Eastern Sun, 8 June 1970

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    23 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY ■fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1363 Monday, 8 June 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Reds Overrun Airport At Angkor Wat
    590 1 pHNOM PENH, Sun. (UPI) Vietcong and North Vietnamese troops have overrun the airport at Siem Reap, last link with the famed Khmer ruins of Angkor Wat. Communist troops have occupied the Hotel de La Paix and the city is expected to fall "within a
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    Lock icon LON NOL TO VISIT SAIGON
    104 1 SAIGON' Sun. (Reuter) Cambodian Premier Lon Nol has accepted an invitation to visit South Vietnam extended to him by South Vietnamese VicePresident Nguyen Cao Ky. The news of the invitation and its acceptance was contained in a communique issued after Vice-Pre-sident Ky returned from a
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    Lock icon Japan Expels U.S. Pacifist
    193 1 YOKOHAMA, Sun. (UPI) Dr. Earle Reynolds, tt) American anthropologist and pacifist, today sailed ♦or the United States aboard His 30-ton yacht after being expelled from Japan. Reynolds who spent 10 years 0 f pacifist activity in JaDan. was ordered to leave for immigration law violations. Reynolds
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    Lock icon Jackie's Really In Love
    107 1 ATHENS. Sun. (Reuten A spokesman for Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis today denied reports in American newspapers that his wife, the former Jacqueline Kennedy, intended to seek a divorce. The spokesman said the couple were on Onassis' private island of Skorplofl. in the lonlan Sea. "They
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    Lock icon China Gives Cash, Arms To Sihanouk
    358 1 PARIS, Sun. (UPI) Communist China is advancing a loan to deposed Cambodian chief of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk to finance his exile government. China is also giving him arms and transport to overthrow the Phnom Penh rulers. Sihanouk said today. He did not disclose
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    Lock icon Quads—And Mrs. Mack Is A Mother Of 13
    115 1 BOSTON. Sun. (UPI) Quadruplets "nave been born to Mrs. Nezzie Mack. St. Margarets Hospital reported today. She already had nine children. The first baby, a boy named Andre weighed 3 lb. 8 oz. Alicia, a girl, was born a minute later and
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    Lock icon Exiled To A Ferry...
    139 1 CAGLIARI. Sardinia. Sun. (Reuter) Throdosis Dulerris. a 46-year-old Greek exile, today spent his 89th day on a Mediterranean ferryboat still with no immediate hope of setting foot on land. Since March 10. he has been an unwanted and unpaying passenger on the Campania Felix, plying be•ween
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    Lock icon E.M. FORSTER DIES AT 90
    72 1 LONDON, Sun. (UPI) Novelist E M. Forster has died, friends said today. He whs 90 Forster died at the home of friends where he had been recovering from a heart attack. When news of the Author's death reached King's College at Cambridge University, the college
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    Lock icon It's Kampuchia
    35 1 SAIGON, Sun. (UPD The world's atlas compilers got another terminology headache today. South Vietnam's Foreign Ministry announced that it will refer in all diplomatic notes and In diplomatic conversations 'o Cambodia as Kampuchia.
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    Lock icon Dublin Bomb Wrecks House
    132 1 DUBLIN. Sun. (Reuter)— An explosion todav wrecked the home of one of the four men arrested after a gunrunning scandal rocked the Irish Government. The blast was at the home of John Kelly, who is in Dublin's Mountjoy Prison waiting trial on a charge of conspiring
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    Lock icon SENANAYAKE RETIRES – AS PROMISED
    90 1 SENANAYAKE RETIRES AS PROMISED COLOMBO. Sun. <UPI)— Outgoing Prime Minister Dudley Senanavake today handed over leadership of his United National Partv to his deputy. He stepped down to keep an election campaign promise to retire from politics The 59-year-old leader whose conservative. proWest party was beaten decisively at the polls
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      181 1 10RCHS#K1S MESSAGES OF GOD FOR YOU! And God's messenger is Dr. Bob Jones, president of America's premier Christian University, Bible expositor and evangelist, Friday June 12. 8.15 p.m. Dr. Jones will introduce the showing of a Bob Jones University film, "Gateway to a Miracle" at Life Church, Gilstead Rd., 24
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    Lock icon Malaysia Pledges Support For Muslim Cause
    406 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaysia tonight pledged her "all out" support in the efforts being made by Saudi Arabia to bring about greater solidarity and unity among Muslim nations of the world. The pledge was made by the Timbalan Yang DiPertuan Agong a. a royal
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    Lock icon 'Speak Up To Preserve Wanted Values'
    248 2 The Ulu Pandan Citizens Consultative Committee last night held a dinner for former Member of Parliament, Mr. Lee Teck Him, and Dr. Chiang Hai Ding, the new MP for the constituency. In his speech, Dr. Chiang reminded the people to speak up and play
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    Lock icon MPs To Tour Canada
    84 2 Three MPs are leaving Singapore today on a parliamentary tour of Canada at the invitation of the Canadian Government. They are Enche Rahmat Kenap. the MP for Geylang Serai. Mr. Phua Bah Lee, parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Communications and MP for Tampines and Mr.
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    Lock icon Police Unit A 'Unique Service'
    136 2 The Special Constabulary is a unique organisation, Mr. Wee Toon Boon, the Minister of State for Defence said. Mr Wee was speaking at the passing out parade of the Fifth Intake of the Special Constabulary National Servicemen Saturday He said that the Special Constabulary have
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    Lock icon Rodriguez Wins GP In Belgium
    178 2 BRUSSELS. Sun. (UPD Pedro Rodriguez of Mexico driving a BRM. won the 1970 formula I Grand Prix of Belgium today. He covered the 245.441mile in one hour. 38 minutes. 9.9 seconds an average of 149.989 mph. His time bettered the last Grand Prix record held
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    Lock icon Limit On Seal Hunts
    127 2 ST. JOHN'S, New Foundland. Sun. (Reuter) The International Commission for the North-west Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF) has agreed to put a limit on the number of young seals slaughtered off Canada in the annual spring hunts. The commission statement was released after the last closed session of
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    Lock icon Schools Can Now Emphasise Quality Aspect
    304 2 The government can now fully concentrate on quality education no w that the "proliferation of schools has stopped" the Prime Minister said last night. Formerly, the spreading out of duties at the top often meant the breaking Up of principals and their dedicated team
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    Lock icon Presidential Poll Rumour Is False
    162 2 NEW YORK, Sun. (UPI) White House Counsellor Daniel Moynihan declared the rumour that President Nixon would "cancel" the 1972 Presidential Election has reached "epidemic proportions'' on college campuses. Before his commencement address at Fordham University the occasion was preceded bv the walkout of SO of
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    Lock icon Weekend Road Fatalities
    96 2 Two people were killed In road accidents In Singapore on Saturday In the first accident a man. Lee Ah Kow. 28. died on arrival at the General Hospital after the car he was driving collided with another car at Ponggol Road Sa'urday night. Three passengers In Lee's
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    Lock icon PAPER BOY TO HOTEL GENERAL MANAGER
    213 2 From newspaper delivery boy to general manager of one of Singapore's newest luxury hotels that's the success story of William Ellis. Mr. Ellis was born of a poor family in Minneapolis and had to divide much of his time in his boyhood between books,
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    Lock icon Air Chief In Indonesia
    88 2 JAKARTA, Sun. (Reuter) Malaysian Air Force Chief of Staff Air Commodore Dato Sulaiman bin Sujak is due here tomorrow for a one week visit as guest of the Indonesian Air Force Commodore Sulaiman will have talks with Indonesian Air Force Chief of Staff Vice Marsnal Wuwoto
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    Lock icon Youth Leadership Camp
    111 2 A Youth Leadership Training Camp for boys and girls between the ages of 15 and 19. will be held from Aug. 10 to 15, at the Pasir Ris Youth Camp. The Youth Leadership training organised by the YWCA of Singapore, will include Sea Activities. Land Expedition, Survival
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    Lock icon JUNGLE WEAR BOUTIQUE Mini, are out – mosquito nets are 'in'. Insect repellent will replace perfume, and belts and water bottles will replace the handbag. The girl volunteers sorting through their new 'wardrobes' outside 4 Company 'Boutique', their Company Store, find much to amuse themselves. Ten girls were guerrilla "enemies" in the recent warm-up for the current five-nation Bersatu Padu war games.
    64 2 JUNGLE WEAR BOUTIQUE Mini, are out mosquito n ets are 'in'. Insect repellent will replace perfume, and belts and water bottles will replace the handbag. The girl volunteers sorting through their new 'wardrobes' outside 4 Company 'Boutique', their Company Store, find much to amuse themselves. Ten girls were guerri lla
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    Lock icon Nixon's Fact-Finding Team In Indochina To See For Themselves
    351 3 KOMPONG TRACH, Cambodia, Sun. (UPI) Thirteen members of President Nixon's fact-finding task force received military briefings and watched Vietnamisation in progress. They had a day-long tour of South Vietnam's Mekong Delta and the Cambodian border. The group was sent to Indochina
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    Lock icon 4 Suspects Of New Smuggling Ring Held
    223 3 SEOUL, Sun. (UPI) Authorities today investigated four suspected members of a gold smuggling ring. It has illegally brought gold bars into the country from Hong Kong. All the four men are Koreans living in Seoul. They were arrested yesterday by a government anti-smuggling
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    Lock icon Pakistani Mine Blast Kills 34
    143 3 RAWALPINDI, Sun. (UPI) An explosion today ripped through a coal mine, killing at least 34 persons. They included some rescue workers and mining engineers who went below ground to investigate an apparent fire in a storeroom. An official spokesman added 31 miners were killed instantly
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    Lock icon The Chinese 'Medicinal Cigarette'
    110 3 HONG KONG. Sun (UPI)—A group of Hong Kong chemists and Chinese herbalists was reported loda v to have developed a new cigarette filter which reduces nicotine intake to two per cent. The "Fai Po" newspaper said an American tohacco company has offered SS3 million to buy
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    Lock icon POLICE READY FOR UNREST: Red Chief Arrested For JAL Hijack
    292 3 TOKYO, Sun. (UPI) Police arrested today a leader of Japan's radical leftist "Red Army" faction of Zengakuren in connection with the hijacking of a Japan Air Lines jetliner. Htroyuki Takahara. 26. had been on the police wanted list since nine
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    Lock icon 'Critical Situation' Near Frontier Areas: THAI TROOPS MOVE TO FIGHT LAOTIAN AND HANOI RAIDS
    484 3 TOANGKOK, Sun. (Reuter) Several Thai army battalions and police units have been deployed along the Thai-Cambodian border. This followed reports that communist forces have moved towards the frontier. Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant-Ge-neral Prakarn Chantnilphan announced on
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    Lock icon Firebombs At Woolworths
    60 3 NEW YORK. Sun (Reuter) Nine Are bombs exploded at four-minute lntervala In Woolworth's Department Store in Times Square last night causing damaee estimated at up to *****.000. Fire official* said the bombs were planted In racks of clothes on the first and second floor of the building.
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    Lock icon HIJACKER CHARGED WITH 3 OFFENCES
    355 4 COPENHAGEN, Sun. (UPI) Pole who hijacked, a Polish airliner carrying 23 passengers to Denmark on Friday, has been charged with threatening assault, detention of the plane and depriving passengers of their liberty. Police said he also may be charged with violation of immigration laws. Josef
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    Lock icon Brandt Holds Treaty Meeting
    177 4 BONN. Sun (Reuter) Chancellor Willy Brandt's Cabinet held a special session today to set guidelines for West Germany's coming negotiations with the Soviet Union on a nonaggression treaty Before the Cabinet meeting the firs: of a series of top-level discussions on the treaty—-the Chancellor briefed the
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    Lock icon The Only Way To Settle In-law Trouble
    641 4  -  Ann Landers HEAR ANN: My birth day was Easter Sunday. It was also the anniversary of the day Jerry and I met. For the last three years Jerry and I have celebrated this date as a verv important one in our lives. For
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    Lock icon Who's The Mail For Mod Princess Anne?
    404 4 LONDON, Sun. (UPI) She's one of the world's most eligible single girls but she can't cook or sew and dislikes housekeeping. No matter. Britain's "mod" Princess Anne. 19. has plenty of boyfriends. But when she marries and all who know her say she'll
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    Lock icon Heath Plans New Election Strategy
    475 4 POLLS PUT T.AROTTR IN FRONT T ONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Confronted by a Labour lead in oil the polls, Conservative leader Edward Heath today met with hit top aides to rethink tactics for the June 18 general election. In polls todoy, Gollup in the Sunday telegroph
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    Lock icon Ex-UK Agent Is New Israeli Tank Commander
    58 4 TEL AVIV. Sun <Feuter> A former British aaent. who was parachuted behind German line* in Italy during World War II will command Israeli armoured units along the Suez Canal. He Is Major-General Dan Lanner. 47. who will take over duties as omcer commanding
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    Lock icon 2,000-Year-Old Relics Stolen
    72 4 LONDON. Sun. (UPl> Thieves have broken into the museum at a Roman site at Coritopitusm and stole an undisclosed amount of relics, some nearlv 2.000 years old. Officials said It was impossible to estimate the '-alue of the missing items which included a bronze perfume bottle in
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    Lock icon It was a time for legs and eres when local models paraded at a makeup and beauty demonstration at the Supper Club at the weekend. It was a time for legs
    59 4 Here, model Audrey shows how It's done in a multi-coloured checked Chinese silk mini dress. The makeup and beauty
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    Lock icon It's A Plot Says Wilson
    70 4 LONDON. 6urt. (UPI) Prime Minister Harold Wilson yesterday accused the Conservatives of a "carefully Organised plot' to throw eggs at him But Labour Party general secretary Harrv Nicholas told Labour candidates not to compete with the Conservatives in egg-thron-ing Conservative Partv leader Edward Heath said.
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    Lock icon Soyuz-9 Sets Flight Record
    226 4 MOSCOW, Sun. (Reuter) Two cosmonauts today hurled on around the earth on what appeared to he a new marathon space flight after breaking the Soviet space endurance record last night. Veteran Spaceman Andnan Nikolayev and hig flight engineer Vitah Sevastyanov listened for the latest World Cuper
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    Lock icon Gunman Leaves His Barricade
    148 4 PARIS. Sun (Reuter) A former pollreman uho kept police At bay with rifle from his barricaded luhurhan house left hi* refuse last nitht to visit his aged parents Police said Jean Deca-rp locked himself and his thr*e children in the house yesterday after shooting at passersbv
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    Lock icon $840,000 Painting Is Stolen
    126 4 LONDON, Sun. (Feuter) Three men-one posmj as a policeman and the others as burglar alarm engineers eained access to a north London home yesterday and stole a Gaugin painting worth *****.000 They also made off with a painting by the modern French artist Pierre nard worth
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    Lock icon HEW SECRETARY FINCH RESIGNS FROM CABINET
    219 5 WASHINGTON, Sun. (Reuter) Robert Finch, whose liberalism brought him into sharp conflict with U.S administration conservatives, resigned from the cabinet yesterday. i He joined President Nixon's personal staff in the White House Finch. 44-year-old Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, stepped down to become
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    Lock icon BOY, 7. ON MURDER CHARGE
    129 5 LOS ANGELES Sun (UPI) A seven-year-old boy was booked on suspicion of murder yesterday. He allegedly stabbed his one-year-old niece to death with a large butcher knife at her home in the Watts District Police announced Cecil Brasko was booked into Juvenile Hall in connection
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    Lock icon TALKS ON NUCLEAR STRATEGY
    156 5 BRUSSELS. Sun. (Reuter) Defence Ministers from eight NATO nations meet in Venice on Monday to discuss the second stage of their nuclear response to any Soviet attack on western Europe The ministers, who form the Atlantic alliances nuclear planning group, have already agreed on the political
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    Lock icon Indira Home
    26 5 NEW DELHI Sun. (Reuter) India's Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi returned here last night after a five-day official visit to the Island of Mauritius.
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    Lock icon Now A Computerised Kidney Transplant
    310 5 BALTIMORE, Sun. (Reuter) A 10-year-old Maryland girl has lust had a successful ;idney transplant operation with the assistance of a computer. When It became clear that the new kidney needed by Lynn Harrington could not be transplanted from a member of her family, vital medical
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    Lock icon Curfew In Quake-Struck Area: MASS RESCUE OPERATIONS IN N. PERU
    330 5 T IMA, Peru, Sun. (Reuter) A massive force of aircraft, ships and lorries today headed for earthquake-devastated North Peru. One American relief worker there likened it to Hiroshima "after the Atomic Bomb". Nearly a million homeless and wounded, including 100,000
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    Lock icon Jumbo Plane's Colourful Debut
    261 5 CHARLESTON. South Carolina. Sun ICPII The first C o Galaxy Aircraft was delivered to the Air Force with a bang. The plane, largest in the world, arrived from Mariett, Georgia, where it was built A number 01 Air Force Officials and Rep. Mendel Rivers. (liemocratSouth Carolina).
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    Lock icon Extortioner Held
    72 5 NEW YORK. Sun. (Reutert Police announced they arrested a 2"->'*ar-old unemployed technician He made telephone threats to blow tip Pan-American and British Overseas Airways corporation <BOAC) airliners unless he was t>aid 551.456.000. An airline official, carrying a suitcase filled with telephone books, met the man. Cov Stanko. by
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    Lock icon Emergency At 40 Fathoms
    90 5 HONOLULU. Bun. <UPI) Six divers worked yesterday to fix a broken valve. It prevented them from returnlne from the ocean floor In an undersea laboratory In which they had been living for six days. After more than 40 fathoms deep and a day overdue, the six
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    Lock icon INDIAN REDS ON WARPATH
    935 6 f AST week's announcement by the Naxalite Communists of India that they have formed the nucleus of a "People s Liberation Army" came as a surprise to none. The Naxalites are proPeking Communists who call themselves officially the Marxist-Leninist Communist Tarty and they derive their nickname
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    Lock icon British Polls: It's Difficult To Predict Results
    1097 6  -  By Derek Ingram (GEMINI) L O N D 0 N: Already the British elector is feeling a little d>zzy. Wilson Marplan Heath Gallup Wilson Harris Heath ORC (Opinion Research Centre) Wilson NOP (National Opinion Polls Heath. The polls eoge one way, then the
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    Lock icon SELF-DISCIPLINE
    477 6 LETTER... YOUR editorial on the above heading stated that ever since S pore leaders set their sights on a rugeed society there has been improvement in the psychological attitudes towards life. True discipline has been imposed and enforced but It has been one sided. Girls are still allowed to
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    Lock icon JAPAN IS EXPORTING 'MIDGET HOUSES'
    392 6  -  By S.A. Wickrema-singhe GEMINI TOKYO; Japan could be the first nation in mankind's history to have more houses than its population needs. Leading Japanese industries including transistor parts firms, electronics and locomotive manufacturers are eagerly invading the housing industry, specially the prefabricated house industry, which
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    Lock icon How Mrs. Bandaranaike Built Her Huge Victory
    970 6  -  By Gamini Seneviratne (GEMINI) "What will you use for money for all this?" a heckler asked Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike during her electioneering campaign before the general election in Ceylon. "Well," she replied gravely. "the Sinhala Mahajana Pajcshaya (Sinhalese Peoples Party, SMPt will give
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      Lock icon OFFICE BLOCK IN A DRESS OF STEEL .... The outer facade of this new bank building in Essen in the Federal Republic of Germany looks like an overdimensional wall made up of hundreds of television screens. This is an example for the modern application of stainless steel which is becoming increasingly popular in modern architecture. The whole building is encased in steel instead of a mortar finish, tiles or some other finish.
      71 7 OFFICE BLOCK IN A DRESS OF STEEL The outer facade of this new bank building in Essen in the Federal Republic of Germany looks like an overdimensional wall made up of hundreds of television screens. This is an example for the modern application of stainless steel which is becoming increasingly
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      Lock icon Biggest Alumina Plant
      199 7 MELBOURNE. An alumina plant at Gladstone. Queensland. Australia, already scheduled to be the world's biggest in 1971. is to start yet another giant expansion programme. In early 1971 It will have an output of 1.300.000 metric tons per annum. By mid-1972 output will leap to a startling
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      Lock icon London Market Mainly Steady
      401 7 LONDON. Sun. (VPI) Electioneering and Derbv day combined last week to give the stock market one of its quietest periods for years but prices held firm until a late tumble Friday. Wall Street's recovery pulled values higher at the start of the week but the pace
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      453 7 ARRIVAL* i-45• m. MSA 125 Koala Lompar 7 (H) a m MSA si<o olomba. Kuala Lumpur 7-30 am M*% 1-13 Kuala Lumpur t :<u a m M~ 452 Kuala Lumpur. Llo. r >am M-A 454 Penang. Koala Lumpur II 50 am MS.% £O3 Jakarta 1-30 Pm- MsA 451
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      Lock icon Philippines Economy Improves
      197 7 MANILA. Sun. (LPI) President Ferdinand E. Marcos said yesterday the Philippine economy has made significant advances in the past six months including an increase in its foreign exchange reserves. Marcos told a news conference the Philippines' credit standing haa also improved as evidenced by an US$lB million
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      Lock icon World News Unsettles Wall Street
      331 7 NEW YORK. Sun. (LPI) Some unsettling internaUonal news threw a scare into Wall Street Friday, Just enough to tip most market averages into the minus column for the week. Profit taking was apparent throughout most of the flve-day period. Dut many analysts viewed It as
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      Lock icon Fishing Pact
      60 7 TOKYO. Sun. (UPI) A n;ne-member delegation of the Japan-China fishery council leit Tokyo for Peking Saturday lc negotiate with the Chinese on extension of the Japan-China fishery agreement. The current accord Is to expire June 22 The mission, led by Jlsaku Eguchl Managing Director of Nlchlro Fisheries Co..
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      Lock icon Australian Oil Rigs Base For Ocean Study
      608 7 MELBOURNE, Five off-shore oil rigs in the treacherous Bass Strait, between Australia and the southern island State of Tasmania, are being put to a new use oceanography. An intensive study has begun on the mysteries of the currents of the strait. Long regarded
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      Lock icon Interim Dividend
      93 7 THE Standard and Chartered Banking Group Ltd have announced that thev will pav an interim dividend. The announcement stated: "The Directors of the Standard and Chartered Banking Group Ltd. have resolved to pav on July 31, 1970 to shareholders on the Register of Members on June 26, 1970.
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      Lock icon Largest Ever Steam Turbine
      99 7 TOKYO. Sun. (UPI) Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., (Toshiba) has built a 500,000 KW steam turbine and a 625,000 KVA turbine-gen-erator, each largest ever made in Japan, it was announced Saturday. They are to be installed at the Atsumi power station, a facility of central Japan's Chubu
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      Lock icon SLUMP IN U.S. NOT SEVERE
      322 7 WASHINGTON, Sun. (CPI) Wholesale prices in the United States increased 0.2 per cent in May, acoording to the US. Labour Department, indicating a continuing- rise in retail prices is ahead. The announcement by the departments Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) followed an earlier report Friday
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      Lock icon Rice Import
      51 7 ISLAMABAD, Sun. (Reuter) Pakistan will import 100,000 tons of rice from China under an agreement signed here yesterday. Shipment of the rice, which will be in exchange for Pakistani commodities, including manufactured goois, will begin in the third quarter of this year. The rice will be delivered •r>
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      389 7 FAR EAST FINANCE ORGANIZATION LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE) BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st DECEMBER, 1969 1968 SHARE CAPITAL Authorised: 10.000,000 10,000.000 Shares of $lOO each Issued; 1.000.105 1.000,105 Shares o I $l.OO each fully paid 15.000 RESERVE FUND 4.608 PROFIT AND LOSS APPROPRIATION' ACCOUNT 1,019,713 Shareholders' Fund
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    420 8 Dr. Toll Arrives THE Minister for Science and Technology and ViceChancellor of the University of Singapore, Dr. Toh Chin Chye (right), is seen here arriving for the convocation at the National Theatre, Saturday. Picture above shows a section of the graduands waiting to receive their degrees. Bazaar
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      Lock icon 'He Laughs Best Who Laughs Last'
      986 9 THE weather was cool and silence filled the night. Sitting under the tree with his shadow half hidden by th« brush was Fook Seng, seemingly readmg a newspaper. After reading the newspaper about a mother's love, he began to recall the incident that took
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      504 9 "FRIENDSHIP, like the immortality of the soul, is too pood to be believed" R.W. Emerson. Friendship is a very delicate and rare thing Money can buy you anything you desire, but it has no power to give you one thing friendship. Friendship can never be bought. It can only
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      604 9 TEENAGE it the period of apprenticeship to adulthood, and it is no exaggeration to say that this apprenticeship is not an easy one. On the contrary, it is a period when youths are confronted with many undesirable problems, confusion, uncertainty and insecurity. This difficult period has been
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      302 9 WHAT is co-education? It means education where members of both sexes study together. In Singapore, most schools are co-education-al. Only schools established earlier in the century are not so Schools built during the past ten years are all coeducational. Co-education is good in some ways and bad In some
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      384 9 NO one need stress on the value of games. It is a universal truth. Nowadays people all Over the world know the value of games. Thus we can see citizens of a I countries in the world busily occupied with games of their own choice in
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      234 9 Essay writing: Rules to observe All entrant* arm requested to observe the following rule*: 1. Each entrant must fill in his/her oirn writing the entry form appended helou in block letters. 2. No entry trill be considered without the entry form properly filled up. 3. The entrant must attach his/her
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      116 9 DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and Alden McWilliams f I OIDNT WANT TO CHASE PERRY MONROE AWAY, SIS... WHAT LITTLE I SAW... I UKED/ C»rwHHE...r THROW IT AT THE WALL DON'T CATCH HEY, tODIE ...WANTA FOP THE BROTHER WARM UP BEFORE )OF A COP-LOVER PRACTICE STARTS?/ WENDY RAVEN,VTXJ WERE >.
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      22 9 AMY By Jack Tippit 'Willi I K w. t. "I call fhat one VIRUS.. .1 painted if when I had the flu."
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      Lock icon Man Of Honour Triumphs in Derby
      998 10 By Our Racing Correspondent TPOH, Sun. MAN OF HONOUR, with Glynn Pretty astride, fought out an exciting last furlong tussle with Katong Ocean to win the $36,000 Perak Derby at Ipoh today. Lying a handy second to Speechmaker who set the pace right up
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      198 10 NEW YORK. Sun (Router) Standings and results of the two major leagues after vesterday's games: NATIONAL LEAGUE Eastern Division W L G.B. Chieago 27 21 New York 25 27 4 Pittsburgh 26 28 4 St. Louis 23 26 44 Philadelphia 22 29 Montreal 18 33 10$ Western
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      529 10 NEW YORK, Sun. (Reuter) The New York Yankees, showing signs of retaining a winning habit that carried them to so many American League championships, won their fifth game in a row yesterday to draw within four and a half games of the first place Baltimore Orioles
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      103 10 NORTHAMPTON. England. Sun. (Reuter) Peter Gethin. the British driver who withdrew from today's Belgian Grand Prix following the death of New Zealander Bruce Mclaren this week, scored a record-breaking win at Silverstone here yesterday. Gethin, driving a Mclaren MM 10 B. won both 18-lap heats to
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      272 10 PARIS, Sun. (Reuter) Jan Kodes yesterday became the first Czechoslovak to win the French Open Men's Singles Tennis Title when he needed only 65 minutes to beat Yugoslav Zeljko Franulovic 6-2, 6-4, 6-0. The 24-vear-old Prague economic student produced superb form and accuracy and left Franulovic little
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      Lock icon Clyde King Was 'Too Good' For Giants
      826 10 A Column On American Sports By Milton Riehman NEW YORK (UPI) Clyde King concedes he's s sensitive man. He's sensitive enough to be moved by some of the little things people do. The day alter he was bounced by the San Francisco Giants
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      426 10 En 9 Sun. (Reuter) Lupe, the 100-30 favourite, ran well clear of her 15 rivals to win the Epsom Oaks fourth of the English classics here yesterday. Sandy Barclay took Mrs. Stanhope Joel's filly to the front two furlongs from home and held on to win
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      475 10 2nd Best High Echelon Licks Field NEW YORK, Sun. (UPI) High Echelon, left alone to carry the colours of Mi*. Ethel D>. Jacobs when the favoured personality was scratched, stormed to a one-length victory in the 102 nd running of the U*****,000 added Belmont Stakes yesterday over a sloopy track.
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      299 10 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) West Indian Clive Lloyd hit 102 end Harry Pilling 109 in a Lancashire run riot against Gloucestershire in the English county cricket championship yesterday. Lloyd, in magnificent form, reached his third century of the summer in just over two hours with two sixes
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      65 10 MOSCOW, Sun. (UPI) The Soviets yesterday claimed another sporting record —the world's highest audience for the World Cup soccer series. Tass reported cosmonauts Andrian Nikolavev and Vitaly Sevastianov. circling the earth in the spacecraft Soyuz 9 at a 150-mile altitude, were showing great interest in events on earth,
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      298 11 LEON, Mexico, Sun. (UPI) Teofilo Cubillas scored twice Saturday to pace a fast Peruvian squad to a 3-0 victory over Morocco in Group Four play at the World Cup soccer championship. It gave Peru 4 points from two games and. like the scoring against
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      186 11 ROME. Sun. (UPI) World middleweight champion Nino Benvenutl will have until November to defend his title against a new official challenger, promoter Rlno Tommasl said today. Tomassl said Justlnlano Montano, President of the World Boxing Council <WBC), told him in a telephone conversation today the WBC
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      80 11 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) President Suharto. 49 tomorrow, will be presented with the Thomas Cup when he receives the victorious Indonesian team which defeated Malaysia In Kuala Lumpur yesterday The President haa made a practice of spending his birthday quietly but this year he will attend what Is
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      139 11 WOODLAND HIILS. California S un (UPI) Mike Quarry, younger brother of heavyweight title contender Jerry, ran his record to 220 last night with a 10-round upset decision over British Empire champion Fddie Avoth at the Vallev Music Theatre. Quarry. 19. relied on a shar 0 countering
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      157 11 GUADALAJARA. Mexico. Sun (UPI) Manager Sir Alf Ramsey has asked for extra security precautions at the England team headouarters so his players can get uninterrupted sleep. »t was learned today Ramsey, angry at the noisy behaviour of English and Brazilian fans, asked Hilton Hotel authorities
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      58 11 Forme r State Bantamweight boxer of Forces. Brian Isaacs made a successful pome-back to the ring after an absence of three years to win the "Best boxer of the vear* award. He outpointed Thanabal of Police in the bantamweight division in the Pnals of the Singapore National Boxing championships
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      356 11 All Eyes On Soccer Giants MEXICO CITY. Sun. (Reuter) The world Cup. after seven days and 12 matches with hardly an Incident to excite the head-line-writers. today explodes Into action with the one match the fans have been waiting for England against Brazil
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      279 11 FRANCORCHAMPS. Belglum. Sun. (.Reuter) British world champion Jackie Stewart takes pole position in today's Belgian Grand Prix, overshadowed by the death of New Zealand's Bruce McLaren and a bitter controversy over the safety of the international circuit here. Stewart's March Ford set the fastest time in
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      50 11 PARIS. Sun. (Reuter) Gail Chanfreau and Francois* Durr of France won the women's doubles title at the French Open Tennis championships here yesterday for the second time in lour years. Australian-bom Mrs. Chanfreau and Miss Durr beat Americans Rosemary Casals and Mrs. Billy Jean King 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
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      30 11 PANAMA. Sun. (AFP)— World flyweight boxing champion Ismael Laguna of Panama retained his title with a 13th round technical knock-out of Japanese challenger Ishimatso Suzuki here last night.
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      230 11 GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Sun (UPI) Florea Dumitrache netted a penalty kick in the 76th minute Saturday to give Rumania a surprise 2-1 victory over Czechoslovakia in Group Three play of the World Soccer championship. The Czechs led 1-0 at halftime on a fourth minute goal by Ladislav
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      154 11 MEXICO CITY. Sun. (UPI) Anatoli Bishovets scored two goals Saturday in pacing Russia to a 4-1 win over Belgium in a Group One World Cup soccer match before a crowd of 85,000 at Aztec Stadium. The Russians led i-0 at the interval. Bishovets. who led the Belgian
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      67 11 MANILA. Sun. (Reuter) Former world junior lightweight champion Rene Barrientos of the Philippines pounded out a unanimous decision over Shinichi Kadota of Japan in a 10-round non-title fight here last night. Barrientos and Kadota both entered the ring at 134 3 4 pounds. Tonight's victory could earn
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      139 11 Malaysian International and SEAP Games gold medallist. K Thirumal. the favourite was one of the earlv competitors to be disqualified in the 'Big Walk' from Woodlands to Farrer Park vesterdav. The eventual winner was B K.S. Maniam of Singapore who romped in as victor in
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      316 11 PUEBLA, Mexico, Sun. (Reuter) An angry crowd of 37,000 spectators staged an ear-piercing fiveminute whistling concert after Uruguay and Italy drew 0-0 in their slow-motion World Cup Group Two match here this afternoon. The fans, who had been slow hand-clapping both sides for their defensive
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      108 11 GUADALAJARA. Mexico, Sun. »Reuter) Ticket touts were today asking more than 300 pesos <S$75) for tickets for tomorrows England-Brazil World Cup match despite being threatened with jail for selling at inflated prices The government had asked the fans to point out ticket touts so that they
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      41 10 TOTAL POOL: ($18.2901 Ist Prise No: ***** ($4,527) 2nd Prise No: ***** ($2,263) 3rd Prise No: ***** ($1,131) STARTERS ($251 each) Nos: ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** CONSOLATION ($BB each) Nos: ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
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      908 11 CHANNEL i 3.00 Opening Anneti. General Hospital For The Family <T» Singapore This Week <T> It* Happening In Singapore *T> Days of Our Lives Close Opening Anncts Bwana Don News in Brief The Flying Nun "Marcellos Idol'* Woman's World <C) News and Newreel <C> Combat "Finest Hour** News and <E>
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    375 12 Malays have been urged to break away from the "shackles of the past" and leap into Singapore's new era of industrialisation. Malays should no longer aspire for |obs available 40 or 50 years ago such as those in the police force, customs
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    67 12 The Customs ana Excise Department during the first five months of this year, arrested 703 tax offenders. Of these, 494 were caught trying to avoid payment cf duty on goods. One hundred and sixteen were arrested for the evasion of entertainment duties or offences relattlng to
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    67 12 The appointment of Dr. Wilhelm Loer as new Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Singapore has been approved by both Governments. Dr. Loer will replace Oswald Baron von Richtofen who has been Ambassador since 1966. Baron von Richtofen will leave Singapore this month and Dr.
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    482 12 Nearly $12,000 in cash and kind were taken in four robberies reported to police yesterday. In one incident a scooterist was stabbed in the stomach when he resisted. Scooterist Ylu Kok Chee wa s riding along Jalan Sunget Poyang. off Chua Chu Kang Road, when
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    378 12 The Singapore Taxi Drivers' Association and the National Trad e s Union Congress will set up a co-operative to provide facilities for taxi drivers to be co-owners of taxis in Singapore. After special meeting held yesterday at the Victoria Theatre, the Association and the NTUC delegate
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    118 12 Too Much Entertainm Local writers were told yesterday that writing on sheer entertainment may not seive any useful function for the community. Speaking at the opening of Bengkel Penulis by ASA '5O (Association of 1950 Malay Writers), Enche Sha'ari Tadin, Parliamentary Secretary to
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    103 12 Schoolgirl Ho Seah Mce, 15, knows when to use her leas to her advantage. Sea 1 Mee is a tough cookie a karate enthusiast. She packs plenty of power in those legs, which can easily lay a wolf to the ground and it's not for kicks that
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      77 12 TIME AND TIDE TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 12.07 am. (8.8 It.); 7.31 am. (0.4 ft.); 2.21 p.m. (6.9 ft.); 7.26 p.m. <3.9 ft). NAVAL DOCKYARD: 12.39 am. (9.6 ft.); 7.05 a.m. (1.1 ft.); 2.30 p.m. (8.8 ft.); 7.28 p.m. (5.0 ft/) TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 1.09 a.m. (8.5 ft.); 8.09 am. (0.8
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      31 12 TOTO DRAWS THE numbers drawn at yesterday's Toto Draw were: 41: 48; 42; 16; 13. The additional number was 13. In the Three Circlenumber. the following were pirked: 41; 2; 34.
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