Pictured together with Bentong (Pretty) is owner Dato J. P. Tham at the winner's gate.
    57 11 BENTONG, a four-year-old Australian gelding by Apple Jack, won the Class 3 Division 2 event, returning a smart time of 1 minute 12-1/5 seconds, three fifths of a second faster than that returned by Com-mander-In-Chief
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    522 11 SEVERAL top notch drivers from New Zealand. Australia. Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia will get behind the wheels of superbly tuned racing cars when the Fifth Singapore Grand Prix get s underway at the three-mile Thomson Road circuit March 26. The highlight of the
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    100 11 THE following si* winners at the Bukit Timah racing held over the weekend have been promoted. They are: From Class 3 to Class 2 Oona. Bentong. First Honour and Speechmaker. From Class 6 to Class 5: Bukit Serok and Court's Gilt Other promotions announced yesterday are: From
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    163 11 CAPE TOWN. Mon (R«uten Dou? Walters and Paul Sheahan shared an unbroken fifth wicket stand of 106 to the Australians to safety on the third and final day of their match here against western province. After test s*ar s Mike Procter and Eddie Barlow had the Australians totterin?
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    70 11 TOKYO. Mon (Reuter) —The speedy Swedish champion team Ifk Goteborc. led by Dan Ostlund. defeated Brazil's Flamengo Club 6 —o in a soccer mat^h herp vesterdav. The Goteborg. outplaying the Brazilian professional team, led 3—o in the first half The game wa* played in chillv weather before some
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    423 11 SINGAPORE Armed Forces, the current leaders in the SHA Division One league table, will know by tomorrow their opponents for play-off to decide the championships title. Forces have played all their nine hockey leagu*» matches and have collected a total of 14 point* to top
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    89 11 MELBOURNE. Mon. (Reuten Italian Nino Benvenuti. the world middleweight boxing champion, was involved In an airport Incident with an angry fan here today. Benvenuti. who suffered a shock defeat against unranked American Tom Bethea In a non-title bout here last week, was seen off by members of
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    889 11 Following ir« th« race weights for this weekend's racing at Bukit Timah: THIRD D CIM, 1—D1» I—l MIX You Asked FOr It 9.00 Layhimtat 9 00 Princ# Piper 9.00 Feature Film II 8 13 Seals Bav 813 •Ad Valorem 11 Air Marshal 8.10 Medal Music 8 08
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    289 11 Accurate pitsis enabled Raffles Institution to score 4-0 win over Nile Utama In one of the Schools National Tournament soccer matches at Ferrer Park yesterday. Youth trainee Kumar, one of Rl's leading forwards. netted the first goal in the ®th minute and paved the way fbr
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      1271 11 (CHANNEL 8) P M 3CO Opening Announcements in all Language Ar General Hospital- 325 Wnmsr'i World iMa.ay); 355 a Diary of Event# in Singapore This Week (Malay*; 358 Its Happening in S.ngapore (Malay) Repeat); 4ls Peyton Place Repeat* (Chinese Subtitles*; 5 00 CI ode Down; 8 10 Opening Announcement* in
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    302 12 The Chief Justice of Singapore Mr. Justice Wee Chong Jin will be attending the Fourth Asian Judicial Conference in Canberra from April 6 to 10. The subject discussed would be "The Rights Of The Suspect And Of The Accused Before And Alter Arrest
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    264 12 Det. Cpl. Goh Tien Eng who received two stab wounds, during a scuffle with three gangsters at busy Sago Lane on Sunday night, was reported, yesterday to be in good condition. Det Cpl. Goh had received two stab wounds. One on his upper lip and a
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    132 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.—The Government has banned the circulation of two magazines "F anfa re" and "Her World" in Malaysia with effect from March 22. Confirming this today, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Tuan Sheikh Abdullah. explained that both the magazines are printed
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    45 12 A pedestrian Leow Moo Koon 17. died in the General Hospital after V was hit bv a van at Yio Chu Kan* Road near the Woodbridge Hospital. Sunday Ther© were a total of 54 accidents, seven of which were as serious on Sundav.
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    90 12 ADELAIDE. Mon (Router) The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons will become the first such college to hold its final fellowship examinations in another country. A leading Adelaide surgeon. Mr. A. C. McEachern. will leave on April 13 for Singapore to preside at the final fellowship examinations
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    157 12 There ha* been further improvement in the reserve stocks of blood which stood at 917, units. The tremendous boost in the reserve stocks Has been due mainly to group donations from members of Singapore Armed Forces who donated a total of 517 units and Vigilante Corp
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    172 12 THREE charming Indian mannequins will arrive today in the Republic for a three day stay to promote Indian textiles. Two of them are former title holders of Miss India and one of them is a promising actress Miss Meher Mistry (Miss India. 1964); Miss P«*rsds Khambatta
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    58 12 Police are looking for the friends an<j relatives of an unidentified person who was found d"»ad at the foot of Block 41. Bendemeer Road, yesterday. The dead man about 33. was clad in a white shirt and black long trousers. Those who know him are requested to contact
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    157 12 AN ex employe* of the British Army yesterday pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust of a watch and a gold bangle belonging to the girl he was engaged to marry. The Ninth Court Magistrate, Mr. E. C. Foenander, postponed sentence on Sultan bin Mohamed,
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    137 12 The first shipment of hydrocarbon solvents from the SI 5 million Shell Hydrocarbon Solvents plant on Pulau Bukom. leaves for the export market this month. The p.ant started oroductlnn recently. Start-up Ap*rati<K!s •were carried out at the plant early last month when the new plant
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    41 12 Peter Edwards yesterday claimed trial to a charge of letting off fireworks at the junction of Bugis Street and Malabar Street On March 13 thi s *t 1-15 am. Hearing wa« flxerf for March 20 in the Third District Court.
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    257 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malaysian government has approved an increase of $l5 per ton in the wholesale price of sugar from Malaysian refineries. The price per ton of sugar is now $525 instead of the previous $5lO. The Minister for Cornmere* ana Industry. Enche
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    56 12 The 47S American undergraduate* on board the Chapman College "floating university" R.vndam. yesterday received their first "lecture" In Singapore a talk on "The Malavs of the 1970*." Their "lecturer." Enrhe Ohazali Ismail, political secretary. Ministry of Education. spoke on the past, present and future aspirations of
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    169 12 Australia is not a "white bastion*' poised to move in on Southeast Asia, Mr. Mick Young, Federal Secretary of the Australian Labour Party, said last nig^t, Mr. Your.g. who arrr*d for a four-day visit, told reporters at the airport: "We want to build up
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