Singapore Herald, 11 August 1970

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  • 14 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No 18 Sifapfe Tuesday, Aimtf 11, H7O MC(P) 2207 15 CENTS
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  • 177 1 Goh for Defence in big Cabinet switch? PRIME MINISTER Lee Kuan V e'w has reshuffled, or is about to reshuffle, his Cabinet, an informed source told the Herald at 2 a.m. today. The main changes, it is understood, are: 1. Dr. Goh Keng Swee, Finance Minister, to go to Defence;
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  • 123 1 TOKYO, Mon. Tokyo authorities today issued the city's first advance "white smog" warning, asking citizens to stay indoors if possible and drivers to leave their cars at home to help mini mise air pollution. Metropolitan officials said they issued the warning after
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  • 22 1 SEOUL, Mon. The Korean Armistice Commission will meet tomorrow at Panmunjom at North Korea's request, the United Nations Command announced.
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  • 723 1 Medical fees up from Saturday THE Government will charge higher fees for almost all health services from Saturday. The country's health bill is going up by another $6 million m this fiscal year to $87.7 million, according to a Government statement issued yesterday. Health services will be expanded as a
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  • 354 1 Jarring faces peace talks deadlock TEL AIVI, Mon. United Nations envoy Gunnar Jarring tonight faced the threat of deadlock m the Arab-Israeli peace bid. Observers here based this view on the serious differences sparked off inside the Israeli Cabinet, as wen as between Israel and the United States, over the
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  • 145 1 BAIL BRIDGE 'BOMB' FIND DELAYS THREE TRAINS THREE trains were delayed this morning after a tin containing firecracker powder with a fuse attached was found at a railway bridge near the 8% mile Bukit Timah Road. Red banners were also found at the scene. The home-made bomb was found by
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  • 17 1 BANGKOK, Mon— Thai International Airways plans to start its London-Sydney transpolar service next year.
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  • 51 1 PLENCIA, Spain, Mon. A train crammed with bathers crashed head on with an empty train heading for the beach near here last night, killing at least 40 and injuring 100 others. Officials fear the toll might go stiU higher. Many ot the victims were children.
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  • 33 1 BONN, Mon. Chancellor Willy Brandt and Foreign Minister Walter Scheel will leave by plane for Moscow early tomorrow afternoon and sign the Soviet-West German treaty on Wednesday, it was announced today.
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  • 126 1 LIMA, Peru, Moa. A Peruvian airUaer plunged Into a Mil aear Cnco yesterday killing n. (My the copilot survived. Fifty-four of the victims were U.S. exchange students on a six-week visit to Pen. They had spent the day touring laca ruins at
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  • 33 1 RABAT, Mon. Morocco's two trades union federations today joined the principal Opposition parties m calling tor a boycott of the parliamentary elections scheduled for later this month under the new constitution.
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  • 1073 2 Stroke Two of a 2- stroke mechanism PART FOUR OF A HERALD SERIES ON SOCIAL INTEGRATION By Singapore Herald Staff Writers GROUP attitudes and values are difficult to discuss. They are generalisations arrived at by setting aside all sorts of nuances and qualifications. Their accuracy can always be questioned. Not
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  • Viewpoint
    • 178 2 PLAYBOY, SEX BOOKS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS ON OBSCENITY PLAYBOY magazine was formerly on sale m Singapore. It was banned because there was too much sex m it and the authorities did not want Singapore to be infected by the unhealthy influence of the West. It might affect the morals of
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    • 35 2 ODD BEFORE, we paid $4 for refuse removal and they collected it every day. Now we are paying $5 and they are not collecting it at all, until we complain to the Superintendent. SUFFERER Slagipwf
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    • 138 2 Opening the eyes of the Army WE (a group of H.S.C. students doing National Service or about to be called up) congratulate the Singapore Herald for your articles "This is the Army". The series gave a very realistic and frank report on Army life for the recruits. We are all
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    • 73 2 ODD I DO not know whether other readers notice the invasion of women of questionable character into private housing estates, is the Vice Squad aware of this invasion? Under the cloak of respectability, these women conduct their shady business without let or hindrance usually at night. They are a bad
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    • 744 2 Teller, trainer, taxer, toastmaster, toiler Teacher TEACHERS have been resigning at the rate of about a hundred a month. The two reasons are poor pay and impossible conditions of work. These two reasons are only a summing up. There's more to it. Unfortunately, the general public gets the wrong impression
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  • 377 2 Tuesday, August 11 1 970 THE SINGAPORE HERALD Malaysia's 'national ideology' MALAYSIA'S new national ideology will be introduced to members of the National Consultative Council today. Tbe product of many months of thought and discussion, the Rukun Negara (literally, "National Tenets") has been designed as the basis of national unity.
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  • 489 2 Singapore's public medical services have been both good and cheap, considering that they are financed out of general revenue on a non-contri-butory basis. Patients have been paying m fees less than seven per cent of the $80-odd million worth of treatment they have been receiving
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  • 425 3 Firemen show how they handle emergencies THE Fire Brigade gave a fire-fighting show at the Empress Place car park yesterday. Eight fire engines and 100 officers and men of the Brigade took part m the display which lasted more than 90 minutes. The highlight of the 11 item display was
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  • 113 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The National Operations Council has approved an ordinance to speed up applications for development m the Kuala Lumpur Municipality area. Under the Ordinance, a Federal Capital Planning Authority will be set up which wfll have powers to regulate, control
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  • 110 3 THE SINGAPORE Telephone Board is trying oat a new model of public telephone booth. It is another "torso-box", but this time m bright yellow lightweight plastic with a long round-ended window on each side. Why yellow? Mr. A.Y.K. Loke, General Manager of the STB said, "The
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  • 399 4 'COUNSELLING IS FOR THE CONFUSED, NOT THE FRUSTRATED' ENGLISH and Chinese school teachers have criticised the Education Ministry's plan to set up a counselling service for teachers, initially with one staff counsellor. The secretary-general of the Singapore Teachers' Union, Mr. K. Thiagarajan, said yesterday
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  • 233 4 After 14 years away, Canon Adams likes what he sees CANON R.K.S. Adams who was in Singapore from 1927 to 1956 and now here for a brief visit, is impressed by the attitude of Singaporeans towards their country. He said: "The citizens of present-day Singapore have a keener sense of
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  • 70 4 KOTA KINABALU, Mon. The new $68 million airport here will be operational by the end of this year, Sabah's Director of Public Works, Mr. T.H. Teoh said today. He said the main feature of the airport will be a $13 million three-storey and finger-piered air terminal.
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  • 502 4 Johnny of the iron will has willed himself away QUADRAPLEGIC Johnny Ang, 29, who has been paralysed from his neck downwards since a diving accident 11 years ago when he was a medical student at university, last week signed a form to donate his eyes and all his organs to
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  • 203 4 No age limit, lorry bosses beg Govt SINGAPORE Lorry Owners' Association has asked the Government not to impose an age limit for lorries at 15 years. Association chairman Scow Seng Choon said yesterday 70 per cent of the 1,600 lorries which belong to members of his association have been affected
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  • 130 4 THE SINGAPORE National Orchestra will have a busy time for the next six weeks under maestro Shalom RonlyRikilis, the Israeli conductor, who is here to give it his professional guidance for the third time. Mr. Rikilis will be rehearsing the orchestra for two performances,
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    • 225 4 THE DIARY t a.m.: Children Dental Health 5% m.s. Upper Serangoon Competition, Sims Avenue Road Community Centre. Community Centre. 7.3t p.m.: Arts and It a.m.— sp.m.: Exhibition of Calligraphy Exhibition, Delta books about Singapore, the Community Centre, Indus National library. Square. It a.m.— Bp.m.: National 7.30 p.m.: National Day Stamp
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  • 320 5 Jaycees to help in Jalan Eunos survey THE Junior Chamber of Singapore is planning to help the Government m a survey of the needs of the people, mostly Malays, m the Jalan Eunos-Kaki Bukit area. Mr. Peter Law, a Jaycee director, said that his society had held preliminary talks on
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  • 35 5 The numbers drawn m Sunday's Toto Draw No. 63/67 were 26, 18, 21, 29, and 15. The additional number was 36. In the circles draw, the numbers picked were 44, 40 and 9.
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  • 130 5 SIXTEEN applications have been received so far by the Singapore Telephone Board for push-button phones. The STB announced last week that subscribers with numbers beginning with "37" and potential subscribers to the Orchard Road exchange could apply for these phones. This exchange is
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  • 52 5 THIRTY scouts and five scout leaders from Toa Payoh District will be camping on Pulau Tioman, off Panang from today until next Sunday. During the island expedition they plan to go exploring and mountain-climbing. The group is lead by Mr. Victor Wee of St.
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  • 42 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Johore's Mentri Besar Dato Haji Othman Sa'at will lead the people m "gotong royong" cleanliness campaigns m five local councils from Aug. 15. State assemblymen, civil servants-, businessmen and members of voluntary organisations will also take part.
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  • 98 5 ANYONE seen a glamorous grannie? The Pasir Paajaag Community Centre Is looking for several to take part m an "old ladles" beauty contest on Friday. The contest is part of the centre's National Day celebratioas, bat so far there has been no takers. A
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  • 78 5 TWO policemen from the Singapore Auxiliary Police Force were charged m the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday with accepting a bribe from Madam Lim Hong Ing at the Watten Housing Estate worksite on June 13. Detective Police Constable Wee Hock Siong, 34, of Everton Park and Police
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  • 218 5 Secretariat proposal for accountants An accountants' secretariat may be set up m the region to meet an investment boom. The proposal will be one of the main topics of discussion at the Sixth Conference of Asian and Pacific Accountants which opens m Singapore on Aug. 17. Delegates will submit their
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  • 232 5 Learning Nippon-go the sukiyaki way for 60 IT WAS all very Japanese with typical dishes like yakitori; osushi, sukiyaki, chawan mushi and many more, and afterwards, singing and listening to Japanese folk songs... learning folk dances to a background of plaintive plucked strings. Japanese social night w« organised at the
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 764 5 P^'XT 17 radio V/ Courtship of Eddie's Father J L Free Is A Four-Letter Word A mm^ warmly realistic comedy about Tom Corbett, a handsome, widowed magazine editor, who tells his son, Eddie that he might remarry. Eddie begins to encourage his father, who is busy meeting deadlines at his
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  • 144 6 A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO OBSERVE N-DAY MISS KARTINAYAN, 22, won the "Miss Kampong Übi beauty contest organised by the Kampong Übi Community Centre to celebrate National Day last Sunday. Second place went to Jnmniah Wati, 21, and a salesgirl, Rosnah A. Rahman, IC, took third place. A body building and
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  • 207 6 Lessons on first aid for 500 in Jurong MORE than 500 workers, supervisors and managers have attended courses on first aid at the Jurong sub-centre of the St. John Ambulance Association since its opening nearly four months ago. Mr. Terry Holmes, chairman of the SJAA's Jurong Town sub-centre, said yesterday
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  • 143 6 Four on theft charges remanded TWO men and two 17-year-old boys all unemployed, were remanded m custody for a week by the Ninth Magistrate yesterday. Alidri bin Abdullah, 32, was alleged to have stolen $4,000 from Mr. Ng Thiang Hock at Beach Road on Saturday. Awang bin Baba, 22, of
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  • 64 6 A TOURISM seminar to discuss common problems among private and public sectors connected with the travel industry will be held on 0ct.12. The seminar, jointly organised by the Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA) and the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, will last for two days. The
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  • 126 6 Villagers warned of census con men KUALA LUMPUR, Mob. Cob mot posing as census workers are reported to have doped villagers into surrendering their birth certificates and land grants. The Klang District office today advised the public Mt to hand over any documents to unauthorised people. The advice came after
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  • 381 6 Holiday in Singapore prize for two girls THEY RAISED $6,000 FOR THE NEEDY TWO Australian students sailed into Singapore yesterday morning as a prize for having raised more than $6,000 between them to help needy university students m other parts of the world. Susan Dendroff, 21, and Rosemary Anderson, 18,
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  • 46 6 Brunei cholera case BRUNEI Town, Mon.— A suspected case of cholera has been reported from Brunei's crowded Kampong Ayer area. This is the first reported case since the beginning of this year, according to the local health authorities, who have taken preventive measures m the area.
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  • 140 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Selangor State authorities are investigating reports that large tracts of Malay reservation land are being mortgaged to non-Malay money lenders. The State Commissioner of Lands and Mines, Raja Shah Kobat said today he was not aware of such vases, but his department
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  • 155 7 Muslim mob stones a noisy Chinese office JAKARTA, Mon. Authorities m Bandjarmasin, South Kalimantan, detained two Malaysian Chinese and two Singapore Chinese after a mob stoned their office. The four, along with an Indonesian who was also detained, were employees of the Masami Timber Co., Ltd., based m the town,
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  • 251 7 Union plea to NTUC on a say in management THE National Trades Union Congress is to be Asked to back a union proposal that workers to be given a say m management decisions affecting their work. The proposal is from the president of the Public Utilities Board Staff Union, Mr.
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  • 192 7 Sarawak natives being exploited: Ya'akub KUCHING, Moi. Sarawak's Chief Minister Dato Hajl Rahman Ya'akub disclosed that taamb-priats of natives have beea used by some people here to ehtaia timber coaceasloaa while the aatives themselves receive ealy a fraction of the profits. He said this whea opeaiag the third Paa-Malayslaa Forestry
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  • 564 7  - A hero in the public eye but was it a good move? V.K. Chin LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME FOR MALAYSIA'S OLD WARRIOR by KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mat Kilau must be wondering whether he did the right thing by disclosing that he is the same warrior who fought the
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  • 239 7 Two new ports to be built in Sabah KOTA KINABALU, Mon. Work on the development of the two ports at Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan is expected to begin under the second Malaysia Plan, the Director of Public Works, here Mr. H.T. Teoh, said today. The ports are estimated to cost
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  • 52 7 KOTA KINABALU, Mon. The Malsyaian Government plans to introduce a text book loan programme next year to help needy students m Sabah, the State Development Officer, Inche Ibrahim Ismail, said here today. The programme is aimed at helping Form three and five pupils, especially those m the
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  • 73 7 PENANG, Mon.— A $40,000 star-shaped museum garden with the statue of Capt. Francis Light, founder of Penang, m the centre will be set up next year. The chairman of the Penang Historical Society and the Museum Committee, Capt. Mohd. Noor, said plans for the project had
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  • 26 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Prime- Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman will laanch the threeday Muslim College "Open Day" m Pet a ling Jay a on Saturday.
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  • 28 7 ALOR STAR, Mon.— The Kedah State Agricultural Department said m a report here today that there were 135 farmers' associations with 10,800 members m the state.
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  • 93 7 THE Salvation Army is going to have a new $750,000 boys' home after two years of fund raising but it still needs another $50,000. The home, situated at 10-3/4 miles Changi, will be completed m November. It will have three dormitories, a general
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  • 50 7 KUCHING, Tues. Sarawak Affairs Minister Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah has been re-elected chairman of the Sarawak Alliance here. After the M-mlmute meeting, the Chief Minister, Date Abdul Rahman Ya'akub,said the re-election of Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah confirmed the party's confidence m him as Alliance leader.
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  • 110 7 MALACCA, Mond. Indonesian businessmen want to know more about the Free Trade Zone to be set up here later this month. A five-man mission, who has just returned from a trip there/ was asked about trading conditions m Malacca. The mission leader, Inche Kamarulzaman
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  • 77 7 Malaysian Army recruiting more men KUCHING, Mon.— The Malaysian Armed Forces will begin recruitment for its three additional battalions at the end of the month. The Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dato Ungku Nazaruddin, said this on arrival here for a one-day visit. His Sarawak trip is aimed at getting
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  • 55 7 IPOH, Mon. Mara, the government-subsidised body to help the Malays m commerce and business, has given out $357,400 m loans to Malay businessmen m Perak m the first six months of this year. The state Mara officer, Inche Mokhtar Yunus, said the loans are for contract
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  • 20 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Ten lecturers and 66 Indonesian university students arrived here today on a threeday study tour.
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    • 1091 8 WOULD you let your daughter marry "one". Someone from a different race that is Mixed marriages may be OK for others. A sign of harmony and integration among the races. Our answer to the kind of racial conflicts that threaten the United States.
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    • 269 8 'Sometimes people stareOnce I had a stone thrown at me' "How can I? They are stili my children. And my grandchildren are still my grandchildren." Mr. Shaik Alewn Seen, 41, also said he would not stop his daughter from marrying a man of another race or religion. He echoed what
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  • 579 9  -  MAIER ASHER Haifa. BEHIND the military confrontation with the Arabs and the Soviets, which is at the centre of every Israeli's concern, there is another front, though not expressed m terms of killed and wounded, giving Government leaders sleepless nights. It is the state of
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  • 183 9  - Neutrals make date in Lusaka CHRIS PARKER Lusaka SO FAR 35 Heads of States or Governments have accepted invitations to attend next month's summit conference of non-aligned nations here. However many more leaders are expected to come to the summit, as letters accepting invitations are arriving almost daily. Altogether 64
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  • 104 9 GDFDGDGDFGDF Hongkong PRINCE Sihanouk has sent a 3,000-word letter to Kings, Heads of State and Heads of Government of the non-aligned countries defending himself against accusations of "Despotism, Corruption and Treason" made m March by the Cambodian Parliament. Far from taking absolute powers, the Prince said,
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  • 870 9  - Softly, softly Mao is on the warpath HARALD MUNTHE KAAS Hong Kong. CHARLES de Gaulle once said the Arab-Israeli war m 1967 "brought us the Soviet fleet m the Mediterranean. The next one will bring China to the Middle East." No larger war has yet broken out, but the Chinese
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  • 394 9  - Now it's official! Pornography does NOT corrupt ALEX FAULKNER Washington PORNOGRAPHY has apparently been given a clean bill of health by President Nixon's commission on the subject. Members believe that it does not cause sexual offences and does not corrupt youth. The commission's 18 members were appointed two years ago
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  • 178 9  -  DAVID SHEARS Bonn THE INITIALLING of the Bonn-Moscow draft treaty of "Renunciation of Force and Co-operation" last week is having a calming effect on Herr Ulbricht's Communist Government m East Germany. No longer can East German propagandists blacken West Germany and all its works
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  • 324 10 Playing it cool-and giving the hotel guests a warm welcome WITHOUT the new breed of Singapore working girl, neither the hotel boom nor Singapore's tourist ambitions would be possible. For marble palaces do not a hotel make, nor rich appointments a restful home from home. It's the service that counts.
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  • 197 10 N-Day joy goes on all over the island COMMUNITY centres all over the island continued their National Day celebrations yesterday, and there will be more fun and games until the end of the month. It was all smiles and giggles at the Tel ok Ayer Community Centre last night as
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  • 454 10 Kidnap US official slain by guerillas DEATH THREAT CARRIED OUT MONTEVIDEO, Mon. The Tupamaro guerillas executed American police expert Daniel Mitroione last night because the Uruguayan Government refused to release about 159 prisoners as ransom for him and two other kidnapped foreign officials. Mr. Mitrione's body was found today bound
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  • 169 10 WAR MOVES CLOSER TO PHNOM PENH PHNOM PENH, Mon. The war moved closer to Phnom Penh today. Fighting was reported only five miles to the north and within rocket range of the capital. Another Communist attack hit for a second straight day at the district capital of Saang 24 miles
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  • 138 10 HONGKONG, Mon. Peking today accused the United States of stepping up economic expansion m Indonesia and turning the country into its* supply base for aggression m Asia. The Americans had exported large scale capital to Indonesia and plundered its natural resources, New China news
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  • 40 10 HONGKONG, Mon. All tenderised meat sold here must be clearly labelled m English and Chinese, the Government announced. This is to insure that the public will not be misled over the substance or quality of the meat.
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  • 19 10 WARSAW, Mon. A new friendship aid and co-operation treaty between Poland and Rumania was initialled here yesterday.
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  • 141 10 THE ODD BOX BOURNEMOUTH, Mon. Except for one problem it was a perfect wedding party. The Canadian couple posed for their wedding pictures, accepted the gifts, sipped the champagne, cut the cake and sat down with 30 relatives and friends for a wedding banquet. But attractive blonde Diane Shaw, 25,
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  • 151 10 Rotary diesel engine by Rolls Royce LONDON, Mon. Engineers at the Rolls-Royce car plant at Crewe say they have developed a rotary diesel engine that offers significant savings m size and weight over conventional diesel piston engines. Prototypes are being tested by the Defence Ministry ior possible use m tanks
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  • 175 10 NEW YORK, Mon. Hideki Tojo, the Japanese Prime Minister who directed the war against the United States, look the news of Japan's surrender 25 years ago so calmly he asked for another coffee and cigarette and began talking about "reconstructing world peace." Time Magazine
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  • 221 11 Drug taking saps US Army strength in Vietnam PHILADELPHIA, Mm. Drags, used by a majority of youag American sutlers ia Vietaam, are reducing tke U.S. Army's effectiveness aad arc easier to obula than liquor, a farmer army iaformatioa specialist claims. Job Steiaberg, 25, who researched the problem tar the army,
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  • 53 11 BANGKOK, Mon. —Thailand is to receive funds from the United States to help send 3,000 "volunteers" of Cambodian origin to Cambodia at the end of the month, informed sources said. Two- month old negotiations between Bangkok and Washington, described as "tough", are about to completed,
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  • 104 11 NEW YORK, Mon. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, deposed leader of Cambodia and head of the Cambodian National United Front, has given orders that all journalists missing m Cambodia be found and freed, according to a telegram from the prince received by TimeLife Publishing Company here. DDD
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  • 222 11 TATE TRIAL POSER WAS LINDA AN ACCOMPLICE? LOS ANGELES, Mon.— Linda Kasabian the prosecution's prime witness against Charles Manson and three codefendants may be given immunity from prosecution m the murder of Sharon Tate and six others. But another important issue will remain: Her complicity. At defence attorney's request, Superior
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  • 585 11 Kosygin: We are working for detente in the world NEW DELHI, Mon. Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin, m his first interview with a foreign journalist m 18 months, says the Soviet Union is striving to promote a detente m the world and eliminate armed conflicts such as those m Indo-China
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  • 73 11 BONN, Mon. West Germany's two governing coalition parties. Chancellor Willy Brandt's Social Democrats and Foreign Minister Walter Scheel's Liberals* both called for an early conclusion of the proposed Soviet-West German non-aggression treaty. The executive committee of the Social Democratic Party said it would
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  • 211 11 Trouble spots in southern Philippines MANILA, Mon. The Defence Secretary and the National Police Chief flew south today to investigate reports of a political feud on the island of Sulu, a peasant revolt m Zamboanga province and increased smuggling to the southern Philippine islands. Warring political factionsheaded by the Governor
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  • 37 11 JAKARTA, Mon. President Suharto will go ahead with his planned visit to the Netherlands and West Germany later this month despite growing unrest here over the burning corruption issue, the State Secretary, Maj.-Gen. Alamsjah, announced.
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  • 18 11 HANOI, Mon. Prince Sihanouk's National Front unveiled a press agency today, called Khmer Information Agency (Aki).
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  • 491 12 Mining shares closed off the bottom on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday after another round of profittaking and nervous selling. Turnover remained relatively steady and most issues drifted lower on lack of support rather than under selling pressure. Sentiment was again partly influenced by the decision to
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  • 341 12 The market was quiet yesterday m the absence of any fresh developments. Prices, however, were steady on a trickle of buying orders. Housing related issues and chemicals, including Daiwa House and Toyo Toki, made small gains. Other gainers included Fujitsu, Okumura Construction and Hitachi Koki. Elsewhere, price
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  • 175 12 The market opened steady yesterday and registered gains over a broad front by the close. Banks went ex-dividend and had last sales at $163. Hutchison-Boag improved to $6.80, and Wharves and Docks were also firm. (Closing buyer/seller pric HK ft Shanghai (local) 162.00/163.00 xd HK ft Shanghai
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  • 97 12 HONGKONG (Rates m Hongkong dollars, for August 10.) On New York TT 6.*****, DD 6.*****. Gold (99% fineness, per tael) 276.126. Note Rates: Indonesia (per 10,000 new rupiahs) 142.00; South Vietnam (per 1,000 piastres) 19.00; Singapore (per 100 dollars) 196.70; Malaysia (per 100 dollars) 196.70; Brunei (par 100
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  • 751 12 Hongkong awaits Rippon BUSINESS /COM ME RCE/COMMODITIES/ HONGKONG Mon. Hongkong's leading traders are looking forward to the expected visit next month of Britain's chief Common Market negotiator, Mr. Geoffrey Rippon. They hope he will be able to tell them what has been done or is going to be done to
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    • 237 12 VISIT MING ART GALLERY Shopping Arcade Ming Court Hotel Tanglin Road. Largest collection of works of art by foremost local artist. Open daily. PURCHASING GOODS from Hongkong? Ready stock: Motor blocks welders, motor compressors, pumps, power tools, fans, refrigerators, radios, recorders, battery. P.O. Box 892 1 Hongkong. CCC JUNK STORE
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    • 490 12 EXPERIENCED GRADUATE Teacher offer tuition to children of European/Embassy families. Special coaching for children preparing for 1 1 plus examination. Ring 461 104 Spore (Lean). DISTRICT 9: August 29th 30th November colonial type bungalow with a large matured garden. 2 bedrooms only. Rental: $2,000/--p.m. inclusive servants/gardener Phone: C.H. Williams Co.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

  • 7 13  - FINANCE/INDUSTRY/INVESTMENT/ PROPERTY TAXATION ARUN SENKUTTUVAN EDITED BY
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  • 446 13 BEN and Company's net pre-tax profit dropped by 31 per cent to $564,610 m the year ended February. This was despite an increase of 14 per cent I m the company's turnover. The chairman, Mr. Alan C.Y. Yeo, attributed the profit drop to severe competition m the
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  • 137 13 Foreign banks in Japan: A qualified 'yes TOKYO, Mon. The Finance Ministry has decided to permit into Japan only banks of those countries which are giving free access to Japanese banks. The banks of such countries as Australia and Italy, consequently, will not be allowed to operate m Japan under
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  • 133 13 550,000 TON TANKER TOKYO, Mon. A 55t,ttt-ton tanker, bigger than the 477,Mttonner, now the world's largest on paper, Is planned by Tokyo Tanker, the shipping arm of the Nippon Oil Group. Tokyo Tanker is to operate the 477,tM-ton-■er, aider order from Ishikawajima-Harima by Globtik Tanker of London at a cost
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  • 19 13 (Manager's prices for Aug. 10) First Hongkong 2.32 2.40 Second Hongkong 1.57 1.64 (In Hongkong dollars)
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  • 14 13 All markets m Singapore and the Malaysian Rubber Exchange were closed yesterday.
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  • 932 13 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE THE Kuala Lumpur trading room operated alone yesterday and business was on a very subdued level. Prices, however, made good gains. Total turnover for the day amounted to only 336,500 units and the bulk of trading was confined to the iB
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  • 340 13 SERVAN-SCHREIBER: US needs a partner PARIS, Mon.— France's rising opposition leader, Jean-Jacques ServanSchreiber, said yesterday he found an almost universal anxiety about the fu ture among American Con- gressmen and industrialists during his recent visit to the United States. In an interview with the news magazine L' Express, which he
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  • 201 13 PEOPLE in business MR. JOHNNY. GOH KOK GUAN, GEC Singapore's electronic section manager, will be away for three months m Japan, U.S. and U.K. for further training m advanced electronics. In America, Mr. Goh will further his training m central TV aerial systems a necessity for high building projects m
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  • 351 13 STRAITS TIN TIN $455 a pica I (down 12.12 ft). The Straits tin price yesterday eased slightly by $2.1214 to $655 a picul after holding steady on Saturday. The market closed on a barely steady note. The estimated tonnage was down 10 tons to 300 tons. LONDON TIN (Closing
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  • 370 13 Prices were off sharply yesterday after one hour of trading. The Dow Jones industrials were off nearly seven points and the Stanpoors index was down 0.73. Declines lead advances by two-to-one but volume was very light, under two million shares. Blue chips and glamours were leading
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  • 520 13 Government bonds yesterday extended the recent advance. Renewed investment buying saw fresh gains of around half point m the low coupon medium dates. Other mediums were up to three-eighths of a point higher while the undertone m the short and long dates was very firm. Industrials moved
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  • 254 13 AMSTERDAM Internationals were quietly mixed yesterday with Unilever a weak spot ahead of its first half figures due tomorrow. AKZO was weaker, Hoogoevens and Royla Dutch, barely maintained bbut Philips was slightly higher. In mixed local industrials, Lucas Bols* and Naarden Chemicals were very firm but International Coating
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  • 204 14 ALAN Cheah won a gold for Singapore with a new record m the Clay Pigeon (trap) event on the concluding day of the South East Asia third annual shooting championships at the Rifle Range, Bukit Timah, yesterday. School teacher Alan chalkedup a
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  • MERDEKA SOCCER
    • 362 14 Singapore get the wooden spoon KUALA LUMPUR, Mon: Singapore finished gallant losers for the fifth successive time when they went down to Japan 4-0 m a Group "B" match. Singapore manager, Mr. Lim Yong Liang, said: "It is not for want of trying that we failed. The team lacked big
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    • 218 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Indonesia revelled m the mud to beat Thailand 6-3 m their Group B match. The goals came m the second action-packed 45 minutes. Thailand Held Indonesia to 1--1 until two minutes before the interval when Indonesia scored. Indonesia attacked right from the start
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  • 254 14 Full marks to Negri Sembilan for their spirited display m defeating Singapore 2-1 to win the Pesta Sukan women's soccer championship at Jalan Besar yesterday. Negri played a more caculated brand of football and victory came their way m the 15th minute of
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  • 252 14 BOXING fans are predicting a "classic" m the return clash between Western Australian lightweight champion John Hall and Singapore's Ismail Darus m the matches at the Singapore Badminton Stadium on Aug. 15 and 19. Eight top West Australian fighters fly m on Friday to
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  • 120 14 ATTENDANT WINS FIRST CROSS COUNTRY RACE JOHNNY Poh Ah Hwang, 34-year-old hospital attendant, won the first cross-country run organised by the Pasir Panjang constituency at Pasir Panjang yesterday. The meet was organised as part of the Pesta Snkan celebrations. Poh Wah covered the 414-mile course m 2Smin. 23sec. Second was
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  • SPORTS WORLD
    • 57 14 DDD LEICESTER, Mon. Patrick Sercu of Belgium, one of the great names m professional track cycling, went out of the world championships on Sunday after fighting a stomach ailment. Sercu, professional sprint champion.last year, switched to the 5,000 individual pursuit this time but was overtaken by his opponent, Guiseppe Rosolen
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    • 82 14 DDD ARGENTINA, Mon. Several soccer fans were critically ill m hospital here following a football match that ended m a riot at Cordoba yesterday. When the referee awarded a penalty to the First Division club Talleres with only four minutes left to play, fans of the opposing side Belgrano swarmed
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    • 46 14 DDD ROCHESTER, Mon. Haroum Rahim of Pakistan just failed to win the men's singles title m the American amateur tennis championships here yesterday, going down m five sets to American Roscoe Tanner. The Pakistani took a two-set lead before Tanner won 3-«, Z-%, e--1, 8-6, 10-8.
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    • 85 14 DENMARK, Mon. Denmark's national champion m 100 kilometres team road race Gerhard Nielsen died on Sunday when trying to regain his title together with his teammates from the provincial town of Herning The 28-year-old carpenter abandoned the race after 20th kilometres near the city. He collapsed and was given heart
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    • 73 14 DDD BROOKLINE, Mon. Australia's Tony Roche spoiled Rod Layer's 32nd birthday by ending the world tennis king's reign as U.S. Pro champion on Sunday with a stunning 3-6, 6-4, 1- 6-2, 6-2 victory at Long wood. Layer was heading for his fifth straight title and sixth m seven years after
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    • 28 14 do a LUXEMBOURG, Mon Swede Bengt Aherg, riding a Husqvarna, clinched the world 500 cc motocross title when he won the Grand Prix Dv Luxembourg at Ettelbruck yesterday.
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    • 90 14 TOKYO, Mon. Mexico will play Taiwan m the opening match of the nine-nation second women's softball world championships m Osaka on Aug. 22. Teams from Australia, the world champion. New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Zambia, Taiwan, the Philippines, the U.S., runnerup to Australia m
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    • 96 14 DAVY JONES By Sam Left vSF DON'T GIVE UP X I'M TRYING TO HAVE FAITH, < "J§ WE'VE CHECKED OUT f BACK TO MR. CROMBY, N/^ .> \fV JU5T YET, KELLY J DAVY... BUT I DOUBT THAT WE TV ALL THE DIRECTORS J THE MUSEUM'S CURATOR.' Z-# 1 V-t CAN
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  • RACINE HERALD
    • 342 15 IPOH, Mon. Commander In-Chief gets pride of place with 9.10 m the Sultan's Gold Vase valued at $25,000 to be run over s^f straight here on Sunday. He can give a lot of weight round 12 lb to the second
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    • 585 15 STIPENDIARY Steward's report for the first and second day of the Ipoh races: FIRST DAY EACE ONE: Approaching the half mile Dust Fary (Buang) had to be ckecked off the heels of Ktagsel (App. D. Kwong) when the latter shifted m slightly. In the straight Slrwia
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      778 15 Weights for the Ipoh races this weekend: CL 3 Div. 3 6 F Lt. General 9.00 Pekanll 8.12 Honest Deal 8.12 Blasted Oak 8.11 Stingray II 8.11 Slipper Samy 8.11 Ricfaahaw Lass 8.10 NaM Goreng 8.10 Powell* II 8.9 Shenton Way 8.9 BuH Market 8.9 Domino n 8.9
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    • 249 15 INDONESIA continued their winning streak m the fivenation international women's volleyball championships when they beat Malaysia 3-0 at the Gay World stadium yesterday. They will now meet top favourites, Japan, m their last match tomorrow to decide the championship. It was an easy victory for the
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    • 51 15 BILLIARDS: 1970 Championships (Siong 800 A.A.. 7 p.m.). BOWLING: First Asian Zone Championships (Grange Road Bowling Centre, 7 p.m.— 10.30 p.m.). LAWN TENNIS: Open Championships (Singapore Cricket Club, 3 p.m.— 6.30 p.m.). NETBALL: Knockout Tournament (Singapore Cricket Club, 4.30 p.m.). SEPAK TAKRAW: Open Championships (Port of Singapore Authority R.C., 7.30
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  • 606 16 Nerve gas loaded and ready to roll PROTESTS MOUNT AGAINST DUMP PLAN WASHINGTON, Mon. Amid elaborate safety and security precautions, the U.S. Army has completed loading lethal nerve gas aboard trains m Anniston, Alabama, and Richmond, Kentucky, and will send the trains through the South toward a controversial disposal at
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  • 64 16 GADSDEN, Alabama, Mon. Four gunmen battled their way into an American industrialist's home today and shot their way out, taking a hostage after chaining the mail's wife and son. The four were captured shortly afterward m a shootout with more than a score of law
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  • 149 16 YOU could really call Rhonda Iffland The Girl with the Treasure Chest. But she said she would prefer to be known by the actual title she won Miss Australian Quest. The Asutralian beauty is now m Singapore m the course of world
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  • 114 16 PRAGUE, Mon.— The first secretary at the Cambodian Embassy rallied to Prince Sihanouk today, expelled proLon Nol Ambassador Measketh Caimerom and occupied the embassy with a handful of Cambodian students. The secretary, Mr. Isoup Ghanti, summoned newsmen to the embassy to announce the change and said
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  • BACK PAGE SPORT
    • 290 16 ONG Tiong Khiam of Jasmin Sports Club, lived up to expectations when he won the men's junior singles crown. Ong beat Singapore Armed Forces' Ng Chor Yau 15-11, 15-12 at Guillemard Road last night. Youth champion, Chor Yau was not lacking m experience m his
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    • 337 16 X— Universal and Kampong Bugis Community Centre both forged further ahead m the Singapore Table Tennis Association junior inter-club tournament when Port Authority R.C. 'B and Yap Transport failed to tun up last night. Shing Wah Sports Association, lost to Sim Avenue Community Centre 'Red' team
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    • 119 16 American golf classic to Beard OHIO, Mon. American Prank Beard, with a cautious final round of 71, won the American golf classic at Akron and a first prize of $30,000 at the Firestone County Club here yesterday. He finished with a four under par 276, two strokes ahead of Americans
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    • 52 16 A TOTAL of 105 entries has been received for the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association open championships which start at Singapore Cricket Club today. SLTA liaison officer Inche Hamid Hilal said: "The response to this year's meet is encouraging but unfortunately there are no foreign entries to brighten up
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