Eastern Sun, 8 April 1971

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  • Title Section
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    21 1 EASTERN SUN national daily Pinal edition 10 cents Ist* 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1616 Thursday, April 8, 1971 M.C (P) 2510
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  • Article
    Lock icon BABY'S BODY IN A TIN
    147 1 Death probe jpOLICE are probing the death of an infant whose body was found yesterday stuffed in a biscuit tin. The body was highly decomposed. It was stuffed in a tin found under a tree at St Georges Rood, off Serangoon Road, at 10.30 am.
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    Lock icon Learning to keep the city green
    103 1 It's not too late to cultivate a hobby, even when you're a grandmother. So says Madam Woo Choy. Madam Woo, 68, is pictured with her grandchildren in front of her flat at Taman Ho Swee yesterday learning gardening. She was among 100 residents and
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      8 1 The magnificent taperecorder in any language. SNCJAPORE-KUALA UAff\JR-POM-PENANG
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      150 1 Persian, Bokhara* Indian* Pakistan, Belgian* English* German* fr French. AMIR «c SONS (■rt. 1021) 174 Orchard Road Singapore 9. Tel: *****6 Importers of Carpets Rugs of Quality Distinction HOUSE: OF TANG BARGAIN COUNTER (2ND FLOOR) <g« SPECIAL OFFER Jet Swimming trunks Singlet* Pyjamas (Cotton) Batik Shirts Bikini Brief* LADIKS Pants
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Hotel workers stage walkout
    124 2 Be'~eral hundred workers walked out of the Hotel Malaysia yesterday afternoon after a par dispute. They claimed their service charge money had been reduced and that they had not been consulted. They walked out of the hotel at Tanglin Circus at 5 pm after getting paid.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Gang attacked innocent man, court is told
    316 2 AN innocent passer-by yesterday told how he was attacked during a gang clash which ended in the death of a secret society headman. Wan Kok Weng, 21, was testifying at the Coroner's inquiry into the fatal stabbing of Lum Soh Ho, 23, outside
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  • Article
    Lock icon Malaysia to ask ADB for $200m loan
    192 2 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysia* Govern* ment will apply to the Asian Development Bank tor loans totalling more than $2OO million. They are to finance several development projects. The Deputy Minister for Finance, Mr Ali bin Haji Ahmad, announced this yesterday. He said he
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    Lock icon Old hand lends a hand
    83 2 The oldest and youngest members of the massed bands of the Brirade of Gurkhas joined forces this week at Slim Barracks to prepare for the bands' forthcoming tour of Britain. v. They are Pipe-Major Deobar Gurung (right) and 19-year-old Bandsman Yembahadur Guruac. Pipe-Major Gurun* who
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      40 2 m SINGAPORE TOWN 337 am (5.4 ft.); 9.37 am <8 ft.); 4.0« pm. (2.1 ft); 10.21 pm <7 8 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD 3.27 am (4.2 ft-); 957 I am. (93 ft 3.50 pm 1 (2.9 ft); 19-34 pm. (9.4 ft.)
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon A SENTIMENTAL RIDE THAT ENDED IN DEATH
    218 3 Gurdip Singh,, 19, was the apple of hi* father's eye. And when he derided to get married bin proud father, Mr Boor- pah Singh, 541 of Com monwealth Clowe Dis trict 4, bought him a new $B,OOO car a« a wedding prmrnt. Gurdip
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    Lock icon Hawker chased me with chopper: officer
    383 3 fishmonger with o chopper chased o young howker* loison officer offer being warned not to hawk on the pavement, the High Court heord yesterday. Chew Poh Chuan, ottoched to the Hawkers' Control Unit, suffered multiple head injuries and neorly bled to deoth. Chew was
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  • Article
    Lock icon Trial within trial: threats denied by 2 detectives
    288 3 TWO more CPIB special Investigators denied using threats, promises or inducements in the recording of statements, at a "trial within a trial" yesterday. The statements were allegedly made by Bo Ying Chew, 58 and Laurence Milner. 43. at the CPIB office on
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    Lock icon Preying on girls: men is jailed
    196 3 A Jobless youth yesterday admitted in the First Magistrate's Court that he used criminal force with the intent of molesting three schoolgirls. Jumaat bin Ahmat, 23, wait Jailed for six months for using force on a 19-year-old girl with the intent of molesting her.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Divers give new life to coral reef
    141 4 RAF Tengah direr* have destroyed newly J5O Crown of Thorns starfish in It days off the east coast of the Malay Peninsula. Parasite Fourteen diver* operating from a camp on Pulau Dyang Island 40 miles from the mainland killed the starfish The Crown
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  • Article
    Lock icon $3m boost for tourism: more offices planned
    159 4 tpHE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board will tpeorheod a massive promotion campaign to boost tourism. Its overseas advertising budget for 1971-72 has been doubled to $3 million. The Board's Head of Marketing, Mr Raymon T. H Huang said more offices would be set up.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Why $1.8m in welfare was cut
    135 4 The recent cut of $l.B million in provision for the Social Welfare Department is due to better management and an improving social situation. A Ministry of Social Affairs spokesman sa id this last night. H« said that a cut was not due to any
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    Lock icon Winner dinner on the wing...
    215 4 FOOD glorious FOOD Here's a ducky little market bargain dnclut at $1 a kati. They can be roasted, casseroled or steamed. Prices (in katfo unless otherwise mentioned): VEGETABLES Broccoli $1.20 Asparagus SI *0 Shallot 70 cts Green peas (Australian) $1.20 a lb French beans 3*
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      29 4 The weather borraa predicts fair weather today. YESTERDAY Maximum Temp: 91.1 Minimam Temp: 74 Rain: Nil Raiadajrs: 1 Total Raia April: 0.91 Sunshiae: 8.79 Humidity at 11 pm: 91
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  • THE HORROR IN PAKISTAN
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      Lock icon DOGS AND GROWS FEAST ON BODIES
      298 5  -  BY RAM SURESH (CALCUTTA A group of British J nationals evacuated from the East Pakistani port city of Chittogong spoke of bloody brutalities which left thousands dead in the second biggest city of the strife-torn province. "It has been a bloody massacre" and "no
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      Lock icon Sanctions to end—Sandys
      41 5 LOURENCO MARQUES —Mr Duncan Sandys •aid yesterday he was cure Britain would lift sanctions against Rhodesia in about three months time Mr Sandys, a former cabinet minister, was speaking at a lunch given by the GovernorGeneral of Mozambique.
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      Lock icon Bengalis control south Chittagong
      236 5  -  By Patrick Killen CALCUTTA An American missionary just arrived from East Pakistan said Bangla Desh rebels held control of nearly all the territory south of Chittagong. But the Pakistan Army was in control of the vital Chittagong port, he said. Chittagong 1* in southern East Pakistan
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      Lock icon A 90-mile trip along trail of desolation
      248 5  -  (By Ramesh Pande JESSORE, East Pakistan Hordes of marauding Pakistani troops have blazed a trail of death and desolation along the road which connects Dacca and Jessore. On a 50-mlle-long Journey on the palmfringed road, I counted 360 roadside villages reduced to ashes
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    • Article
      Lock icon 400 dead bodies floated in river
      132 5 BY PEOPLE WHO SAW IT NEW DELHI—A Danish student from Chittagong who has been evacuated to Calcutta has said he counted at least 400 bodies floating in the Karnaphull Hiver after the Pakistani army attacked the city. John Martinussen, 23, said th« army troops
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      49 5 FOR ECONOMY USE QUALITY RECONDITIONED STEEL DRUMS. ENQUIRIES/PROBLEMS WILL BE ANSWERED PROMPTLY WITHOUT ANY OBLIGATION BY SINGAPORE'S FOREMOST 45 I. C. DRUM RECONDITIONERS EVERGREAT INDUSTRIES PTE. LTD. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE OF NATIONAL BARREL DRUM ASSOCIATION, INC., U.S.A. I el. Nos: 69-2725 69-2738 Head Office: 14. JALAM KILANG BARAI SINGAPORE. 3.
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  • THE WORLD THIS MORNING
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      Lock icon GIs and Thieu's men abandon Khe Sanh
      255 6 QuANG TRI, South Vietnam U.S. and South Vietnamese troops have abandoned Khe Sanh, the base from where the recent Laos incursion was launched. About 300 Americans and some South Vietnamese on Tuesday left the sprawling base on a plateau near the Laotian border.
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      Lock icon 200 accused of arson
      32 6 JAKARTA Two hun dred former communist detainers have been rearrested on charges of burning the homes of Indonesian Nationalist Party members on Bali, according to the island's Governor.
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    • Article
      Lock icon 1,000 gassed
      26 6 SEOUL—Riot police yesterday fired tear gas shells to turn back about 1,000 students after they marched to denounce the college student military training programme.
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      Lock icon Mystery treasure stolen
      166 6 MANILA The legend of the fabulous ''treasure of Yamashita" was revived again yesterday with a new twist. A 27-year-old Filipino locksmith in the mountain resort city of Baguio. 162 miles north of Manila, told police Part of the treasure which he had acquired was taken from him
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      Lock icon Nol's army in push to sea
      157 6 FHNOM PENH Cambodian paratroops bare reinforced an infantry brigade attempting to reopen the country's road link wit* th e sea, the High Command said yesterday. The paratroops yesterday advanced three miles Into an area controlled by North Vietnamese and Vletcong for two weeks. The
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      259 6 WASHINGTON Student organisations have called for a day of strikes and anti-war rallies in American high schools and universities on May 5 to protest against U.S. Involvement In Southeast Asia. OTTAWA Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Is to lslt Russia for li days beginning on May 17, a
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    Lock icon Helicopter gunships in Belfast
    99 7 A lance corporol crouches behind o mochine gun in one of the British Armyg Sioux helicopters. These helicopter gunships have been called In to help control religious riots In Belfast, Northern Jreland. The Government says they will »ot be used In the actual city areas, but
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    Lock icon HUSSEIN ORDERS GUERILLAS OUT
    317 7 'Get rid of arms bv today' A MM AN King Hussein says Palestinian guerillas must more their weapons out of Amman "or the result will be cruel." He said "Weapons should be where the bottle is. There is an agreement for a period ending today when
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    Lock icon Secrets for EEC entry —British deal feared
    235 7 LONDON Britain may propose o joint nucleor force with France in exchange for French support for British entry to the Common Market, according to a news- paper report. The Sunday Times report was mentioned In Parliament yesterday. Labour MP Mr Prank Allaun asked
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    Lock icon Only one liver between Siamese twins
    74 7 TORONTO Siamese twin girls born last week share a single liver, a spokesman for the Hospital for Sick Children has said. The twins, joined at the chest and abdomen, art being studied by surgeons who will determine whether or not an operation to separate
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    Lock icon Couple's suicide bid fails, so man kills girl
    164 7 BANGKOK, Poller say a man hag Aot hl« lover to death in a Bangkok hospital ward as she was recovering from an ear Uer suicide pact arranged by the couple Malika Eua-Aree-kul, 25, died instantly from a bullet ia the heart. Police
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    Lock icon Whites go home on 'Black' train
    135 7 JOHANNESBURG White workers are ignoring apartheid laws on Johannesburg's rail service to use non-white trains to get home. The railways cancelled four Whites-Only evening trains thinking they would not be needed on a public holiday. But more than 50 white workers at a factory
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    Lock icon NIXON IS HIT FOR MAKING A HERO OF KILLER CALLEY
    678 8 —The military prosecutor in the Colley trial has accused President Nixon of undermining military justice, compromising a moral issue for political gain, and helping make a convicted murderer a national hero. Captain Aubrey Daniel 111, who successfully argued the army's
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    Lock icon Bikini too much for the judge
    81 8 Here's a beauty contestant who literally possesses showmanship. Exotic dancer, Diane Lewis, 25, of Cleveland, Ohio, has sot her sights on the "Miss Ohio" preliminaries today. The winner will represent that state in the "Miss USA" Contest. The trouble is that contest officials will
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    Lock icon USSR five-year plan to boost technology
    236 8 MOSCOW Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin has launched a new five-year plan a "technological revolution." He also wanted to do more business with China and the United States. Addressing the Soviet Communist Party, he said his economic reforms initiated six years ago would spread throughout
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    Lock icon Hostage children freed
    171 8 Cousances Les- Forges, France,-Invalid gunman Denis Job hag surrendered to police after releasing the last of hl s 12 children, ending a fourday siege. Job, 33, wept as he said goodbye to the last two children he freed unharmed. Fifteen minutes earlier he had released three others
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  • A PLACE IN THE SUN
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      Lock icon Sorry Bill Bailey...
      551 9  -  you re not forgotten ilaurielee F ROM Florida, U.S.A. a letter just to tell me Bill Boiley might be deod, but he's not forgotten. It came from none other than Bill's partner in show business since 1012, Lynn Co-' wan. He'd read my articles of March 19
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      Lock icon Jenny loves minis
      40 9 TWENTY year old Jenny Chan loves minis and cheongsants so she gets the best of both worlds with this dress. Not that there is anything new about it. Cheongsams have been the national Chinese dress since 1911.
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  • Article
    Lock icon ABSENT SOLUTIONS
    505 10 £EYLON has ground to a halt. Bchools, universities, business houses, industries and some government offices have stopped functioning. Workmen and officials have been ordered to go home before curfew began at 3 pm. When the government declared an emergency a few weeks ago it been felt that It
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    Lock icon NIXON BRIBES WITH LETTERS
    568 10 The Art Buchwald column \yASHINGTON President Nixon pulled out oil stops in trying to roily enough Senate votes to get the funding of the SST passed. Although he failed, he should get hijh marks for every tactic he used. One that came to light, just a
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  • SUN SOAPBOX WHERE READERS HAVE A SAY
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      Lock icon FELIX, THE PIRATE IS A THIEF
      266 10 SIR: VOUR Sunday columnist, Felix da Costa, has completely missed the point on the question of pirated records. Pirating has been declared illegal in all civilised countries in order to protect the livelihoods of the composer, writer, performer, publisher, promotor all those who Invested
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      Lock icon Yahya should be sentenced, not Calley
      193 10 SIR: WHY should a soldier suffer the harsh penalty of war, apart from the physical afflictions of war? It is an outrage that the Fort Bennlng court martial should Impose a life sentence on Lieutenant William Calley in the My Lai massacre case. Lieutenant
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  • SUN SCOPE
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      Lock icon Foreign guerillas being trained inside North Korea
      526 11 UPI. HPHE North Koreans spend smell fortune each year training foreign guerillas recruited through the so-celled Friendship Associetions in Afro-Asian end I Latin American countries. A Boutti Korean authority on Communist affairs was confirming that about 2,000 foreign guerillas have left North Korea
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      Lock icon 'AUSTRALIA CAN HELP IN ASIAN AFFAIRS'
      371 11 Reuter. AUSTRALIA'S position as part of Asia has been re-affirmed strongly by the new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Leslie Bury. In his first statement to Parliament, since becoming Foreign Minister, Bury said It wan in Asia that Australia could best help in international affairs.
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    Lock icon EXECUTION STIR AFTER 'SATAN' CASE
    582 12/13  -  THE LAW Alan Barker rPHE U.S. Supreme Court, which hos refused to be rushed into defining its views on the death penalty, will issue tome fresh legal guidelines within the next few months. These may save the lives of many of the 624 people now
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    Lock icon Bobo's just a baby
    173 12/13 THE FAMILY THE Weber family in Melbourne, Australia, are used to having Bobo around. A placid child, Bobo, with manners nobody could fault. To Maryke and Ernst Weber. Bobo seems so much one of the family they no longer think of her as a chimpanzee. Baby
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    Lock icon JAPAN SPEEDS UP TEACHING OF THE ALPHABET
    435 12/13  -  EDUCATION Robert Crabbe UPI JAPAN, which still writes its language with Chinese style characters, J is trying ta make children learn them faster. As a result the first grade will be harder than ever for 1.7 million Japanese children who started primary school
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    Lock icon In Thailand, family law takes the male's side
    448 12/13  -  WOMEN'S LIB Leon Daniel UPI. A DULTERY is a ground for divorce in Thailand for liusbonds, not wives. Although Thailand officially adopted monogamy in 1935, there still lit no law that can punish a man for having more than one wife at
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon HERE'S THE LATEST LOVE STORY: BOY, 20 MEETS GIRL, 80
    424 15  -  By Harold Heffernan jpANS have been reeling from the Hollywood punch for so long now, they're just about shock-proof. But is the world really ready for a movie that tells of a 20-year-old boy's love affair with an 80-year-old woman?
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      53 15 *V>Pi««VM *4 RESERVATIONS TEL *****3 (MBIiNMI presents Femme dc Fantasia FROM TOKYO The Les Elegance Show All-girls revue. L eg g y. Fantastic With vocalist. Spectacular choreography Dazzling Costumes Beautiful Girls Songs and Dances i Hr j i s Ail r.«r< p]t\ i i SHOWTBKESc Weekdays 9.45 ML 11.30p.8L, Saturdays
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      300 15 SB ORGANISATION I L I U O *****41 Opens TodayNa Free List Oar lo Film s Length SHOWS! Not* Time* II am. t to H to A VIA pni Jack Lemraou. Shirley MacLalne "Irma La l»oace' PauavlMon, Color <UAI Capitol l.ldo Ke< Sky -Bosy SATURDAY MIDNIOHI P'U.. Sund.iy Morning Show
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      189 15 Ada: $l. ft. M M Columbia'* "WATEBLOO" Rod Steiger Color Chrlatophor P.ummer. 70MM SchooJ: CI 00 l« m; irkl si 11 t.SO toU; Saturday Mldnlghtl INo Freo LlutT "MISSION TO DIB" Mand Tion Yeh. Chanj Hsiao Yen Cathayticupr, E.utunancolor A CATHAY PRODUCTION English 6c Chinese Suba. CATHAY ***** OIMI Today!
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      140 15 OPENS CATHAY TODAY Grand EASTER Attraction No Free List 4 SHOWS DAILY: 11 am. 2.30, 6.00 A 900 pm. Nominated For 3 ACADEMY Awards! SIIE GAVE AWAY SECRETS TO ONE SIDE AND HER HEART TO THE OTHER! a JEREMY tEMP £2 SaoaNßi I WILLIAM «TORJttTT HWHTMAMaw—KPfIff MAJCDC —ir STAGE TONIGHT
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  • Article
    Lock icon Jealousy ruined his life
    491 16  -  ANN LANDERS DEAR ANN: 1 hope my letter helps others who have the same sickness I am now getting over. It started as a small case ot suspicion, then it grew to insane jealousy. Finally 1 became so distrustful o my wife that 1 began to
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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      744 16 CARROLL RIOHTER'S GENERAL TENDENCIES: Now you have a great day to get your surroundings improved and made more attractive. Clean up whatever Is not to your Uklng and add some art, colour or culture to ycur environment. Excellent fo r aiding with any anti-pollution drive and to get benefit from
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      806 17 today's teieviswi TV] SINGAPURA CHANNEL OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS. followed by GENERAL HOSPJTAL A daytime serial about the stafi and the patients of a hospital ANOTHER SONG ANOTHER MELODY (Tamil) (Rpt.) A light musical programme featuring "Karunakaran Nair" IT'S HAPPENINC IN SINCAPORE (Chinese Version) (Rpt.) A series on the life and people
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    Lock icon HAM SPECTACLE CAPTURES THE JOY OF THE EASTER SEASON
    433 18 RASTER Sunday, the day that' honours the resurrection of Jesus Christ, always follows the Jewish Passover...the Last Supper which Christ and the Disciples shared was, of course, a Passover Seder. This yeor, only two days lapse between the two celebrations; Passover
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    Lock icon Russian dessert
    309 18 Creamy way to wind off the day AS for as we know. Hie practice of using Eoster eggs in children's games may have begun in Hie United States. Easter Egg Hunts and Easter Egg Rolling are established customs there. But the tradition of decorating Casta eggs and of
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    Lock icon Hot Easter rolls
    440 18  -  Easter special by Ruth Bakalar OH Easter S—iiy, breakfast should be a festive meat, whether you hare it early, before church, or late, after the service* are over, or both. Nothing makes breakfast more festive, we say. than homemade hot sweet rods. And at Easter Time, the
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    Lock icon U.S. steel fighting to a standstill
    275 19 HOUSTON TEXAS The American steel industry, which has lost the top 14 to 20 per cent of its domestic market to imports, will lose the incentive to expand unless the trend is reversed, an Armco Steel Corp. executive says. Harry Holiday, executive Vice-President also
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    Lock icon HK currency
    128 19 HONGKONG yentorday't 6 pm currency kr Foreifn Exchange and rales Investment Ltd.): <«• re r») lAcUmt ***** ***** oer iWj strut* dollars 6 7» 6 76# per 1410b laiwac oiuiaxa 6.71 6.71 per Aiutrauao douar S40 360 per 1.00C BuraMr rrata 465 506 per 1.000 Indian rupee* 1
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    Lock icon Rubber closing
    103 19 Rubber Association of Singapore and Malaysian Rubber Exchange closing prices ia cents per kilo were:- B S. Int. 1 RSS prompt f.o.b. 105 50 106 00N Int. 1 RSS. April 106.50 10« 75 Ini i R S.S May 107.50 107 75 Int. 2 R-S-S. buyers 9975 sellers 100.25N
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
    43 19 I-U IMI I«M m KIM Hind L» 114 MVI RTM 14? UG NULMIUI tiMl *-U RUM I* 1.14 TIM«*AR«IKT I'M I #r4 rsyore IUU R<M LMI. !M L.U TIN Nb< lit 1.15*4 »F NM 14* KM IMNOIRT MM tm APRIL 7t
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    Lock icon Mixed closing in stock mart
    237 19 The Malaysia/ Singapore stocks market closed mixed yesterday 011 u improved volume ef business. The total amount transacted was 1354.H# units shared by 1,390.000 Industrials. 7MM hotels, 60.00# properties, 5.000 oil palms, 9,90% tins 14.000 rubbers. Main feature of the day was Poles Industries on
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    Lock icon Picture shows Mr Yong Kuo Huei checking quality of envelopes manufactured on a highspeed printing and folding machine. This machine will be installed at Besley & Pike's factory at Jurong soon.
    30 19 Picture shows Mr Yong Kuo Huei checking quality of envelopes manufactured on a highspeed printing and folding machine. This machine will be installed at Besley Pike's factory at Jurong soon.
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    Lock icon Closing prices and business done
    1217 19 INDUSTRIALS ACMA 141 S 1.40 (3); AJino 1.75/1 85; Alcan 1.36/1.39 All Choc 2.60/2 66; Ben 111/115; B Kawat 1.12/1.14; Borne* 1.97/2.00 2 00 (2) 1.98 1.97; Boustd 2.13 B 2.15 (4); B M Trust 1.20 B; C Sugars 2 02 B 1.95 (3) 1.96
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  • commercial and industrial
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      Lock icon Picture shows Mr W. A. Nicholas (r.) representing the Director of Marine, Sabah, taking over the craft from Mr P. Joyce, Director and Works Manager of Vosper Thornycroft Pte Ltd. of Singapore.
      55 20 A representative of the Director of Marine, Sabah, this week took delivery of an 87-foot patrol boat for
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      Lock icon MIXED SESSION IN MARKET
      302 20 SYDNEY Speculotivcs turned in a mixed session yesterday on the Sydney Stock Exchange. BH South, North BH and New BH all improved in a more confident afternoon session. Malllna. and Leroy posted reasonable gains. Both Malllna and Con west were subject to Stock Exchange inquiries after
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      Lock icon U.S. textile imports at record rate
      195 20 WASHINGTON Imports of textile* into the U.S. market "continued at a record rate" in Febniary with shipments from Asian countries especially high, according to the U.S. department of commerce. The department reported that in February man-made fibre, cotton and wool textile lmports totalled the
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      Lock icon 'European' Ford car
      53 20 COLOGNE, West Germany The Ford Motor Company said that it* long-range plans foresaw "European Ford" assembled from the same parts wherever it was produced. The only differences between future models would be in styling, the works' press office said. This would make for a better, more uniform
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      121 20 CANBERRA—Be ports that mainland China would not bu v any more Australian wheat had come from Hongkong but allegedly originated with Chinese sources. Prime Minister William McMahon said yesterday. Answering Labour opposition leader Gough Whitlam In the House of Representatives, McMahon contradicted his own statement
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      118 20 MANILA The first shipment of imported corn from Thailand negotiated bv the Philippines to ease cereal shortage arrived in Manila yesterday. The shipment consists of 8,700 metric tons valued at 5521,000, accor ding to a spokesman of the Philippine Rice and Corn (RCA) Administration A
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      30 20 NEW YORK Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Industrial* 912.73 20 Rail* 204.59 15 Utilities ***** 65 Stocks 300.40 iO Bond* 71.98
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      404 20 TENDER NOTICES P.W.D. SINGAPORE TENDERS are Invited from PW D. Registered Contractors and from "Spec! ally Registered Contractors' for the following work Ijulni of Sewers off Jalan Teck Kee for herungoon Itewrrait scheme Phase 1 tontract V. All Civil Engineering Contractors Closing Date: 76 71 at 10.00 am. Persons or
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      472 20 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF TIIB REPUBLIC OF 81NUAPOKE THE LOCAL GOVERNMKNT INTEGRATION ORDINANCE, 1963 (NO. 18 OF 11)63) DECLARATION UNDI.R SECTION SO WHBRSAS; (1) The street* known 1) Reserve Road is> off U>ron( J, Ttlok Kurau from Lorong J, Telok Kurau to lot 172/2 Muklm 2) Jalan Ulu glglap and Reserve
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      1049 21 a. 1 Div. 1-6 Fun. 512 W if 0O» HT Wn y K Breuk •W» *H*« its By IN Lucky Victory J Donnelly i«»? •<* Joo« *001 i«Mui fr B04 Doa Jack J Donnelly 151* llHhlVi Ay 141 GK Tan Ahmad °°Hl if*""* 711
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      187 21 Kuala Lumpur: Last start winner, COLLUSION and LT. GENERAL, now under Hie charge of trainer COLIN TULLOH, did a splendid gallop here yesterday morning. CLAPPING on the pace from the half mile, the pair raced stride for stride orer 3f in 36 4/5 on a good
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      188 21 NAGOYA Communist China's Lin Hui Ching bit night won the women's singles crown by defeating countrywoman Cheng Min-Chih 21-17, 21-15, 13-21, 21-19 m the final of the 31st World TaMes Tenni Championshipe. The two girls had won the women's doubles by defeating Japan's Relko Sakamoto
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      103 21 NAGOYA. Japan Communist China yesterday issued an invitation to American table tennis plavers to visit Peking and the Americans accepted. Such a trip will be the first visit by an organised group of Americans since the Communists took over China in 1949. although there have
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        282 22 With competitors from 12 Countries the Sixth Singapore GP from today till April 11 promises to provide excitement and keen racing. Despite the withdrawal of Rothman, the main sponsors of last year's GP, contracted sponsors still total $115,000 for this year's races. Twenty-seven other donors have
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        200 22 The Japanese, who never left Singapore without GP laurels, particularly In the motorcycle events, will make strong bid for more this year. The Japanese mean business. But how they will fare against the best drivers and riders from Hongkong, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia,
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        89 22 A recortl number of competitors is taking part in this year's GPFor the main GP, only 25 will be allowed at the grid. For the saloon and tourers event, there are 49 entries. Last year there were only 26 competitors For the Clubman's car event this year there
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        244 23 The Mildren Racing Team consists ot Max Stewart and Cory Taylor. Roth Max Stewart arc 4 Cary Taylor are expected to provide stiff opposition to New Zealand's Graeme Lawrence and Ken Snrvth. Btewart is a forceiui driver and due to his very tall stature,
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        135 23 Australians Malcolm Ramsey and John Walker may provide some surprises in Hi« GP. Ramsey, who holds track records at all major Australian tracks, la not a newcomer to Singapore. In 1969, he wax undefeated In under 1500 cc races He raced In the 1909 and 1970
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      70 22 ONCE AGAIN! l|p| Swiss precision timing for the Singapore Grand SHELL PENNZOIL LUBRICATION SERVICE PETROL DIESEL CAR REPAIRERS PAINTING UPHOLSTERY FONG 6L MANSOR 30 Kramat Road Singapore 9. Tel: *****0 TEH CAR STEREO Why spend a whole month's salary on a car stereo when you can own one for as
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      67 23 Kingly Accessories (Pte) Ltd. 293, Selrgie Road. Selfgir Complex, Tel: ***** Singapore, 7. I WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN THE LEAD Whether It's music for your home or an entire Sound System for Big Events like international Grand Prix, you can rely on SANSUII PROVEN LEADERS FOR THE 7TH TIME
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      75 23 TODAY S EVENTS 800 am Parachute Jump. 8.30 am Motorcycles Class 1, 2 and S. 9.15 am Clubman Cars Heat 1. 10 00 am Clubman Cars Heat 2. 10 45 am Motorcycles Class 4, 5 and 6. 11.30 am GP Cars Batch 1. 12.15 pm GP Cars Batch 2. 2.00
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    127 24 China joins in accusing India NEW DELHI—Communist China has broken its silence on the war in East Pakistan and charted India with interfering in Pakistan affairs. India promptly rejected the charge as unwarranted. Radio Pakistan charred yesterday for the second time that the Indian Navy was interfering
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    221 24 NEW DELHI Two Bengali-born Pakistani diplomat* were given political asylum by India and put under protective custody yesterday after accusing their Government of wantonly massacring East Pakistanis. Thirty year old second Secretary K. M Bhehabuddln and 33-year-old assistant Press Attache Amjadul Hug declared they
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    239 24  -  By Clarence Fernando I OLOMBO Ceylon's business ond working life came to o standstill yesterday. The city of Colombo was under heavy military and police guard after a night of "intense insurgent activity.' Prime Minister, Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike, said insurgents mode 25 attacks
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    126 24 UPI LONDON Quern Elizabeth has decided to restore Emperor Hirohito to Britain's oldest order of chivalry, the Order of the Garter. It was awarded to him more than 40 years ago but was revoked when Japan attacked Pearl Harbour. There is no ceremony
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    149 24 TEHERAN Gunmen yesterday shot and wounded the head ®f Iran's military tribunal Cien Ziaddin Farsiu and his son. The general and his son were machinegunned as they were driving lrom their home. Gen Farsiu was admit* ted to the hospital in critical condition with six bullet
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    57 24 CHlCAGO—Richard Daley rolled to a record fifth term as Mayor of Chicago with a display of political power that surprised even his own organisation. Daley's margin was 17,728 votes, just short of 70 per cent of the total. He lost only two of th« city's 50
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      59 24 Singapore Sweep results The following prizes were listed incorrectly in the Singapore Sweep results. The correct numbers are:— "Second Prize" ($150,000): *****69 should be *****69. 5 Jackpot Numbers ($10,000): *****42 should be 3«*****10 Lucky Numbers (S5.000); *****11 should be *****11; 25 Gift Prises ($3,000): *****38 should be *****38 80 Participation
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