Eastern Sun, 19 December 1970

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore's own national daily 10 cents Est* 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1527 Satwvday, December 19, 1970 MC (P) 1616
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    Lock icon GOVT 'GET TOUGH' ON ILLEGAL HOMES
    492 1 yHE Government will prosecute "with the full vigour of the low" onyone putting up unauthorised buildings. Contractors ore particularly warned that ney cannot hope to flout the !nw wi*h impunity a Government statement said yesterday. The Government statement was prompted by an Eastern Sun
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    Lock icon MP advises squatters to complain to CPIB
    210 1 Victims of the Bukit Gombak housing fraud have been advised by their MP to complain to Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. The suggestion was made by the Member of Parliament for Bukit Panjang. Mr. P. Selvadurai. Mr. Selvadurai met some of the squatters last
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    Lock icon Bomber suspect held by FBI
    52 1 CAPE KENNEDY A man, Robert Murray. ha fi been picked up by sheriff's officers outside the Kennedy Space Centre after the F. 8.1. received a telephone threat to blow It up. However, he was charged with grand larceny for offences allegedly committed In Florida and
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    Lock icon ROAD MISHAPS INCREASING IN SINGAPORE
    161 2 The increasing number of traffic accidents, mainly caused by careless and discourteous driven, has become a major social problem in Singapore. This la th« opinion of the Chairman of the National Safety First Council, Mr. Milton Tan. The Council will launch lta Safe Car Rally
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    Lock icon POLICE SEEK THESE YOUTHS
    143 2 Police are looking for two youths who could help in their investigation into a shooting incident at the function of Shenton Way and Maxwell Road at 1.30 a.m. on Monday. They are Teo Tlaw Beng, 19. whose last known address was 525L. Block 58, Lengkok Bahru.
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    Lock icon New division to study shipping, freight rates
    411 2 A SPECIAL Shipping Freight Unit in the Trode Division will be set up by the Ministry of Finance to study the problems of sea transportation and freight rotes. This was announced by the Minister tor Finance, Mr. Hon Sui Sen, before he opened
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    Lock icon NATIONAL SERVICE: Vocational Institute students not required
    162 2 Students of the Singapore Vocational Institute are no longer required to register for National Service, according to a new Gazette Notification published yesterday. This, however, does not affect their liability to register for service If they fall within the age-group, a Ministry of
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    Lock icon On trial for alleged killing
    51 2 Liew Boon Chlng, 20. was yesterday committed for trial in th« High Court tor' the alleged murder Of an arm T corporal on June 7. Two other* tentatively charged at a five-day preliminary inquiry into the murder of Moninder Singh were discharged because of Insufficient
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    Lock icon Rivalry led to thug's death
    139 2 Secret society rivalry led to the slaying of a gangster, a police Inspector told a Coroner yesterday. Inspector Philip Tan of Special Investigation Bection was giving evidence at an inquiry into the death of Wong Bum Kow. 21. an odd Job labourer of Tlong Bahru
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      140 2 Around town f .CO am. to 10*0 P"« Ked Cross Leadership Training Course at Red Cross Training Centre, Nlcoll Drive. 10.00 a.m. Art exhibition bj "Six Young Contemporaries" at Tang Chou Art Gallery and Framers, Outram Park. 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Batik exhibition at Gallery of Fine Art. 10.00
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      461 3 SONY SOUND EXHIBITION, VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL, DECEMBER 19TH 22ND1970 listen to Sony's new creation 4 channel quadradial stereo system a mind bending festival of the greatest advances in sound reproduction AWBBPs. v A S J* tar A >1 *r i x i i.' 4 f. VS&iU t' 4\J H I
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    Lock icon Don't miss Sony sound exhibition
    424 4  -  Rosemary Tan THE sound of music in the TO 1 is synonymous with the sound coming out from His Sony Qoodrodiol Stereo System Isst is being introduced in Singapore. Music lovers can find out all about it at the Sony-O-Rama Sound Exhibition at the Victoria
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      156 4 CHUA YONG HAK AUTHORISED SONY DEALER No. 8, CHANGE ALLEY* SINGAPORE. TEL: ***** extends an invitation to visit them at the SONY SOUND EXHIBITION VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL DEALERS IN HAND-EMBROIDERY TABLE CLOTHS. BROCADE DRESSINC GOWN, PURE SILK, INDIAN SAREES, THAI SILK, PORCELAIN TEA DINNERSETS, WATCHES. GASLIGHTERS, BINOCULARS. SPECIALISE IN ALL
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      50 4 21 John Little's Shopping Centre (Raffle* Place) Td: ***** 71I(M. P.O. Bo« 1475. Spore. AUTHORISED SONY DEALEft •■rites yom Co rmt Hiiir paWKaa at Hm SONY O RAMA oad Me Ml range of SONY SOUND EQUIPMENT Also Dealers in OtMon Handbact. Cameras. Watches. IWemtare and lots of other specialised Mams.
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      35 5 -MS*"" 1 i 1 v■' :> >5 T I L •:ss® -i'v: v: XM ■F >• ••v Vv Get the taste the' Three Fives'taste o f STATE\ [FXPKESS3 J A *<»?■ -m A 4*^ W&IFIFOJI, WMM? FILTER KINGS
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    Lock icon 'MISSIONARIES WORKED AGAINST UNITY' CLAIM
    270 6 KUALA LUMPUR The state government refusal to renew the work passes of some foreign Christian missionaries in Sabah recently was based on police information that they were carrying out activities not conducive to raciol harmony ond national unity. However, Sabah Chief Minister, Tun Datu Haji
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    Lock icon Police commend four men
    196 6 FOUR people, including as arasy ofleer, were yesterday awarded certileates of roameidalioa for their help in arresting thieves. Mr. Percy Pennefather, the acting Senior Assistant Commissioner of Petice, presented the certileates to Wee Soon Chin, IS; Chandra Silvarajoa, 2s, Tan Kim Chng. 22; Kah Bm Cheea,
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    Lock icon Girl ran over by goods train
    49 6 A factory girl. Miss Yeo Ah Hong. 18, was knocked down by a goods train at Kampong Pcrmei on Thursday and died at night in hospital. Misg Yeo wa s walk* (ne along the tracks with a friend when the •evident took place.
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    Lock icon 'Nantah was not denied membership'
    146 6 The Singapore Society mi Arcontuts yester da* refuted allegatioas that i| had denied ata hniMa to Naatal ae ""Thl." f SocstVs "^Presi dent. Mr Won* Siong Poon, declared that Nantah had submitted an application for membership on January 7 last year onl T after being
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    Lock icon Second prisoner turns himself in
    165 6 A second escaped prisoner gave himself ap at the Medium Security Prison in Chaafi, yester- day. Police Rave his name ts Tan Woon Teck 24. Tan and two other prisoners escaped from the Chanfi Prison on Nov. 30 One Of h's colleagues Chua Ah Hock,
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    37 6 The Singapore Government ha s appointed Mr. Tan Teck Cbwee and Dr. Wong Hock Sing as new members of the Public Service Commission with effect from yesterday Dr. Wong Hock Sing Mr. Taa Ttefc Chvre
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      150 6 Now you can't tell the great photographers from the spies m v <- O v o 2 OU 400 hV' yrO v•Vv y% v; V V <'v v V; w. V A •>:*<* -?> >--v T/*-- V-- >- v V A spy needs needle-sharp negatives for detailed enlargements —like the
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    Lock icon BANK REPORT CLAIMS: Rice exports keep up Indochina war
    264 8 IM'ANILA The Indochina war may have been prolonged Secau:e of American rice exports to Vietnam, a report released by the Asian Development Bank claimed yesterday. It was contained in a six-part study of South-East Asia's ecdhomy in the 1970'5. Only the
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    Lock icon IT'S ALL IN THE GAME
    71 8 It's fashion galore as these charming girls participate in a game of "hanetsuki'' (shuttlecock) on the roof of a Tokyo departmental store. This outdoor past-time is a perpetual favourite in connection with the New Year holidays in Japan. However, these ladies in mini, maxi, midi,
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    Lock icon Nikita hits out at Stalin's anti-semitism
    236 8 NEW YORK Former Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev Has strongly condemned Stalin for his hostility to Jews in the latest installment of his memoirs. Khrushchev was quoted as saying. "As a leader and a theoretician, Stalin took care never to hint at hla antl-semltlsm In
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    209 8 TIGHT CONTROL BY CUSTOMS ON WEAPONS, SEX STIMULANTS CANBERRA Customs Department has tightened control on dangerous weapons, like tlick-knives and sexual stimulants. BANGKOK Thai police yesterday surprised a groun of communist guerrillas in South Thailand near the Malaysian border and hilled five of them in a five-hour
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    Lock icon Pro-Catholic reforms in Ireland
    77 8 BELFAST, North Ireland The North Ireland Government has announced new reforms to end discrimination against the British province's onethird Catholic minority Local government, a main vehicle for sectarian patronage, is to be completely re-ar-ranged and, in some cases, abolished with power being transferred to the provincial
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      113 8 m Snnta Clai'S has arrived at MPH Come meet him and join our briqhtest. merriest Christmas fun ever WRITE TO SAIMTA If you haven't done it vet 1 Remember Santa will actually visit the hones of the writers of the best six letters with a hag full pf free gifts
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    Lock icon Nixon, Heath retreat to hill resort for further talks
    225 9 WASHINGTON President Nixon and Edward Heatb, Britain's Prime Minister, flew yesterday to a secluded mountain cottage to resume wide-ranging talks notable so far for case of communication and apparent mutual confidence between them. They are going by helicopter to Camp David,
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    Lock icon RISING ANGER AMONG BLACK GIs IN EUROPE
    260 9 VIfASHINGTON A Pentagon tosk force hoi reported rtiot "block frustration and anger" has reached o danger- ous level among U.S. troops in Europe. "We did not anticipate finding such acute frustration and such volatile anger as we found among the blacks/' th e
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    Lock icon Nixon outlaws army spying on politicians
    158 9 WASHINGTON President Nixon hat issued orders to prevent any American intelligence agents from spying on candidates for political office as earlier alleged by a senator. Stanley Resor, Secretary of the Army, denied that army intelligence agent* ever investigated the political activities of Democratic Senator
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      148 9 Count on r i 4\ DA W M SA Canola 162 Quickly. Silently. Precisely. This is how every Canola calculator works. Thanks to tiny ICs (integrated circuits) and optically perfect display panels. Canon's precision in optics and electronics makes the difference. And Canon design ensures aesthetic perfection. Canola 163 and
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    Lock icon CALLOUS ACT
    281 10 refuse to believe that the demolition of squatters' half-constructed houses Wednesday in Buklt Qombak was the result of a high-level decision by the government. These are poor people who are obvious victims of confidence tricksters, who had believed they had a government document giving them the right to
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    Lock icon SOUND BUT FUTILE
    377 10 AS predicted, Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak's new foreign policy fell on somewhat deaf ears In Bangkok but In Jakarta he Is likely to find some enthusiastic response. The new dimension which Tun Razak has brought to Malaysian foreign policy Is to strive for the neutralisation
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    Lock icon Saving the railroads
    531 10  -  By Art Buchwald WASHINGTON The question of what to do obout American passenger railroads is still very much on the Administration's mind. There is no doubt that the railroads are losing money on passenger business. If they had their druthers, they would just stay with freight. At
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    Lock icon How to make Paris ugly
    627 10  -  By LEE MUELLER LIKE Hie rest of the world, Paris hat changed. Even actress Ursula Andrest has noticed the difference. So have the French, who hate it. Miss Andress was born in Switzerland and Is a Parlslenne only in the sense that she lives here
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    Lock icon TODAY'S RACE CARD
    1373 12 Raee 1: CL 5 INv. 4—7 pan. ($5*500) I. ***** Pride and Love 7y 900 Pride (E Donnelly) 10 2. ***** Capital Gain 9y 900 LAC (West) 5 3. ***** Zanzibar 11 4y 8 13 Marine (Lee) 2 4. ***** Walarl 5y 8 13 Dragon Inn (J
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    260 12 1 DBNNI BOX CISCO ZODIAC RACE 1 t > CAPITAL GAIN < 9 B. Dreamer (8) Stay Free STAY KBBB 11 Capital Gala (1) B. Dreamer t CAPITAL GAIN 1) Pride And Love (10) Desert Terror BACK t BACK S BACK 4 BACK 5 BACK 6 BACK 1 BACK
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    Lock icon Speedy Able Envoy looks hard to beat
    1083 13 Speedy ABLE ENVOY, if he gets o good track, looks hard to beat in the Pesta Pulau Pinang Cup over sjf here today, opening day of the Penang Turf Club Christmas meeting. The Idomeneo gelding attempted to make all the running but was
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    Lock icon Double Seven in splendid form
    182 13 PENANG DOUBLE SEVEN showed sp!endid form in a workout with stablemate Midas Toucti here yesterday morning. Clapping oh the pace the pair raced stride for stride over 3f in 39 2/5 on a soft track. Double Seven was in front of h's class one stablemate
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    Lock icon Chi Cheng will still represent Nationalist China after marriage
    164 13 TAIPEI Nationalist China's star sprinter Mist Chi Cheng has said she has no plans to be naturalised as an American citizen after her marriage to her American coach and husband- to-be Mr. Vince Reel. Twenty six year old Miss Chi was
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    Lock icon Chi is 'Sportswoman of the Year'
    157 13 LONDON The top 10 finishers in United Press International 'Sportsman/ Woman of the Year* poll; MEN: 1. Eddy Merckxn (Belgium) cycling, 158 points; 2. Pele (Brazil) soccer, 154; 3. Ni Chin Chin (Communist China) track and field, 108; 4. Vassili Alexeyev (USSR) weightlifting, 101;
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    Lock icon A formidable start by South Australia
    375 13  -  cricket By JON HENDERSON ADELAIDE The MCC attack toiled through a demoralising opening day against South Australia who boast the strongest batting line-up of any state side before scoring a late breakthrough here yesterday. South Australia made a formidable start after winning the toss
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    Lock icon Laver is top money winner
    111 13 DALLAS. Texas Rod Laver of Australia pocketed *****.000 In official prize money to lead all professional tennis players, world championship tennis announced yesterday. Laver, twice winner of the Orand Slam and voted the "Pop International Tennis Player* for 1970, became the first professional In the
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    Lock icon They were crowned on X'mas day
    508 15  -  K J [By Fred Mpanga, Gamini Seneviratne ENDS The 25th of December figures prominently in the lives of two men, both bostards, who contributed more than any other to the shape and stability of early Christendom in the west. On December 25, 1065, the
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    Lock icon Wants to share total sound: Parents won't hear of it
    546 15  -  DATELINE By Ele and Walt Dulaney DEAR ELE: I have a stereo system built into my bedroom. The speakers ar e hung from the ceiling and some are under the bed and dresser, so you get almost total sound. It's
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    Lock icon Bifocals can be a pain in the neck
    504 15  -  By LAWRENCE E. LAMB, M.D. If you have a pain In the neck or arm or tingling In the hands, it may be caused by your glasses. Dr. Claire Wolfe explained the problem to the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. It all
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    Lock icon CHAD'S REBEL WAR ECHOES IN PARIS
    869 16  -  By Gilbert Comte IT rs on emborrossing war oil round for France in 1 Chad. Though she hos confidently pledged her troops home ome time in 1971, there is no certainty thot Chod forces vill be oble to cope with the recently reinforced guerrillas
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    Lock icon Refugees return to the villages
    539 16  -  By Phu Si OAIGON (MF) The seldom-reported success of the refugee resettlement programme in South Vietnam tells as muck about the course of the wov as ony battle stotistic. Refugees, by the tens of thousands, have been returning to the villages. This testifies to the
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    Lock icon TOM STERN: ACTING PRODUCER
    544 17  -  By Dick Kleiner The phone rang during the shorting, so the assistant director asked them to please leave it off the hook during the next take. "No, we can't do that/' said a man. "It's an emergency drug phone." They were shooting, you see, In a
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    Lock icon Jerry Lewis has directed 'One More Time'
    246 17 NO LESS a funny man than the great Jerry Lewis himself directed the latest adventure of Charlie Salt and Chris Pepper, the comedy pair of the recent hilarious hit "Salt fir Pepp«r" in frhe Chrislaw Trace-Mark presentation "One More Time," now being shown
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      25 17 Miss JULIE FUNG Miss LILY •I tbe mike and accompanied by YUEN-THE Tbe Sea Palace Quintet. Special NIGHTINGALE Inncbeon music on Titniiii Sundays OF TAIWAN
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      62 17 PONGGOL (AIR-CONDITIONED) RESTAURANT NITE-CLUB TRACK 24. PONGGOL ROAD, 111 m*. Singapore. 19. TEL: *****4 (3 LINES) SWAN NITE-CLUB, RESTAURANT COFFEE-HOUSE Chinese European Cuisine Cr Sea-Food Open Daily From 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 a.m. Weekends Cr Holidays, Extension To 2.00 a.m. BOATEL: BOATS FOR HIRE SPECIAL CHRISTMA CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER AT
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      306 17 #a®\27 ORGANISATION l. I ■> O 575 114 LAST DAT! 11 M. 1.41, 4. 0-M A 9.15 clammy Davu Jr.. 'One More Time" Color (UA) TONIOHT MIDNKiHTt at lido boxy pi«u Tomorrow 9 am. Show at >i>itol-Lido-Rex-8k« -l«i; •1. fa $3 No Free Lut LIDO Open* Tomorrow I •■A Twit
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      27 17 ■I n ii In which err a DRACI'LA was afraid to enter! MGMY Super Thriller In Color Starring: Jonathan Frld. Nancy lUrrrtt. Roger Oith, Katherlne Leigh Scott
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      192 17 3 Hi ORGANISATION ORCHARD 3 ;ss NOW BnOWINOt I.M. 4.00 I.N A 9.15 pa Tomorrow Eatra Show 11am. Fori MOVE- Color. FT. Elliott Oouid Paula Prentiss CATHAY 3 3400 New Shewing! Na frrt List 11 am. I SO. 4. 6.30. i n p CCP a "SCROOGE" in Color Albert Finney
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    Lock icon REINDEER RUDY BELONGS TO THE 'NOW' GENERATION
    586 18  -  By Roger Doughty gHORT of sifting down-to a private session with Mao Tse Tung the ambition of every reporter I know is to get on exclusive with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. So, when Rudy'-s public relations mon called and said he'd like to
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    603 18 An actor who's still trying to find himself By Harold Heffrrtian HOLLYWOOD Aside from the rather bated-breath interest surrounding casting of The Godfather", re a d e r-fan concern Is generally pointed toward who will play what In the film version of Irvine Wallace's The Seven Minutes."
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      1072 19 today's tetensM CHANNEL 5 Opening Announcements followed by Astroboy "Cross Island". Animated cartoon series. The Don Knotts Show. A comedy variety series. Into Your Hand (A Documentary in English) Tarzan Feature "Tarzan's Savage Fury". Amuthum Thenum Tamil Variety Show. Chinese Talentirrve 1970/71 (Heat No. 12) (Repeat). News in Brief. Accent
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    Lock icon Marcos told: Get closer to Peking
    146 20 MANILA An official government report has recommended that tha Philippines initiate "exploratory talks" on setting up diplomatic ties with China, foreign office sources said here today The recommendation wa fi made in a report by Presidential Executive Secretary Alejandro Mel. chor after a recent
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      805 20 ai les taurus a 5*9 gemini M cancer r< ii 12 CARROLL RIOHTERS GENERAL TENDENCIES! A wonderful day, especially In the daytime, to do the shopping you have In mind (or should do) whether it to for the Christmas and New Year holiday or for other matters of concern to
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      19 20 LADIES DAY 3 M m i s 1 s let him s now or forever his peace-" Seak oldj
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    Lock icon Variety in midis is bewildering
    672 21 jyjOST of the time, o mint was o mini was a mini. Its brevity confined it largely to Hie skimmer A-line silhouette, and its general look was about twelve years old. Not so with the micfi Once you get more length, you instantly have the
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    Lock icon Low cost of living
    434 21  -  ANN LANDERS Dear Ann Landers: There's a certain nut in town wbt bragged to Me yesterday that her grocery hill for last —nth was less than SM. She buys Milk, bread, occasionally a *wt eggs and a few itphi. How does she man«fe? It's very easy.
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      Lock icon Stock market trading poor
      208 22 market spent the day in the doldrums in trading on the boards of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Business was characterised as Hie worst this week with 735,000 sales. Industrials contributed 598,009 sales while other section* acquired very thin turnovers. On carried over snortcovering. Sentosa managed 101,000
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      Lock icon Lufthansa predicts record
      204 22 Lufthansa la forecasting another record year for 1970, according to statistic* compiled at the airline'* headquarters In Germany. The airline la expected to carry a total of 7,000,000 passengers for the year an Increase of 19 per cent over last year and almost double that of 1966.
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      113 22 BONG KONG Yesterday's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Buyers) (Sellers) 196 197 pet 100 Strait* dollars 146 148 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6 76 6.775 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 460 480 per 1,000 Indian rupees 149 164
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      Lock icon Rubber 51 cts.
      276 22 January first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 51 cents per lb., down 3/4 cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. After an unchanged opening the market was quiet and later eased on upcountry
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      692 22 BID and oiler price* officially listed at the close of business In the Singapore and Kuala Lunapor trading rooms of the Stock Exchange vesterda? INDUSTRIALS Arma 124 Aiinomoio Alcan 1.26 210 1.28 Allied Choc. 260 2.66 Ben .85 90 Berjaya 1.06 1.08 Borneo 1.58 1.59 Bougtead 1.86 1
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      668 22 BUSINESS done In and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS ACMA $1 25 (2); Ben. 87 cts. (1) 86 J cts. (1); Berjaya $l.OB
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      92 22 THk noon prtcca •t the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange re* tenia* waa> B. Coconut (Ml tfo.b. > bulk 60.00 Coconut on (f.o.b.) drum 62.50 Mixed C <»pra Milntoh Whit* 38.00 Pepper i f.o.b.) ASIA 100% NHL 182.50 Snrawuk Whit* Pepper <t.ob.) N W.L 172.50 Sarawak Special Klark Pepper (f.O.O.)
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    Lock icon PANIC SELLING AT SYDNEY DECREASES
    357 23 CYDNEY Poseidon yesterday led nickels in another downward plunge on Sydney Stock Exchange* Poseidon slumped a further $2.00 to $48.00, a new low for the year. However the element of panic telling evident Thursday decreased considerably. Issues hard hit Thursday failed to make any recovery
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    513 23 IKRIVAU 1-ISiat M>« Itfi Kaala tumour fJC&aJB. MS A MM Mr lira* IJIMI MSA IU Kula I Mii m MsA 45* It aa la Lampir UJ« Ul MSA 449 KaHlh 11 •.'.am MsA 454 Prilling. Kaala Lantar ll.Mta Msa 80S Jakarta Ul»m MSA 666 Prrth \jm m« msa
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    70 23 WASHINGTON. The United States and Hong Kong Thursday concluded a new cotton textile agreement covering the period from Oct. 1 1970 through Sept. 30. 1073. The agreement signed In Hone Kong, provides that Hong Kong will adhere to a ceiling of 429 8 million square yards equivalent of
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    37 23 NEW YORK Dow Jones closing averages Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange 30 Industrials 822.15 20 Rails 158.87 15 Utilities 118.32 65 Stocks 263 10 40 Bonds 65.09 Commodity futures index 144.99 down 0.14
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    Lock icon Tourist boom here forecast
    171 23 Am American liHiM necuHra kit described Singapore at Hie biggeit 'boom town' in tfeit region. Mr. Robert Martin. 50. Sales Manager of Delta Air Lines Inc. for Far East also predicted a sharp rise of tourists visiting Singapore. Singapore, he said, has all the facilities tattract
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    Lock icon Filibuster may kill trade bill
    145 23 WASHINGTON A filibuster In the Benate and the possibility of a Presidential retreat yesterday signalled doom for the wide-ranging import-quota trade bill as It now stands for this session of Congress. Senate sources said that despite last-minute manoeuvres by supporters of the legislation, the odds
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    Lock icon Ads now more sophisticated
    172 23 Greater awareness of the importance of advertising together with increased competition in the industry has led to a greater sophistication in advertising in Singapore, according to Mr. Robert Seymour, a Singapore advertising exe- cutive. Mr. Seymour, who was In Bangkok for the last one and a
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