Eastern Sun, 22 May 1970

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    Lock icon MAN DENIES 'THAI GIRLS' ALLEGATION
    314 2 Kidnap' Murder A prisoner, Richard Lai Choon Seng denied counsel's allegation that on the night of May 23 1968, day before the kidnap and murder of Ona Beang Leek, he together with Lee Chor Pet had gone to Geylang to look for Thai girls. Defence
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    Lock icon More Pay-Load For Tankers
    120 2 More PayLoad For Tankers Parliament yesterday passed a Bill to enable Singapore-registered ships deeper loading. The main object oi the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill 1970, is to enable Singapore to adopt the International Load Line Convention 1966. Moving the Bill, 'h* Minister for Communications Mr Yong Nyuk Lin. said: "The
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    Lock icon Textiles Drive Into US
    83 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Minister of Commerce, Enche Khir Johari, said his country will negotiate for a new textile export quota with th e United States in June. He added that a six-man team, led by the Controller of Trade. Mr. Victor de Bruyne. will begin negotiations
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    Lock icon MSA's Craig Quits
    95 2 Mr. David Craig, the managing director of Ma-laysia-Singapore Airlines, tendered his resignation recently, shortly before he left for Europe. His resignation will go before MSA's Board of Directors who 1* expected to formally accept his resignation. Mr. Craig, 55 who has served MSA for one year, was
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    Lock icon Goh: Jurong Rates Will Remain
    95 2 PROPERTY tax rates in Jurong Industrial Estate will remain unchanged, the Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, said last night. He dismissed the possibility of the tax being lowered. Dr. Goh was speaking at the fifth anniversary dinner of the Jurong Industries Association at the
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    Lock icon UK Electrical Mission Coining
    63 2 THE British Electrical and Allied Products Mission will arrive in Singapore on Saturday. The ten organisations taking part In the Mission will offer a diversity of products covering most aspects of the Industry in Britain. These Include Industrial equipment, control and automation, electric motors and domestic
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    Lock icon PICTURE shows a world of happiness – Mr. and Mrs. Richard Newman. From left to right: Bridesmaid Mrs. Maureen Hayes, the proud groom Richard Newman, the former Miss Betty McCormick and Mrs. Myra Dryden, bridesmaid. Giving the horseshoes to the lucky couple are Julie Wardman, Marie Bennett and Stephen Bennett. Photo by Michael Anchant.
    53 2 PICTURE shows a world of happiness Mr. and Mrs. Richard Newman. From left to right: Bridesmaid Mrs. Maureen Hayes, the proud groom Richard Newman, the former Miss Betty McCormick and Mrs. Myra Dryden, bridesmaid. Giving the horseshoes to the lucky couple are Julie Wardman, Marie Bennett and Stephen Bennett. Photo
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    Lock icon PRESIDENT WILL NOW GET A PENSION
    211 2 The President of the Republic will draw a salary of $48,000 and an entertainment allowance of $lO,OOO annually tax free. He will also draw a pension when he retires from office. Moving the Civil List and Pension Bill In Parliament for second reading, the
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    Lock icon HOTTEST DAY IN 24 YEARS
    108 2 TEL AVIV, Thurs. (UPI) Weather officials reported the hottest day in 24 years along Israel's Mediterranean plains today. The last major military action, apart from routine air raids along the Suez Canal corridor, came in the early hours of Tuesday when Israelis said they routed
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    Lock icon School Science Quiz Finals
    58 2 The seml-flnals and finals of the annual lnter-school science quiz will be held at the Shell Theatrette at 2.30 p.m. on May 25 and May 27 respectively. The six schools which have qualified Tor the semi-finals are—Raffles Institution, Anglo-Chinese Secondary School. St Joseph's Institution. St. Andrew's
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    Lock icon X-ray Drive In Katong
    114 2 The Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association will launch its mass X-ray campaign in the Katong Constituency on May 25. The campaign, which will last until mid-July, will be officially opened at the Katong Community Centre. Block 10. Jalan Batu. by the local MP. Mr. J. F. Conceicao. Free
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    Lock icon Jacques Loussier Trio To Play Next Week
    257 2 SINGAPORE'S jazx enthusiasts and Schumann and Bach lovers will meet in a potpourri of 'respectable' music of the bourgeoise and fh« swingy New Orleans type of music. Scheduled to be on stage for the first time in Singapore. the Jacques Loussier Trio will
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    Lock icon House Pension And Pay Bill Passed
    478 2 Parliament yesterday passed the Parliamentary Pension (Amendment) Bill to increase Members of Parliament's allowance and Ministers' pay and also to provide for their pension. Moving the bill, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Tang See Chim said tha purpose of the
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    Lock icon Call-up Extends To 18-40 Group
    126 2 Parliament yeste.cL passed a Bill making all citizens and permanent residents of Singapore between th e age of 18 and 40 liable to be enlisted for National Service. The Enlistment BUI. moved by the Minister tor Defence. Mr. Llm Kim San. also applies to those
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    Lock icon Technical Trainee Insurance
    116 2 Dr. Lee Chiaw Meng. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education, said the Technical Education Department had assisted students in taking personal accident insurance coverace when they were sent for practical training to any industrial establishment. Answering a question raised by Mr. Ch'ng Jit Koon, Member for
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      114 2 AMY By Jack Tippit "I think I want to be an adult when I grow up." DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and AHenMcWliams AFTER ESCORTING ADA JACKSON HOME, DAN IS INTRODUCED TO HER NIECE,ROBIN THE EDITOR OP A COLLEGE NEWSPAPER/ f REALLY, RAVEN r WOULD IT BE TOO OIFFICULT TO
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    Lock icon Couple Find Long-Lost Daughters At Last
    165 3 OTTAWA, Canada, Thurs. (UPI)) Mr. and Mrs. Hans Pulkkinen a local couple, have finally found their long-lost daughters after 30 years. They had lost track of th?m in Russia during the Second World War. Recently, they w*re contacted by the Red Cross with the
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    Lock icon Pro-Nixon March
    37 3 tfEW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter) About 100.000 construction workers marched through Manhattan yesterday. They waved flags and sang patriotic *ongs in the largest demonstration vet supporting President Nixon's Indochina policy The marches were peaceful and orderly.
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    Lock icon LET MUSIC BE FOOD OF LIFE
    77 3 SYDNEY Thurs. (Reuter) "I tell the kids not to mix Indian Music, Religion and Kama Sutra with hashish", Indian sitar virtuoso, Ravi Shankar, told reporters when he arrived her e today. Shankar 50. here for a series of concerts, He disclosed he "detested" hippies
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    Lock icon 'No' To N-Weapons
    73 3 'No' To N- Weapons NEW DELHI. Thurs. Reuter) Two senior Indian cabinet ministers yesterday rejected demands in Parliament that India should start making nuclear weapons. External Affairs Minister Dinesh Singh and Defence Minister Swaran Singh said during separate debates that the Government's policy of using nuclear energy only for peaceful
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    Lock icon Power Failure
    37 3 OSAKA. Japan, Thurs (Reuter) A power failure yesterday blacked out the United Nations Pavilion ut Expo *7O here and severely injured a Japanese technician. An Expo spokesman said the U.N pavilion would remain closed today.
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    Lock icon Pakistan: UN Must Intervene in India Riots
    162 3 NEW YORK, Thurs. (Reuter) —Pakistan called today for United Nations intervention to help stem recurrent antiMuslim rioting in India. India rejected the proposal. "My government does not need the assistance of any organisation, of the U.N. or otherwise, in putting its house in
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    Lock icon Tough Job For Asian Immigrants
    158 3 LONDON Thurs. (Reuter) Asian immigrants suffer more from discrimination in finding jobs than West Indians, according to a survey published today in th e latest issue of "Race". The Journal Is a publication of Britain's Institute of Race Relations. The institute gained its Information by
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    Lock icon Typhoid Epidemic In Cebu
    150 3 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI) A Philippine Air Force p, ane ♦lew to th e Central Philippines today with thousands of doses of vaccine. A typhoid epidemic Is sweeping through villages there. Health authorities reported yesterday 12 persons have so far died from the disease and 82 others
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    Lock icon Ammunition Blast Wipes Out Lahore Village
    152 3 RAWALPINDI. Thurs. fßeuter> Fourteen people died and 74 were injured yesterday when an ammunition dump blew up in the Lahc.e area. Lahore City was rocked by the reverberations «s tiames swept througn the dump, setting off a series of blasts. The casualties included troops
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    Lock icon Heat Wave Kills 650: NORTH INDIA IN A STATE OF CRISIS
    485 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs, (UPI) A scorching heatwave entered its third week today, searing vast areas of North India. At least 650 people are known to have died, according to reports from state capitals reaching here yesterday. Reports from the
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    Lock icon UK Request On Indochina: Russia Is Not Interested
    187 3 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Th e Soviet Union yesterday turned down a British request calling for an international conference on the Indochina crisis. The British Foreign Secretary. Michael Stewart, made this request on May 1. He received Moscow's negative reply this evening. British
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    Lock icon French Medical Group To M'sia
    102 3 PARIS, Thurs. (Reuteri France is to send a medical mission to Malaysia to study the country's needs, particularly in the neuro-psvchiatry and dentistry fields, the Malaysian embassy announced here yesterday. The mission would be the first of its kind from France to Malaysia. It would
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    Lock icon RAMU THE WHALE DIES
    108 3 COOLANGATTA. Australia. Thurs. (Reuter) '•Ramu.*' a captive killer whale bought from the U.S. for 5565.324 died here today after a long battle to save his life. The 18-feet-long bull whale was fed herrings flown from the U.S. and West Australia. He had refused to eat earlier
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    Lock icon Ship Collision
    82 3 YOKOHAMA. T apan, Thurs. (Reuter) A 12-ton boat carrying seven people, sank after colliding with a Japanese freighter off here last night. Two Indian crewmen were killed in the mishap, the Maritime Safety Agency reported. The Agency said the Indians were on the Indian freighter "Ag Manek." The
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    Lock icon Saigon Students Protest Visit By Sambaur
    293 3 SAIGON, Thurs. (Reuter) Police used teargas to disperse students demonstrating outside the Foreign Ministry in Central Saigon today. They were protesting against the proposed visit by Cambodian Foreign Minister. Yem Sambaur. The students fled as police in Jeeps sped around the pack in front
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      221 3 Philips invented cassettes. wo PHILIPS A It takes a Philips Cassette Recorder to make them sound the way they should. Philips invented cassettes. They know more about them than anyone else in the world. Take the basic cassette. It started as an idea. Philips made it a reality. The breakthrough
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    Lock icon Eban In US Asks For More Arms
    567 4 TITASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reutcr) Foreign Minister Abba Eban, in top level folks here, ▼V j s ur ging the United States to furnish military and diplomatic support to strengthen Israel in the face of growing Russian aid to the Arabs. Israeli sources said that
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    Lock icon Israel Continues Air Raids
    132 4 TEL AVIV. Thurs. (Reuter) —Israel continued its air strikes along the Sues Canal yesterday as attention focussed on Washington where Foreign Minister Abba Eban has urged the United States to sell Israel more planes. Yesterday i 90-minuteair strike, in the central sector of the canal, wax
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    Lock icon Perfume Slows Down Men's Aggressiveness
    114 4 PARIS. Thurs. (Peuter) A woman who attracts men with perfume may also be putting a brake on their aggressiveness, a French scientist said here. Dr Philip Ropartz. of the Science Faculty in Strasbourg. described experiments In which male mice lost their fighting spirit when their
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    Lock icon Soviet Pilots Flying For Egypt—Nasser
    315 4 HAMBURG, Germany Thurs. (UPI) Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, in an interview with the newspaper Di Welt, said yesterday Soviet pilots based in Egypt were Hying armed planes over his country. But ne would not confirm whether the Soviet flyers were participating in either defence
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    Lock icon Czechs Admit Opposition To 'Hard Line'
    159 4 PRAGUF. Thurs (Router) A leading Czechoslovak Communist hardliner has admitted that present party policy does not have the support of the majority of the people. Private notes taken of remarks made at a Communist Party meeting by Antonin Kapek. a member of the Presldim.
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    Lock icon His Moustache Drifts In The Soup
    596 4  -  Ann Landers D EAR ANN Please print this letter so "Heartbroken Mother" will see it. She's the woman whose brilliant son didn't get into Harvard, Yale or Dartmouth. Our son was accepted by all three and now I wish he had gone to a
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    Lock icon Kosygin Pledges Support For The Arabs
    306 4 MOSCOW, Thurs. (Reuter) Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin yesterday blamed Israel for the continuing middle east conflict and pledged the Arabs continued Soviet support in order to bring peace. Mr. Kosygin also appeared to criticise the United States when he said the Israelis were trying
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    Lock icon 'Railway Station' To Death
    216 4 BONN. Thurs (UPI) The former head of a Natl death camp told today how the "receiving room" at his camp resembled a railway station so Jews would think they were staying for only a short time "The clock was only painted on." Franz Paul Stangl. 62.
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    Lock icon BAD MAN NIXON
    81 4 BERLIN Thurs. (UPI> President Nixon rank* just b«hin<j Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler as a bogie man for E&t German children. The East German magazine Home and School In a questionnaire yesterday asked eight-and 9-year-old school children to give three examples of very good men and three of
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    Lock icon Thieves Set Warehouse Ablaze
    127 4 LEEDB, England. Thurs fßeuter) Two raiders, annoyed at finding only three sterling In a warehouse, set fire to It and caused £358.000 worth of damage, a court was told here yesterday. One of the men according to the prosecution. later told the police: "We were a
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    Lock icon • German Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt is greeted after his arrival in Kassel by helicopter in front of the Soloss Hotel by the Minister, President of the State of Hesse Albert Osswald (right) on May 20 for his second talk with the German Democratic Republic's Willi Stoph. UPI radio picture.
    50 4 German Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt is greeted after hi s arrival in Kassel by helicopter in front of the Soloss Hotel by the Minister, President of the State of Hesse Albert Osswald (right) on May 20 for his second talk with the German Democratic Republic's Willi Stoph. UPI radio picture.
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    Lock icon France To Stage New N-Tests
    221 4 PARIS. Thurs. (Reuter) France will stage new nuclear tests in the Pacific next year. Defence Minister Michel Debre said here yesterday. Mr. Debre was reporting to a Cabinet meeting on the series of tests started last week over Mururoa Atoll, in French Polynesia. He said
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    Lock icon Hundreds Die In Rumanian Floods
    245 4 VIENNA. Thurs (rPI) Rumania's wcrst floods in centuries have left hundreds dead and thousands homeless and have destroyed vast areas of farmland, reports reaching Vienna said yesterday. The same floods have killed at least seven persons in western areas of the Soviet Ukraine, the reports
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    Lock icon Martin Bormann Still Alive
    66 4 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI> Nazi Deputy Fuehrer Martin Bormann escaped Berlin In 1945 and still lives, a British businessman saJd yesterday. Ronald Gray. 46. of London told newsmen: "I smuegied Bormann out of Germany on Thur?dav. March 21. 1916 I knew what happened to him and where
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    Lock icon Hurricane Alma Early In West Caribbean
    238 5 MIAMI, Florida, Thurs. (UPI) Hurricane Alma sprang to life in »H« Wast Caribbean yesterday. It was 11 days anead of this years hurricane season It was heading lor Grand Cayman Island and West Cuba. Alma was only i.ie ninth tropical storm to develop in
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    Lock icon Nauru Pres. In London
    55 5 LONDON. Thurs (Reuten President Hammer Deroburt of the Nauru Republic arrived Here ov air today on a week's official \-isit. Nauru is a small 'sland in th« Pacific with a population of about 6 500. Half the population is indigenous and the other half s composed
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    Lock icon SUSPENSION FOR REFUSAL: Policewoman Won't Pose As A Decoy 'Prostitute'
    300 5 DETROIT, Thurs. (UPI) A policewoman declared yesterday she will leave the Police Department rather than pose as "a prostitute" to decoy unsuspect- ing men. Mrs. Gail Aldrich. 26, was suspended last week after she refused an assignment to stand on
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    Lock icon Students Destroy $3m. Computer
    274 5 CHICAGO, Thurs. ftJPI) A group of angry blacks and MexicanAmericans carrying clubs and pipes yesterday went on rampage at the Fresno State California College campus. The new vandalism followed a fire-bombine which destroyed the school's new Ss3 million computer. Acting President Dr Karl Falk promptly declared
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    Lock icon Infiltration By Reds
    52 5 JAKARTA. I'hurs (Feuter) Jakarta Garrison Command. Major-General Poniman has earned that communists nave been quietly infiltrating the capital from Central and Fast Java. Speaking to reporters at Bandung West Tava. yesterday. General Ponirran disclosed many of the communists had been disguised as 'destitutes" and ('hreewneel > oecial
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    Lock icon Banda Defends Ties With SA
    67 5 ZOMBA. Thurs ißeuter) Malawi's President Kamuzu Banda last night defended his country's friendly relations with proapartheid South Africa against criticism from the rest of black Africa. Dr. Banda. a 1 a state banquet in honour of the official visit of South African Premier John Vorster.
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    Lock icon Congressmen Split Between Loyalties: SENATE DEBATE ON CAMBODIA BILL IN FULL SWING
    458 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) President Nixon's Republican supporters today rallied forces to maintain o counter-attack on measures to stop funds for further U.S. military action in Cambodia. Informed sources disclosed the White House was involved in backstage efforts to
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    Lock icon Nixon Proposals To Congress On Anti-Oil Pollution
    315 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) —President Nixon asked Congress yesterday to approve two international treaties and a series of proposals. They would guard against oil pollution on the high sea* and in the nation* coastal waterways. He also announced he will seek congressional approval of
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    Lock icon 77 INJURED IN CIRCUS
    75 5 GRAND JUNCTION. Colorado, Thurs. 'UPI) Winds toppled a -ircus tent last night The mishap injured 77 persons, most of ♦hem children Four were in serious condition from injuries received The wind carried the canvas tent and f he supporting steel poles the bleachers An estimated 700
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    Lock icon Workers On Rampage
    44 5 ROME. Thurs (Reuter) Bus companv workers overturned a bus and 400 uni formed firemen >icneted the Chamber of Deputies •ay as hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets here in a nationwide stoppage of state employees demanding economic and social reforms.
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    Lock icon Speaker McCormack To Retire Soon
    286 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) John McCormack. cursty and oftencriticised 78-year-old Speaker of the House of Representatives, yesterday announced he will retire from Congress. He will give up his powerful post at the end of the year. At a crowded press conference, he strongly endorsed Carl Albert.
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    Lock icon Gunmen Try To Kill Me: Dante
    222 5 DALLAS, Texas. Thurs. (UPI) Dr. Ron Dante, a hypnotist appearing at a local night-dub, yesterday claimed gunmen in a passing car fired a series of shots at him. He was then driving hi* car Just before dawn. Dante commented the shooting might have something
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    Lock icon TWO OF A KIND
    108 5 SYDNEY Thurs. (Reuter) —Beach Inspector Alex Menzies thought he had Sydney's windswept Bro nte Beach to himself yesterday. He went for a swim. However, a six-foot hammerhead shark did not minH the wintry conditions either. As 30-year-old Menzies waded through th* waves, he saw the shark
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    Lock icon Tight Security By Mexico
    75 5 MEXICO CITY. Thurs. <"UPI) Mexico's Defence Department yesterday ordered stricter vigilance along the country's border with Guatemala A weekend skirmish between troops of the two nations had occurred. In Saturday's brief battle, an army guide and three Guatemalan guerrillas were killed. The dead included Guatemalan guerrilla
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    Lock icon Negro March On
    29 5 FORT VALLEY, Q>eorgia. Thurs. (Reuter) About 150 mostly Negroes, resumed a 110-mile "march against death and recession" yesterday. They headed towards tha state capital of Atlanta
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    Lock icon WARS AND SUPERPOWERS
    1028 6 TT 18 not every day of the week that the Chairman of the Communist Party of China and the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union speak about trouble spots which affect them most. Chairman Mao Tze Tung has delivered a stirring message to the people of Indochina
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    Lock icon APPLEBAUM'S LATEST PLAN
    518 6  -  by ART BUCHWALD WASHINGTON Despite President Nixon's and Vice President Agnew's attempts "to bring us together." the country still seems to be divided on the Vietnam and Cambodian issues. There is. among young people, a lack of confidence in President Nixon's methods of disengaging us from Southeast
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    Lock icon THE TRAPPINGS OF APARTHEID
    965 6  -  By Michael Perring (GEMINI) CAPE TOWN: The Groote Schuur Hospital is large, serving as it does the European, Coloured and African populations. It stands proud, white-etched against Tabic Mountain, on the fringe of Cape Town. It is a notable and expanding piece of architecture in an
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    Lock icon Australia Gives Suharto A Vote Of Confidence
    717 6  -  By Christopher Reeves (GEMINI) CANBERRA: A major shift in Government thinking lies behind Australia's non--repay-able grant to Indonesia of $53.8 million over the next three years. It is a move towards planning of aid commitments previously made on an annual basis and strongly
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    Lock icon He Has No Name—Just A Number
    660 6  -  By Peter Gregson OKPORO. Eastern Nigeria, (Reuteri In the dusty yard outside Okporo Children's Hospital, Number 451 plays happily in the dirt. A grinning, naked little boy Hxe millions of children all over Africa. Except for his skinny limbs and stomach the size of
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  • COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon QUIET TRADING AT THE MARKET
      320 7 THE trading rooms of Malaysia and Singapore openad yesterday morning on a quiet note. Towards the afternoon, Industrials moved on a downward trend due to lack of buying support. Hotels and properties had very light trading while oil palms, tins and rubber were scarcely transacted.
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      807 7 T?'JSINfcSS done in and reported to the trading rooms ot the Stock Exchange ot Malaysia and Singapore with thi number ot shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,0*? units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS ACMA $2.05 (1 >; Alcan $l5B (2). $1.57 (2i: DIM sisB (1); Borneo Berhad
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      Lock icon FIRE GUTS FACTORY
      84 7 JAKARTA. Thurs. (UPI) The first crumb rubber factory in Sumatra, owned by the P. T. Riau Crumb Rubber Factory, burned down before starting production. the official Antara news agency yesterday. The agency said the loss was estimated at more than U*****,000. The factory, one of 20 plan's
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      39 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Industrials 676.55 20 transp 142 30 15 utilities ***** 65 stocks 222.87 40 bonds 68 09 Commodity future* index 133.97 up 0.07.
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      Lock icon PESO BETTER
      22 7 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI) The Philippine peso floating rate improved fractionally vesterday. closing at 6.166 compared to 6.17 Wednesday against US$l.
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      Lock icon London Rubber Mart Quiet
      69 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber market yesterday closed quiet with spot 192. 201. SETTLEMENT HOUSE June 20-1 8 20-5/16 July 20-3/8 20-1-2 Aug. and July Sept 20-5/8 20-13 16 Oct Dec 21-1/16 21-1 8 Jan Mar 21-316 21-5 16 Apr/June 21-5 16 21-7' 16 July Sept 21-3
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      712 7 BID and offer prices officially listed yesterday at the close of business the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS B s Aican 1.57 158 Allied l hoc. »d 3 t£ Ben i o 1 55 1.59 Borneo KUrt cd 1.6;
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 57 3/4 Cts.
      291 7 RUBBER: 57 3 4 Cts. JUNE first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala '.umpur yesterday at 57| cents per lb. up 11 cents from the previous close. The tone of the market was very quiet after steady. Russian off take was thought to be one
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      18 7 ON the Straits tin market yesterday, tin was sold at $685) per picul down four dollars.
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      Lock icon Thai Hostess Helps To Sell Singapore To U.S.
      238 7 AMERICANS will learn at first hand more about Asia, including Singapore and Malaysia, when a Thai International hostess spends half a month In the Cnited States in an air hostess exchange programme. She Is Miss Vandee Chaiyakarn (left) who has been on
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      Lock icon APPOINTED MARKETING EXECUTIVE
      125 7 MR F.K CHEN has been appointed marketing executive for the Construction Products Division of W.R. Grace (Singapore) Pte. Limited. This division deals with admixtures, waterproofing and flooring materials W.R. Grace Is a newly launched American company with interests In manufacturing. banking, shipping and trading. Mr. Chen has
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUST
      82 7 < Managers' Price for May 22) IMKItKfcU IM1 IHI M» 8. Groatb Fund 103 108 ASIA (Ml TKISTs M Inttit Fund xd 118 1.23 MMMPUKfc I M l 1K(k1» 1st Singapore 2 62 2nd Singapore 1-89 3rd Singapore 1.16 The Com lnd. 1-60 The sav- Fund xd 102
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      42 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Gold prices continued to mark time on markets here and abroad today In directionless trading London gold slipped onehalf cent at the morning fixing and fell another cent at the second fixing to U5535.95 an ounce.
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      Lock icon TIN STEADY
      31 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Tin yesterday held steady with sales of 190 tons spot buyers 1550 sellers 1552 business 1551. 1550 Three month buyers 1565 sellers 1566 business 1566. 1565.
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      129 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) The stock market took another rough ride Into lower ground yesterday depressed by the US. budget and economic outlook. Wall Street's slide and the obscure political outlook on the domestic front. The index hit Its lowest level for three years shortly before
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      117 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Concern about Inflation, budget deficits, Indochina, the Middle East and the possibility of a tax Increase next year sent the Dow Jones Industrial average yesterday tumbling to it-s lowest level since the spring of 1963. Trading was brisk. At the close, the
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      Lock icon Floating Fair To Visit Asia
      39 7 TOKYO, Thurs. (UPI) Japan's floating industrial fair will visit Asian ports beginning In October. The STakura Maru's exhibits will emphasize equipment beneficial to developing nations. The ship will return to Tokyo in January 1971.
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      130 7 HONG KONG. Thurs. UPI) Today's 5 p m currency rate® (supplied by F oreijn Exchange and Invest ment Ltd.). (Bayers) (Sellers) per 100 Straits dollars 195 196 147.5 148 5 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6.735 6.745 per Australian dollar 340 360 per l.ono Burmese kyats 460 480
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      228 7 The Port of Singapore Authority has made »h« following berthing «rrangements fo r today. May 22 DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 1/2 Flintshire 3/4 Westfalia 20 EAST Riau II 21 EAST Ever Glorious 23/24 State of Madras 29/30 Rajula 31/32 Benarkle 35/36 Neder Rion 42/43 Sirius 19 Hendrix
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      Lock icon SELLERS TAKE CONTROL
      411 7 WW. W Sydney Stocks, -<• I nfe m Closing Prices i 'Sjv/'-'y/ tjufa if SYDNEY, Thurs. (UPI) The slight recovery of the Sydney Stock Exchange over the last few days came to an abrupt end today when sellers re-entered the market and took control. All sections of
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      91 7 THE noon prices at tb« Hlngapore Chine** Produce F.*rhinif yesterday were tCoconnt Oil (FOB.) Bulk Coconut Oil (F O B > Drum Mixed Copra 3«OC Mtintoh white Pepper (FOB) Ssr.-iu,ik White Pepper (FOB.) Harnoak Special Blartt Pept»fr (FOB.) W6% N I W lampofu Special Blark Pepper (F O.B.) tampon*
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      428 7 AKKI\ ALB 145 am MSA 1!5 K Lumpur ;.':o a m MM 123 K Lumpur 30am MSA 452 K Lumpur 1105 am Ms.l l*»| Penarg, K Lumpur 1150 am M>A 203 Jakarta 1.30 pm >I»A 451 Ruchlng 130 p m MSA 021 K Lumpur. Malacca 3 35pm M"»
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  • Special feature on the 21st Singapore International Salon of Photography (1970)
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      Lock icon Message From The Salon Chairman
      546 8 On behalf of the Salon Committee, I would like to thank the President of the Republic of Singapore, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, who has kindly consented to open the 21st Singapore International Salon of Photography in conjunction with the 7th Foto Fair 1970. This vear-s
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      Lock icon Photo Art Will Help To Establish Prosperous Society Says President
      357 8 The Singapore International Salon of Photography has come of age. Started 21 years ago, this International Salon has grown in stature and gained much prominence to become one of the popular and leading International Salons of Photography in the world.
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      Lock icon Yet Another Record Of Entries-Dr. Lim
      252 8 I welcome this opportunity to send greetings to all friends in photography, to renew former international friendships and to make new ones through this Salon. This excellent, medium of communication will go a long way to promote closer bonds among the many nations through
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      Lock icon SOME OF THE PRIZE-WINNING ENTRIES
      105 9 Colour Slide Contemporary: by Bong Lip Look, Singapore. Title: "New Year's Candles". Water Pitcher Award. COLOUR Slide Traditional: By G. Skeats of New Zealand. Title: Study i» Black and White. Water Pitcher Award and P.S.A. Gold Medal. COLOUR Slide Traditional: By Wong Khee Chong, Singapore.
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      Lock icon The Fruits Of Hard Work And Planning
      537 9 Singapore, though a tiny country, has a way of doing things well the BIG way. In every field of human endeavour, the emphasis has always been on quality and excellence. So it Is with photography and the Photographic Society of Singapore. With great
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  • SUN SPORT
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      149 10  -  by Our Racing Correspondent PfcNANG, Thurs. Lusteroid, with Johnny Wilson astride, did a smart gallop here this morning when she went over 3f in 37 4/5 on good going. Another to attract attention was Mannum Miss (A Rao) who also sprinted stylishly over 3f in 37
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      145 10 PENANG, Thurs.—One hundred and fifty syces, employed by Malaysian trainers, who went on a sympathy strike during last weekend's races here, have called off the strike. Mr. O. M. Noordin, President of the Race Horse Trainers' Association, in a statement said the syces wiM report for
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      113 10 LONDON. Thurs. British flyweight champion John McCluskey has been signed to meet the Australian champion Harr v Hayes, for the vacant Commonwealth championshio in Melbourne on June 16. McCluskey, who was married last month leaves for Australia on June 2 with his trainer Danny Vary. If he
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      Lock icon Okker Scores One-sided Victory
      261 10 INGLEWOOD, California. Thurs. (UPI) Tom Okker of Holland had his sizzling service working to perfection yesterday to defeat Australia's Fred Stolle, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, in a US$lO,OOO winnertake -all tennis match at the Forum. Okker's one-sided victory, witnessed by 6,274 fans, prevented Stolle from advancing
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      Lock icon 3 More Not To Play Against SA
      83 10 CARDIFF. Wales, Thurs. (Reuter) West Indians Bryan Davis and Tony Cordle and Pakistani Majid Khan will not play for English County cricket champions Glamorgan against the touring South African team in July. Oi>sie Wheatley. Chairman of the Glamorgan selectors, said yesterday: "In view
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      1795 10 1 1 Race l: CI. 6 Dlv. 2—6 Furs.— Z.JO p.m. ($4,500) 1. ***** Mannum Mi»j 7y 900 MM West Rao 6 2 ***** Fair Chance 8v 8.11 Island Glades Ahmad Lee 1 3. ***** Rubber Exported III 5y 8 11 SK Quek Ooi 8 4
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      Lock icon Kobayashi To Defend Title Against Amaya
      370 10 TOKYO. Thurs (UPI) Japans Hlroshl Kobayashi will make the fifth defence of his World Boxing Association's (WBA) Junior lightweight crown in a 15round bout with Panama's Antonio Amaya. the WBA top contender. Aug. 23 in Tokyo according to the champion s manager. Shlnichl Nakamura.
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      Lock icon Cairnhill Chess Tourney
      129 10  -  Bj Eastern Knight The Cairnhill Community Centre recently organised one of the biggest chess championships In Singapore. Forty-eight entries were received for three sections. divided into the Gold. Silver and Bronze sections according to D aylng strength. National Master. Giam Choo Kwee. topped the Gold section. However,
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      128 10 Royal Navy Wanderer* lead FAS Division Oct League Table with IB points from 11 matches The table lir J D L fr 4 Pt«. Wanderers li y 1 1 39 13 19 H S pura n 8 339 16 16 Spore Pools 7 5 2 31 9 12
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      Lock icon Title Fight For Rowe
      74 10 LONDON. Tbun. —Following his surprising knockout win over Les McAteer for the British middleweight championship, farmer Mark Rowe. former Commonwealth champion is to be matched for the world title Matchmaker Micicey o U fj said in London that he was going to Yugoslavia to watch Nino
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      164 11 1976 GAMES MOSCOW. Thurs. (Reuter) A top Soviet sports official was yesterday quoted as saying Moscow got a "rough deal" when out-voted for the 1976 Olympic Games, and that the International Olympic movement should be more democratic. Mr Sergei Pavlov. Chairman of the State Committee for
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      Lock icon Asians Dominate Canberra T-T Games
      421 11 CANBERRA, Australia* Thurs. Player s from Thailand and Malaysia were prominent in the Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T.) open table-tennis championships held recently in the national capital, Canberra. They were Chavanand Wuvanich of Bangkok, who represented Thailand In the 1968 South-east Asian Table Tennis championships played
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      Lock icon Sobers' Century Saves Day For Nottingham
      364 11 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) West Indies skipper Gray Sobers lashed a 160-mlnute century to lift Nottinghamshire out of trouble against Surrey In the English County cricket championship yesterday. Sobers, who batted a total of 230 minutes and hit two sixes and 28 fours, was eventually
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      191 11 Baseball Results Standings NEW YORK. Thurs. <UPI) Results of last nights major league baseball games: American League Chicago 3. California 2 Washington 2. New York 0 Cleveland 7. Boston 2 Minnesota 10, Kansas City 5 Milwaukee 8. Oakland 7 Detroit 4. Baltimore 0 National League Atlanta 6. Ban Francisco 1
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      Lock icon Indonesians Confident To Regain Cup
      230 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Indonesia's Thomas Cup team arrived here today determined to regain the trophy from Malaysia in the final rounds of the tournament from May 2* to June 6. The 17-member squad led by the President of the AllIndonesia Badminton Federation, Dr. Sudirman, comprise
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      Lock icon 2 Celtic Players Ordered Home
      104 11 GLASGOW, Thurs. (Reuter) Glasgow Celtic footballers Tommy Gemmell and Bertie Auld arrived here today after being sent home from the Club's United States tour. Full back Gemmell and inside forward Auld were ordered home by Celtic assistant manager Sean Fallon. No reason was given, but
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      300 11 World Cup Soccer MEXICO CITY, Thurs. (Reutcr) Joseph Marko, tough-talking trainer of Czechoslovakia's World Cup team, yesterday launched a fierce broadside against Group Three rivals England, the reigning world champions. Marko, criticising England's styJe of play, said: "I do not like to play against England.,l do not
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      Lock icon US Enter Q-finals
      49 11 Wo mens Tennis FREIBURG. Germany; Thurs. (UPI) The U.S. girls scored a crushing victory over Yugoslavia yesterday and advanced Into the quarter-finals of the women's World Federation Tennis Cup. South Africa, West Germany. France. Holland. England. Sweden and Australia Joined the Americana in the next round.
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      Lock icon Record Entry For TT Trophy
      110 11 LONDON. Thurs. When the entries closed for the June Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT) motor cycle events. 667 applications beat last year's record entry by 18. Only in the 125 sc and junior events and the 250 cc class of the production machine TT.
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      Lock icon SA Tour: India To Protest
      106 11 MADRAS. Th'jrs. (Reuter) The Indian cricket Control Board will have no option but to protest against the South African Tour of Britain at the next meeting of the International Cricket Conference in July, the honorary Secretary of the Board. Mr S. Sriraman. said today. The
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      1148 11 CHANNEL 6 PM 300 Opening Anncts in all Languages General Hospital. 320 Woman's World "E> 350 A Diary of Events In Singapore This Week (English). 355 It's Happening in Singapore <E» (Repeat) 4.15 Days of Our Lives. 4 35 Close. 555 Opening Anncts. in all Languages Lucky Dip 6.30 News
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