Eastern Sun, 18 June 1970

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    21 1 Easter Sun Singapore's own national daily 10 cents Estd. 1966 Vol. 4 No. 1372 Thursday, 18 June 1970 MC (P) 1616
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    Lock icon MYSTERIOUS MURDER FOXES POLICE
    254 1 j>OLICE are trying to unravel the mystery murder of on odd-job labourer whose body wos found early yesterday morning. The dead mon wos identified os Lim Moon Hua, 22, of Keek Rood The body was disr vend slumped on a ben oh near the market in
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    Lock icon Rail link cut
    51 1 PHNOM PENH Cambodian troops were rushed to the Kraing Lovea yesterday to re open the Bangkok to Phnom Penh railway line cut by the Vietcong 40 miles northwest of the capital. Three passenger trains were reported trapped in Kraing Lovea by the fighting which broke out lute
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  • Article
    Lock icon Tunku in U.K.
    37 1 LONDON, Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, 67, who today announced he will step down from office when the international Muslim secretariat is firmly established, arrived in lx>ndon last night for a five-week holiday.
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    Lock icon SUKARNO VERY ILL
    112 1 JAKARTA Former Indonesian President Sukarno was admitted to hospital here last night. His condition has given rise to serious concern, the official Antara News Agency reported. A team of six doctors has been appointed to look after the former bead of state. The aging ex-play-boy's first wife
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    Lock icon Poll reduces Wilson's lead
    117 1 LONDON Fvc of poll changes in public opinion today gave Prime Minister Harold Wilson his first major shock since the general election campaign began three weeks ago An opinion poll published by the Conserva-tive-aligned Dally Express cut the ruling Labour Party's lead to only two per
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    Lock icon INDICTED FOR ORGY
    62 1 NEW JERSEY. —A Grand Jury indicted seven members of the police department yesterday in an alleged 'firehouse orgy involving a 17-year-old mi nister's daughter. The Indict ment, handed up to Superior Court Judge Elvin R. Simmil by a Monmouth County Grand Jury, charged them with conspiring to
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    Lock icon HIPPIES
    23 1 JAKARTA Indonesia's President Suharto yesterday ordered that all Hippies be expelled from B.'di and other t>arts of Indonesia CIS soon as possible,
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    Lock icon Navy chopper in the drink
    56 2 A Wessex helicopter from the Australian carrier HMAS Melbourne ditched in the South China Sea Tuesday after engine failure while taking part in Exercise Matlock, the Maritime climax of Exercise Bcrsatu Padu. The crew were rescued unhurt. Picture shows salvage divers at work on the
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    Lock icon Make selected goods only
    167 2 TF Singapore allows indiscriminate establishment of indus--1 tries, the country will face such problems as inflation. Health Minister, Mr. Chua Sian Chin, said this at the opening ceremony of the California Pellet Mills/Pacific (Pte) Ltd at Jurong, yesterday ''Singapore has now to be extremely selective as
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    Lock icon CABBIES' PLEA
    84 2 The Singapore Taxi Drivers' Association yesterday hoped taxiownera would not he tempted to increase rents because of the government's Intention next month to raise the fare for the first mile from 40 cents to 60 cents. The Association said in a statement that over the past 20 years
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    Lock icon Australia offers drug testing facilities
    64 2 Australia will offer Its services for testing antibiotics in the pharmaceutical field for the Pacific region. Australia has such facilities to cope with the current demand, said Mr. Rex Spafford. Vice-President of the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Society. The two-day conference on Commonwealth Pharma ceutlcal Association for
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    Lock icon Convocation in Malay
    77 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The University of Malaya convocation will be conducted entirely (or the first tune this weekend, in Bahama Malaysia, iU ViceChancellor, Professor Ungku Aziz, said today "For the first tin** the whole ceremony from the presentation of scrolls to the speeches will all be conducted
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    Lock icon Scholarship exchange
    57 2 The United Arab Republic is working out a scholarship exchange with Singapore. UAR would like their students to study here on Administration. Port of Singapore Authority; Housing and Development Board; and tlie Postal Department. Singapore students visiting Cairo can study in one of the six universities of Cairo,
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    Lock icon No shortage of mechanics
    59 2 There is no shortage of trained motor mechanics in Singapore. This was stated by Mr. Yeo Yap Sai. the newly elected Secretary General of the Singapore Motor Workshops Employees' Union lie added that the shortage if any, should be attributed to some companies' unwillingness to pay
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    Lock icon THIEF FLEES CAR ALARM
    234 2 CRIME CORNER Yap Kim Sang, 23, of Lorong 23, Geylang was fortunate to have installed a car alarm. At 12.25 a.m. on June 11, he heard the siren from his car parked outside his house. He rushed out from his house and found the left auarter
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      171 2 OLBAM AIR an iinttdevice for curbing air pollution by carbon ni'in xlde emitted troui the exhaust ol dlcsel ptw 11 t d vehicles bwetl st> Engim-era flying here soon to Instruct local mechanics how to mount and adJ<M thia delicate device T<MU-d and recommended by the Ub Department of Comnuinlcat
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  • Obituary
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    44 2 IH MEMORIAM I In Loving Memory of our late founder the Venerable Dhammasukha who departed from us the full moon day of the 5th moon lunar calendar (correspond- ing to 3rd July 1966). "MAY HE ATTAIN THE BLISS OF NIRVANA!" THE BUDDHIST UNION, SINGAPORE.
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    Lock icon SNAKES ALIVE!
    154 3 He seems to have a way with snakes, he it toying with them or killing them. Squadron Leader John Boon, ver v much reacted as would have the legendary "Daniel Boone" in the American wild. He probably saved the life of Corporal N. Hopkins when the latter was
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    Lock icon Man charged in court
    74 3 Teh Teik Seng, was yesterday charged in court for cheating Miss Florence Ng, out of $l5O, on June 16 at Tunas Tours and Travel Agency (Pte Ltd.) He pleaded not guilty to deceiving Miss Ng into believing that he was authorised to collect payments for an
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    Lock icon Quiz contest Saturday
    64 3 Five secondary schools have been selected to participate in the Police Cadet corps Quiz Competition Finals on Saturday at Ihe Special Constabulary Hall, Police Academy. The gchools are Raffles Girls' Secondary School. Broadrick Secondary School, Serangoon Secondary School. Naval Base Secondary School and Hua Yi Govt. Chinese
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    Lock icon Safer on the roads
    79 3 A night-trme visibility demonstration of retroreflective materials will be held at a Luncheon on Monday at N.T.U.C. House. Members of Minnesota (3M) Singapore Pte. Ltd. will display retro-reflec-tive tapes and dangle tags which can be used to make pedestrians and cyclists more visible to motorists at
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    Lock icon SON CAN'T PAY FINE—DR. LEE
    199 3 A father yesterday refused to pay the $950 fine imposed on his son for failure to comply with a court order to register for national service. "My son will also not pay because he has no money," Barisan Socialis chairman Dr. Lee Siew Choh told
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      214 3 HoW To Drift aßaraaiN 1. Stop into your nearest Ford dealer's showroom and look 2. When th« salesmen approach** you. act nonchalant, than tall casually around as if you don't really want to buy anything. him you're looking for a good sua family car with lots of lag room for
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      37 3 Toto draw THE Chairman on the panel of judges for today's Toto Draw No. 48/70 will be Mr. I-ee Teck 800 of the Kreta Ayer Citizens' Consultative Committee. The Draw will be conducted at 7 45 i>.m*
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    Lock icon Saigon-Viet clashes near Cambodian town
    178 4 OAIGON Sporadic clashes between South Vietnamese forces and Vietcong occurred throughout yesterday around the Cambodion town ot Prey Veng. The latter is situated 30 miles east of Phnom Per.h. Meanwhile, government infantry remained in Kompong Speu. 24 miles west-south-west of the Cambodian capital The U»t
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    Lock icon PARKING OFFENCE
    54 4 SYDNEY a motorist, convicted of a parking olTence. has been "•> I 11)0 l>y <» 11 I h court here Magistrate Weir declared yesterday Rodney Stringer, 26. had shown "complete and absolute contempt for parking laws" He left his car in a city bus stop (or five hours
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    Lock icon THE PESO
    27 4 MANILA The Philistine pt»sso Wednesday remained unchanged at 620 p**s«s against one U S dollar. Sales in the interbank currency market amounted to U.S. $300,000.
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    Lock icon What foreign troops are in Borneo for
    187 4 JAKARTA The people of West Borneo have hern assured that the foreign troops there are not to fight communist gurrrill.tt Antara News Agency reported today The Indonesian military commander for West Borneo. Briga-dier-General Sumadi explained yesterday that the 50 foreign troops were helping
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    Lock icon World trip by yacht
    62 4 TOKYO —Four Japanese men i*;t sail from Himeji, West Japan, today on a two-and-a-half-year world cruise. The yacht, "Akitsushima,'' on which they are travelling, has its outer frame made of steel-re-inforced cei.ient instead of v.ood. The fou» plan to sail across the Pacific to Seattle in
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    Lock icon Planes for Thais: U.S. SENATE VOTES SOON
    271 4 WASHINGTON The Senate debate over future U.S. military involvement in Cambodia turn, down a side track today. Senators will vote on provision of fighter planes for neighbouring Thailand. A. measure by Senator Strom Thurmond (Republican. South Carolina) would allow the administration to provide
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    Lock icon Gold prices weaken
    66 4 NEW YORK Gold prices weakened further on markets here and abroad Tuesday. London sold dropj>ed 4 cents at the morninu fixing and another 10 i cents at the second fixing to $3. r >.375<) an ounce, down 14| cents from Monday afternoon. Paris matched with a 2fi-cent
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    Lock icon No Thai troops yet
    46 4 W ABHINOTON, The State Deimrtment understands that Thailand has not yet decided whether to send troops to Cambodia, a spokesman said today. DteCUMI ma had been held in Bangkok over whether eventual Thai v«»l'imt e *r. tn Cambodia should get American pay
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    Lock icon Giri in Warsaw
    25 4 WARSAW Indian President Giri arrived here yestcrd iy for an official visit as guest of Polish head of state. Marshal Marian Spy-chal.-iski
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    Lock icon Landslide kills 3 children
    87 4 \'tw 1)11.Ill landslide caused by ton utial rains buried a House in Nrerumarga Town in Mysore State. Three children were killed inside, the Press Trust of India said tod :iy. The mother of the children was hospitalised In serious condition, according to the report. Ile.ivy rains
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    Lock icon Tunku in London
    13 4 SffiVUK *™«lo,T: y on"i£ST'' b ere ,ed ky Ma,aysian CommiMioß
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    Lock icon EHRENFRIED VON HOLLEBEN, West German Ambassador, is surrounded by newsmen when he arrives at his Rio de Janeiro residence. The kidnapped enjoy was driven home on Tuesday by a man who saw him standing at a street corner where he was freed.
    47 5 EHRENFRIED VON HOLLEBEN, West German Ambassador, is surrounded by n ewsmen whe n he arrives at his Rio de Janeiro residence. The kidnap ped enjoy wa s driven ho me on Tuesday by a man who saw him standing at a street corner where he was freed.
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    Lock icon BIG RIOTS IN MIAMI AGAIN
    146 5 IiyIAMI, Florida Police exchanged gunfire with snipers in Hie second night of violence. Young Negroes meanwhile beat white motorists in the predominantly block section of Brownsville here. Police arrested 3 alleged snipers in an apartment complex. However, at least two other gunmen, spaced four blocks
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    Lock icon SKYSCRAPER COLLAPSES
    47 5 BUKNOS A IRKS. At least four people died tad 15 others were injnred uhrn a 14-storey condemned building collapsed here Four bodies had been dug oat of the rubble early this aiornifig. Rescue teams were frantically searching for more people believed trapped under the debris.
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    Lock icon FIRST NEGRO MAYOR OF NEWARK
    72 5 NKWARK Kenneth Caibson decisively defeated ineumbent Mayor Hugh Adonizio here yesterday. He becomes the first black mayor of a major •astern city. Unofficial returns Rave Gibson 54.§92 votes to 43.3339 for Addon izio. There was little election 4ay viokucc at the polls. Addonizio is on
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    Lock icon TERRORISTS ROB BANK
    110 5 lifONl KVIDEO, I'ruguay Four armed terrorists including a woman held up the branch of the I'ruguay Bank I'nion yesterday. They escaped with 5584.000, police reported. The bandits, using a stolen car, appeared at the residence of the hank cashier. Describing themselves as 'policemen,' they ordered him to
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    Lock icon 17 INJURED
    33 5 QUITO, Er imm lor, —Seventeen students wore injured, two seriously, during fighting with police yesterday. They protested over an explosion which destroyed the printing plant at the Central University i» Quito.
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    Lock icon State of emergency in Turkey after unrest
    173 6 A NKARA The Turkish Government announced a state of emergency last night in the provinces of Istanbul and limit. There were massive workers' demonstrations in Istanbul against proposals to amend the labour union laws. By late yesterday, there was three dead, including a
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    Lock icon LEA KIDNAP CASE: Envoy's idea of a joke
    190 6 ■KAMPALA British diplomat Brian Lea admitted that he had suggested "in jest" that he should he kidnapped in place of the High Commissioner The alleged conspiracy was claimed to be plot- ted by Ugandan Asians. I*ea was ♦estifying before an enquiry into
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    Lock icon No hope for Czech miners
    114 6 PRAGUE The Ciffh Government yesterday abandoned all hope of finding alive any of the trapped 34 miners. The tragedy happened at Sardlre In South Moravia a week ago. Only two bodies have been recovered In a week of rescue operations by Czech, Soviet. German and
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    Lock icon USSR condemned
    35 6 MOSCOW. The Soviet writer Alexander Sol/.henitsyn has denounced Russian authorities for committing geneticist Jaures Medvedev to a mental home, in Kalou*a. His condemnation was contained in a letter circulating in university Circles here.
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    Lock icon Ribicic visit
    25 6 BELGRADE, Yugoslav Premier Mitja Ribicic is expected to leave Yugoslavia for an official visit to Russia next Wednesday. informed sourMi disclosed last night.
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    Lock icon ISRAELI REPRISAL RAIDS IN SYRIA
    274 6 TEL AVIV Israeli commandos struck deep into Syria during the night in reprisal raids. There had been nearly 50 attacks from Syrian territory in the past month. The Israeli attacks are seen as a sharp warning to the Damascus regime. Israeli Air Force jets were
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    Lock icon SCHOOL HEAD IN DRUG RING HELD
    71 6 SKOPLJE, Yugoslavia An opium drug ring, led by an elementary school headmaster, has been smashed. Police in South Yugoslavia said 23 people engaged in Illegal drug tr-ifflrklng were detained The headmaster of a school in East Macedonia was involved In organising the buying of
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    Lock icon Powell meet in uproar
    47 6 WOLVERHAMPTON, England Police intervened in a campaign meeting today for Enoch Powell, the former Conservative Party Minister. Witnesses said one protestor was dragged from the hall by his hair. The Communist newspaper. 'Morning Star', claimed stewards knocked the communist candidate Peter Carter unconscious.
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    Lock icon Sydney port idle
    92 6 SVDNKY Sydney Port was left without the services of fire floats, pilot ships and dredges today. Crews of the vessels staged a sudden strike over the dismissal and down-grading of 27 fellow workers. Waterfront spokesmen declared the walk-out by ISO Maritime Service Board employees had presented a
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    Lock icon 4 die in vain for girl in well
    56 6 MANILA. Four people died yesterday while trying to save a girl from drowning In a village well. The Philippine News Service reported today that Valentlna Lopez. 13. fell Into a 10-foot deep well. Sh<» was drowned while her father, grandfather and two
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    Lock icon Ra trip ending
    35 6 CLEARWATER. Florida Thor Heyerdahl' papyrus boat has passed mid-point in its Atlantic voyage. At Its present speed. It should reach the West Indies within four weeks, radio reports from R-2 said yesterday.
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    Lock icon ON LOCATION WITH THE CROCODILES...
    672 7  -  7 PAGE BYLINE u DICK KLEINER I>ETER Yates looked up ot the tropicol sky and sighed his 347 th sigh of the hour. Yotes is directing o fll n called "Murphy's War," which is shooting in eastern Venezuela, on the banks of the Orinoco River.
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    Lock icon Painting – with feeling
    40 7 Painting with feeling WITH GREAT FEELING, ex-Moiine Rick Hunter shows how the art of body finger-painting is done. Hunter has set up a studio in Seattle, Wash., where businessmen can practice the ort on lite models for o substuntiol fee.
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    Lock icon TODAY'S ELECTIONS
    376 8 TIME was when Whitehall stamped its foot and the rest of the world jumped the "rest of the world" meaning the empire on which the sun never set. Few remember that era now. Communications systems have changed vastly and the latest public opinion polls released in I/ondon are,
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    Lock icon SIHANOUK LOOKS OUT
    224 8 J>RINCE Norodom Sihanouk's statement that he might call for the assistance of troops from outside Indochina to overthrow the Lon Nol government In Phnom Penh Is ominous. He chose to make the statement in the North Korean capital possibly setting the tone of his talks with Prime
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    Lock icon How he threw away his crutches
    496 8  -  By ROSS ANNABELL Rotorua: Retired t'S Consul General Mr. Ileyward Hill Hew into New Zealand's spa resort of Rotorua crippled with rheumatoid arthritis a few months Today he is a new man. He has donated his crutches to the local Queen Eli/.abeth Hospital and
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    Lock icon Labial Exercise
    434 8  -  By DICK WEST WASHINGTON Not lon e ago a group of White House staffers completed a course in speed-reading and duly received diplomas certifying that they have the fastest eyeballs in the ea*>t. I'm envious. I took one of those course* once and it did me no good
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    Lock icon Malay upliftment
    339 8  -  lElliiliP MOHD YUNI BIN ALWI I refer to your editorial on "The Problem of Malay Upliftment" ill your June 10 Issue. There Is truth in your reference that the uplift of the Malays should not be by their bootstraps but by instilling in them the spirit of competition.
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      29 8 EASTERN SUN Singapore's Own National Daitw THURSDAY. JUNE 18, 1970 23-B Cantonment Road. 39. |jlm Sultan. Singapore Z Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Telephone *****'7 Telephone: *****/6 Cable Address: AW NEWS
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  • Coping with ecology
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      Lock icon DANGEROUS DECIBELS CAN BE CONTROLLED
      765 9  -  Part two By Dr. Martin Charles is undesirable sound. We send o tumult into our oirwoys from sonic boom of jets, from nerve-wrocking rush hour trotfic, from bui'ding construction sites ond from blaring of loud and repetitive musical phrases by teenoge ensembles. In the midst
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      Lock icon BLOOD TEST ADVISED
      283 9  -  THE DOCTOR SAYS By Dr. Wayne Brandstadt Although June Is traditionally known as the month of brides, weddings are fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. In planning a wedding, however, some couples fail to include the blood test required in many countries. In some cases, this may
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    Lock icon The girl from Tamarama who likes to eat...
    125 10/11 Would you believe it a girl with a figure like this who loves eating. It's true She's Barbara Duffy and a roving SUN cameraman found her drinking in the sun on a beach at Tamai-ama, Australia Barbara is 21 a sun and
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    Lock icon RIOT RIOT RIOT
    866 10/11  -  India sleeps while death lurks in the streets From Dale Morsch \|ORE than 1,000 Hindus and Moslems died in an orgy of mass murder that lasted six days in Gujarat state last year. In Mav in neighbouring Maharashtra state, another orgy of communal violence claimed 300 lives.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      1435 12 LOOKING AND LISTENING....fr I II ■>>23 7139 46 1/53 6673 jg TAURUS AfK. 10 7V*CMAV M fN» 19-31 38 \JX2 V 52 CIMINI rffJjvht m 0y5055 59 62 CAMCIR ii f\l3-3S 35-41 MWItP uo MY 11 y**..Ai>c w Ok 4- 5- 7-14 &>>7-2431 vit«o &?r:: 0\42-47-56-5l A*l-4345M Thunday, June 18,
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    Lock icon Diana Rigg bares all in a new London play
    620 13 NKW YOKK; Diana Rigg. with long flaming red hair, playing the legendary Heloise to Keith Mitchell's Abelard in her new play, sounded like Vanessa Redgrave who has refused to marry the father of her child. We think we are modern. but
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    Lock icon Cementing relations
    174 13 Main Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, ts one-up on Hollywood Boulevard Knoxville now has Ingrid Bergman's signature and hand prints enshrined in cement while the celebrated Hollywood thorough-fare does not. Miss Bergman flew from Paris to Knoxville especially for the World Premiere of her new film for Columbia Pictures,
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      241 13 On (3 A MIS ATIOINi OOEON ***** orcNti lou tvt 11. I MI 4.M. CM. ti-. O.ii •KVt The Way To Uf«" Senate Larsen. Color l MOM l •IN HTACE AT l.lt m TIMKX Prr>r.il, "BICAT IIIK CUHH" Audieiica Participation 8ho» SATURDAY MIDNIOH TI fiia'a "Rroralh Tkr Plinrl Of The
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      178 13 SHAW -IPO Phoo» *****4] Oprna 1 oday! N« »rr« If. I.li. I «JW a 9.1S pro "MIK I.K o» Lirß' A Color CAPITOL Phon# ***** MOW SHOWING! »1 I W M». A »SO pro KrMfrtr* Stafford "INVASION OK CI KOPKIu Irchnicolor A Snipe Huturday Midnight »t C \PITOI. Illto R»
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    Lock icon VALUE OF A CREATIVE HOBBY
    524 14 creative hobby is Or*, m which a person spends his leisure hours building up articles which are of interest to him. This type of hobby ranges from simply toy-making right up to tackling the multifarious complexities of electronics engineering. Of course a hobby one takes
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    Lock icon IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL FITNESS
    365 14 Strength, health and Intelligence all these are obtained from physical fitness. That Is wh v everyone should d<> some exercise everyday 11 a person is not physically fit, he or she will get sick easily. This Is because if a f>erson Is not physicaly fit. his
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    Lock icon Skydiving club collects for schools
    86 14 BANGKOK. The Mitrapab Foundation of Thailand, which raises lunds to build new village schools by staging skydiving shows all over the country, has collected 150.000 (3,000 ateriingi for the year 1969-70 foundßtWm officials said. They said that at the last sliow staged in nonheastern Khon
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    Lock icon SHE'S AFRAID HE MIGHT REJECT HER INVITATION
    352 14  -  Dateline By Ele and Walt Dulaney I>ear Fie and Walt: 1 am concerned about asking a boy to go to a school dance with me. He is from another school hut we know each other from J.A What worries me is what I
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    Lock icon WORLD TOUR FOR YOUTHS
    75 14 TOKYO: The Japanese government will send 104 Japanese youths in nine groups to various parts of the world for an average of 50 days between August 20 and November 11 this year. The youths selected from various parts of this country are aged at between 20
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      193 14 ESSAY CONTEST: Rules to observe The Eostern Sun's essoy writing contest for boys ond girls of 14 ond under (Junior) ond boys on<| girls over 14 (Senior) appears in this page from Monday to Friday. Prize money is: $lO for Seniors and $5 tor Juniors for every essay published. All
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  • WOMEN
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      Lock icon A peek into the bridal 'under world'
      527 15  -  by Florence de Santis "pWERYTHING in fashion is getting some kind of new look these days. And lingerie for the bride is no exception. What will go beneath trousseau clothes, what will be worn at home, •11 are being done with a fresh
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      Lock icon No easy way out to stop smoking
      581 15  -  Ann Landers IWr Ana: I have lust gone through HELL Week I wish I had written to you and asked (or advice two months ago. but I thought I could handle It. Now I am wrlUng in the hope that you will print
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      Lock icon Knickers please
      73 15 With the widespread wearing of pants in many styles, the Bicycle Institute of America has become concerned over the safety of some kinds often used by bicyclists. The Institute says that bell bottoms and other flare styles c*n too easily get caught in the bike mechanism or wheel
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      Lock icon 'Real suit'
      31 15 THE general fashion trend during the past decade has been toward separates, toward the "sportswear" look Now. the return of longer skirts la reviving interest in the "real suit."
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  • COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Nickel shares improve
      294 16 SYDNEY West Australian nickel stock Poseidon Wednesday rose As2l to close at A9M9 on the Sydney Stock Exchange. Other nickels followed. samin rose to Asis 60 and Westralian nickel 90 cents to A 56.10 The market was very strong right across the boards. There were genera) rises
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      Lock icon CALL FOR U.S. WAGE FREEZE
      113 16 WASHINGTON. Professor J K. Galbraith, the Harvard economist. Tundaf called for a eg a 1 ly enforceable price and wage freeze in America for six months. The six-month period should be used to work out with corporations and unions a more permanent system of restraint
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      17 16 Business done on the Straits tin market yesterday w» SMS 1/8 ncr picul up $5-1/8,
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      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IN PORT
      87 16 The Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for today, May 18. DEPARTURES (iodowns Vessels B'9 Helma Taylor 20 East Kimanis 20 East Hua Heng 21 East Scudai 23/24 Yuho Maru 29/30 Hozui Maru 24 Everstrong II ARRIVALS God owns Vessels 23 Shinsei
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      Lock icon 'Super sell' to draw in tourists
      158 16 "SINGAPORE must make greater efforts to publicise Itself in Germany if it is to attract tourists from that country." This was stated by Mr. Ekkehard Mai, the leader of a group of 19 German departmental store owners who spent three days in Singapore recently
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      94 16 NEW YORK,— A strong rally, evidently built on anticipation of President Nixon's economic message on Wednesday, saw the Dow Jones industrial average climb nearly 19 points on the New York Stork Exchange Tuesday. It closed at 706 26 up 18.9 points. The volume was a
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      126 16 HONG KONG Tuesday's 5 ptti. currency rates (supplied b v Foreign Exchange anil Investment Ltd.): (Buvers) (Sellers) per 100 Straits dollars 195-5 196.5 146 5 147.5 per 1,000 Taiwan dollars 6.74 6.75 per Australian dollar 350 370 per 1,000 Burmese kyats 460 480 per 1.000 Indian rupees
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    262 17 By Our Market Reporter improved in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore Wednesday. Industrials were steady and moved higher on moderate demand. Hotels and properties were lightly traded while the smaller shares were neglected. Blue Chips were quiet but steady following a rundown of a bonus
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    93 17 TIIK noon prices at the 8lniC>t|»or<- CklnM Proiliicr ■CKrlMnge yKhlrrUay were Co.o.n<i oil IK OH) Hulk vs «M Coconut Oil troll) Uru 60 00 M opra 14 00 Mumok WhlU IVppff d-om 170 00 B*/*wdk White trvwr (rOK) 167 Harjvt 4h HUrk CiiipM iruft) i:t5 00 NLW ir. 110
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    67 17 (MinmrM* Prlre fix June l«) I'tnicnKMI (1NII TKIHTH 1 01 (I (i Nn<l 1 00 4*1% MX 1IU NT M Invest. t 14 Fun 1 \<1 lit MVMP»KK UNIT TKli>TH 1 m Hporr .1 Ml 2n«1 s'lNiff 1 17 trtl ipwf 1 1% Cuw 1 lid M 1
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    568 17 ARRIVALS 14. »in .MSA I*s Knali I .unipur fKlffl' MS* s*l Coy.SM in Kuala l.umpur •to I 111 Ms\ I*.,' Kuala l.umpur. 11 .I ill MsA 45| Pentug K l.umpur II i in MSA 30.1 J akirta 1 :l'l o hi M.sA 151 Kurhini Zintin M.SA 031 KuiU
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    256 17 June first jradf rubber buyers closed at 5 p m in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 57-1/2 cents per lb. unchanged. The tune of the market was yer* quiet. After an unchanged opening the market ruled quiet and eased fractionally on long liquidation. There was
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    647 17 BUSINESS done In and reported to the trading rooms of the Stork Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS U 8 ACM A 165 Alcaa 1.54 155 Allied Choc id 2 96 3.M
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    800 17 INDCSTRIALS A Iran $1 54 (3) $1 52 (1) $1.53 (4)- DIM 55 (2) $1.54 <3): $1.57 (1). Borneo $165 (1) $1.66 (2) C. Plywood 98 cU (I); C S«can« $4 30 CD $4.32 (2) $4 34 (t) $4 36 (7) $4 40 (5) $4 18 (3); DIM
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    40 17 NEW YORK Dow Jones closing av**rat»«»a Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange; 30 Industrials 7(M> 26 20 Transp IM *)5 15 Utilities t2 65 Stocks 225.71 10 Bonds 67 11 Commodity futures index 135 78 oif 0.13
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      Lock icon MOVE TO REVERSE CLAY'S CONVICTION
      450 19 New york, Cassius Clay's o M o rn e y s, encouraged by a supreme court decision deferring conscientious objectors from the draft, said on Tuesday they have begun proceedings to have the former Heavyweight C h a .Apion's draft evasion conviction reversed. "We'll ultimat-
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      195 19 NEW YORK— Following are the results and standings of major iMftM baseball teams after yesterdaj s games: AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST W I. GB Baltimore 39 22 New York 37 24 2 Detroit 30 28 7} Boston 28 29 9 Washington 28 32 10J Cleveland 26 32 111
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      54 19 ttOYAL ASCOT, England The odds-on favourite, Connaught, owned by Mr. Jt m Joel, led from start to finish to win the Prince of Wales Stakes run orer one and a quarter miles fcpre yesterday. Connaught, ridden by Sandy Barclay, won the *3.983 nrst prise by plating A Vlllar'i
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      152 19 RENO, Nevada, —Former World heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott said on Tuesday the current crop of boxing champions is "as good as ever." In fact, he thinks a match between heavyweight champion Joe Frazier and Cassius Clay would be "one of the great fights of all
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      254 19 LONDON England's World Cup soccer squad, who lost their World crown when they were beaten 3-2 by West Germany in the quarter finals in Mexico, arrived home to rousing welcome here yesterday. More than 250 fans crammed round the arrival gates at Heathrow Airport to cheer
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      30 19 EDINBURGH: A record number of 41 countries are now sending teams to the 9th British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, it was announced by the organising committee on Tuesday.
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      26 19 NEW DEIJJH. The Indian Mountaineering Federation presented a scroll of honour on Tuesday night to the Japanese Alphine team which conquered Mount Everest
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      150 19 The Singapore Tenpfn Bowling Congress will field a strong team to represent the Republic at the Asian Zone championships of the Federation International Des*Quillers to be held here from Aug. 11 to 14. The 22 members of the team were picked after the final phase of the
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      17 19 The Singapore Women's Netball Association will hold a mixed tournament on Aug. if aft the Padang.
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    179 20 WELLINGTON A new mood of self reliance among independent Asian nations highlighter the closed sessions of the Fifth Ministerial meeting of the Asian and Pacific Council (ASPAC) which opened here in New Zealand yesterday. Delegates attending the nine-nation conference, which ends Friday, were told that a too
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    61 20 MOSCOW A special mission of Asian officials headed by Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik today met Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Clromyko for talks on a peaceful solution to the Cambodian situation. The three nation team consists of two senior officials each from Indonesia, Japan and Malaysia. They
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    163 20 BANGKOK; Thaila'iii is drflnitrly sending part of its 12.000 combat troops in Vietnam to Cambodia to help fight the North Vietnamese and Vietcong. a military source® said today. "The situation in Cambodia is very serious now. and we can't wait an v longer to help that
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    393 20 jORITAIN has proved its technical capability to rush troops to the ref gion in an emergency, Singapore's Defence Minister Lim Kim Son conceded yesterday. Then he posed the vital question: "Will she?" He was speaking to reporters at Butterwoith after returning from a visit to the
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    64 20 AMMAN. King Hus&eln said today he had no plans to abdicate after last week's near civil war in Jordan In his first public appearance since the sixday battle between Palestinian guerrillas and the Jordan army, he told a news conference: "I am not the kind of man to
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