Eastern Sun, 26 March 1970

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    Lock icon Customs Department Re-organised Again From April 1
    354 2 The Singapore Customs Department has re-organised again its various departments for greater efficiency and better public service. A press statement which was released yesterday stated that in June, last year, a number of similar functions of the then Protective Duties Branch and Revenue
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    Lock icon Charity Ball Saturday
    98 2 A Fair Lady Eastern Ball in aid of the Singapore Association for Retarded Children will be held on March 28 at the Peking Restaurant at 7.3® p m The highlight of the evening will be tile "Miss Fair Lady" contest which carries a first prize of a
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    Lock icon 'Jurong Fish Mart Going Smoothly'
    170 2 The Jurong fishing port and auction market are operating smoothly now. Mr. E. W. Barker, told Parliament yesterday. He said that ail fish merchants have moved to Jurong and rormed themselves into one association. Replying to questions raised by Mr. Ho Kah Leong i Jurong
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    Lock icon Offensive Weapon Charge
    94 2 Cheng On Seng. 19. was yesterday charged In the Ninth Magistrates' Court with possessing a iron pipe on March 24 at the Junction of Paya Lebar Road and Jalan Aflfl at about 9.00 p m. Cheng who claimed trial said he carried the pipe, which was classified
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    Lock icon EMBASSY DISOWNS GENERAL'S STATEMENT
    209 2 4 Should Carry No Credence'' THE Indonesian Embassy in Singa?ore yesterday refuted a statement made by Lt. General Djatikusumo that Indonesia's participation in ASEAN is a risk to Indonesian security. A press statement iseued bv the Embassy here, said that the report which appeared on March
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    Lock icon Pedestrian Safety Campaign
    216 2 THE National Safety First Council of Singapore will hold a Pedestrian Safety Campaign from Mar. 30 to April 15. Mr. Yeoh Bin Chiat. Chairman of the Organising Committee, said that his committee will embark on a number of activities to encourage maximum cooperation from all sections of
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    Lock icon N-Service Offence
    65 2 A National Serviceman. A. Rahim bin Hamid. was yesterday charged before the Ninth Court Magistrate, Mr. E. C. Foenander. for falling to present himself for Vigilante Corps training from Julv 10 last year till Jan. 25 this year. He claimed trial and the was fixed for hearing at
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    Lock icon Jets Against Border Reds
    64 2 KUCHING. Wed. Tebuan jets of the Royal Malaysian Air Force wou'.d be used in operations against the Communist terrorists in Sarawak if the situation warrants it. the Chief of Air Force Staff. Air Commodore Dato Sulaiman bin Suiak said here tod av. Air Commodore Dato Sulaiman
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    Lock icon 66 Accidents
    20 2 TheT> were a total of 66 road accidents on Tuesday of which five were serious and one fatal
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    Lock icon Raja's Yugoslav Visitor
    86 2 YUGOSLAVIA'S Secretin, of Sfaf. for Foreign Affair,. Mr. Mirko Tepa.ac, ye.terda, called on Singapore s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour, Mr. S. Rajaratnam. The two leaders had talks on matters of common interest. Mr. Tepavac was on the fifth day of his six-day risit to Singapore.
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    Lock icon Sunpix shows Kemmy Tan in a simple evening dress ideal for cocktails.
    74 2 EIGHT swinging girls yesterday presented a fashion show at the Lady Hill Hotel. Organised by Trend Boutique the fashion show called "Dubarry Show" was a tremendous success. The hour long show saw various dresses presented, both evening and
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    Lock icon Special Seminar To Mark Decade Of Industrialisation
    130 2 A top management seminar is beinq planned to commemorate th e first decade of successful industrialisation in Singapore. Jointly organised by the Nat.onal Productivity Centre and the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research, the seminar Is also to commemorate the Asian Productivity
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    Lock icon FREE LAND BILL FOR S. VIETNAMESE TODAY
    427 3 SAIGON, Wed. (Reuter) —A piece of paper premising free land to million* of South Vietnamese will go on to the statute books tomorrow. President Thleu will promulgate a new land-to-tiller bill in Can Tho. the 'capital' of the Mekong Delta. The latter Is
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    Lock icon Ghost Plane Find Near Manila
    181 3 MANILA, Wed. (UPI) The Philippine Constabulary (PC) today reported finding the wreckage of a World War Two vintage United States Air Force bomber and at least two skeletons in rugged mountain country. A PC officer at Lucena. about five miles from the reported crash site,
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    Lock icon Prank On Prince Charles Misfired
    199 3 AUCKLAND, Wed. (Reuter> A youth was arrested for disorderly behaviour here today after a student prank against Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Anne misfired. The arrest was the first concerned with the New Zealand section of the South Pacific royal tour by Queen Elizabeth and
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    Lock icon House Approves Bank Bill
    97 3 NEW DELHI, Wed. (Reuter> The Lower House of the Indian Parliament has given general approval to a bill regularising the government takeover of 14 major Indian banks last year. However. It refused to Include foreign banks in the nationalisation bill. The Government took over the 14
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    Lock icon PERTH QUAKE
    73 3 PERTH. Wed. rßeuter) An earthquake which swayed tall buildings here last night was centred in the remote desert outback. It Is believed to have caused no damage in settled areas. A spokesman for Murdarlng Geo-physlcal Observatory said the quake struck about 300 miles south of the cattle town
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    Lock icon Sign Of A Coup
    74 3 PHNOM PENH. Wed. (Reuter) No matter how quiet and orderly the deposition of a head of state may be, it leaves behind its problems. Approximately 20 streets In Phnom Penh, which bore the name of some members of the disgraced royal family, have had their signs
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    Lock icon USSR-Japan Talks On Fishing Fail
    196 3 MOSCOW, Wed. (UPI) —The Soviets yesterday re p o rted disagreement with Japan over depletion of important salmon fishing grounds in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Tass. the Soviet news agency, said Soviet scientists "proved the untenability" of optimistic Japanese estimates of salmon stocks for 1969
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    Lock icon When Nature Was Right And Science Wrong
    200 3 SENRI HILLS. Japan. Wed. (Reuter) The experts miscalculated and the treat toilet shortage has hit Expo ♦7O Officials at Japan's world exposition have reported numerous complaints from irate toiletgoers forced to wait in long queues for the privilege. Throughout the site, some 813
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    Lock icon Life Sentence For Subandrio?
    261 3 JAKARTA, Wed. (AFP) —President Suharto has commuted the death sentence on Dr. Subandrio, ousted President Sukarno's Foreign Minister, to imprisonment for life, a well-informed source disclosed today. The source added that President Suharto announced his decision to members of the Government before he left for Malaysia
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    Lock icon Record Sum For Rarest Stamp
    212 4 NEW YORK, Wed. (Reuter) —The world's rarest postage stamp, the British Guiana 1856 one cent—-once sold tor six shillings sterling was aafely under lock and key today It was being bought for a world record sum of 280,000 dollars. The one-and-a-quarter by one-inch stamp was
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    Lock icon Fate Of Consul Hangs On Govt's Decision On Ransom
    302 4 BUENOS AIRES, Wed. (Reuter and UPl)—The fate of a kidnapped consul from neighbouring Paraguay hinged today on whether the Argentine Government would accede to his captor*' demands for the release of two political prisoners. Manuel Avila. the Paraguayan ambassador to Argentina.
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    Lock icon Pisa Tower Project
    128 4 PISA, Italy, Wed (Reuter) —Experts measured the tilt of the Leaning Tower of Pisa yesterday, bringing their calculate ions up-to-date for work due to start next year to stop it from toppling over. The 170-foot. 800-year-old marble tower Is already 18 feet off the vertical it Is
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    Lock icon She Kills For The Baby She Can't Bear
    221 4 BELGRADE. Wed <rPl> A 28-year-old Yugoslav housewife yesterday went on trial charged with murdering a pregnant woman to possess the baby she herself was medically unable to bear. A court in Tuzla. Central Yugoslavia. charged that Selka Hodzic shot her fnend Alija
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    Lock icon SUPERMAN
    37 4 LONDON. Wed «Renter) —A man yesterdav fell from the 10th storey of a building here and walked away with nothing more than broken and bruises. Arnold Baker 32 landed on the roof of a parked car.
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    Lock icon GI FOUND INNOCENT
    106 4 AX KHE. Vietnam. Wed (UPI) A five-member general court martlai dellberated only 10 minute# today before finding an American soldier innocent of unpremeditated murder in the shooting of a 15-year-old Vietnamese boy. Pvt Ru.vei Armstrong, was found Innocent of killing Le Ngoc Anh in the Pleiku Province
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    Lock icon A BEATLE MONKEE?
    83 4 LONDON". WM (R/euter> —John Lemon ano Yoko Ono are teamir.* ut> with a couple of chimpanzees to form a pop group for a radio programme, a ne-ws-oaoer her® said todav Th* croup"* efforts will be broadcast on a DOO show soon with vocal* from the Lennong and
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    Lock icon Now A 2nd USSR Cruiser In The Mediterranean
    361 4 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) The Soviet Union, in an unexplained continuing naval buildup, sent her second helicoptercarrying cruiser into the strategic Mediterranean yesterday, official defence sources disclosed. Within the past two weeks, the Soviet Navy has been steadily reinforcing her fleet in the
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    Lock icon Death Threat For Diplomat: Will 21 Prisoners Be Ransomed?
    276 4 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Wed. (Reutcr) —Guerrillas were holding an American diplomat under threat of execution today unless the Government release 21 political prisoners in this Carib- bean nation. Lleutenant-Co'.onei Donald Crowley. 47-year-old Air Attache at the U.S. embassy was kidnapped
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    Lock icon Paper: Egypt's Air Force No Match For Israel's
    233 4 NiW YORK, Wed. (Reuter) TH# New York Times' rtporfed yesterday that although Soviet airmen were training Egyptian pilots, 'Egypt's air situation is described at so desperate that most of th« bomber force has been sent to Algeria out of range of Israeli
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    Lock icon NY Mail Strike Off —For The Time Being
    297 4 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) —Thousands of striking postmen return, ed to their iobs todav as Postmaster General Win. ton Blount planned a meeting with union leaders to resume talks on their pay claims. The wildcat strike wag losing steam all over the country.
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    Lock icon LT. COL. DONALD CROWLEY was kidnapped by 5 Communist terrorists on Tuesday. He is a U.S. Air Force attache in San. to Domingo. His kidnappers are holding him in ransom for 21 political prisoners in the Dominican Republic.
    42 4 LT. COL. DONALD CROWLEY was kidnapped by 5 Communist terrorists on Tuesday. H e is a U.S. Air Force attache in San. to Domingo. His kidnappers are holding him in ransom for 21 political prisoners in the Dominican Republic. (UP! ra- diophoto).
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    Lock icon TOO TEASING FOR HIM
    76 4 BELLINZONA. Switzerland. Wed (Reuter) A restaurant owner went on a week's hunger strike to bring striptease to a Swiss village. However, he died of a hrart attack only hours after victory. Rodolfo Wirz, 36. married with children, protested against refusal by local police to eive him
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    Lock icon BANK OF JAPAN LOAN
    68 4 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) For the second time In as many months, the Bank of Japan yesterday agreed to lend the World Bank the yen equivalent of 100 million dollars. Like the loan made by the Japanese Central Bank In February, the 36.000 million yen carries Interest,
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    Lock icon Japan Big Spender On Defence
    211 4 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI)-—Cnly nine nations in the world spend a smaller part of their national income on defence than dees Japan, according to a U.S. Government statistical report just released. J pa *P* nr 0.9 per cent 2 Gross National Pro- NP> 0n def ence
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    Lock icon SABRE-RATTLING
    753 6 WHAT Lt Gen. Jesus M. Vargas. Secretary General of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, has said about Communist advances in Laos brings into focus what should strictly be called an anachronism. SEATO was established as a defence organization by a treaty signed in Manila on Sept. 8, 1954, with
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    Lock icon WATCHING BRIEF
    200 6 IF any other person has said that Singapore "suf--1 fers from a shortage of creative cultural works", he is sure to face severe attacks both from the public and from government spokesmen. Now that Mr. Wee Toon Boon has said so, some probing is worth the while. Cultural
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    Lock icon TREE PLANTERS FIGHT TO STOP HILLS CRUMBLING
    610 6  -  By ROSS ANNABELL Gemini News Service ROTORUA: New Zealand conservation experts, engineers and foresters have teamed up to try to have what has been called one of the world's most spectacular examples of manmade erosion. It is in the high, once fertile hills
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    Lock icon Egypt Plans To End 'The Rabbit Race'
    415 6  -  By JOHN CHADWICK CAIRO, (Reuter) Egypt ij considering raising the marriage age and cutting social benefits for large families in an effort to avert a baby boom. Alarmed by a population explosion that has produced 12 million new citizens since 1952. the nation's
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    Lock icon Newsmen Held
    98 6 ATHENS. (l*Pl) Th« Chief and Managing Editors and two of the publisher* of the Athens newspaper Ethnos were arrested Tuesday evening hours after it pub Ushed an appeal for a return to democrary. staff members of the newspaper said There will be no official confirmation or denial of
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    Lock icon The Helpful Russians
    492 6  -  By DONALD ARMOUR LENINGRAD, (R«uter) Greek film star Melina Mercouri has just ended a spell of filming here with shaggy-beard-ed extras posed against a background of speciallydumped snow. Miss Mercouri was making "Promise At Dawn", based on the autobiography of French author Romain Gary. Miss Mercouri plays
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    Lock icon Tanzania Teaches Its Own Army Officers
    698 6  -  (By WINSTON T. D. MAKAMBA DAR ES SALAAM: For the first time infantry officer candidates for th e Tanzania People's Defence forces are being trained locally. A school set up last November is reducing dependence on overseas training. The school at Mgulanl. Dares Salaam,
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    Lock icon Problem Of Space For Presidential Entourage
    384 6 WASHINGTON. (UPI) The Wall Street Journal estimates that It now costs about 70 million U.S. dollars a jear to maintain President Nixon in the style to which Hubert Humphrey would have liked to have become accustomed. A lot of that money, obviously, is used
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      Lock icon Increase Efficiency On City's Roads
      393 6 Traffic Jams are everyday expectations In Singapore. Raffles Place, Stamford Road. Orchard Road. Thomson Road. Mcßitchie Circus. Thomson Road Circus are all common places for this havoc. The pub'ic. I am sure will agree with me that something shuuid be done to Improve this disgusting
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      Lock icon Who Gets These?
      77 6 I have accepted the 3% Government tax on any? thing that I eat or drink in any restaurant. will not accept quietly the restaurant taking advantage of the tax. Today, i bought food ta the value of $2.(»0. The tax of 3% would amount to 6 cents,
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  • COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Quiet Session Wednesday
      345 7 conditions prevailed in another quiet session in the Stock Exchange o ii n S,a a n 9 a P° r yesterday. Signs were that it was more of technical rally following the recent sharp reversals. Accordingly, the market registered share prices at improved levels or around those
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      894 7 BUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS Aetna $2 29 (1); Alcan Industries SI-75 (1) $1.78 (1) $1.79 19) SI.BO (3)
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      Lock icon Gold Prices Increase
      89 7 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Gold prices rose in moderately active trading yesterday on markets here and abroad. In London, gold rose 2 cents at the morning fixing and gained an additional 5 cents for a second fixing of $35.22 a troy ounce Gold closed at $35.20 bid.
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      56 7 The Association of Bar.ks in Malaysia-Singapore yesr terdav made th*» following chanee* in its rates to merchants (rate* are quoted to the eouiva!ent of 100 units of foreign currency): SELLING T.T. or OX>. ready: Deutsche Marks $*****5; Holland Guilders $85.0700; Swiss Franca $7l 6925; Frenrh Francs $55.7225; Danish
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      85 7 (Manager*' Prices for March 20) CH %l( 1 t.KKL) IMI IKlfelt* 8. Growth 1 und... 1 W 1.14 ASIA 1 MT 1 HI fit? Mai- Invest. Fund 1X8 1 33 SINGAPORE UNIT TRl'ST* 1st Singapore 2 90 2nd Singapore 2.10 3rd Singapore 131 The Com Ind 1-O0 The
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      Lock icon DOW JONES
      40 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 773.76 20 Transp 170.41 15 Utilities 115 29 65 Stocks 257.62 40 Bonds 69.48 Commodity futures index 134 38 off 0.04.
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      728 7 BID and offer prices officially listed yesterday at the close of business n the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malay«ia an"* Singapore were INDUSTRIALS B. 8. AC M A 2 29 2.31 4 Iran 183 1 84 Ben i Co i.;t 173 Borneo Bhd.
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 61 1/2 Cts.
      288 7 April flrst grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m, in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 61J cents per lb. up one eighth of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. Better than expected London advices and some forward demand,
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      50 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged ann untraded Tuesday on the New York Commodity Exchange. (Cine*) <Prev) Ma v 21.508 21.50 July 21.508 2150 Sept. 21.508 21.50 Nov. 21 508 21.50 Jan. 21.508 2150 March ***** 21.50 Locally. No. 2 RSS was 22-1/4 cents per pound
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      Lock icon Hotel's Managers Meet Marcos
      107 7 IJILTON International Company general managers )n the Pacific area, including Singapore's Mr. H Lim Ewe Hin (far right), met in Manila recently and called on Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos to discuss promotional plans for tourist traffic to the area Pictured at the meeting are (left to
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      Lock icon Blue Chips Higher On NY Market
      186 7 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Glamours and blue chips led stocks sharply higher Tuesdav with the return to work of thousand* of striking postal employees Turnover remained fairly light. At the closing bell, the UPI marketwide Indicator was up 057 per cent. Of the 1.569
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      Lock icon London Rubber Inactive
      72 7 LONDON Wed. (UPI) Rubber market closed inactive vesterday with spot 21. 21-3/8 Settlement Houae April 21-1 21-1 4 May 21-9/16 21-3/4. June 21-11/16. 21-7 8 April/June 21-3/8 21-I'2. July/Sept. 21-13/16 2115 16. Oct./ De- 21-15/16. 221/8. Jar.'March 22. 22-3/16. April/Jure. July/Sept., Oct./ Dec.. Jan./ March and April/June
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      Lock icon Industrials Steady On London Mart
      180 7 LONDON. Wed (UPI) The lower U S treasury Bill rate boosted British government bonds on the stock market Tuesdav and industrial shares steadied after their recent setback. A rally prompted by buying in Sydney and Melbourne halted the slide in Australian mining issues with Poseidon
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      91 7 THF noon price* at the Singapore Chineae Produra Eackanfe yeaterday «nc> Buyer Keller Coconut Oil (FO B.) Balk AT 00 Coconut Oil (FOB-) Drum 59 SO Mixed Copra 35 00 Muntok White Pepper (FOB.) 160 00 oarawak White Pepper (FOB) 137-50 Sarawak Special Black Pepper (T O B) 96%
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      Lock icon Tin Price
      13 7 Th<» tin price for yesterday was $685.12J per picitl. up $3.25.
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      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IN SINGAPORE
      270 7 The Port of Singapore authority has made the following berthing arrangements for ships in port today. Thursday March 26: DEPARTURES Godnwns Vessels 8 9 Hlkoahlma Maru 15/16 Sachensteln E.W. Jetty Sandy 20 East Bruas 22 Toan Maru 36 39 Texaco New Mexico 40/41 Caledonia Maru 47
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      Lock icon Mining Shares Pick Up
      326 7 Sydney Stocks, Closing Prices ''"J" ML? SYDNEY, Wed. (UPI) Mining shares Wednesday improved after two days of falling prices and heavy selling on the Sydney Stock Exchange The jump of A 520.00 by Poseidon to $175.00 was a major reason for this improvement. Nickel stocks. Samin
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      Lock icon Hong Kong Money
      123 7 HONG KONG, (UPI) Wednesday's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.). (Buyers) (Sellers) 194 50 195.50 per 100 Straits dollars 146 50 147.50 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6.755 6.785 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 480 500 per 1.000 Indian
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      459 7 ARRIVAL* 815 am. MsA 128 R Lumpur P4.ta.m- .MSA 119 K- Lumpur 12.80 pm. M> \451 Kucblng 2-SO pm- MSA 021 K Lumpur, Malarra 825p m. M>A 458 k Ktnabalu 840 pm. MSA 821 Bangkok. Penang 5 40-p.m. MSA 665 Manila 710 pm. MSA 02? k Lumpnr, Malacca
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      Lock icon FRIENDSHIP
      184 8 Friendship is that miraculous thing Which binds human hearts with a golden string, Do you ever wonder what life would be If you are alone with nobody to see? What would life be if you are alone With no friends to call your very own? What wou'd life be
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      Lock icon My Trip To HK
      474 8 AN lnterestine Journey I had made was to Hong Kong with my aunt during the December holidays. The purpose of this visit was to see my grandmother and spend the holidays. It was on a Saturday morning when we went to the Paya Lebar Airport. After
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      Lock icon Work Hard While Young
      243 8 NOWADAYS women are fighting for a higher portion in the world They ha\> the initiative ambition and powerful determination to work and studv hard for lor i hours At Present. mo«t men cannot compete women If wom*n ha'.> such ambition and determination to fight for high
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      8 8 Test Your Knowledge Entry Form in Page 12.
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      185 8 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUNS new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears la this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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      299 8 DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders mJ AldenMcWiara IP yOU CANT PINO ANY 6ASOLINE, WE'LL SIMPLV" PUT ON OUR LIFE JACKETS AND HOPE FOR THE BEST/.' OF ALL THE BLANKET/ BLANK <5 Af YO# STUPID...TV 7 AT V «OPING ADA WE ouV BLCA^C A T*tO/ f* r> a s>n fc g#l
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      21 8 AMY By J«ck Tippif HI "I wonder why teachers ask so many questions 1 Don't they already know all the answers?"
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  • Femme
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      Lock icon Go Pants, Go Modern
      427 9  -  By Florence de Santis \FW YORK, Wed. Any woman travelling Quickly sees that a new basis has been created for travel wardrobes. Whether you're boarding a plane to Europe or a ship to the Caribbean, you see pants suits everywhere. Chances are, you're wearing one yourself.
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      Lock icon Problem With Husband's Ex-wife And Daughter
      522 9  -  Ann Landers T\EAR ANN: My problem is my husband's ex-wife and their three year-old daughter. I'm being used as a free baby-sitter at least one afternoon a week. Some afternoons run into evenings. If I wanted to take care of a small child I
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      Lock icon Jean Simmons Cried When, Told Of Oscar Nomination
      641 9  -  S/x ti I. ititj for lli/ vi'//... SHEILAH GRAHAM T ovoov tVed. Jean Simmnnn was so excited when she learned she had hern nominated for the fKrar for her role In "The Happy Enddin*" that she hurst Into tears then hugged husband
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      Lock icon 'ZIGZAG'
      43 9 CULVER CITY. Wed Composer-cooductor Ol'ver N>lson has completed scoring sessions on MGM' S Zigzag." starring George Kennedy. Anne Jackson and E'.l Wallach 'Zigzag" produced by Robert Enders and Everett Freeman, was directed by Richard Colla from a screenplay by John T Kelley.
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      Lock icon FASHION FLASHES
      154 9 LOOK FOR... IN THE droo of hemlines, to th# knee the knee. to the calf, to th# ankje. with the above-kr.ee the oniv anused length TN THE soft fibr.es. softlv made. shaded by I gathers or ©'.eats, never bv hard seaming or stiff interfacings or body moulding IN
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      285 10 By Our Racing Correspondent TTLTRAMAN. with apprentice M. Ismail up, shaped like a winner when he did a smart 3f sprint in 38 4/5 on good going at Ipoh yesterday. He bears watching at this meeting. Last start winner Market Street covered 3f in 40
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      95 10 MELBOURNE, Australia, Wed.—A Victorian record price of A 525,000 was paid for a chestnut filly by the outstanding first season sire, Showdown, at the Newmarket yearling sales. .It was bought by Mr. Jack McDonald, of North Melbourne Previous best price paid for a yearling at the
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      191 10 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter)— Nine acceptors were announced last night for the 2.000 Guineas Trial Stakes for three-year-old colts to pe run at Kempton (1315 gmt) on Saturday. The race to be run over seven furlongs Is worth £1.578 (3.790 dollars) to the wlnnine owner
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      197 10 MELBOURNE, Australia, Wed. Just half a head separated two of Australia's g re a test race horses after a 12furlong match race at Flemington recently. Big Philou central figure in on® of racing's greatest sensations when he was withdrawn only 36 minutes
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      1201 10 CI. 2 Dlv. 1 —9 F. ***** Loral Scholar 6y 9 00 Wong Teo Teh ***** Snowflake 7y 8 11 Universe Tulloh ***** (.len Larmonic 5v 8 10 Tulloh 17 Forest Jim 5v 8.10 Income Teh ***** Forget-Me-Not III 4v 8 09 HT Wee Spencer *****
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      466 10 Hong Kong, Wed. (Reuter) AUSTRALIA'S David Graham, fresh from his triumph at the Thailand Open three days ago, is widely regarded as the man to beat in th e HK$lOO,OOO (about £7,000) Hong Kong Open starting tomorrow. But a mild flu which kept
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      Lock icon Expulsion A 'Just Decision' -Ashe
      204 10 MELBOURNE. Wed. <Router t American Negro tennis s tar Arthur Ashe said yesterday that South Africa's exclusion from the 1970 Davis CUD competition by the other cup nations was "just decision But Ashe, refused a visa to Play tennis In South Africa earlier this vear.
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      84 10 CALCUTTA, Wed (Reuter) —Hockey umpires have gon e on strike here over their demands for better protection following an attack On an umpire by angry spectators The Bengal Hockey Umpires Association decided not to supervise senior league matches here "unless adequate police protection and arrangement* for
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      Lock icon Lotz Top Money Winner
      127 10 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter* American Dick Lot* Is top money-winner with U5555,025 < £22.900» in the current list of earnings on the 1970 US. golf circuit. Second to Lotz In the list, issued by the U.S. Professional Golfers' Association. Is Bob Lunn with US 53.733 (£22.400).
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      42 10 LONDON. Wen (AFP) Ken Fletcher, the Australian tenm s plaver *'h<> It based in Hong Kong has injured his back muscles In training and has had to withdraw from the "En Tout-Cas" trophy tournament starting at Southport, Lancashire, on Friday.
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      23 10 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Results of last night's Rugby League matches were: Halifax 20 Doncaster 14. Keighly 8 Hull Kingston Rovers 48
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      371 10 LONDON. Wed. (AFP) Henry Cooper regained the British heavyweight boxing title by beating Jack Bodell on points at the Empire pool, Wembley, here last night. Former European champion Cooper, the man that once put Cassius Clay on the floor, upset all the forecasts by completing the
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      77 10 LONDON. Wed. (ReuterV Results of -last night's football matches were: English Division One Burnley 1 Southampton 1. Coventry 1 Sunderland 1. Crystal Palace 0 West Ham 0. Liverpool 2 Ipswich 0. English Division Two Huddersfield 1 Swindon L English Division Three Walsall l Bury 1. The above
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      88 10 ADELAIDE, Australia, Wed. Brilliant all-round cricketer. Gre e Chappell. has won the Viscount Hampden Trophy for the 1969-70 season The trophy Is given by Viscount Hampden, chairman of the English, Scottish and Australian Bank, to the most valuable member of the South Australian team each season.
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      57 11 HONOLULU. Wed. (UPI) Mike Quarry, 173 pounds of Los Angeles scored a unanimous eight-round decision over Honolulu's Flllflli Alaiasa last night for his 20th straight victory since turning pro a year ago. Quarry brother of heavyweight Jerry Quarry, showed all the moves Of a veteran professional
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      34 11 TOKYO. Wed (AFT) World lightweight boxing champion Ismaei Laguna of Panama has agreed to stake his title against Japan's Ishimatsu Suzuki in Panama City <>n May 23, it was learned here today.
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      307 11 FRANK Matich of Australia, who will bi making hit debut in the Fifth Singapore Grand Prix, it itrongly tipped to win the GP car* at the Thomson-Sembawang Road circuit this weekend. He will be at the wheel» of the Rothmans Team Matich McLaren Formula
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      114 11 JOHANNESBURG, Wed. (Reuten Richard Hawke*. the New Zealand Davis Cup player, today qualified to meet Britain* Graham Stilwell in th* men single* second round when the South African Open tenni* championships beean here. Hawkes scored a 6-1. 6-3. 6-4 first-round win over South African Ronnie Sender
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      71 11 Malaysia Singapore Airlines won the Business Houses FA Division three league and cup title, when they defeated General Baok of Netherlands 2-1 after extra time at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Ra m Singh netted both their goals. Half time score was 1-0 In favour of
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      129 11 GEORGETOWN, Guyana. Wed. ißeuter' Trinidad yesterday became the new cricket champions of the West Indies when the final 1970 Shell Shield match ended here with Guyana taking first Innings point* against Barbados. Barbados, who had 26 point* trom three previous games were the only side in
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      176 11 Hotel Singapura are the onlv team in the 1970 Football Association of Singapore» Division On# league tournament with unbeaten record. They have so far played four matches winning all to tor the >ague table with eight points Three teams are tied in the second place with seven
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      244 11 Singapore Hockey Association have upheld the Indian Association's victory over Ceylon Sports Club thus giving the Indiana the r:ght to play-off with the Singapore Armed Forces to decide the champions ir. the SHA Division One league tournament. It was learnt from reliable .sources yesterday that
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      154 11 EDINBURGH. 8 rot land. Wed ißeuter) Scotland have named party of 23 for their short Rugby Union tour of Australia In May and June. The group include all IS players who were tn the side which beat England here In the international championship match at
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      124 11 LONDON. Wed. <AFP> A few London journalists are organising a news blackout of the South African cricket tour in Britain thts summer. The "Observer'* Sunday newspaper Chapel 01 the National Union of Journalists has voted to place a resolution against writing or handling n?wj
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      460 11 TENDERS P W D. SINGAPORE TENDERS are invito from PW.D Registered Contractors for the following works:I Site Clearance. Earthwork etc. for the Proposed Sinrapore Satellite Earth Station at Pulau Blakang Mali. Showround Contractors to meet SO. at Serapong Pier on Pulau Blakang Matl on 30.3.70 at 930 a.m. All Building
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      1160 11 radio CHANNEL 5 P.M. 3.W Opening Anncts in all Languages General Hospital 3.25 Anotn«?r Song Another Melody (M) 335 It Happening in Singapore <C» 3.55 Housewives Matinee Hoi Pin Choon Luen** Part 2 of a Mandarin Film* 515 Close 6.05 Opening Anncts. tn all Languages Dr. Who 0 30 New*
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    534 12 MORE than 80 people lost their homes when a 30-m inute fire swept through a squatter colony ot Geylang Rood yesterday. Most of the people, comprising 17 families, became instant paupers. Damage was estimated at $BO,OOO. Except for a lucky few. the victim* had
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    264 12 MORE car parks like those at Raffles Place and Market Street will be built to ease traffic congestions in the city area. "We hope that private enterprises will participate in the construction of these parking lots," Mr. E. W. Barker. Minister for Law
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    75 12 Lady Wheeler. wife of the Air Commander. Air Marshall Sir Neil Wheeler will open the Singapore Children's Society Convalescent Home Easter Fair on Sunday at 2 p.m. The fair is organised by Mrs. S W. Smart, wife of the Group Captain A. Smart of RAF Cnangi.
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    Lock icon Robbed At College Road
    77 12 A clerk who decided to stop his car alone College Road for a chat with his girl fnend received a rude shock when three persons apnroached them T he persons all armed with knives warned the couole not t° raise an alarm. They then robbed Mr.
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    Lock icon Busmen's Row
    78 12 Five branches of the Singapore Bus Employees Union want to know why a "joint protem committee" has been set up by three other branches of the same union. The joint statement issued bv the five branches added: "We like to know whether the joint protem committee has been
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    Lock icon Attendant Hit Clerk, Stole Cash
    190 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A Magistrate Court here today jailed a Petrol Station attendant for nine months for assaulting a clerk and stealing $5O from a cash box. Said bin Wall. 35. an employee at the petrol station In Jalan Ipoh here had earlier pleaded guilty
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    427 12 Parliament yesterday approved a total of $856,986,780 for 53 heads of expenditure covering various ministries and departments for the financial year 1970/71. The Minister for Law and National Development. Mr. E. W. Barker told Parliament that the Government allows temporary dwelling house to be repaired or
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    Lock icon Singapore 50th Nation To Have AIESEC Branch
    256 12 SINGAPORE has become the 50th country to set up a branch of the International Association of Students of Science. Economics and Commerce (AIESEC). AIESEC. said It* international advisor. Mr. Kenneth P Morse yesterday, la an organisation aimed at promoting better understanding among the
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    66 12 Mr. S Raiendran was elected President of the L'nnersitj of Sinsap»rr Socirtj at its Annual General Meeting recently. Other office bearers Mr. Kumar Lai Vice President Mrs Mabel Tal Secretary Committee Members; Mr. Koh Watt Seng. Mr. Ibrahim bin Burhan. Mr G.V. Chandran Nalr. Mr O. Abisheeanaden.
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    118 12 AN Indonesian, Mohamed Arif Bin Mohd. Zai, 25. was yesterday sentenced to nine months jail by the Ninth Court Magistrate, Mr. E. C. Foenander, when he pleaded guilty to entering Singapore illegally. Arlf. who has two similar previous convictions landed off Jalan Tuas. in Jurong
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    81 12 Good Friday Services at the St. Andrew's Cathedral will be as follows: Today at 7.30 p.m. The Breaking of the Bread**. Tomorrow at 930 a.m. "Family Service" and at noon-th« Three hours Service led by Bishop Chandu Ray. Saturday 6.00 a.m. "Parish Communion-Dawn Service with Easter Ceremonies",
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    302 12 THE Singapore Manufacturers' Association will Hold a tour-day trade exhibition at the Singapore Conference Hall, beginning from Mar. 28. Announcing this, Mr. Whang Tar Liang, Chairman of SMA, said that the theme of *he trade exhibition »'H hp Singapore's Industrial Growth". A cross section of
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    37 12 Tl> second carriageway for T alan Bahar wil] not v e as the existing o"e is considered adeauate for present use Mr EW Barker. Minister for Law and National Development, said in Parliament yesterday.
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