Eastern Sun, 17 October 1970

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore's own national daily 10 cents E«td. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1475 Saturday, October 17, 1970 MC (P) 1616
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    Lock icon WAR EMERGENCY ACT INVOKED IN CANADA
    603 1 QTTAWA Prime Minister Trudeau has invoked the War Emergencies Act, suspending all civil liberties in Canada. In Montreal, soldiers and police joined to strike swiftly in raids on the south and north sides of the city making arrests in separatist areas under extended provisions
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    Lock icon Jordan truce crumbles
    157 1 AMMAN The truce between Jordan Government and guerrillas crumbled yesterday under the impact of the most serious incident since the two sides formally pledged peace three days ago. About 15 mlnute« of sporadic shooting broke out m downtown Amman on Thursday night after Government security forces stopped
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    Lock icon ACCUSED KILLER REMANDED
    88 2 Seen handcuffed and escorted by 2 detectives above is the the man accused of Toa Payoh's doublechild murder Teo Ee Huat, 21, an oddjob labourer. He was yesterday charged In the Ninth Magistrate's Court with the alleged murder of Miss Tan Juat Lan, 17, and her brother,
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    Lock icon 2 fined $3,500
    61 2 Two sub-contractors were fined a total of $3,500 for employing 8 Malaysians without work-permits yesterday. The contractors had employed the Malaysians at a worksite at Toa Payoh. One of them, Chua Chow Peng. 33, was fined $2,000 ior employIns; 5 persons while the other, Chua Tee, 41.
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    Lock icon Family trouble drove man to suicide
    245 2 A LABOURER was driven to suicide because of Hie "ungratefulness and cruelty" of his son and daughter-in-law, a Coroner's Court heard yesterdav. Won y Law alias Wong Kenq Cheong, 63, was found dead at the foot of a block of flats at Blair Plain
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    Lock icon Five robbed of $793 and a $8,000 car
    236 2 A bar owner, a housewife and a couple wore yesterday robbed of $793 in cash and property worth $B,OOO. Bar Owner Tan Sing Chan. 48. of Serangoon Road and his cashier, Lira Nam Hiong, were held-up by 3 armed robbers. The robbers
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    Lock icon PROF. WONG: TAKE UP GARDENING
    240 2 Home Affair* Minister, Professor Wong Lin Ken, last night- urged Singaporeans to become gardeners whenever possible. He said that as more and more flats, houses and factories go up. more and more areas where trees and flowers bloom are lost. "We may become a concrete
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    Lock icon Indian screen idol flying in today
    92 2 Indian screen idol. Rf. G. Ramachandran, will be arriving at the Singapore Airport toda v at about 11.20 a.m He will be met by a six-man delegation, led by Tan sri Run me Shaw as Chairman of the Reception Committee M. G. Ramachandran. popularly
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      129 2 Around town 10.04 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. 6th Modern Art Exhibition at Victoria Memorial Hall. 10.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. Exhibition in connection with "Keep Singapore Clean and Pollution-Free" Campaign at Conference Hall. 11.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. 4 Alms "The City: Time for
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    Lock icon A double bonus for the readers!
    83 3 Sisters Judee (below) and Brenda Horin (left) are today's double bonus for the Eastern Sun readers. The girls team up with singer Willy Ruffe in the Je| Set Show at the Hotel Malaysia. They sportingiv oblig- Ed to pose for our cameraman. Frank On*,
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    Lock icon 15 MURDER SUSPECTS IN POLICE LOCK-UP
    398 3 jyjORE then 15 people believed to be involved in three recent murders ore now in the police lock-up. They have been rounded up by the crack Special Investigations Section of the C.I D. and some are expected to be charged as soon as investigations
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    Lock icon $31,185 CBT charge: Man pleads guilty
    260 3 FORMER bank sub-accountant yesterday pleaded guilty to six charges of misappropriating $31,185.71 belonging to the Chung Khiaw Bank. The High Court, however, postponed the sentence to Nov. 18 to enable John Yong Nyen Vul, 32. to make full restitution. Bail at $50,000 in two
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      33 3 Mil THIS SUNDAY'S DRAW NO: 83/70 (18-10-70) S CASH JACKPOT IS $120,001 TO WINNERS WITH 5 NUMBERS CORRECT THE OTHER GROUP PRIZES REMAIN THE SAME PLUS FREE ENTRY FOR 3 CIRCLES CORRECT $5OO/-
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    Lock icon Sibu curfew relaxed for 3 villages
    167 5 SIBU—The villages of Sungei Bidut, Telok Bangau and B uk i t Igo were bustling with activity after nearly 2 months under round the clock curfew. The curfew, imposed on August 22, was relaxed yesterday morning. It is now only from 6 p.m. to
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    Lock icon Accused attacked in 'selfdefence'
    175 5 KUALA LUMPUR, —An ice -water seller, Yong Fait, 39, told a Magistrate's Court he saw a youth snatching a chair from a watchman and (hen hit him on the head With it. He was testifying at the preliminary inquiry in which Low Eng Chuan, 20, a
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    Lock icon TUNKU ASKED TO RESIGN AS VARSITY CHANCELLOR
    250 5 17'UALA LUMPUR The Malay Language Society of the University of Malaya yesterday called on Tunku Abdul Rahman to resign from the Chancellor's post if he cannot understand tinder graduates' problems. The President of the Society, Nordin Razak, *as commenting on the former Prime
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    Lock icon Hotel's instant garden
    95 5 Why wait for trees to trow when they can be transplanted fullygrown? That's what the management of the $39 million Shangri-La Hotel in Orange Grange Road has decided to do. Seen above is a fullgrown coconut tree being lowered by a crane into the ground in front
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    Lock icon Probe into reserve lands
    122 5 TANJONG MALEM. Investigations into th« mortgaging of Malay reserve land have shows that not all the lands involved were really mortgaged or had passed into th«> hands of others. What had actually taken place was that the owners had been deprived of the revenue from th«
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    Lock icon NEW ENVOY
    42 5 Dr. Roberto de Cardo na, the new Italian Ambassador to Singapore presented hi s Letter, oj Credence to Presiden) Yusof Ishak at the Is tana yesterday. He succeeds Dr. Dant< Pollici. who has left Sin gapore in August foj reassignment.
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    Lock icon Towns put on alert for storm
    316 6 TXA NANG. Vietnam Military authorities yesterday placed South Vietnam's sccoad tareeat city oa emergency alert, grounding aircraft and evacuating Installations along the coast of the South China Sea in advance of approaching typhoon "Joan." Weather forecasters predicted winds of at least St miles an
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    Lock icon Thieu-Nixon full accord on 5-point peace offer
    409 6 President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam said yesterday he and Pre ..dent Nixon are in complete a:coid on the latest fi\e-point peace offer to the Communists, and he hopes their rejeh'on isn't final. Ketp i.earing rumous that we have a cold attitude
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    Lock icon China in UN: No chance, says Thanat
    180 6 T*ANGKOK Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman said yesterday the Peking regime had no chance oi being admitted to the United Nations this year. But he could not pre- diet what Peking's prospects of admission In the coming years were. Speaking to reporters on
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    Lock icon REDS FIRE TOWN FOR 8 HOURS
    244 6 DHNOM PENH North Vietnamese troops firing mortars and machine guns harassed the key city of Skown tor eight hours Thursday night a military ipokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said the Communists used 82mm mortars, machineguns and automatic weapons to Are Into the town. 35
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    Lock icon Death bridge shakes again
    266 7 MELBOURNE-- Police evacuated the area around Hie shattered remains of the West Gate Bridge yesterday when a span which survived Thursday's collapse. Attempts to find 14 men sti 1 missing were halted for 90 minutes until experts said there was no danger of a further fall.
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    Lock icon CAMBODIA HOPES REDS WON'T 'HARVEST' RICE
    329 7 J>HNOM PENH The government hos drown up on emergency plon to sove the bulk of Cambodia's rice horycst from being snatched by Victcong and North Vietnamese troops. Next month they will evacuate hundreds of thousand of tons of the rice to Thailand, informed sources
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    Lock icon Blazing train forces evacuation of town
    175 7 BRISBANE A goods train loaded with chemicals burst info flames in northern Queensland yesterday, forcing evacuation of the entire township of Mariborough. All 50 residents of Marlborough, 500 miles north of Brisbane were told to leave when fumes from three wagons loaded with agricultural
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    Lock icon No gifts unless the governor gives the nod
    181 7 HONG KONG The Hong Kong Ciovern men! Is to crack down •o corruption. A new bribery bill, slightly amending ene drafted last year, makes It an offence for a government employee to accept gifts whether or not connected to his office unless
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    Lock icon U.S. and Pakistan to discuss arms
    119 7 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, U.B. and Pakistani experts are scheduled to meet soon to discuss the supply of military equipment to Pakistan. A Foreign Office spokesman said today the type, quant, ty and value of equipment would be discussed. Terms of the sale have yet to
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    467 8 Ferry hijack bid by drunkard TAKAMATSU, Japan A tipsy coffee shop owner, wielding a knife, tried to hijack a passengerladen ferry boat on Wednesday. However, he failed when he dropped the weapon he was threatening the boat's captain with. Wouldbe hijacker, Naosuke Sunaml confessed to police he
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    Lock icon Russia wants hijackers back
    337 8 11/lOSCOW Russia has asked for the extradition of the hijackers of the Aeroflot plane to Turkey. A report by the Soviet Tass News Agency recounted the details of the hijacking in which a stewardess was killed and 2 pilots wounded. The report did not give the
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    Lock icon Boneshaker mouthpiece
    49 8 BACK-SEAT TALKERS have their own extension when they ride with Wayne Barron in his 1922 Dodge touring car. The Somerset, Pennsylvania, man restored the antique car with 5512.000, sev'a! hundred parts gleaned from 32 states and three years* loving labour. The mobile telephones are a modern touch.
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    Lock icon Panmunjom meet on fight
    87 8 SEOUL The Korean Military Armistice Commission will meet at the bo.dc i'i n»e o f s*"*' 'u» ';> m today to discuss a North Korean assault on American soldiers at Panmunjom last Monday. Seven American soldiers on duty were Injured, two of them seriously, during a
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    Lock icon RADIOACTIVE DUST OVER JAPAN TODAY
    88 8 TOKYO The Government announced radioactive dust from Communist China's latest nuclear test blast will drift over North-East Japan and Hokkaido Island today. The nuclear experiment was placed by seismographs In America. Sweden and India at China's Slnklang Province, presumably in Its Lop Nor testing site.
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    Lock icon RED BOAT POINTS GUN AT LAUNCH
    170 8 HONG KONG —A Communist Chinese gunboat crossed into Hong Kong's waters in Deep Bay on Thursday. It then pointed its machineguns at a patrolling police launch. This is the second incident in two days. On Wednesday, a Chinese junk with armed militiamen aboard almost
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    Lock icon GI cutback in Korea begins
    127 8 SEOUL U.S. Military Authorities announced the closing of a major American military installation in South Korea. This is the first move towards previously announced cutbacks. Officials said that military activities at Camp Kaiser under the 7th U.S. Infantry Division would be terminated from November 15
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    Lock icon TIME TO AMEND U.N. CHARTER
    699 10 A LTHOUOH one Is hard put to remember what major problem of the world the United Nations has solved during the quarter century of its existence, it should nevertheless be congratulated on its silver anniversary for providing a forum for world leaders to make some
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    Lock icon Let's pause for a moment
    534 10  -  BY ART BUCHWALD, I don't know if people hove noticed it, but TV political commercials are getting nostier and nastier. There was a time when a candidate appeared on the screen and made' a one-m»nute pitch for your vote. But all this has gone by
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    Lock icon Pravda on two-stage withdrawal
    458 10 MOSCOW Pravda suggested today that peace could begin in the Middle East from the moment the first part of a twostage Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territories was completed. In Its clearest statement of Kremlin Middle East peace proposals since January, the Communist Party dally newspaper
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    Lock icon New cholera vaccine
    230 10 WASHINGTON American bacteriologists have developed a new vaccine against cholera which thev believe could effectively control and eradicate th e dreaded disease still common in many underdeveloped countries. Their hopes were raised by successful experiments on animals with a vaccine that counteracts th e toxins created by
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      59 10 Foreign news and features appearing In all editions of the Eastern Nun and The Sun are from: Reuters, United Press International, Age n c e France Presse, Editors Press Syndicate, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Publishers Hall Syndicate, Los Angeles Times Syndicate. flemtnl News Service. North American Newspaper Alllanoe. First Features, Inter-Press
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      Lock icon SUPER MINISTRY TO TACKLE THE U.K. ENVIRONMENT
      349 11 UPI. T ON DON The British Government has opened a frontal attack against pollution of air and water by creating a new ministry to deal with problems of environment. The move was one of two major ministerial reorganisations outlined in a White Paper
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      Lock icon Those daring young men and their water cycles
      95 11 THE prise is a small cap and a bottle of gin.But the smallness of the prise has no effect on the well-dressed daring young men out to capture the watercycling world championship at Leeuwarden, Holland. The two-man pedal boats race over a
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      Lock icon Hijackings: Russia is no longer secure
      310 11 Reuter The seizure of a Soviet airliner on Thursday was the first successful hijacking of a Russian passenger plane to an airport outside its borders. Three previous hijack attempts in the Air and one on the ground are known to have failed. In September
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    Lock icon Kaunda: Why S. Africa is worried
    1413 14  -  By Christopher Parker, Q: What do you hope your mission will achieve? A: lam hoping that we will be able to make this point about the seriousness of the situation, as it develops daily in Southern Africo. This is o problem I hove been
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    Lock icon Simon says: May as well compare me to Willie
    964 15  -  By Roger Doughty, ONG ago, bock in the days when playwright Neil Simon was a gag writer, Walter Mottha" played a playwright in a Broadway epic titled "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Looking back, you have to figure that was pretty
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    Lock icon Raquel Welch's new picture
    208 15 CULVER CITY "The Beloved", starring Raquel Welch, Ridhard Johnson, Dame Flore Robson, Jack Hawkins and Frank Wolff, will be released by MGM throughout the world. Currently shooting In Nicosia, Cyprus. "The Beloved" marks the first Cypriot-flnanced motion picture and the first to be filmed entirely on
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    Lock icon LOVE STORY
    64 15 NEW YORK Production has started In New York's East Village on the MOM ChartoffWinkler production "Speed la Of The Essence", co-starring Jacqueline Bisset and Michael Sarrazin. Stuart Hagmann directs the screenplay by award-winning New York playwright Israel Horovitz. Inspired by recent headlines, the film traces the love story
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    Lock icon Roland rings in the very end of the beloved mini
    265 16  -  By Marianne Pereira Roland Chow's Moderama Y971 was a show with a difference. Choreographer Colin Griffith's had brilliant ideas, the model* came on stage dancing and left Hie same way. There was little or no catwalklng at this show, which
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    Lock icon Throw away your old shirts and ties men, Here's the safari suit
    279 16 THE safari suit was the big hit of the 16 mens ready-to-wear collection* that opeaed five days of fashion at Palaiao rttti here today. The success story of the safari suit with its characteristic four flapped Jacket-pockets probably
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    Lock icon WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLASSIC ITALIAN KNIT SUIT?
    161 16 FLORENCE Whatever happened to that old wardrobe standby, the Italian knit suit? To judge by the Spring-summer 19*71 knit-wear fashion collections here it's undergone so many transformations as to he unrecognisable. Today's knit suit is more likely to be a frihged poncho
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  • And from the Italian fashion world the latest
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      2030 18 LOOKING AND LISTENING.... radio CARROLL RIGHTER'S front the Carrol Righter Institute GENERAL TENDENCIES: This is a fine day to get off on some jaunt or fact-finding expedition or some pleasure trip which will better equip you for the days ahead. Listen to whatever anyone else has to say, but be
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    Lock icon JUVENILE LITERATURE COMES OF AGE
    948 19  -  By Michael, J. Bandler, The days of fairies, super heroes and the happy experiences of small-town life are numbered in the field of juvenile literature in the United States. Approaching in their stead are books about members of minority and disadvantaged groups experiencing the pains
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    Lock icon Forget about bed rest; Tests prove it harmful
    463 19  -  By LAWRENCE E. LAMB, M.D. In reference to your b'dy there .s a lot to the Idea that "if you don't use it, you lose it." And that applies to all of the body. Thus bed rest and physical Inactivity can be
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    Lock icon Steady lacks sense of direction
    594 19  -  DATELINE Br Ele, Walt Dulaney DEAR ELE: The boy I go steady with could get lost ir his own back yard. He has absolutely no sense of direction. It's bad enough when we stay in our home town but when we drive to a concert
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    Lock icon Trading sluggish
    245 20 QENERALLY trading in the Stock Exchange of Moloysio and Singapore yesterday was lethargic. The morning hoars of business was easier but rallied in the afternoon on lower priced shares. Industrials closed the day with a bulk of 1,076,060 units changing hands. The early fosse* o< the day due
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    Lock icon London closing slides
    185 20 LONDON The market was narrowly mixed in quiet trading. Prices went ahead at the opening after an extension of the previous day small buying on the U.K. September trade figures but came off mid-session on lack of follow through. Selective buying was seen in late dealings and
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    Lock icon Rubber 48 1/2 cts
    285 20 November first ffrade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 48-1/2 cents per lb. down 3/4 cents from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. Opening quotations were i cent lower on disappointing London advices but the
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    Lock icon PRODUCE
    94 20 THE noon price* at the Singapore Chlncae Kxeiianic yMtrrdaj Pr«»duc« waa:- a. Coconut Oil (f.o.b bulk 64 80 Coconut Oil (f ob. drum 67 00 Mixed Copra Muntok White 31.00 Pepper tf.o.b.) AST A 100% N.W.L. m 182-50 Sarawak Whit* Pepper (fob) 96% N.W.L. mmm. 172.50 Sarawak special Blatk
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    Lock icon H.K. currency
    113 20 HONG KONG Yesterday's 5 p.m. currency rales (supplied by Foreign Exchange and investment Ltd.): (Borers) (Sellers) 196.5 107.5 per 100 Strait* dollar* 150 152 per 1.000 Taiwan dollar* 6.766 6.775 per Australian dollar 840 900 per 1.00c Burmese kyats 600 520 per 1.000 Indian rupees 140 160 per
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    Lock icon CLOSING PRICES
    697 20 BID and offer prices officially listed at the close of business in the Singapore and Kuala Lampnr trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday were: 1NDC811IAL8 B. ACMA 1.32 A/INOMOTO 2.00 ALC'AN 14* ALLIED CHM. 2.74 B™. L« BERJAYA 1.12 P.IRNM 1 M 8. 2.43 1.41 2.74 1M
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    904 20 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 ACM A $132 (7); Aloan DIM $142 (6); Ben. $lO4 (3) $lO3 (1); Berjaya
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    35 20 NEW YORK Dow Jones closing averages Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange. 30 Industrials 20 Transp 155.67 15 Utilities 106.47 65 Stocks 247.11 40 Bonds 65.68 Commodity futures index 145.42 up 0.34.
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    Lock icon NICKELS SLIDING
    407 21 SYDNEY Late bursts of buying on Sydney Stock Exchange Friday foiled to improve a downward trend set earlier M HH day. The bwnti, which came la the last «urtcr hoar, wu not for MflkiMt time to be on Profit-taking early to the day had set in substantial lasses
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    Lock icon ELECTRONICS CHIEF DUE
    66 21 Mr. Nozocnu Matsumoto, President and Chairman of Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Japan, arrives tomorrow on a three-day visit to Singapore. He is also a Director of the Electronics Industries Association of Japan (J.E.1.A.) and Chairman of the Committee on Parts and Accessories Policy of this organisation. Accompanying him
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    Lock icon PORTESCAP'S PRESIDENT DUE
    82 21 Mr. Philippe Braunschweig, President of Portescap, the makers of the Inrabtoc shock absorber for watches, arrives in Singapore next Wednesday. Mr. Braunschweig Is a Physicist from the Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich, and Is visiting Singapore to meet members of the watch Industry and attend a presentation.
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    Lock icon Economy and class combined at King's
    353 21 The first of a new breed of hotels has joined the scene to cater for tourists who can expect first-class facilities without having to burn a hole In their pockets. Situated st HaveiMk Rood. King's Hotel will ester for businessmen snd tourists wbo ueefc
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    Lock icon Gold price increases
    143 21 NEW YORK. Gold prices rase sharply In continued brisk trading on markets here and abroad Thursday. Dealers sa d gains reflected strong speculative and commercial demand and a pauslty of offerings. London gold rose 38 U S cents at the morning fixing but lost 26 U.S. cenu
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    Lock icon Wall Street
    45 21 NEW YORK Oils and selected specially issues paced a mild upswing on the New York Stock Exchange through the first hour Thursday. Advances were leading declines by about a 5-to-3 ratio, while the Dow Jones industrial average was up 2-1/2 points at 785.27.
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    12 21 THE ttn price for yesterday waa par plcul down Si
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    Lock icon Rocket car in flames
    272 22 "OONNEVILLE, Utah, The Blue Flame rocket car caught fire here Thursday after making a 609* m.p.h. run through the measured mile in an attempt to break the world land speed record. Although the rocket ear exceeded the existing record of 600.601 m.p.h. set by Craig Breedlove
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    Lock icon Czechs may play in Hong Kong
    231 22 HONG KONG—The VSS Kosicc soccer club of Czechoslovakia, which had three players in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico City, has proposed a match here next February. S.K. Chan, secretary of the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA), said the Czech ofTer is being considered
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    Lock icon Yankees not to quit N Y.
    169 22 NEW YORK A spokesman for Mayor John V. Lindsay said Thursday city officials have been meeting with officials of the New York Yankees concerning attendance problems but added that at no time did the Yankees threaten to pull out of New York. ..The spokesman
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    Lock icon MIRROR EFFECT
    70 22 THE photographer who took this picture has got them coming and going in the same exposure. The top portion shows some of the 124 riders approaching the photographer's oar at the start of the recent 64th Paris-Tour cycle race. As the shutter clicked he also captured riders that
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    Lock icon ASHE BEATEN
    47 22 PHOENIX Top-seeded Arthur Ashe was eliminated Thursday by unseeded Barry Mac Key of California in the second round of the 25,000 dollars Thunderbird Open tennis tournament. Ashe, nursing sore leg. fell 7-6, 6-3. 6-4 to McKay, a veteran tennis player and a one-time Devi# Cupper.
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    218 22 SX 20 ta t l in^ A I 4 r l a ?f m, l" Week acc dent which caused his 2?* E5. 20 ti es a California man returned here Thursday and set a new land speed record for motorcycles. Cal Rayborn of San rz
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    84 22 TOKYO World flyweight champion Berkrerk Chartvanchai of Thailand and his Japanese challenger Masao Oba were declared fit by doctors in their health examinations prior to their world title match here Oct. 22. The Japan Boxing Commission doctor, Yukio Yoshida, said both fighters were in good
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      479 23 BALTIMORE, Md. The Orioles won baseball's worid champion ship Thursday for the second time in fire years by bombarding Cincinnati's crippled pitching staff for 15 hits in a 9-3 victory and amazing Brooks Robinson made it official with one last diving catch. The victory, Hie Orioles' 18th
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      105 23 LONDON —The English Table Tennis Association has turned down its option to stage the 1973 World Championships because of the absence of a suitable venue, it was announced yesterdaj. Association Chairman Mr. Charles Wyles said "We have the organisation, and the financial backing would
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      234 23 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has been invited to send tiro wrestling referees to officiate at the sixth Asian Games in Bangkok from Dec. 9 to i The newly-elected President of the Malaysian Amateur Wrestling Federation. Mr. Michael Chen Wing Sum, said yesterday that the
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      56 23 BANGKOK. Thailand will meet South Korea, the defending champions. in the opening match of the third King's Cup soccer championships scheduled to be .held here from Nov. 8 to 20. The groupings and draw wer e announced yesterday. Group A: South Korea. Laos, Hong Kong, Singapore. Thailand. Clroup
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      411 23 LONDON Brilliant Nijinskv, beaten only ance in 12 previous races, should end his career with a victory when he challenges for the Champion Stakes at Newmarket today. The Canadian-bred colt, owned by American Charles Engelhard and trained in Ireland by Vincent O'Brien lost his unbeaten
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      128 23 LONDON The manager of an English First Division soccer j&ub has found a new technique to keep in touch with his players during a match—by chatting to them on a walkie-talkie radio link. Wolverhampton Wanderers' Manager Bill McGarry fitted some of his players with ear-plug
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      318 23 A total of 94 participants and 25 officials will ■take up Singapore's continent for the 1979 Sixth Asian Games to be held in December La Bangkok. The competitors will take part in nine events and are expected to leave on Dec. 15 and return on
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      41 23 HONG KONG Following are the scores at the end of the third round of the Amateur Golf Team Championship (Putra Cup) here yesterday. Philippines 672; Hong Kong 686; Malaysia 689; Burma 695; Singapore 706; Indonesia 736; South Vietnam 744.
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    368 24 Sentence set for Monday gUSINESSMAN, Ang Lye Ann f 37, yesterday pleaded guilty to charges of illegol possesion of 10 firearms and 105 rounds of ammunition. Sentence was postponed until Monday when lawyer Mr. David Marshall is expected to make a strong plea for leniency
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    318 24 11/VANILA Government troops yesterday killed top dissident Huk leader Pedro Taruc, after a hunt spanning more than 20 years. It was a stunning blow for the Huks, already suffering from a split in their ranks and the capture last month of Taruc's deputy, Faustino
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    168 24 TWE results of Hie second day of play in the 1970 Open Badminton Championships played last night are as follows: Men's Singles: Lee Ah Ngo bt P. Kunalan w/o; Juinarto bt Wee Kin 18-15. 6-15, 15-10; Darmawan bt Nunung 15-9. 1215. 15-9; Sangob Rattanusron bt TJeong Sin
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    289 24 CAIRO, Anwar Sadat, the soldier-politi-cian whom Gamel Abdel Nasser picked as hi s successor. was elected president of Egypt bv an overwhelming vote Thursday's national referendum, the government announced yesterday. Interior Minister Shaarawi Gomaa said Sadat. who became acting president when Nasser died on Sept.
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