Eastern Sun, 23 May 1970

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1350 Saturday, 23 May 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon CAMBODIANS TAKE TOWN
    312 1 Red Stronghold Falls pHNOM PENH, Fri. (Rcutcr) Tonle Bet, stronghold for Vietcong and North Vietnamese attacks on Cambodian forces, was today firmly in government hands. The strategic ferrying point on the east bonk of the Mekong River was *aken after a river-borre assault by Cambodian Khmer Krom
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    Lock icon Brandt On Deep Differences
    116 1 BONN. Fri. tUPI) Chancellor Willy Brandt faid today his second talk with East German Prime Minister Willy Stoph revealed many of their differences are even deeper than had been imagined. Brandt described Stoph's at Itude as rigid, and said he feared the East Germany's insistence on
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    Lock icon Israeli Reprisal
    50 1 BEIRUT. Fri. (Keuter) Four Lebanese border villages were Leav i 1 y punished by Israeli artillery today in retaliation for an attack by a Palestine commando organisation on a bus inside Israel. "Tie toll of lives as given a Lebanese military spokesman was six killed and 21 injured.
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    Lock icon TRUDEAU, LEE HOLD TALKS
    491 1 CANADA'S dashing Prime Minister, Mr. Pierre Eliott Trudcau, was yesterday accorded a warm welcome on his arrival for a 27-hour official visit. The Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. E. W. Barker, headed a long line of dignitaries to welcome him at the Paya Lebar
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    Lock icon Heart Man Dead
    25 1 CAPE TOWN. Fn. (Reuter South Africa's Long-est-Surviving neart transplant pailent, Petrus Smith, died at Groote Schuur Hospital here today. He was 53.
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    Lock icon NO TIMETABLE FOR V-N TROOPS
    185 1 Laird On WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) Defence Secretary Melvin R- Laird said today he is against holding South Vietnamese forces to any "firm timetable" for leaving Cambodia and also favours later raids by Saigon troops if the Communists conduct a new building of the so- called
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    Lock icon U.S. Fire Hits S. Vietnamese
    91 1 SAIGON, Frl. (UPI) American helicopter gunships fired bv mistake into a South Vietnamese Marine unit in Cambodia, killing nine government troopers and wounding i 5. military spokesmen .said today. The incident on l'hursi ay. two miits mside '"amocdia and 101 miles west of Saigon was
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    Lock icon 73 Reds Arrested In West Borneo
    148 1 JAKARTA, Fri. (Reuter) —Indonesian troops have arrested 73 Chinese guerrillas following reports of an underground Communist movement in a provincial town in West Borneo, Antara news agency said to- day. Antara said that according to West Borneo military commander Brig. Gen. Sumadi the Communist
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    Lock icon THAI LEADER TO CAMBODIA
    177 1 BANGKOK, Fri. (Reuter)—Thai Deputy Premier Gen. Praphas Ciiarusatnien will lead a mission to Cambodia in the near future for discussions on the Indo- Chinese situation. This was disclosed by Air Chief Marshal Dawee Chulasaphya. Chief of StafT of the Supreme Command Headquarters at a ceremony last,
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    Lock icon Six Reds Held In Vientiane
    241 1 VIENTIANE. Fri. CUPI) Six suspected Communist Pathrt Lao have been arrested in Vientiane, Defence Ministry spokesman Gen. Thongphanh said today He said they carried explosives and fuses, and on«* of the six confessed to being sent into the capital for sabotage. Laotian authorities have Increased
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    Lock icon Tibetan Air Hostess To Marry Diplomat
    404 2 The only Tibetan-born stewardess in the world will soon give up her glamorous profession by November. For by then pretty Miss Deeju Dijing Cooper expects to become a housewife. Miss Cooper here on a two weeks tour of South-east Asia to help sell the
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    Lock icon APPEAL TO AID DEAF
    151 2 THE Singipon Association for the Deaf needs $300,000 to meet the costs of construction and equipment for the new Vocational training school. The Appeals Committee of The Singapore Association for the Deaf, has appealed to the public for generous donations The new Vocational training school la
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    68 2 Three masked men. all armed with daggers. t«eld un a poultry dealer and his wile at their home at Jalan Kayu and escaped with $2OO on Thursday night. The victims, chua Lu May. 70. and his wife were in the hall at that lime when the robbers rushed in
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    Lock icon Oil Workers To Donate
    66 2 The United Workers of Petroleum Industry will contribute $250,000 tor the NTUC Insurance Commonwealth Enterprise :.td. "H»is sum was approved in the Extra-Ordinary General Council Conference held in the Trade Union House this Saturday At the Conference, the President. Abdul Azii Karim urged the telegMes to
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    Lock icon 9 Months For Gambling And Attempted Bribery
    377 2 A MAN who assisted in illegal four digits gambling was yesterday jailed for nine months after he was convicted of trying to bribe a Police Inspector with $lOO. Chua Chin Yu alias Wong Toon Pook denied that h e tried to bribe Inspector
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    Lock icon SCHOOL PRAISED
    105 2 THE Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Communications, Mr. Phua Bah Lee, yesterday praised the Changkat Changi Primary School for organising various activities to serve the community. Speaking at the fifth anniversary celebration of the school, Mr. Phua said in the past the school had always responded magnificently
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    Lock icon APPEALS BOARD URGED
    136 2 THE United National Front yesterday criticised the government for not setting up a "genuine" independent board to hear appeals for deferrment of National Service on the grounds of hardship. The LTNF's Chairman, Mr. Lim Ah Ko«r said he could prove that there is no such board of
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    Lock icon Outram School Opened
    153 2 Newly elected Member of Parliament for Havelock. Mr. Hon Sul Sen. yesterday declared open the Out ram Secondary School. Mr. Hon said that fast changing economy was essential for Singapore to meet Its continued rapid development. He encouraged the student* to increase their potential contribution in the
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    Lock icon Found Guilty
    75 2 Two men, Sim Ann Siong, 23. and Tan Buck Hoe, 18. were charged m the Fourth District Court with breaking into the Karfemeyer Industries <S> Sdn.. Bhe. and stealing several articles valued at $2 655.50 ctt Tan. who had one previous conviction, was sentenced to three years jail
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    Lock icon Watch Thief Gets 5 Years
    181 2 YEO Teck Khoon, i 3, was yesterday sentenced to five years jail by the Fourth District Court Judge, Mr. Dalip Singh, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of housebreaking and theft of 227 watches valued at $31,482. In relating the facts, Sr. Insp. Amaladass
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    Lock icon Tugs Tow Stricken 'Malaysia'
    242 2 HAGGED looking passengers of London registered "Malaysia" arrived here safe and sound after being stranded in the Indonesian waters for six days. The 8.000-ton vessel had on Ma v 12 run Into mudbank In Indonesian waters. Captain of the Malaysia. Captain who was on his first
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    Lock icon Toto Jackpot Remains Same
    85 2 THE jackpot prize for this Sunday's Toto draw remains at $125,000. Only one participant won the second group prize of 4 correct numbers plus the additional number combination winning $20,000. This is the second time in this month that the $20,000 group prize had been won.
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    Lock icon President Lauds Photo Exhibition
    200 2 President Yusof bin Ishak hoped that this year's 21st Photography Exhibition organised by the Photographic Society of Singapore "will arouse greater interest and inspire our young aspirants to greater heights in the future." He was speaking at the 21st Singapore International Salon of Photography held at
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    Lock icon Artists Exchange Seen Helpful
    292 2 SINGAPORE hat been urged to set up a cultural exchange association for artists so that local artists could go abroad to gather more knowledge. Mr. L&xman Pal. 46. a leading artist from India feels that with the setting up of such an association, local artists could
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    Lock icon Stamp Issue To Mark P.A. Tenth Anniversary
    226 2 The People's Association will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with a Commemorative Stamp Issue on July 1. A set of three commemorative stamps in denominations of 15 cents, 50 cents and 75 cents will be issued at all post offices. A special postmark will
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    Lock icon Collective Bargaining
    83 2 Mr. M. Swerilo*-. tho Regional Advisor ot the International Labour Organisation, is conducting a twoweek comprehensive tourse in collective bargaining at the National Proiuctivity Centre. The course scheduled on the Bth June-19th June is designed for top and middle management in collect!*bargaining techniques In addition. <her e will
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    Lock icon Penang Cholera
    68 2 PENANG. Fri. The World Health Organisation will send an emergency supply of 30C.000 cc. of anti-cholera vaccine to helo control the outbreak of the disease in Penar.g. This was disclosed todiy by the Acting Dilector of Health, who attended this morning's meeting of the State Epidemic Control Committee
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    Lock icon TOP HANOI EXPERT DEFECTS TO SAIGON
    413 3 SAIGON, Fri. (UPI 1 Vietnamese officials believe that operations across the Cambodian border may have produced the highest-ranking defector of the war. He is a communist financial expert based in Phnom Penh. He was studying ways to undermine South Vietnam's economy. According to allied
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    Lock icon The Other Deadly Aspect Of Pollution
    149 3 TOKYO. Fri (Reuter) People living near a busy road inter-section in suburban Tokyo are suffering from lead-poisoning. It is caused by automobile exhaust eases, according to a medical survey released today. A team of doctors reported that blood and urine tests on 66 people
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    Lock icon UPROAR IN FILIPINO SENATE
    130 3 MANILA. Fri. <UPI> A group of 15 demonstrators broke into the senate session hall yesterday upturned chairs and caused those in the gallery to scamper while the Commission on Appointments deliberated. \rmed police and units ©I the Paramilitary Metrocom Police, arrested the demonstrators. The arrest followed
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    Lock icon Malaysia Welcomes Australian Troops
    149 3 CANBERRA, Fri. (Reuter) Australian External Affairs Minister William McMahon denied a report by a former Australian diplomat that Australian troops are "unwelcome" in Malaysia. McMahon told Federal Parliament last night that Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Razak had assured him recently that Australian troops were welcome
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    Lock icon 23 DIE IN EXPLOSIONS
    76 3 RAWALPINDI. Fri. (UPI) —Nine more bodies were dug out yesterday from a debris left bv a series of explosions that ripped through an ammunition dumD on Wednesday. The blasts touched ofl fires which levelled three neighbouring villages Authorities said the discovery brought r o °3. the
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    Lock icon China Claims 'Longest Canal'
    213 3 TOKYO, Fri. (UPI) Communist China claimed today to have dug a canal longer and wider than either Panama or Suez. The New China News Agency (NCNA) monitored In Tokyo announced the canal was designed to guard 2.4 million acres of farmland from recurring floods. Located mostly
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    Lock icon Thoroughly Prepared
    67 3 IBUSUKI. Japan. Fri. (Reuter) A 73-year-old grandfather said here today he will try to cross the Pacific in a small wooden fishing boat next month Shoichiro Matsushita is a fish-monger in this south-western Japanese town. He said he had already held a funeral service for himself and made
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    Lock icon UN Appeal
    36 3 NEW YORK. Fri. (Reuter) Foreign Ministers of 11 Asian nations who met in Jakarta recently appealed to all United Nations members yesterday. They hoped to *et an international meeting on the Cambodian -risis started
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    Lock icon Police Chief Resigns After Hitting Priest
    243 3 MANILA, Fri. (Reuter) The Philippines Nationo! Police Chief, accused of striking a Jesuit priest with a krate blow, will resign. The chief of the Philippine Constab u I a r y, Brig -Gen Eduardo Garcia, announced his intenafter a meeting yesterday with the Jesuit
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    Lock icon RAIN BREAKS HEAT SPELL
    97 3 NEW DELHI. Fri. (UPI) Rare pre-monsoon showers driven by gale-force winds yesterday and early today finally broke a severe heat wave. It had scorched North and Central India for more than two weeks. The showers fell through rolling duststorms. sending temperatures down bv more than 20
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    Lock icon Brandt And Stoph Summit Fails
    434 4 T>ONN, Fri. (Reuter) —The futurt of tenuous political contacts between East and West Germany was in the balance today following the fruitless second summit conference at Kassel between Prime Minister Willi Stoph and Chancellor Willy Brandt. Both sides refused to call the five hours of
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    Lock icon £550 Million For Britain Surplus
    303 4 PARIS, Fri. (Reuter)' —'British Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) Roy Jenkins today announced a balance of payments surplus of £550 million in the last financial year as ministers from leading western nations discussed their economic situation at a meeting here. Mr. Jenkins told the
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    Lock icon The Name Has Changed But The Game Is Same...
    593 4  -  Ann Landers DEAR ANN LANDERS: Congratulations on the good advice you gave the woman whose husband had introduced his family to nudism. You said, "O.K. in those countries where nudity is part of the culture. Nix on the idea here.*' Our
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    Lock icon Strikers Fight Police
    71 4 ROME, Fri. (Reuter) Fighting broke out nutside the Italian Chamber of Deputies here yesterday when .trikinff state employees blocked deputies' cars as the v tried to leave the building The demonstrators, who comprised about I,ooft uniformed firemen, postmen, and other state employees, took to violence after police
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    Lock icon UK Police Say No To Hanging
    67 4 LLANDUDNO. Wales. Fri (Renter) Britain's M.OOOstrong police federation yesterday rejected a call for the death penalty for murder la a surprising move at their annual conference here. Since the killing of two policemen earlier this year public pressure has mounted for greater protection for
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    Lock icon Pope's Visitor
    23 4 VATICAN CITY. Fri (Reuter) Pope Paul yesterday received in private audience Monsignor Lawrence Trevor Picachy, Archbishop of Calcutta, the Vatican announced.
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    Lock icon Meet On Asian Development
    105 4 JAKARTA. Fri (UPI) About 130 delegates from 10 developing nations of South-East &sia and from Japan gather in Jogjakarta, in Central Java, this weekend. They will discuss some 6f the steps to be taken on the region's long road towards development. On the agenda of the
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    Lock icon RALLY ON TOKYO MART
    50 4 TOKYO. Fri. (UPI) The Tokyo Stock Market staged a rally In the early hours of trading Thursday, but a retreat set In during the late afternoon. The Dow-Jones index for thft market's first section ended the dav 1982.33 yen. a decline of 1-45 yen from Wednesday.
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    Lock icon Peso Improves
    33 4 MANILA. Fri. fUPP The Philippine peso continued Its slight improvement today, finishing 6 1«5 pesos compared to 6166 Thursday against US $l. Transaction on the interbank currency market totalled us $lOO,OOO.
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    Lock icon Bazooka Kills 8 Israelis
    136 4 TIBERIAS/ Israel, Fri. (Reuter) Five children and thro* adults were killed today when a school bus was hit by basooka and small arms fir* near the Lebanesa border, e military spokesman said hare. The bus was ambushed by Arab guerillas shortly after 8 am as it
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    Lock icon Flood-hit Rumania Receives Aid
    214 4 VIENNA, Fri. (UPI) International aid, most of it from the W«t, poured into flood-ravaged Rumania yesterday and the battered nation prepared for the Danube rivers attack on its leading industrial centre. The death toll rose hourly. Officially, it stood at 114. with 73 dead in one
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    Lock icon More Troops For N. Ireland
    67 4 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Britain has decided to reinforce its 7.000 troops in troubled Northern Ireland with tough marine commandos and to crack down harder on rioters. The Defence Ministry here announced last night that ."as a matter of prudence" 45 Commando of the Royal Mannes
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    Lock icon INDIANS, PAKISTANIS SUFFER MOST FROM JOB DISCRIMINATION
    232 4 LONDON, Fri. (UPI) Indians and Pakistanis suffer most from job discrimination in Britain, "Race," the journal of the Institute of Race Relations said today. The journal said the institute conducted a survey In which 258 mock applicants applied for 128 advertised Jobs. For
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    Lock icon AMNESTY FOR 1,000 PEOPLE
    55 4 ROME. Fri. (Reuter) The Italian Parliament yesterday passed an Amnesty Bill which will end legal proceedings against an estimated one million people. The Bill was passed bv the Chamber of Deputies (Lower House > on Wednesday and by the Senate (Upper House* yesterday. It is Italy's
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    Lock icon Gold Prices Steady
    72 4 NEW YORK. FRT. (UPI) OOIH prices were ateady to slightly easier In featureless trading on markets in the U.S. and abroad yesterday. London gold was unchanged at the morning fixing and slipped 2 1 2 rents at the second fixing to $35 9250 per ounce. Frankfurt gold
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    Lock icon EBAN MEETS NIXON
    156 4 WASHINGTON. Fri. (Reuter) Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban meets President Nixon today In a last-ditch effort to persuade him to provide Israel with more Phantom Jet fighters to counter Soviet military support of Arab states. The meeting with Mr. N'.xon In the White House comes amid report*
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      85 4 AMY pCt 1 By Jack Tippit "So, WHO wants to be skinny, ANYWAY?" DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and Aiden McWiiams T WHAT OiO VOU KPtCT. MISTER RAVEN?... CUOTATIONS FROM AN ALLty WALL, MAYBE* IT PAINS ME TO ADMIT IT, ADA, BUT... yOU'RE PISHT/ROBIN HAS A WAV WITH WORDS.' m
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    Lock icon IT ISN'T CRICKET
    615 6 TT does not matter whether the South Africans tour England or not but the whole thing Just lsA't cricket. Nobody has played it according to the rules of the august game. We do not know who are the members of the Cricket Council but we are sure
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    Lock icon PULLING APART
    323 6 thread that binds Saigon and Washington A together Is the anti-Communist stand. Barring this, there have been, there are and there will be differences between these two nations on major issues. A case in point is Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky s blunt statement that "it is naive
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    Lock icon The Co-op Counts Its Chickens
    751 6  -  By John Scott IOANNINA, N.W. Greece: A steadily growing number of reek villagers have learnt the apparently simple principle of the co-operative: Divided we starve united w# stand to get rich. Until recently they could barely feed their own familes: today they control a still
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    Lock icon Chinese Rivalry For Russia In Middle East
    818 6  -  Bv Mounir Abboud BEIRUT: The West fears growing Soviet influence in the Middle East. Bat the Russians themselves are anxious about rival communist pressures from Chin*. The first weapons lor the Palestinian! cam e from Peking and Arab liberation leaders have been given
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    Lock icon Developing The Malays
    387 6  -  4*4 MOHD YUNI BIN AWI Singapore I am Inclined to agree with the Central Council of .Malay Cultural Organisations statement (E.S. 15.5.70) that Malays in Singapore were not prepared to be termed as a privileged society. On page 87 of the book entitled "Lee Kuan Yew" It
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    Lock icon THE SCIENCE OF BODY COUNTS
    556 6  -  by ART BUCHWALD WASHINGTON One of the things that constantly impresses people in Washington is the accuracy of the body counts in Indochina. No part of the war has been handled with as much scientific accuracy as enemy body counting, and we know to tne
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    Lock icon India And The National Liberation Front
    716 6  -  Br DP. Phan Queng Dan Minister of State SAIGON When I arrived in New Delhi late Jast year there was a report that the Government of India was considering upgrading its mission in Hanoi to ambassadorial rank and that a delegation of the National
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      Lock icon MARKET CLOSES ON A STEADY NOTE
      384 7 THE Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday closed on a steady tone with buyers returning to take advantage of recovering the prices which were lost during the past few days. Though several counters snatched back past losses, turnover was still below yesterday's of
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      879 7 T>'JSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms ot the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number ot shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS AJean $lBB (2) ?l.<jO (1); DIM $l5l (1) sl.oo (2) Borneo Berhad $1.67 (1)
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      Lock icon BATA MAN PROMOTED
      81 7 BENNY Low Yan Khin of Bata Co. has been promoted «s junio r district sale* promoter in-charge of District 515 West During his training period. he was selected to participate in the salesmanship training which he completed successfully Bennv was then sent to the Bata Premier Store,
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      Lock icon NEW SALES MANAGER
      71 7 HONG KONG. Fri. A new arrival from Canada to Hong Kong to take up the post of sales manager. Southeast Asia, for Canadian Pacific Air. Is Mr. R.M. Lemmon. Mr. Lemmon. who was born in Scotland. Joined the airline 11 years ago In Montreal. Mr. Lemmon held
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      Lock icon Study Tour For Sales Manager
      63 7 MR ROBERT KL. Yong, sales manager of Hume Industries (Malaya) Bhd. has left for a two month study tour of the parent company's factories in Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Yong will visit the company's several factories in Australia and New Zealand to observe their
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      747 7 8ID and offer prices officially listed yesterday th« close of business in th a trading i rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS B 8. It>1.4 cbl 2.04 Allan 1 .VI Allied Choc. a 04 3.20 "'it X Co 1 .">5 1.58
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 57 3/4 Cts.
      253 7 JUNE first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 57-3/4 cents per lb. unchanged. The tone of the market w«s inactive. The market fluctuated narrowly at levels slightly below those of last night's and there was no apparent trend,
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      Lock icon DOW JONES
      38 7 NEW YORK Frl. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 industrial* 665.25 20 transp 140.67 15 utilities 100.36 65 stocks 219.67 40 bonds 68.05 Commodity futures index 134.46 up 0.49.
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      Lock icon TIN STEADY
      29 7 LONDON. Frl. (UPI) Tin was steady yesterday with 550 tons, spot buyers 1542 sellers 1543 business 1540 1 543. 3-months buyers 1555 sellers 1556 business 1654 1557
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      17 7 ON the Strait tin market yesterday, business was done at s6Bos per picul down $4.75.
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      Lock icon Today's Ship In S'pore
      90 7 The Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthin# arrangements for today, May 23. DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 6/7 Jan Matejko 8/9 Vishva Siddhl 15/18 Pando Head 20 WEST Persk 21 EAST Everstrong IJ 21 WEST Selamat 44 Bernhard Bastlein 47 Norman Lykes 31/32 Centaur ARRIVALS
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      127 7 HONG KONG. FrL (CPI) Today's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.). (Buyers) (Sellers) per 100 Straits dollars 195 196 147 148 per 1.000 Taiwan dollar* 6.735 6745 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese gyats 460 480 per 1.000 Indian rupees
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      Lock icon Asia Pacific Marketing Congress Set For Manila
      188 7 MANILA, Fri. (UPI) Delegates from 11 countries including Italy, Finland and the United Kingdom will attend the 4th Asia Pacific Regional Marketing Congress set for Manila May 25-28, organisers said today. A spokesman said 400 to 500 delegates were expected to register for
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      Lock icon GLOOMY U.K. MARKET DEEPENS
      161 7 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) 8hock waves from Wall Street's slump deepened the gloom on the stock market yesterday where prices hovered near three-year lows. Rumours that Rothschilds Bank had agreed to help the Investors Overseas Services (IOS) group prompted a sharp mid-afternoon rally but a swift denial
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      Lock icon London Rubber Nominal
      57 7 LONDON. Frl. (UPI) Rubber market yesterday closed mainly nominal with spot 20-3/16. 20-7/16. Settlement House June 20-3/8 20-9/16 July 20-5/8 20-13/16 Aug. and July flept 20-7/8 21-1/16 Oct/Dec 21-1/4 21-7/16 Jan/Mar 21-3/8 21-9/16 Apr/June 21-9 16 21-11/16 July Sept 21-5/8 21-3/4 Oct/Dec 21-11/16 21-13/16 Jan Mar 21-11/16
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      Lock icon 2nd Trip For Executive
      70 7 Mr. ALEX K. H CHEW, F banning engineer at Hume ndustries <FE.) I.td. leaves Singapore on Tuna 2 for his second overseas trip in six months. Mr. Chew, has been selected by the Singapore Engineering Alumni of the University of Malaya, under the sponsorship of the
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      Lock icon FIFTY dignitaries and travel agents from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok, were Honolulu visitors recently when they arrived in the islands aboard the Pan American Airways 747. The group was brought to the islands on a familiarisation tour. The gentlemen were guests at Makaha Inn and the Ilikai Hotel during their two-day visit. Shown above aboard the Ilikai Hotel's fishing craft are from left: Hiroshi Watanabe, passenger sales, Fuji Tours International; Tan Enf Guan, American Express International, Singapore; and Richard C.G. Chua, Mansfields Travel, Singapore.
      86 7 FIFTY dignitaries and travel agents from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok, were Honolulu visitors recently when they arrived in the islands aboard the Pan American Airways 747. The group was brought to the islands on a familiarisation tour. The gentlemen were guests at Makaha Inn and the Ilikai Hotel
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      Lock icon N.Y. MART CLOSES LOWER
      129 7 NEW YORK. Frl. (Reuter> The New York Stock Exchange once again succumbed to the general disillusionment rampant on Wall Street and closed substantially lower yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Index skidded another 11.30 points to 685.25, after plunging 14.85 on Wednesday. Yesterday's close was the Index's
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    628 8 Today, the Federal Republic of Germany is "21 years old." To the West Germans, it has been 21 years of reconstruction. That reconstruction has been termed an economic "miracle" by the world at large. From the shambles of war, the Federal Republic of Germany rose to become
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    51 8 The Federal Republic of German y supplied speedy assistance for tha homeless in the Turkish earthquake disaster area Gedix by making available this novel weatherproof plastic igloo. With a diameter of five metres and an interior height of three metres it affords room for eight to ten
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    612 9 NEW YORK: When the spring collections opened in Europe, observers noted that the use of pants seemed to be less a trend than a holdover. Not so in this country, where current fashion confusion is leading a lot of women to decide that pants are a
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    704 9 New York. "Will it surprise you," said Ralph Nelson, "it I tell you that Candy Ber> gen will win an Oscar tor her role in 'Soldier Blue?" Mr. Nelson has a close relationship with the Oscar. A year ago. Cliff
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      898 10  -  By Jimmy Lad Mannum miss gets the vote in Race One at Penang today. The seven-year-old Touber mare showed a return to form when she finished a strong fifth to Spy II on the second day. She has improved from that outing as shown
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      213 10 PENANG. Fri. Royal Brass, who ran unplaced last weekend, showed improved form when he did the fastest gallop over 3f in 37 1/5 this morning. The going was good. Lightning Girl (Mat Shaari) went well in a 3f gallop in 38 3/5 Tengah impressed over
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      267 10 MEXICO CITY, Fri. (Reuter) The Soviet Union's World Soccer Cup squad has been placed under a round-the-clock security watch and one of the guarding detectives said this was to keep away agents of the I nited States. A 22-man police squad have ringed the
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      226 10 JOHANNESBURG. Fri. "(Reuter) South African cricket officials are still hopeful that the Springbok tour of Britain will lake place despite a lastminute move by the British Government to have the tour called off. British Home Secretary James Callaghan's request to the Cricket Council yesterday for the
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      128 10 ST. Teresa's High School won the Girls "A" and "B" Basketball chamoionships in the 1970 Pasir Paniang District Inter-School Tournament which ended on Wednesday RESULTS: Girls "A": 1. St. Teresa's High School. 2- Hua "*i Secondarv School. 3. River Valley Govt. Chinese Middle School. 4.
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      285 10 ATLANTA. Georgia. Fri. (UPI) Homero Blancas, who won last week's Colonial National, and Tom Weiskopf shot 7-under-par 65s yesterday to share the first round lead in the U*****,000 Atlanta golf classic. Blancas had seven birdies and no bogeys over the dried-out Atlanta Country Club course
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      116 10 INTERNATIONAL boxing personality Mr. Kotai Kikuchi, executive secretary of the Japan Boxing Commission, left by air yesterday after a two-day visit here. "I am very much impressed with the clean liness an d greeness of your country," he said, "but I am disappointed that you
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      72 10 NEW YORK. Frl. (Reuter) Intrepid, the 12-metre yacht that thrasl-ed Australia's Dame Pattie in the 1967 America's Cup races, was re-launched yesterday for her second bid to defend the 119-yea--old trophy. The graceful sloop entered the waters of Long Island Sound at the New York boatyard where It
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      110 10 WEST ORANGE. New Jersey, Fri. (UPI) Ken Rosewall stayed alive in the US$2OO,OOO tennis champions classic last night by defeating John Newcombe 5-7 7-5, 6-1, 6-2. The first two sets were decided on th e tie-break-ing system. Rosewall relied on a tactical game, and Newcombe faded in
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      224 10 JIMMY LAD CISCO ZODIAC RACK U 1 MANNUM MISS 2 Fair Chance (10) Darmal (2) FAIR CHANCE 1 Mannum Miss 4 1 King's Row < 4 KING S ROW 2 Fair Chanco 7 I Sirwin <AC* tr. (5 SUNNY HEART t 7 Bodyguard 6 i Guarantee < 5> SUNNY
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      404 11 CITY, Fri. (Reuter) With just over a week before the World Cup kick-off most of the 1 6 teams participating have begun a crasy scuttle to barricade themselves into secret training sessions. England became the first aquad to hide out at the luxurious Raforma Club
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      339 11 SA Cricket Offici On 'Stop Springbok Tour' JOHANNESBURG, Fri. (Reuter) A top South African cricket official last night accused the British Government of political blackmail in trying to stop the Springbok tour of England. Mr. Arthur Coy, the senior member of the South African cricket board of
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      175 11 Baseball Results Standings NEW YORK. Kri. <UPI> Results of last night's major league baseball parries AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 6 Baltimore 4 Baltimore 3 Detroit 1 Cleveland 10 Boston 7 New York 2 Wasninetor ft NATIONAL LEAGUE Montreal 7 Pittsburgh ft Philadelphia 4 St Louis 3 Cincinnati 3 Houston ft Los
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      83 11 LONDON, Frl. (Reuter) Close of play scores In yesterday's cricket matches were AT BRISTOL: Gloucestershire 245. and secondly 91 for two. D. Green 50. Somerset 170 (78 overs). R Virgin 45. A Brown six for 48. AT THE OVAL: Nottinghamshire 281 and secondly 18 for two. Surrey 278
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