Eastern Sun, 30 March 1970

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    22 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1305 Monday. 30 March 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cent#
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    Lock icon 1,000 People Dead: TOWN LEVELLED BY EARTHQUAKE
    449 1 ISTANBUL, Sun. (Reuter) The market town of Gediz lay in ruins today, shattered by an earthquake which rocked the whole of Turkey and killing more than 1,000 re^ple. Eighty per cent of the town of about 10,000 was destroyed. Fires burned in the
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    Lock icon Dutch Spy Jailed In Tel Aviv
    131 1 TEL AVIV. Sun tßeutef) A 61 -year-old Dutchman Wlbfhn Ruvsch. has been for fiv e years aJfter a «*cret c~nrt found him fnitx of attempting to stt for Arab countries. ihe court recommended that he b* deported after cervine his eenten^ Trial reports we
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    Lock icon Lon Nol Frees 265 Prisoners
    45 1 PHXOM PEN*H. Sun (Reuter) 285 political prisoners detained by deoosed Prince Norodom Sihanouk havp been freed bv the new government of Premier Lon Nol. The Prisoner? had been released 'with tbe intention of amending injustices committed under the Sihanouk regime.".
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    Lock icon SIHANOUK '100 PER CENT RED'
    259 1 PRINCE Norodom Sihanouk has exposed himself os a "100 per cent Communist", the Cambodion Charge d'Affaires in Singapore, Mr. Thach Phiem, said yesterday. He told a press conference that Pnnce Sihanouk is now "an enemy of the Cambodian people.'• "He Is not a neutralist any
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    Lock icon Red Korean Spies Land in Japan
    135 1 TOKYO, Sun. (AFP) North Korean spies have landed in northern Japan from fast boats and are setting up an espionage network, police said today. The National Police Agency has ordered a nation-wide investigation to round up the agents, who have eone underground. Late last
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    Lock icon Second Thoughts
    40 1 LONG BINH B*u* ter) A court martial jurv todav found a young arm* officer guilty of oremeditated murder then asked to be allowed to reconsider its decision when told this meant he wouid serve a mandatory Uie tenor
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    Lock icon Communists Advance On Phnom Penh
    228 1 PHNOM PENH, Sun. (Reuter) Vietcong troops attacking government forces have advanced to within 30 miles of Phnom Penh, an official communique said today. The communique, said Vietcong troops who are backing deposed head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk yesterday reached the town of Neak Luong
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    Lock icon Mother Killed -Children Die
    66 1 NEW YORK Sun. (Reuter) Four children whose mother had been murdered only hours before d:ed this morning when a fire, which police believe was deliberately started, spread through four tenement buildings in Brooklvn Police said a woman had been murdered at the site of the fire
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    Lock icon Coup Leaders Shot At Dawn
    54 1 BRAZZAVILLE. Sun (AFP i Three men were shot at dawn todav in connection with the abort :ve coup d'etat of March 23. The executions followed an all-night court martial. Fiv other death sentence< handed down to eourv leaders in absentia, on# of them on Former
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    Lock icon Better Protection For Investors
    1044 2 Paid-up Capital Doubled THE Ferris Report on stock exchange reform hos recommended that public listed companies should have at least a paid-up capital of $4 million with a minimum of 500 shareholders. This is double the $2 million minimum paid-up capital permitted under present practice. This
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    Lock icon Malaysia's Delegate To Expo '7O
    154 2 PENANG Sun A 19-year-old l'pp*r Sixth student and violinist. Miss Yuen Che* Lin*, will represent Malaysia at the Expo '7O in Osaka Miss Yuen, who competed In a beauty content for the first time heat 16 others to berom* Miss Tourism Malaysia last night She
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    Lock icon Instant Death On Road
    121 2 OH LEONG TENG. 19, died on th e spot and three others were rushed to the Thomson Road Hospital after their car skidded and crashed into a tree, yesterday, along Thomson Road. The deceased driver of the car. lived at Sin Meng Road Three other passengers
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    Lock icon Kuching Fair
    63 2 KUCHING. Sun. West Malay si an manufacturers and businessmen will be to take part in the annual trade fair here scheduled from Auff. 1 to 24. This will be the first time that W>st Malaysian firms will be invited to take part in the fair organised by the
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    Lock icon America's Golden Voice Signs For Session Here
    280 2 Miss Joni Jamas, America's Golden Voice, a singer whose records hav« sold more than 70.000,000 copies, has been booked by the Hotel Malaysia Singapore to give a three-day show at the hotel's Supper Club and 6olden Lotus Chinese restaurant from April 14 to
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    Lock icon Eliminating Fear Of Intimidation
    92 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Strong government action is being taken to ensur e that the Communists will not intimidate the People during the forthcoming resumption of elections in Sarawak. This wag stated her# today by the Federal Secretary in Sarawak and Chairman of the State Operation Committee.
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    Lock icon Tourist Promotion Board Confident Of Increased Traffic
    382 2 Mr. Runme Shaw, Chairman of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board is confident that the Board wi.| meet the 70's with great faith to woo more tourists to the island state. He said that th« Board underwent a complete reorganisation last year and set
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    Lock icon Gruesome Deaths
    91 2 BATU GAJAH, Sun. A young couple were found dead in tneir blood-splat-tered bedroom in Chendrong new village here this morning. Police have Identified them as Loh Kim Kee 23, unemployed, and hi» wife. Ting Fong Kwai. 20 Both were found covered with blood in the bedroom, where the
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    Lock icon Malaysia In Search Of Pilot Trainees
    110 2 KUALA LUMPI'R, Sun —The Royal Malaysia Air Force is now looking for 100 niorr youths to he trained an pilot* the Chief of Air Staff Air Commodore Dato SuUimAn bin Sujak. said today "This is th#» number of pj.ots neeued for 19"0 and 1971."
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    Lock icon Excise Haul After Chase
    84 2 PEN AN O. Sun. Customs officers last night recovered 16 bundles of textiles worth about $lO,OOO In an abandoned motorboat after a moonlight chase. The motorboat's refusal to stop on being Intercepted by the Customs boat triggered off a 40-mlnute cha«e. The motorboat sped towards Tanjong
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    Lock icon New Tuna Fishing Base
    92 2 KOTA ;KINABALU, Sun A Japanese Malaysian joint venture company p'.ans to set a Tuna fishing base in Sandakan. this vear. At present there is no Tuna Ashing < n Sabah A spokesman of the Fisheries Department here said the first Tuna fishing base was set up
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    Lock icon Book Design Course
    106 2 Mr. Joop van Couwelaar, a Unesco expert will conduct a two-week fulltime Training Course in Book Design and Illustration from Apr. 13 to 25. His service are being obtained through tha National Book Development Council of Singapore This Is on-> of the many activities In the programme
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    Lock icon 'Ousting Middlemen Exercise Paying Off
    217 2 IPOH, Sun. Malaysia's efforts in eliminating the middlemen in world trade ar e gradually paying oft in term of more favourable prices for consumers, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, said today. Malaysia, he said, welcomed more direct trade with other
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    Lock icon SORRY ABOUT THAT, FOLKS
    100 2 SAIGON. Sun. (Reuter) The English language Vietnam Guardian today carried this front-page note to readers: "If the Vietnam Guardian Is technically even more substandard than usual, it is beyond our ability to alleviate. "For three days nur electric power has been out bee»use a concrete pole
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    Lock icon Missing Penang Boy Found In K'Lumpur
    376 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Th e massive searcH mounted by Penang police ♦or a handsome seven-year-old schoolboy. Aieem Ahmad, missing from home for the past 18 days, ended abruptly in the Federal Capital here today. A youth was detained yesterday in connection with his disappearance.
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    Lock icon Taiwan Trade
    96 2 KUALA LUMPUK. SunTaiwan bought a record $6B million worth of Malaysian products last year an increase of $l6 million over 1968, its commercial attache here. Mr. John J. S. Chang said today. The largest Item was timber which accounted for $59 million or 95 per cent of the
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    Lock icon Japan's Price For Trade With Red China
    302 3 TOKYO. Sun. (IPI) The Chinese Communists want Japan to pay a humiliating price for renewal of the trade agreement. The latter has given Japan a pipeline into Peking for the last eight years. A Japanese trade mission in Tokyo has been told that
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    Lock icon PEKING HOLDS 7 HK JUNKS
    71 3 HONG KONG.Sun. (UPI) Seven Hong Kong-registered fishing junks are being Retained by Communist China, pclire announced today Police said the fishing fleet was seized i n Chinese territorial waters on the evening of March 23. About 50 persons were believed aboard the fishing craft. Thev
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    Lock icon 9 YEARS LATE
    56 3 TAIPEI. Sun. (I PI) A policeman carried a written indictment to a farmer in Tahsi near Taipei Friday, some nine years late. He could not serve the writ because the accused. Lu Fang Tiao, died on Sept 20, 1961. The written indictment charged Lu with issuing four
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    Lock icon Japan Objects USSR Bombing Exercises
    329 3 TOKYO. Sun. (Reuter) Japan's Ambassador to Moscow. Toru Nakagawa. may approach Soviet authorities to press Japanese objections to a Soviet bombing exercise. The latter is planned for April near the Japanese coast, government sources said A. 1 today. Nakagawa has been In Tokvo for consultations.
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    Lock icon Threats On Podgorny's Life
    96 3 TOKYO. Sun. (UPI) The life of Soviet President Nikolai Podgornv has been threatened by three persons In anonymous telephone calls to the Japanese Foreign Office. A foreign office spokesman announced the calls were receive 1 yesterday. Pod?ornv is scheduled to come to Japan as an official
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    Lock icon Petitioner Stuns Queen
    98 3 WAITANGI. Ne w Zealand, Sun (Reuter) A man broke from a crowd near here todav and tried to give a petition to Britain's Queen Elizabeth. Police struggled with the man alter he had gone down on one knee in front rt the Queen. She was arriving with
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    Lock icon Civilian Rule In PAK After Oct. 5 Elections
    287 3 RAWALPINDI, Sun. (Reuter) A 113-mem-ber National Assembly will draft Pakistan's new civilian constitution following general elections on October 5, President Yahya Khan announced yesterday. The Assembly, will Include 13 women. It will be elected by direct adult franchise, the President added In
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    Lock icon THE MATCH PERFECT
    105 3 SEOUL. Sun (UPI> More than 700 couples got married in Seoul yesterday, one of the days this year believed 'most fortunate.' A fortune teller claimed that according to the oriental xodiac. the day, Feb. 21 bv the lunar calendar, was 'free of all evils' and meant the
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    Lock icon Gen: No Muslim Secession Threat In Philippines
    264 3 MANILA, Sun. (Reuter) Philippine Constabulary Chief Briga-dier-General Eduardo Garcia yesterday described as "exaggerated" a report that about 450,000 armed Muslims were planning to secede from the republic. General Garcia had Just returned from a tour of Mindanao Island In South Philippines. However, he
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    Lock icon LEGALISING EXPLOITATION
    59 3 BANGKOK. Sun (Reuter) An opposition Member of Parliament has proposed that the government set up a casino at the Kittikachorn Stadium, the Indoor stadium built for the Asian Games. Prasont Neungchammong would move a resolution in the House of Representatives for the opening of the casino to "make
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    Lock icon 12,000 Russian Rocket Troops Sent To Egypt
    468 4 LONDON, Sun. (UPI) More than 12,000 Russians have poured into Egypt in recent weeks to operate a new defensive screen of SAM 111 missile sites, according to authoritative diplomatic reports. The influx has raised to around 16,000 the number of Soviet military personnel
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    Lock icon Jordan Jails 60 Plotters
    125 4 AMMAN, Sun. (UPI) A military court Saturday sentenced 60 people to 15 years Jail each on charges of conspiracy against the Jordan Government. The accused were members of the banned extremist right-wing Al-Tahrlr (Liberation) Party which last October was accused of trying to overthrow King Hussein.
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    Lock icon Young Monk Charged Over Drugs
    66 4 PARIS. Sun. (Reuter) A 21-year-old French monk has teen arrested at a monastery at Plouaret and charged with a drug offence. Police identified the monk as Daniel Rozm. who was arrested at the Saint Colomban Monastery on a warrant issued by an Examining Mae:strata at
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    Lock icon GANG SETS LIFT ALIGHT
    70 4 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) A gang which set fire to a lift and then sent It blazing to the 13th floor of a block of flats Is being hunted In Halifax. As police temporarily evacuated the building, the gang started four more fires two of them in
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    Lock icon Sanctions On Rhodesia To Be Ignored
    82 4 JOHANNESBURG. Sun. fßeuter) Botswana will not comply with United Nations sanctions against Rhodesia. President Sir Seretse Khama said today. He said In Gaborone, that Botswana's dependence on Rhodesia and South Africa as trade routes to the outside world made support of sanctions Impossible. "It
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    Lock icon Tension Eases In Lebanon
    225 4 BEIRUT, Sun. (Reuter) Tension eased in Beirut and its suburbs today after five days of clashes between Palestine guerrillas and armed right-wing groups. Th# capital was largely bark to normal following the panic which enveloped central Beirut on Friday when there wa* random firing in and
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    Lock icon Italy's New Government Is Sworn In
    172 4 ROME, Sun. (Reuter) Italy's new government took office today when Prime Minister Mariano Rumor and 26 Ministers were sworn in by President Giuseppe Sara gat. The government, a fourparty coalition of Christian Democrats. Socialists. Social Democrats and Republicans, was formed last night after Italy's
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    Lock icon Avalanche Kills Three
    44 4 ZURICH. Sun. (Reuter) An avalanche swept down a mountainside near Aver* today killing three men. Re»cue workers brought In by helicopter pulled on# man from the snow unharmed and found two bodies The third man died on the way to hospital.
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    Lock icon When Should An Adopted Child Be Told?
    600 4  -  Ann Landers T\EAR Ann: Recently across the nation, millions of eager readers searched their newspapers for your compassionate advice, your acerbic wit, your gentle needling seasoned with wisdom and deep understanding. What did they find? A recipe for meatloaf. A whole column. P!ea?e,
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    Lock icon KEY POLLS SOON FOR MR. WILSON
    272 4 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Local voting across Britain next month will give clues to the Labour Party's chances of winning a third term in the general election expected this year. Key polling takes place in London on April 9. It is especially important because the
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    Lock icon Back At Last
    39 4 SEATTLE Sun. (UPI) Th» Seattle Library aystem held a free dav for returning tardy book* i n celebration of th* <*entr«J library's 10th birthdav One of the overdue books returned 'Sundown Sl:m" checked out in 1927.
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    Lock icon BLACK PANTHERS DENY INVOLVEMENT': Another NY 'Bomb Factory' Explosion
    230 5 NEW YORK, Sun. (Reuter) Black Panther leaders here today denied that a Negro killed and another critically injured in a "bomb factory" explosion last night were members of their organisation. Police announced they found Black Panther literature m the rubble of
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    Lock icon 2 Trains In Fiery Collision
    139 5 WINNEMUCCA, Nev. Sun. (UPI) Two freight trains yesterday collided and burst into fames at a siding in the barren wasteland of northwestern Nevada, killing one man and injuring two others. Killed was Western Pacific engineer Guy Hardy a veteran railroadman in his 60s who was
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    Lock icon POP INTO BED
    129 5 HAMBURG, West Germany, Sun. (Router) More than 8.000 people carrying bed rolls. sleeping bags, pillows and food last night jammed into Hamburg's Ernst Merck Hall for a marathon pop session. It is expected to last until Monday morning. It was the first 'pop and blues' festival in
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    Lock icon ALLIED CONTROL OFFICE PERSONNEL in West Berlin recently discussed the status of the divided city. US Ambassador Kenneth Rush is seen in the foreground at the right. Soviet Ambassador Pyotr Abrassimov (left, background) is being handed a glass of water.
    43 5 ALLIED CONTROL OFFICE PERSONNEL in West Berlin recently discussed the status of the divided city. US Ambassador Kenneth Rush is seen in th e foreground at the right. Soviet Ambassador Pyotr Abrassimov (left, background) is being handed a glass of water. (UPI radiophoto).
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    Lock icon HK Doctor Faces Deportation
    195 5 LEXINGTON, Kentucky Sun. (UPI) A clinical psychologist at Eastern "State Hospital soon may be deported back to his native Hong Kong. His appeal to remain in the United States maybe denied by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Dr Pan? Ling Man 35. spent nine years in
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    Lock icon Deserted Private 'Managerie'
    95 5 CARSON. California. Sun. (UPI) A deserted house near Malibu Lake was raided Friday More than 120 occupants within were taken into custodv for being a public nuisance Deserted but with occupants? The occupants were 7 5 snakes (mostly rattlers 30 black widow spiders, a couple of king
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    Lock icon Airport Drama
    43 5 LAS VEGAS. Nevada. Sun. (UPI* A Jet airliner sustained extensive damage yesterday when its landing gear collapsed as it taxied for a takeoff. The 155 passengers aboard United Air Lines flight 218 en route to Chicago. were evacuated by emergency chutes.
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    Lock icon 'Headshrinker' To Test 'Pot' On Scientific Basis
    404 5 MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Sun. (UP I) Dr. Basil Jackson i$ in the market for seven pounds of the hiqhest quality marijuana. He hooes to get a substantial number of Milwaukeeanj high on the stuff and is looking to the Federal Government to come through
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    Lock icon Children Hurt In Gun Duel
    55 5 ROME. Sun (Reuten Six children on their way to church were wounded when they were caught in the crossfire of a shotgun duel near Catanzaro today between two men who had quarrelled ovp r a card game. One of the men was aiso wounded Police
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    90 5 BOSTON. Sun. <UPI) About 50 members of the city's Women's Liberation Movement staged a demonstration yesterday outside the Playboy Club to criticise the club's philosophy. One of their supporters, a male, tried to burn his Playboy Club membership card. However, he gave up when he discovered
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    Lock icon Presidential Elections In Dahomey Suspended
    273 5 COTONOU, Sun. (AFP) Dahomey's military government yesterday suspended the current presidential and legislative elections being held to pav e the way for a return to civilian rule. The presidential election* are being he.d on a staggered basts Irom department to department. They have been marred
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    Lock icon MISS YOUNG INTERNATIONAL '70 (centre) smiles happily during the crowning ceremony in Tokyo recently. The 18- year-old beauty is Hennrietta Hermannedottir, the Miss Iceland titlewinner. The runner-up was Miss Japan, Hidemic Aoki, 17. Carmencita Avecilla, (left) also 17, of the Philippines, came in third.
    47 5 MISS YOUNG INTERNATIONAL '70 (centre) smiles happily during the crowning ceremony in Tokyo recently. The 18-year-old beauty is Hennrietta Hermannedottir, the Miss Iceland titlewinner. The runner-up was Miss Japan, Hidemic Aok i, 17. Carmencita Avecilla, (left) also 17, of the Philippines, came in third. (UPI radio- photo).
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    Lock icon NY Papers Face A New Strike
    136 5 NEW YORK, Sun (UPI) Negotiators for the city's four major ne*ip.ipers worked yesterday against a Monday midnight deadline in hopes of avoiding a strike against the papers. The ma n issu* is money and negotiators for the four dailies the New York Time* the
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    Lock icon Man Wanted For Bizarre Killings
    232 5 ENFIELD, Connecticut Sun. (Rcuter) Police yesterday issued an arrest warrant for a 25-year-old sailor after four young people *er« shot dead following a rock 'n roll party here last night. Police announced all four appeared to have been asleep when they were shot In the
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    Lock icon Fire Guts Mexico's Vera Cruz Harbour
    188 5 VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Sun. (Reuter) Fire engulfed the harbour area of Mexico's largest Atlantic seaport of Vera Crux last night and worried port authorities urgently sought help from surrounding towns. As the fire raged out of control, despite efforts by 300 firemen and volunteers,
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    Lock icon The $49,500 Doorstop
    89 5 AKRON Ohio. Sun (UPI) For several years a 14inch statue harf been used 5 S a doorstop in the home of Leo Carey of nearby township It was not until Carey's estate was appra.sed recent.lv that the statue was discovered to be a miniature of Rodin's classic
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    Lock icon Air Controllers
    81 5 NEW YORK, Sun ißeuter> The commercial airline industry today completed plans for filing a damages suit in federal court tomorrow They are MM sustained in walkout of air controllers, now in its fifth day today. Fewer air controllers showed up for work yesterday more than 1.500 were out
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    Lock icon CAMBODIAN DOMINO
    962 6 OUCH diverse dyed-in-the-wool revolutionaries as Leon Trotsky and Ho Chi Minh have subscribed to the theory that all revolutions, whatever be their nature, will ultimately promote the cause of Communism. To many this may only be a theory, but to the leaders of China this is a dogma
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    Lock icon Powerless Queen Or Powerful President?
    1152 6  -  By John Crocker SYDNEY: Captain Cook, contrary to what all history books say, was not responsible for the birth of Australia. This is the contention of a group of Aboriginals who plan to hold "silent vigil" on the "day of mourning" when the Queen attends
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    Lock icon BRITAIN'S RACE NEUROSIS
    1116 6  -  Bv Alan Rake LONDON: The British Press, radio television has been saturated with news, over the past months, about the plight of the East African Asians. At the latest count 60 Asians who cannot get back into their own countries and are not allowed in Britain, are
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    Lock icon Provide Ash-trays In Cabs
    54 6 Letters... It Is a punishable offence here to throw cigarette ends out of motor vehicles. It Is a good regulation because it prevents the littering of streets. Wouldn't it be therefore a good idea that whichever department is responsible for licensing taxi-cabs should insist that they
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    Lock icon The High Cost Of Soviet Blunder
    488 6 BERNE, A big economic project like Aswan Dam requires big economic thinking. Otherwise there will be too many associated disadvantages for the advantages to be worthwhile. This b i e economic thinking otherwise described as unified economic analysis has not been indulged in by
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    Lock icon PICTORIAL SOCIAL ROUND-UP
    339 8 Mr. Llm Nans Ben§. profr-s. Blcnal sculptor. receive# a f.vOOO cheque from Mr» Runme Sha-» (right) for winrinf the first prize of the Ceramics category of the Handicraft and Dee .go Compete tIOXL Eleven UK (ravel agents recently visited Singapore for an "educational tour/' They are seen
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      Lock icon When War And Famine Invade Our Sitting Room...
      529 9 NEVER have people been so well-informed about world events. News skrieks at us from the headlines, blares out from the radio, face? us f®lr and square on the television screen We can't escape it. We read, we hear, we see and perhaps
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      Lock icon SCIENCE FICTION
      332 9 A science-fiction writer looks at the world around h:m. with all lt« facts and natural laws He forms Ideas and makes guesses about what might happen If Then he writes his story. Science Action sometimes says important things about Justice or love or war But Its main purpose
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      Lock icon Visit To A Temple
      109 9 A temple is an Interesting place to go. Even the tourists flock to follow. Taking photographs here and there. For some of the sculptures and carvings are rather rare, Different idols of god and goddesses can be seen. The temple grounds Is not too clean. Joss-sticks
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      Lock icon THE ROLE OF YOUTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
      443 9 YOUTH plays an Important role In the development of countries. For, it is the blossom and energy of youth that help to advance a country. Youth is the basic fundamental and framework of developing countries. Take Singapore for an example; she is a
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      322 9 THE necessity for training the body is universally recognised by all thoughtful men, but the training itself is by no means universal. Failure to train the mind is looked upon with contempt and considered folly, because it is by means of the mind that most educated men
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      57 9 DATELINE: DANGER! t s R, THE WIZARD OF ID cwV You cMU&ZTj f M OOTHUM&SfZ&C? TtHT&CHBJ V 5 m rt; J7, 4 i". «ii jftpft if* by John Saunders and AHen McWliams A 4 *v A a DAN, LOOK .'..TME WAVES ARE CARRYING US RIGHT TOWARD THOSE ROCKS sby Brut
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      18 9 By Jack Tipprf m 4 M My pig is less JINGLEY rhon he was yesfeiday .anyone know why?"
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    717 10  -  Ben Variyan, R. Nathan /GRAEME LAWRENCE of New Zealand vT captured the Singapore Grand Prix for cars over 40 laps (161 miles) for the second successive year after an exciting wheel to wheel duel with Kevin Bartlett of Australia. At
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    348 10  -  R. Nathan, Goh Eng Kee Malaysia's Ou Teck Wing on a Yamaha 350 cc rode a well-judged race to win the Grand Prix lor motor-cycles over 40 laps (161 miles) at the Sembawang Circuit here yesterday. Lying in 10th position, he climbed into the lead
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    119 10 KEMPTON. England, Sun. (Reuteri David Robinson's Yellow God. won the 2.000 Guineas Trial Stakes run over seven furlongs here yesterday. Mrs. C.A. Dickson's Gold Rod was second and G.R Rickman's Joshua third of eight runners Lester Piggott rode Yellow God. Duncan Keith Gold Rod and
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    84 10 PARIS. Sun (Reuter) Baron De Rede's Hether won the Prix Pereiope for three-year-old fillies at St. Cloud here vesterday after a tisht last-furlong battle. Seven of France's classic hoDes for this season were involved in the furlongs race, worth 100.000 francs (£7.500) to th# winner. Hether
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    306 10 GP for cars (40 laps l 1. Graeme Lawrence (Ferrari V 6 2 4 litre). Time 1 hour 18.0 m:n. 42.6 sec Fastest lap time 1 min. 55.7 sec 2 John Mac Donald (Brabham FVa > 1 hour 20 min. 45.6 sec. (completed 39 laps). 3
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    1298 10 Dawkins Admited To Hospital By Our Racing Correspondent IPOH, Sun. Oona scored her fourth win off the reel when she whipped a Class Two Division One field by one and a half lengths here today. Ridden by Johnny Wilson she paid $l7. Odds-on favourite Dawnglo fell
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    368 10 HONG KONG, Sun. (Reuter) Japan's grinning Isao Katsumata scraped home on a pa r--70 today to beat Haruo Yasuda by one stroke and win the HK5100,000 (£7,000) Hong Kong Open. Tumultuous cheer s greeted the 32-vear-old Katsumata as he walked off the last green
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    199 10 SYDNEY. Sun. (Reuter) Hundreds of soccer spectators rioted and forced a First Division match to be abandoned here today. But no serious injuries or arrests were reported. Police called off the match between South Sydney-Croatia and Yu-gal-Ryde after fans stormed the officials' area
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      49 10 EOEzma TOTAL POOL: (521,490) Ist Pri*« No: *****8 ($5,319) 2nd Prise No: *****5 ($2,659) 3rd Prise No: *****0 ($1,329) Starters: ($123 each) Nos: *****9 *****3 *****8 *****1 *****4 *****6 *****4 *****3 *****1 *****3 *****7 *****3 Consolation ($lO3 each) Nos: *****2 *****7 *****4 *****5 *****1 *****3 *****0 *****5 *****2 *****7
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      70 11 PATNA. India, Sun. (Reuter) India took a two-nil lead over Pakistan in their Eastern Zone section "B" Davis tennis cup tie here today when Premjlt Lall beat Munawar Iqbal 13-11. 6-4. 6-4 The match left unfinished last n:ght with the Indian leading 13-11. 6-4.
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      539 11 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Everton clamped a firm grip on the English Soccer League title yesterday as defending champions Leeds United crashed to their first home league defeat in 22 months. Everton tamed thlrdR laced Chelsea 5-2 at ome and looked booked for their
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      260 11 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Cambridge led from flrst stroke to last to win the 116 th annual universities boat race from Putney to Mortlake on the River Thames yesterday. Their margin of victory at the end of the 4-1 4 miles course was just
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      65 11 MIAMI. Florida. Bun fFeuter) Former U.S. Open champion Lee Trevino fired a 68 yesterday to tie with Bob Menne at the 54-hole mark In the USS 200.000 National Airlines Open golf tournament here. Two strokes behind Trevlno and Menne. whose totals of 203 are 13 under
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      127 11 LONDON Sun. (Router) Leading goal-scorers the E≷&h Football League Cup and Football Association Cup competition* after yesterday'* matches. Division On# 28 Teter Osgood (Chelsea), 27 Jeff Astle West Bromwlch). 23 Joe R*vle (Everton). 22 Allan Clarke (Leeds), 21 George Best (Manchester United). 21 Hugh Curran (Wolverhampton) Division
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      231 11 Safari Rally NAIROBI. Sun (Reuter) Sobleslaw Zasada of Poland, driving a Porsche, led on points at the halfway stage here of the 3,200-mile East African Safari Rallv. Zasada. who was first to arrive at the Nairobi checkpoint from the coast today had 187
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      82 11 CAPE TOWN. Sun. (Reuteri South Africa hu been barred from international competition in yet another sport this time amiteur cycling This was announced here bv Mr Cyril Gerghegan. President of the South African Cycling Federation. Mr. Geoghegan told the Federation's annual meeting here yesterday that
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      1438 11 English Division One Arsenal 2 Wolverhampton 2 Coventry 1 Burnley 1 Crystal Palace i Ipew.ch 1 Everton 5 Chelsea 2 1 Southampton 3 Manchester Utd. 1 Manchester City 2 Notts Forest 2 Newcastle 2 Stoke 2 ShefT. Wednesday 1 Sunderland 1 Derbv 1 West Bromwlch 1
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      100 11 JOHANNESBURG, Sun CReuter) Dutch tehrtli ac® Tom Okker. the number two seed, wu surprisingly beaten 2-6. 11-6. 6-3, J; 4 1 7 15th ,ee<3 *d Fred McMillan In the South African Open championships here yesterday. Top seeds Laver and Margaret Court both of Australia, were In
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