Eastern Sun, 21 April 1970

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    23 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1324 Tuesday, 21 April 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon REDS CUT ROAD TO PHNOM PENH
    520 1 T>HNOM PENH, Mon. (UPI, Reuter) Vietcong troops today cut the main highway to the South Vietnamese border blocking vital supplies to Cambodian units in Svay Rieng province. The guerrillas felled dozens of huge trees across both approaches to the bridge after an attempt to
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    45 1 PHNOM PENH Mon. (UPI) Viet con? captors of a village 20 miles southeast of the capital, today fired a doien mortar rounds Into Cambodian positions stalling a counterattack by go'vrnment troops. Six battalions of Cambodian troops arc poised to attack the village of Saang.
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    Lock icon Columnist Claims: EIGHT RUSSIAN MOON FAILURES
    243 1 NEW YORK, Mon. (Reuter) Eight of the Soviet Union's lost 10 unmanned lunar missions ended in failure, columnist Stewart Alsop reports in Newsweek magaxine. Altogether. Alsop says. 11 out of a total of 18 Russian moon probes have been aborted since the programme started
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    Lock icon MP PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO SPYING
    126 1 LONDON. Mon. (UPI) Former Labour Member of Parliament. William Owen. 69. pleaded not guilty today to charges of violating the Official Secrets Act. Flanked by police and looking pale and tired. Owen arrived for the opening of the trial from Brixton Prison where he
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    Lock icon Army Coup In Malaysia -Nonsense Says Tunku
    258 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman today dismissed rumours of a military takeover of Malaysia as "propaganda by disloyal elements out to create tension." The Prime Minister assured the people that he had no doubts about the loyalty of the Malaysian
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    Lock icon New Company
    33 1 HOLLYWOOD Mon Paramount Pictures and Universal City Studios have formed a new company Cinema international Corporation to Jointly distribute motion pictures throughout the world except in the US A. and Canada.
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    Lock icon Students' Trial Ends Abruptly
    245 1 SAIGON, Mon. (UPI) —The military court trial of 21 students charged with pro-Communist activities ended abruptly today when the court decided the case should be tried before the civilian courts. The mCtarv tribunal freed 10 students pending further court action The others, charged specifically with treason
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    Lock icon President Giri Denies Bribery
    153 1 NEW DELHI, Mon (Rruter) President V. V. Giri made an unprecedented appearance in thr Supreme Court today to deny that his supporters had bribed people to vote for him. "It Is absolutely false." he told the court. The courtroom was filled to capacity for the hearing
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    Lock icon 3.800 Users Of Drugs Ousted From U.S. Navy
    109 1 W. iHINGTON. Mon (UPI) The U.S. Navy discharged more than 3.800 personnel for illegally using or pushing drucs In the past year. The statistics reflect what the Navy s chief of personnel calls "a rather rapidly rising curve over the past two
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    Lock icon PICKPOCKETS' FIELD DAY
    53 1 NEW DELHI. Mon, <Reuter) Pickpockets had a Arid day in the crush outside the courtroom uhere President V.V. Girl today faced petitions challenging his election to office last year They took a watch from one of the President s aides, stole another roans spectacles and took from
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    Lock icon Philip Lost For Words...
    136 1 NEW YORK. Mon (Reuter)—Prince Philip could not find an answer when a«k«>d h» a television interviewer what h«" would do if one of his children wanted to marry a "coloured person." Look magazine reported today. In a segment taken from "A Year With The Queen." a
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    Lock icon AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN LAOS: Congress Uproar Expected After Disclosure
    662 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. (Reuter) The partial disclosure last night of the American involvement in the Laotian war is bound to brew a major din in Congress today. A partly-censured transcript of the Senate hearings was made public after a 6-year veil of
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    Lock icon The Masterm Behind It All...
    227 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. (Reuter)—Th e United States embassy in Vientiane is the nerve centre of a frhadowy military operation known as 'Project 404/ according to evidence released her e yesterday. The project was said to provide "support, co-ordin-ation and target-spotting for U.S. and Royal Laotian Air
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    Lock icon UK May Protest Forcing Down Of Mercy Flight
    65 3 BONN. Mon. (Reuter) Britain may protest to Russia because a private plane with five sick children aboard was forced to land in East Germany yesterday. East Germany claimed the plane strayed into its air space, and two Sovietbuilt jet fighters fiired warning
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    Lock icon All Vietnamese In Cambodia To Be Repatriated
    134 3 SAIGON. Mon. (Reuter) South Vietnam i s prepared to rep\tnat c all Vietnamese residents of Cambodia whatever their political leanings, according to Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam, The official Vietnam Press Agency quoted him as tellin™ the Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee that
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    Lock icon HOW NOT TO WIN A WAR -PATHET LAO-STYLE
    748 3  -  By Robert Kaylor VIENTIANE, Mon. (UPI) "They were poor fighters and poor shots/' complained the embittered military adviser. They would get drunk and play around with girls. "In fact, the battalion commander himself would take out his gun to fire It in
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    Lock icon CHOU EN LAI SOUNDS IT OUT: No Trade With U.S. Or Any Relations
    379 3 TOKYO, Mon. (Reuter) Chinese Premier Chou En Lai declared that China will neither trade nor exchange personnel with the United States, the Pekingbased correspondnt of the Japanese national newspaper, 'Asahi Shimbun,' reported here today. Chou also said
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    Lock icon Sihanouk's Son Extends His Stay In HK
    100 3 Hong Kong, Mon. (Reuter) Prince Norodom Yuvaneath, eldest son of deposed Cambodian leader Prince Sihanouk, has been allowed to extend his stay here until May 15, a government spokesman announced today. The prince arrived in the colony lor a short holiday trip with
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    Lock icon Dog Starts Manila's Slum Fire
    139 3 MANILA. Mon. (UPI) A dog was reported to have accidentally toppled a kerosene lamp on a pile of wood while scratching its back. It set off a blase early yesterdav which rased six blocks of a slum area here. Three firemen who stepped on |iv«
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    Lock icon MP's Call To Ban Biggs' Story
    203 3 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) The publication of the Great Train robber's memoirs here hat risen a storm in the British Parliament. The DoPular tabloid. "The Sun todav starts serialising Ronald Biggs' own account of the bold robbery. In Australia, the Sydney "Dallv Mirror." also owned
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      146 3 Beat 'flu' with Contac With tne first sneeze, or stuffy nose, that warns you of the onset of 'flu', take CONTAC 500. Just one CONTAC 500 capsule will relieve you of the discomfort of the 'runny* symptoms of 'flu' for up to 12 hours. It will also help prevent you
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    Lock icon NIXON MAY PULLOUT 50,000 MORE TROOPS
    443 4 SAN CLEMENTE, California, Mon. (Reuter) President Nixon tonight unveiled his latest plans for the next U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam —expected to be around 50,000. The President flew to the Western White House here last night from Honolulu, where he honoured the Apollo 13
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    Lock icon SEX WARNING TO STUDENTS
    93 4 LONDON*. Mon fßeuter) Student* arriving voung. fresh and innocent at university are warned today dont sleep with the opposite sex a* soon aa you're away from home The adv:<-* com" In a booklet called "Students away from home" published by the National Marriage Guidance Council. It
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    Lock icon Baby Dies Of Starvation
    60 4 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) The parents of a 7-month-old bov found dead of starvation and three other children suffering from malnutrition were held on Sunday on charges of criminally negligent homicide. Because the family was on relief, welfare commissioner Jack Ooldberz •Ordered an investigation Into why
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    Lock icon Big Hunt For Anti-Castro Invaders
    367 4 HAVANA, Mon. (Reuter) Cuban forces today hunted a heavily armed band of anti-Castro exiles across the rugged mountains of eastern Oriente Province following a pre-dawn invasion on Friday. Premier Fidel Castro said in a communique that the invaders crossed over from the United States, a
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    Lock icon 34 YEARS IN HIDING
    60 4 SEGOVIA, 6paln. Mon. (Reuter) A former mayor of a small village near here has emerged after hiding since the Spanish civil war 34 years ago. Saturnino De Lucas Gll«anz. 59, of the village of Mudrian. lived in a priest's house for two yeart> until the priest
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    Lock icon 'God Chosen' President
    72 4 God Chosen' President BOGOTA. Colombia, Mon. (UPli Former dictator Gustavo Fojas Plnllla. who claimed "God has. already chosen me to be president." took a narrow lead over the government's candidate on Sunday night In Incomplete returns from Colombia's presidential elections. The national election board said returns from 65 per cent
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    Lock icon Barbra Is 'Star Of The Decade'
    155 4 Barbra Is Star Of The Decade' NEW YORK, Tues. (Reuter) Stoge and screen actress Barbra Streisand was saluted as "Star of the Dacade" at the 24th annual "Tony" awards ceremony here on Saturday. Miss Streisand, 27, was presented with the first "On Stage Hall of Fame Award' at the Antoinette
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    Lock icon Heath Dares Wilson
    439 4 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) Opposition leader Edward Heath last night openly challenged Prime Minister Harold Wilson to prosecute him and other conservatives over alleged secret contacts with Rhodesia. 'lf not. let him shut up. There are no lessons to be learned in patriotism from Mr. Wilson*, declared Mr.
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    Lock icon 5,000 MOB LUCKY 3 ASTRONAUTS
    727 4 HOUSTON, Mon. (Reuter) Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert were mobbed by 5,000 wildly cheering people as they returned home eight days after setting out on their abortive moon-landing mission. The ecstatic welcome for the trio fresh from being honoured with
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    Lock icon Police Fire At Unruly Mob
    93 4 NEW DELHI. Mon. (AFP) One person was killed and three others were injured yesterday when poUce opened Are on an 8.000-strong mob. It had occupied 500 acres of private property at Guntur in the eastern Indian State of Andhra Pradesh The incident came after 3
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    Lock icon Dynamite Sticks Outside Waldorf
    43 4 NEW YORK. Mon. (AFP) Nine stick* of dynamite were found In a rubbish bin outside the Waldorf Astoria Hotel yesterday. The explosives were spotted by municipal rubbish collectors. Bomb disposal experts were warned and removed the dynamite without Incident.
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    Lock icon Great Train 'Tec Dies
    64 4 LONDON. Mon. (UPI) Former Detective Chief Superintendent Thomas M. J. Butler, Scotland Yard s "Gray Fox" who tracked down Britain's great train robbers died Monday. He was 56. Although he retired from the Yard last year, "Tommy" Butler kept in touch with old colleagues in hopes
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    Lock icon Manson Case: LIFE OR DEATH VERDICT
    182 4 LOS ANGELES. Mon. (Reuter) A sevenwoman. Five-man jury will this week choose between life in .jail and death for convicted murderer Robert BeausoleiL, 22. as the police net closes in on the hippie "Manson family" to which Beausoleil belonged. Beausoleil is the first member
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    Lock icon MEET ON FUTURE OF FIJI
    146 4 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) Th e future of the Fiji Islands, on# of 17 remaining British colonies, will be decided this week at a constitutional conference < n London. The outcome of the week-long meeting, scheduled to open today was expected to be that FIJI will
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      282 4 T Tuesday. April 21, 1970. STAR GA2ER*S By CLAY H POLLAN H Your Daily Activity Goido >£, t r. a According to tho Stars. At To develop messoge for Tuesdoy, j reod words corresponding to numbers maa.74 of your Zodioc birth siga i 1 Nothing 2 Will 3 R'jht 4Shop
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  • Fotorama'70 YOUR WEEKLY PHOTO PAGE
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      Lock icon Last Call For Photo Contest
      316 5 CLOSING date for the Singapore 150 years photo-story competition which carries $17,000 in prizes has been advanced to April 30. 19*0. Photo enthusiasts may still have time to enter this Canon contest sponsored bv Guthrie Waugh (S) Pte. Ltd Anv make of camera may be
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      Lock icon Review Of Hasselblad 500 C Camera
      322 5 It is a single len s 6cm 6cm format reflex camera. It carries four interchangeable firm magazines. viz: 12 exp of 2i" x 2i" size, 16 exp. of If" x 2b" size. 16 exp. of If" x If" size and 70 exp. of 2i"
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      Lock icon Posing Of A Model
      309 5 POSING of a model is solely the skill of o photographer, and if his direction is expressive and instructive, the response of a model will be just what is wanted for the ideal picture. Picture A "Morning Walk." Walking under the strong sun in such a
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      Lock icon CONTEST D -FLOWERS 7 DAYS MORE
      394 5 FOTORAMA '7O CONTEST -'D' Sponsored by Moutrie (Pte.) Ltd. Agent for MINOLTA CAMERAS. OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM Potoraraa Contest lO 1 EASTERN BUN 33-B Cantonment Road. 6: in gs pore 1 Is complying wits the rules ot tui oontoet I rubral* oerew.th my entry wad
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      301 5 V 3 fsj it CJ LEITZ NOVELTY: EQUAL NETT PRICE IN MAUYSiA SINGAPORE AUTHORISED DEALERS IN MALAYSIA AUTHORISED DEALERS IN SINGAPORE Be# Lob Pbou> eoppnera 78. Ja. an Sultan Kuala Luirpur Be* Lob Photo supplier* Weld Supermarket. Kuala Lumpur Bee Lota Photo suppliers MR Brewster Road. Ipob Bee Loh Photo
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    Lock icon THE UNSURE GATHERING
    516 6 T'HE non-aligned nations meeting in Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania has come to an end after very high officials of about 50 countries deliberated for three days. As predicted they did not come to any conclusion about the crucial questions. They did not, for example, decide on
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    Lock icon GENEVA CONFERENCE
    420 6 "DECENTLY far too many important personages have been speaking of a Geneva Conference on the countries which once formed Indochina. Even such a laconic man like Jacob Malik, Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations, resorted to some kite-flying. Normally it is the prerogative of Laotian Prime Minister Prince
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    Lock icon ANGOLA'S FREEDOM ARMY
    1066 6  -  By WINTER LEMBA LUSAKA: There is no point along the border between Zambia and Portuguese Angola where you could hope to find smartly dressed immigration and customs officials asking for your passport. The entire frontier it patrolled by gun-toting guerrillas of the Popular Movement for the Liberation
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    Lock icon The Dark Young Man Who Lodged At No. 30
    1162 6  -  By WILLIAM FORREST SCENE: a drab row of narrow, three-storey houses in Holford Square, Pentonville, London. Time: early one morning in October, 1902. Enter a young man. dark, handsome, alert, who alights from a cab and knocks loudly on the door
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    Lock icon Nightclubs' College Girls
    585 6  -  ®y ERNESTO MENDOZA TAIPEI Behind Hie bar, among whisky bottles. in Taipei's night* club* and speakeasies you can sometimes find a college 'extbook. And the girl who smiles enticingly at you a> *he pours your drink at three o'clock in the morning may be working her way
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      Lock icon INDUSTRIALS EASIER ON A DULL MARKET
      358 7 e"! tri ere slightly easier when the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and »i/ ope lf y es 'erdav. Conditions were dull as there was very little change in the pattern of trading. .1 S~ n re nai 7ed largely withdrawn and confined to routine
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      855 7 B US N irv: a H d repo,ted to trading rooms •«.k u Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore 7mO unPfH it ar ,fadcd in br *ckets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS Alcan Industries $1.75 (4) $174 (2) $1.73 (3) $1.72 (1) $1.71 (2); DIM
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      95 7 Till mini) prlw a 1 1 tl xlniionitn hll>H» rroflOf# fcV CftJti«r *fk|ricl#l wrtejHu*« Mllfl loc»«n«M (l.o If > Ituih V» (K» M-Ofllll 11 it l< l»run» |.«4» Mltrtf I "ipt* ...u WW' M<ini«i(i on* 110 AO 11 i1 H MBit* TrppM »0 I II l« MMMilt HlMk C»i«
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      86 7 (Manaffr** PrlCM for April tl> f II\t< 1 tKlU I'M 1 IHI A Grow!h land HHi Ml %*l% tSII TNI DIM M lnrr»t lurid ftd 1 N 1 ft xi.MaroHr IMT m»#t» l«t Klne*porr 1-71 •Jnd •Iniiipiirt 1 9? ird >iiiK«ipi't» I M»o lh« i urn Ind 1
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      784 7 810 and offer prices officially lifted yesterday at »h e close of business in the trading rooms of fhe Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: IMD(!9tll1LS H. iAcnu rM t 05 tio in 1 TO AiiImI i h'H-ulatt 4-14 i.io B«rn <L 1 u 1
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      Lock icon Picture shows from left: Mr. Low, Mr. Goh, Mr. Chua and Mr. Foong.
      62 7 DOW CHEMICAL has recruited fou r graduates in agriculture, to executive positions in its marketing department in Malaysia. They are Mr. Low Pheng Hwai and Mr. Chua Kim Soon from the University of Malaya, and Mr. Goh
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 56 3/4 Cts.
      302 7 May first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m, in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 56-3/4 cents per lb., down five eighths of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was dull. Sellers predominated at the opening with buyers reserved and
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      14 7 The tin price for yesterday was $704 00 per picul, down $3.12}.
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      Lock icon Taiwan: Bigger Trade Boom
      334 7 WASHINGTON, Mon. <1 PI) The Taiwan economic boom apparently will exceed even the Taipei government's expectations when all the data is in, the l\S. Commerce Department said yesterday. In'an article on the Taiwan economy in the department magazine, International Commerce, it was reported that because agricultural
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      Lock icon 40-Storey Hotel
      66 7 SHERATON, the worldwide hotel subsidiary of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, which Is at present building a S'O million 31-storey hotel in Singapore, has announced plans for another hotel in Paris which will be France's biggest The 1.000-room. 40-storey hotel will be built in the Montpnmasse sfMion
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      Lock icon Bargains For UK Visitors
      62 7 Malaysian snd Singapore visitors to London this sum. mer can to on eoat-cutting ?>ree during the first-ever ax-free Shopping Fair to be held in the citv Mr. John Bird. Sales Officer for BOAC In Singapore Said local visitors to London would be making fantastic bargain* during
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      Lock icon New Chairman For ICI In KL, Singapore
      197 7 MR HO. OWEN, chairman of 1.C.1 Holdings (Malaysia) Sdn. Berhad and its subsidiary companies in Malaysia and Singapore, is retiring on May 31. after nineteen years' service with I.CX Mr Owen will be succeeded by Mr. A Keown. at present Managing Director of
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      Lock icon 'Food Man' Of Hilton
      87 7 MR. THOMAS YOK. 30. has been appointed controller of food and beverages of the Singapore Hilton This was announced y Mr. H Lim Ewe Hin. general manager of the hotel An old boy of Outram Seconder* School. Mr. Yok joined the hotel in October last year
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      Lock icon Stop-over By Luxury Liner
      41 7 The 28.000-ton P O Uner Himalaya made a onedav stopover In Singapore yesterday after carryint over I.sOO to the Expo *7O In Japan Th« one-class luxury liner arrived from Hong Kone en* route to the Australian ports.
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      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IS SINGAPORE
      138 7 THE Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for today. April 21. DEPARTURES Oodowns Veaaels 8 7 Sudan B'9 Clrcha 23 24 Taboa IS'26 Heiyo Maru 25/3 d Oailni 40 41 Renoir 42 43 Kota TifhuT 38 3d Hakoneaan Maru ARRIVALS Godowns Vessels
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      Lock icon TRADING ON DULL NOTE
      347 7 fsma 4 mm. m Closing Prices SYDNEY, Monday (UPI) Trading returned on a dull note on Sydney Stock Exchange Monday with tew outstanding variations, in any section of the market. Falls slighHy outnumbered rises but the market re- mained fairly steady. Carr Boyd released a report
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      Lock icon Travel Agent Ambassadors For S.E.A.
      102 7 NINETEEN travel agents representing 12 agencies in Singapore and Malaysia are ambassadors for the region In London during a flve-day visit sponsored by BOAC. Leader for the group la Mr. John Bird. sales officer for BOAC. stationed in Singapore, who left with the group last
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      Lock icon Hong Kong Money
      135 7 HONQ KONO Mon (UFI> Monday* 5 pm currency rates i supplied br Foreifn Exchani* and Investment Ltd Buyera Sellers 194 7 1*57 per 100 Srra'.t# dollars 143 150 p»r 1 00n Taiwan d^lare. 14 5"5 per Australian dollar 540 J«0 per 1.000 Burmese kyatj 4 AO 500
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      361 7 >KK|\AI 8 15am M»A I*3 k Lumpur »45am MSA ll» k Lumpur il iu p m MM 4AI Kuchlng g ait p m M*A uxi k Lumpur. Malacca Sift pm MsA 4.Vh kota klnaItalo »40 pm MsA Ml Hani k ok. PrDani 7.l()pm MSA OS? R LQmpiir. Naitda
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    Lock icon IQBAL—The National Poet Of Pakistan
    1462 8  -  By J. H. RIZVI And after me when only my works remain. People wil' read and understand and say. A single man with a developed Self. Has worked a revolution in the world. Thus sang Iqbal shortly before his death. And like his other prophesies
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    Lock icon Mate-Swapping
    425 8  -  By mmm Dick West UPI WASHINGTON The popularity of the movie "Bob And Cariri And Ted And Alice" has spawned a spate of articles, columns, commentaries. sermons, etc., on the subject of mate-swap-P' n Because this topic has been so widely discussed, many people probably have gotten the Impression
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    Lock icon It Looks Like Curtains For Constantine Of Greece
    1060 8  -  By JOHN SCOTT GEMINI ATHENS: As the the Athens regime of former colonels prepare* to enter its third year, prospects for the return from exile of young King Constantine are considered to be almost nil. One widely-held view is that Greece will
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      380 8 MP. for Constituency: Entrant's Particulars N#nie: Mr./ Miss Address: Closing data 30.4.70 Cut Btre WHAT VOl) HAVE TO IH>: 1) fcacn da> dm week. the eaatern son will pabUtb photograph 18) ldentif> the iimk photograph in tn«- *noir iptor prorlded and Oil In the name ol the constituency of the
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      138 8 AMY By Jack Tipprt "I've just" about got my parents figured out... but it's taken all my life to do it." DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunderc and AkJen McVWams THIS MIGHT NOT PATE AN *A'IN FIPST AIO.TICO. .BUT IT'LL KEEP THAT WINS STPA'GHT m E m Wz m. t' ONLY
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    155 9 NE W J OR K: The Cotton ashion Award o* 1970 has Bone to Donald Brooks. h:s second since 1961. This isn't the only instance of the Cotton Award going to the same designer more than once. a nd it leads to the o'iestion: are the awards becoming
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    Lock icon Putting Your Own Look In Pants Fashions
    373 9  -  By Florence de Santis NEW YORK: In a whirl about skirt length? Forget them and concentrate on pants fashions. There's no controversy about them, and they come in costumes ranging from the casual to the formal. For instance, Candy Semen is lovely from
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    Lock icon The Pleasure Of Seeing In The Buff...
    695 9  -  Speaking for Myself Bvv Sheilah Graham NUDITY is flooding the screen and some of it should 90 down the drain. There are some people who were born to be dressed and some whom it is a pleasure to see in the buff. Whereas.
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    Lock icon BITS AND PIECES OF PHILOSOPHY
    559 9  -  Ann Landers JjEAR ANN: Earh of us nerds outside emotional support hits and pieces of philosophy, some wise words we can use as anrhors. hooks on which to hang our douhts. Recently. I ran arross this little essay author unknown. It has helped me over
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    Lock icon THE QUIET TREND
    94 9 NEW YORK, Fabrics In the controversial French spring collections were a lot quieter tnan the styles. Light weight, fine construction and smoother surfaces marked the quiet trend, although these basic fabrics were then worked with crinkling. pleating. embossing. shirring and overlays Patterns showed a lot of variety,
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      279 9 ORCHARO-***** OPENS TOD AT! Dolly 4 Show. I.M. i"0 <3A H» r m "The Prime Of Mi*t Jeon Brodlo" M»«»ie Smith Color Ton Schoo". 1100 To Any Beat Dally i it I SO. 400 At 6.50 p m Shows NEXT CHANOE' Ut* MlniwUl ••The Sterile Chekoo" <P*rT" Wendell Burton In
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    Lock icon Tengah Anglers Land Trophy
    251 10 THE Anglers of R A F. Tengah (one of three Royal Air Force stations in Singapore) have landed their best catch so far the Singapore District Angling Club's Knockout Competition Cup. The four-man Tengah fishing team hooked a total of some 150 lb. of carp, grass
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    Lock icon Ickx Suffers Burns In Madrid Car Race
    511 10 MADRID, Mon. (UPI) Jackie Stewart Sunday showed the form of the British Formula One March 701, running away with the Spanish Grand Prix in a race which saw Belgian Jackie Ickx badly burned in an accident soon after the start. Bruce McLaren took
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    205 10 National League East W L GB St. Louis 7 2 Chicago 6 3 1 Pittsburgh 5 4 2 New York 6 5 2 Philadelphia 4 8 4i Montreal 18 6 West W L GB Cincinnati 11 4 Houston 7 6 3 San Francisco 7 7 3i Atlanta
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    Lock icon How Commonwealth Games Have Grown
    1079 10  -  By PETER HEATLY EDINBURGH The desire and determination to attain world standards, to seek new world records, to become the best in the world in their own field of sports, is the dominant factor which makes top class athletes dedicate themselves to the arduous training
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    Lock icon Shuttle Titles Won By Sweden
    281 10 PORT TALBOT, Wales, Mon. (Reuter) Sweden captured both singles titles in the European Badminton Championship finals at the Afan Lido here yes- terday. Sture Johnsson retained his men s crown when he beat Danish International Elo Hansen 15-5. 15-6. In a one sided match. Eva
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    Lock icon New Orleans Golf In 3-Way Tie
    317 10 NEW ORLEANS. Mon (I PI) Left-handed New Zealander Bob Charles hirdird three of the last five holes on Sunday to move into a sudden death playoff with veterans Miller Barber and Howie Johnson for the 25.000 C.S dollar first prire In the Greater New
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    Lock icon Simpson, Griffin Pitch Victories
    285 10 National League NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) Youngsters Wayne Simpson of Cincinnati and Tom Griffin of Houston fired one-hitters Sunday in pitching their clubs to National League victories. Simpson, a 21-year-old righthander who pitched a two-hitter In his major league debut 10 days ago. allowed a first-innin
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    72 10 LONDON. Mon. (Reuten French colt Gvr was promoted to Joint favouritism for the Epsom Derby by a leading London bookmaker after his victory in the Prix Daru at Longchamp today The bookmaker quotes Oyr and unbeaten Irishtrained colt Nijinsky at 9 to 2. with English-trained Approval third in
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    325 10 MANILA Mon (UPI) Hong Kong eliminated codefending champion Thailand. 2-1 Sunday to join South Korea, which earlier ousted Brunei. 3-0. to th® quarterfinals of the 12th Asian Youth Football tournament at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. In the day's curtainraiser. host Philippines blanked Singapore. 2-0. and boosted
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    114 10 LONDON. Mon (AFP) English jockev Joe Mercer, who was sentenced to three months' jail In Bombay last month for violatine India's foreign exchange and customs regulations but later released, flew into London yesterday He said at Heathrow airport that he would b9 appealing against an undertakes that
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    Lock icon Dramatic Steps Needed To Fill Hotel Rooms
    278 12 HOTEL RESERVATIONS CHIEF SINGAPORE should take urgent "dramatic and courageous" steps to cope with its ever-increasing number of hotel rooms. This is the opinion of Mr. Jack Connolly, President of Am-Ex Reservation Services Incorporation. Speaking to a gathering of airline officials, tour operators
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    Lock icon Trial Claimed On Possession Of 'Blue' Films
    67 12 Three men yesterday claimed trial to a Joint charge of possessing four reels of obscene films. They were Nirmal Singh, Hasmal Go pal das and Llm Thiam Quee. They were alleged to have seen the films at Changl Village on Sunday at 1.00
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    211 12 Australia denied yesterday it had agreed to meet leaders of six Asian nations and the big powers to discuss the situation in Cambodia. The denial came from External Affairs Minister William McMahon when he arrived in Singapore yesterday. He was asked to comment a press
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    67 12 POLICE are offering a reward of $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person or persons responsible for the murder of Nf Hock Thye. 37, at Dakota Crescent on Aug. 6 last year. Information can be given verbally or by letter to any police
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    Lock icon Charged With Punching A Policeman
    70 12 CHEAH Ah Song alias Chia Ah Song was yesterday for punching a Police National Serviceman Kwoh Choe Tuck, while he was performing hi s duties He was alleged to have committed the offence on April 18 at 845 pm. at Upper Cross Street. Cheah claimed
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    45 12 SINGAPORE and Nigeria have agreed to establish diplomatic relations at High Commission level. This was announced In a government statement v ester day. The statement said the establishment of diplomatic relations was to strengthen further the existing friendly relations between the two
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    28 12 TWO youths were each fined $lOO for possessing a roll of Indian hemp on April 18 They were Samil bin Idris and Abdul Rahim bin Muhabat
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    Lock icon Secret Society Members Jailed
    137 12 TWO members of the "36" secret society were yesterday sentenced to 18 months' jail and six strokes of the rotan each for attempting to extort a butcher. TU* r*u: n m They were Chia Moon Hon and Wong Hon Kwong. both 25. They pleaded guilty to
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    Lock icon Woman Dies After Fall
    46 12 A HOUSEWIFE Madam Quek Bat Tar. died In hospital vesterdav after she was admitted with head injuries. Madam Quek. 35. of Loron* 27. Geylan* was found in a pool of blood at the foot of a block of flats in Jalan Merpati.
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    Lock icon Patient Killed In Fight Over Piece Of Cake
    85 12 A WOODBRIDGE Hospital patient died after a fight over a piece of cake with other patients, the Coroner's Court was told vesterday. An open verdict was recorded by the State Coroner, Mr. Leong Keng Thai. "Hie patient Mohd. Sarif, 20, died from
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    Lock icon Blood Service
    42 12 THE Blood Transfusion Mobile Service will be stationed at Liat Towers. Orchard Road, on Aorll 22 from 7.00 p.m. to 930 p nn. Reserve blood stocks in the bank fell from 627 units last week to 518 units yesterday morning.
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    Lock icon ARRESTED FOR NO REASON-WITNESS
    219 12 A witness told the High Court yesterday that he was arrested for no reason following a double murder Goh Kee San of Jalan Bukit Ho Swee was testifying during the trial of Kee Ah Tee and Liew Kim Siong who are Jointly charged with the murder
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    Lock icon ANZAC DAY SERVICE
    96 12 The New Zealand and Australian communities in Singapore will observe the 55th anniversary of ANZAC Day on April 25 at a dawn service at the Kranji War Memorial. At the service, which commemorates Australians and New Zealanders who have died In all wars, wreath* will be laid
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    Lock icon Restaurant Burgled
    53 12 A BURGLAR broke Into the Merlin Restaurant at Stamford Road and escaped with a tape-recorder and $9B in cash yesterday morning A cook. Foo Chee Suan. 23. told police he was sleeping when he was awakened bv a noise He saw a man running away and gave chase
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    Lock icon Original Ballet Shows To Aid Local Charities
    225 12 FOUR talented and accomplished dancers will present the two-hour actionpacked "Kupu Kupu" show at the Victoria Theatre on April 23 and 24. The is In aid of the Ponggol Conven* of the Holy Infant Jesus and the Barker Road Methodist Kindergarten This Is
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    Lock icon 'Pressure Cooker Society'
    188 12 SINGAPORE today is like a pressure cooker striving to attain it* targets in th e shortest possible time. The Minister of communtcations. Mr. Yong Nyulc Lin. said this at the Guides Brigade Night hel. at the Eusoff College last night. He said: "We hope to achieve in
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    Lock icon Too Cold In UK For Liner's DJ
    141 12 COLD British weather brought former BBC TV actress Jackie McCartney (above) to Singapore. •*1 love this warm, sunny weather." Jackie said as she stepped off the P A; O liner Himalaya yesterday. The passenger liner berthed early yesterday with 1,399 tourists for a
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    247 12 Money Market Here— Banker SINGAPORE will be the major money market for all of Asia, a leading American banker confidently predicted last night. The beginning was laid last year with tne launching of the Asiadollar market in Singapore. Mr. G A. Constanzo. Executive Vice President of the First National City
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      78 12 TIME TIDE TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 432 am. (19 ft.); 10.48 a.m. (8 5 ft.): 4.46 a.m. (2.5 ft.); 10.48 p.m. (8.8 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD: 4.21 am. (2 4 ft.); 11.03 a.m. (10.3 ft.); 4.41 ft. (3.1 ft.); 11.08 p.m. (10.2 ft.). TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 3.00 am. (1.3 ft.); 11.27 a.m.
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      35 12 TOTO DRAW THFRE were no first and second prire winners in Sunday's toto draw This Thursday's jarkpot prize will he $105,000 The draw will he held at the Wonderland Amusement Park at 745 p m
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