Eastern Sun, 27 March 1971

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    23 1 EASTERN SUN Mfgapbre's own national daOy Final edition 10 cents isttf. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1606 Saturday, March 27, 1971 M.C. (P) 2510
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    Lock icon CIVIL WAR IN PAKISTAN
    652 1 Bengalis fight Yahva's troops in Dacca DELHI Civil war broke out in East Pakistan yesterday. Largescale fighting is going on between West and Eost Pakistani armed forces. The Press Trust of India, quoting reports from the frontier said there had been heavy casualties. The reports came
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    193 1 NEW DELHI Awami League leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman last night declared independence for East Pakistan as heavy fighting raged between Bengalis and Pakistan Army troops. The declaration came in a broadcast from g clandestine radio station identified as the Voice of Independent Bangla Desh (Bengali homeland). The
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    Lock icon Resist enemy at any cost call by Sheikh
    195 2 NKW DELHI But Pakistan leader Sheikh Majibur Rahman yesterday urged his people to resist enemy force* at any coat. His eall followed reports of heavy casualties in Pakistan's civil war from India's eastern borders. In a clandestine radio broadcast In East Pakistan,
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    Lock icon Constant friction since partition
    462 2 Reuter. has been a constant factor between the two widely separated halves of Pakistan since the nation was founded with the partition of India in 1947. A 900-mile tract of India divides West Pakistan from the East the two unequal halves of the world's second largest
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    Lock icon Witness called 'filthy perjurer' is disregarded
    257 3 A defence lawyer, Mr Dovid Marshall, yesterday dropped oil further cross-examination of a prosecution witness at the trial of his client, o former vicepresident of SATU, with conspiracy. Mr Marshall told the Second District Court he would not cross-examine Guldvyn John Gomes, 27, any
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    Lock icon Parents blamed for drug abuse
    225 3 Parents are to be blamed for drug addiction among th« young, a psychologist sad last night. Mrs Chow Chor Jee, a lecturer at Teachers' Training College said: "They give their children excessive pocket money. "They seldom talk to them on the dangers of drugs, depending
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    Lock icon Criminals will lose refuge
    94 3 JAKARTA Indonesia and Singapore are negotiating an extradition agreement between the two countries, the official Antara news agency said yesterday. Antara quoted Indonesian ambassador to Singapore. Lt Gen Sunarso as saying that an agreement is expected to b« reached "in the near future." An extradition treaty
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    Lock icon A show that sizzled
    114 3 Things really sixxlcd at the Singapore Hilton Ballroom ye 11 erday afternoon when se*y hotpants were displayed at a big fashion show. Five beautiful women modelled the revealing hotpants some made of far. There were hotpants worn with a midl ©oat with a provocative slit to
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      66 3 ■Mifl RINGAPORB TOWN 4.41 am. <2.3 ft.); 11.23 am. (11.9 ft); 5.4? pm (1.4 ft.); 11.4? pm <11.3 ft.). TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN 5.34 am. <1.2 ft); 11.54 am. (14.2 ft.); 4.43 pm. (1.8 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD 4.51 am. (1.9 ft.); 11.41 am. (14.2 ft.): 5.24 pm. (1.2 ft.); 11.33 pm.
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      32 3 WEATHER The weather bureau predicts fair weather today. YESTERDAY Maxim am Temp: 86.6 VI in imam Temp: 72.7 Rain: Nil Raindajrs: 11 Total Rain March: 3.66 Sunshine: 8.25 J-*W'fc ai 11 91
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    Lock icon Evicted traders told to form firms, buy land
    221 4 Anvirr on iirran RENEWAL' SHOPKEEPERS affected by urban renewal could pool their resources to form a company and develop land sold by the Government. This is one way in which they need not have to move out of their trading area, the
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    Lock icon '72 target for development of Bedok land
    255 4 The development of 1,125 acres of reclaimed land at Bedok is expected to begin by the middle of next yeor. The Minister for Law and National Development. Mr E. W. Barker, disclosed this In Parliament yesterday. He was replying to questions by Mr
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    Lock icon Incentive policy will not be changed says Minister
    236 4 The Government will not withdraw economic incentives to future foreign investors. The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Tang See Chim, made this clear In Parliament yenter day He was replying to a Question by Mr Aug Nam Wan (Thomson). Mf Tkac
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    Lock icon A cheerful SUNbird to warm your Saturday
    38 4 LOVELY Ainefi Tahir is our cheerful SUNbird. Allien, 20, i« a sales assistant. Her hobby is reading. "I just lore getting engrossed in a good book," she told the EASTERN SUN.
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    Lock icon Fill your belly with...
    157 4 FOOD glorious FOOD Fill your hedlck with belly pork today It's only $1.20 a pound And If yN'rc still hungry, Chinese vegetables are dm in price. Today's prices ia poinds unless otherwise mentioned. VEGETABLES Australian lettuce SIRS Cauliflower *1.45 Chye sini M-20 a kt Rang kong
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    Lock icon Robber to be caned
    198 5 A contract labourer who robbed students of their watches was yesterday Jailed for three years. He also received six strokes of the eaae. The Third District Court ordered Mohammed Fand bin Rahmat, 24, be put on police supervision for two years after he finishes his term
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    Lock icon MASS HYSTERIA: MORE GIRLS HIT
    173 5 A drug in their food? TPOH Twelve more Rajah Chulan schoolgirls were rushed to hospital yesterday after o second outbreak of hysteria. Twenty-five girls have now been treated after they screamed, fainted and became helplessly hysterical. Twelve were admitted but four were later sent home.
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    Lock icon Shipping firms told: Expand and modernise
    161 5 Shipowners here should modernise and expand their activities. Mr Eric Khoo Cheng Lock, executive director of Neptune Orient Lines, Singapore's national shipping line, said this yesterday. He was speaking at a seminar on "Port and Shipping" lolntly organised by the PSA and the Economics
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    Lock icon The mark of the Haji
    127 5 Warrant Officer Salleh bin Ahmad wears a chief's white hat on working days as a member of the Army Catering Corps. Bat at Muslim festivals he wears another kind of white hat the •erban. This Is the mark of the Haji, a man who has
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    Lock icon Medicine shops raided
    77 5 KUALA LUMPUR Police have raided eight medicine shop h and seized 500 methaqualone M pills Eighty-five police assisted by nine Pharmaceutical Department officers took part in the 6i-hour raid, which started at 1 pm on Thursday Thev took away drugs and pills from eight shops The raids
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    Lock icon Copter gets a joyride home
    83 5 A Singapore Air Force helicopter yesterday "hitched a ride" with a Royal Navy helicopter. The SAF Alouette helicopter was stranded with engine trouble just over the Straits of Johore opposite its Setetar base. The onl> way to get It back quickly was for another helicopter
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      32 5 M TOMORROW'S DRAW NO: 24/71 (28-J-71) SSS, CASH JACKPOT IS $llO,OOO >■ 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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  • THE WORLD THIS MORNING
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      Lock icon Supply ship gives Reds the slip
      131 6 PHNOM PENH A South Vietnamese Navy vessel slipped Into Phnom Penh under cover of darkTnest on Thursday night carrying 25 American armoured personnel carriers. South Vietnamese spokesmen said the carrier made the hazardous Mekong River Journey under extremely heavy gunboat escort without Incident On
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      Lock icon MINING FRAUD: 4 AUSTRALIAN FIRMS IN PROBE
      243 6 MELBOURNE The Melbourne Stock Exchange announced yesterday that fraudulent transactions had taken place in share certificates of four Australian mining companies. The fraudulent transactions have taken place in scrip of Western Mining Corporation, Peko Wallsend, Consolidated Goldfields and Gippsland Minerals. The announcement was
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      Lock icon Saigon pushes farming output
      121 6 SAIGON President Nguyen Van Ttiieu yesterday announced a new five-year plan for the economic development of country areas in South Vietnam. President Thleu said the new plan, which would begin Immediately and end in 1975. was aimed at reorganising the social structure In his country. The
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      Lock icon To lure a lecherous lobster...
      92 6 EDINBURGH Ths lecherous leanings of lobsters could lure them Into pots much better than the old cod's head bait, according to an expert here. Professor Michael Laverack, head of th« Marine Laboratory at St Andrews University. believes the song Oysters Is amourous, lobsters Is lecherous*
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      Lock icon Motoring on the moon...
      67 6 The moon buggy which will accompany Apollo 15 astronauts to the moon in July will resemble this model, assembled at Boeing's Kent Space Centre near Seattle. The first manned self-propelled vehicle on the moon, the batterypowered Lunar Roving Vehicle will provide a vastly superior equipment transporter
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      272 6 MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay Kidnapped British Ambassador Geoffrey Jackson says he Is well and that one of his main worries is his wife's health according to a letter received yesterday. BANGKOK Police killed two dissident Moslem guerrillas In the mountains of southern Thailand near the Malaysian border, police sources
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    Lock icon That feeling of persecution....
    70 8 These women ere showing what it's like to be persecuted in the Soviet Union. The four spent their lunch hour in this cage to dramatise the plight of the Jews there. Others parade nearby with placards asking for the release of their "sister" in Russia. The
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    Lock icon Scandal claim: recall of UK envoy demanded
    284 8 A Labour MP has claimed Britain's diplomatic representation in Washington is a major scandal. The MP has demanded the recall of the Ambassador, the Earl of Cromer. The accusation was made by Mr Gerald Kaufman. Mr Kaufman is a former press aide of
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    Lock icon Briton for spy trial
    51 8 LONDON Former British Air Force Serjeant Nicholas Anthony Prager was committed for trial yesterday on charges of spying for Czechoslovakia. P racer, a 42-year-old electrical engineer of Czech parentage, was refund hail. Prager Is alleged to have photographed secret radar material aid passed It to Czech
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    Lock icon Probe into charges of drunkenness in House
    173 8 LONDON Commons Speaker Selwyn Lloyd it looking into charges that chief government whip Francis Pym was "disgracefully drunk" in the House late Wednesday night. He was -expected to make a decision today. There were ruffled temCrs as Conservative and bour Members of Parliament
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    Lock icon EEC says yes to price rise
    100 8 BRUSSELS Haggard Common Market Farm Ministers have agreed on price increases and European agriculture reform* The decision came after 45 hours of wrangling, a bloody riot by farmers and a final all-night session. There was pressure for a positive decision because of the April
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    Lock icon Coup leader is President
    30 8 BUENOS AIRES Gen*, ral Alejandro Lanusse. the Army Chief who led the bloodless coup against President Roberto Levingston, was sworn in as Head of State yesterday.
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    Lock icon NIXON URGES BIG CABINET CHANGES
    342 9 People are losing faith, he sc;ys President Nixon has urged Congress to approve a vast reorganisation of the Government's Cabinet departments. He wonts seven of them obolished ond their functions reformed into four new ones. Nixon special message to Congress said "Trie major cause of
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    Lock icon Youth talked out of death plunge
    54 9 Stan Switala hujfs hI s friend Ralph Forrar who threatened to jump from a bridge in Pittsburgh, United States at noon on Thursday. Forrar climbed down off the span after pleadin e by his friend, police and firemen. The drama attracted crowds of workers
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    Lock icon Blasts hit head office of Premier
    202 9 BELFAST, Norther* Ireland Minutes offer Premier Brian Faulkner announced kie new Cabinet, his ruling Unionist Party headquarters was hit by two nplaiioss on Thursday. The blasts rocked Central Belfast and caused considerable damage to the headquarters, blowing out the windows. It was not lmm
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    Lock icon Strip to protest strippers
    127 9 TORONTO Six female ■trippers peeled off their clothes ia freezing weather yesterday to protest against male competition. The girls, most barebreasted carried placards laying "node males scram** and "higher wages lor female nudes". They worfc at a local nightclub that recently added two male strippers to
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    Lock icon Nixon Government racist— Congressmen
    154 9 WASHINGTON A group af Nrpo Congressman has told President Nixon that his administration was racist. The IS also condemned his policy of seeking to change the racial policies of Sooth Africa, Portugal and Rhodesia by contact and persuasion "America must take the lead in Isolating South
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    Lock icon NEGATIVE START
    508 10 gVERYONE, Including leaders of the ruling People's Action Party, is of the opinion that a responsible political party should emerge in Singapore as an opposition. There have also been outlandish suggestions of creating an opposition artificially. It was suggested that the PAP should not contest a certain number
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    Lock icon THE BANK HAS GONE CRAZY
    521 10 Art Buchwald IyASHINGTON If everyone in the country is becoming schizophrenic, they're entitled to it. Even the bonks have gone bananas. Just a few months ago, because of the tight money situation, It was Impossible to get a loan from a bank. In order to
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  • SUN SOAPBOX WHERE READERS HAVE A SAY
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      Lock icon More buses desperately required
      154 10 SIR* WAITING for an STC bus No. 12 in MacPherson Road, opposite Jalan Muhibbah, is a frustrating and irritating daily experience. Bus users have to wait for half an hour or more for a bus. The buses that do come along are usually packed and have
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      Lock icon BIT HARD ON THE FATHER
      241 10 SIR: I THINK that Laurie Lee was a bit hard on Hm young Indian "maths genius" and his father, and overly optimistic about the man's potential usefulness to society. Obviously the poor chap is suffering from a mental impairment which does not permit him to
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      Lock icon Shake-up a must
      87 10 SIR: HUB policemen cerv tainiy needed the shaking up which they were given n Parliament the other day. Crime seems to be coins up and up and little seems to be done except when the police make a big haul of stolen property or something of that
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      Lock icon Policemen here are the best
      97 10 SIB* WAS distressed to 1 see that our police force was the subject of an attack by Members of Parliament. Surely our elected representatives know our police force is the best in Asia. Cases of corruption and abuses of power are rare here, thank goodness.
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      44 10 Trans-Pacific EXCLUSIVE TO JAL S flights to Tokyo, with 16 onward connections to the west coast USA every week. tIAMN AIR LJNESI/V (he worldwide airline of Aipun ftrM Ufa M ftobinaon R4 Slnfapora. T«i: M2Oll. A.I.A. tuMtOf. Man Ampang, Kuala Lumpwr. Tat: *****. MM
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  • SUN SCOPE
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      Lock icon Tokyo Rose, Lord Haw Haw and Hanoi Abbie
      581 11  -  By Tom Tiede The war In Indochina Is apparently aboat la pel an updated Teniae of Tokyo Rose and Lord Haw Haw. Very updated: Abfate Hoffman 1 leece aad Haw Haw were ■arndnnjws for Ike Axis broadcasters who propagandteed against Allied victory
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      Lock icon THE WEST MAY BUY RED SST
      694 11 Some free world airlines will buy Russia's version of tfce SST because Congress defeated the U.S. plane, the chairman of a group representing 26 ahrlines said in Kansas City, U.S., yesterday. "If the Russians put on a concentrated sales effort they may well find
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      124 12/13 Xm Wholesaler Retailer of ORIENTAL ARTS CRAFTS Ideal for tourist shops; Bali wooden carving» Indonesian batiks Malaysian dolls Indian brass art ware Ivory carvings "Lion City'* pewter ware Teak wood furniture HSU BROTHERS 87, Hill Street, Singapore, 6. (opposite Central Fire Brigade Station) Contact Mr. Heng Tel: *****. f 1
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      232 12/13 sun Saturday shopping special Choral STEREO: DON'T BE IN DOUBT HOW many loudspeakers make a good stereo system? This la one of the most puzzling questions which confronts the newcomer to high fidelity. To achieve the highest fidelity, it is necessary to divide the audio frequency range Into two or
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      201 12/13 m a® A stop here will delight every member of the family... a gift for every occasion.,, to suit every pocket. ~%y°mrnnM W METHOTEXJ^jft niPANTMINT STOHI f' ■HP i r-H Metro's in High Street. Quality for the family THE Metro Department Store at 72-74 High Street has a very wide
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      145 12/13 Stockist PERSIAN. BOKHARA, PAKISTAN, INDIAN, GERMAN, UkUiIUM, OTIIKR CONTINENTAL CARPET KIIGM. AI.SO SPECIALISTS IN WALL TO W ALL CARPETING. REPAIRING A WASHING OP ALL KINDS OP CARPETS UNDERTAKEN. HASSAN'S CARPETS 177, ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE. TEL: 375<tt«. THE MOVE IS TO CARPETS Cararh at i in Singapore. 177 Orchard Road hae
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      233 12/13 KEEP YOUR HOMI BEAUTIFUL WITH THE FOUNTAIN KINC la beautiful colour* »nd changing lights. A Statue for every «wd«l. 23 <|V r ~f W HTi NO PLUMBING CONNKCTIONS REQUIRED. Thff use re-drrulatlng water that doesn't need often replenishInt. SO model* to rboose from and a very wide range of )eta
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      168 12/13 Sv The JVC Nlvlco Mcxm 941 OS Portable radio cassette recorder doe* mora than play cassettes. It has 2 powerful shortwave bands, allowing you to pick up programs from anywhere In the world. AM radio, too. plua a full fidelity eaaaetta/racorder. See It at your dealer's today. EMHmimicql you deserve
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    Lock icon This camel's had enough
    67 14 We oil know H»ot •now con stop an automobile/ a train, o plane but would you believe a camel? Reloxing here, because sne can't move anyway, is Shagran, the cornel ridden by Peter OToole in the forthcoming new presentation "Lawrence of Arobio.'^ Working to dig Shogron
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    Lock icon SINATRA, YOU MUST BE JOKING!
    447 14  -  By Vernon Scott JJOLLYWOOD If Frank Sinatra thinks he is retiring from "public life" he is irretrievably addled. His chances of finding anonymity are nil. Ask Greta Garbo. ask Charles Lindbergh. Ask Howard Hughes, for whom Sinatra holds considerable disaffection. Sinatra may succeed in retiring
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      120 14 QDEQINJ 2 l 6 HUM naOHINUI I >■ IJI. INm >» riraounfi lulu" starring: Alain Deiao TOmOHT MIDNIGHT' TrM Hob* With Lare" Col*rßrop« lUmdarlßl Kor CkooD Stent Tleo gnfltaß Chine** ttuOUt.i □PCHAQO Kts»*l NOW MOWUMM I m 4M. tJi 1 111 M Tomorrow Extra tin* 11 mi Tk* Orttl KklU
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      189 14 #£JCEE7 I. I I) O .17.1414 11M. LML CM, A CM AMH iMM CoOurn a Lru Mrm "BLOOD inTA TECHNICOLOR IWB) Toalffct ILUm B TOMORROW 8HOW8: am. 11. Ul. C CM. IK Cheni Pel pel. Lo Lfh TBI UDT lEUlr* A HUAVt PRODCCTIOB Mudirta ID Bcope A Color CACITOI *****)
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    Lock icon KATHLEEN'S BACK TO SING HER SONG FOR THE BOYS
    152 15 KiHtl«en McCormack it making a tkort return visit to Singapore today under Hi« aegis of the Australian Broadcasting Commission to entertain Hie armed forces. Ske is tke most recorded artist in Australia. Her alkums range in variety from I risk and
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      870 15 ■ESIMHI TV SIfMGAPURA CHANNEL 5 OPEN INC ANNOUNCEMENTS. followed by ASTROBOY "Deadline To Danger" An Animated cartoon series SPEED WORLD "Bndgehairvton 500" Motor racing events In the world IT'S A MAN'S WORLD "I Count My Life In Coffee Cups" MELODY MIXTURES (Rpt.) Chinese Music played In a modern manner CHINESE
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  • Sue's Saturday
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      Lock icon MIDDLE EAST COMES TO SINGAPORE
      832 16/17 SHADES OF AIJ<MM OND TH« Arobian Nights I I discovered the Middle East right in Singapore this week. 1 walked into a carpet shop at Orchard Road and found myself raving over a terrific collection ol Mid East gear. Hassan's Carpets, the carpet people have
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      Lock icon Snooping
      188 16/17 WHILE new collections are coming in, the shops are having Easter Sales fro clear their stocks. The Peking Department Store is having an Easter Sale and the gear is slashed to rockbottom prices. Flair Boutique has slashed their prices down from between 30 per cent to 50 per cent.
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    418 18  -  ANN LANDERS T\EAR ANN: Please dont think I am crasy. 1 need your help. I'm a girl 15. medium height, and I wear a sue nine shoe* Is there a medicine that will shrink feet or an operation that might help? I've heard of tall people
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      729 18 CARROLL RIOHTER'S GENERAL TENDENCIES: A wonderful day and evening to pat Into operation plans for entertainment or romance. Do those things that show you are wide awake to all kinds of new and advanced courses of action that appeal to you. TAURUS GM4 CANCER ARIES (Mar. 21 to Apr. 19)
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  • commercial and industrial
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      Lock icon FIRM NOTE AT MARKET CLOSE
      226 19 A FTER o hesitant and lower opening, the share morket remained dull throughout but o lost minute rush to cover losses before the day's close firmed conditions. Better grade Uurei were the mein gainers in an otherwise sluggish market. A toUII Of 995,540 deals were
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      Lock icon Indonesian oil output to increase
      178 19 JAKARTA A second American oil company ha* announced plans for major oil production in the Java Sea that will push Indonesia's oil production close to the million barrels a da v mark. Th e Independent Indonesian American Petroluem Company (IIAPCO) says it plans to start
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      Lock icon Rubber closes at 106 cents
      265 19 April first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 pm in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 106 cents per kilo. The tone of the market was extremely quiet. The market fluctuated within narrow limit for the morning with no particular pattern In evidence. Alternate shortcovering
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      114 19 HONGKONG Yesterday's 5 pm currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.) (Borers) (Sellers) 105 20 196 30 per 100 strslts dollars 148.50 150.50 per 1.00U la:wan auiiar* 6.755 6.775 per Australian douai 84. 360 ner 1.00T Burmese tyst.475 495 per 1.000 Indian rup«*» 1*0 165 oer
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      Lock icon CLOSING PRICES
      668 19 HID and «ffer prices officially Ustcd «t the close business In the Singapore ana Kuala Lumpur trading room* of the Stock (Exchange vesterda* INDUSTRIALS g. ACM A A lean Allied Choc. Ben Berjaya Borneo Boustead B.M. Trusts C. Sugars C.CJM. C. Storage C. c. D.B.S. Dunlop E. Smelters
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      787 19 BUSINESS done In and rrpurtrd to the trad in e room» «t the Stock Exchange ot Malaysia and Stnra pore with the ncmbei of shares traded in brackets In lots ol 1.000 ooltt nnles> ■itherwlse specified INDUSTRIALS ACM A $1.42 (2); A loan 5i.39 (1): Ben $1.21 (2);
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      52 19 ihk noon pncHi at me -Mnnpor* (Vmm Prortaoa Kiohanxr rentenlaj a oconnt (M (f.0.t>.| Ht mm ocmmmt UU rtAki ins mm orpra Mm vi an to* WklU «»JW* N.LV. mm '«m» WUU hi WN wtm NLH tmm IMLM flS£* ti t oSh (l«.M U»M 1IKM M 1 (Md ir.«
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      Lock icon Credit facilities of Export-Import Bank
      521 20 KEARNS E Mr Henry Kearns, President and Chairmen of the Export-Import Bonk of the United States, yesterday explained the various credit facilities the bank provides at a luncheon meeting of business leaders here. He said h e was convinced Hut if Hie Ex-port-Import Bank (popularly
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      Lock icon Weekly rubber market review
      257 20 An active week's trading saw the recent me extended to 109-4 for current month before market trend reversed. This followed eight working days of continuous advance. The decline however was checked abruptly at <lO5-3 by Malaysian Government intervention on Wednesday evening, and later two cents of
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      Lock icon HEAVY SALES AT SYDNEY MARKET
      339 20 SYDNEY Heavy telling cut prices across the mining boards on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, following the latest developments in the Leopold affair. The heaviest losers were once again those stocks which rose with Leopold. Bamboo Creek lost 15 cents to 40 cents. Conwest 10
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      Lock icon To Hongkong for seminar
      100 20 Mr Wong Toon Nam, 31, Cargo Manager with Lufthansa German Airlines, leaves here today, to attend a cargo sales seminar in Hongkong. He will lead a sevenmember party of airfreight forwarders from Singapore and Malaysia to the flve-day seminar from March 29 to April 2. One
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      Lock icon DRAIN DIGGER
      153 20 A high speed drain digger (above), operated from a tractor power take off, was convincingly demonstrated at the recent Field Days at Orange, New South Wales, Australia. Designed and manufactured by Mobilco Ltd, the digger does not build a mound on the side of the drain, but flings
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      Lock icon Rubber meet
      55 20 JAKARTA Ttve Association of Natural Rubber Producing countries will meet in Jogjakarta, Central Java, in August to discuss the rubber situation, a spokesman of the executive committee said yesterday. The countries are Indonesia, Malaysia. Singapore, Thailand, Ceylon and South Vietnam. Observes from th« United States and European countries
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      35 20 NEW YORK Dow Jones closing averages Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Industrials 900.81 20 Rails ***** 15 Utilities 123.69 65 Stocks 295.65 40 Bonds 71.72 Commoditj .utwres *ndex 140.78 0.13
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      77 20 Classified Ad. Sales Service Television Radio BUiirriHioN T.V. RENTALS H.P OB CABB We bare complete range ol model* and prices at our SHOWROOMS: 183 Clernenceau Aven'ie 333 People'* Park Complex, lat PL 140 Joo Cblat Road 369 Block 101 Corporation Drive JuroDß Town. Also Kuala Lumpur Petallng Jaya, Ipob Penang
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      Lock icon BAD UMPIRING MARS TOURNEY
      794 21  -  By S Selvarajoo Bod umpiring by Singapore officials marred the 14nafion First Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships which ended here on Thursday. Singapore cherished the honour of being the first Asian country to inaugurate the Asian Table Tennis Championships and again the first nation in Hi« Commonwealth
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      Lock icon Japan and China are favourites
      93 21 NAGOYA, Japan Host Japan and Communist China were generally favoured yesterday to battle for domination of the 31st World Table Tennis Championship* which begins Sunday at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. A record number of 59 nations will participate in this second World Table Tennis Championships
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      Lock icon Hartono is odds-on favourite for title
      348 21 WEMBLEY, England Wolfgang BocHow become the first German ever to reach Hie last four of the men's single* at the All-England Badminton Championships Thursday after paying his own expenses to compete in the tournament. Bochow beat unseeded Ray Stevens of England in the quarter-finals,
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      Lock icon West Germany hockey team
      59 21 Sports Club 'Frankfurt 1880' West Germany, will play three friendly hockey fixtures against local sides. The visitors will play their first match today against Indian Association at the Ceylon Sporta Club ground at 5 pm. They will play against SRC at SRC ground on March 28
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      Lock icon SATURDAY Scratchings
      40 22 RACE 1: Wlncedfoot Marksman RACE 2: Sklppy. Sella. Kawan Rrganda U RACE S: Nil RACE 4: Doable One, Great Sifn RACE S: Hllvertum RACE <: Thunder of Yanftse, Blnjai Walk RACE 7: First Addition, Bnp r Picture 11. Doreeno
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      Lock icon TODAY'S RACE CARD
      1086 22 Raei B 1: CL 6 Div. 1— 7 F.—2.15 p.m. ($5,000) 1. ***** n •J 900 Sri Grngit (Zain) Aauwadi I x ***** Perkua 1] 4y 900 LKYC (Manaor) Subian 4 ***** 4y 809 Rose (Manaor) PK Leong ***** W»wnw fty 808 Min (Daniels) Kingston 17 *****
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      165 22 UKNMi MOt CMC*) j* AlUIAl RACK >: B KINO POT nuball Oraeefal View 11! riKKASA 11 Loth LOIDM < Buball 1 1 vl Hl'BAl.l Deruman Pena'alok 11 HA* t t: Jin («j KILAT 11 1>IM Uiurutw ivj I) AX I Ma* Merato 1 Bovine 2 ANTKIAMI 6 Kin inn
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      Lock icon Winning workout by Felicitation
      246 22 KUALA LUMPUR: FELICITATION worked like a winner here yesterday morning. With stablemate UNDEFEATED for company, the Daniels trained pair matched strides over 3t in 37 on a good track with Felicitation, Luke Kang up, in front at the finish. FOREX showed improvement when he shaped better
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      Lock icon DUST FURY MUST WIN
      788 23 Ten-year-old DUST FURY con follow up on his last start win et Ipoh earlier this month by taking the Class Six Division One Event (Race five) over 6f at Kuala Lumpur today. Although he was Only a neck In front at the finish, his win was
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      Lock icon CLASSIFICATION LIST
      287 23 The following Is the latest classification list Issued by the Malayan Racing Association yesterday. PROMOTIONS:— From Clan t to Class t:— Midsun, Hurry Honey, Matico. Twin Happiness. The Tactician, Olympic Act. Special Plume, Bright Court, West .ake. Supporter. Altar Boy. Dusky Anne, Uasib 11, Shantin Peak. Stellabelle, Whernside.
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      Lock icon Oakley leads by 4 strokes in Thai Open
      223 23 BANGKOK David Oakley of the United States yesterday fired another fiery five under par 67 to stretch his lead to tout strokes on the second day of Hie Thailand ipen golf championship. The 25-year-old pro of six months from Western Wood Country
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      Lock icon PARC TROUNCES METAL BOX 6-2
      173 23 Port Authority Recreation Club beat Metal Box 6-2 in a friendly soccer match played at Buktt Chermin last night In the first-half of the 15th minute Metal Box took the lead off a beautiful header by centre-half Sheik Ibrahim. PARC mounted several raids &nd In
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      Lock icon Frazier is in 'perfect shape'
      350 23 PHI LADELPHIA World heavy-weight boxing champion Joe Frazier, who entered hospital her# after his title fight with Muhammad Ali is in perfect shape and will probably be discharged on Saturday. Dr. James Gluffre. Medical Director of St Luke's Hospital said all test run on the
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    Lock icon Reds close in on Lao capital
    132 24 VIENTIANE North Vietnamese forces have captured three outposta guarding the royal Lao capital of Luang Prabang, a Defence Ministry spokesman said yesterday. The fall of the outposts followed a coun- ter-attack launched against government troops by the North Vietnamese yesterday. It coincided with the
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    Lock icon MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS BROKEN OFF
    228 24 YORK The Middle East peace talks have broken up. UN Intermediary Gunnar Jarring and Egyptian ambassador Muhammed El-Zayyat are waiting to leave New York. The talks lasted two and a half months. As Jarring returned to Moscow, where he It Sweden's Ambassador, both Zayyat
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    Lock icon Study group decision sought
    121 24 LONDON Commonwealth leaders have been asked whether they want to go ahead with the Indian Ocean defence study. Three countries have refused to participate. The Commonwealth's Canadian SecretaryGeneral, Mr Arnold Smith, yesterday sent letters to all 31 member governments seeking a collective view on whether the
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    Lock icon Red buildup in the DMZ: U.S. on alert
    175 24 SAIGON There is now a new communisfr buildup in the Demilitarized Zone. American troops based along the DMZ have been alerted. Since round-the-clock American bombing of North Vietnam was halted on November 1, 1968. U.S. troops have been barred from firing north
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