Singapore Herald, 7 August 1970

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    11 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No 15 Singipore Friday, August 7, 1970 nwioiftgr
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  • IN BRIEF
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      Lock icon RUSK SAYS U.S. WAS SNUBBED BY WILSON -AUTHOR
      140 1 RUSK SAYS U.S. WAS SNUBBED BY WILSON -AUTHOR NEW YORK, Thurs. Former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, piqued by Britain's refusal to contribute militarily to the Vietnam war, is reported in a book just published to have threatened not to defend Britain in case of an enemy invasion. "All
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      44 1 BOSTON: National Democratic Party leaders prefer Senator Edmund S. Muskie as their first choice for the Presidential nomination, with Senator Edward M. Kennedy second, but many are beginning to look for a dark horse candidate, the Christian Science Monitor reported in its Thursday edition.
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      Lock icon Life peerage for Brown
      78 1 Life peerage for Brown LONDON, Thnrs. Mr. George Brown, former Foreign Secretary aid Minister of Economic Affairs In the Labour Government, Is to become a Hie peer. It was He lost bis Parliamentary seat at Beiper, Derbyshire, hi the Jane general election. Other former Labour Ministers raised to the peerage
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      Lock icon CAMBRIDGE (Mass):
      30 1 Police here used tear gas last night to break up about 500 cur-few-defying demonstrators who gathered on Harvard Square and threw stones at passing cars and buses. ODD
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      31 1 LONDON: Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse, Commander in-Chief of Allied Air Forces in South East Asia in World War II died yesterday after a short illness. He was 77. MATKILAU
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    Lock icon Terror tactics by Reds
    422 1 Terror tactics by Reds BUT THEY CAN'T WIN RAJA FOREIGN MINISTER S. Rajaratnam said last night proCommunist dements were adopting. terror tactics to create uncertainty and scare the people of Singapore. He was referring to recent bus-burnings and attacks on PAP branches and kindergartens in a speech he gave at
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    Lock icon Young jet stowaway: I even went to Los Angeles
    244 1 SYDNEY, Thurs. Charles Tordjman, the 14-year-old jetliner stowaway who went from here to Paris last week, took a wrong connection in Athens and went to Los Angeles first. His father, Paul Tordjman, said today his son told him by phone yesterday
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    20 1 ON EASY TERMS COLOMBO, Thurs. Burma has agreed to supply 140,000 tons of rice to Ceylon on easy payment terms.
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    Lock icon MAT KILAU – FOR REAL
    175 1 MAT KILAU FOR REAL KUANTAN, Thurs. Mat Kilan, the warrior who fooght against the British in the Pahaag Wars between 1811 aad IMS, Is sow Malaysia's living hero la the real sease of the word. A six man committee, set ap by the Pahaag SUte Goverameat to look into his
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    Lock icon ARAB GUERILLAS CLASH AGAIN
    154 1 AMMAN, Thurs.— Rival Arab guerilla organisations were reported to have clashed again today, leaving one commando dead and seven wounded. According to a spokesman for the Action Movement for the Liberation of Palestine about 100 supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attacked
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    Lock icon New name for Brunei Town
    62 1 BRUNEI TOWN, Thurs. Brunei Town, capital of the State, is to be known as Bandar Sen Begawan from Oct. 4 by the command of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. The town is to be renamed after former Sultan Sir Omar AH Saifuddin who abdicated on Oct. 4,
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    Lock icon RATNA DEWI OFF
    36 1 JAKARTA, Thurs.— Ratna Sari Dewi, former third wife of ex-President Sukarno, left for Hongkong today carrying a letter from Foreign Minister Adam Malik to immigration officials instructing them to let her go. AP
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    Lock icon STABBED TO DEATH
    21 1 A MAN, Low Bio Hon, 24, was stabbed to death by four men in Jalan Paya last night.
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    Lock icon PLANE MISSING
    36 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. A chartered cargo plane with only a pilot aboard was reported missing today in the rugged mountains between the North Sumatra capital of Medan and Sibolga on the west coast of Sumatra.
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    Lock icon WATT FOR LONDON
    30 1 HONG KONG, Thurs.—British engineer George Watt, released on Sunday by China after three years imprisonment on espionage allegations, flew out of Hong Kong today for London. AP
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    Lock icon Moondust reveals new antibiotic
    123 1 Moondust reveals new antibiotic ROME, Thurs.— A substance obtained from moon dust which could kill several earth microbes is "almost certainly" a new type of antibiotic, it was reported here today. Dr. Walter Kemmerer of the Houston Lunar Medical Laboratory told the Italian magazine La Nazione that the bacteriological phenomena
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    Lock icon Crime rates down in last 6 weeks
    100 1 THERE has been a gradual decline in the number of preventable crimes since the start of the crime prevention campaign, Police Commissioner Cheam Kim Seang said last night. The police, however, do not expect an immediate substantial reduction in crime, he added. Speaking
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    Lock icon Thais keep watch on U Nu
    54 1 BANGKOK, Thurs. Thai officials have been keeping a close watch on Burma's former Prime Minister, U Nu, who has been living in exile here since late last year, Air Chief Marshal Dawee Chullasapya said today. The Government wants to keep the Burmese leader from
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      170 1 HHBHBTITT^r^fIHH Third Commaado climbs coald prove mmmmmmmi 1 1 Kl I I mmmmmi Brigade, stationed at f a tal becaase of the liVll^^ Sembawaag, leave oa risk of avalanches after y^lj. i^jafdong mission that time. A TEAM of Royal A 17 t The team will bring Marl a e s
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  • SOCIAL INTEGRATION- PART 2
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      Lock icon Vicious circle that's still unbroken
      1085 2 Vicious circle that's still unbroken By Singapore Herald Staff Writers THE MALAYS had no incentive to abandon kampong life for the far less pleasant life of the town labourer so they missed the boat at the beginning of Singapore's development into a great city. They could not climb the economic
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  • Friday, August 7. 1970 THE SINGAPORE HERALD
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      Lock icon Making the most out of new tourism
      571 2 Making the most out of new tourism Blakang Mati may soon be no more. Instead, we may have an off-shore tourist complex complete with hotels, museums and an 18 hole golf course. Work has already begun on the course and a landscaping expert will arrive before the end of the
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      72 2 Your correspondent W.K. (S.H. July 31) apparently refers to the contractor's hut in the open piece of land fronting Block 51, Havelock Road. This temporary hut has been constructed to facilitate the proposed construction of a service station to serve the needs of the neighbourhood. The
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      Lock icon Keeping out of the Army's way
      119 2 Keeping out of the Army's way I fully support S. Alfred's views on SAF drivers. Many accidents today involve vehicles from the Singapore Armed Forces. The situation is serious enough for the Ministry of Interior and Defence to do something about it. There was an accident I saw with my
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      Lock icon The great, green finger of the PWD
      130 2 Let us praise the Public Works Department for giving us "Instant Boulevards"! Overnight trees are being planted. Bare pollarded stumps spring into life and throw out green fronds. Who is the green-fingered genius? The spot-planting in the arid car-parks will give welcome shade.
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      143 2 Recently I purchased a locally assembled electric refrigerator on instalment. I have now been provided with a book of forms supposed to help me in making easy monthly payments direct to their bank. This form is in three sections. Each has to be filled in individually. To
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      12 2 Please make year point concisely so that we can print more letters*
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    Lock icon A bit of olde Englande to draw tourists
    258 3 A bit of olde Englande to draw tourists THE Tourist Promotion Board Is golag "olde worlde" to brlag visitors to modem Singapore. Next Tuesday the Board moves lato Tudor-style houses ta Taaglia Road. They were government bousing quarters, which have been converted to hold the Board's offices oa the first
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    Lock icon Lead —Do not follow in vital issues call to doctors
    391 3 Lead Do not follow in vital issues call to doctors DOCTORS should lead instead of follow in issues such as abortion, euthanasia and professional secrecy, said Dr. Gwee Ah Leng last night. He was speaking at a dinner at which he was installed joint president of the Commonwealth Medical Association.
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    32 3 THE numbers picked in last night's toto draw were: 5, 27, 7, 13, 11. The additional number was 10. In the circles draw, the numbers picked were: 20, 28, and 37.
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    Lock icon NTUC ACCUSES 'OPPOSITION FACTIONS' OF HIRING THUGS
    124 3 NTUC ACCUSES 'OPPOSITION FACTIONS' OF HIRING THUGS THE NTUC has accused "opposition factions" of hiring gangsters to eliminate accredited trade unionists. The charge was made in Perjuangan, the NTUC publication, in connection with a knife attack on NTUC president Phey Yew Kok, outside his home in Stirling Road over a
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    Lock icon CAR RADIO THEFTS: TWO MEN ARRESTED
    84 3 TWO men wanted in connection with a series of thefts of car radios and taperecorders in the Tiong Bahru area have been arrested by police. The first suspect was picked up by three detectives in an ambush near a house in Silat Road at
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    Lock icon *****23 WINS THE $400,000 PRIZE
    231 3 TICKET ■amber *****23 woa the lint prise of S4**,*** last aight's SlM*P*™ Sweep Draw ■amber 8/7*. The secoad prise •f SISMBB weat f *****48 tad third 875,*** to 2272*88. The fall resalts were: Five Jackpot umbers at $IMM each: *****1* ******3 2883*33 3389*8* 34*3**9 It
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    Lock icon N-DAY PRAYER
    34 3 A SPECIAL prayer to mark National Day will be held at the Sree Andal Amman Temple in Chua Chu Kang Road on Aug. 0. All devotees and welwishers are asked to attend.
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    Lock icon PUB stations go gay for N-Day
    154 3 PUB stations go gay for N-Day THE Public Utilities Board will beautify all Its major electricity, water and gas installations with fountains, neon and floodlights, buntings and banners for National Day. An enormous fountain with 2,000 jets of varying sizes, will spout sprays of water, coloured by neon lights, at
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    Lock icon No licence, fined $120
    48 3 NEO Teck Sen of Serangoon Road was fined a total of $120 by a traffic magistrate yesterday for driving a car without a licence and for not switching on the car's lights. The offences were committed along Serangoon Road on Jan. 29, last year.
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      346 3 THE DIARY It a.m.— f p.m.: Exhibition of 7.3t p.m.: Cooking and dresstraditional Chinese paintings making exhibition, Alexandra by Prof. Li-Sheng Shaw, Terrace Community Centre. Chinese Chamber of 7.3t p.m.: Extra Mural Studies Commerce, Hill Street. Department start two courses: It a.m.— Fun fair, Serangoon l. Woman the Facts of
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    1108 5 Jason wood in its true colours JASON John Jannu is a wood sculptor with a difference. He allows the shape and grain of a piece of wood to dictate the way he carves it. He just concentrates on bringing out as much colour as he can. Jason explained to
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    Lock icon Indian company to make films in S'pore
    230 5 Indian company to make films in S'pore AN INDIAN film coporation will set up a joint venture with a local film organisation shortly to produce Indian films in Singapore and Malaysia for distribution in India, London, Spain and East Africa. Mr. Ali Mohammed Tariq, chairman of Impec (India Motion Picture
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      766 5 TONIGHT'S Saaß^t-fttH HIGHLIGHTS M^^B^aH CHANNEL 3 I] Pfl ■■■^■^■^^Hi^HM^BaMHi snai aaj av J.MOP— Maadrrogra—eS—ary CHANNEL 5 B^^^V Jaara Eaglraa Band group contest aa^aßP!^B^B^BV 1.55 The Bevcrley HIUMIlles 3.M Opealag and Ceaeral Hospital ■^■Hb^b^^B t^B^B^B^H 4.21 Baaaaa SaMs Cartoon, Comedy x» For the Family BB^B^BB^BVaa^sL T^lbb^b^bb^H •Bd Songs j.st A Diary
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      22 5 THE TIDES HIGH TIDES Today 1.12 a.m. 8.5 ft, 1.53 p.m. 7.9 ft. Tomorrow 1.48 a.m. 8.1 ft; 2.18 p.m. 8.0 ft.
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    190 6 Redhil factory to turn out taped music A $1 MILLION electrode and mnuml company prodaemg cassettes aad cartridges will begin prodactlon next week at Redhm Industrial Estate. Mr. Bee Chin Sit, the managing director, Otari Naapo Electronic and Sond Indnstries (Pte) Ltd., said the factory wonld prodnce 15t,iii nieces a
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    488 6 THE AIM IS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET ORGANS FOR FUTURE TRANSPLANTS THE National Kidney Foundation plans to set up a registry of potential kidney donors, according to a doctor in the Renal Unit of the Outram Road General Hospital. Under the plan, donors will
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    51 6 Sea survival course THE YMCA Young Adults' Group, with the co-operation of the British Army, will sponsor a leadership training camp for 50 school-leavers tomorrow. The four-day camp, will be held at the Kranji Government holiday camp, and will include courses on sea survival, physical education, hiking and other camping
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    Lock icon Aptitude tests soon for all Sec. 2 pupils
    205 6 Aptitude tests soon for all Sec. 2 pupils THE MINISTRY of Education will conduct an aptitude test for all Secondary Two boys and for girls taking technical subjects to help channel pupils into academic or technical streams next year. The test, the first to be held by the Ministry, will
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    Lock icon Varsity lecturers not happy over pay and terms
    585 6 SOME lecturers from the University of Singapore are dissatisfied over their pay, housing and terms of service. "And unless something is done about this soon," one university department professor said, "many will leave for jobs in the private sector or in other
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    Lock icon PAL starts third service
    35 6 Philippine Airlines starts today a third service between Singapore and Manila. Mr. R.R. Kong, the district manager, said this service was a result of the increasing traffic between the two countries.
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    Lock icon THREE POSE AS HDB MEN AND ROB HOUSEWIFE
    75 6 THREE MEN posing as employees of the Housing ami Development Board robbed a hoasewtfe, Salman Mate Abdullah, 4i, at her Qaeea's Close home on Wednesday and got away with Hit and Jewellery valued at |SM. The men, two Chinese and a Malay,
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    Lock icon I set fire to two buses, says woman
    375 7 I set fire to two buses, says woman PETROL BOMB CONFESSION "I REALISE THE FUTILITY OF ARMED STRUGGLE" A BARISAN Soslalis woman executive, Leong Lai Yeng, 31, told police yesterday that she and another party cadre were rfiponilbit for the destruction of two STC buses In New Bridge B*ad last
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    431 7 Now fewer accidents at 2 factories TWO big industrial firms in Jurong National Iron and Steel Mills and Jurong Shipyard Ltd. have cut down the incidence of industrial accidents through various safety measures. The rate of accidents in Jurong Shipyard has gone down to 15.5 for every million working hours
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  • AROUND THE COURTS
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      Lock icon COOK'S WIDOW GETS $19,000 DAMAGES
      283 7 COOK'S WIDOW GETS $19,000 DAMAGES MADAM Pang Kim Boey, 33, whose husband died in a road accident in Jan. 19*8 was awarded $19,000 by the High Court yesterday. Her husband Sin Ee Chai was riding a scooter along Upper Bukit Timah Road when he was involved in a fatal collision
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    685 8  -  Adele KOH THE other day I was clearing out the accumulated rubbish of past years prior to moving house. One box contained notes belonging to the days when I was a tutor at the University of Malaya. They made astonishing reading. Could I
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    Lock icon Adventure in the sky
    553 8  -  KEN CHANDLER BY IF there's one thing guaranteed to get a mountaineer reaching for his ropes it's an unconquered mountain. To htm the sight of its snowcapped peak vanishing into the clouds is like nature sticking her fingers up at man's inferiority. Mountaineers refer to it
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    Lock icon THE TEAM
    32 8 The other climbing commandos are Lt Jeff Parsons, Marine "Spot" Watson, Lt Bob Stewart and Lt Guy Sheridan. Lt JOHN BARRY, 26 Lt STUART RAE, 24 Capt RORY CAPE, 27
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      179 8 Number 2 in the family Number 1 at the car park No trouble parking this mini, it fits in almost anywhere. And yet there's enough room inside for four adults to ride comfortably. Your shopping goes front and the engine's behind, for better handling and quieter driving. Fronte is nippy
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  • BACKGROUND TO THE WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Wally Chow turns faces red in White Australia
      769 9 Wally Chow turns faces red in White Australia HERALD CORRESPONDENT, Canberra THE CASE of Singapore-born Wally Chow has plunged Australia once more into an embarrasing soulsearching over its immigration policy. Mr. Chow, now a Canadian citizen, was on his way to Australia with his Australianborn wife. At Christchurch airport, New
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      Lock icon Populating the sun burned country
      564 9 PETER COLE-ADAMS, London "IF your Government thinks I am fit to settle in your country, why am I unfit to travel under the. assisted -passage scheme?" The speaker is Mr. Jan Allen. The question is rhetorical. Mr. Allen now knows the answer quite as well
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      173 9 ■PI /vMl^lmh I i tfl HI B II on KODAK Color Film Take pictures. Make sure for quality color photofinishthey're brilliant with true co- ing by KODAK. The red lors of Singapore's NATION- KODAK Stamp on the back AL DAY celebration. Use of the color prints is your KODACOLOR-X Film
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      69 9 By Chic Young q^ I::: x 1 I 'P^c 1 I iiu^Hjmi" Jl I wy^ what if *^*H|! 1-wiin.- V-^v f l!li VOU DIDN'T UKE LS 5 WOUUCXMY A IT AUI- V- THE OTHEft X S IT BE P*"* l "TO P«-V f DEPENOS i 7 299 PEOPLE? 3 »SOOuE
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    Lock icon Career girl Venna shuns a Malay tradition
    229 10 Career girl Venna shuns a Malay tradition AMONG oar working girls, perhaps the Malays have the hardest time. It is still not the done thing for them to want careers or branch oat into business on their own they are expected to get married fairly yoang and start producing children.
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    Lock icon THE ODD BOX
    126 10 LOS ANGELES, Than. Aboat if moaths *g», Omer BeleU of the Sadaa received a life-saviag kldaey traasalaat. Now he's back la the •aeratlu ram performiag the deUcate sargery he aaderweat. Whea his patieats here sometimes feel dewaaearted, the tall, 31 year-old dector a foarth year resideat la
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  • CABLE WORLD WIDE
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      Lock icon 'Keep in line' warning to Reds
      284 10 'Keep in line' warning to Reds WASHINGTON, Thurs. The Nixon Administration would not hesitate to resume bombing of North Vietnam, should the Communists launch a major offensive in the area of the demilitarised zone divid- ing the two Vietnams. Nevertheless, it would do ail it could to avoid "an extension
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      Lock icon Ted goes to court with'pot' charge nephews
      191 10 Ted goes to court with 'pot' charge nephews MASSACHUSETTS, Tlmrs. Seaator Eedward Eeaawdy accompaaied Ms BepaeWS MOOf l*t KCBBCfIy Jr. ud Robert Sargeat Shriver, both It, to a coart heariag la Barastable today oa drag charges. "I have aotataf to say", &£tt* am^3aUa^tly IOMI BCWSHCat as he shepherded the tw«
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      Lock icon 30 die in mystery air crash
      106 10 30 die in mystery air crash RAWALPINDI, Thurs. There were no survivors when a Pakistan International Airlines plane apparently blew up in mid-air near here. The plane, a Fokker, was on a regular flight from Rawalpindi to Lahore with 26 passengers and four crew aboard. Reports reaching here said that
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      Lock icon POPE FOR JAKARTA
      35 10 JAKARTA, Thurs. Pope Paul VI will make a six-hour stopover In Jakarta in the course of his visits to Manila and Sydney next November, the Catholic daily newspaper Kompas reported today. DOO
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      30 10 NEW DELHI, Thurs. Thirty right-wing deputies walked out of the Indian upper house today protesting against Government inaction on Soviet maps showing China as controlling parts of India. ODD
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      26 10 MANILA, Thurs. A 14--year-old Filipino boy who stowed away-aboard a Philippine Airlines plane from Manila to Sydney was returned here today and detained by airport police.
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      Lock icon Carrington: Far East force will be modest
      217 10 LONDON, Thurs. Britain's defence Secretary Lord Carrington returned from a far east tour and said the Government's planned military commitments in that part of the world would be modest but useful. Carrington said, without elaborating, that the cost to Britain of a proposed
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      37 10 NEW YORK, Thurs. A blowout in an exploratory oil well off the coast of Jakarta occurred on Sunday, spokesmen at the Atlantic Richfield Company headquarters here revealed yesterday. No damage or injuries were reported. ODD
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      30 10 BUDAPEST, Thurs. The Hungarian news agency MTI reported today that Roukas loannis, a member of the Greek Embassy in Budapest, had asked for political asylum in Hungary- AFP
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      63 10 NEW YORK, Than. A West Petal cadet la Ms sealer year has beeeaie the first staieat la the history ef the U.S. military academy to ask fer a discharge as a ceascleatleas ehjerter. Cary Deaaam, 2t f has lIM salt la a Ui. District Court here askiag
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      207 11 Hiroshima bomb man: It was necessary... LONDON, Thurs.— The man who led the squadron which dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima told British radio listeners that he still believed his mission was necessary and had saved many human lives. In a 8.8.C interview to mark the 25th anniversary of the
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      64 11 MODENA (Italy), Thurs. Archeologists say they have discovered an ancient city which may have lasted 3,000 years before disappearing under the mud of the Po River Valley. Digging, they said, has produced evidence of settle ments in the area from the Bronze era to the sth *entury
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      37 11 NEW YORK, Thurs. Two men were killed and 20 injured including ]0 firemen in a fire at a recently completed skyscraper in the South End of New Yorks financial district last night. AP
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      409 11 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. The new Middle East ceasefire will take effect "in a few days", the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Charles Yost, said last night as Palestinian guerrillas vowed to keep the fighting going, even if it means attacking U.N.
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      210 11 City bans arms after race battle LIMA Ohio, Thurs. A state of emergency was declared in this city of 52,000 as racial violence erupted last night over the slaying of a Negro woman. An overnight curfew was also imposed by Mayor Christian Morris and 350 National Guardsmen were called to
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      143 11 BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Thurs. Violence broke out in Londonderry last night after two militant Protestant groups said thay would defy a Government ban and march through the streets of the city. Crowds threw stones at police and army patrols. No injuries were reported. Belfast, the
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      119 11 Tokyo gets another 'white smog' warning TOKYO, Thurs. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government issued its first "white smog" warning ln nine days yesterday as the temperature soared to the year's high of 98.7F. About 670 persons in Tokyo and six suburban cities complained of sore eyes and throat irritation. Officials reported
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      65 11 JAKARTA, Thurs. Militant students angrily hurled abuse at the Attorney General, Maj. Gen. Sugih Arto, today and told him he should resign because he has failed to stamp out corruption. At the same time student agitation against corruption continued to mount as reports reached here of pamphleteering
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      25 11 SAPPORO, Japan, Thurs. A fire in a ward of a mental hospital here today killed one patient and injured four others seriously. AP
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      109 11 WHEN Sandra Freeman teaches English she gets down to the bare facts. Which is probably why noone ever plays hookey. For Sandra wears the pants in her class— and lets all the students see them. She's the pretty miss who's helped an English
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      195 11 BANKOKThurs. Sixty members of the ruling United Thai People's Party (U.T.P.P.), in a move considered as a significant blow to the government, have urged Prime Minister Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn to reorganise his Cabinet, strengthen the party structure and amend the constitution. The request was drafted
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      187 10 What have these peopb got in common? 1 Kim See is a Government employee. 2. Sim Peng is an Accountant. 3. George Yen is a Business Man. 4. Hiang Chiang is a Doctor. 5. Fang Cheng is a Private Secretary. They're all money conscious. tLmmrnk They all drive a Beetle.
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    384 12 Share prices drifted lower over a broad front on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Turnover was little changed. Most mining issues ended the day with small losses, while oils showed no appreciable movement either way. Abaleen closed unchanged at 46 cento after bounding* ahead to SS cento
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    342 12 Prices advanced in fairly active morning trading yesterday, led by Sony following its application for listing on the New York Stock Exchange. High priced issues and electric appliances gained ground. Toyo Kogyo continued to move higher, but constructions and housing re- lated issues eased on profittaking. Trading
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    162 12 The market continued to advance in active dealings yesterday. Interest, however, was selective. Wharves, Dock, Hutchisons and Wheelocks were heavily traded at Improved levels, while Realties, Gammons and Realty Development were marginally lower. City Hotels were firmer but closed 50 cents below the day's high. Volume of
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    145 12 STORE-MALAYSIA The Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore made these *h?"sp* in its merchant rates yesterday. The following rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency. SELLING TT or OD: Deutsche Marks 885.6126; French Francs $56.2850; Swedish Kroner 869.9900; Swiss Francs 872.2700. BUYING TT followed
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      321 12 WASHINGTON. Thurt. Sweeping authority for President Nixon to suspend in the national interest any quotas set up by the pending trade bill has won preliminary committee agreement, sources said yesterday. Such a provision would greatly soften the impact of the mandatory quotas on textile articles and
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      203 12 Thomson takes full responsibility for the ailing Times LONDON, Thurs. Canadian-born Press baron Lord Thomson, proprietor of the Times, is to assume sole financial responsibility for the financially-ailing newspaper, it was announced here today. In a front-page announcement, the newspaper said the decision had been made in an agreement between
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      58 12 JAKARTA, Ttauw. Indonesia's exports excluding natural oil for the first seven months of this year, were US$4l6 million compared with U*****.7 million during the same period last year, the Trade Department announced. Imports from January to end of July this year totalled U*****.8 million compared with U*****.5
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      126 12 TOKYO, Thurs. Sony Corporation announced that it had applied for listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The Japanese electronics firm said trading was expected to start in September or October, depending on the completion of procedures with the exchange and the U.S Securities Exchange Commission.
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      263 12 The market continued its downward course towards the end of last week and early this week to reach 50-% for August, and then rallied to 51%, although this level was touched only briefly, after which the gain was lost again, reported Holiday, Cutler Bath. Fairly heavy liquidation
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      104 13 HONGKONG, Thurs. The Hongkong Government announced that export of certain categories of shirts to Canada had been suspended. The prohibition covers shirts of woven fabrics, other than of cotton, polyester, polyester-cotton and polyester /polynossic fibres. A spokesman of the Commerce and Industry Department said suspension followed
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      129 13 Indonesian oil contract JAKARTA, Thurs. The State-owned oil company, Pertamina, yesterday signed a 30-year working contract with the American 'Kondur Sa' Company for the exploration and exploitation of 40,000 square kilometres of offshore areas in Riau Islands, Central Sumatra. The agreement stipulated that Kondur Sa must pay a sum of
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      434 13  -  Allan Chan In five trading days, the Straits tin price has jumped almost $22 a picul to close at $660. 1 2 U. yesterday. In London, the metal price went up by £48 a ton in the last four days which is some £80 above
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      1329 13 The Stock Ft change had a routine morning yesterday with prices marked slightly lower. But the afternoon saw heavy speculation and manipulation moving selective counters up. On balance. 30 industrial counters eased, 22 improved and 21 remained unchangedThe day's turnover amounted to 3,125,000 units. Star performer was
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      80 13 (Managers' prices for Aug. 7) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS MaL Invt. Fund 1.15 1.20 MaL Progress Fund 1.00 1.05 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.03 I.oB' SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Second Singapore 1.78xd Third Singapore 1.18 B. S. The Commerce Ind. Fund .96 1.01 The Saving Fund
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    159 13 PEOPLE in business MR. ROBIN C.S. CHEN, assistant general manager of Jebsen and Jessen, leaves tomorrow for a two-month familiarisation tour of his German principals and their agencies throughout Europe. Mr. Chen, in charge of marketing industrial chemicals and pharmaceutical raw materials, will visit 40 firms in more than 20
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    736 13 SINGAPORE RUBBER RUBBER Sf-3/4 ceits a Ib. (dow« one-eighth cent). London was easier overnight but the market here opened unchanged yesterday at 50-% cents traded for RSS 1 August. Trading was confined to small speculator activity. Dealer interest in the forwards on switches tended to cause pressure on
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    242 13 The market was drifting in early trading yesterday In very light volume. Declines led advances after 75 minutes by 483 to 345. I (Paid prices at 1100 EST. in U.S. dollars.) Alcan 20 AChem 18 Xjco. 48-3/8 A Cyan 30-1/4 22-6/8 A Metal A Motor ATT
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    446 13 Oils were strong yesterday following the quarterly from Royal Dutch/Shell. Royal Dutch added one-half point at 20>4 and Shell was around 2/6 higher. The other majors moved ahead in sympathy but profit-taking and a certain lack of support clipped the gains in late trading. Government bonds continued
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    289 13 AMSTERDAM Internationals yesterday were mixed, with Royal Dutch very firm on higher second quarter net profit. AKZO was easier, Hoogovens barely steady and Philips and Unilever wellmaintained. Plantations were slightly easier, and shippings firm although Van Ommeren was down. KLM Airlines was unchanged. Leading banks were weak, with
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      77 14 NEW YOU Thurs. George Foreman, the Olympic heavyweight champion who scored an Impressive third round win over George Chirvalo on Tuesday, will probably meet Jerry Quarry on Oct. 29. The winner of that fight will ■eet the winner of the September IS bout between Floyd Patterson aad Charlie Green. The
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      166 14 OSLO, Thurs. Australian run Ding-machine Ron Clarke, made a disappointing farewell to international athletics here yesterday when he finished sixth in probably his final 10,080m race. Clarke, who still retains the world record, could only manage sixth place in the event the star attraction of the international meeting. Clarke holds
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      74 14 ODD NBWPOKT, rhode Island. Thurs. The French challenger for the Holy Grail of yachting, the America Cup, will be steered by two helms men. The sleek 12-metre "france" will be handled by 87-year-old Louis Noverraz in the Light Weather, aad by Trans Atlantic signle-hander Eric Tabarly In the heavier going.
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      76 14 POET-OF-SPAIN Thurs. A termer West ladles cricket captain said that he planned to ask the West Indies Board of Control not to recognize the current matches between England and the "Rest of the World," as official Tests. Jeffrey Stollmeyer, aow one of Trinidad's delegates oa the board, said he wfll
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      434 14 Singapore slide to yet another defeat KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Singapore's soccer slide continued tonight when Hong Kong beat them 3-2. Only guts and determination gave them a fighting chance in the Merdeka Tournament here. Hie 10,000 pro-Singapore crowd gave the redshirted Singaporeans a big hand each time they swung into
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      264 14 Indonesia fall to S.Korea in thrills'minute match KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— South Korea beat Indonesia 2-1 In their group "B" match in If erdeka tournament Korea kept Indonesian goalkeener Judo Hadyanto busy for the first 15 minutes, pumping shots at the Indonesian goal from all angles. After 16 minutes of exciting
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    543 14 CAN LYE Chong captured the Yap Pek Phiam trophy when he emerged senior division Individual champion in the Siglap Secondary School swimming meet at Chinese Swimming Club yesterday. St. Patrick's won the interschool 4 x 50m free relay for boys in record time
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    62 14 2-1 WIN FOR CA Chinese Association defeated last year's runners-up Government Servants Welfare Association In the Junior Inter-Club Medley Billiards Competition at the Singapore Recreation Club last night by two games to one. Results C A first: Pour ball Benny Low bt Abbas Falli 200-186. Snooker Victor Lee bt Peter
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    285 14 AN ELABOBATB water caraiTilwik* bold at the if «c rite We ■mnrt 1 ea Aag. trom 2.M BwM. It to part of the Pmu Sakaa Orgialamg Committee (water Wmgi pore's aatieaal day. There will be a caaoe display by the Pahsk Utilities lMri,
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    409 14  - Raffles retains Kiwi Cup with 16-0 victory JASBIR SINGH RAFFLES Institution retained the Kiwi Cup, symbol of supremacy in the National Inter-School Rugby Championships, with a 16-0 victory over St. Andrew's School at the Saints' house ground yesterday, i Raffles' points came from a goal, a penalty goal and two
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    55 14 55 for fencing tourney SINGAPORE Amateur Fencing Association will hold the first national •championships on Aug. 15-16 at the Tuan Mong High School Hall, Tank Road. Fifty-five the largest ever have entered for the foil (men and women), sabre and epee. Entries include those from the Vigilante Corps, Armed Forces,
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    90 14 IPOH, Thurs. Singapore's 16-year-old schoolgirl Lee Tai Jong won a gold and broke the all-comers' record in the 1500 metres on the first day of the 48th MAAU championships here today. Lee, of the Changkat Secondary School, Changi, led from start to finish to win the
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    362 14 Vichit gives Thais first gold A RECORD shooting feat by Vichit Chiewvey gave Thailand their first gold on the sixth day of the 10-day South East Asia third annual championships at ,the Mount Vernon Range here yesterday. Vichit, 30, won the air pistol event and set a new record. The
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      37 14 8OCCBB: Paste Sukan aaccer Singapore uader-23 Malays ia uader-23, (Jalaa Baaar, S p.m.); SHOOTINC: South Bast Asia meet (Oar Plfaaa, skeet) (Bt. Tlmah range, S.M a.m.) s TABLE TENNIS: STTA Junior later-club tearaaaMat (Monk's HUL 7 p.m.).
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      59 14 DAVY JONES By Sam Left THE BRST NAMfi V l KNOW *MERE *^J [SURELY YOU DON'T THINK] f MAY I SEE .V SORRY, SIR... HE'S -s. 1 ON THE LIST IS ]HE LIVEf. I'LL TAKE E A MUSEUM DIRECTOR WOULD MR. ROBERTS 1) BEEN ON A WORLD V^MARSWUI ROBElffi.'^ >QU
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