Eastern Sun, 22 September 1970

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  • 22 1 EASTERN SUN -Singapore's own national daily vlv\ 10 cenfc Estd. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1453 Tuesday. September 22, 1970 MC (P) 1616
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  • 284 1 Jordan situation getting worse Egypt An emergency Arab summit meeting is to be held at the Arab League headquarters at 3.30 p.m. (Singapore time) today, it was officially announced yesterday. The meeting, which is to deal with the rapidly deteriorating situation in Jordan, was
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  • 44 1 THE fifth Tang di-Pertuan Agong-designate being formally introduced to the Prime Mi-nister-designate, Tun Abdul Razak (right) on arrival to a red-carpet welcome at the RMAF base in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning. Story and another picture in Page 20.
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  • 308 1 KUALA LUMPUR, A High Court Judge yesterday lashed out bitterly at "corrupt Jurors" who disgrace the country with their untrue verdicts. These people, said Dato Justice S. M. Yong, are unfit to sit in the Jury. Such Jurors who return untrue verdicts are "a
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  • 269 2 Four children escape injury POUR from o family of nine ore in critical condition in hospital after their kerosene cooker exploded in their one-room flat yesterday morning. Parents, Quek Ling Hoe, 54, and his wife Chng Cbor Wah 43, are on
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  • 50 2 National Bervlce Registration and Medical Examination for those born on Feb. 16 and 17 1053, will be conducted on Oct. 28. Originally, It was announced that registration would take place on Oct. 29 The change of date has been brought about a« Deepav&ll fall* on Oct 29.
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  • 69 2 A Dutch luncheon or ''Ho.landfie KofTietafel" will be held at the residence of Mrs. R. C. Pekelharlng, wife of the Dutch Ambassador, at 23. Rldout Road, tomorrow. The luncheon, under the patronage of the First Lady. Puan Noor Alshah, Is to raise funds in aid of Children's Charities
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  • 268 2 INCREASED reports of conjunctivitis, a virus disorder of the eye, has strengthened fears of an epidemic. General practitioners confirmed yesterday that more patients had come forward during the week to seek treatment The outbreak was first reported by the Singapore Medical Association last Friday.
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  • 146 2 KUALA LUMPUR Selangor Police have detained four Deople in connection with the murder Sunday of a police constable, Othman bin Salleh, at the Selangor Mansion, flats. The Selangor CID chief. Assistant Commissioner Ko Kim Cheng, said yesterday that police have also recovered two
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  • 66 2 S. Palaniandi, 34, jailed (or six months, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of extortion, on Sept. 16. Th« court was told that ne had confronted coffee-stall owner at Market Street, and demanded $lO.BO with the threat that his stall might be burnt down
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  • 79 2 Fire youths yesterday pleaded guilty In the 10th Magistrate's Court to possession of ganja. The magistrate, Mr. Tan Chin Tiong, fined Teo Chu Lai, 24, $4O for smoking ganja behind a wayang stage on Sept. 18, but postponed sentence till Oct. 5 pending a
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  • 33 2 Ninth Magistrate. Mr. Giam Chin Toon, yesterday sentenced ten Indonesians. ages ranging from 17 to 40, to a month's jail each for illegal entr v between ■*ul» 16 to Sept 17#
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  • 323 2 JAIL, ROTAH FOR 4 WHO STOLE WIRES THE act of four men in stealing copper telecommunications wires from the Malayan Railways was yesterday described as an "anti-social act towards society." Third District Judge, Mr. K. T. Alexander, said it created M a danger
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  • 340 3 tJMALL-TIME robbers and snatch thieves are back at the Botanic Gardens to prey on courting couples and defenceless people. Several cases of hold-ups and petty snatch thefts have been reported from the area. Many more cases go unreported the couples victimised keep
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  • 294 3 CAR WASHER whose left-hip movements were hindered and had his left le e shortened after an accident last year, yesterday brought a negligence suit against a sales-man-driver. The plaintiff, Mr. M.P. Kumarasay, 47. of Hindoo Road, represented by Mr. Denis Murphy, alleged that he was
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  • 103 3 A motor-cyclist died several hours later in the Thomson Road General Hospital after he crashed into a stationary car and was later knocked down by a lorry, on Sunday. motor-cyclist, Chua Yeh Yeh. 16, of Woodlands Road was travelling along the same road at
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  • 413 4 JOHORE BAHRU Lee Wong Tiang, 29, fhe accused in the Esther Chan murder trial, was yesterday described as "a man of little courage" who could not even stand the sight of a chicken being slaughtered. A ripple of laughter broke
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  • 122 4 BATU GAJAH, People living in the rural arras were yesterday warned not to eat the wild mushrooms in their gardens and back- yards. The warning was given by a medical spokesman after another family was admitted to the district hospital with acute stomach pains and vomittlng
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  • 340 4 A RESTAURANT-OWNER'S Deepavali joy in anticipating brisk business was shattered by the sound of broken glass and flying bottles. the High Court was told yesterday. The court also heard about another employee, a cook, who being too frightened after being assaulted by four men climbed up
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  • 268 4 A hawker yesterday changed his mind and claimed taxi-owner Quek Boon Yan, 35, was behind the wheel of a taxi which knocked down the accused's elder brother. Goh Kim Huat waus giving evidence in the inquiry in which Quek Ls tentatively charged with
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  • 211 4 TIIIS beautiful sculpture of a mermaid, made of butter and margarine, will be one of the large/ assortment of food on display at the Culinary Art and Food exhibition at the Conference Hall on Saturday and Sunday. The exhibition is being presented
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  • 59 4 NEW YORK. Singapore yesterday blasted the shortcomings of the United Nations, saying that matters have reached the point "that no small nation can look safe y to the U.N. to assure its security from external aggression." Singapore Ambassador T. T. B. Koh said many countries were
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  • 249 5 DANGKOK The U.S. Embassy disclosed the American who hijacked a plane from Thailand to Nortl Vietnam on FriJay had been imprisoned earlier for stealing a plane ond flying it to Cuba. An embassy spokesman soid Bobby Keesee, 36, of
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  • 85 5 NAPLES, Italy Police announced they had cracked a largescale fake Swiss watek racket In Naples for wkick U.S. sailors and tourists were tke mala target. A raid m a jeweller's shop brought to light CM watches, all olaiming to be made by well-known Swiss Firms, and
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  • 239 5 KOMATSUJIMA, Japan About 20 Filipinos, armed with swords, knives and pistols, raided a Japanese freighter in Manila Bay and made off with 554.164 worth of fittings, the Maritime Safety Agency said today. Officials said the Incident occurred on September 10, while the 2.966 -ton freghter.
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  • 142 5 BONN. Chancellor Will* Brandt's projected 1971 Government expenditure of 5589.500 million has caused the liveliest debate over any West German budget even before its formal presentation to Parliament tomorrow. The Chancellor's left Liberal Alliance needs the money to enable it to keep its pre-election promises
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    • 100 5 The Capri is one of those cars...the kind you always promised yourself if you ever had the money. It's sleek, stylish and sporty, with the same exciting look you've only seen on the most expensive Italian bred models. But now Ford shows that style isn't governed by price. and introduces
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  • 125 6 CLEVELAND, Ohio A thief grabbed a purse containing 5590,000 worth of jewels from a wrecked car and fled on foot as a crowd gathered at the scene of the accident. Police said the jewels were stolen from a car belonging to Stanley Meisel. Illegal
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  • 247 6 YORK Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir declared that Jordan does not need to fear Israel, but its "friends the Arab countries." Addressing a dinner meeting of the American Jewish community in New York on Sunday, she said, "We feel
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  • 176 6 Emergency landing by MSA plane HONG KONG A Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA) plane with ftC passengers aboard which reported hydraulic difficulties yesterday on a flight from Taipei to Hong Kong had landed safely In Hong Kong, a Government (V>okesman announced The spokesman said that the plane would
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  • 54 6 SYDNEY, Man could live to be 200 years old through dieting and racial lnter-breeding, a Sydney scientist disclosed at the annual conference of the Australian Association of Gerontology. Dr. A. Everltt, senior lecturer In physiology at Sydney University, explained he had successfully provened the theory in
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  • 327 6 BEIRUT, King Hussein last night ordered his Army to cease fire immediately against the Palestine commandos, according to an Amman radio announcement. It was addressed to all units of the Army. Security Forces, and militia. The order was effective four-and-a-half days after the King's military
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  • 62 6 BEIRUT Syrian Head of State Nureddin Atassl left Damascus for Cairo yesterday but Damascus Radio stressed he would not attend today's Arab summit on Jordan. The Radio said Dr. Atassi would have talks on Jordan with President Nasser of Egypt. President Muammar AlGaddafl of Libya, and
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  • 309 7 ftANGKOK Communist guerrillas used the ruse of a surrender offer to ambush and kill the three highest-ranking Thai officials in North Chiang Rai Province. r Police, sources disclosed the dead were Provincial Governor Prayod Somonmit, Provinciol Police ond the Third Army Chief of
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 7 RESCUE workers in Venice recover the body of a young woman who drowned when a typhoon struck a ferr? and sank it within seconds. The 25-ton boat was then carrying some 50 to 60 passengers from San Marco to the Lido. (DPI radiophoto) UPI radiophoto
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  • 163 7 MANILA A Manila columnist disclosed that the Alitalia aircraft carrying the Philippines' First Lady from Rome to London was "almost hijacked." Manila Mirror* columnist Ore* Datuin related Mrs. Ferdinand Marcos telephoned her Presid-ent-husband from Rome to report the incident. Datuin said the President informed him
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  • 29 7 BORDEAUX Jacques Chaban-Deimas, Prime Minister. w as re-elected in the Bordeaux parliamentary by-election on Sunday. His victor? was a crushing blow to his chief opponent. JeanJacques Servan-Schrei-ber.
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  • 146 7 NEW YORK, A Briton and two Americans took off from Long Island on Sunday on a Trans-At-lantic balloon trip to France. Pilot of the craft, "Free Life,'' i« Malcolm Brighton, a 32-year-otd British aeronautical »nSlneer from Farnham. urrey. Hl* crew are Bob Anderson, a
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  • 264 7 PALM SPRINGS, California, Frank Sinatra spoke up on Sunday in his first reply to cusations made against him after a Las Vegas casino altercation on September 6. He made a point-by-point denial of charges that he threatened Bandford Waterman, manager of Caesar's Palace, and
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  • 498 8 THE timing and duration of Prime Minister A Lee Kuan Yew's visit to the Soviet Union is quite important. Mr. Lee had ample Opportunities of discussing many problems M the world with various leaders at the conference and then he spent sometime in Cairo where
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  • 169 8 IT is a rare phenomenon to watch politicians winning the hearts of the entire segment of the people they lead. This is mainly because of the weakness In human nature in trying to rise above the corrupt, mundane demands of a grouping with which the
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  • 607 8  -  By Art Buchwald, IT wos the end of the 1970 foil fashion season, and the news on oil fronts wos bod. The Fuehrer, deep dcwn in his bunker underneath the Seventh Avenue Subway, was reading reports from all parts of the coun- try in rage and frustration.
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  • 282 8 By Albert E. Kaff. Tokyo Japan may help build a new city in Alaska, the onlj North American soil on which Japanese troops landed in World War IL A senior official in Marubenl-ilda, one of Japan's largest trading houses, said his firm has
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  • 367 8  -  LETTERS WONG HUNG KHIM I refer to your report of 16th Sept. under the heading 'Robot' Waiters Flayed. The remarks made therein are neither accurate nor constructive. In the first place, the course for waiters and waitresses is 21 months and not 2 months as
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    • 62 8 Foreign news and feature* appearing In all editions of the Eastern Sun and The Bun arc from: Keutera. United Press International. Aaen c e France Pr ase, Fdiiors Press Syndicate. Newspaper Enterprise Association. Publishers Hall Synd cate, Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Gemi n| New# Service. North American Newspaper Alliance. First
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    113 9 Opium has few attractions for Singapore's youth but ganja use is rising There is o drug scene in Singapore. It's not the freaked out, highflying world of the West not yet. Here the scene is more unobtrusive than open, more pothetic than fashionable. There is, of course, opium, but
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  • 321 9  -  By Dr. Wayne Brandstadt Q What are the harmful effects of using phenobarbital? A All barbiturates are hablt-formlng. They depress the nervous system, so a very large dose may cause unconsciousness. This effect Is heightened when alcohol, also a nervous system depresent, Is
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  • 621 10/11  -  Jfi by WSF SHADOW is cast by a strong light on an object. There are two types of lightings which would cast a shadow; viz, natural light and artificial light. The sun provides natural light and electric lamps give artificial light. There are various forms of
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1896 12 LOOKING AND LISTENING....fv radio guide [CARROLL. RIOHTBR'S from the Carroll Righter Institute GENERAL TENDENCIES: A new plan can be thought c*it today that can give you insight into the best way you can handle those pressing problems of a family or emotional nature. You also can find new ways and
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  • 646 13  -  By Harold Heffernan, IN the T en s ely continuing bottle of the hemline, movie producers ore in the front line trenches right olong with designers and manufacturers of women's clothing. Today, the film folks can't gain they can only lose with a bad guess. They're
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  • 119 13 LONDON Columbia Pictures has concluded negotiations with Memorial Films for the production of "Gumshoe" starring Albert Finney. Michael Medwin will produce the film which is scheduled to go before the cameras October 19. •'Gumshoe," a story involving a girl, a gun. a "grand" and a
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  • 209 13 HOLLYWOOD: Produ-cer-director Stanley Kramer has signed the song-writing and arranging team of Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. to create the music for "Bless The Beasts And Children," film version of Glendon Swarthout's novel now shooting in Prescott, Arisona for Columbia Pictures. ...Hie signing marks the
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 219 13 SHAW SATION SB LID Q Phone 3734 14 Uit t Dtp N* Free List II a.m., 1.45. 4, Ml. 91ft TUB UNGRATEFUL ONE" Mandarin In Scope, Color OPENS THURSDAYS D. H. Lawrence's "Women In Lore" Color (US) CAPITOL Phon. ?975«l LAST t DAYS! U am. 1.45. 4. 6.30 0.30 Ruth
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  • Students' page
    • 818 14  -  Datslifle By Ele, Walt Dulaney Dear lie: I Have received an offer to earn $l5 per hour as en art class model. I don't think I'd feel embarrassment because I've taken classes like this and know th« model becomes just an
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      382 14 To survive in this world, we need a lot of courage courage which will help us face problems an 4 hardships in life. Without Hie courage to face situations life may end up in suicides. Suicides account for a good number of deaths around the world. In Singapore alone,
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    • 619 14 "Safety"! Have you heard of this magic word? It is a household word. This word means life-dear, precious life In the home. Many people have resulted themselves into miserable torture and pain for forgetting this word. Have you heard of babies playing with hot boiling water?
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    • 194 14 ESSAY CONTEST: Rules to observe The Eastern Sun's essay writing contest tor boys anil girls of 14 and under (Junior) and boys and girls over 14 (Senior) appears in this page from Monday to Friday. Prlxe money is: JIC tor Seniors and $5 tor junior i tew fvsry rurv pubiittfd
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  • WOMEN
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      201 15 You can do anything with a scarf IT, drape it or sash it. There's no doubt about it, the scarf is in its prime in this age of multiple fashion. Here are some Indian Kashmiri printed, Lee Lambert and Seekers Scarves from Australia. The scenes (from left) are: A
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    • 49 15 NEW ZEALAND'S sheep are starting a take-over bid in Hong Kong's wig business. Fleece* of Lincoln sheep are beIn* shorn by one of the world's top hair stylists "Teasy Weasy" Raymond, and the first batch •f wigs made from wool will soon be on sale in Europe*
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    • 569 15  -  Ann Landers DEAR ANN: I am a homosexual who has managed to go straight. I think yon should give encouragement to others who want to do the same, instead of telling them, as you did recently, that their chances are slim.
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  • 287 16 ENTHUSIASM for trading in the Stock Exchange of Singapore And Malaysia yesterday was again geared up in selected issues. The market otherwise experienced the downfall epidemic hat the undertone was steady. Turnover for the day contributed slightly higher to 1.4 million shares against the previous of
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  • 154 16 KUALA LUMPUR The $3O million Mi miland Tourist Complex in Ulu Gombak 1* expected to be open to the Public in the middle of next year, well In time for th e 1972 Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA) conference A spokesman of the Malaysia Lakes Sdn. Bhd.
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  • 238 16 OCTOBER first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Koala Lompur yesterday at 51-3/8 cents per lb. down 1/8 cent from the previous close. The tone of the mar- ket was dulL After an unchanged opening the market ruled inactive and featureless throughout
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  • 95 16 THE Port tf Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrange meat# far today, Sept. 22. DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 6/7 Yamahiro Maru 10/11 Vienne J3/14 Paul Rickmers 18 Vishva Dharma 23 Aiko Maru 24/25 RosevilW 33/34 Trianon 35/36 Benedin 88/39 Kyosho Maru 21 West Riau U 20
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  • 118 16 HONG KONG Monday's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Buyers) (Sellers) 196.5 197.5 per 100 Straits dollars 150 152 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 8.745 6.755 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 470 490 per 1.000 Indian rupees 135 155 per
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  • 599 16 BID and offer prices officially listed at the elose of business in the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock exchange were: yesterday INUUHTIUALa B 8 A«ma 1.38 AJiaenoto U6 Akma IM pJMl, l.lt lit IM ICS IM Bowstead La IM C. Pj*«0(l J4 M C
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  • 727 16 BUSINESS done to and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded In bracket* In lot* of I.OM units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Acma $1 84 <1) A Iran $l4O <1) Be r Jay* 1120 (16) Boraa*
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  • 81 16 THt BOOB PTtm at the Singapore Chlnete Produce Exchange ycsterdaj were: Cm on in ot) i» <> B.) Balk 54.00 Coconut Oil <t o H.) Dram 06.50 M. Copra MM Munlok White Pepper (FOB.) ISO 00 Sarawak White Pepper 182.00 Sarawak special Hlarfc Pepper (FOB) 107.60 ui-gj. Black Pepper
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  • 74 16 KUALA LUMPUR The search far a vaccina against fllariasis, <a water-borne disease transmitter by a nails) conducted by the Institute for Medical Research, has met with encouraging results, the IMR s director, Dato Dr. Abu Bakar bin Ibrahim, said. "The IMR is working on a vaccine which
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  • commercial and industrial
    • 306 17 SYDNEY Mining leaders remained firm in an active day of trading on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Queensland Mine and Kathleen Investments both showed strong improvements. Queens land Mines traded strongly In all sessions and closed $2 00 up at $3O 00 Nickel leader Poseidon did
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    • 156 17 KUALA LUMPUR A two-point plan has been suggested In the quarterly economic bulletin of Bank Negara Malaysia to further improve the competitive position of the Malaysian Rubber Industry. It calls for continuous efforts to reduce production cost and to intensify promotion for the sale of
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    • 168 17 KUMPULAN Guthrie Sendirian Be r had has begun construction work on a $4 million palm oil processing factory at Yone Prng, Johore. The factor* will be built in two phases and will be completed by the mid *****. With the completion of
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    • 624 17 4KKIV4I f 1.4.% a m IW Kuala Lumpur V-Ooam MsA >K? Mud ra» Kuala Lum pur l-Mtra MSA m Kuala Lumpur i m M> 45* Kuala Lumpur 11 -mf> a.in Ms% I.VI ernang Kuala Lum pur 11 to m MSA iu > 4Jk«rn IXO pm Msa 4.M n
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    • 95 17 KUCHINO Pollution of the rivers of Sarawait have wiped out the cockle beds at Kuala Sadong and the oyster beds at Pulau Trlso, the state's natural cockle and oyster beds. River and Inshore flsh. notably the Terubok, have al*, dwindled. Ikan Terubok come In seasons to spawn at
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    • 99 17 JOHORE BAHRU The Johore State Government has set up a committee to consider whether padi cultivation should be given up in some areas because the people of the state are not keen on It. The committee, which Is headed by the chairman of the state
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    • 322 17 THE experience and facilities required to operate rural airline services are quite different from those needed for an international or trunk-route airline. The managing director of Malaysia Air Charter, Captain F.J. Bussell. said this In response to a statement by the Selangor Consumers
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  • 205 18 NEW YORK, Major league baseball results and standings after Sunday's games: NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST W L GB Pittsburgh 82 70 Chicago 80 72 2 New York 79 74 3* St. Louis 72 81 10* Philadelphia 70 83 12* Montreal 87 85 15 WEST W L GB
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  • 471 18 PORTMARNOCK, Ireland—Australian Bruce Devlin, casually blowing shots at the last two holes shot a four under par 68 Sunday on the final round to easily win the *****,000 first prize in the Alcan Golfer of the Year championship with a 10-under-par aggregate of 278. Devlin shot
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  • 281 18 MONT TREMBLANT, Quebec, Jacky Ickx of Belgium won his second Grand Prix race of the year Sunday, followed across the finish line of the Grand Prix of Canada by Ferrari teammate Claudio Regazzoni of Switzerland. Defending world champion driver Jackie Stewart made a blazing
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  • 845 18  -  A column on American sports by Milton Richman NEW YORK Tony Conigliaro couldn't toko his •yes oH Hie TV set. He was watching the contest between the New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys and he was focusing every bit of his attention on one figure on
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 1069 19 FOLLOWING are the nee weights for this weekend's racing at Bukit Tbnah: SATURDAY ci,. l Mv. t Qreat Sign 9.00 Feature Film a 8.12 angtze Klang 8.12 Mastrel Boy 8.11 Medal Music 8.11 If akin 8.10 Bed O'Roees 8 10 Literati 8.10 (Thunder Court 8.08 Count Nero
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    • 286 19 NEWPORT, R. 1., The Australian platoon system Anally paid off in an America's Cup victory for Gretel 11. Using three helmsmen. Gretel achieved the Improbable and made a U.S. sweep Impossible by defeating defending Intrepid In one minute and seven seconds Sunday to even the best
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    • 82 19 SIEGEN, West Germany In a battle of the giants at the World Chess Championships, here, the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky defeated America's Bobby Fischer with his 39th move on Sunday. The encounter was the day's top attraction for spectators. With two games still to play between the teams,
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    • 60 19 KUALA LUMPUR The 22-member Australian women's national softball team flew in here yesterday from Penang to hold demonstration and coaching sessions at the Specialist Teachers' Training Institute in Cheras. The team had visited Bangkok, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan where the second world softball championship was held at
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    • 282 19 REMEMBER Boy Brooks, the colourful former Orient Middleweight boxing champion w h< fought in Singapore from 1941 to 1952? Brooks has been in town for the last five days and leaves today for the Persian Gulf. A fighter who feared nobody la the ring. Brooks
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    • 36 19 JAKARTA Malaysia and Singapore are among several countries invited to take part in the 1970 Indonesian National Lawn Tennis Championships. The championships will be held in Surabaya, East Java, trow Sept. 20 to 29.
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    • 127 19 KINGSTON, Jamaica Jamaican newspapers yesterday criticised West Indies cricket captain Gary Sobers for taking part in a double-wicket cricket competition in Rhodesia earlier this month. The Jamaica Gleaner's sports editor, Raymond Sharpe, said that bv playing in segregationist Rhodesia before only white spectators, Sobers had done an injustice
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  • 441 20 A WOMAN feinted when she sow her husbond turn into a "flaming torch" after on RAF Lightning jet crashed into their farm. Modom Chong Choy, alios Chong Yoke Choy, 59, yesterday described the horror drama which led to her 61-year-old
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  • 134 20 MOSCOW, The Soviet Union's Luna-16 unmanned lunar probe lifted from the moon's surface yesterday scooping lunar soil and is on its way to earth, the official news agency Tass reported. Tass said an electric drill of the Luna-16 station took samples
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  • 373 20 ANEW chapter in Malaysian history opens today with Tun Abdul Rasak succeeding Tunku Abdul Rahman as Prime Minister. His appointment has received the support of the people as "most logical, although many are genuinely sad to see the Tunku leave. The election of the Sultan
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  • 78 20 BANGKOK, Mistresses of Thai Police killed by guerrillas are adding to the Government's problems in Communist-infil-trated border provinces. Several policemen killed in ambush or battle last year had more than one mistress as well as their legal wives, Police Major Chayaphong of Patthalung province told reporters Sunday.
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