Eastern Sun, 11 April 1970

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    23 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY <fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1316 Saturday, 11 AprH 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Khmer Troops Kill Refugees
    399 1 pHNOM PENH, Fri. (UPI) Cambodian troops massacred at least 90 Vietnamese refugees Thursday night when the Vietcong attacked in an apparent attempt to "liberate" the civilians. The civilians were shot to death with machinegun and automatic rifle fire by Cambodian soldiers guarding the refugee ccmp near
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    Lock icon British Troops Airlift Begins
    285 1 T ONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Britain today began its biggest peacetime airlift of combat troops to the For East to fight a mock war against a mythical country threatening Malaysia. Th« operation is part of the five-power Commonwealth military exercise, named Bersatu Padu. The 8,000-mile airlift to
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    Lock icon ISRAELI ATTACKS
    68 1 TEL AVIV. Fri (Reuter) Israeli jets today attacked guerrilla targets in Jordan for more than an hour and Egyptian military objectives along the Suez Canal, a military spokesman said here. Th? spokesman said the air attacks on targets In Jordan followed the shelling of a number of Israeli
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    Lock icon BEATLE QUITS TEAM
    279 1 LONDON, Fri. (Renter) Pop idol Paul McCartney said today he had broken with the other three Bea--ties because of personal, business and musical differences. "But most of all because I have a better time with my family." said Paul, the most popular of the millionaire group. He
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    Lock icon ADB Meet Here
    69 1 SEOUL. Fri. <UPI> Singapore has asked to host the fourth annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the A "Man Development Bank <ADB) next a spokesman for the ADB secretariat said Friday. The Singapore bid Is likely to be accepted by the ADB Governors, the spokesman
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    Lock icon Sato Warns Japan Not 'Big Power'
    227 1 TOKYO. Fri (UPI) Prime Minister Eisaku Sato said today Japan should guard against acting like a big power and frightening other nations "There are some countries which have misgivings about Japan," the leader of the conservative and prowestern government said tn a speech to
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    Lock icon Republic
    18 1 PHNOM PENH Fri (UPI> Cambodia will be declared a Republic tomorrow, an Information Ministry mafl said today
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    Lock icon Labour Gains In Polls Considered Insufficient
    354 1 I ONDON, Fri. (UPI) London's voters todoy took o step to the J political left in local government elections. But elsewhere in the country the Conservatives easily held off o strong Laborite challenge. In Britain as a whole Pr.me Minister Harold Wilson's ruling Labour
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    Lock icon Contested Elections To Be Held April 28
    154 1 The by-elections for Kampong hapor and Clu Pandan will be held on April 28. it was announced here yesterday. A government statement yesterday reminded that all those whose names appear in the 1969 Registers of Electors for Kampong Kapor and Clu Pandan are
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    Lock icon SEATO GAMES
    80 1 BANGKOK. Fri (UPP The Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation s "Sea Rover" naval exercise ended at Sattahip na**l~fcase Thursday, aoout 80 miles south of Bangkok Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn. who presided over the closing ceremony of the 18-day naval exercise, said "Sea Rover" has been yet further evidence of
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    Lock icon Retrenched Firecracker Workers Again At Court
    294 2 ABOUT 100 retrenched workarg from the Forvin Fireworks Pte. Ltd. turned up in the Ninth Magistrate's Court yes terday in support of the Executive Director and General Mansger of Forwin Fireworks, Mr. Lui Ee Cheong, who was summoned to court for having in hi
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    Lock icon Indonesian Anti-Red Move Lauded
    128 2 KUCHING. Fri. (Reuter) The Chairman of Sarawak's governing State Operations Committee. Harun Ar.ffin. today praised a recent Indonesian statement promising an all-out war against Communist guerillas along their common border. Harun said in a statement that the move puts an extra push In our continued efforts
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    Lock icon ADB Must Also Meet Local Costs
    238 2 SEOUL, Fri. (Reuter)Malaysia today urged the Asian Development Bank to reconsider its loan policies to include financing the local currency component of development projects. Addressing the bank's third annual Board of Governor's meeting, Mr. Ali bin Hajl Ahmad. Assistant Finance Minister, said: "At the
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    Lock icon Deft Fingers
    51 2 PLNANG, Fri. A man removed seven gold hairpins. valued at $l4O from the hair of a woman while she was walking alone Prangin Road here jresterdaT Yeoh Ben# Guat, 66. told police she felt the pins bein? removed and when she turned round. she saw a man running
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    Lock icon Sugar-Cane Cultivation
    96 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The Minister of National and Rural Development, Enche Abdul Ohafar bin Baba disclosed today that 10.000 acres of land In Perlis will be planted with sugar-cane as soon as details are finalised. Enche Ghafar told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur International airport before leaving for
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    Lock icon TIN ART
    80 2 KUALA LUMPUR, rri. The Samat Art Gallery her© today put up the first art engraving in tin for display to the public The one-piece work entitled "Tin Mining Industry"* by artist Yang Sook Leong dep:ct s the various methods of tin mining j n Malaya. The tin used
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    Lock icon Quotations In Metric System
    234 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A joint Malaysia-Singapore metrication working committee ha? been set up to examine the conversion of quotations in the rubber market to the metric standards by early 1971. This was announced by Enche Abu Bakar bin Paw a Chee. the Chairman of the committee
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    Lock icon Fiji Leader
    54 2 The Chief Minister of FIJI. Mr Ratu 81r Kamlneae Mara will arrive here on Sunday for a four-day private visit. During his stay, he will have talks with government leaders. Including Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew who Is also the acting Foreign Minister. On Tuesday he will tour
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    Lock icon Sabah Red Propaganda Checked
    112 2 KOTA KINABALU. FTI. (Reuter* A Malaysian Army General has *aid that pro-Communists elements were planning to distribute Communist propaganda material tn the East Malaysian state of Sabah. Gen. Tan Sri Hamid Bidin, Armed Forces Chief of Staff, said their activities were now being strictly checked and
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    Lock icon Pollution
    67 2 PENANG. Frl. 'Hie Penang City Council is awaiting approval from the National Operations Council to Introduce anti-Utter law* In Georgetown. The laws would be a slight modification of those now being enforced In Kuala Lumpur, the Chief Minister, Dr Llm Chong Eu said He hoped the resident* here would
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    Lock icon Picture shows Lt. Col. Richards (left) shaking hands with Lt. Col. Jukes.
    63 2 Lt. Col. John C. C. Richards has taken over command of the 42 Commando, Royal Marines, based at the Fleet Amphibious Forces Base (Far East) at Upper Thomson Road. He succeeds Lt. Col. Alan C. H. Jukes as
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    Lock icon DAP URGES TUNKU: 'Call For East Malaysia Poll'
    450 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Democratic Action Party today called on Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman to stop playing football with the Elections Commission and honour his promise to resume elections in East Malaysia without any further delay. In a signed press statement,
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    Lock icon Air Tickets To Expo '70
    171 2 THE Regional Manager of Japan Air Lines, Mr. Yujiro Hagiwara, yesterday presented double return air tickets to Expo '7O on behalf of Singapore Pools (Pte.) Ltd. to Mr. N.C. Patel, winner of the recent Chinese New Year Lucky Draw Supplementary Prise. On the left is
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    Lock icon Suharto Ends Surprise 4-Day West Java Tour
    368 2 JAKARTA, Fri. (AFP) Indonesia's President Suharto returned today from a surprise incognito visit to West Java during which he uncovered agricultural rackets after receiving information from starving peasants. While investigating the lilting conditions oi the people he found that 27 ihaxed a bearooui
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    Lock icon Smugglers Escape
    147 2 BUTTER WORTH. Frl. The Customs Preventive Branch last night seized 33 bundle* of textiles, clothes and marking pens, valued at $40,000 at the mouth of Kraln River in Nibong Tebal. The raiding party also recovered a "walkie talkie" left behind by two men who escaped m a speedboat.
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    Lock icon DRUNK?
    92 2 PENANG, Fri. An unemployed man collaosed at the Pulau Tikus polic* station here after drinking "some liquid" i n front of a policeman on duty. Police identified him as Kupusamy Ragavan, 48, who was rushed to the General Hospital here where hi» condition was reported as not serious. According
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    Lock icon Sex Killing Suspected
    142 2 SLIM RIVER. Frl Police have detained a man in connection with the brutal slaying of tapper Ngol Yek Choi. 31. found dead In an estate near here yesterday. Her body with several deep injuries on her head, neck and chest was found covered with leave* by a
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    Lock icon NEGLIGENT DRIVING
    90 2 A youth, Amran blr R.dzuan. was yesterday charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court for failing to have proper control of "his motor cycle, while negotiating a circle at great speed thus causing the death of Jennifer Veronica Beins, who riding pillion. He was alleged to have caused the
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    Lock icon Parachutists
    88 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Malaysian Armed Forces is to establish its parachute training wing i n Port Dickson in 1973, the Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Ungku Nazaruddin bin Ungku Mohamed. disclosed today He said at present Malaysia had 33 officers and men who have completed their
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    Lock icon Transport Plane Goes Down At Sea
    164 5 Okinawa, Fri. (I PI) Helcopirrs and boats searched for possi>le survivors in the crash of a U.S. C-130 transport pane. It went down in the Pacific Ocean today with 11 men aboard. The plane took off from Naha Air Base and splashed down about
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    Lock icon LAOS' 3-POINT REPLY TO REDS
    297 5 VIENTIANE, Fri. (UPI) The Royal Lao Government today released its counter proposal to the Communist Pathet Lao five-point peace plan. It suggests a ceasefire and international inspection to prevent foreign intervention In stating that "we are ready to d'-scuss the five points" of the Communist
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    Lock icon MORE MISSING NEWSMEN: 2 Captive Japanese Alive In Cambodia
    202 5 PHNOM PENH, Fri. (Reuter) —Two Japanese journalists, captured by the Vietcong on Monday, were »t II alive, Japanese Embassy sources *aid here today. The sources said the information was given to them by two Japanes* correspondents who had contacted the Vietcong
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    Lock icon Director: NO Theft At Philippine Archives
    182 5 MANILA. Fri. (Reuter) A Director of the Government's Bureau of Records Management has denied that historical documents on the Philippine claim to Sabah have been "stolen" from the National Archives, in a statement last night. The Director. Domingo Abella, declared. "The alleged "pilferage of
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    Lock icon Suspect Caught
    54 5 PATNA. India. Fri. (Reuter) Police have arrested a "prime suspectIn the assassination attempt here 10 days ajo on West Bengal's Marxist communist leader. Jyotl Easu. a spokesman announced yesterday. He told reporters that the man. arrested last right. tallied with descriptions given by most wiraesses. However, he refused
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    Lock icon Jumbo Jet In HK
    37 5 HONG KONG Fri. fUPI> A Pan American Boeing 747 passenger liner arrives a' Kai Tak International Airport tomorrow to take Hong Kong, the second Asian city after Tokyo, into the Jumbo jet age.
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    Lock icon Students Mad With Arrests By Thieu
    200 5 SAIGON, Fri. (UPI and Reuter)—New student demonstrations broke out today in Saigon against alleged 'repressions' by the Government of President Thieu. Thp Government announced 18 students had been rounded up from two separate demonstrations. They were then taken to police headquarters and released in
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    Lock icon Peking Plots To Bring Sukarno Back
    216 5 JAKARTA, Fri. (Router) Indonesians were warned today that China was plotting to return deposed President Sukarno to power. The warning came from Colonel Tahir, deputy chairman of the central military investigating team. It handles the questioning of communists detained after the attempted coup in
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    Lock icon Major Charged With Drug Smuggling
    343 5 SAIGON, Fri. (Reuter) —Twenty large cardboard boxes containing 850 pounds of opium were produced in court yesterday at the tria! of an American Air Force major. i He is charged with smuggling the drug from Bangkok to Saigon. Major Hugh Davis. 37, along with Major
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    Lock icon No Chinese N-Threat To U.S. Now
    108 5 WASHINGTON. Frilßeuter> Two experts on China yesterday claimed no Chinese nuclear threat existed against the United State* at present. Peking had a basic dfcslre for limited nuclear capability. It feared massive U.S. retaliation, they told a Senate Sub-Committee on Arms Control. Dr. Alice Hsieh.
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    Lock icon THE CHECK ON NIXON
    592 6 TT U natural that President Riehard Nixon should react strongly to ths Senate rejection of Harrold Carswell's nomination as Supreme Court Judge. It had long been predicted that approval of Carswell's nomination would not be obtained but that does not make it any easier for Nixon.
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    Lock icon THE DENT ON HIPPIEDOM
    172 6 JT ig pretty difficult at thia stage to predict now far the world can successfully counter the growing influence or menace of the Hippies, depending on the way one tries to view the movement. Sociologists are divided on the issue on the actual contribution of Hippies
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    Lock icon Money Scandals In S. African Polls
    1110 6  -  By ADRIAN GUELKE (GEMINI) LONDONt Amid the moat bitter election campaign in recent South African history, the white voters are paying keen attention to the new extreme right-wing party, the Reconstituted Nationalist Party. The party's 80 candidates follow four MPs who were expelled from
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    Lock icon HK's Amazing Stock Room
    603 6  -  Joseph Ma HONG KONG Hong Kong's stock markets are booming. Recovery from the com-munist-Inspired disturbances of 1967 nas enabled this centre of free trade and free money to enlarge ita role as the Switzerland of the Orient. The tiny colony that Britain caned out of Manchu
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    Lock icon Britain Set For A Rowdy Election
    778 6  -  By ROBIN PAGE GEMINI. LONDON: Some tim« between new and next Spring the British will be in the throes of deciding whether Harold WMson is to stay for another five years as the occupant of No. 10 Downing Street. One of the dubious advantages
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    Lock icon Nepal's Pressure On Her Neighbour
    625 6  -  By Dale D. Morsch (UPI). KATMANDU. Nepal Relations between India and Nepal have deteriorated markedly in the past year and the royal view from this Himalayan kingdom indicates little prospect for improvement. The problem for the Indians as aid-givers and neighbours Is that Nepal Is
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      Lock icon Think Before Throwing People Out
      72 6 I read your front page article of "Sailor Tourists told to leave" with great interest. Perhaps the Immigration Department should think twice or check the background of tourists coming into Singapore before throwing them out of the Republic. Hippies may be unde. slrable people but
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      Lock icon Pool Needs Diving Boards
      79 6 Singapore has beautiful swimming paois ana they are usually well kept and staffea. But there is ona Important item which is lacking at the River Valley Swimming Pool, that is diving boards. The low boards and the high 3-metre boards have been missing for over a
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      Lock icon CONDITIONS EASE AT STOCK EXCHANGE
      310 7 9v HHHtn I* rtto Stock Exchange ftf Miliyiia and Singapore yestarday. Conditions eased slightly as the upturn which got underway earlier in th* week faded In front of th e weekend. Ths general body o! the lower-pr ice d industriala whieh benefitted from the mild
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      Lock icon Gold Prices Increase
      68 7 NEW YORK. Frt. (UPT>_ Gold prices rose in featureless trading yesterday on markets here and abroad In London, gold gained 5 cents at the morning fixing but slipped 3* cents for a second fixing of $35 39 a troy ounca. Zurich gold rose 2 eents to $35.37,
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      Lock icon Appointed Agency Sales Manager
      52 7 Mr. Goh Tojj Meng has been appointed agency sales manager of Voiper Thornyeroft Unltears Private Ltd. His appointment was announced by Mr. D.w. Sitwell general manager VTU who said: "Mr. Ooh's appointment is in line with the shipyard's policy to fill nsanagement positions with local citizens
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1100 7 BUSINESS don® i n and reported to the tradiii§ rooms e Sf ck Malaysia and Singapore Tnnn numb r of s ar in bracktts in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS Acma $2.30 (2) $2 26 $2.25 (1) $2.23 (2) $2.21 (4); DIM $2.34 (1) $2.32
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      602 7 BID and offe r prices i officially listed y esterday at th e ciose of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Mala ysia and Singapore wer«: INDUSTRIALS B. 8 A r MA ebl 1 121 A an B .it B' a Co
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      Lock icon RUBBER PRICE: 58 Cts.
      257 7 April first grade rubber buyer* elosed at 5 p.m., In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 5S cents per lb, down five eighths of a cent from the previous elose. The tone of the market was easier. The morning session was very quiet The onl* feature
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      Lock icon London Rubber Uncertain
      75 7 LONDON. Fri. (UPI> Rubber market elated uncertain yesterday with spot 21-1 8. 21-1/2 SETTLEMENT HOUSE May 21-3 8. 21-1 2 June 21-9' 16, 21-3 4 April 7 June 21-11 18. 21-78 July Sep*. 21-13 16. 2115 16 Oct Dec 22. 22-J 19 Jan March 22-1/8. 223 16
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      Lock icon 2 For Course In Japan
      76 7 Mr Shlum Soon Loon and Mr Gilbert Lee of Jurong Shipyard Limited will be leaving for Japan toon on a four months' course. Mr. Shium Is a Bachelor of Accountancy who graduated from the Polytechnic in 1809, will specialised tn the budgetary and cost control
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      Lock icon Gen. Manager To U.E. Group
      69 7 Mr. A. E. MacMillan has been appointed general manager (marketing) to the United Engineers Group. Mr MacMlllan, who Joined the Group In early i960, was until recently manager of the tractor division. In his new capacity he will be responsible for the direction and Implementation
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      Lock icon Early Gains For Glamour Stocks
      129 7 NEW YORK. Fri <UPI) Several blue chip and Slamour stocks held on to early gains Thursday although the number of issues in retreat outdistanced advances fo r the sixth consecutive session on the New York Btock Exchange. Turnover was light. At the final bell, the
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      Lock icon Mart Steady In London
      139 7 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) The stock maricet steadied Thursday but dealers said buyers ;1j preferred the sidelines and avoided commitments in advanee of next Tuesday's budget and foreign trade figures. The rally in Australian mines on the Sydney Exchange produced a better atmosphere on the London market
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      58 7 The Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore yesterday made the following changes In lis rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency): SELLING T.T. or ODready: Deutsche Marks $*****0; Holland Guilders $85.0800: 6*lss Francs $71.8600: Freneh Franes $5B 7178 Danish Kroner $41.1400:
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      Lock icon DOW JONES
      39 7 NEW YORK. Frl. (UPI)— Dow Jonea closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 792.50 20 tranpp 173 25 15 utilities 118.10 65 stocks 203.35 40 bonds 09-20 Commodity futures inde* 134.46 off 0.30.
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      Lock icon Tin Price
      13 7 The tin priee for yesterday was $695.50 per picul, down $0.25
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      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IN S'PORE
      217 7 The Port of Singapore Auuior.tv has made the following berthing arrangements for ships In port today. April 11: DEPARTURES Godowna VfMfls 6 7 Benratha 8 9 Benloyal 15 16 Priam 30 East Auby 22 Cherry LaJu 28 29 Barguiln 29 30 Kousei Maru 33/34 getlabudhl 35
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      Lock icon Weekly Rubber Market Review
      339 7 Outside influences were negligible during the pest week os the market pattern revolved around the passage of April tenders and the general squaring of the paper position notes Holiday, Cutler, Beth fir Co. The preponderance of April longs and a weight of circulating tenders sliced a
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      Lock icon Appointed A Director
      62 7 Mr. J.D Spooner haa been appointed a director of the Ocean Steam Ship Company as from April l. He will bring wide commercial experience to the affairs of the Ocean Group, a statement released through the local agents, Mansfield Co. Pte. Ltd.. said. Mr. Spooner. 38. 1*
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      Lock icon TIN BUFFER STOCK DOWN
      54 7 LONDON. Fri (UP!) The International Tin Council (ITC) Thursday announced that at the end of December 1989 its buffer stock held 4.590 long tona of tin metal. This figure showed that the stock had fallen by 3.055 long tons since end September 1969. when it held
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      Lock icon Mines Decline
      289 7 Sydney Stocks, Closing Prices i ivAvv/z/Xvlvi-iyXvA. Xyj'lv.vX SYDNEY, Fri. (UPI) The mining markef headed slightly down on the Sydney Stock Exchange Friday. The falls to rise ratio wos two to one in mining and oil shares. Poseidon led this trend dropping 8 dollars to $lOl.OO. Weakness in the
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      Lock icon TIN STEADY
      29 7 LONDON Fn. (UPI) Tin was steady with sales of 125 tons. Spot buyers 1593 sellers 1594 business 1593 three months buyers 1593 sellers 1594 builness 1594. 1593.
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      78 7 Manager* Prle« for April IS) CH.4RTEKFD LN11 1KI»> 8. Growth fund 108 US 4»U UNIT TKlUTS Mai In\eM Fund 12* 111 p*iMiAPOKR UNIT mum 1ft Singapore 273 !nd Hngapore 198 3rd Singapore 1 24%d The Com Ind. 103 1 OS 106 1 11 The >»•» Fund *d |i
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      Lock icon Hong Kong Money
      125 7 HONG KONG. (UF1) Friday's 5 P m eurrency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.). (Bayers) (tellers) per 100 Straits dollars 194.7 198.7 148.5 150 per 1,000 Taiwan dollars 6755 6765 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 49n 515 per 1.000 Indian rupees
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      350 7 ARKIVALB *lB am. MSA it* ft. Lumpur 1.45 am- M&A 11* K Lumpur 12 SO pm- MSA 4M Kuchlng 230 p.m. Mi*A 021 E Lumpur, Malacca tats ssi m jub»c nana ttssr S" m r", Malacca 7.10 p«. MSA *39 Tok|o. Taipei. H |<mi, E- Lumpur M»pn. MkA
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    Lock icon The British Take To Indian Music
    944 8  -  By RAJESVARI DATTA BIS LONDON: At intervals throughout the year in London and other parts of Britain it is possible to hear Indian music performed by top-ranking artistes and the British are flocking to hear them. For instance Ashish Khan on the sarod and
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    Lock icon Three Girls May Be Merry Pranksters
    422 8  -  DATELINE Ele Walt Dulaney DEAR WALT: I'm not a ladies' man but recently three girls have become attracted to me, or say they have. I am suspicious of this because the three are good friends and have been known to play tricks on people.
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    Lock icon The Floating Airport
    908 8  -  By DAVID ARCULUS LONDON: Th e next ten year» will see a dra matic expansion in world air travel. Airport operators, already trying to cope with an annual passenger growth rate of between 20 and 25 per cent, will have to face greatly enlarged passenger and cargo
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    Lock icon Latest Idea In Cross-Country Travel
    143 8 The latest idea in cross-country travel is this Horerhornet. an all-British craft w-hicb is strong and durable and light enough to carry on the roof of a small family car. Able to travel over any terrain from rough erounri to snow and ice. Its fibreglass
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      394 8 EASTERN SUN CONTEST 1-6 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM MP. for: Constituency: Entrant's Particulars Name: Mr./ Miss Address: Ace.. Closing date 16.4.70 Cut Here IVHAT VOII HAVE TO IM>: U Lam da> ttii» WEEK. the tutern »UD wl|t OOHIIFB photograph t) th» Nhore photograph in the <n«»»e >D«<e [>"»
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      79 8 DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and Alden McWiiams 1 m 7. IT'LL BE DARK SOON...AND WHEN THAT SUN SETS IT'LL BE ORETTy CHILL"// > you'PE ALREADY STARTING TO SHIVER. AND,I'LL BET THE KID I IS ..HOW WHERE 3 IS HE k n jj)' f#iM lr i 9. -X-. *A THF
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      11 8 AMY By Jack Tipp* "SURPRISE, ARCHIE! Hot chicken soup for lunch!"
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      Lock icon Choosing The Right Toy
      1004 9  -  By Anne Hooper TT IS disappointing for 1 an adult who has spent some time ana thought on a child's present to discover that this is immediately discarded Christmas and birthdays in particular, when the child hag already had e f ts showered upon it, can
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      226 9 fT! IL FILMS HOLLYWOOD. Frt. Jack Haley, Jr., brilliant ▼oung director, has been signed to direct the screen version of the controversial Jacquelin Rusann novel. "The Love Machine", it was announced -y producer M. J. Frankovich. Haley, currently directing the Oscar telecast for the
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      571 9  -  S/ii'<i/>ii<i; !%t ft-/ SHEILAH GRAHAM \"tW YORK. frt. Ava Gardner stayed for 20 minutes at the private showing- of her last fllm, "Tam-Lin", then took off to Paris where she was seen tucking into the glorious food at L'Hotel the wrong restaurant for
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      610 9  -  Ann Landers DEAR ANN: YOU have repeatedly advised women to tell a fiance about a previous marriage, out-of-wedlock child or prison record What about an abortion? I am going with a fine man who wants to marry me He knows I am not
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      Lock icon Boxer Henry Cooper's W-Cup Hopes
      1091 10  -  By Deryk Brown HENRY COOPER has been Britain's best and best-loved boxer for more than a decade, but his sporting life is not devoted to the ring alone. He squeezes in a little time for football, a game which has always fired his imagination. He
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      102 10 NEW DELHI. Fri < AFP' Joe Mercer, the British jockey has been banned from riding in Western India following his three months prison sentence by a Bombay court which found him guilty of violating foreign exchange regulations. A spokesman of the Royal Western India Turf Club
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      86 10 NEW YORK. FrUßeuter) Results of yesterdays major league baseball games: American League New York Yankees 4. Boston Red Sox 3. Baltimore Orioles 13. Cleveland Indians l. Minnesota Twins 6. Chicago White Sox 4. Kansas City Royals 3, Oakland Athletics 1 National League Pittsburg Pirates 2, New York
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      Lock icon South Koreans Champs With Four Golds
      446 10 MANILA, Fri. (Reuter) South Korea won the fourth Asian amateur boxing team championship here last night, capturing four ot 11 gold medals at stake in the 12-nation tournament. The rugged Koreans, who won berths in seven of the 11 weight division finals, clinched the
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      312 10 NEW YORK. Fri. <Reuter)—Slugger Richie Allen, who says the day hp left Philadelphia was the happiest of his life, made an auspicious debut with the St Louis Cardinais on Wednesday as he powered them to a 7-2 victory over the Montreal Expos. Allen was
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      621 10 I ONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Leeds United will tomorrow attempt to snatch belated glory from a season of despair when they face Chelsea in the English Football Association Cup final, the most glamorous match in the domestic soccer programme. A month ago Leeds were on
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      105 10 SAN SALVADOR. Fri < Reuter» The El Salvador Football Federation has dismissed Gregorio Bundlo as trainer of the World Soccer Cup squad only seven weeks before the finals begin in Mexico City. No reason was given for Bundio's dismissal, but it was believed to be connected
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      134 10 BALTIMORE. Maryland. Frl. < AFP t Bob Foster will defend his world light heavyweight boxing title for the second time within a month when h e stakes It against his fellow-Ameri-can, Mark Tessman, here in May. It was announced yesterday. Foster, who has his sights set on
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      110 10 LONDON, Fri. (Reufer) Amateur footballer Roger Brookshaw wa« yesterday ordered to pay £5,400 for breaking an opponent's leg only the second time in British legal history that damages hav e been awarded tor a soccer foul. The High Court here gave Mr. Brookshaw 40 years
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      203 10 DURBAN. Frl. <Reuter>— Americas Pancho Gonzales, the number two seed, recovered from a third set lapse to beat tenth seeded South African Bob Maud 6-4, 6-4. 1-6. 6-4 in the Natal Op?n tennis tournament men's singles quarterfinals here yesterday. Gonzales is favourite to win the title
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      94 10 LOS ANGELES. Fri. (UPI) Heavyweight Mac Foster scored his 24th knockout in 24 fights last night when he downed Jack O'Halloran w.tb a left hook to the chin with just two seconds left i n th® opening round Foster. 212. from Fresno. California staggered O'Halloran. 238.
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      43 10 LONDON. Fri (Reuter> Results of English Football League matches played last night: Division Two: Bolton Wanderers 0. Nopwich City 0 (postponed March 7) Division Three: Doncaster Rovers 1. Topquay United 0 (postponed February 14). Rochdale 1, Walsall 2 (postponed December 27).
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    467 11  -  By Ben Variyan KtJ ALA LUMPUR. Fri. When Tasman series champion Graeme Lawrence of New Zealand ran away with the second Selangor Grand Prix at the Batu Tiga circuit on April 5 the promoters. Malaysian Motor Club at last knew the answer to
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    393 11 SEOUL, Fri. (Reuter) Ben Arda of the Philippine*. triumphing over high winds, today took the second rojnd lead in th« Korean Open golf championship with a total of 141. Wind* jrw**r>lnj across the tough Seoul Country Club course played havoc with scores end only e
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    233 11 AUGUSTA. Georgia. Fri. <Reut«r) Tommy Aaron, winner of the 1969 Canadian Open championship, today held a slender onestroke lead over Gene Littler and Bert Yanrev in the US$2OO,OOO (about £80.000) Masters golf championship Aaron. 33. va s known on the tour as the "bridesman" until hjs
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    77 11 TOKYO rn (Reuter) Japan todk a commanding 2-0 lead over South Vietnam today In the Davis Cup Eastern Zone section A seml-flnals. In the opening singles. Japan'a ac« Koji Watanabe defeated Vo Van Thanh of South Vietnam in straight seu 6-2. 6-3. 6-1. Isao Kobayashi of Japan
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    203 12 Some people just simply hove many ambitions. Like the "Youth of the Tear" Miss Chew Kheng Leng, for in- stance. "I thought I would like to become an architect for a very long time," she said. "Then a pilot or psychologist," she added.
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    315 12 LEADING hotels in Singapore are slamming the doors on "hippies" who hav e been declared as "social pollutants" by the government. Many hotels contacted by the Eastern Sun said those "hippies" whom the government Is trying to evict would not be accepted However, they pointed
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    144 12 MR Won* Hung Khim, A-ting Principal Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Labour, has been seated to attend the 1970 Internship Programme of the International Labour Office to be held in Geneva from April 14 to June 5, 1970. The programme provides lor the award of internships
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    103 12 A pedestrian. Lam Khuan, 57. was killed on the spot after she was knocked down by a car at Paya Lebar Road on Thursday night. Meanwhile, police are appealing for eyewitnesses who have seen the accident in which a motor car sped away after knocking down
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    33 12 The annual general meeting of the Catholic Youn? Men's Association will be held at the Association's premises. No. 96. Bras Basah Road. Singapore 7 on Thursday April 16th„ 1970 at 6.00 pm.
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    140 12 The Trans World Airline will be spending millions of dollars in the next few years to promote tourism in this area with increased flights and promotional tours. This was announced by Mr. George C. Joannu, the areas sales manager for South East Asia for TWA at
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    53 12 An elaborate programme has been drawn up by the People's Association to celebrate Its 10th anniversary. The association will Issue a set of Commemorative Stamps, a 10th anniversary souvenir publication, a P A. tie and the staging of a grand concert at the National Theatre. It's 10th anniversary falls
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    187 12 The flrst batch of the Singapore Maritime Command Midshlpment were commissioned yesterday. The boys, who have undergone two year 8 training in Australia, were: Second Lts. Garry Lee. Philip Cheong Poh Onn. Tan Lack Lang and Tan Peng Yong. During their first phase of training, they
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    108 12 A fashion show in aid of the Singapore Cancer Society will be staged at the residence of Mr. Justice FA. Chua. 180 Mount Pleasant Road. Singapore on Tuesday. April 14th, 1970 at 10 a.m. The Fashion Show is being organised by the Northern Club of tne YW
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    103 12 SAIDI bin Jusuf, 30. was yesterdav sentenced to two months Jail, in the Ninth Court, when he pleaded guiltv to a theft of $4OO at the United Commercial Bank in Raffles Place. On April 9. at 10 IS am. Balaperlma Poonasamy went to th* bank to
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    115 12 A determination to achieve something in life"* has motivated seven adventurous men to scale the highest peak In Southeast Asia the 13,455 feet Mount Klnabalu. The seven are: Andrew Cheng. 29. Alex Ar.g. 26. Anthony Yip. 23. Mohamed Yusuf Khan 28. Tan Kim Chwee. 43. M.
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    104 12 The Coroner. Mr. Leong Ken* Thai, yesterday recorded an open verdict on the death of 28-year-old Lee Seng Poh and said that the case would be brought to DPP because of conflicting account* given by witnesses. Lee died after a fight Involving his two other brothers
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    294 12 A Factory Manager, Siek Yong Gwan, 51, was killed in an explosion caused by a steam radiator installed without the supervision of the Factory Inspector, the Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Ronald Seet. a technician of the Merrymay Industries <Pte> Ltd. in Jurong told the Coroner.
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    196 12 A public performance of the Maureen Lim Dancers will be staged at Victoria Theatre April 23 at 8.30. 1 p.m. It will be repeated the following day at 3 p.m for students The performance Is in aid of the Barker Road Methodist Kindergarten and the Ponggol
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    29 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A flve-vear-old boy. Mohan Krishan. died in the General Hospital here after bP'.ng involved in an accident with a car at Jalan Kuch;ng yesterday.
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    75 12 A GIRL, Tan Seng Chocn, 21. yesterday pleaded guilty to stealing a transistor rado at Telok Aver Basm on April 9 at 5.30 pm. Tan. a clerk, was checked as she was leading Immigration Depot and the transistor. valued at $6O, was found under the seat
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    77 12 IPOH. Fri. Two arrr.M men woke up a widow and her tenants in their house at Rimba Panjang before robbing them 0 5600. A police spokesman said the men woke up the widow. Yen Thai. 63, at 1210 a.m. and held her ut> Thev then woke up her tenants.
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    94 12 THREE beautiful Singapore giHs left for Auckland last night to help look after guests in the Singapore Hospitality suite of the Pacific Area Travel Association Annual Conference. The gir's were sent on behalf of the Singapore Hotels and Restaurant Association to look after guests in the
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      77 12 TIME TIDE TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 1.12 x a.m. (93 ft.), 8.08 a.m. (6 in.), 2.45 p.m. (7.4 ft.). 8.03 p.m. (4.2 ft.) NAVAL DOCKYARD: 1.24 am. (10.4 ft.), 7.34 a.m. (1.3 ft.). 2.40 p.m. (9.2 ft.) 7.51 pm. (5.3 ft.) TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 145 a.m. (8.9 ft.), 8.52 a.m. (11
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