Eastern Sun, 12 September 1970

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  • 21 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore's own national daily 10 cents Estd. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1445 Saturday, September 12, 1970 MC (P) 1616
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  • 301 1 JAKARTA Scores of Indonesians, including a government minister, have talked with a babj that is said to speak from its mother's womb. Several Jakarta journalists say they have heard the baby, now claimed to he entering its 18th month in the womb, talk. The Armed
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  • 431 1 INDUSTRIAL accidents officially cost Singapore $1,205,026 lost* yeor in compensation claims. These awards, however, cover only 1,669 of the 8/714 fatal and crippling industrial accidents reported last yeor. The Ministry of Labour in its report for 1969 gives a gruesome account of increasing number of
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  • 101 1 BEIRUT, Lebanon Leslie Pressley, a British hostage on the BO AC VC-10 held by Arab hijackers is shown as she was released on Thursday with her fiance, All Al-Sharif of Iran. Miss Pressley's mother in London, said the couple were visiting the family. Soon after dawn two
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  • 148 1 TtfEW DELHl—lndia's former princely rulers, stripped of their titles, tax-free government incomes and privileges by a Presidential decree four days ago, yesterday challenged the order in the Supreme Court. Defeat A petition filed on behalf of five former Maharajas said the Presidential order
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 159 1 WATCHES LEADER IN rrs CLASS ELFGAFSFT 6 ACCURATE The FM Special Whatever a transistor does well in an FM radio, a silicon transistor does better. It actually multiplies FM sensitivity. It withstands heat better. And it amplifies the music better than the noise. So we put five silicon transistors (plus
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  • 130 2 A trade mission comprising representatives of top departmental stores from Austria will visit Singapore in November. litis was disclosed yesterday by the former Vice-Chancellor of Austria, Dr. Fritr Bock, who arrived on a two-day private fact-finding mission. Dr. Bock, speaking to newsmen in his
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  • 95 2 SUBVERSIVE Communist documents are believed to have been found in the car which plunged 200 ft. down the slope of Mount Faber on Wednesday. Police have detained the two Malaysians from Kinta, Ipoh, who were injured in the crash. No official confirmation of the documents
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  • 74 2 Coroner, Mr. Li e w Ngik Ke«, recorded a verdict of misadventure on the death of Lee Hock Chens 17, who died 35 minutes after he was rescued from a swimming pool. The Incident occurred on Aug. 29 when Lee, a Secondary Four student, was swimming
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  • 317 2 T°l hotel and restaurant executives of Southeast Asia will meet in Singapore soon to map out a strategy to promote regional tourism. This was disclosed yesterday at a Press conference by the president of the Singapore Hotels and Restaurants Association, Mr. H. C.
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  • 211 2 Children comfort grieved mother A DEATH a day Is the average toll on Singapore roads yesterday's victim was baker Kwek Jee Swun, 44. Mr. Kwek was driving along Kampong Bahru Road when the car skidded and hit a tree at 2.50 a.m. He had earlier
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  • 192 3 United Stotes Navy turned the Podong into o temporary airfield yesterday much to the dismay of police and the Ministry of Defence. The helicopter pilot mode o mistake, the U.S. embassy said, while on his way to pick up Ambassador Charles Cross
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  • 159 3 The Singapore Police yesterday denied members of the Special Con„£!r ary had ever been retarded as "third-class cops." They not only pro- i T vide a useful service to the community, but also strengthen the arm of the law enforcement," said police spokesman
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  • 141 3 The head of Singapore's antipollution unit. Mr. Lee Ek Tieng in in New Zealand studying methods to combat and control air pollution. Here. Mr. Lee (below) discusses air sample "swabs" from a sulphur dioxide recorder with the chief chemical inspector. New Zealand Department of
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  • 176 3 THE Singapore Telephone Board will spend a total of $163.3 million in the next six years to meet the increasing telephone demands. The World Bank (IBRD) has granted a loan of $33 million towards the planned cost. If necessary, the Board
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  • 268 4 A REGISTRATION scheme for job conversion of pirate toxi operators would soon be announced by the Government. This was disclosed in the first progress report on motor transport reorganization issued by the Ministry of Communications yesterday. The report added
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  • 126 4 An Internal Security Department detective yesterday told a district court how a National Serviceman assaulted him with a broken bottle. D/Cpl. Liin Choon Nam was testifying at the trial of Lim Siong San. the National Serviceman, who is allied to have caused hurt to htm on July 2
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  • 161 4 A man who told his psychiatrist he often cried while at work suddenly withdrew his divorce proceedings against his wife in the High Court yesterday. One Book Chuang, SS. an oil refirienr foreman in Jurong, was suing his wife Madam Ting Chew I,an SO,
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  • 124 4 Night club watchman Jipniar Singh, 2*. was convicted and sentenced to two years' jail for stealing four carpets valued at $lB from a car. The latter was parked i at Wilmar Court, Leornie Hill Road, on August 30. Jigindar, who had seven previous convictions, was further
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  • 95 4 Mrs. Mabel Yang and Mr. Chew King Hwan, HuratiMivU frm Singapore, have been in New Zealand for three months M MI Inspector's coarse under the M«tu»l AMI Programme of the Commonwealth Kducation Scheme. They are discussing an aspect of the course In the offices of the
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  • 103 4 Flower enthusiasts are in for a big treat. They can now see a wide array of Japanese Flower Arrangement at the Singapore Conference Hall The Singapore Sogetsu Association presented Its fifth annual Flower Arrangement Exhibition yesterday In aid of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital and
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 116 5 LONDON mtmbm it Main's raHHunlty to tiwftfted tain were liilni to leave unless their presence was essential. A Foreign Office spokesman disclosed the advice was given lory the British Embassy la Amrnw, Jordan capital u>i of j«eent heavy fighting between King Hussein's government and Pallatise
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  • 69 5 NUREMBERG West Germany A 25-year-old Czechoslovak terry driver, accused of bt?ackiaff a domestic airliner te the West last Juno toki a court yesterday: "We were goin« te commit suicide H the flight wasn't successful." Rudolf Cihac said fear of arrest tor anti-Soviet activities during the
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  • 48 5 MBW DELHI Mrs. Be* Ja Devi was n upset over the death of her husband she committed "•afti" by toaeut# ante funerai pyre. Shr died kefaae she m*M he me 4 in a I*** eastan Mudkya P*ade«h State, fee Uaitad- Maws aC Mis ss- a-
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  • 49 5 MANILA Typhoon G«»orgia htt the east et>a*f of Luzon. 120 miles northeast of Manila yesterday and moved toward he mountain resort city of Baguio. The typhoon, packed centre winds ot 110 m;les an hour. It was moving at a speed of 13.8 miles an hour.
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  • 245 5 SANTIAGO Hctvy bonk withdrawals triggered by Chile's elect ion of the western world's fwt Marxist President raised the possibility of o currency crisis there. The run on Chilean bonks after the election opporently hod ended. nonetheless. there VM official concern over kbt fact that the heavy
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  • 55 5 GLORIA SIRT, 20, is minimally dressed as she sells "Stop the Midi" buttons to sympathetic males along Michigan Avenue in Chicago. About 2d young ladies sold the buttons. Some. Nhe Gloria, used them as sinkers for their skirts to keep them from blowing in the still
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  • 223 5 SEOUL SIN! Cilninal Const yesterday sntneed a 34-year-oM man l« drath («v the premeditated murder of his bifk Mciet; Chung ClMt Uk was found guilty mi killing hi* sinter, Chung In Suk, 30, with a pistol as fee dross her kerne froon a Seoul
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  • 85 5 KNOXVILLS. "hnn«jf« TV University of Tennessee Space Institute at TuOahoma win study the owl in a project to design an ultra-quiet aircraft hv the VS. Air Force. A £ft 5-con_ tract will finance an investigation noise rro<#Meed b? an aircraft's Right and the quiet ftyisg
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  • 37 5 JERUSALEM Tbl Israeli Health Ministry has announced a second cholera death. Seven more cholera cases were diagnosed yesterday raising to 92 the number of cases In Israel and Israeli-held territory since Aagust
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  • 170 6 mEL AVIV Israel yesterday for the first time accused Egypt of advancing A sophisticated SAM-3 missiles into the 31 -mile wide Sue* Canal stondsfill zone. A military spokesman said Israel's 13th ceasefire violation complaint was submitted yesterday to the United Nations'
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  • 227 6 /COLOGNE Sclerosis of the arteries accompanies all those who attempt to drive long distances in order to reach their destination without a break (top picture). I West German doctors specialising In traffic medicine recently came up with startling findings. Aggression As permanent psychic tension cannot
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  • 745 6 Teargas thrown in Sirhan's death cell SAN QUENTIN. California Guards at San Quentin Prison used teargas to subdue Sirhan Slrhan after the convicted assassin of Senator Robert Ken. nedy threw a "temper tantrum" In his cell. Warden Louis Nelson said the incident occurred on Wednesday after
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  • 123 6 LONDON Film star Mia Farrow and conductor Andre Previn have been married In a London church on Thursday, a spokesman for the couple an. nounced. 1 Previn Is the principal conductor Oi the London Symphony Orchestra. Ills divorce from his second wife, song-writer Dorothy Langdon.
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  • 126 7 ChineseArtifact Museum in Taipei TAIPEI A Chinese Artifact Museum, first of its kind In history, Is likely to make its debut In Taipei before this year Is out Prof. Shlh Tsui Peng. Chairman of the Industrial Art Department of the National Academy of Art, announced he hag amassed aom e
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  • 46 7 SYDNEY Leading British aircraft designer Dr. Al Russell says It is not possible to design a hijack-proof aircraft. The one effective way to stamp out aircraft hijackings, according to Dr. Russell, is to "shoot an v hijacker as soon as they land."
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  • 208 7 WASHINGTON Records released 25 years after the end of World War Two revealed on Thursday that the U.S. Army believes 20 American airmen died in the atomic-bombin? of Hiroshima. The records had been classified "confidential," the second highest of three secret classifications used
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  • 44 7 BALKAN YOUTH, a Bulgarian dance company, rehearses a show item framed by heavy machinery for their debut in Britain. The company, consisting of 19 dancers and 4 musicians, is now on a world tour. (UPI radiophoto). UPI radiophoto.
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  • 253 7 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Singer Eddie Fisher told a sad tale yesterday of a happy-go-lucky star who left business details in the hands of paid professionals and woke up one morning to find himself broke, in debt and out of work. The idol of the
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  • 113 7 HONG KONG Han Suyin, the well-known writer on China, met Chinese Premier Chou En Lai on Thursday in Peking, the New China News Agency reported. The authoress, who spent her schooldays in Peking but now lives outside the country, was accompanied by her Indian husband,
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  • 388 7 VyASHINGTON America and Japan should co-operate in the development of atomic power for peaceful purposes, the head of the Joponese Defence Agency proposed. The Defence Chief, Yusuhiro Nakasone, stressed Japan has no intention of becoming a nuclear military power. He seld his country wants US.
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  • 321 8 AS predicted, Lloyds of London and other aircraft insurance houses have dumped their contracts and requested reinsurance on new terms and increased rates that would have "hijack clauses" carefully written in. This week has been a very black week for the air industry and airline operators as negotiations
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  • 347 8 THERE are any number of "Third Worlds" outside of the acknowledged camps of the "Big Two" and the purpose of these middling nations apparently is to cooperate among themselves, and to protest their continued dependence on the Big Two. It is rather curious that a few agency
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  • 656 8  -  By Frank Mankiewics, Tom Braden, pOLITICS is the cruelest of American sports, and the current example which proves the point is New York's Republican senator, Charles Goodell. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller named Goodell to Robert Kennedy's Senate seat, from a final list of three men. Rockefeller made his
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  • 402 8  -  By Dick West, RAN into Sam Flappable the other day. He's a former colleague of mine who left the service of journalism a few years ago to take a government job. Asked Sam how he was getting along. "It has taken me a while,'' Sam said. "But
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  • 199 8 TOKYO The Mainlchi Daily News said today U.S. military's Far East Network (FEN) has won wide popularity imong Japanese and non-American foreign listeners although it broadcasts primarily for U.S. servicemen and their families. The Japanese-owned newspaper devoted ne of Its two editorials to
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 424 12 Ohio Russia and Japan lead 32 countries into the 1970 world weightlifting championships which begin here today (Saturday). The Soviets will have three defending champions from the 1969 meet at Warsaw, Poland, while the Japanese will be represented by two 1969 winners. In all, seven
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    • 165 12 Marjorie Heggarty, ot Batteraea, London hu test turned 65 and still •olds on to a world record she set 43 years afo. During the 1521 Amateur Athletics Association championship meeting at Reading, Berkshire. Southern England. Mrs. Heggarty recorded 3m. 54.2 sees, for the women's 880 yards walk
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    • 147 12 Martin Reynolds in the 200 metres and Olympic 40 0 metres champion David Hemery in the 110 metres hurdles gained Britain two more gold medals in the World Student Games which held in Turin last week. This made the British total three gold, four silver and two
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    • 187 12 Britain's sports While Britain's golfing hero, Tony Jacklin, it ill has to eome back to his match-winning form of last year, he is still the biggest thing that has ever happened to the sport in Britain. Jackiin is to be proposed as the first honorary life
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    • 191 12 World neiball comes to England In October and November. Main attraction is the EnglandJamaica confrontation at Wembley at London on October 17, but the visiting team will give netball enthusiasts in many parts of Britain fine opportunities to see tames at international leveL After tne world
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    • 104 12 Kipchoge Keino. th« Kenyan runner and 1,500 metres gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland in July, is taking an advanced course in physical training and coaching at the British Army School of Physical Training, Aldershot, in Southern England. Keino, who arrived In London
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    • 56 12 Ireland's Christy O'Connor won the world record £25,000 first prize in the John Player Golf Classic with a fourround total of 286, one shot in front of Britain's Tony Jacklin, the American open champion. Jacklin's second place was worth £lO,OOO. Peter Gill of Surbiton and Coles shared
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    • 276 12  -  By SPECTATOR An average attendance of 45,685 at Leeds matches so far, against 34,095 last season when they were challenging for the championship, the Football Association Cup and the European Cap, probably reflects their new image as purveyors of attractive spectator-worthy foot- ball. In dropping
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    • 164 12 Britain's football coaches are still being eagerly sought after by sports associations in all parts of the world. Latest to go abroad is George Ainsley, former Leeds United centre forward and then a manager of Workington. There is an upsurge of soccer interest in the Middle East
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  • Article, Illustration
    830 13 I Film version of "atoflnWl "WHAT bloody treachery is this," snarled Cromwell. "We came to meet Manchester and insteSd we find the King's army. Well, I shall take on the King, and after that, if needs must, I'll take on Manchester as well." He wheeled his horse and galloped
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 26 13 RITE-CLUB Miss JULIE FUNG Miss LILY ■I the mike and y|.r.«. jnr accompanied by IULn-lilL Z'n.T ZZ NIGHTINGALE luncheon music on A*< Tim/Ail Sunday* OF TAIWAN
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 2017 14 LOOKING AND radio CARROLL RIOHTCR'S I he Carroll GENERAL TENDENCIES: Utilize the eatly pari oi the day to find out what you can do to please those who have any control over your affairs. All dty and eve •las avoid any action that could cause criticism from anyone of importance.
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  • TWO FILM STARS TALK ABOUT THEIR CAREERS
    • 624 15  -  BEAUTY AND AGE SATURDAY SHOWBIZ By Dick Kleiner, Joan Crosby TTOLLYWOOD Before we go one step further, let's get one thing clearly understood: Jacqueline Bisset's last name. Forget your high school French and repeat after me: Bisset, as in Jacqueline, Is pronounced as though
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    • 611 15 TJOLLYWOOD Seeing Lew Ayres releosed o flood of memories. Suddenly that child with the infected Anger was sitting in a darkened movie house watching him star in a Dr. Kildare film and bursting into tears when an actor playing a medic said: "Doctor,
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  • 904 16 PREGNANT m*m worth more (teaan cursory look. A pity, then, that discussion of a "Pregnant Man. Poster", recently teased by tN British Health Kducation Council, should degenerate Into a row about trail——. But tteat te what, has happened. The family planning poster
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  • Article, Illustration
    210 16 SST Tfltfc ftad two lac CMMMB. ike |Mt eirkt ymmn ■>#■l weai back wmSi My jwoblon will Mnffiyou but 1 *eam ftfeeoft my aearlj wrj )MNWII|M, iM. I lutft ao iatcrvst tn Mm taring «f--nce hears Uat ti. Bab klwaiv midnight u>i aja. Pm ariwuii to tall yau
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  • SATURDAY WOMEN
    • 117 17 the virtues of Ihe midi outweigh those of the mini is really something for you tc decide. But here's a few pictures fust to make tfcat decision o little easier. A no-one can refute the femininity of these rrodis Eastern Sun pictures show from right top: •This
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    • 60 17 Now that you've decided the midl has its virtues, you're probably worried about accessories. Well, there's no need Tor that not in Singapore any way! Here's just a few examples of shoes and bags that were really made for mans Bright, bright colours nice chunky heels, snazzy
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    • 124 17 LENGTHY necklace* have been dominant in accessories for some time. Now, with the return of high, round necklines, shorter necklaces enter the picture. They're boldly designed, often in abstract shapes. At Christian Dior a chrome abstract shape like Angers is linked to silver circles, ail dependent
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  • 298 18 for the speculative Issues which avoided doll moments In Aj trading in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday, the bearish tendency prevailed in the other industrials in light 1 sentiment. Hotels thinned In support, but on the other hand, a technical rally struck
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  • 290 18 September first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 51-1/8 cents per lb. up 1-1/4 cents per lb. from the previous close. The tone of the market was very quiet. Turnover was very small on a quiet and thin
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  • 36 18 NEW YORK—Dow Jones oflosing averages Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange were: 30 Industrials 700.75 20 Transp. 137.50 15 Utilities 108.99 65 Stocks 239.36 40 Bonds 67.98 Commodity futures index 147.73 off 0.07.
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  • 152 18 liONDON Modest scale buying unmatched by selling kept the stock market Arm Thursday despite Wall Street's setback and Middle East tensions. The Index gained 2.6 to 341.4 near the final bell. British Petroleum's (BP) profits setback despite higher sales reduced Its price by 5 shillings 4
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  • 78 18 THK noon price* •t the Singapore Chinese 1 Exchange yesterday Coconut Oil Produce *ere: (FOB.) Balk 01 00 Coronnt (N) (FOFT) Dram 53 SO M Copra 80 00 Mantok Hbltr TrTil) 185 00 Sarawak White Pepper 182.50 Sarawak Hpecta) i Black Pepper 157-50 t (FO B Lamport* special (FOB.)
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  • 119 18 HONG KONG Friday's currency rates {supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Buyers) (Sellers) 196.3 197.3 per 100 Straits dollars 151.5 153.5 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6.74 6.75 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 470 490 per 1,000 Indian rupees 135 lt>6 per 10.000
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  • 659 18 BID and offer prices ofllcially listed at the close of business In the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms ot the Stock Exchange yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS B 8 Aetna 1.36 1 40 AJlqomole 2.06 Alcan J .46 148 Allied Choc. 280 2.89 Ben. 1.06 Berjaya 1.25 1.27 Borneo
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  • 855 18 BUSINESS done Id and reported to the trading rooms of the Stork Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded In brarkftOn lot* of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS Alcan $1.43 (1) $1 46 (1) DIM $147 (1) $l4B (1); Ben $l.OB (2): Berja*a
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  • 12 18 THE tin price for yesterday was *6.55, per picul unchanged.
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  • commercial and industrial
    • 204 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday—The export of rubber. West Malaysia's top moneyearner, dropped by $26.2 million during the first seven months of the year, despite an Increase in' the export volume. This was due to the downward trend of the price of the commodity 62.9
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    • 144 19 LONDON, Britain yesterday signed the Fourth International Tin Agreement. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, signed It on behalf of Britain. the Foreign Office announced. The Third International Tin Agreement expires on June 30. 1971. The new agreement will, if ratified by six
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    • 494 19 ARftivaia 145 a m Ms.\ itfi Kuala l.ompur 6 2:. a m MHA \S6 Madras 7-SO a na. MHA Its Kuala Lumpur 9SO am. MM 452 Kuala Lampar 10 SO am MHA 448 KB chlag 11 OA am. MHA 454 Prnang. a l.urupur 11 S»am MSA *O.l Jakarta
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    • 390 19 SYDNEY Bouts of profit takinf Friday trimmed speculative nickel Issues back on Sydney Stock Exchange. Sellers were also active on the higher priced stocks forcing the leader Poseidon to clo» with a three-dollar eat from Thursday's (10-M profit, finishing the day at $82.00, IMC,
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    • 69 19 NEW YORK Gold prices slipped in moderately active trading Thursday on markets here and abroad. London gold fell 2$ cents at the morning fixing and dropped an additional 5 cents for a second fixing of $36,175 a troy ounce. Zurich gold was unchanged at $36 20 bid.
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    • 75 19 LONDON Rubber closed quiet but steady Thursday with spot 18ft, Settlement House Oct 19-1/8. 19-1/2 Nov 19-1/2, 19-3/4 Dec 19-3/4, 20 Oct/Dec 19-1/2. 19-3/4 Jan/Mar 20. 20-1/4 Apr/Jun 20-1/2. 20-11/16 Jly/Bep 20-5/8. 20-13/16 Oct/Dec 20-3/4, 20-15/16 Jan/Mar I 20-13/16. 21-1/16 Apr/Jun 20-7/8 21-1/8 Jly/Sep 20-15/16.21-3/16
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    • 25 19 MANILA The Philippine peso closed yesterday at 6.375 pesos against US$l against Thursday's rate of 6.36 pesos in Interbank trading. Sales were U*****,000.
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    • 28 19 LONDON—Tin was barely steady with sales of 295 tons. Spot buyers 1504 sellers 1506 business 1508, 1505 three months buyers 1511 sellers 1512 business 1513, 1511.
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    • 133 19 NEW YORK—The stock market Thursday continued to give up some of Its recent sharp advance, finishing lower for the second consecutive session. Turnover was moderate. At the final bell, the Dow Jones Industrial average was off 5.68 at 760.75. Of the 1.578 Issues on the tape,
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    • 82 19 The Port of Singapore Authority ha made the following berthing arrangement* for today, cpnt. I* DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels S Houan Maru 12 Yuho Maru 13/14 Slnoutakeric 20 East Petallng 21 West KlmanU 23/24 Thorsorlent 25/26 Straat Colombo 27/28 Myoma Yw® 33/34 Chenab 38/39 Neptune Taurus 47
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  • 395 20 Jordan An Arob commando organisation said yesterday it will more the 270 hostages held aboard three hijacked airliners from their remote Jordanian desert airstrip to Amman. The central committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) announced the move "for humanitarian reasons" offer earlier reports
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  • 75 20 UNITED NATIONS, New York Speaking at a Press conference on Thursday, UN Secretary -General U Thant says he i s optimistic about international trends, including developments in the Middle East, despite the collapse of peace talks and the hijackings of international aircraft. U Thant
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  • 312 20 A IRLINES operating through Singapore have Intensified security arrangements even though Singapore is generally regarded as safely off the "hijack tone". The airlines—there are 32 of them are confident that hijacking would not spread to this region. Jtecen# rush However, the recent rush
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