Eastern Sun, 7 May 1970

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY <& Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1337 Thursday, 7 May 1970. MC (P 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon NEW INVASIONS INTO CAMBODIA
    460 1 Thousands More Troops Sent In CAIGON, Wed. (Reuter) Thousands of American troops today crossed the Cambodian border at three new locations. Military spokesmen said infantry and armour poured across the frontier in new strikes at Vietcong and North Vietnamese sanctuaries. They classed two of the invasions
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    Lock icon Khmer Troops Start Attack
    148 1 PHNOM PENH. Wed<IJPI) C a nbodian troops Have gone o" the offensive against Communist units pushing towards the capital. A military spokesman said "the mo?t important military activity is occurring'' in the Koki Thom area on H'ghwav One He did not have any battle reports An
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    Lock icon Communists Boycott Peace Talks
    357 1 T)ARIS, Wed. (UPI) The Vietcong ond North Vietnamese boycotted today's scheduled 66th session of the Vietnam peace talks in protest against President Nixon's policies in Indochina. A Hanoi spokesman said the move was "a grave warning to the Nixon administration" that it must abandon its present
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    Lock icon Jakarta Meeting Goes Smoothly
    63 1 JAKARTA. Wed (UPI)— A Foreign Ministry spokesman said preparations for the two-dav Asia and flr conference on Cambodia "are proceeding smoothly.'' Of the 21 countries invited. 11 have announced thev will attend. The spokesman said the Foreign Ministers of the 11 countries are expected to arrive
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    Lock icon Gang 'Peace Talks' End With Shooting
    234 1  -  By K.S. SIDHU "PEACE TALKS" between rivol secret society gongs last night broke up into a fight in which one of them was shot by detectives. He was In a mob of 10 men seen chasing two people at Telok Ayer Street. Two detectives
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    Lock icon 'TOO MANY UGLY PEOPLE'
    432 1 Singapore is in danger of becoming a society of "jgly people". Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, warned yesterday. The ugly people know the price of everything and the value of nothing, he said Speaking at the opening of the Joint exhibition of
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    Lock icon Campus Unrest Spreads In U.S.
    724 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) Students plan to put human blockades across main streets of Washington to bring home to President Nixon their opposition to his Cambodia policy. And. Nixon found himself under renewed attack from his chief critic. Senator William Fulbrlght. lnspite a pledge that the
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    Lock icon MP Innocent
    26 1 LONDON, Wed (LTD Former MP William Owen. 69. was found not gulltr today on five charges of pacific defence serret* to Czechoslovak a rent*.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    Lock icon Senator Asks For Urgent Aid: Phnom Penh May Fall Soon
    235 3 MANILA, Wed. (UPI) Senator Benigno Aquino, fresh from an inspection trip to Cambodia today declared communist forces could overrun Phnom Penh in three weeks unless there was "massive assistance" from U.S. and South Vietnamese forces. Aquino returned to Manila on
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    Lock icon Communist Riots In W.Bengal
    156 3 CALCUTTA. Wed. (UPI) —Three persons wer« killed yesterday as police opened fire on bomb-throwing communist mobs. Parts of Calcutta and Its auburbs were paralyzed In day-long rioting by Communist factions. They were fighting each other and protesting the establishment of Presidential Rule In West Bengal. Three
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    Lock icon Thieu's Navy To Evacuate Refugees
    258 3 SAIGON. Wed. (AFP) A flee* of South Vietnamese Navy warships is preparing to go up the Mekong River to Phnom Penh with Cambodian Government approval. It will try to evacuate Vietnamese refugees and assure the security of the river at the same time, a Vietnamese
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    Lock icon U Thant Calls For Meet To Solve Indochina Crisis
    423 3 NEW YORK, Wed., (U PI) Secretary-Ge-neral U Thant yesterday called for a conference of all th e interested parties to settle the South-East Asia situation. He stressed the situation was even more dangerous than "the one that ravaged Indochina before 1954
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    Lock icon NO HORSING AROUND WITH SHEEP
    195 3 SINGAPORE, Wed., (GPR) Horses have been used by cowboys to help round up their herds of cattle. Even the thorough-breds. found to be too slow on the race-tracks, have been usefully employed on the ranches. However, it is a rare thorough-bred that has to look
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    Lock icon FREEDOM FOR FIJIANS
    67 3 LONDON. Wed.(UPI) —The island of Fiji will become independent next October, exactly 96 years after it was deeded to Queen Victoria, a British government official announced Tuesday The decision came at the end of a two-week constitutional conference on the South Pacific island's future, the official said.
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    Lock icon GOVERNOR EXTENDS CURFEW: TENSIONS RISE IN SAIGON
    419 3 SAIGON, Wed. (Reuter) Saigon's military governor slapped an extra two hours on the city's curfew. He further warned that the Vietcang may be planning sabotage and other trouble-making activities. The extension of the curfew reflects the rising tensions in the city over religious
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    Lock icon Supreme Court Rules Chau's Trial 'Illegal'
    333 3 SAIGON, Wed. (UPI) Th e South Vietnamese Supreme Court today ruled that convicted National Assembly Deputy Tran Ngoc Chau was sentenced 'illegally' to 10 years in prison. He was previously tried in a military court for "procommunist activities." This was the third Supreme Court's
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    Lock icon TIMELY MOVE
    54 3 PHNOM PENH. Wed. (UPI) —The Morning newspaper 'Norghor Thom' (Big City)' editorially suggested today the government should change the name of the main Phnom Penh boulevard from 'Mao Tse Tung Boulevard' to Richard Nixon Boulevard. "In this critical time, the American President has announced support for Cambodian neutf*
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    Lock icon Nixon Assures Congress On GI Pullout
    91 3 WASHINGTON Wed. (UPI) President Nixon, facing the sharpest criticism of his Presidency. has assured key members of Congress that U.S. troops will leave Cambodia soon. He also stressed that withdrawals from South Vietnam will continue on schedule. Late in the day. the President met
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    Lock icon Yuyitungs On Treason Charge
    178 3 TAIPEI, Wed., (UPI) Two Chinese newspapermen brothers deported yesterday from Manila are being held without bail on charges of treason, informed sources disclosed today. Quintln Yuyitung, publisher of the Chinese Commercial News' of Manila, and his younger editor brother, Rizal, were questioned separately yesterday afternoon before
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    Lock icon AMERICA SUPPORTS MOVE FOR PEACE TALKS
    222 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) America would not oppose any negotiations that would lead ro a peaceful settlement of th e turmoil in Indochina, State Department officials announced yesterday. Commenting upon statements made by Soviet Premier Kosygln in Moscow on Monday, department spokesman McCloskey said, 'There
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    Lock icon WE'LL FIGHT THE RUSSIANS – MEIR
    199 4 WE'LL FIGHT THE RUSSIANS MEIR JERUSALEM. Wed. (UPI) Israeli Premier Golda Meir Tuesday reaffirmed that Israel will fight Russians if necessary to hold the Suez frontRepeating that Russian pilots are flying operational missions over Egypt, Mrs. Meir said: "We do not seek opportunities to engage Russian pilots in combat. but
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    Lock icon LYNCH SACKS TWO MINISTERS
    65 4 DUBLIN, Wed. (UPI) In a dramatic showdown over the republic's policy toward* the Northern Ireland trouble*. Premier Jack Lynch Wednesday flred two Cabinet ministers and a third resigned. The move brougnt to a head a deep division within the Cabinet in which the dismissed ministers had
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    Lock icon Father Who Treats His Dog Better Than His Son
    582 4  -  Ann Landers T)EAR ANN: Don't print the name of the city or my husband will kill me. We've been married five years and have a young son and a dog. I sometimes have the feeling my husband doesn't know which is
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    Lock icon ANIMAL HEART FOR MAN IS FEASIBLE
    259 4 MANILA, Wed. (UPI) Dr. Christian Barnard said Wednesday transplantation of animal hearts into human beings is not possible at this stage but may be feasible in the future. But the South African surgeon who performed the first successful human heart transplant said the smallness
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    Lock icon Moscow, Prague Sign Treaty
    222 4 PRAGUE. Wed. (Reuter) Soviet and Czechoslovak leader today sign a strategically worded 20year treaty of friendship in Prague Castle. Chanting crowds and heavy security measures greeted Soviet Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev and Prime Minister Alexel Kosygln when they arrived at the head of a six-man
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    Lock icon Arabs Attack Israelis
    62 4 CAIRO Wed <UPI» a commando unlfc landed on the northern coast of Israeli occupied Sinai early Tuesday an<j attacked Israeli eun emplacements and other targets for two hours, an Egyptian military spokesman announced. It was the seventh thrust by Egyptian commandos into Sinai since Egypt launched its
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    Lock icon Danny Cheers Them At Expo
    43 4 OSAKA. Japan. Wed. (tTPI) —Actor Dannv Kaye capered and clowned for a crowd of Japanese children for an hou r at Expo 70's Festival Plaza Tuesday and then led them pied piper fashion to the United Nations pavilion.
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    Lock icon Hekla Erupts First Time In 23 Years
    125 4 REYKJAVIK. Wed. (Reuter) Iceland's biggest volcano. Hekla. was today raining stones and ashes over surrounding mountains after erupting for the first time in 23 years. The volcano, 75 miles southeast of here, burst into life again last night sending a plume of steam
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    Lock icon GAG ORDER ON FREED ENVOY
    79 4 KAMPALA. Wed. (UPI)— The British High Commission Tuesday ordered Brian Lea. the kidnapped diplomat recovered bv police Monday. to keep silent about the ordeal in which gunmen abducted ht m. roughed him up and left him trussed in a darkened hut. The Ugandan Government also
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    Lock icon East Germans In Bonn For Summit
    310 4 BONN, Wed. (Reuter) East German officials arrived in Bonn today to prepare for the second ali German summit later this month following demands from their Prime Minister that West Germany abolish alleged discrimination against the East. Mr. Willi Stoph, the East German Premier in
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    Lock icon Rome Strikes Continue
    81 4 ROME Wed <UPI) Organised labou> hit Rome Tuesdav with a series of strikes that left the tourist-filled city without mall and other essential public and private services. Group* ranging from telephone operators and garbage collectors to department store clerks and 350.000 government white collar workers paralyzed many
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    Lock icon Kosygin's Blast At Nixon Rocks SALT Talks
    381 4 VIENNA. Wed (T PI) Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin s angry attack on America and President Nixon has shaken the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) hut diplomats hope the talks alreadv have enough momentum to withstand the blast Kosygin. in his first Moscow press
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      80 4 TODAY a M| I Thursday. May 7, 1970. 7 35 57-61 62-4566 ffl M 4*. 20' < i i 'uvea 22 E"ioy 23 Your 24 Out 25 Staff 26 Oub'* 27 Soc-ol 28 Cou>d 29 Prov# 51 iu'D"! 52 You--53 B-«a 54 You 55 Do 56 Co* 57 0* 58
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    Lock icon Hearing On Equality For Women
    289 5 WASHINGTON. Wed (LTI) Women of all shapes, sizes, age and attires in mini-skirts filled the Senate Caucus Room yesterday, seeking equality under the law with men Not a male showed up in the audience at a hearing by the Constitutional Rights Sub-Committee. This Is 47
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    Lock icon Manila Off R-and-R List Soon
    200 5 SAIGON, Wed. (UPI) The U.S. military decision to stop Gl rest-and-recuperation visits to Manila from July 1 was made on th basis of American troop-cuts and the popularity of other Asian locations. Part of the decline was attributed to the withdrawal of a Philippine civil
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    Lock icon Bid To Change Apollo 14's Moon Target
    422 5 HOUSTON, Wed. (Reuter) Space Agency scienfists have urged an immediate flight plan change to send Apollo 14 to the moon's Fra Mauro highland area. This was the target for the abortive Apollo 13 mission. The Apollo 14 crew is already deep in training
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    Lock icon Declaration Of War Put To U.S. Congress
    100 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) A liberal Congressman has introduced a proposed declaration of war against North Vietnam saying it could bring about a compromise settlement of the war. The measure was imme- diately referred to the House' Foreign Affairs Committee. Chairman Thomas Morgan was
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    Lock icon SNIPER SHOT AT GUARDS FIRST: CHIEF CLAIMS TROOPS DID NOT PANIC
    363 5 KENT, Ohio, Wed. (UPI) The Heod of the Ohio Notionol Guord stressed Hotly yesterday his troops "did not panic" when they fired into an unruly crowd of students on the Kent State University campus. Four were killed and 10
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    Lock icon SENATE TO APPROVE BLACKMUN
    105 5 WASHINGTON. Wed <t"Pl)—The Supreme Court nomination of Judge Harry Rlackmun was approved yesterday by the senate Judiciary Committee, with Senate confirmation expected to follow swiftly. A committee member. Senate Republican Robert Grimn of Michigan, announced the vote was unanimous among members attending to recommend confirmation. Another
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    Lock icon Trustee, 71, Socks It To Student
    146 5 LEXINGTON. Kentucky, Wed. (UPI) Former Baseball Commissioner AB Chandler, a member of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, punched a student in the face yesterday. It happened in a scuffle during a student protest demonstration at the Trustees' meeting. Chandler. 71, a former
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    Lock icon Dutch Expel Soviet Envoys For Espionage
    69 5 THE HAGUE Wed {Reuter) —Holland todav accused two Soviet diplomats of espionage and declared them persona non grata A Foreign Ministry announcement named the two men as Second Secretary Bodis Netrebsky, who is also pre?* attache and VS. Sharovatov. described as a of the
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    Lock icon TOP SINGAPORE STUDENT BEAT THE AUSSIES HOLLOW
    214 5 KOH KOCK ENG, 23, fourth-year mechanicalengineering student, is in the final year of his honours course at the University of Western Australia in Perth. Koh of Singapore 1# passed the Cambridge Higher School Certificate at Raffles Institution before coming to Western Australia under
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    Lock icon A BLOW TO PRESS FREEDOM
    497 6 fpHE Philippines, a country we had considered as one of the few In Asia with an actual democratic form of government and with freedom of the press, made a travesty of both sacred institutions when it acted with uncommon duplicity in deporting two journalists to
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    Lock icon KOSYGIN MEETS PRESSMEN
    357 6 'THOSE of us who had advance knowledge that Soviet Prime Minister Alexel Kosygln was going to give a press conference for the first time since he assumed that position about six years ago in 1964, speculated that it must be momentous. Either he was going to plead
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    Lock icon WHERE LIFE ENDS AT 40
    674 6  -  ''There is a time to live and a time to die.... By R.M Sorge UPI. TNITED NATIONS For many of the world's people, life does not begin at 40. Because bv 40 life has ended. The people of Black Africa die at an average age
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    Lock icon Now Special Price For A Zanzibar Beauty
    793 6  -  By TREVOR GRUNDY GEMINI DAR ES SALAAM: Sheikh Abeid Korume, the fire-breath-ing ex-m e r c ho nt seaman who heads Zanzibar's ruling and only political party, is something of a hero with the people of this rapidly developing Indian Ocean island. Since
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    Lock icon 'We Are Not Czechoslovakia'
    762 6  -  By Joseph Alsop TEL AVIV The new Soviet threat to Israel has now been unhappily confirmed In the most menacing possible manner Three squadrons of Soviet fighter-pilots are already present in Egypt, flying MIG-21s in a combat role, to "assure the full air defence of Egyptian
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    Lock icon China: Where Experts Failed
    418 6  -  By CHARLES SMITH CHINA'S ability and determination to develop nuclear weapons and a sophisticated delivery system hav e been underestimated consistently during the oast 10 years. This apples to the world in general ar.d the United States in particurar. considering some of the assessment* made in
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    Lock icon Mother Of The Year Award
    162 6 SEOUL. Mrs. Won-Suk Lee Chun? the mother of seven children, all of them successful musicians. Is to be honoured next Friday a* South Korea's Mother Of The Year. Best known of her seven children four sons and three daughters is Miss Kyong-Hwa Chung. 22. a
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    Lock icon JURONG ROADS
    249 6  -  Letters... JAMES WONG Singapore I COULD not help agreeing -with the letter by Mr. E A. Kehr as published on 29th April. 1970, on the condition of the roads in Jurong It is In fact, high time that something was done about it. Perhaps, this is because the
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  • commercial and industrial
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      Lock icon Market Improves Slightly
      264 7 BUSINESS done in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore eased slightly with another total volume of 1,412,500 units. Losses and gains were very small while other counters were static. However some showed signs of improvement in their business done towards the close of the market. For
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      777 7 J~JUSI NESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS AC MA SI 96 «1> $i.97 «3>; Alcan 51.56 (3» SI 57 (7)
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      Lock icon London Rubber Closes Steady
      109 7 LONDON. Wed 'UPI> Rubber closed s eady yesterday with sellers reserved. No. 1 RSS spot 20. 20-1 4 nominal. Settlement House June 20-1/8. 20-5 16. July 20-7 16. 20-5 3. Aug and July/Sept. 2011 16, 20-7 8 Oct Dec 21-1 16. 21-1 4. Jan March 21-5
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      Lock icon TIN STEADY
      26 7 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Tin was steady with 195 tons. Spot buyers 1578 sellers 1580 business 1579 3months buyers 1589 sellers 1591 business 1590 1588.
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      Lock icon Rubber Price: 59 1/8 Cts
      270 7 Mav first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 59-1/8 cents per lb. up four cents from the previous close. The tone of the market was steady. The market ruled steady on shortcoverlng reflecting the belief that no
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      Lock icon Cigarettes
      28 7 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) Japan exported 560.700.000 cigarettes in fiscal 1969. showing an Increase of 21 per cent over the previous year the Japan Monopoly Corp announced Monday.
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 7 THE tin price for yesterday was $7031 per picul up $3-0.
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      799 7 BID and offer prices officially listed yesterday at the close of business in tH c trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: IMH78TKULS B 8 INDUSTRIALS B. Ar\t4 r hi 1 H6 8. 1.9R 1.57 13 Allied hoc. \d 3 10 3.
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      Lock icon Rush For Gold Shares
      325 7 I ONDON. Wed. (UPI) The price of fold reached its highest 1970 level on the open market Tuesday and market sources said the Cambodian situation. Wall Street's weakness and Middle East worries probably triggered a sudden rush of buying orders. Gold rose to $36.19 an ounce,
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      Lock icon Mining Stocks Down Again
      322 7 RR Sydney Stocks, i Closing Prices SYDNEY, Wed, (UPI) Mininq stocks continued to drift downward on Sydney Stock Exchange Wednesday although price cuts were less severe than yes- terday. Many observers fe<»l that the market is down because of the lack of encouraging news from any
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      91 7 THE noon price* at the Singapore Chine** Prodnc* F.*« rhanjre ye*ter<JaT were:B 8. (oconut Oil (FOB.} Bulk 58 00 Coconut OH (F-O.B.) I)mm 61 50 MliM Copra 3R 00 Muntok White Pepper (F O B 150 00 Sarawak White Pepper OORl 147 50 Saranak Special Black Pepper (FOB.) 96%
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      Lock icon DOW JONES
      41 7 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPIV Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 709.74 20 transp 151 68 15 utilities 105.67 65 stocks 234.41 40 bonds 68 43 Commodity futures index 135.29 off 0 64.
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      473 7 ARRIVALS 145 am Ms I 2"» R. Lumpur #25 am. MSA "84 Colombo IJtim. MSA 123 K. Lumpur »:<oa.m. MsA 452 K Lumpur II 05 a.m. M*»A 454 Penang. K Lumpur 1150 am- .MSA 203 Jakarta 1.30 pm. MSA 451 Kuchlng 230 pm- O2l K Lumpur. Malacca 335
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      Lock icon Renewed Buying In London
      167 7 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) The stock market Tuesday put up a show of resistance to Wall Street's plunge and renewed buying trimmed most early falls and even scattered some plus signs through the list. The index fell 3 5 in early trading but bargain hunters searching out
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      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IN SINGAPORE
      169 7 The Port of Singapore has made the following berthing arrangements for ships in port today, Thursday May 8: DEPART! RES Godons Vessels 6/7 Sirdhana 20 West Petling 20 East Serdang 21 East Gambali 25/26 Josefina 29 30 Bernnard Baestlein 33/34 Pembrokeshire 35 36 Clvtoneua 38/39 Wakolo
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      Lock icon ALICE FUNG (left) and Rosamy Yeung, two Cathay Pacific Airways flight hostesses, are flying over vast distances in Australia this week. They have been invited to exchange jobs for one month with two girls from MacRobertson Miller Airlines, which is linked with Ansett Airlines of West Australia. Two MMA hostesses will be temporarily joining Cathay Pacific's flights (including flights to Singapore), later in May. Hong Kong's Alice and Rosamy, temporarily based in Perth, are flying from there as far as Broome, Wyndham, Derby, and Darwin. Their job will be to influence Australians to visit Singapore, Hong Kong and other places served by Cathay Pacific.
      104 7 ALICE FUNG (left) and Rosamy Yeung, two Cathay Pacific Airways flight hostesses, are flying over vast distances in Australia this week. They have been invited to exchange jobs for one month with two girls from MacRobertson Miller Airlines, which is linked with Ansett Airlines of West Australia. Two MMA hostesses
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      Lock icon Hong Kong Money
      128 7 HONG KONG. (1'P!) Wednesday's 5 p.m currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd): (Buyers) (Sellers) 194-9 195 9 per 100 Straits dollars 14*5 1495 per 1.000 Taiwan dollar# 6.74 6 76 per Australian dollar 340 3«0 per 1.000 Burmese kyata 460 500 per 1.000 Indian
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      88 7 (Manager*' Prtre« for May 5) CHARTERLU 1 Ml r TRUSTS S Growth Fund 1.05 1 10 ASIA I NIT TRl'STS M ln\e*t Hind xd 120 1-25 R1MJAPORK i'Ml TRISTS 1st Singapore 2 63 2nd Singapore 1-91 3rd Singapore 11 8xd The Com lud- 1-01 1-08 The Sav- Fund
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      53 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Rubber future closed unchanged and untraded yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange (CLOSE) (PREV.) May 22 508 22.50 July ***** 22.50 Sept. ***** 22.50 Nov. 22 008 22.00 Jan. 21.758 21.75 Mar. ***** 21.75 May ***** 2175 Locally. No. 2 RSS was 212
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE $5 ESSAY WINNERS
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      Lock icon Duties Of A Good Citizen
      324 8 IT is a peculiarity of the human nature that while most of us are conscious of our rights we are seldom mindful of our responsibilities towards our nation This attitude is bad since our country's strength depends on the work performed, the spirit and patriotism
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      Lock icon The Story Of Chu Ying Tai And Liang Shan Poh
      592 8 THIS is a story which happened about two thousand years ago in China. In a place called Chekang. there was a rich family who had only one daughter named Chu Ying Tai. Everyday she looked out of the window and
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      Lock icon 'Keep Singapore Clean Campaign'
      246 8 Keep Singapore Clean Campaign' CLEANLINESS plays an Important role In our everyday life: Being citizens of Singapore, we are responsible for the cleanliness of our country. Before we are able to kepp Singapore clean. we m ist keep our houses clean. Those of us who are living In S I
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      Lock icon Safety First Campaign
      343 8 SAFETY First on the road is of the utmost importance because it concerns each and everyone of us. Though Singapore is small island yet it Is a very busy city with a population of over two million So when we cross a busy road we must be
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      Lock icon HAVE AN AIM
      305 8 MANY people seem to have no definite aims in life They live an aimless life and what they do and what they become is largely a matter of chance. Such people since they aim at nothing achieve nothing. To lead a better and a good life. a
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      Lock icon A Snake-Charmer
      300 8 A SnakeCharmer LAST Monday afternoon. while I was going home after school. I saw a large crowd around a snake-charmer Loud cheers were heard from the spectators Many people were rushing to the scene from all directions and i too hurried to the spot. There I saw a snakecharmer. He
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      Lock icon Good Manners
      394 8 WE can buy many things in this world with money, but good manners, friendship and love, cannot be obtained with money It can only be acquired only through an early foundation of understanding with the aid of parents and teachers. That is why in schools. teachers not only
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      186 8 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUNS new essa? writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears In this page ever? Thursday One of the objects of this contest is to encourage roung boys and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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    Lock icon New Wristwatch -Accurate To Within A Minute A Year
    690 9 BASLE, Switzerland Greater accuracy, designed to be within a minute a year, marks the introduction of Bulova's Accuquartz watch for men and women. The new timepiece utilises a quartz crystal as its time standard instead of the familiar balance wheel or
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    Lock icon Old Problem Comes To Light
    258 9  -  A Lovelier You r~B\ Mary Sue Miller Thoughts about summer clothes and activities seem to spotlight the problem of varicose veins Although the ailment knows no season, late spring is when Lovelies who have it agitate the most. According to m? mail. that is. Many
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    Lock icon Your Fashion Questions
    239 9 Q I hare been used .to wearing above-knee skirts for several seasons, as am only five feet tall, and this length suited me They were never really mini however Now I have been trying the longer skirts, but I don't feel I can judge how the? look
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    607 9  -  Speaking for Myself... By Sheilah Graham NEW YORK: Raquel Welch is recuperating at home following surgery on her arm. Raquel broke a bone during rehearsal for her last Sunday night television special with John Wayne, Bob Hope, and Tom Jones. The bone was
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    1096 10 THE CLUB CUP CI. 1— 11 Furs. ***** ***** Katooc Ocean Yoo Asked For hat KUn IUII of Fain* a 95 E rt^e'.;k II «y F,y e n B 09 Goldmine Cnen* J Donnelly TuIJoh 4v R Breuk Sv n 07 E Breu*
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    280 10  -  Pasa Knight Does Fastest Workout By JIMMY LAD VOU ASKED FOR IT, winner of the main mile event last Sunday, did an impressive gallop when he sprinted stylishly over 3f in 40 3/5 on a soft track at Sukit Timah yesterday morning. Only the sand
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    169 10 SYDNEY (New South Wales). Wed The Australian basketball team have left Sydney seeking to regain some international prestige at the world basketball championships in Yugoslavia this month. After their ninth rating at the Tokyo Olympics. Australia were expected to do well at Mexico in 1968. However,
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    116 10 SPIRALS and saltos without getting wet this can now be practised by expert divers i n Munster Th 5 *yP e training without water is still unique in the Federal Republic of Germany. Picture shows Norbert Huda during a daring dive into the depths. He wears
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    448 10 I ONDON, Wed. Roy Marshall, Hampshire's West Indian captain, who scored 182 not out off the the Middlesex attack on Monday, was in great form again yesterday, hitting 74 runs in 55 minutes. Marshall scored 60 runs in boundaries in his 53ba.l innings, but when
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    58 10 FORTE DEI MAFMI. Italy. Wed ißeuteri Spain won the European nations amateur soccer club when they beat Holland 2-1 in their replay here last night. Scorers for Spain were Grande (2nd minute). Bosmediano <5l). Kamoen netted for Holland after 65 minutes. Spain ana Holland drew 1-1 after
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    260 10 TOKYO. Wed (UPI) Former United States marine Paul Fuji Is determined to regain the world Junior welterweight boxing crown which he lost to Argentina's Nicolino Locche on Dec 12. 1968 in Tokyo Fuji, 29. now rated sixth contender in the junior welterweight class by the
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    94 10 EDINBURGH. Wed fßeutar) Commonwealth Games officials here have not yet received any official notification that India would boycott the games if the South African cricket tour goes ahead as planned India s decision to boycott the games. If the Springboks come to England, was announced
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    323 10 BANGALORE, Wed. (Reuter) Australia crashed out of the Davi s Cup aqainst India here yesterday and non-playing captain Neale Fraser admitted: They were too good.' India won the Eastern Zone final 3-1 with the final singles match declared a draw after failing light had prevented it
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    211 10 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter)" Chelsea, the English Football Association cup-holders, yesterday signed forward Keith weller from Second Division club Millwall for £lOO,OOO V eller, a £17,000 bargain buy when he joined Millwall from Tottenham Hotspur three years ago, has attracted interest from several clubs, but Chelsea were
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      98 11 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter)— Results of last night's major league baseball gamesNational Learue Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Mets 0. San Diego Padres 11, Philadelphia Phillies 8. San Francisco Giants 4, Montreal Expos 1. Atlanta Braves 12. Pittsburgh Pirates fl. Cincinnati Reds 5. St. Louis Cardinals
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      603 11 WORLD CUP SOCCER T>IO DE JANEIRO, Wed. (Reuter) Brazil, the only country to qualify for the final stages of all nine World Cup tournaments, approach the 1970 campaign with morale at a low ebb after a series of internal disputes. World champions in 1958 and
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    618 12 Singapore needs also fro expand vertically* in frhe vocial aspect of population planning fro gefr rid of physical amd moral "squafrfrer," an Urban Economisfr reveals in a Town Planning i Journal. The mere provision of flats is not th« answer to Singapore's acute squatter problem. Besides providing
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    185 12 A "grumpy" grandmoth.tr committed suicide by jumping out of her daughter's fourth floor flat blind folded, a Coroner was told yesteiday. Seventy-year-old Yeo Ah <Keow died from a fcital fall from a Housing Board flat at Truno Road, April 17 HeT married daughter.
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    47 12 Thieves entered a shophouse in North Bridge Road and escaped with SI.OOO in cash. yesterda>. The owner of the house. Mr Koh Kim Twee said that he v °ke tip at 6 a.m ani found his cupboard ransacked. On investigation he found the cash missing.
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    26 12 Big Sweep Number *****43 wins a consolation prize of Sl.nno and not *****45 as reported in yesterday's Eastern Sun An v inconvenience caused is regretted
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    174 12 FORTY pre-university boys and girls will be »e--lected to play 'hosts' and 'guides' lio 95 studentr. from the Scotch College in Melbourne. The members, arriving with c«ight lecturers next Wednesday on a goodwill tour to /Singapore will visit secondary schools and exchange views with
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    84 12 The Postal. Telegraph and Telephone International and the Poblic Services International will hold a week-long semin.ir from today at the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association in South Pier here. Thirty delegates from Ceylon, findonesia. Philippines. Malaysia and Singapore will take part in the seminar. Mr. Sia Kah Hui,
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    619 12  -  By Rosemary Tan MOST women do not mind soilinq their hands a« mechanics or technicians, according to a random poll taken yesterday. At the same time, men too favoured the idea of more women taking up technological studies. "I don't mind marrying a woman
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    309 12 UNLIKE most people, visiting the dentist is not a frightful affair for Mist Tan Swee Juang, 19, a Nantah student. Miss Tan is a firm believer in having regular dental check-up*. However, in this case, she is not having a tooth extracted
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    206 12 Singapore's success »n meetinq her social problems is not due to her physical sixe alone but to the sustained efforts of our voluntary organisations. Tins was disclosed by the Parliamentary Secreary to the Ministry of Finance. Mr. Tang See Chim at the opening of
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    19 12 There were a total of 55 road accidents of which three were classified as serious on Tuesday
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    232 12 Singapore lacks of paroling powers to govern the discharge of the mentally abnormal criminals to ensure the further protection of the public, a leading consultant psychiatrist, Dr. Wonq Yip Chong said yesterday. Speaking on "Mental abnormality and criminal responsibility" a t the Lions Club luncheon
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