Eastern Sun, 8 September 1970

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Total Pages: 19
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  • Title Section
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    20 1 EASTERN SUN own national daiy 10 cents Cstd. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1441 Tuesday, September 8, 1970 MC (P) 1616
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Blaze traps little girl in a tree
    226 1 A worker yesterday saved his employer's little daughter who was trapped in a fruit tree when fire swept through the factory. Tan Kian Hwee, 7, (above) and her brother Tai Hock, 8, were picking fruits from the tree in the compound of the
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    Lock icon TRUCK RAMS BUS CROWD
    248 1 Boy dies, four seriously hurt A PICK-UP truck rammed into a crowd rushing for a bus, crushing o child (boy) to death, and seriously injuring four other people. Police soid Wong Kok Seng 4, died almost instantly, pinned between the back of the bus and the
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  • Article
    Lock icon Council of Industrial Safety and Health proposed
    627 2 A COUNCIL of Industrial Safety and Health was proposed by Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, last nigkt. Dr. Goh who is also Minister for Defence, said this would improve working environment in all productive sectors of the Reptrf)<ic's economy. Speaking at
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  • Article
    Lock icon Woman murdered for $100, Coroner told
    93 2 A woman food-stall holder was murdered probably for the $lOO she earned daily the Coroner s Court heard yesterday. Stall assistant Lol Lau, a retired Port of Singapore Authority employee, found Madam Chong Kin Wai, 50, <iead at a Toa Payoh worksite on Nor.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Man shot by accident clings to life
    200 2 A MAN accidentally shot through the neck and head, (Tialy clung to life, yesterday. Tommy L i m Chye Huat. 21. of Potong Pasir. is in a "very critical condition" at the Outran) Road General Hospital. He was admitted on Sunday and doctor
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  • Article
    Lock icon Illegal immigrants
    49 2 Sub-contractor Tan Soo Teng. 62, was yesterday fined $350 f employing seven Illegal immigrants at a worksite at Track 17. off Ponggol Road. Tan was arrested by a senior immigration officer who visited the worksite on June 21. and found Tan engaging four Indonesians and three Malaysians,
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  • Article
    Lock icon Toto jackpot now soars to $160,000
    88 2 The TOTO Jackpot prize has now soared to the sum of $160,000 as there were no Ist and 2nd group winners in last Sunday's draw. In addition, a handsome Mercedes B® nz 200 could be yours for the price of onlv $1 in the
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  • Article
    Lock icon Lottery fine
    28 2 Unemployed Goh Bak Hwee, 51. was fined $6OO yesterday far assisting in carrying **lo,ooo characters public lottery** at -his New Market Road housa «m Aug. 29.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Esther Chan murder trial: YOUNGER DAUGHTER HAD NO CLAIM TO LAND, COURT TOLD
    436 3 JOHORE BAHRU A Singapore dentist, Madam Ng Miau Kee, pestered Esther Chan oyer land which her younger daughter had no claim to, it was alleged in the High Court yesterday. The allegation came from lawyer S. K.
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  • Article
    Lock icon JAIL FOR GUIDE WHO STOLE TO VISIT DAD IN JAPAN
    185 3 A free-lance tourist guide told a court here yesterday that he committed theft in order to visit hi a father in Japan whom he had not seen since birth. Lee Hong Ngee, 25, who pleaded guilty to the charge of
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  • Article
    Lock icon Two plead guilty to causing hurt
    125 3 Selamat bin Mohamad Yunos, 15, and Rahman bin Ja'afar, 20, yesterday pleaded guilty in the Ninth Magistrate's Court to causing hurt to P eh Eng Hock and Chua Siak Juay behind Hollywood Theatre. The court was told that ©n Sept. 3, Selamat and Rahman
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    Lock icon Bigamy case in-laws fight outside court
    182 3 TWO women fought outside a court yesterday, while Inside, a man was sentenced to two months' jail for bigamy and making a false declaration. Taxi-driver ran Cbwet Geok 30. pleaded guilty in the First District Court to falsely declaring he was single at the
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      133 3 AUSTRALIAN equipmer/disploy If electrical power equipment Is your field, this Is a display J'ou shouldn't miss. Come along and see the latest n Australian switchgear, transformers, transmission equipment, hardware, accessories and other items covering the whole field of electrical power. The items on display have all been chosen for their
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  • Article
    Lock icon 'ASIAN INTERPOL' TO FIGHT DRUG-SMUGGLING SOON
    236 5 (CANBERRA A multi notion intelligence network to com bat the growth of drug-trafficking in South-East Asia ond neighbouring countries Is being planned. Prime Minister John Gorton disclosed. He announced initiatives to set up the organisation which officials likened to 'an Asian Interpol' covering the
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    Lock icon Part-aboriginal boy reunites with mother
    265 5 PERTH, Australia, —An 8-year-old part-aboriginal boy who was being trained in East German? to become the *Pa trice Lumumba" of Australian aborigines was reunited with his mother yesterday after a six-year abduction. The tearful reunion at Perth Airport ended a tug-of-war between a German woman
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    Lock icon USSR RETURNS LOST U.S. SPACE CAPSULE
    156 5 MOSCOW, The Soviets loaded a wayward American space capsale aboard a U.S. Coast Gaard ship an Sunday. UJ3. officials said it •'appears to be an Apollo mack-op cap sale" of the type reported lost by the Navy in 1968. The Russians earlier said their
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      296 5 TFIIUI <J2L O O Vw O «r? ZJF •> IP O :I O R! tt; «K d Jt 5 wr' z>-~* A4SS#ik~>S 1& «m» 9 I iC -J* »y H I* 9 jr .X 4Pi w*» SHELL announces the officii ayniw on Mm 9kAom of to thud 'safinery ueuiplsK wwwww
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      88 7 SBiP#W •7 >*J >V r.- d-i-?-a >gjs |8B& a M K'-ifc J: W--N •m m 0309 D Light-medium Commercial Mercedes-Benz buses, trucks and vans have the best power-to-weight ratio and best payload of any vehicle in their class. And that's Mercedes-Benz diesel power, that requires less maintenance, and less down
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  • Article
    Lock icon THE FLAMES OF WAR
    606 8 JHE deliberate destruction of a $69 million Boeing 747, three hijacks, and an atj tempted highjack within 24 hours is surely an overwhelming and unprecedented crime in the annals of civil aviation, and all the more unforgiveable as the planned acts of terrorism were perpetrated under
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    Lock icon ECONOMIC DISASTER IN SAIGON
    649 8  -  By Prank Mankiewicz, Tom Braden, Washington A MAJOR failure of U.S. policy in Vietnam is being concealed by the Administration. It is that the Saigon government Is looking at an economic picture so bleak that many experts Vietnamese as well as American believe the Thieu-Ky government
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    Lock icon Popular 'Girlie' restaurants of Taiwan
    567 8  -  By Jonathan Sharp TAIPEi Taiwan is ardently wooing the world's tourists, confident of winning its share of Asia's current tourist bonanza and reaping a harvest of foreign exchange. Compared with such tourist centres as Thailand and Hong Kong, this leaf-shaped Island off the China Mainland
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      59 8 Foreign new* and feature* appearing In all edition* of ihr Eastern Hun and The Han are from Kentere Lnlteo Pren International Aaence France Pre«» fcdltort frw indicate Newspaper enterprise 4*so> Station Pnlillsher* Hal) yndlrate l.o» toitlft Timet- indicate Oetnlnt New Hf r»lr» North American Newspaper Alll»nee Mrtl l r>tnre» Inter-Pres*
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon MONUMENTAL BUILDINGS WERE PROOF OF QUEST FOR WORLD DOMINATION
    1102 9  -  ALBERT SFEER hed 20 yean in the mISAuj prison of Spandau to reflect on the phenomenon that me» Adolpk Hitler. Amil he km had tit trmmquil year§ tinee hit release in 1966, tpenl in the fan* UyHKahigk above the plain ef
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    Lock icon Blood test best means of detecting syphilis
    379 9 DOCTOR'S MAILBAG Q What are the symptoms of syphilis? A—la Bti, a hard painless chancre, usually on the penis, occurs from 10 to 90 days after the exposure. This Is the primary lesion. In women. It usually i occurs deep In the vagina
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  • FOTORAMA 1970
    • Article
      Lock icon BASIC DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURE FOR FILMS
      494 10/11 -BY WSF A negative is the original memory of an event as it happens at the moment of the exposure of a film; hence, it is the first step of recording before a photograph can be reproduced. The steps towards the success of reproducing a
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      Lock icon Photo workshop
      220 10/11 PICTURE A "DRAGON DANCES" This picture should be trimmed according to the dotted lines, so that the interest could be centralised towards the profile of the dragon, at the same time, the composition would appear more prominently a triangular formation. Picture B "Daneinj» with joy" The background of
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      1844 12 LOOKING AND LISTENING.... tv and radio guide I CARROLL RIOHTER'S from the Carroll Righter Institute GENERAL TENDENCIES: You find it difficult to communicate with others today because of a basic conflict in your urges and desires. At one moment you are inclined to be generous and far-sighted, and the next
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  • Students' page
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      Lock icon Diabetic cell study
      319 14 k&ENCE NOtES I_ v .J%/ < >v..i 11Y1 rill i~I. <■ v WASHINGTON Two U.S. geneticists have found that cells of persons predisposed U diabetes grow less efficiently in test tubes than those of normal individuals. The finding provides a fresh clue to understanding the basic chemical
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      Lock icon Give birds their freedom
      339 14 There are many kinds of birds. There are parrots, canaries, sparrows and pigeons. Is it wrong to cage them U we keep them as pets? As human beings, we do not like to be kept at home the whole day. We do not want to be
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      Lock icon Fifth National Day
      354 14 NATIONAL DAT IST* a proud and glorious moment for the two million people In our Republic. A daj of Joy and happiness when coloured llags, buntings and beautiful streamers could be seen lining the streets of our Republic. This was our Fifth year of Independence and our
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      Lock icon She's frying to lose weight but mum won't cooperate
      807 14  -  Ji Ele and Walt Dulaney Dear Ele and Walt: I am nearly 20 pounds overweight and trying My best to lose it. Yet my mother keeps buying cakes, candy and ether snacks. Then when Tm on a study break, I forget
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      194 14 j ESSAY CONTEST: Rules to observe The Eastern Son's essay writing contest for boys assd girls of 14 aol nnder (Junior) and boys and g»H» over 14 (Senior) appears in Hits page from Monday to Friday. friac money is: SIC tof Seniors and $5 for |unk>n to every MUV published.
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  • WOMEN
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      Lock icon 'Sir Walter Raleighs' alive in Singapore
      629 15  -  By Marianne Pereira is dead long live chivalry and the women's liberation goes on the rampage. But chivalry isn't quite dead well, not in Singapore anyway. The very fine and gentle art are handed down from father to son for generations, for some unknown
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      Lock icon Fashion futures
      108 15 SOFTER knits, often lacy, with a slightly droopy look, cut in gored and other soft styles with less cling, as in bloused sweaters. JERSEYS everywhere, draped, pleated bias-cut, wrapped, in wool, silk and all the nylon versions, with brown as favourite colour. THE use of satin trims, even
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      Lock icon Ann Landers
      526 15 Dear Ann: Are you sure sleepwalkers never do anything they wouldn't do while awake? I disagree. I read an article by Isabella Taves condensed "Today's Health" about a 14-year-old boy who rose from his bunk sitill asleep, looked in the refrigerator and then walked out the back door.
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  • commercial and industrial
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      Lock icon Small, quiet trading done
      231 16 THE Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore was «ulet yesterday with a small volume of business done in a selected manner and shareprices inclined to droop. Sentoha was again in the pit and went down 10 cents to $1.44 with 221,000 deals registered. Following Friday's considerable
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      Lock icon Insurance veteran forms new company
      147 16 Mr. Tay Mens Hock, lounder member and Managing Director of The First Life Insurance Co., (Pte) Ltd., who recently retired from the company has now formed The Pioneer Insurance Underwriters which will aoon operate In Singapore, West and East Malaysia and Brunei. Under the chairmanship
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 16 The tin price for yesterday was $654.25 per picul down $4.75.
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      Lock icon HK currency rates
      121 16 HONG KONG, Monday's currency rates <supplied toy Ftrdni Exchanfe and Investment Lti): tßmn) Metiers) 196 197 per 100 Strait* dollars ISO 152 per 1 000 Taiwan dollars •.74 6.75 per Australian dollar 940 900 per 1000 Burmese ayatt 470 490 per 1.000 Indian rupees 135 156 per
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      Lock icon Drop in gold hoarded by private sector
      240 16 WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fluid estimates that the amount of gold in the hands of private hoarders dropped by some US$B7 million (£36 million) in the first quarter of 1970, reflecting reducted freemarket supplies. In its annual report for 1971, the Fund said
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      Lock icon CLOSING PRICES
      657 16 BID and offer prices officially listed at the rlose of business in the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS B S Anna 1.43 1.45 AJinomoto 1.95 2.15 Aleai 1.38 1.38 Allied Choc 2.90 2.98 Ben. 1.07 1.08 Berjaya 1.25 1.26 Borneo
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      723 16 BUSINESS done in and reported to the tradtaf rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the nnmber of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1.006 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS A lean $1.37 (5); DIM $1.39 (1); Allied Choc $2 98 (2); Ben. $lOB
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      Lock icon HALF-HEARTED IN SYDNEY
      373 17 SYDNKY, Sydney stock exchange started the week with one of the dullest trading sessions experienced in recent times. Trading in all sections of the market was half hearted. Despite interest shown in the higher priced uraniums the enthusiasm did not spread to other sections. At the close
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      Lock icon Japan may build ethylene plant here
      125 17 TOKYO, Sumitomo Chemical Industry Company said yesterday it was examining the possibility of building a petrochemical plant in Singapore for the production of ethylene and its derivatives. The company said It was becoming Increasingly difficult to tln<] a suitable location In Japan for a
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      74 17 THK noon prlrrt •t the Singapore CIIIIK*# Kxrhnce yrktrrdij Produce urre: itrmiiii Oil iron) Hulk 51 M ciKiwiil (Mi iron.) Dram UM 55* ««Pr» MM Muuiok Wbltr Pet»|»rr (K)H» ItSN Sarawak Mbl(r IVppw IK M Sarawak HprrltJ Bl.Mk Prppfi (r»B) IS7M IjMuponit Special MUck" Pepper lantpani Klark M.r« AHTA
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      Lock icon Ships in port
      106 17 The Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for today, Sept. 8. DEPARTURES God owns Vowels 6/7 Seine Lloyd 8/9 Mississippi Lloyd 15/16 Benlawers 19 Sansho Maru 21 West Tapab 21 East Musi 29/30 Toyo Maru 1 38/39 Pembrokeshire 38/39 Emmanual Marcou 44 Akashisan
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      Lock icon EEC grants time for Australia
      290 17 SYDNEY, The European Economic Community (EEC) will set a transition period possibly lasting up to 1978 to cushion the effects of Britain's entry on traditional suppliers of food and other raw materials, Henri J. de Koster, the Netherlands State Secretary for Eoreign Affairs, said yesterday.
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      551 17 AKKIV4I H 1-45 am MSA I*s Kuala Laaipar. IMa.a M*A US MaO raa. Kaala LuaaISO an &HA Its Kaala l.umpar 0 30an MSA «5t Koala Laaipar ilosa.ni MSA 154 rra aas Kaala Lumll.soa.aa CsA Jakarta 130 poa MHA 451 KOC* •30 paa MHA OKI Kaala Laapai Malacca S-35
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  • SUN SPORT
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      Lock icon Yomiuri Giants set to win
      213 19 TOKYO The Yomiuri Olants. the most popular professional baseball club in Japan are headed for their sixth straight central league pennant. With 33 games remaining, the Giants now enjoy a 5J game lead over the Taiyo Whales and the Hanshin Tigers who are tied for
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      Lock icon Student power
      44 19 LONDON—The National Union of Students said yesterda v it will organize a joint British-Australi-an boycott of all allWhite South African sports teams that come to either country. The union said it would also boycott British and Australian teams that tour South Africa.
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      Lock icon KIWI WINS M/CYCLE C'SHIP THIRD TIME
      221 19 WARSAW Ivan Mauger of New Zealand won the world speedway motorcycle championships for the third successive year, in a final marred by two crashes at Wroclaw's Olympic Stadium, Sunday. Mauger won all his five heats for a total of 15 points to retain the
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      Lock icon US soccer standings and results
      197 19 NEW YORK, American soccer standings and results after Sunday's play: NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS EAST W L GB Pittsburgh 74 64 Chicago 72 66 2$ New York 71 66 2$ St Louis 66 73 8$ Philadelphia 63 75 11 Montreal 60 77 13$ WEST W L
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      Lock icon 500-mile race won at 160.1 mph
      177 19 ONTARIO, California, —Jim McElreath driving a coyote Ford, won the inaugural California 500mile car race Sunday at an average speed of 160.1 m.p.h The 42-year-old driver edged out Art Pollard and his Scorpion Ford to win the U*****,850 prize. The owner of Pollard's car
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      Lock icon CHESS-ROUND TWO: Fisher wins first match
      232 19 SIEGEN, Germany, Bobby Fisher of the United States won his first mateh in second round play of the I9th world team chess cham- pionships.. Fisher beat Miyasaka of Japan through Sicilian defence in 30 moves. More than 350 players from 60 national associations are
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      Lock icon Heat wave victims
      64 19 ONTARIO. California, —Apparent heart attacks killed three spectators at yesterday's Inaugural Callfornia 500 auto rare at Ontario Motoi speedway on a smoggy. 93-degree day The San Bernardino County Coroner's Office reported that scores more among the crowd or more than 170,000 were treated at first aid stations
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      Lock icon Women tennis players to strike for bigger purse
      180 19 NEW YORK The world's top women tennis players includI n K Mrs. Margaret Court and Mrs. Billie Jean King are expected to announce a strike ia support of higher prize money for women, today. Women players have announced an "important press conference"
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