Eastern Sun, 25 March 1970

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1960. Vol. 4 No. 1302 Wednesday, 23 March 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Seato Worried By Red Gains In Laos
    326 1 "PJANGKOK, Tues. (All Agencies) Laos might be forced to call on the South East Asia Treaty Organisation for help, according to Seato Secretary General, Jesus Vargas. Vargas said that at the moment Seato could do nothing but across the border from Thailand. He
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    Lock icon Watch Your Language
    66 1 HONG KONG. Tues. <UPI> Cambodia has ordered that all telephone calls tn snd out of Cambodia must be made In English. French or Cambodian, according to telephone company officials in Hone Kong. Operators taking bookings for calls to Phnom said the n«*w order was Issued today. In
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    Lock icon A Poet At 10 Downing Street
    50 1 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) A selection of poems by Mrs Mary Wilson, wife of Prime Minister Harold Wilson, will go on sale In Britain soon The publishers. Hutchinson. said that Mrs. Wilson has selected about 35 poems from those she ha» written over many years.
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    Lock icon CAMBODIA PLANS TO ABOLISH MONARCHY
    467 1 PHNOM PENH, Tues. (Reuter) Cambodia will declare itself a republic in the next few days, informed sources said today. The sources, close to the new government which ousted Prince Norodom Sihanouk as Head of State six days ago. said the republic will be proclaimed as
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    Lock icon Poles Given 24 Hours To Leave Phnom Penh
    69 1 PHNOM PENH. Tues. (AFP) —The new government has give n the Polish Embassv staff 24 hours to leave Cambodia Diplomatic sources here said the Polish Ambassador had asked that his staff be evacuated to Hanoi and not to Saigon as the Cambodian
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    Lock icon GUNBATTLE IN BEIRUT
    62 1 BEIRUT. Tues. (Reuter)— Palestine commandos and a band of cigarette smugglers fought a gun battle In a Beirut suburb today. Between 10 and 15 people were wounded. Security forces did not Intervene. It occurred near a Palestine refugee camp where the commandos themselves have maintained law and
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    Lock icon Terrorists Kidnap U.S. Air Attache
    118 1 SANTA DOMINGO, Tues. (UPI) Terrorist! today kidnapped the U.S. air attache and demanded the release of 20 political prisoners The terrorists. In a note to authorities said the attache. Lt. Col. Donald Crowley, would be killed if the prisoners were not released. Crowley was forced
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    Lock icon Back From The Dead To Get An ID Card
    236 1 PARIS, Tues. (AFP) —All the villager* turned out for the funeral when Denite Wickaert died and they all nearly passed out when she cam® back fror* the dead. For there was the 33-year-old Frenchwoman. walking down the main street in Warenton.
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    Lock icon ISRAEL MAY BOMB NEW MISSILES
    106 1 TEL AVIV. Tues (UPI) —lsrael will eive Scrnet or Egyptian crews no chance of Placing Egypt's newlySam 3 missile cvs tems alorg the Suez Canal. Israeli sources said today Thev said Israel virtually shattered Egypt's former air defence system* alone the canal, based mainly on
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    Lock icon Two Bombs
    22 1 NEW YORK Tues (AFPY Two bombs were thrown into a Greenwich village restaurant during the night No one was hurt
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    Lock icon Picture shows the car after one lorry had been removed so the passengers could be freed.
    93 1 A car was sandwiched between two lorries yesterday at Jalan Best seriously injuring four people. Three other people in the car also were injured and were taken to hospital. Neither driver of the lorries
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    Lock icon Bernadette Warns Of Easter Riot
    136 1 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Fiery civil rights chain* pif>n bernadette Devlin M P. today warned Britain that riots could erupt in Northern Ireland over the Easter. The 22-year-old MP. spoke to reporters after waiting in tne street all night to see Prime Minister Harold Wilson. She
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    Lock icon Beware Of The Steward
    127 1 SEOUL. Tues. (Renter) A judo expert will be on board every overseas Korean Airlines flight from tomorrow. He will be disguised as steward as a precautionary step against hijackers or other unruly passengers. A KAL spokesman said 13 such "stewards" had been here to serve on
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    Lock icon Overkill At The Bank...
    68 1 HELSINKI, Tues CUP I) A bank was blown to bits today by two would-be robbers who set off a dynamite charge to break into the vault. The explosion rocked nearby apartment buildings. broke dozens of windows and destroyed the interior of the branch office of the
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    Lock icon Persian Acrobats To Perform Here
    106 2 THE world's greatest acrobats from Persia, billed in as "Mars Comic Acrobats" will arrive in Singapore on Mar. 24 for a two-week performance. They will perform at the Orchid Lantern of the the Tropicana Complex from March 25 to April 7. With two completely different
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    Lock icon How To Make Apes Live In Jungle Again...
    181 2 KOTA KINABALU, Tues. (Reuter)—An experimental attempt to return once-captive Orang Utan apes to their wild habitat is to be conducted in Sabah later this year. The animal, in danger of dying out in its Borneo habitat, is protected in Malaysia and six
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    Lock icon CULTURAL GOALS NEED FULL PUBLIC SUPPORT
    282 2 SINGAPORE will not be able to develop its own culture if the people do not give full co-operation and support for it, the Acting Minister for Culture, Mr. Wee Toon Boon said yesterday. Answering questions naised by bacfc-bencHen in Parliament, Mr. Wee added, "All
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    Lock icon 111 Schools In 11 Years
    38 2 Since 1959. the government ha« built 55 primary and 56 secondary schools and one junior college All government schools were provided with piaygrounds. the Minister for Education. Mr. Ong Pang Boon disclosed yesterday.
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    Lock icon DR. LI.M IS SMA PRES.
    81 2 Dr Arthur Lim has been elected President of the Singapore Medical Association at Its 10th Annual General Meeting held on Sunday. The other office bearers are: President-elect: Dr. Koh Eng Khcng; Hon. Secretary: Dr. Mah Guan Kong; Hon. Treasurer: Dr. Oon Chong Lin; Hon. Editor:
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    Lock icon Youth Caught Stealing From Beach
    83 2 A couple who were swimming at Tanah Merah looked up suddenly to see a youth walking away with their belongings, which they left on the beach, Sulalman bin Badri. 22. a contract labourer pleaded guilty to stealing clothings valued at $3 and rash $7 belonging
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    Lock icon Detective Fined $75
    102 2 A police detective was yesterday fined $75 after h« was found guilty of discharging three rounds of ammunition from his s«rvic« revolver without justification. In passing sentwce the First District Court Judge. Mr W. Chouse said that he would only flne him $25 per bullet Two witnesses
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    Lock icon Modesty Offence
    62 2 P. Karnman was yesterday charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court, for using criminal force on Ponumah, 30. with Intent to outrage her modesty. He was alleged to have grabbed her hand and pulled down her sarong on Feb. 6 at 7.30 p.m. at Jalan Gagak Selart. Karuman claimed
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    Lock icon Marine Fined $1,000 For Negligent Driving
    137 2 A marine was yesterday fined $l,OOO or four months' jail by the Third District Court Judge, Mr. K. T. Alexander, after he pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving which caused the death of e motor cyclist. Mr. Alexander further disqualified Allan James
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    Lock icon MP's Object To 'Good Conduct Allowance' For Prison Officers
    350 2 Back-benchers were ''surprised and shocked" when it was revealed in Parliament that ''Good Conduct" allowances were paid to prison officers. Mr. Ng Kah Ting, M P. for Ponggol, during the debate on the budget echoed the views of many other fellow
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    Lock icon MPs Advisors To Jurong Residents Assn.
    195 2 TWO Members of Parliament and a Parliamentary Secretary are advisors in the Jurong Town Resident s Association New Management Committee. They are Mr Chor Yook Erf. the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, and Mr. Ho Kah Leong. MP lor Juronf. both bein*
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    Lock icon Chess Tourney
    67 2 The Cairnhill Community Centre Chess Club i« holding a Championship Tournev for ches« enthusiafts from Ap r i] 11 to May 3 at the Cairnhill Community Centre Th* Chev. tourr.ev in divided into four categories: (ai Gold (class one) (b) Silver (elas* two) (tißronzy (rlass three) (d> Rjbv
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    Lock icon Club Banned
    86 2 Firm action will be taken against any society which Is used as a cover for unlawful purposes or for purposes Incompatible with Its objects and rules. This warning came following the dissolution of the Tai Woh Club at 69-A Sago Street by the Ministry of Defence yesterday. The
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    Lock icon Poverty Alone No Criterion For S'ship
    268 2 POVERTY alone does not en*'*'* Muslim student to a scholarship, the Minister tor Social Affairs, Enche Othman Wok, told Parliament yesterday. Answering questions during the debate on estimates for respective departments under bis portfolio. Enche Othman said the Muslim Religious Affairs Division was always
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    Lock icon Caught In Act
    116 2 A young boy wes arretted after a short chase soon after he had stolen a jack from the boot of a car at Kelantan Lane yesterday afternoon. The owner of the car, Ong Lan Choon. 2«. of Jalan Tua Kong, told Police that as he was walking
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    Lock icon Road Victim
    62 2 Chui Yai Hong 28, was killed on the sPot after the motor cycle he w a riding collided with a lorrv at Green Road. Monday morning. Chui. of Prince Charles Square wa* on th# wav to the P°rt of Singaoore Authority when the accident occured. There were a
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    Lock icon A 'Positive' Revolution Hits US Campuses
    232 2 A NEW kind of revolution— 4 "positive spiritual revolution" among student* it spreading across the U.S. and touching Canada, reports Dale McClain, feature writer for the Evangelical Press. it started with 1.000 students at Ashbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, the famous "blue grass, horse
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    Lock icon Aid For Abandoned Wives
    105 2 Deserted wives who possess blu# Singapore identity cards will still be eligible for public assistance if their husbands, before desertion, ar e in possession of pink identity cards, Parliament was told yesterday. Such a person wi!l be eligibly so long as R he dees not remarry
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    Lock icon Guru Claims Special Yoga Way To Health
    449 2 WANT to cure chronic dneaict? Give up smoking? Take up Kundalini yoga", an Indian Guru Mid Here yesterday. He is Guru G. P. MaHan, 67, the master exponent of "Kundalini yoga", which he claims it a step higher than yoga. With some 80C
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    Lock icon Diseased Trouts Destroyed
    186 4 MINDEN, Nevada, Tues, (UPI) —Som« 8*2,000 trout, infected with 'whirling disease', will be destroyed today in the largest fish extermination in nistory. Chlorine will be poured In the cement ponds at the Lahontan Fish Hatchery to kill the fish which will be burled In the side of
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    Lock icon THE MOST UNSPORTING EVENT
    106 4 CAPETOWN, Tues. (AFP) "Big" Ben Dekker. the Independent hippie candidate in the Rondebosch Constituency, ha* challenged hi* opponent, 81r de Villlers Graaf. leader of the opposition. to a swimming contest. The challenge is that on any suitable day. but before the South African general election, they
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    Lock icon The Rabbi Wife
    70 4 LOXDON. Tues. (Reuter) Ultra-orthodox Rabbi Henri Brand Is trying an unorthodox method of finding a wife The 35-year-old Rabbi, founder of a French synagogue in London, has advertised for hig ideal woman in the Jewish review. However, his requirements are exacting. Ruled out are make-up. miniskirts, dancing,
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    Lock icon 4-POINT PEACE PLAN: No More Jets For Israel Yet
    473 4 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter and UPI) Israel has a pledge of U.S. support for its security despite its failure to persuade President Nixon to furnish mere Phantom and Skyhawk jets now. Secretary of State William Rogers diaclosed yesterday that Prealdent Nixon had
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    Lock icon Mafia Boss On Bail
    97 4 NEW YORK. Tuea (Reuter) Mafla boas Carlo Gamblno was freed on $75,000 ball here He la charged with conspiracy to commit a si* million dollars armoured car robbery. Gamblno left Italy when he was 19 years old Should he be deported, there la a question of
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    Lock icon Russia's Bid To Lure Algeria Back To Its Fold
    487 4 LONDON. Tue*. (UPI) Moscow it sanding a top-level military mission to Algeria tfti* weak to push that Arab nation firmly back into th« Soviet embrace, diplomatic reports declared yesterday. Soviet Vice-Defence Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy, Admiral S. Gorshkov,
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    Lock icon Thalidomide Babies Awarded Damages
    261 4 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) Eighteen children deformed by the tranquiliser drug thalidomide were awarded 887,301 U.S. dollars in damages yesterday by Britain's High Court. The children. 11 boys and seven girls were Identified only by their Christian names Their parenta shared in the awards The victim*" ages
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    Lock icon She Can't Talk Her Way Out
    109 4 LONDON, Tuet. (Router) The sad thing about Eleonilda Koraca's love affair we* that she lived in England and her boy friend Nicco was in Italy. So when her employers were out, the Yugoslav au pair girl often phoned Nicco for chat. The long-distance romance
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    Lock icon THINK AGAIN!
    105 4 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Tues (UPI) a violent explosion toppl«<j an original copy of Rodin® famous •tatue. 'The Thinker* from its Pfdestai on the steps of the Cleveland Museum early tod a v. The statue, valued by museum official® at mora than US$5OO,OOO, was damated onlv slightly The statue is
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    Lock icon PEP PILL TEST
    56 4 LONDON, Tues (Reuter) A pep plll'g test for motorists similar to the tests for drinking driver# 1» recommended In a report out today. Early re»ult» of research on the effects of amphetamines (pep pills) carried out by the Road Research Laboratory show that the drugs could cause
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    Lock icon GIs Help Out NY Postal Crisis
    473 4 NEW YORK, Tues (Reuter and UPI) Troop, moved intho New York's pott offices early today, jeered by pickets, to start clearing mail. The latter hat piled up since postmen went on strike six days ago. There were some minor scuffles among the pickets watching
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    Lock icon HOW THE MAIL STRIKE BEGAN
    308 4 NEW YORK. Tuo. (UPI)--The Unitod State. it in Hi« throes of it* first postal strike, and a lot of poopie ara wondering how it ail happened. This it tha background of tha walkout that started in Naw York a waak ago. President Nixon wantsto reform
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    Lock icon NEVADA N-TEST
    127 4 YUCCA FX AT. Nevada, Tue* (UPI) An underground nuclear explosion was triggered 1.839 feet below the desert floor yesterday by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The weapon's test had a yield from 20 to 200 kilotons and was recorded on seismographs in Reno, Nevada. as well as Phoenix.
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    Lock icon BOMB MISHAP
    55 4 LAON France Tues. (UPI)— Four children we'd seriously burned when thev opened a World w ar Ore mustard gas bomb. They had found it In woods near their home, police disclosed todav Police Issued an appeal to two teen-age boys seen carrying a bomb ©f the same type
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    Lock icon Trudeau's Close Fight That Never Was
    169 4 OTTAWA, Tues. (Reutar) —The Canadian Prima Minister, Pierre Trudeau, and a trade union leader almost cam e to blows last night after a bitter slanging match. A crowd in the Parliament corridor stepped between Trudeau and Michel Chartrand. of the Quebecbased Confederation of National
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    Lock icon Oscars Are Affected
    101 4 LOS ANGELES Tues (Reuter) The postal atrlke ha* affected balloting for the academy awards the film Oscars' due to be presented here on April 7. The organiser* have s*nt telegram# to the 302 voters In the New York ar*a telling them that because of the strike, their
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    Lock icon America To Lend 3 Subs To Taiwan?
    283 5 WASHINCfON, Tues. (UPI) Tensions in the Formosa Strai would not be increased if the United States provide three submarines to Nationalist China. Secretary of Site William Rogers stated yesterday. Rogers o*ed during a news conference that the United Stats has provided military assistance
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    Lock icon Why Japan Can't Make N-Weapons Secretly
    222 5 TCBTO, Tues (LPI) ft upuld be impossible for Japap to develop nuclear weapoas secretly. L'.S. Atomic Cnergy Commission (AEC) Chairman Glenn Seaborg declared today. It oou dn't happen without eiervbody knowing it. Tnere would also be tremendous international repercussicns.*' the AEC chief tcid a
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    Lock icon Death For Beggar
    87 5 COLOMBO Tues fUPI) J-Mtice G Sllva tori ay Witenced a 38 ye ar -old bind b»gfar to death for th« murder of a 10-year-old bo*The latter guided birr. on b b®ging rounds Fernando was g -en the death peraltv m the KaJutara. Ceylon, court sessiot. The ki'.li
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    Lock icon No Decision Yet On Tanks
    93 5 WASHINGTON. Tues TPl> The U.S. Government has made no decision concerning Pakistan's request for 100 more tanks. Secretary of State \Vi<liam Rogers stressed yesterday. Rogers continued that requests for military assistance bv both India and Faklstan were under renew. The United and Britain halted all
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    Lock icon Dirty Deal
    61 5 COLOMBO. Tues. (UPI> A delegation from the All-Ceylon Shroffs (cashiers) Union asked today the Government Salaries Commission for hazardous duty pay. The shroffs, clerks who receive and disburse cash, want a 30-rupee <US$5> lronthlv bonus for having to handle dirty money. The delegation charged that currency notes are
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    Lock icon What 'Green Revolution' Is Not
    158 5 COLOMBO. Tues. flPI) Modernisation of farming methods in this developing nation is producing some notable drawbacks, according to a police report today. Farm tractors, a boom to the "Green Revolution." have proved to be a deadly menace on rural highways. Statistics now show a sharp
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    Lock icon 190 Missing
    27 5 MANILA. Tues. Reuteri Six.people drowned and another 190 are missing following the sinking of a motor boat in rough weather southeast of Manila last Saturday.
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    Lock icon Corruption In Thai Bases: 14 Top Air Force Men Involved
    343 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) The Air Force yesterday charged two majors and twelve sergeants with crimes. They include accepting bribes from booking agents doing business with officers and NCO clubs in Thailand. Five of the seven Tha: bases were involved The
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    Lock icon Hijacked Ship Stays In Cambodia
    136 5 LONDON, Tues (UPI> Cambod.an Prime Minister Lon Noi yesterday announced he would not return the L'S. munitions ship wh-.ch mutineers hijacked to Cambodia on March H Gen. Nol told Fred Emery, the Times' of London correspondent in Phnom Penh, that although the Americans had asked
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    Lock icon 100 KILLED IN CHINA
    93 5 HONG KONG Tues. 'UPT> More than inn persons had been executed in South China's Kwangtung Province in the past month. This was a w.tch-hunt for alleged 'law-breakers' during and since the 15*6 Cultural Revolution the Bouth China Morning Post reported today. The Post, quoting travellers from
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    Lock icon Forgery Ring
    87 5 JAKARTA Tufts «AFP> Police have arretted seven persons and confiscated one printing press. It was used to produce 1.000 rupiah <2.50 US) counterfelt bank r.otes. However, the head of the counterfeit ring Identified as HMD.' managed to escape when police raided the hideout last Friday. Police said that
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    Lock icon Philippines' Deported Chinese: FORMOSA WILL ACCEPT THEM
    160 5 MANILA. Tues. (Reuter) Nationalist Government are Hilling to accept Chinese nationals deported by The Philippines, the Nationalist Chinese embassy stated here. The embassy declared the Nationalist Government had never said It would refuse to accept some 109 Chinese national* presently under threat of
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    Lock icon 2nd Day Of Riots In Manila
    259 5 MANILA, Tues. ißeuter and UPI) Hundreds of students today stoned vehicles and fought with police in the second consecutive day of rioting against in- creased bus and taxi fares. Several times non-stu-dents joined the demonstrator* In standing their ground against truncheonswinging antt-rlot unit*. Several
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    Lock icon 22 Muslims Arrested For Rioting
    111 5 2 2 Muslims Arrested For Rioting JAKARTA. Tues (Reut«r) Twenty-two Indonesian muslims have been arretted following anti-Chinese riots in the North Celebes capital of Menado at the weekend. reports reaching here today said. Some 1.000 muslim youths were reported to have moved through the street* of Menado beating up Chinese.
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    Lock icon 'NO ANTI-CHINESE PLOT'
    711 6 4 T first sight the Malaysian-Indonesian Friendship Treaty would appear as miscegenation, the two countries having so recently suffered the throes of confrontation. But Australian newspapers probed further into the matter and came up with the editorial idea that the treaty could be basically antiChinese. Right or
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    Lock icon DREAMS OF SIHANOUK
    258 6 fHE report from Peking that Prince Norodom Sihanouk, deposed Cambodian Head of State, is to form a "national liberation army" to free his country, sounds to have been worded by a run-of-the-mill propagandist in Peking using well-worn cliches. The sweeping statement also said that as "Head of
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    Lock icon A New Factor Against European Unity— Permissiveness
    812 6  -  By William Forrest. Gemini News Service LONDON: Out of Scandinavia comes something new. A new reason for opposing the movement towards unity in Europe. The moral factor. We are all familiar with the usual arguments against closer international union. It would mean too
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    Lock icon Malaysian Pearls For The Fashion World
    568 6  -  Bv Colin Bickler SANDAKAN. S a b a h (Renter) Near a remote Borneo island, Japanese experts are helping .Malaysians to explore the depths of sparkling clear waters for a new source of wealth. Two Malaysian Chinese businessmen from Sandakan port were persuaded by
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    Lock icon Heart Transplant Trout Rides A Motorcycle
    400 6  -  By John A. Gonzales SANTA CLARA, California (ITI) When Ralph Trout 111 plays "You Gotta Have Heart" on the organ down at the Captain's Galley Pizza parlour he really means it. Trout is a heart transplant patient, the world s 130 th and the
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    Lock icon WHERE THEY STILL CURE BY CHARM...
    700 6  -  By MOHAMMAD RAFIQUE, Gemini News Service KARACHI: To the wild beat of drums a middleaped woman shakes and writhes in a dingy room until she drops unconscious. This is no belly dancing or one of those hot go-go numbers. The woman is supposed to
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    Lock icon U.S: New Peak In Space-Spending Likely
    660 6  -  By Michael Prentice WASHINGTON. (Renter) Plans to explore the planets and develop the machinery required for a manned flight to Mars seem likely to push American space-spending to a new peak within a few years, despite present economy measures. If the programme endorsed recently
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    Lock icon It's Danger To Traffic
    80 6 Letters... The repair station of the Keppel Bus Company at the Junction of Lim Teck K:m Road and Tanjong Pagar Road is a danuer to traffic and a nuisance. It is not funnv to see about six buses trying to cram themselves into a very little
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      Lock icon Industrials Improve
      310 7 Industrials improved slightly in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday although trading remained rather subdued. Total volume of business done was reduced to about 1.3 million units. i recent sharp fall in share prices, the sectional upturn was mainly attributed to shortcovering activity. Otherwise, initiative was
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      Lock icon NY STOCK MARKET LOWER
      200 7 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) Despite a sharp upsurge immediately after President Nixon announced he would call out the troops to restore postal service in New York, the market finished lower Monday in light trading. The UPI marketwide indicator was off 0 32 per cent on 1.552
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1067 7 TSUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms 4 2 th S"*" Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lofVof .1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS Acma $2 28 <5); Alcan $1.68 (4) $1.67 (2) $1.66 (1) $1.69 (2) $1.72
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      730 7 SID and offer prices officially listed yesterday at the close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia an* 4 Singapore were INDUSTRIALS B. s. Arm* 2.29 2 33 Alran Industries 1.74 176 Ben Co. j.:o 1.75 Borneo Bhrt. 1.73 1.75 Biu.«tead
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 61 3/8 Cts.
      292 7 APRIL first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 pra, in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 61-1 cents per lb., dow n three eighths of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was very quiet. Record production figures for January released today
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      103 7 SELLING T.T or O D readr: Deutyhe Marks $84.2*825; Holland Guilders $85.1525: Swiag Francs $7l 7975; Belgian Francs $6.2325; French Francs $55 7225 Italian Lire $0.4925; Darush Kroner $41.1800; Norwegian Kroner $43 2325; Swedish Kroner $59.4225 and Japanese Yen $0.8675. The following rates are quoted to th# equivalent
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      96 7 TRP BMn prim at the Chfnrt# prrwluf» |t%rOanie >MtrMay ««ri> Buj e» teller ««conai mii (PORi Bulk M AO Coconut <Ml if OAl Drum SO uu Mixed rr>n*i* xs 00 ma Muntnk H lilt* r«PP»> (FOB> 1 «so Mrsmiik MhMr Prpprt (FO B l 160 On Sarauak Black Prpuer
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      160 7 LONDON. (UPI) Buyers were few In Monday's stock market and Easter Holiday influences together with further taxloss selling was sufficient to push most sections lower. Widespread and severe losses by Australians contributed to the generally unsettled tone. By mid- afternoon the financial Times index
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      37 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Industrials 763 60 20 transp. 169.86 15 utilities 114.23 65 stocks 255 09 40 bonds 69.50 Commodity futures Index 134.42
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      80 7 (Manarrtv Trlfe* for March VH A orovta HioO IW 1 14 *«l* NIT 1 Hi Mai In*e»(. Fnn<t I Id 11) M>U*ro«t 1 NT* INL'klO 1»« *|n*ap«re t-OT a. *«<J $int*gore ZA9 SM Mnraput* I 40 7Ut Com- InA i iH» 1 H Th* *a». Iun< id I
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      224 7 THE Port Of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for today. March 25. DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 1/2 Vlshva TeJ 8 "J Hlkoshlma Mara 10/11 Glenogle 32 33 Dlomed 20 West Sandy 21 Kimanls 25 26 Knud Maersk 42 43 Sirdhana 44 Semipalatlnsk ARRIVALS Godowns
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      123 7 National Exhibit '7O at the Victoria Memorial Hall was officially declared open on Sunday by Mr. Lim Hock Poh, president of the Retail Electrical Traders Asso- ciation of Singapore. This Is the first exhibition of its kind in Singapore. On display is the
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      119 7 NEW YORK. Tufts (UPI) Gold prices were mixed In moderately active trading Monday on markets here and abroad. In London, gold rose 1 cent to $535.15 a troy ounce at the morning fixing and remained at that level for the second fixing. Zurich gold remained unchanged at
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      52 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Rubber futures closed 25 points lower on no sales on Monday on the New York Commodity Exchange. Close: Prev: May 21.508 21.75 Jly 21.508 21.75 Sep 21.508 21.75 Nov 21.508 21.75 Jan 21.508 21.75 Mar 21.508 21.75 Locally. No. 2 RSS was 22i cents
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        327 7 SYDNEY, Tues, (UPI) —Mining shares fell over a wide front on the Sydney Stock Exchange Tuesday. In early trading, falls outnumbered rises 11 to one. This situation eased later tour to one at th< close of trading. The poor showing of Australian stocks In London on
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        74 7 LONDON Tues. (UPI) Rubber market closed idle yesterday with spot 21-1/4, 21-5/8. SETTLEMENT HOUSE. Apnl 21-3/8. 21-9/16 Mav and June 21-3/4. 217/8 APril/Jun« 2-5/8. 21-13/, 16 Jly Sept. 21-15/16. 22-1/ 16 Oct/Dec. 22-1/16. 22-3/16 Jan/March 22-1/8. 22-5/1 16 Oct/Dec Jan/March and April /Jun# 22-3/16 225/16 GENERAL
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        15 7 The tin price for yesterday was $6Bl 87-1/2 per picul. up SO 62-1/2.
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      130 7 nONG KONG. (CPI> Tue*d*y'» 5pm currency r*f« (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd >. tBojfMI (Seller*) 184 5 IPS.50 ner IOC Strait* dollar* 146 5 147 5 per 1.000 Taiwan doaart 6 755 fl per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.00C Burmese kyau 485 506 per
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      347 7 ARRIVALS 8-lft am MSA 123 K Lumpur 9 48 a m M>A ll» k Lumpur 12-30 pm Mv% 451 Kucbint 2-30 p m .MSA 021 k Lumpar. Malacca 3 25 pm Ms A 453 k kinabalu 2-40 p m S-40 p m MsA 521 Bangkok. MM 521 Bangkok.
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      Lock icon How Pasteur Pioneered Rabies Treatment?
      763 8  -  By Gamini Seneviratne, Gemini News Service LONDON: On the last dav of February a dog called Sessan died in Newmarket. England. It had been in the country nine months and had earlier gone through the required vaccination and quaiantine requirementsSix days later Britain s Ministry
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      365 8  -  DATELINE By Ele,Walt Dulaney Dear Ele and Walt: I would like your opinion on this. If a girl accepts every invitation a boy makes, does it seem like she's too available? My sister says yes and my brother disagrees with
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      746 8  -  Bv David Arculus LONDON: It all »»frai to be happening Just now In aviation: "jumbo-jets'* carrying hundreds nf passengers between London and New York, supersonic transports, like Concorde, Vis* around the corner and. increasingly, the use of automatic landing systems capab'e nf operation in
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      78 8 The Raffles Players joint Drama Society of Raffles Institution and Raffles Girls' School will a Drama Festival on the 11th and 12th April at 730 p.m. at the Victoria Theatre Programmes for each mght consist of 8 olavs presented entirelv bv students of both schools The Festival aims
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      395 8 Schools' Soccer National Tournament (Supplementary Wed. Mar. 25 Farrer Park 8 30 a.m. Mon Mar 30 Farrer Park 8.30 a.m. Wed. Apr. 1 Farrer Park 8 30 a.m Mon. Apr. 6 J. Besar 3.30 p.m. Wed Apr 8 Farrer Park 8 30 a.m. Pitch 1. Pitch 2 Juniors Semi Finals
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      403 8 EASTERN SUN CONTEST G-3 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM V i 42 came MP. for 1 Entrant's Particulars Timtr- i lIIIIITIIIIIIITHIIIIIH Address: A{S Clo6ing date 24 70 Cut Here WHAT YOU HAVIS TO DO: I) Urn di» rbi* weea. Um Uitfm Sao will oaMitn pbotn rapr> t) Idrndft id*
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      112 8 DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saundere arid AbenMcWiiams A'O, C_' R TEN CHANNEL NAW... RAVEN'S HALF-WAV TC EAST ISLAND BV NOIW/ BUT TO PINO THE 80/ IF I WERE VOU...THE STORM'S —R ALMOST HERE/ THE WIND IS 6ETTINQ WORSE, RAVEN... HAVE >OU FOUND ANY GASOLINE"* m fr, T> F s tt
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      192 8 i 9 Who said this: R*adjftk W B in 15 to the mind W_Jr 4T Jb MLJ j what exercise is to j the body. 10. Who is the founder 1. How can sagpn? of PaklsUn? cane seats be made taut again? 2 What is an ophthalmoscope? 3. May drinks
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    661 9  -  S/icfiAifif/ /or !%it... SHEILAH GRAHAM VEW YORK. Tuer "Why do you writ® such nasty things," George Lazenby asked me. Recovering my speech. I gave my stock answer, "I write nasty things about nasty people; nice things about nice people." I had written that George had
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    538 9  -  Ann Landers DEAR ANN: I wonder if your readers millions of them—realise how lucky thev are? I am referring to those vast multitudes who go about their daily business with nothing more than the ordinary, everyday problems a nosy mother-in-law. a demanding
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    260 9 A Lovelier Toil By >UfT Sue Miller IN days of old. barber shop quartets always gave a rendition of "The Sunshine of Your Smile." a sentimental number In the praise of the smlim* feminine face I sometimes think It should be revived, particularly when I
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    213 9 v LOOK FOR... > IN BROWN, fray and whit# paisley on shining silk surah or floating voile, to be worn with silk pants In white, pale gray or brown Jersey. IN SOFT knits, often mini length, and sleeveless, so a shirt can be added beneath, the pants in
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      184 9 TWO DRAWS A WEEK EVERY THURSDAY SUNDAY DRAW NO: 24/70 (26-5-70) to be held TOMORROW at fhe Singapore Wonderland Amusement Park, Kallang Park at 7.45 p.m. IST GROUP: TO WINNERS WITH 5 NUMBERS CORRECT 2ND 6ROUP $20,000 3RD 6RCU TO WINNERS WITH 4 PLUS TH€ MDO tOHAL NOM&tP CORRECT 4
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      51 9 HOTEL TIL *****0 III! 46. MCYCH ROAD. SINGAPORE 15 THE "KOOL CATS FRESH FROM SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF GERMANY < appearing nitelv T i m I X. 3 CONNIE TZE SHIRLEY LEE Resident Singers DELIGHTFUL MUSIC ORTEGA plus 6 The IDEAL NITE SPOT for oarttes A entertaining friend* Comfortable Hotel accommodation
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      232 9 I m ISATION 1 I D O Phonf *****1 LAST DAY! U am. ISO. 4.00. 6.50 9IS p m George Segal. Robert Vaughn Ben Q&zzara. Bradford Dillmaa -THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN" Paaavuion <fc Color iOA) OPEN 6 TOMORROW! Anthony Qumn Vtrna LUI "Secret of Santa Vlttorta" Paaa vision <fc Coior
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      17 9 TODAY an Wednesday, March 25, 1970. 29 Lo*» 59 Pfochool 400*«»» 89 Ktndty 90 it rv 3/2S
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      33 9 CATHAY: OPENS TOMORROW!' GRAND EASTER ATTRACTION DUE TO FILMS LENGTH PYILY I SHOWS PLEASE NOTE REVISED TIMES 11.00am. 2.30, 6.00 9.00pm. —exg=^= iko r**t U»T la W Good -Time People Love 'WOTYDUR WAGON"!
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      451 9 □EON ***** LAST DAY 11 ».m.. I.M. 4.M. «M t.90 p.m "FABEWELL FRIEND Ooior Alain Deion Charles Bron*on Opens Tomorrow' Easter Attraction No Free List Oc ambii's "Marooned' Oregerr P»ck Richard Crenna Panaviaion Eastmancolor CATHAY -***** LAST DAT! 11 a m.. 180. «.M. M B SO p m Our Madura
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      1052 10 CL 4 Dlv. 1 5% F. ***** Lord Shah 67 900 Kuching L*ong Diner Land 3y 8.13 Ideal Bougoure ***** Linda Vista 6y 8 12 Mai Pe n Rai Bougoure ***** Radiant Moon 6y 812 Joy Allan 01 Fnchanied Island 1(> Samsuri 4y 8.12 Enchanted *****
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      258 10 PRETTY DOLLYS 37 a/5 FASTEST By Our Racing Correspondent HITAM MANIS 11, who scored first time out last month, is retaining his winning form. With a riding boy astride he ran 3f in 43 on the bit. The going was good. Pretty Dolly Impressed when she sprinted
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      158 10 DONCASTER, England, T ues. (Reuter) Lester Piggott, Britain's champion jockey, made a triumphant start to the 1970 flat racing season with two winners from three mounts on th« opening day here yesterday. Piggott rode Major Blue to victory at odds of 4 to 1 in
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      Lock icon Expulsion No Surprise Says Drysdale
      682 10 JOHANNESBURG, Tues. (UPl)—South Africa's Davis Cup tennis team, here for the national championships which open today, expressed no surprise at the decision of the Davis Cup nations to exclude them from the 1970 competition. Australian born Bob Hewitt, who ha*» been the Republic's leading player
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      56 10 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Results of last nights rugby matches were: Rugby League Barrow 10, Leigh 8. Oldham 3. Blackpool Borough 5 Rochdale Hornets 0. St. Helens 10. Workington Town 14. Swinton 14. Rugby Union Hospitals Cup Final: Guy's 0. St. Barts 15. Club Matches: Newbridge 8.
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      130 10 JACKSONVILLE. Florida. Tues. (Reuter) Don January shot a three-under-par 69 yesterday to defeat Dale Douglass by three strokes in an 18-hole play-off for the Jacksonville Open golf championship. January, a 40-year-old Texan from Dallas, earned the first prize of US$2O,OOO < about £8.300) while Douglass. of Denver.
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      131 10 LONDON. Tues. Susan Jones. 15, from Bristol, in the west of England, has won a full British international cap to compete against some of the world's finest swimmers in the West German international championships at Dortmund from April 3 to 5. Miss Jones Is in
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      Lock icon Bremner Wins Soccer Award
      117 10 LONDON. Tues. <TJPI) Scottish lnternaaonal wine half Billy Bremner «f Leeds United was elected 1970 Footballer of the Year by the English Football Writers' Association yesterday. Bremner. Scotland and Leeds captain, was a runaway winner in the annual poll conducted among the 240 members of the
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      Lock icon FIFA Lift Ban On Ghana
      79 10 ZURICH. Tues. (Reuter) The International Footbar. Federation (FIFA) today lifted a suspension imposed on the Ghana Soccer Association for failing to fulfil financial obligations towards FIFA. The Ghana and Central African Republic Associations u-ere suspended on March 2, and FIFA forbade them to play international
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      64 10 LISBON. Tues. (Reuter) Jimmy Hagan. former English international, has been appointed managertrainer of Benflca. the Portuguese First Division soccer club, it was announced last night. Hagan. 52. replaces Brazilian Otto Gloria, who was dismissed by Benflca earlier this year after a period of waning form
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      76 10 CARACAS, Venezuela. Tues. (Reuter) Braiil qualified for the second round of the Davis Cup American Zone south section when they rained a winning 3-6 lead over Venezuela here. In yesterday's doubles Thomas Koch and Edison Macdarlno clinched victory for Brazil by beating Jorge Andrew and Humphrey Hose 6-2.
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      Lock icon A Noisy Salute As Leeds, United Battle To Draw
      228 10 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) —Leeds United and Manchester United meet again on Wednesday after another epic but scoreless semi-final last night for a place against Chelsea in the English Football Association Cup final on April 11. Leeds, seeking a European Cup, English
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      Lock icon Barrientos Signs Title Fight Contract
      120 10 TOKYO. Tues (Reuter)— World Boxing Council junior lightweight champion Rene Barrientos of the Philippines today signed a contract for a title defence here on April 5 and confidently predicted he would beat Japanese challenger Yoshiaki Numata. "Of course." the 27-year-old Filipino said when asked If
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      113 10 SEOUL. Tues. (UPI i Japan today edged South Korea to win the fivenation swimming competition at the Taenung indoor swimming pool in Seoul Japan won 10 gold and four sUver medals with no bronze compared to nine gold. 15 silver and 15 bronze medals
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    299 11 THE Singapore Youth*, playing for the first time as a team, put up a very impressive performance to outplay the visiting Western Australian under-18 by two goals to nil in a friendly soccer match at the Jalan Besar Stadium, yesterday. The Auaalea. who an r»n
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    Lock icon Malcolm Breaks Course Record With A 69
    344 11 ALISDAIR MALCOLM, 18 of Kf ppe I C'ub (H'cap 2) and on e of the best amateur golfer in the country, won the 1970 Warren Golf Club amateur open championship with a course record 34-35 —69 during the weekend. The previous course record
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    192 11 LONDON TUPS —Six leadin* British Junior tennis players have been selected to form the BP training squad this year, which will enable them to earn up to £lOO by the end of 1970. They ar#» Michael Collins, the junior champion. Christopher Mottram. John Lloyd. John
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    123 11 LONDON. Tufts The TeM and County Cricket Board at Lord"* cricket ground In London have reappointed Alec Bedser. Don Kenyon. Alan Smith and Bi,ly Sutcllffe as selectors to choose the sides for thp first two matches against the South Africans and for the five England teams for
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    493 11 HONG KONG, Tuc». (AFP) —A 36-itrong contingent of Japanese golfers will lead a record entry of 114 into the 1970 Hong Kong Open championship on Thurt. day. The Hong Kong Open Sixth leg of the Asian golf circuit, will be played Over the re-arranged course
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    62 11 ALBERT POON, thrtttime winner of the Singapore Grand Prix, said he had a good chance to win the race fourth time this week on hit arrival here last night. Poon said he was still getting accustomed to his new racing car, a Brabham BT 30, which he
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    175 11 By Eastern Knight National Master Giam Choo Kwee became the clear leader after four round* of the Singapore Chess Federation tournament 1970. He beat Richard Seah, Robert Woodford. Francis Hayne s and Matthew Gwee to »cor> four points With another three rounds to be competed,
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      120 11 TENDER PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD SINGAPORE WATER DEPARTMENT SUPPLY DELIVERY OF 1 INCH WATER METERS FOR 1971-73 Tenders will be Invited later in the year 1970 for the supply of Inch rotary piston tvpe water meter* required by the Water Department., Public Utilities Board for the three-year period of 1971-73. Total
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      1075 11 CHANNEL 5 PJH. 2M Opening Anncts Houiwvu Matinee 'Hoi Pin Choon Luen" ißice> 1 of i Mmdarin Film <E> 330 Woman's World (C) 400 A Diary of Events in S pore Th Week (C) 405 Days of Our Lives 4 50 Clo«e. 6.00 Opening Anncts Arthur K 30 Neuj in
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    535 12 THE Government is reviewing and re-organising the present programmes on radio and TV to provide educational and cultural values consonant with the national needs, the Acting Minister for Culture, Mr. Wee Toon Boon, said yesterday. Answering questions raised by back-benchers during the
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    175 12 The allocation of $l6O tor a "tell-tale clock" in the estimates tor the Social Welfare Department provided light relief for an otherwise mundane debate in Parliament yesterday. What Is a tell-tale clock. Mr Ng Kah Ting. MP. for Ponggol, wants to know. Replying
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    97 12 The Primary Production Department is essentially a technical department whose efforts are directed towards assisting farmers to produce better livestock and crops. This was stated by Mr. EW Barker. Minister for Law and National Development. In a reply to a question raised by the Member for Jurong.
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    29 12 Th<» S'nga©or» Institute of Management will hold its Fifth Annual General Meeting at the Co*nferenc* Room of C'iscaden Hous* Hotel on Tuesday. Mar«~h 31 at SSO p.m
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    91 12 Th» Attorney General Chamber* wl.l occupy the present Public Work* Department buildin* sometime this year, said Mr EW Barker In Parliament yesterday. The Minister for Law and National Development was replying to a question put, bv Mr. J.F Conceicaa MP for Katone. He said that only
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    298 12 Mr. David Day, Chairman of the Toy Safety Committee of the British Standards Institution said here, yesterday that Britain exported to Singapore toys in the region of $1.25 million, last year. However. Mr. Day who is also Council Member of the British Toys'
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    119 12 A Are broke out at the Teo Brothers Printing and Book Binding company at Jalan Kilang and destroyed office equipment totalling $5,500 Monday morning. The fire was discovered by the foreman of the comRany at about 8 a m when e came to work. His suspicions
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    284 12 A Joint-tem Committee, allegedly representing three branches of the Singapore Bus Employees' Union yesterday claimed that the "union has been wrecked to the point where even its names leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of its general membership." In a statement
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    122 12 Mr. Chow Sow Yoon* has hern rf-flfctfd President of the Chinese Association at its General Meeting held on Sunday. Three other Vice-Pre-sident* have also been reelected They are Mr Kiong Woor Kew. Mr Llm Tee Seng and Mr Michael Lee Kon The other Vice-Pre-sident is Mr. Chee
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    67 12 Mr Ne Kuan Ho#y. th* Finance Director of Singapore W T onderland Amusement <Pte) Limited will be the chairman of the panel of Judges for this Thursday's Toto draw at the Singapore Wonderland Amusement Park. Kallang Park. The other panel of Judges are Mr Lee S?e Chor.
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    565 12 Cancer of the breast is the most common canced amongst the women in Singapore. A total of 13 cases which were detected by the Singapore Cancer Society recently revealed that eight of them were women. Five of the women had cancer of the breast.
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    104 12 The Annual Woinder 1 a n<i Fo-»d and Fur Fair of the Sr>ast:c Children's Assoc: ation o? Singapore will be heH this year in a foration thp Whitley Road Primary School. nwr Thom«c,n Fnad on April from a m tr> 6 tjtt Th#» Fair will
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      81 12 TIME a TIDE TOD AT SINGAPORE TOWN. 5.56 am. (18 ft 12 15 pm. <9l ft.); 6.12 p.m. (2 4 ft). NAVAL DOCKYARD 12 15 am. (10.6 ft.); 549 am. (2 2 ft); 12 33 pm. (10.9 ft.); 609 p.m. (2.9 ft.). TOMORROW SINGAPOR TOWN 12 19 a.m. (92 ft.);
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