Eastern Sun, 21 May 1970

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    23 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1960. Vol. 4 No. 1348 Thursday, 21 May 1970. MC (P) 1616 Pric® 15 cent*
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    Lock icon Tanks, Troops Pour Into Cambodia: NEW INVASION HITS VIETCONG
    513 1 Wed. (UPI) South Vietnamese troops led by tanks and armoured personnel carriers today launched a new drive into Cambodia from jungled highlands northeast of Saigon, the Defence Ministry announced. It was the 13th thrust across the border since allied operations against
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    Lock icon Cambodia Asks For UN Troops
    111 1 PHNOM PENH Wed (AFP) A Cambodian Government newspaper today called for a simultaneous withdrawal of all foreign forces from Cambodia under the supervision of United Nations troops. Thf "Courrier Phnompenhois". appealed for the dispatch of several United Nations' contingents to supervise a simultaneous evacuation of
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    Lock icon U.S. Navy Joins The Blockade
    224 1 PHNOM PENH, Wed. (UPI) Cambodian military sources said today units of the American Seventh Fleet are in the Gulf of Thailand to help the South Vietnamese blockade southern Cambodian ports. The sources said the ships were radar picket ships that that were all patrolling in
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    Lock icon Anti-Suharto Poster Spree
    214 1 JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter) Indonesian police today seised illegal pamphlets plastered across Jakarta denouncing the government of President Suharto. The pamphlets, believed to have been distributed by Communists said "The new order (the present government) is worse than the old order" and "Americans get out of my country."
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    Lock icon MYSTERY ENEMY UNVEILED
    310 1 THE mystery man commanding "enemy" forces in the Bersatu Padu exercise vas unveiled, yesterday. He is Brigadier Peter Whiteley, normally c o m mander of the 3rd Commando, Royal Marines, but for exercise purposes, the "enemy" commander Col. Sapura of 502 nd Regiment, Ganasian Army. Combined forces
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    Lock icon Mao Warns Of War Danger
    79 1 HONG KONG, Wed. (CPI) China's Chairman Mao Tse Tunc, said today the danger of a "world war'* exists. Peking Radio reported. Peking Radio, broadeasting an "important announcement" by Mao today, called on the world to "make preparations." Mao said China "resolutely supports" Prince Norodom Sihanouk,
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    Lock icon SA Cricket Tour Could Hurt Labour
    439 1 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) The British Cricket Council's decision to go ahead with the all-white South African cricket tour of England could harm the Labour Party's chances in the June 18 general election. Labour Party leaders now are faced with the problem that although Premier
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    Lock icon Wilsons Surge Blunted
    163 1 LONDON Wed (LTI) The popularity of Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labour Party fell in a public opinion poll today, but still held a lead of 2 prr c«»nt over the Conservatives. The Harris Poll in the "Daily Express" gave Labour an edge over the Conservatives of 2
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    Lock icon Big Four Differ On Middle East
    341 4 SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (Reuter) A big-four split in the Security Council over lost week's Israel raid into Lebanon raised doubts here today over the future of their search for a Middle East peace formula. The sharp division between the four wa»
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    Lock icon Saigon Troops May Linger In Cambodia
    132 4 MEN HOA. Wed (Reueer> A South Vietnamese General today hinted that South Vietnamese troops would stay In Cambodia until the Vietcong and North Vietnamese had been driven back to North Vietnam. Lieutenant-General Do Cao Trl said he did not think the guerrillas would be
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    Lock icon Naked Wife Tied To Tree And Whipped
    87 4 MELBOURNE. w ed. (Reuter) Arnold Tipmng was upset when he discovered his wife. Margaret, 24. was drawing social service benefits without telling mm So he stripped her naked end tied her to a tree. Then he set about her with a stockwhip and
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    Lock icon Miniskirted Girl Shows To Much
    87 4 FREETOWN. Wed (AFP) A miniskirted t»irl was arrested for indecent exposure in Freetown's busy shopping centre Tuesday ana fasnion stores reported falling sales in the thighhigh dress as the unofficial •war against this western fashion hotted up. Three-weeks ago Muslim leaders banned the miniskirt from
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    Lock icon Israel Replies With 2 Raids
    470 4 CAIRO, Wed. (Reuter) Israeli planes twice yesterday raided Egyptian positions in the southern part of the Sues Canal only hours after Egyptian troops had crossed the waterway in a pre dawn attack on an Israeli armoured force, a military spokesman said. He said Egyptian gunners
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    Lock icon Journalists Ordered To Stand Trial
    168 4 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Two journalists and an army colonel were ordered to stand trial today on charges of disclosing a secret report about the Nigerian civil war Magistrates at a preliminary hearing committed the three men for trial at Old Bailey criminal court. The defendants
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    Lock icon FORUM ON DRUG ABUSE
    72 4 JERUSALEM. Wed. < Renter) An international symposium on drug abuse bv youth will be nelo in Jerusalem from August 12 to 14. The symposium will study the social and personal factors in the abuse of marijuana and the prevention and treatment of psychological factors involved The
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    Lock icon Open Day At No. 74 Squadron
    101 4 It was "Open Day" at No. 74 Squadron, which flies Lightnings from R.A.F. Tengah. and the children went along with their mums to see just what went on at dad's place of work. Here, a delighted Trevor Lewton, ton of chief technician Trevor Lewton
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    Lock icon Abortion For War Prone Babies
    182 4 PARIS. Wed. (I'PI) A California doctor suggested yesterday that abortion could be used by mothers in future decades to prevent the birth of extremely aggressive persons who could make wars. Dr David A Hamburg of the psychiatry department of the Stanford University Medical School bpo
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    Lock icon DOZENS DIE IN FLOODS
    94 4 VIENNA. Wed. (AFP) Dozens of people have died or are missing in the floods that have devastated many areas of Rumania, the official Rumanian news agency Agerpress announced last night. The agency added that about 23.000 families hive been evacuated but the exact number of death*
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    Lock icon Brandt Finalises Summit Strategy
    381 4 BONN, Wed, (Reuter) —Chancellor Willy Brandt today put final touches to West German proposals for the second All-German summit in Kassel due to open tomorrow amid a singularly inauspicious build-up. For the meeting with East German Premier Willi Stoph it will be their second in two
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    Lock icon Supersonic Test For Soviet SST
    157 4 MOSCOW. Wed. (tPI) A Soviet supersonic airliner on Tuesday (lew a test run developing a cruising speed of 2.010 kilometres (1,248 9 miles) per hour, the news agency Tass announced. It was the highest speed ever reported to have been developed by the giant TU-144
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    Lock icon GIRL STABS FATHER
    58 4 JUELICH. West Germany. Wed. (AFP) An eight-vear-old girl wrencned a kitchen knife from her father's hands tonight as he threatened her mother with it and stabbed him to death. Rhmeland-Wofttphalian authorities reported The parents had been having a family dispute, police said. The child *cted after her
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    Lock icon African Visit Cancelled
    55 4 LONDON. Wed (ATP) Foreign secretary Mr Michael Stewart has cancelled his scheduled visits to Ghana and Nigeria next month because of the June 18 general elections in Britain. The Ghaman and Nigerian governments nave been informed and no new date for a visit has h«»en set sa
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    Lock icon Development Meeting In Paris
    218 4 PARIS. Wed. (Iteuter) Finance, trade and industry ministers of 22 of th« world's most developed nations meet here today to view economic prospects for the next decade Informed sources said th« flifft dljl meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECDi is expected to
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    Lock icon 110-MILE MARCH BEGINS
    212 5 FORT VALLEY, Georgia. Wed (U PI )•—About 300 marchers plodded behind a wagon drawn by a white mule named "George Wallace." he_v covered I 2 miles on the first da v of a 110-mile trek protesting the violent repressiorf of dissent. Today's destination was Macon, where black
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    Lock icon AGNEW'S LATEST HIT
    113 5 WASHINGTON. We d. ftrl) Vice-President Aenew is as facile with a tennis racket as h is with a golf club Several weeks ago. Agnew hit golfing partner Doug Sanders on the head with an errant drive. Yesterday. Agnew was on the tennis court He smashed a service
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    Lock icon ILO WORLD SURVEY: Undernourishment Still With Us
    320 5 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Between 10 and 15 per cent of the world's population is undernourished, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) announced in a report published here yesterday. A much higher percentage one third to one half of it is malnourished owing to
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    Lock icon The Day Pamela, 9, Wrote To Nixon...
    154 5 DIXON. California. Wed (UPI) Nine-year-old Pamela Cross sent a letter to President Nixon questioning some of his decisions. She has now been advised bv Washington to concentrate on her homework and let the President take care of national and in ternational affairs Pamela
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    Lock icon FILIBUSTER IN SENATE
    62 5 WASHINGTON Wed Reuter> President Nixons Senate supporters today seared for a rull-scale filibuster to thwart a threatened cut-off of funds for US military action in Cambodia Several senators were reported ready to carry on the stalling technique involving lengthy speeches unless a compromise can be worked out
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    Lock icon She Heated Them Up
    84 5 LOS ANGELES. Wed. (TPI)—A young woman, who claimed to bf an actress, was arrested for indecent exposure yesterday. She aitived at Los Angeles International Airport wearing only "pasties"' above the waist. I-ola Eaquel, 24. was carrying a f«r coat, but apparently, the weather was much too
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    Lock icon Marcos Accuses IPI Of 'Meddling'
    271 5 HONG KONG, Wed. (Reuter) The International Press Institute (IPI) ended its 19th assembly today. Its authority was chal- i lenged by an angry government and Its existence threatened by a financial crisis. The challenge was flung by the Philippine Government after it had been condemned
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    Lock icon 'Frustrated' Newsmen Of Asia
    156 5 HONG KONG, Wed. (Reuter) Asian newspapermen were today described as "a frustrated, schizophrenic lot" at an International Press Institute (IPI), assembly here today. Anr.tabha Chowdhury of Asia Press Foundation reported. With the exception of a few Journalist.*: who have made the top grades, the vast majority
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    Lock icon Soviet Government Sends Condolences: BIG DESTRUCTION AFTER QUAKE IN DAGHESTAN
    258 5 MOSCOW, Wed. (UPI) An earthquake which rippled down the mountain valleys of Daghestan caused heavy casualties and destruction, Moscow newspapers reported today The quake occurred last Saturday. It registered a strength of 6-7. which Is considered "moderately severe." Althougn the
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    Lock icon Nixon Meets Heads Of Negro Colleges
    200 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) President Nixon today holds a rare meeting with Negro leaders to discuss grievances fanned by racial tensions, and the fatal shooting of blacks in recent disorders last week. Nixon has been accused of "isolating" himself from the mainstream of American life.
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    Lock icon BIGGEST DRUG HALL
    82 5 LONG BEACH, California Wed (AFP) American customs men made their largest eve r haul of marijuana this week The v discovered iour-and-a half tons of the drug aboard a trawler they had been keeping under surveillance for several months The customs men swoop--ed as the eight-member gang
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      52 5 You depart Singapore at 8 15 am. Enjoy a wholesome breakfast. Arrive in Djakarta at the start of thebusinessday.9.loam. Any day, except Sunday. Additional Boeing flights every Tuesda>. Thursday. departing 8.30 pm. Only MSA give® you this choice. Morning or night. See your Travel Agent. Stingy Ing flights A great
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    Lock icon BRITISH ELECTIONS
    870 6 ORITISH Prime Minister Harold Wilson's choice of June 18 is distinctly a gamble by a man who is notorious for not taking any gambling chances. The Labour Party has actually one more year in office before it is forced to face general elections. As such. Wilson must have
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    Lock icon LOVE AND HATE FOR THE BIRDS OF THE SQUARE
    883 6 GEMINI By Gaminl Seneviratne LONDON: From the Opposition back bench the member for Cheltenham. Mr. Douglas Dodds-Parker, set the pigeons among the Parliamentarians. He wanted to know why. •'in view of the City of Westminster's large expenditure on anti-pigeon activities.'" the
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    Lock icon Letter To Sen. Kennedy
    797 6  -  By Joseph Alsop WASHINGTON In over three decades in the business, this reporter has tried to put reporting ahead of opinion. Open letters are always written to air opinions, and no open letter has ever appeared in this space. But the time comes to break most
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    Lock icon INDIA AND INDOCHINA
    1030 6 L 8;r: Yo*r editorial essay in the paper of May 15 under the heading "India and Indochma", claims Ignorance of the reasons 'why India chose not to attend the conference this weekend in Jakarta called by Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik". Please allow me to draw your
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    Lock icon True Independence
    188 6 THE Standard. Dares Salaam, in a recent editorial says: "With one or two exception* a common heritage of the non-aligned nations Is that our minds and our economies were, and still are colonised Our economies and our approaches to development still suffer from a colonial hangover aligned as
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  • commercial and industrial
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      Lock icon QUIET TRADING AFTER HOLIDAY
      244 7 After a day's holiday, the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore resumed trading yesterday with all the sectors on an easier note. Turnover was just over a million units although it picked up from the previous close. Meanwhile, Empat Ekor still maintained Its position in the
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      781 7 J>'JSINESS done in and repoited to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of .1,090 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS ACM A $2.06 1»: Alcan $162 (7» $1.61 (1) $1.60 (It SI 58 (3)
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      Lock icon DOW JONES
      39 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 691.40 20 transo 146.03 15 utilities 103.11 65 stocks 227.77 40 bonds 68 11 Commodity futures index 133.98 up 0.06
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      Lock icon Company Reports
      296 7 Fltzpatrlck's Board of Directors have declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent per stock unit less 40 per cent Singapore income tax in respect of the financial year ending June 30. payable on July 7 to stockholders on the register. The Transfer Book and Register of the
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      Lock icon 2 Attend Course In London
      84 7 TWO Yardley Jardlrte men have left for London to attend a technical seminar conducted by British American Cosmetics from May 8 to 21. They are Messrs Robert Wong Fook Cheong and Chua Slong Kean. Mr. Won* is factory manager and Mr. Chua. factory chemist a
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      748 7 BID and offer prices officially listed yesterday at the close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS B AC MA ibl 2 OO 2 09 Aiian 1*0 B» n jfc to l 1 00 Borneo BluJ. cd
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 56 3/4 Cts.
      264 7 June first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 56-3 4 cents per lb down 3/8 cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was easier. The market spent an Idle morning with little incentive to trade
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      Lock icon Air Freight Co. Formed
      60 7 P O are to consolidate the international air freight activities of group companies under a new company. Pandair Freight Ltd. Pandair will be one of the largest air freight organisations in the UK with a staff of 450. Shipments handled by the company will be worth
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      Lock icon Hong Kong Money
      132 7 HONG KONG (tTI) —Wednesday's 5 pm. currency rates (supplied by Forrdin Excbanje and investment Ltd) (Buyer*) (Sellers) per 100 Straits dollars 195 1<>6 147 148 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 8.735 6 745 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese *yata 460 480 per 1.000 Indian rupees
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      Lock icon • A POSTFR on Singapore entered by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board in a world-wide travel poster competition organised by the Pacific Area Travel Association has won second prize. Over 200 posters repre- senting entries from participating countries in the recent PATA conference, went on display at the Auckland Building Centre. Singapore's prize-winning entry was a simple attractive shot of two winsome Chinese children dressed in traditional Chinese garb with the now-famous slogan: "Singapore-Instant Asia" printed on it. The poster was designed by Cathay Advertising Limited in Singapore on behalf of the Tourist Promotion Board.
      94 7 A POSTFR on Singapore entered by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board in a world-wide travel poster competition organised by the Pacific Area Travel Association has won second prize. Over 200 posters repre- senting entries from participating countries in the recent PATA conference, went on display at the Auckland Building Centre.
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      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IN SINGAPORE
      72 7 The Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for ships 5n port today. Thursday May 21DEPARTURES (Godowns) (Vessels) 1/2 Flintshire 6'7 Hoegh Elite 15/16 Priam 27/28 Coronis 42/43 Mandalay 45 Centaur 46 Iyo Maru 47 John vket ARRIVALS (Godowna) (Vessels) 46 Iyo Maru
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      Lock icon $15 m. Brewery To Be Built At Batu Tiga
      252 7 CARLSBERG, th e world famous brand of beer is to be brewed in Malaysia. The East Asiatic Company Ltd.. agents for Carlsberg beer in Malaysia and Singapore, has announced that a modern $l5 million brewery will be built at Batu Tiga
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      Lock icon Queen's Award To Industry For Export
      106 7 THE Queens Award to Industry for export achievement for 1970 has been awarded to Jt>hn Dewar Sons Ltd. Thig is the fourth year out of five, since the inception of the award, that the company has so been honoured. Mr. Robert Brown, export director
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      Lock icon Marcos: Peso Stabilising
      92 7 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) President Ferdinand E. Marcos said today he was convinced the Philippines' "floating peso" will increase In value. Marcos told a news conference. "the currency is stabilising gradually and I am certain the peso will be more valuable." He said projections by financial experts were
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      Lock icon BUYERS ARE RELUCTANT
      367 7 Sydney Stocks, Closing Prices si:'* jtW SYDNEY, Wed, (UPI) —Buyer, on Sydney Stock Exchange Wednesday were reluctant to maintain the upward trend established Tuesday in the mining and oil markets. A dull market in London overnight also dampened the enthusiasm of buyers. With no real trend emerging
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      Lock icon £1 mil. Order From Soviet
      67 7 RANK Xerox In London has recently signed a contract with the Russian State Trading Organisation Technopromlnport. to deliver a consignment of copying and duplicating equipment worth £1.140.000 "This is a tremendous business feat for a British company, formed only recently," announced Mr. Don Wilson. Rank
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      Lock icon Sales Of Oil Products Up
      125 7 SALES of refined products of the world-wide BP Group increased by nearly 3.5 million tons tn the first quarter of thl* year as compared to the corresponding period last year. This shows a 15 per cent Increase Sales of crude oil for th» first four-month
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      82 7 THE noon price* at the Singapore Chline Produce EmrhanRP re*terda» were:H Coconut Oil (FOB) Balk 58 50 Coconut Oil (F.OB.) Brum *0 50 .Mixed Copra 3600 Muntok White Pepper (FOB.) 160 50 Sarawak White Pepper (FOB.) 157-50 Sarawak Special Biac* I'epprr (f O B.) «6% NI.AV 117 50 Lamporie
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      83 7 (Manager** Prices for M»y 21) Ntl 1K(M» 8. tirowtta Find 1.03 1 OS ASIA I'MT TKCSI> M Invest fund xd 119 1 24xd MMSAPOKK L'Mt TRlifT* ltt Singapore 2«7 1 94 2nd Singapore I.M 3rd Singapore 1.20 The Com Ind. 100 1 05\d The >av Fund *n I-03
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $689-1/4 per picul down $B-3/4.
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      520 7 ARRIVALS 145 a- MSA 125 R Lumpur 6>25 am- MvA 554 Colombo 7 30am. MS* 123 R l.umpnr 930 a m. MSA 452 R Lumpur 1105 am M>A <54 Penang. R> Lumpur li-SO am- MSA 203 Jakarta 1.30 p.m MSA 451 Ruchtng 2 30pm M>A 021 R Inmpur,
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      Lock icon A TRIP TO PENANG
      803 8 WE reached the Collyer Quay at eight o'clock in a taxi early in the morning. The day was November the sixteenth. We were about to start on our trip to Penang After making sure that all our luggage were intact. we went to look for some
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      Lock icon The English Dictionary
      174 8 THE popularly known English dictionary was published in the middle of the eighteenth century that is, roughly two hundred years QO was Dr. Samuel Johnson who prepared this Dictionary, a very laborious task. He was thoroughly qualified for it, and when we remember that he produced it
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      Lock icon GREED AND BITTERNESS
      295 8 In this pleasant world of ours there are many people, who like only money. Here is a story. There was an old woman, Sally Gibbs, whose fortune surprised her relatives. Old Sallv Gibbs was a very strange woman. The fine house in which she lived overlooked a
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      Lock icon TREES
      603 8 NATURE clothes the earth's surface with trees wherever rainfall is adequate and evenly distributed 'hroughout the world. The various types of trees generally represent an adjustment to various conditions Indirectly f rees play a fairly important Dart in the life of man To our remote ancestors trees were a
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      Lock icon CLEVER CORGI
      250 8 A PUPPY was presented to me on my eighth birthday by my uncle It was so cute that I named him Corgi. Corgi s clever, strong and brave He never loses any fight and always comes home victorious Corgi is a fussy dog. He is very pa-ticular about
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      Lock icon My Indefatigable Neighbour (A Story)
      459 8 FOR a middle-aged mother of nine to work practically the whole day surely demands vast amounts of energy both physical and mental. Most woman in this predicament would have given up hope early, but my neighbour, Mrs. Lim (who is very worthy of praise and
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      237 8 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writin* contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears to this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      62 8 DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and AWenMcWiiams I HAD HOPED THAT COLLEGE WOULD TRANSFORM ROBIN INTO A LADY, DAN... AS VOU CAN SEE I WAS WRONG.', II l*Kl Si u:::: STAV' N I THINK VOU CAN BE IMPORTANT IN MV PLANS FOR ROBIN'S \FUTURE THE WIZARD OF by Brut parkar
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      10 8 AMY By Jack Ti| v'asiir.'ROGERI You're ALREADY married for todayl"
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    Lock icon Summer Sewing Fashions Travel Well In Knits
    430 9  -  By Florence de Santis NEW YORK Summer dresses for making at home feature a variety of hemlines, but they are generally simple and easy of silhouette. Leading pattern makers, such as Vogue and Butterick, recommend making summer fashions in fabrics that will travel
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    Lock icon Your Fashion Questions
    152 9 Q: Earlier this *t>rlAt, I bought a midl-length costume. wore It with kneehigh stretch boots. It's now entirely too warm the boots, but I could still wear th© costume which his a skirt., sleeveless jacket artd light snirt. But what le 8 look would I substitute for
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    Lock icon 'Leave The Balanced People Alone'
    593 9  -  Ann Landers HEAR ANN: Please tell my fat sister that tasting counts. She never wants any dessert until it comes to the table. Then her fork is in everybody's piate. She only "tastes" which, tor some strange reason she doesn't consider eating I've tried to
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    Lock icon Little Grains Of Beauty
    247 9  -  A Lovelier You BY MARY RUE MILLER A Trrn Lovely asks: Do you approve of beauty train* for cleansing the face? I have been told that, because of its grittiness. use can be irritating. I would love to know for sure. The Answer: First oft, please
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    Lock icon Says Boulting Of Sellers: 'He Is Easy To Work With'
    652 9  -  by SHEILAH GRAHAM NEW YORK: "What makes Peter Sellers nervous" said director Roy Boulting. "also makes him a great artiste. He's like a ?au? violin string and. when the temperature chanres. he res/>onds to it enormously, f he didn t
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  • SUN SPORT
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      138 10  -  By By Our Racing Correspondent pENANG, Wed.—Spring Glow is retaining his winning form. Willi Glynn Pretty up, the four-year-old Arctic Storm gelding went faultlessly over 3f in 431/5 on good going here this morning. The fastest workout of the morning was by Gilang Gumilang who
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      99 10 JAKARTA, Wed. (AFP) Some 500 supporters will fly to Kuala Lumpur to help boost the morale of Indonesian players during the Thomas Cup tournament, to be held from May 26 to June 7. The Indonesian team including 21-year-old All England champion Rudy Hartono, will leave here
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      117 10 LONDON. Wed (AFP) Terry Neill. the Arsenal and Northern Ireland cen-tre-half. will become Hull City'* player-manager In three weeks' time when he returns from holiday In Bpaln. The clubs agreed terms today at a fee In the region of £50.000 a record for the Second Division
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      38 10 Anglo-Chinese School beat Tanglin Integrated Secondary Technical bv ten wickets at the Ceylon Sports Club yesterday Tanglin were all out for 13 while the winners were no wicket for 14. Best bowler was Taql Reshti (7/6).
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      307 10 Nicky Robert Lead Into Finals MRS. Nicky Koh, who had all this while been trailing Helen Pederson during the qualifying rounds of the 1970 Cathay Pacific Brunswick Far East tournament, has taken over the lead at the semi-finals held at Jackie's Bowl (Katong). She battled with 21 other semi-finalists over
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      94 10 MEXICO CITY. Wed. (Reuter) Belgium, who play In Group One of the World Cup next month, have been pleasing trainer Raymond Goethal* in their preparatory work in Puebla. Commenting today on a practice match the squad played Goethals satd: "The boys played as though
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      55 10 MANILA. Wed. (Reuter) Tommy Manotoc. 21-year-old boy friend of recently crowned Miss International Aurora Pljuan ftrabbed the first round ead In the Republic of The Philippines amateur golf championship. Manotoc fired an evenpar 72 at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club In suburban Manda'uvon to lead 51
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      813 10 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI) Former world junior lightweight champion Gabriel "Flash" Elorde of the Philippines has made a comeback at 35 by regaining a rating in the Orient Boxing Federation's (OBF) lightweight division. The OBF took recognition of Elorde's fifth round knockout of Munchai
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      196 10 Baseball Results Standings NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Results of major league baseball games played yesterday: American League Milwaukee 6 Oakland 3. Minnesota 5 Kansas City 4 (10 innings). California 3 Chicago Washington 3 Cleveland 1. Baltimore 5 New York 1. Boston 5 Detroit 4. National League Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 0.
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    752 11 London, Wed. (AFP) Lancashire, with a total haul of 22 points, beat Northamptonshire by nine wickets at Liverpool yesterday, and removed them at the top of the County championship table. Northamptonshire defended stubbornly until after tea, with Roger Prideaux spearheading t» partnership of 76
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    255 11  -  By Ben Variyan KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Badminton Association of Malaysia announced their six-man team to meet Denmark in the semifinals of the Thomas Cup competition at Stadium Negara here on Ma 30 and 31. The team, jed by doubles player Ng Boon Bee comprise
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    136 12 A picture of the moon, autographed by American astronaut* Tnomas T. Stafford, wa f yesterday presented to the Raffles Institution. The picture was a gift from the United States made earlier this year when Its Vice President. Mr Spiro Agnew. visited Singapore. It was decided that
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    491 12 Murder Trial: Day Richard Lai Choon Seng, the prosecution's convict-witness in the kidnap-murder trial, was yesterday ordered to produce his account books for examination in court. The High Court's order was in response to an application by counsel Mr. Allen Yau to check what
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    368 12 An ex-construction labourer, Lim Kok Wah, 23, who is alleged to have set tire to the Housing and Development Board Building was found on the roof top of the building with "Happy New Year" printed in Chinese on his singlet a court was
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    50 12 Enche Othman Wok (left) Minister for Social Affairs receives a cheque for $22,788 from Tan Sri Tan Chin Tuan, Chairman of Fraser and Neave for the Sports Promotion Fund. Th e money was collected in January or the opening night of the "Holiday on Ice Show,"
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    39 12 Twenty-three people were made homeless and property worth $7,000 went up in flames when a morning blaze gutted a house at Kampong Tengah 41 ma. Paslr Pnajang Road, yesterday. Nobody was Injured during the fire.
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    18 12 There were a total of 62 road accidents o* which three were serious on Vesak Day.
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    172 12 Khoo Sut Hoe. who is described as. "the most fertile and imaginative artist." in Singapore and Malaysia, opened a one-man exhibition at the National Library Hall in Stamford Road, yesterday. Mr. Llm Chong Keat. the past president of the Singapore Institute of Architects. said this in the
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    226 12 24-Hour Record Broken A pair of RAF Phantom Hghter bombers of 54 Squadron rolled into RAF Tengah yesterday to trim six minutes off the "UK-Singapore" record flying time established only 24 hours earlier by a single Phantom. The crew of one of yesterday's Phantom pair on the
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    47 12 An annual picnic party will be held at the Pasir Pis Hotel ground. on sunday, May 24. 1970. by the Metal Box Company ct Malaya Limited Employees Recreation Club. Miss Picnic Contest will highlight the gathering. and some eight hundred people will attend the picnic.
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      80 12 TIME AND TIDE TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 437 am. (8 in); 11.22 a.m. (8 ft.) 445 p.m (3 8 ft.): 1037 pm. (9 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD: 425 am. (1 ft): 11.27 am. (10 ft.); 4.50 p.m. (4.3 ft); 1058 pm. (10.1 ft.). TOMORROW SINGAPORE .TOWN: 515 a m. (1 in.): 12.12
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