Eastern Sun, 24 December 1970

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    19 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore's own national daily 10 cents 1|66.V01. 5 No. 1531 Tkureday, December 24, 1970 MC (F) 1616
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    Lock icon HUNGER STRIKE BY DETAINEES CHARGE
    615 1 ]yjORE than 100 political detainees at various detention centres here have gone on hunger strike, Dr. Lee Siew Choh charged yesterday. Dr. Lee, Chairman of the Barisan Sosialis, said that they have been without food for the past one week. A letter allegedly written In
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    Lock icon Christmas charm
    117 1 Talented Jacqueline Khoo, 8. swayed to the pulsating rhythm of the Hawaiian beat and was Instantly voted "star of the show." Complete with grass-skirt and leis. she held her audience of over 40 children spellbound at a Christmas party specially hosted by the Goodwood Park Hotel yesterday. She
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      8 1 NEW POLISH CABINET POPE WAS WOUNDED' Page 24
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      106 1 Importers of Carpets Rugs of Quality (i Distinction AMIR A SONS mn MM* V« j;m» YEO'S CHICKEN CURRY w Yeo's Curry Chicken to mad* from th« choicest, fresh whole chicken and prepared to their own special recipe. Whole chunks of tender succulent chicken. Delicious with rice, potatoes or bread. It
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    Lock icon Lucky escape for a hawker
    159 2 The driver of this bus escaped unhurt yesterday when he lost control of the vehicle which ploughed into a five-foot way outside a coffee shop. Two tricycles, one used for selling "mee-siam," and a standplpe were badly damaged. The accident took place at the junction
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    Lock icon Message of Christmas
    135 2 CHRISTMAS as an aura of love, charity, faith and tolerance should nourish our conscience to strive for the perpetuation of goodwill among men. In the true spirit of Yuletide, Reverend E. M. White of the Presbyterian Church of Singapore, conveyed -his message of X'mas to a gathering
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    Lock icon Free worship assurance
    230 2 KUALA LUMPUR The Minister of Transport, Doto Abdul Ghani Gilong, said yesterday that the question of religion is solely a personal matter and each and everyone in this country is free to embrace whichever religion he desires to fellow. The minister was referring to the question of
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    Lock icon Four plead guilty
    36 2 Four youths yesterday pleaded guilty before the Third District Judge. Mr. K.T. Alexander to robbery. The youthg pleaded guilty to robbing a cashier of a bar of a $45 watch on December 15.
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    Lock icon A dollar for a year
    63 2 The 'long arm' of the law finally caught a man w ho had committed an offence ten years ago. Chan Su Thong, 38 wa s fined $lO b v the Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday when he 6 leaded guilty to gamLing in a common gamin*
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    Lock icon Public urged to support Cancer Society
    305 2 Firms, individuals and the public are urged to adopt the Singapore Cancer Society for a yearly minimum donation of $5O to help combat Singapore's No. 1 killer cancer. This "Adoption Bcheme" launches today to augment the Society's funds began wMJi the despatch of some
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    Lock icon Jailed for carrying a sword
    56 2 A farmer was yesterday sentenced to three months' jail by Magistrate Tan Teow Yeo w for carrying an offensive weapon. Goh Cheng c hwee 24, denied the charge and said that he had used th«t weapon a •word about a yard 'ong —to cut bamboos
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    Lock icon Hunt for 2 behind diamond ring theft
    193 3 POLICE are looking for a young Indonesian couple, who are believed to have stolen a diamond ring worth $2O/500 from a High Street shop on Tuesday. The couple had Walked Into the K M. Ali Mohamed store at 9 am. just as the
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    Lock icon SOCIETY WANTS JOBS RESERVED FOR THE BLIND
    194 3 The government should introduce legislation to reserve certain jobs for the blind and other handicapped people. Dr. Arthur S. M. Lim, President of the Singapore Association for the Blind, considered employment opportunities for all the handicapped as not an insuperable problem in view
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    Lock icon $17,680 STOLEN JEWELLERY RECOVERED IN POLICE RAIDS
    244 3 POLICE hove recovered stolen jewellery worth $17 680 in a series of raids conducted since lost Monday. The raiding party, led by O.C. Crime, Orchard Road Police Station, Acting ASP Mohamed Vasim bin Ahmad, also arrested five men. However, only one of the
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    Lock icon No cure at all
    114 3 A housewife who look a chamois horn soltiUoa as "a cure'' for a stomach ache died the Kit day of arsenic poisoning. "She told me she felt better after she 'had It.*' her huNband, Lee Mens Huat. told the Coroner's Court yesterday. Mr. Lee. 30, a
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    Lock icon Successful candidates
    38 3 THE Ministry of Education yesterday announced the names of sucoessful candidates in tha 1970 City and Guilds of London Institute Examinations. They are Loh Ngiang Guan, Chong Guan Ching, Liu Kong Wall and Taw Cheng Khuo.
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      126 3 GUP XSLZ kfW Special Draws From 6th to 27th December 1970 TODAY'S DRAW NO: 102/70 Ist. group CASH JACKPOT is To winners with 5 numbers correct. THE OTHER 6ROUP PRIZES REMAIN THE SAME PLUS FREE ENTRY FOR 3 CIRCLES CORRECT $5OO/PLUS 1,111 ATTRACTIVE X'MAS CASH BONUSES Ist. prize $lO,OOO (based
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      80 3 Around town §•00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. "Peasant painters of Bali" Art Exhibition at National Museum. 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Batik Painting Exhibition at Gallery of Fine Art, Baffles Place. 115 p.m. to 11.00 a.m. Church services at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Coleman Street. f.OO p.m. Shaw Organisation's annual trade
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    Lock icon Breakaway tanker causes triple crash
    142 4 KUALA LUMPUR Three people, t«t of them brothers, were killed In an accident involving a runaway trailer, a car and a scooter at the lttfc arte, Jalan Cheraa, mm Tuesday night. The brothers were Enche Siflßaa Ma Yasof, 20, and Mahyuddin, IS. The other, a
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    Lock icon SINGAPOREAN COMPLAINS OF 'INSULTS'
    299 4 HONG KONG The government has dismissed complaints by a Singapore doctor working here that he had been insulted and threatened with vitlsoce by Europeans living in the same apartment block, an official spokesman said yesterday. Dr. Lam Yuan-Liou wrote to the government in April alleging that
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    Lock icon Director shoots robber from car
    246 4 KUALA LUMPUR A company director she* dead one of the twe youths who attempted to rob him and his friend in Jalan Damansara here on Tuesday night. Mr. Goh Tai Yong 31. told police two youths approached his parked car at about 9.15 o.m. While
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    Lock icon Stole friend's savings: jailed nine months
    110 4 A car-«Mher Arumugaa Mondor, Z%. wag yesterday jailed for nine Months for stealing $2,840 from a fellow washer The court was told that Veloo Vela was at home on Nov. 13 counting his savings when the accused visited him. Having counted 'the money Veloo
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    Lock icon RAFFLES PLACE BANKS COMPLAIN
    459 4 The mall criticised J J ANKERS ore dismayed at the conversion of Raffles Place into a pedestrian mall. «nfM Tl r r t r( £lT How t0 9f the doi'V shipment of money the area S nCe f orfnoured VQns cannot enter The new scheme Involves
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    Lock icon $5,000 JEWELLERY GONE IN NEW ROBBERY
    375 5 Armed robbers hove held up another pawnshop this time ot Geylang and escaped with jewellery worth $5,000. The robbers, two armed with revolvers and the third with a dagger, fired a warning shot before escaping. A woman employee set off a burglar's alarm soon
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    Lock icon Where kindness does not pay
    123 5 FIVE armed robbers held up two persons and robbed them of $10,500 in cash on Tuesday. Phua Han Min, 38, share-holder o* Chung Heng and Company in Telok Ayer Street, was working in the firm with another employee at 8.30 p.m. when a man entered
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    Lock icon Taken in by clever ruse
    83 5 AN art designer was yesterday held up by three robbers at the Delta Circus and robbed of $650 in cash. Tan Leng Suat, 31, was riding along River Valley Road when a person waved at him and indicated him to stop. Upon doing so, the
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      144 5 Canola 1210 Sole Agents: 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 1200 especially. They're winners of "Good Design
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    454 6 Soviet-India trade talks for 1971-75 MOSCOW Soviet Fwdn Trade MhMw Nfeatai PataHcher has left far New Delhi ta conclude taks with lad is trade exchaaees far 1971-7S. a a CA1X7G11 A Two 8ovlet planes carrying the bodies of 17 Russians kill** In a plane crash in West
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    Lock icon Congress drops Textile Bill
    352 6 WASHINGTON Prcsi dent Nixon's controversial Textile Import Quota Sill was virtually dead yesterday, a victim of Hie administrative logjam in Congress. It was one of the casualties weary congressmen left behind when they headed home for a brief Christmas recess. They hare temporarily left aside a
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    Lock icon MISERABLE X'MAS FOR ITALIANS
    150 6 ROMS Snow, rain an electricity strike and traffic jams combined yesterday to make the Christmas seas— uncomfortable for H Million Italians. More than IM.OM electricity workers, demanding C eminent ratification of lr nine-month-old contract, have been striking for four hours at the end of each shift
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    Lock icon Bomb shakes Buenos Aires
    74 6 BUENOS AIRES The heart of Bnenos Aires was shaken early yesterday by a powerful bomb which exploded in front of the Uruguayan National Tourist Offices. There were no victims but damages to the building were substantial. Windows In several nearby buildings were shattered and the blast
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    Lock icon IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
    43 6 GUATEMALA CITY The kidnappers of Roberto Gabriel. one of Guatemala's wealthiest businessmen, have released him unharmed for a *****,000 ransom, his family has disclosed. Gabriel's brother Jose. wa s abducted last year and freed for an Identical sum
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    Lock icon Experts probe plane blast
    44 6 KEFLAVIK, Iceland Pas sengers and crew of a chartered plane has spent a night in Reykjavik while experts tried to find out why one engine exploded in mld-al r on Tuesday. The aircraft made a forced landing at Keflavlk Airport.
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    Lock icon Pelou to leave
    23 6 *IO DE JANEIRO French Journalist Francois Pelou has been ordered to leave Brazil within the next four day*, sources disclosed.
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    Lock icon $21,000 tip that betrayed Stangl
    109 6 DUESSELDORF, Germany Former Nazi SS Captain, Franz Paul Stangl (above), has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the extermination of 7M.MO Jews at Camp Treblinka, Poland, during World War 11. Ironically, his arrest In Sao Paolo on February 28, 1967, resulted from a betrayal by
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    Lock icon ASKED FOR KNIFE TO KILL HIMSELF
    619 9  -  A Russian's desperate attempt to defect By ROBERT F. BUCKHORN Coptoin of the U.S. Coast Guord cutter Vigilant, at sea with a defector on his notified his Boston heodquorters that the man he kilted if he were returned to Soviet custody. B w f
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    Lock icon HALL OF HORROR
    232 9 LONDON Spiro A g n e w deadheated with Count Dracula and Prime Minister Edward Heath yesterday for a place on the waxworks "Roll of Horror. All three were lumped together in fifth place on a list of dummies people most like to see at the renowned
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    Lock icon RADIO MOSCOW: PEKING PRESS DISTORTED NEWS
    269 9 HONG KONG Radio Moscow yoifciJiy acc—ad tfce Ckutose pwn and acwt otedaa of distorting the recent ereth m Poland and betraying Hie socialist camp. In a Chinese-language commentary following the previous day's attack on the Soviet Union by the Peking People's Daily. Radio Moscow
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    Lock icon Mrs. Meir lashes out at Russia
    211 9 PARIS InwH Prime Minister Mrs. i*otda Meir made a itioni attack oa th« Soviet Union in a a Interview published this week. "Every word the Soviets say. every word they write. It an attack on as." "Every gun, every tank, every plane, every missile
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      81 9 Visit the only eicknive Korean Restaurant in Singapore At H»« -8.-Q L kcirf, AM# hi 130 A.M. to 12 MDNt6HT' Hk Ueal apot far a little get-together and NrtinuU Wt-i-W# between friendf. We bwe the friendliest m 4 Met CMWtM«i wnticuei te itfv# yov« Abo jvtibUc tke imm red, Drnght
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    636 10 there has been a lot of talk about the absence of an opposition political party, unfortunately much of it irresponsible, and so It is no surprise that rumours are spreading that there will be a split in the People's Action Party. The rumours started, not at all
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    Lock icon Sex and nudity in Asia
    909 10  -  By Arnold Dibble, Asio's two-billion people grubbed hard to eke out o living in 1970 f but there still wos time for o lot of fun, the wacky and the bizarre. The mini-midi-maxi controversy raged on with the mini emerging as still the favourite except
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    Lock icon Tibetan guerrillas
    206 10 LONDON Bands of armed guerrillas are operating throughout Tibet constantly harassing the Chinese Army, the Times newspaper said today. The guerrillas are mainly young Tibetan* armed with rifles, machine guns and mortar* stolen from the Chinese who have ruled this Himalayan country as an autonomous region of China
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    Lock icon Why topless dances here ?
    239 10 Why topless dances here 1 Ul, l'f ifl fflli "I iL^ 111 am i ill I rjil I attended a dinner party at a well-known night club recently. The entertainment was by artistes from an eastern country. A number of us were under the impression that U would be dancing
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      59 10 Foreign newt and feature* appealing In all editions of the Eastern Sun and The Sun are from. Reuters. United Press international, iienre France Pretwe. Editors Pre#* syndicate. Newspaper enterprise Association. Publisher* Hall Bndlcate. Los Angeles met Syndicate Gemini News Service. North Americas Newspaper Alliance, Plrst Feat area, Inter-Press Features and
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    Lock icon ARE BRITISH EDITORS' RIGHTS INVIOLABLE?
    855 11  -  DEREK INGRAM Whtn the electricians were causing blockouts in Britain the other day in pursuance of their wage claim the London Evening Standard published a cartoon that infuriated the men. After a few copies of the first edition had been printed the production men held
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    Lock icon A Minister who makes few promises-but keeps them
    533 11  - A Minister who makes few promises -but keeps them •»y K.K. DUGGAL "DANSI Lai, 43, is India's youngest Chief Minister. He rules oyer the country's smallest State, Haryana 10 million people in 17,000 square miles. But his dreams are big. One dream has just come true: he has brought light
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    Lock icon THAILAND: THE EYE OF A HURRICANE
    627 12/13 BANGKOK For Thailand, 1970 was the year of the big decision whether to march eastward into neighbouring Cambodia to help fight the communists. When the Cambodian fighting sprea i westward toward Thailand's border last summer. Thai leaders did a lot of saber-rattling. A troop
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    Lock icon NIXON POLICY HURTS JAPAN
    750 12/13 tjpOKYO Japan's big problem for 1971 is America. U.S. President Nixon in 1970 shattered tw"i assumptions on which Japan has leaned ever since regaining her independence in 1952: One is that the American Army, supported by the U.S. taxEayer, would be there to eep the Soviet
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    Lock icon 'The Blue Machine' teaches reading
    205 12/13 Non-reading children in the early elementary grades in New York can learn to read sentences within an hour with Grolier Educational Corporation's Reading Machine. Children have dubbed It "The Blue Machine" because it is blue and white. Dots on cards printed with words, phrases and
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    Lock icon Meyer lends X-pertise to 'Seven Minutes'
    540 15  -  By Dick Kleiner, RUSS MEYER is making "The Seven Minutes" at 20th Century-Fox. This is trying Wallace's novel about a porn o g raphy trial. Meyer was directing the big scene in court when defence attorney Wayne Maunder pets Yvonne De Carlo to say
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    57 15 Producer Gerald Ayres ha s signed Mercury Recording stars, the Sir Douglas Quintet, for their motion picture debut in "Dealer," the Acrobat Films production for Columbia Pictures Sir Douglas' leader, Doug Sahm, who penned the group's gold record, "Mendocino/' will appear a s a pop star and friend of
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      292 15 €DEOIOT7 ORGANISATION WISH MOVIEGOERS A I. I It < > .17.1 II I Opens Today! No Free LUt II Ml. 1.34, 4. 630 9.15 Charlton He.ston Tina Chen "MASTER OF THE ISLANDB" Scope-Color (UA) TONIGHT MIDNIGHT at Caplt»l-Lldo-Res-Bky-R*xy PLUS Saturday Midnight! at LIDO-BKY-ROXY and SUNDAY 9.00 am SHOW at Ca*lt«l-Ude-Bex-Bky-Boxy
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      45 15 SIMULTANEOUS OPENING TODAY! (S PORE) ODEON CATHAY K.L MGM's SUPER THRILLER I Barnabas Collins, takes a bride in a bizarre act of unnatural love. J m No Free List) In METROCOLOR Starring: Jonathan Frid Kathryn Leigh Scott Nancy Barrett Roger Davit John Karlen Joan Bennett
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      322 15 HnTT] r m^ra:ffiffiff CATHAY ***** tad 810 WEEK! 11 »m. 1.30 «.JW. ».S0 pn OCF "SCROOGE" is Co or Albert Kinney P Vision SCHOOL: 11.00 to any neat daily at 11 am. I SO. 4.00 OnEQM 2 1116 OPENS TODAY! 11 1 »0. 4.00. O.M DM Home of Dark Shadows"
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    90 16 MANILA A r r»ek If*, ticnal Bureau of Irwesti.gatjon team is to m»eotigate the assassination, of a Philippines Police Chief gunned (town by automatic rifles on Tuesday in front the Hall of Justice in Onrtt litj, South of Manila. Two other policemen were also hilled and
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      1106 17 M** tmrisM SINGAPURA CHANNEL 5 Opening Announcements, followed by General Hospital A daytime serial about the staff and the patients of a busy hospital. Another Song Another Melody A light musical programme featuring "The New Generation" (English) (Repeat) It's Happening in Singapore (Chinese) (Repeat) A series on the life and
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      775 18  -  DATELINE By Ele, Walt Dulaney DEAR ELE AND WALT: I'm a regular reader who usually agrees with you. But one thing you've got wrong. That's always suggesting that your minister, doctor or readers talk with a school counsellor if they need an
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      538 18 READING it the best source of gaining knowlodge; it it Hie fountain of wisdom. Reading it also the most inexpensive entertainment and yet to readily available. All of us read for (liferent purposes. Many people read in order to master information and content, or to confirm knowledge in a
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      398 18 In my seven years of oohool-life I have realised the great importance and need for friendship. Without it none of us can hope to be successful In life. Friends give support and confidence, which is the essence of success. In my seven school years I have come
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      189 18 ESSAY CONTEST: Rules to observe Hh Eastern Sun's wuy writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under (Junior) end boys end girls over 14 (Senior) appears in HMS pege from Monday to Friday. Prise mono i«: $lO tor Seniors and $5 to- (union tor every nuv published Al|
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    Lock icon Mild boom in market
    287 20 A SLIGHT boom ensued in trading in the rooms of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Market conditions continued to hold firm for the preChristmas season. Price movements were generally narrow from the night's close. Counters to surge were mostly of Malaysian origin. The market ddd not react
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    Lock icon Rubber 49 7/8 cts.
    244 20 JANUARY first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 49-| cents per lb. down 1 cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. The market ruled very thin and quiet but after opening lower on
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    36 20 NEW YORK Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Industrials 822.77 20 Rall s 160.62 15 Utilities 119.09 65 Stocks 264.23 40 Bonds 68.29 Commodity futures index 144.74 up 0-25
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    187 20 WILLIAM H. Ellis, Vice President and General Manager of the ShangriLa Hotel, in 19, Orange Grove Road, will attend the 25th annual Western International Hotels managers meeting to be held at the Bayshore Inn In Vancouver, British Columbia beginning Jan. 3. The main purpose of this
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    Lock icon Weekly rubber market review
    263 20 THE market lost ground again during the week and the 50 cent level for January was broken. For much of the time trading lacked stimulus and operators were generally preoccupied with the coming holidays and unwilling to open up new commitments. The selling, sometimes termed godown
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    Lock icon CLOSING PRICES
    691 20 BID and offer price* officially listed at the close of business In tbe Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday INDUSTRIAL! 3 B 8 Acma IJ7 1J> AJia«M(o Alcan if, Lit 132 Allied Choe 141 B?Jay» M Ml ii« Borneo IJS 1-59 (toasttid lit
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    738 20 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 lnts of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified- -INUUMKIALS Aloan SI .30 (1) $l3l (5) $132 (1): Berjaya $1.15 (7) $1 14 (2)
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    90 20 TIM noon one f» at tnc Klimporf 4 hin<*» Produce M<hnn«r rrtirrdi; ■ft vai> Coronal Oil Bb 1* (fob.) bulk 8900 I'wonm on < f.o.b.) drum ea.so Ml»fd Copra CI.SO Muntok W'btl* Prpprr (f.o.b.) 35.00 |(|o% NIVL Sarawak WbUt 1*0.00 Proper iUb.) 96% N.W.I. ***** Sarawak Hpeclai Black I'ippri
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    Lock icon SYDNEY SEES IMPROVEMENT
    364 21 CYDNEY Stares yesterday am proved when buyers started a bargain-buying spree lata in trading on Sydney Stock Exchange. Wednesday va s Hie final full day of trading before tk e Christmas break, and buying continued throughout the day at a steady rate, building price levels back mp
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    544 21 AKRIViLfI 1.45 am MSA 115 Koala l.umpur •.25 am. MSA 584 Colombo IXO a.m MSA 183 Koala l.uinpur •.SO a.m MHA4S* Kuala |I.OS»A MHA iir «M rail.me K o a i 0 Lumpur llJtiio. MSA MM Jakarta 140 MO USA MM Perm 130 PA MSA 451 KOB zm:,
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    Lock icon Shipyard expanding
    90 21 Picture shows an aerial view of Vosper Thornycroft Uni leers Pte. Ud a «m mt ship-repairers at TaajMKC Rhu. The shipyard. set 19 three years ago Is eapssiisc as demand fsc rrpair facilities by ers is increaaing. Geared far expansion. VTU will inchide new slipways capaUe of accommodating
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    117 21 NEW YORK Gold prlcea were unchanged to higher on market! here and abroad Tuesday London gold rose 2| UJ3. cents at tbe moraine fixing and added another 2J UJJ. cents for a second fixing of 37.675 U.S. do'.lars per troy ounce. The closing range was 37.60
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    Lock icon BOAC SLASHES GROUP FARES
    249 21 BOAC's Manager for South-east Asia, Mr. Richard J. Graham yesterday wen weed the introduction of an Affinity Group fare between Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and London which trill slash (he existing fare by fim Hum half. The present eoonomy class return tare between Singapore or Kuala XAunpttr
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    Lock icon Lucian Rosa to study in Japan
    257 23 TOKYO Ceylon's Lucian Rota, who stunned Hie Japanese delegation by winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres in the athletics competition of the sixth Asian Games, will enrol as a student in a Tokyo University next April, it was reported yesterday. j Running barefoot as
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    Lock icon 1970—THE WORST YEAR FOR CARRACING DRIVERS
    483 23  -  By William Verigan NEW YORK —lt was the worst of years for drivers, it was the best of years for auto racing in 1970. It will always be remembered as the year a dead man—Austrian Jochen Rindt was crowned world driving champion after being
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    Lock icon Fastest century this season by Jackie Hampshire
    457 23 HOBART, Tasmania, Yorkshire's Jackie Hampshire returned to form with the fastest hundred in Australia this season against Tas- mania here yesterday. He raced to hl g century in ninety-eight minutes MCC plied up 316 for four declared on the first day of the
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    Lock icon Gonzales to remarry former wife
    63 23 SANTA MONICA, California Tennis star Pancho Gonzales Tuesday took out a marriage licence here to remarry his former wife Madelyn. The couple, divorced In June last year, plan to remarry on Christmas eve, according to court house officials. Pancho gave his real name of Richard
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    Lock icon 'Pope was wounded in Manila'
    199 24 ROME A small Catholic news agency in Rome said "authoritative" Vatican sources told it Pope Paul VI was wounded during Bolivian painter Benjamin Mendoza Y. Amor's assassination attempt during the Pope's visit to the Philippines last month. The Pope hid his wounds," the agency said
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    Lock icon POLISH RESHUFFLE
    159 24 WARSAW Marshal Marian Spychalski was replaced as Polish Head of State by Mr. Jozef Cyrankiewicz, who resigned his post as Prime Minister. The changes were approved at a session of Poland's 460-member Sejm (Parliament). Mr. Piotr Jaroszewic7, 61, former Deputy Prime Minister, was proposed to the Sejm to
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    Lock icon KIDNAPPED ENVOY'S LIFE IN REAL DANGER
    191 24 RIO DE JANEIRO The kidnappers of Swiss ambassador Giovanni Enrico Bucher said Hie diplomat's life is in danger. The warning came in a new note addressed to authorities, press sources said yesterday. The kidnappers insist that the Brazilian government agree with their demand to
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    Lock icon Poor souls
    57 24 SEOUL The government's National Agricultural Co-operative Federation says the average Korean consumes only a fraction of th e meat and milk contained in the ordinary American diet. The Federation reports that Koreans eat 3.4 per cent of th e meat consumed by Americans and drink only 0.4 per
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    Lock icon 1,500 m.p.h. rocket train service...
    94 24 NAGOYA, Japan Dr. Hlsanojo Ozawa, Dean of Science and Engineering at Mel jo University, hopes to build a rocket train which will travel at 1,550 miles an hour. Ozawa, 65, built a model of his dream train and it ran at 707 miles an hour.
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    97 24 Sunpix shows the unidentified body floating in the ditch. The body of a 10-year-old Chinese boy was found floating in a ditch outside the Wonderland Amusement Park by construction workers yes- terday. The unidentified boy, dressed in a pair of dark shorts and white shirt, was found at about 9.15
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