Eastern Sun, 10 April 1970

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    23 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY -fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1315 Friday* 10 April 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon An infantryman of the 5th Battalion. Singapore Infantry Regiment, shows how a grenade is thrown during training at the Jungle Warfare School in Kota Tinggi, Johore. The battalion, of 900 officers and men is now encamped at Tebrau, Johore. for jungle warfare training, in preparation for their part in the five-nation Bersatu Padu exercise. – (See Page 12).
    57 1 An infantryman of the 5th Battalion. Singapore Infantry Regiment, shows how a grenade is thrown during training at the Jungle Warfare School in Kota Tinggi, Johore. The battalion, of 900 officers and men is now encamped at Tebrau, Johore. for jungle warfare training, in preparation for their part in the
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    Lock icon Court Clamp On Mary Jo Inquest
    49 1 BOSTON. Thurs. (UPI) Tne Massachusetts Supreme Court has ordered the transcript or judge's report of the secret inquest into the death of Marv Jo Kopechne in Senator Edward Kennedy's car not be released "until further orders." No reason was given for the order.
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    Lock icon 300 Reds Killed In Cambodian Ambush
    535 1 OHNOM PENH, Thurs. (All Agencies) Three hundred unsuspecting Vietcong died today in an ambush bloodbath set up by Cambodian Government troops. The Vietcong were mown down by small-arms fire and air attacks as they were searching for food in Svey Veng province. Military sources
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    Lock icon NEW ASTRONAUT FOR APOLLO 13
    279 1 CAPE KENNEDY, Thurs (Reuter) Reserve civil ;on astronaut John Swigert may substitute on the Apollo 13 moon mission threatened by a down-to-earth German measles. Swigert is beine tested as a possible replacement for Thomas Mattingly, who has been grounded. Doctors say He could develop measles
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    Lock icon Lennon MP – Say Teenagers
    153 1 Lennon MP Say Teenagers LONDON. Tl.iurs (Renter) British teenagers would like to see Bcatle John L#nnnn elected to Parliament. I.ennon won an overwhelming vote of confidence in a survey of SOO teenager* carried out by a nation-wide pop music nctt^paprr. He was chosen for his views on peace. Thr r'val'd
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    Lock icon No Exit Visas For Cambodian Envoys In China
    87 1 PHNOM PENH. Thurs. fPeuter) The staff of the Cambodian Embassy In Peking ha* been refused visas to leave the country. The ambassador In Peking completed his tour two weeks aeo and has applied for a visa for himself and some other members
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    Lock icon Osaka's Fatal Gas Blast Probed
    254 1 OSAKA, Thurs. (Reuter) A government probe was launched today into the massive gas explosion which killed more than 70 people. The Osaka Fire Department says 72 people were killed and 251 Injured including 92 seriously by the blast and following Are. At one stage, the
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    Lock icon Thai Marines On Border
    185 1 BANGKOK, Thurs. (Reuter) —Thailand hat moved a newly-formed battalion of marines and a special naval unit to two coastal provinces border, ing Cambodia. Speaking on radio and television as part of armed forces day celebrations. Premier Field Marshal Thanom Klttlkachorn said I the two units will
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    Lock icon A GRENADE FOR DEBRE
    89 1 PARIS, Thurs. (AFP) Police today intercepted a package addressed to French Defence Minister Michel Debre containing what appeared to be a bomb. The package was opened by police after an anonymous telephone call to police headquarters. The caller told the police: "A booby-trapped package has been
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    Lock icon Police Smash Robbery Gang
    206 1 A Police raid has smashed a four-man robbery gang in the Geylang Serai area. Four men were arrested and a revolver and 83 rounds of ammunition were seized Thirteen watches were recovered The men. believed to have been Involved in a series of armed in the
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • Article
    Lock icon Red China To Build A Naval base At Tanzania?
    201 3 JOHNANNESBURG, Thurs. (AFP) Red China may build a naval base in Dar-es-Salaam as part of its price for helping to construct the Zam-Tan railway. A local daily here, "The Star," yesterday reported that the Chinese have proposed "a package deal." It
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    Lock icon Senate: Seal Philippine Archives
    131 3 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) The Philippine Senate has ordered the sealing of the National Archives after reports that historical documents concerning Manila's c'aim to Sabah have been stolen. The 24-member Senate Committee on Education issued the order yesterday. It also announced that it had unanimously decided to
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    Lock icon Princess Anne Mystery
    69 3 MELBOURNE. Thurs. /Reuter) The Royal Family left here on the royal yacht. 'Britannia,' late last night but a mystery remains where, did Princess Anne disappear to for over five hours? She returned to the 'Britannia' only 20 minutes before It sailed. Newspapers have linked the Princess romantically
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    Lock icon ILLEGITIMACY IN AMERICA
    214 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) —A new government study indicates that one-third of the first babies born to American women in 1964 through 1966 were conceived out of wedlock. Hasty marriages further Saved many from illegitimacy. Mrs Mary Kovar helped compiled the data for the National Centre for Health
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    Lock icon The $177,000 Widow Who Took Welfare Aid
    318 3 SACRAMENTO, California, Thurs. (UPI) Mrs. Henny Shinden, a 77-year-old widow who died last month, kept SIB,OOO sewn into the pockets of a wornout wool dress and in a glass fruit-jar filled with cou- pons. Mrs. Shinden also had S? 132.000 in two bank
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    Lock icon Oil Companies Talk Pollution
    55 3 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Top executives of the worlds biggest oil companies met today to set up an International body to watch oil-carrying safety measures and the prevention of oil pollution. The meeting was sponsored by the Anglo-Dutch Shell group following International concern over the safety of
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    Lock icon Do-It-Yourself Pornography
    65 3 SYDNEY. Thurs, (Reuter) A surging crowd of 2 500 packed Sydney University's Wants Theatre and overflowed into the street for a programme of do-it-yourself pornography.' At one stage, two women fainted and were carried out of the screaming, shouting crowd. "A Festival of Pornographywas organised by the Campaign
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    Lock icon Gov. Reagan's Words Land Him 'A Blood Bath'
    164 3 SACRAMENTO, California, Thurs. (Reuter) A call by California Governor Ronald Reagan for "a blood bath" to silence campus revolutionaries yesterday set off a political storm. Though the Republican Governor retracted the remark. Democrats Reeking political office quickly seized on it as 'an
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    Lock icon Aussie Lower House Is Suspended
    177 3 ANBERR A, Thurs. 'Renter) The Australian Hou.se of Representatives (Lower Federal House) was suspended for the first time for 15 years early today. All opposition membvs had rose to defy a ruling by the Speaker. The trouble began when the government moved a series of
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    Lock icon Japanese, Aussie And UK Loans For Asia Bank
    481 3 SEOUL, Thurs. (Reuter) The Asian Development Bank received an important boost today when three rich nations pledged funds for loans to developing Asian nations at concession rates. Japan offered Ss9o million, Britain $543,200,000 and Australia Ss3o million during the third annual bank
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    Lock icon Mayors Hit Charles' 'Sewage Dip'
    111 3 MELBOURNE. Australia, Thurs (UPI) Brighton Mayor Jewell denied saying yesterday that Prince Charles needed "a good thump under the ear.** The Prince had described his dip at suburban Elwood Beach as like "swimming in diluted sewage." Nonetheless, the councillor admitted he was not happy at
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    Lock icon PEKING ADMITS JAILING BANKER
    177 4 LONDON, Thurt. (Reuttr) —China admitted today that they are holding a British bank manager arretted in Shanghai in August 1968. The Chinese Charge d'Affalres said David Johnston, 56. was In detention In China because he committed an offence against Chinese law. No details were given. The
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    Lock icon POLICE TRY TO STOP VIGILANTES
    142 4 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Police moved today to discourage Asian immigrants who want to set up vigilante groups against gangs of youths after the murder of a Pakistani Asians living In London's East End have warned they will meet force with force after a wave of
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    Lock icon Admiral Resigns
    32 4 PARIS. Thurs. fßeuter~> The Cabinet today accepted the resignation of the Navy chief of Staff. Admiral Andre Patou. His deputy. Vice Admiral Andre Storelli, 59. was named to succeed him.
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    Lock icon Fewer Gurkhas
    33 4 LONDON, Thurs (Reuter) The government has refused to reverse its plans to cut the number of Gurkhas serving in the British Army from 10.000 to 6.000 by the end of 1971.
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    Lock icon Nasser Pushed For Reprisals Against Israel
    446 4 fAIRO, Thurs. (Reuter) President Nasser today faced mounting pressure for reprisal air strikes against Israel as a wave of anger swept Egypt over air raid on a primary school in which at least BO children died. Egypt accused Israel of barbarism after bombs and
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    Lock icon WILSON WANTED UK TO STOP 6-DAY WAR
    323 4 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter)— A newspaper claimed today that Britain almost went to war during the 1967 Middle East conflict. The Daily Mail, in a front page story, said only a massive Cabinet revolt had stopped a British Naval task force beine sent to
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    Lock icon A Separate Scottish Parliament ?
    147 4 A Separate Scottish Parliament LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) The House of Commons has agreed to consider the creation of a separate Scottish Parliament of <1 members dealing- exclusively with Scottish legislation. Liberal Party member David Steel, sponsoring a private member s bill for "better government of Scotland." envisaged Scottish voters sending
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    Lock icon School Strike Against Rats
    54 4 ROME Thurs (Renter Nearlv 200 schoolgirls refused to attend classes today to protest against a plague of giant rats which have survived a recent rat-er»ermra-tion campaign at the school. The firls also complain that the air In the school stinks from the smell of decaving rat
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    Lock icon Man Who Killed A Saint Waits Patiently To Die
    261 4 ROME, Thurs. (Reuter) Alessandro Serenelli, the only man alive to have murdered a taint, today lay ill in a Capuchin monastery in Macerato with a picture of his victim by his bedside. On a hot July day In 1902. Serenelli. then
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    Lock icon Held In Custody
    48 4 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) A magistrate's court in Chesham has ordered Joan Tunnev Wilkinson held in custody 'or another week while police continue their report on charges that she murdered her husband Mrs Wilkinson. i s the daughter of former world heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney.
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    Lock icon IRAN SHOOTS NINE DRUG SMUGGLERS
    91 4 TEHERAN'. Thurs (Router) N;n« drug smugglers were executed by army firing squads at dawn today as Iran pressed a campaign to curb narcotics trafficking. The n:ne were sentenced to death by military tribunals under the new antidrug law which stipulates capital punishment for anyone found
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    Lock icon Oil Tankers Collide Off Wales
    115 4 CARDIFF. Thurs <UPI) Two ni] tankers hive collided at sra off the Wales coast of them has leaked some of It* o:l. a Welsh Coast Guard spokesman R a;d. The collision between t're Greek tanker Eithycosta ll' (5 «96 tons and the Br t:sh sh;p
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    Lock icon DAYAN BLAMES THE EGYPTIANS
    220 4 TEL AVIV, Thurs. (UPI) Defence Minister Moshe Dayan accused Egypt of causing the deaths of 30 children by keeping them ir.side an Egyptian Army base the Israeli Air Force bombed yesterday. Dayan said the Installations definitely were tary"lf the Egyptians Installed classroom# inside a military installation,
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    Lock icon GREEK QUAKE
    34 4 ATHENS. Thurs. (UPI) A strong tremor today rocked Athens and much of central and southern Greece. Police said it caused panic in several provincial towns but there were no casualties or damage.
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    Lock icon Back To School
    39 4 BANGKOK. Thurs (Reuter) The Supreme Court has overturned the oi a Tha; Member o* Parliament In February last vear. The co'urt ruled that Mr. Samer Akarapridi had not completed h:s primary education as required by law.
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      229 4 Philips invented cassettes. wo s PHILIPS fflt r< Q A. i M. S> It takes a Philips Cassette Recorder to make them sound the way they should. Philips invented cassettes. They know more about them than anyone else in the world. Take the basic cassette. It started as an idea.
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    Lock icon U.S. SENATE REJECTS CARSWELL
    327 5 WASHINGTON, Thurj. (Reuter) The crushing i j 3 e re n President Nixon's nomination of Judge Carswell to the Supreme Court today threatened to become a major election issue. The stinging reversal, on a 51-45 vote, left bitterness. There were several hints that some of the
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    Lock icon Water Scarce
    30 5 ADELAIDE. Thurs CReu♦eri The mining town of Andamooka, rationing water to one gallon a dav tor each of the residents The town had no rain for a:x months
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    Lock icon Conference On Strategy Over SALT
    112 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI and Reuter) President Nixon conferred for two hours yesterday with advisers on U.S. strategy at the opening of Soviet-American arms control, talks in Vienna next week. The White Hnuse announced afterward that Gerard Smith, the top U-S negotiator, was "prepared to discuss
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    Lock icon GOLDIE HAWN, Academy Award-winner for best supporting actress, gets a congratulatory kiss from Peter Sellers. They are both presently in Shepperton, England, for the shooting of their new film, "There's A Girl In My Soup." Goldie, of the popular "Laugh-In" television series fame, won the Oscar for her role in "Cactus Flower."
    55 5 GOLDIE HAWN, Academy Award-winner for best supporting actress, gets a congratulatory kiss from Peter Sellers. They are both presently in Shepperton, England, for the shooting of their new film, "There's A Girl In My Soup." Goldie, of the popular "Laugh-In" television series fame, won the Oscar for her role in
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    Lock icon Stravinsky's Health Improving
    132 5 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Igor Stravinsky, the 37-year-old composer whnse musical Innovations changed the course of music history was reported "showing improvement" yesterday In his battle against heart failure and pneumonia Stravinsky's physician. Dr Michael Bruno, declared that if the Rusc-ian-born composer continues to Improve In the
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    Lock icon REIGN OF TERROR IN GUATEMALA: First Communist Dies In Revenge Killings
    422 5 GUATEMALA CITY, Thurs. (Reuter) A veteran communist was clubbed to death today to avenge the murder of the West German diplomat. Right-wing vigilantes then warned of more killings to come The beginning of a reign of terror came when
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    Lock icon Pink Is Blue?
    50 5 LONDON. Thurs (UPI) The Southend Citv Council baj been askeH to ban two p.nk plastic bottoms that make uP part ©f a display advertising tights outside a local store Alderman Kenneth MacKinnon sa d he thinks they lower the tone of »he town s new shopping centre
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    Lock icon Intended Price For Consul's Release
    104 5 PORTO ALEGRE, Brasil, Thur*. (UPI) —Stat* Police yesterday disclosed the terrorists who shot and wounded U.S. Consul Curtis Cutter in an abortive kidnap try last Sunday had planned to exchange him for 12 political prisoners. Col. Jaime Marlath also announced two more names have been
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    Lock icon 2 POLICEMEN CHARGED
    75 5 HOUSTON Texas. Thurs. 'Reuter) Two Houston policemen were Indicted yesterday on charges of kicking to death one Negro suspect and seriously injuring another in a local police station. The policemen. J. A. McMahon. 21. and Arthur Hill, 27. are both white and have been suspended. Local police
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    Lock icon SIHANOUK ON THE AIR
    917 6 /CHINESE Prime Minister Chou En Lai's visit to North Korea produced something which China had tacitly avoided doing at home the endorsement of Prince Norodom Sihanouk's current antics. Peking appeared to have decided to give Sihanouk all the time on the radio he required, even to
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    Lock icon South Africa Goes To The Polls
    1320 6  -  By Adrian Guelke (GEMINI). LONDON: When South Africa goes to the polls the all-white electorate will he giving Us verdict on the new "outwardlooking'' policT of wooing Black states. This policy is identified with Mr. Johannes Vorster. the Prime Minister who has been rattled
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    Lock icon Computers Get More Like Human Beings
    1530 6  -  By Dr. Igor Aleksander Reader in Electronics, University of Kent. (BIS). LONDON: A new concept in the design of computers is being developed in the Electronics Laboratories of the University of Kent at Canterbury in southern England. Its aim is to provide a computer
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    Lock icon Experts Study Pacific Bottom Heat Puzzle
    321 6 SEATTLE. Washington In a 600-by-600 mile (960 by 960 kilometres) basin at the bottom of the eastern Pacific, oceanographers are seekin* the answers to one of the earth's most puzzling riddles. The three-week investigation Is being earned out this month by oceanographers of the
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  • commercial and industrial
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      Lock icon Industrials Maintain Subdued Improvement
      489 7 u better sentiment in industrials was maintained in tha Stock Exchange of issues^* 1 3 Singapore yesterday on sustained buying support in a wide range Trading remained fairly quiet generally though the volume of business done again broke through the two million units mark. The lower-priced
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1071 7 B i A r a nd tho trading rooms e Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore T nnn 6 umbe S of s^ re brackets in lotVof 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS Acma $2.29 (2) $2 30 (4): DIM $2.32 (1) $2.34 (2); Alcan Industries $1.74 (1)
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      Lock icon Tin Steady
      30 7 LONDON, Th u r s. (UPI) —Tin held steady with sales of 220 tons, spot buyers 1.592 sellers 1.593 no business. Three months buyers 1,590 sellers 1,591 business.
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      687 7 BID and offer prices officially listed yesterday at th e close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS Bs. Ariwa cbt 2.26 2 32 Alcan Industries 181 1 82 Ben Co 1 68 1.71 Borneo Bhi) 1.72
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      Lock icon MIDF Promotes Formation Of Bank Consortium
      537 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. In line with the principle that commercial banks should play an Increasing role In the financing of Industry, Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad has promoted the formation of the first local bank consortiums to be operated on a substantial scale in
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 58 5/8 Cts.
      253 7 APRIL first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m., in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 58-5/8 cents per lb., down one quarter of a cent from the previous close The tone of the market was very quiet A quiet morning session was principally devoted to
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      97 7 iHK nofln prtre* at th« Flnfapore hine«.e Produce tlchange »«»> Bayer Mller < oronot (Ml iFiiB) Bulk 59 0(1 I ooonui oil 1KIB1 Drum 61.50 Mixed inpra MOO MiininK While Prupfi (F o B i 140 (XI haraHiit Ukltf Pfppfi IF O B > 137 50 baruuak HMcfal Black
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      5 7 t'Honx Kong Curreoejl
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      Lock icon Workshop To Have Latest Facilities
      149 7 The Henry An* Agency, establishes in 1957 as sole agent for Citroen cars in Singapore, will be having its own workshop equipped with the latest repair and maintenance facilities Situated on 6.000 jq. ft. site at Guillemard Road and built at a cost of $150,000
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      Lock icon Gold Prices Increase
      79 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Gold prices rose In moderately active trading Wednesday on markets here and abroad. In London, gold gained 6 cents at the morning fixing and rose an additional 1$ cents for a second fixing of $35,375 a troy ounce, closing at $35.40 bid. $35
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      Lock icon DOW JONES
      39 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 791 64 20 Transp. 173.00 15 Utilities 118.23 65 Stocks 263.14 40 Bonds 69.20 Commodity futures Index 134.76 off 014.
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      51 7 NEW YORK. Thurs (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged an d untraded Wednesday on the New York Commodity Exchange. (Close) (Prev) May 22.008 22 00 July 22 008 22.00 Sept 22.008 22.00 Nov. 22.008 22.00 Jan 21''58 21.75 March 21.758 21.75 Locallr No. 2 RSS was 22-3/8 cents P*r
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      Lock icon Tin Price
      13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $695.75 per picul, down $1.50.
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      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IS S'PORE
      193 7 DEPARTURES God owns Vessels 8 9 Benloyal 13/14 Centaur 20 West Perak 23 Shlnel Maru 25/26 Fernbrook 33 34 Bengloe 45 Lexa Maersk 47 Lycaon 20 East Petaling ARRIVALS Godowns Vessels 20 East Petallnu 20 West Auby 21 East Giang Lee 20 East Serdang 33 34
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      Lock icon Poseidon Betters
      391 7 Closing Prices SYDNEY, Thurs. (UPI) A better performance by Poseidon brought some relief to the mining and oil boards on Sydney Stock Exchange Thursday. After opening at $95. Poseidon traded around the $lOO mark, reached a peak of $ll2. and retreated to close at $lO9. up $l2. Falls
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      Lock icon NY Stocks Continue To Decline
      128 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Prospects of disappointing first quarter corporate profits continued to act as a major depressant for stocks Wednesday. For the fifth consecutive session 8 outscored winners, although a number of blue chips bucked the downtrend. Turnover was light. At th e close,
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      Lock icon Hong Kong Money
      118 7 HONG KONG. (UPI) Thursday's 5 p m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.). (Buyers) (Sellers) 194.7 195.7 per 100 Straits dollars 149 150 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6.755 6.765 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 490 510 per 1.000 Indian rupees
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      364 7 ARRIVALS BIS am- MSA 123 R. Lumpur MAam. M>A 119 k. Lumpur 12-30 p in. MSA 451 Ruchlng 3Jop.ni- MSA 021 R. Lumpur. Malacca StSpm. MSA 453 R Rlnabalu 340 pm- MSA 521 Bangkok. Penan g 5-40 pm- MSA 637 Tokyo, Taipei. H Rone 7.10 pm. >ISA 027
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    Lock icon World's RAREST Animal, The Marsupial Wolf
    1642 8  -  Once In Captivity By Harry Frauca Canberra. AIS Some Australian notura lists have developed what can be termed Thylacine fever. This is an affliction that I too, suffered some years ago when I spent many weeks trying to track down the rarest mammal on
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    Lock icon The Teacher's Need For Research
    708 8  -  By Stephen Wiseman. MEd, PhD FBPsS. Director. National Foundation for Educational Research v (BIS) LONDON: To sav that the teacher Is the central figure In any educational system is to risk being labelled platitudinous. In any educational report one will find lipservice being paid to
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    Lock icon GIRLFRIEND WITH COLD WON'T GET HIS KISSES
    530 8  -  DATELINE Br Ele Walt Dulaney Dear Elf and Walt: Please comment on this question in the paper so that my steadv girlfriend ran read whatever you say. She is mad as can be because I refused to kiss her when she had a
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      88 8 AMY By Jack TJppff "Wouldn't it be crozy if we get lost and couldn't find our way to school DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and Atien McWltams OUR BOAT 15 NOW A N PtLE OF DRIPTWOOD... AND I JUST WALKED AROUND THIS ISLAND—(S ts*; 1 •A w> m A S3
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  • THE NEW FILMS
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      Lock icon 40 Years To Win The Hollywood Oscar
      474 9 'True Grit' Sums All Th Years Of Screen Brawling And Shooting IJOILYWOOD, Thurs. (Reuter) Almost 40 years after he set out on the long. trail of cattle drives, cavalry charges and showdowns In main street. John Wayne has won his Hollywood Oscar. And
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      Lock icon FILMDOM IN BRIEFS
      151 9 THOMAS TARZAX has been cast a* an anriv sergeant in MOM> Dlrtv Dingus Magee." starring Frank Sinatra. George Kenredv and Arne Jacxson. currently filming here The film co-star* Lois N>ttleton. Michelle Carey and Jack Elam HERBERT ROSS has been signed to direct "Mrs Beneker." film version of
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      Lock icon The Mini-Minis And The Great Pretenders
      566 9  -  Ann Landers JJEAR ANN: Here Is a message from a dirty old man age 22. I am a college senior and the point of view I express here reflects the thinking of a lot of guys. There is nothing so ludicrous as a chick
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      570 9  -  VfifAiii// for Sheilah Graham VTEW YORK, Thurs. Sophia Loren's next film, "The Priest's Wife," storting almost immediately for Warners, in Milan, is raising a storm in her native Italy. There is talk of banning the picture which is about a voluptuous woman
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      275 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. —Duttin Hoffman has been siqned to star in Cinema Centre Films' "WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN AND WHY IS HE SAYING THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT ME?", to be produced by the Harry Kellerman Company. The announcement was made by Jere
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      403 10 New Scheme Starts With Italian Open LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Lawn tennis is to have its own Grand Prix series on somewhat similar lines to that which decides the world motor racing championship. The scheme will be run experimentally this year, starting with the Italian Open championships
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      374 10  -  By Hugh Bracken AUGUSTA. Georgia, Thurs. (Reuter) The 34th Masters championship gets under way here today with power-hitting Jack Nicklaus favoured to win, and South Africa's Gary Player under heavy security guard because of the possibility of a racial demonstration against him. Player, who
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      153 10 LONDON. Thurs. Ordinary table tennis balls made of celluloid tend to be fragile and they lose their spherical shape after some use. The ever-alert scouts of BBC World Service programme New Ideas report a new ball on the market which has overcome these drawbacks. It has
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      229 10 £10,000 Fine Ban For Derby LONDON. Thurs. (Rmtw) English First Division soccer club Derby County were yesterday fined, CIO.OOO and banned from nlavin* in F.uropran next season. The punishment wa« the result of a joint English FootbaJl .Association and League inquiry into ii regularities in their books. The club, who
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      93 10 MANILA Thurs (AFT) South Korea's 19-year-old Joo Hr> Hyun stopped Japan s Yoshlhide Maekawa with a two fisted attack in the first round ton fht to win the welterweight title In the fourth Asian amateur boxine championship. The 21-year-old Japanese welterweight champion from Ehlme Prefecture, received a
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      455 10 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) England's Arsenal soccer team recalled their glorious past when they slammed Ajax Amsterdam 3-0 here last night to advance to the brink of the European Fairs Cup final. A|ax, European Cup finalists last year, started favourites in this first
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      80 10 TOKYO. Thurs. <UPI) Former Orient featherweight champion Herbert Kang of South Korea knocked out Kenjl iwata the Oriental No. 6 Junior lightweight, in the third round of a scheduled 10 round bout at Korakuen Hall last night. Kang. who abandoned the featherweight class after he lost his
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      173 10 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Paul Madeley. the Leeds United utility player, yesterday withdrew from England's World Cup soccer squad only 24 hours after being Included In the list of 28 players to travel to Mexico. He will be replaced by Bob McNab. of Arsenal.
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      275 10 Singapore's Raymond Kang still leads Use field in tne men's section of the 1970 Cathav PacificBrunswick Far East bowling tournament. With another three weeks to go before the end of the qualifying rounds on April 30. Raymond, with a three-game score of 725,
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      456 10 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Champions Everton missed their chance of equalling the English First Division points record when they were held to a goalless draw by rele-gation-haunted Sunderland last night. Everton completed their 42-match league programme with 66 points—one fewer than the record set
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      293 10 MOSCOW. Thurs <Reuter> Sweden dominated the men's events and Russia made a clean sweep of the women's title* at the European table tennis championships which ended before a fi.OOO crowd at the Moscow Sports Palace here last night Hans Alser. 28-year-old "veteran" from Boras, regained
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      74 10 N"FTW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter) Results of U.S major i .1 -,ue games played yesterday were: American League: Baltimore Orioles 3. Cleveland Indians 2; California Angel s 6. Milwaukee Brewers 1; Detroit Tigers 3. Washington Senators 0; Kansas City Royals 2. Oakland Athletics 0. National League. St. Louis
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      171 10 LOS ANGELES. Thurs. <UPI» Earl McCuilouch, standout flanker for the National Football League Detroit Lions, yesterday signed a five-year contract with World Sports Promotions Inc. to compete in professional track and Held meets. The former University of Southern California star athlete, who shares world records In
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      64 11 SINGAPORE Recreation Club Held on to beat PWD 2-1 despite a strong rally by thair opponents in a FAS Division Two league match played at the Padang yesterday. Jack
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      539 11 SEOUL, Thurs. (Reuter) Japanese veteran Tomoo Ishii took the first round lead with some fine putting in the Korean open golf championship here to^ay |,hii, 47, fired a four-under par 68 to become one of only eight players to break par on
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      184 11 MELBOURNE, Thurs. Two of Australia's greatest sprinters have announced their retirement. They are Peter Norman and Gary Holdsworth who, between them, have won 11 National sprint titles and shared in numerous winning Victorian relay teams. They hav e lost count of the number of
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      381 11 M.C. Stable's November Sun, winner of the Singapore Derby in 1968 and 1969 Has been deleted, states the Malayan Racing Association yesterday. An eight-year-old Carbon Copy gelding, November Sun was trained by Garnet Bougoure. Hij last outing waj in tHe Singapore Derby iast month when
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      144 11 SYDNEY. Australia. Thurs.—Former world bantamweight boxing champion Lionel Rose has turned down a fight offer in Johannesburg on April 17. The offer came from the South African featherweight champion, Anthony Marodi. He was offered A 53.000 tax free for the fight. Rose, announcing his refusal
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      46 11 RAWALPINDI. Thuri fßeuter) A six-man Pakistan badminton team will leave today far tour of Indonesia The Pakistan plavera making the tour are Khawaja Salahuddin, Javed Iqba) Taj Meosvi, Hasan Shahed. Fazal Haq and Mihajuddin. Salauddin Chowdury will accompany the team as manager.
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    717 12  -  By Charlie Chan Jungle warfare, with all its connotation of snipers, sudden death, booby traps and silent guerrillas is a new concept to the sth Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment. Yet, for a battalion of "virgin soldiers" comprising mainly 19year old
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    347 12 Appearance personal dress and decorum is a vital part of the equipment of learning, an experienced and noted US educationist told the Rotary Club West yesterday. "Appearance has a lot to do with the individual's capacity to learn" Dr. Joyce WangFan from the
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    140 12 'Move Along' Order Reiterated Instructions have been given to aM immigration officers at all entry points, including th e Airport, Port and the Causeway, tho« all hippies should be helped to get on to their next destination. Airlines aod shipping companies have also been Informed
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    384 12 ONE can Hardly believe the eyes when one sees Roma Blair' tights-clad figure in various contortions for she is aged 47 and a grandmother of 2. A yoga-expert for 23 years. Miss Roma Blair (her professional name) from Sydney arrived last week In Singapore for
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    151 12 The Singapore Music Teachers Association is "Beethoven B i c en t e nary *****970" —an open competition for pianists to mark the bicentenary of the birth of the great German classical composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. The competition Is open to pianists from Singapore. West Malaysia and
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    133 12 KUCHING. T*nurs (Renter) Security force s in Sarawak's First Division yesterday shot and kille-i seven Communist guerrillas in three different clashes, the chairman of the goverrine State Operations Committee, Mr. Harun Ariffln announced today. This brings guerrilla deaths in the division to *3 in the P
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