Singapore Herald, 28 October 1970

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  • 14 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 85 Singapore Wednesday October 28, 1570 MC(P) 2207 15 CENTS
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  • 226 1  - Official switch to Malay starts ii Paitai Valley BEN D'CUNHA By KUALA LUMPUR, T v c s All administrative functions at the University of Malaya m Pantai Valley are now being carried out m the Malay language. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ungku Aziz, laid down the rule m a recent directive
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  • 85 1 Beginning of puasa month in Singapore THE MUSLIM Religious Council yesterday said that i f the new moon is sighted on Friday night, puasa (fasting) will begin on Saturday. Otherwise, it will begin automatically on Sunday. In Malaysia, the same rules apply fasting beginning on Sunday if the moon is
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  • 244 1  -  BOB REECE By LONDON, Tues. Chancellor of the Exchequer Anthony Barber announced cuts m military spending today but said Britain would maintain its military presence m South-East Asia. He said this continued military role was part of an agreement with Australia, New Zealand,
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  • 38 1 FIGHTING FLARES PHNOM PENH, Tues. Heavy fighting erupted just south of Kompong Thorn today as a 20,000-man Cambodian force prepared once more to break through Communist road blocks to reach the city 80 .miles north of here. AP
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  • 222 1 Parking fees up for higher turnover DOUBLE RATE j^w^ AFTER FIRST HOUR MOTORISTS will have to pay higher fees from Sunday (Nov. 1) for using car parks m the central city area. The car parks are m Empress Place, Coleman Street, High Street, Hill Street (between Singapore River and High
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  • 160 1 A blanket order against BABIES IMMIGRATION Officers have been instructed to keep out all foreign women who arrive m Singapore m an "advanced state of pregnancy." The Singapore Herald reported yesterday that a pregnant Malaysian woman was turned back at Paya Lebar Airport on Tuesday morning. She was ordered to
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 65 1 SAIGON, Tues. The U.S. Army announced last night that it was stripping a brigadier general of two honours, including America's third highest award for valour because they were based on fabricated citations. An announcement from army headquarters said, however, that the investigation has so far shown
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    • 26 1 uuu PEKING: The Government-in-exile of Prince Norodom Sihanouk today issued a map here indicating that about 60 pei. cent of Cambodia is controlled by pro-Sihanouk forces.
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    • 37 1 ROME: The Vicar for Rome has reported that only about one-third of the city's three million residents attend Sunday Mass, and many who live m this Eternal City do not believe m heaven hell or any afterlife.
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  • 193 1 COLLISION TANKER GETS 'DON'T LEAVE PORT' ORDER LONDON, Tues. An Admiralty Master's writ was flailed last night to the mast of the tanker Allegro, involved m a collision with another tanker, the Pacific Glory, off the Isle of Wight last Friday. The writ prevents the 4«,4i2--ton Allegro from leaving British
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  • 53 1 MELBOURNE, Tues. A 23-year-old girl motorcyclist was fined $370 for exceeding a 35 mph speed limit-exceeding it by up to 85 mph. Police claimed Anne Stephenson, a motorcycle courier tor a delivery firm, rode her cycle at speeds up to 120 mph through 35 and
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  • 444 1  - Plea to work for joint Asian defence SOVIET ENVOY By PROGRESSIVE forces should work to realise Moscow's proposal for a c llective security arrangement m Asia, the Sovi2t Ambassador to Singapore, Mr. 1.1. Safronov, said yesterday. Addressing the South-East Asia Foreign Correspondents Association at a luncheon at the Goodwood Park
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  • 107 1 ECUADOR AIR FORCE CHIEF KIDNAPPED QUITO, Tues. The Commander-ir:-Chief of the Ecuadorean Air Force, Gen. Cesar Rohn Sandoval, was kidnapped this morning, the Ministry of Defence announced here. Unofficial reports say the general was alone with his driver last night m a district north of the city. The kidnappers surrounded
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  • 14 1 JAKARTA: The Asean Standing Committee on Tourism is holding its second conference m Jakarta.
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    • 70 1 Bulldozer kills 10 ACCRA, Tues. The blade of a bulldozer ripped into the side of a lorry near here killing 10 of the 38 people crowded on to the truck. Eight of the people who died m the accident, which happened near Berekum, m the Centre- West Region on Sunday,
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  • 1053 2  -  JOHN DANIEL By EARLIER, this month American's pro-war parson, the Rev. Carl Mclntyre, held a "March for Victory" rally m Washington. South Vietnam's Vice-President Nguyen Cao Ky was to have attended, but decided, on advice, to stay away. The article below describes the atmosphere at
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  • 1174 2  -  CLAIRE TOMALIN KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH THE MODERN BATTLE OF THE SEXES Reviewed by Love, Morals and the Feminists by CONSTANCE ROVER Routledge 45s My Commonplace Book by MARY STOCKS Peter Davies 55s t The Female Eunuch by GERMAINE GREER Mac Gibbon Kee 45s "FEMINISM m its
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  • ***U/%n Wednesday. October 28, 1970 &y THE SINGAPORE HERALD
    • 475 2 Mild stirrings on the labour front THERE is a mild stirring on the industrial front. It is not difficult to find reasons. Determining the adjustments that should be made at the level of public policy, however, is less simple. It is all too easy to forget the dark days immediately
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  • 222 3 Jobs after call- up What the bosses say SINGAPORE employers do not feel that the Government policy of giving preference to ex-national servicemen looking for jobs will create any difficulties for them. Mr. J.J. Rattray, executive secretary of the Singapore Employers' Federation, said: "If anything, our members have always been
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  • 233 3 The mailman cometh but very slowly now A HEAVY backlog of work m the Postal Services Department is causing delays, sometimes as long as three to four days, m mail deliveries. Normally, a letter reaches the recipient within a day of it being sent. Letters complaining about the delays have
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  • 168 3 SINGAPORE River is being cleared up to give it a new look as well-maintained commercial waterway. Public Works Department labourers have started work to rid the river of flotsam, drifting debris and rubbish. Dredging of the river's shallow mud bed is being carried out.
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  • 212 3 Not Papa Hemingway bit pop's golden oldie WOULD you believe that Stuart Speers that's him at left is the oldest pop drummer m the business? Stuart is a member of "Max Merritt and the Meteors," a four-piece Aussie band, here for four performances starting tonight at Cathay Hotel's Kelong. However,
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  • 27 3 KOTA KINABALL, Tues. About 50 per cent of farmers m Sabah have shown interest m growing Sorghum, which is being introduced by the agricul ture department.
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  • 177 3 THE Madras Minister for Education and Health Mr. V.R. Nedunchezhiyan met the acting Education Minister, Dr. Lee Chiaw Meng, at the Ministry's headquarters m Kay Siang Road yesterday. Mr. Nedunchezhiyan told newsmen that they had a general exchange of ideas regarding the educational setup
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  • 73 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Asean countries have agreed m principle to an exchange of radio programmes, informed sources said today. The agreement was reached during the three-day meeting here of the Asean Permanent Committee on Mass Media, which ends tomorrow. The meeting also agreed to
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  • 158 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.-The Government has approved the appointment of a team of consultants the firm of Belt, Collins and Associates Limited to carry out a feasibility study to give more boost to the nations tourist industry. Announcing this here today, the
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  • 332 4 TWO FROM BRITAIN, FOUR TO BE LOCALLY BUILT THE FIRST of six patrol boats for the Singapore Armed Forces will be shipped from Britain to Singapore soon. The boats, built by Vosper Th o m y croft will cost Singapore £4
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  • 252 4 $1 ,000 FOR EVERY MILE WALKED BY MISS LEE ALL FOR CHARITY AS CHAIRMAN of the Children's Charities Donation Walk, Miss Lee Siok Tin is setting the pace. She will get $l,ott for every mile she completes from millionaire banker, Mr. Lien Ying Chow. And Miss Lee, a lecturer at
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  • 28 4 BATU GAJAH, Tues. The Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak, will make a taxi one-day visit to Perak on Thursday for discussions with Alliance Party officials.
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  • 118 4 AN exhibition of paintings, sculpture and ceramics by Mr. Ng Eng Teng will be held at the National Library exhibition hall from Nov. 5-9. The Minister of State for Labour, Mr. Sia Kai Hui, Wll open the show on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.
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  • 55 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The secretary-general of Umno, Inche Senu Abdul Rahman, suggested today that the Democratic Action Party make iise of Parliament, when it reconvenes, to air its views on the Rukunegara (National Ideology). Inche Senu was commenting on a DAP proposal to hold an
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  • 597 4 THERE is a desperate need for remedial teaching to help the tens of thousands of "slow learners" m Singapore primary schools today. This was stated yesterday by Miss Janice Pepperman a visiting psychologist at the Singapore Children's Society, who has worked extensively with such children
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  • 68 4 AN UNEMPLOYED youth who was remanded m custody on Monday on a theft charge appeared m the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday to answer a murder charge. Koh Tong Mm, 17, was said to have murdered a police corporal while being a member of an unlawful
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  • 19 4 PROF. Wong Lin Ken, Minister for Home Affairs, will visit factories m the Alexander constituency on Saturday.
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  • 142 4 TWO of three Toa Payoh gangsters who escaped last Friday when police picked up their leader m a Waterloo Street hideout were arrested yesterday. Both thugs from the "Gilt" gang (Group 21) were m a motor workshop m French Road, off Jalan Besar,
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  • 157 4 THE COURT of Appeal yesterday dismissed an appeal by a reporter who was ordered to pay $10,850 damages to the husband of a woman who died m an accident on June, 5, 1968. Madam Yeow Foong Oi was crossing Nicoll Highway when she was
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  • 47 4 HEALTH Minister Chua Sian Chin wll make an inspection tour of MacPherson Constituency at 9 a.m. on Sunday m connection with its "Keep Singapore Clean and Pollution-Free" campaign. He will be accompanied by members of the working committee of the Citizen's Consultative Committee.
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  • 234 4 Two British firms to set up boat assembly plants here BOATING for pleasure will become more popular m Singapore m two or three years, according to Mr Guy Dixon, leader of an eight-man visiting British boat industry mission. And to get a slice of this potential market two British companies
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  • 132 4 SINGAPORE and the United States are discussing possible cooperation m attacking air pollution and other environmental problems. Dr. Gordon Mac Donald, a member of the American Presidential Council on Environmental Quality met Government officials yesterday. The talks will continue today. The three-nun Council was
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  • 36 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The committee set up to investigate the mortgaging of Malay reservation land m Seiangor is expected to submit a full report to the state Government by the middle of next month:
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  • 31 4 CHUA AH BAH of Toa Payoh was fined $350 yesterday for using his car m Prinsep Street as a public service vehicle without a valid licence to do so.
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  • 349 5 Minimum wage: The answer is still 'NO' THE Government's stand on the introduction of a minimum wage legislation is still NO. Mr. Lim j oo Hock, Parliamentary Secretary to the Labour Minister, said yesterday that the answer given by the Labour Minister, Mr S. Rajaratnam m s^sir 9ix •*>• Mr.
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  • 61 5 PROF. Masami Hashimoto will speak on "Administrative aspects of environmental pollution control-experiences m Japan/* at the Pathology Lecture Theatre, Outram Road General Hospital at 8.15 tonight. Prof. Hashimoto is a World Health Organisation consultant at the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, University of Singapore
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  • 128 5 $60,000 loss in sportswear factory fire ABOUT worth of garments, cotton and robber goods were destroyed when a fire broke oat In a fifth-floor flatted factory at Kallang Basin yesterday. Police who called at the Cosmos Sportswear Factory (S) Pte. Ltd. were told by officials that the fire was caused
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  • 298 5 THE National Theatre Trust needs at least $100,000 to keep its cultural activities going, according to Mr. Wee Mon-Cheng, chairman of a fund-raising campaign organised jointly by the Trust and the Sin Chew Jit Poh. w TV campaign, which will last a month,
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  • 78 5 MALAYSIA-Slagapore Alrliaes Peter B«r-«rd vcaascwav anersov mimis f«v **y* after was admitted to the Oatram Geacral HssffitaL dllt, of Cimctit. was lavolved la a t£wlaYia« Mermaid Bar la Sea View Hotel last Thursday. His caileagae. Mr. Johaay Sim, also 24, received mlaor iajaries aad
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  • 102 5 COHEN'S CHOICE: NO COMMENT NANYANG University authorities declined to comment yesterday on Prof. L.M. Cohen's statement that he had been told to resign immediately-or face the sack. The Vice-Chancellor of Nantah, Dr. Rayson Huang, said yesterday that discussions between the two parties were confidential In a signed statement on Monday,
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  • 308 5 Special security corps under training for C'wealth conference MOKE thai MM Singapore police officers and men about one-teata of the total force are bow nadergoiag special training at the Police Academy. They will form a Special Security Corps to protect the 31 Prime Ministers aid Presidents who will he attending
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  • 31 5 MR. YONG Nyuk Lin, Minister for Communications, will open the first container berth for feeder service vessels at the Port of Singapore Authority Container Port, East Lagoon on Sunday.
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  • 4 5 AN'BIKS...."
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  • 171 5 Robbers get away with $3,000 jewellery after tying up servant A SERVANT, Sim Chang Poey, 22, was bound and gagged by two youths who entered a Taman Serasi flat on Monday and got away with jewellery worth $3,000. Police said yesterday that the flat belonged to Madam Erica Von Groddeck,
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  • 116 5 KOTA KINABALU, Tues. Sabah Police have detained a. man for questioning m connection with the $72,000 bank robbery here on Oct. 12. The man was detained when a police party raided several houses m Kota Kinabalu early this morning m their steppedup investigations
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  • 218 6 Curbs on House debate a necessity, the A-G explains KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The AttorneyGeneral, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir said today curbs on Parliament debate must be imposed because past experience had shown that MPs could not be relied upon not to stir up racial feelings m debates. He was commenting
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  • 54 6 TWO mobile post offices will be stationed at Toa Payoh and at the junction of Jalan Kuboh and Chin Swee Road daily from Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A Government statement says they have been sent to these areas because there is a greater
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  • 35 6 YUSOF Bahari, 27, who came from West Malaysia by sampan on Sunday, was j a fled for two weeks by Ninth Magistrate E.C. Foenander yesterday. He had no vald pass or permit
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  • 49 6 A NURSE was fined $80 m the traffic court yesterday for inconsiderate driving. Tan Yao Kheng of Jalan Mulia admitted driving a car along Jalan Muhibbah without giving way to traffic on the major road at the junction of MacPherson Road She collided with a motorcycle.
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  • 347 6 Seeing the world on the cheap on a bicycle A WIDOW'S pension and a desire to see the world has led an Englishwoman! her fifties to "bike her way around many countries.' 1 But Mrs. Anne Thompson Arrived here last Friday minus her bicycle "My bicycle went kaput m Italy
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  • 117 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Chief of Naval Staff, Commodore Dato K. Thanabalasingam, said here today that no decision had been taken regarding the appointment of a Malaysian to head the five-nation Joint Maritime Operations Centre next year. He was clarifying a report
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  • 24 6 PENANG, Tues. A skydiving club will be formed m Penang m December, a spokesman of the Penang Flying Club said today.
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  • 103 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Singapore will be among 25 countries attending an 11-day seminar on broadcasting technology m Kuala Lumpur from Nov. 17. The seminar is organised by the International Telecommunications Union m collaboration with the Asian Broadcasting Union. Broadcasting engineers for radio and television
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  • 654 6 When your child has a fit THE other day a young mother rushed into the clinic pale and ashen, hugging two-year-old who was having a fit. She had good reason to be ashen m the face. Firstly, she had never had this terrifying experience before of having any of her
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  • 203 6 A pity if C'wealth breaks up— Tun 'AN EMOTIONAL ISSUE FOR AFRICANS' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak said today it would be a pity if the Commonwealth breaks up over Britain's decision to resume arm sales to South Africa. "There are already indications that some members may
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  • 103 6 HAWKER Tay Ngee Siang, 34, told a court yesterday that he failed to register for an identity card within the prescribed date— between May 1966 and Jan. 1967-because he was a 'wanted' man then. All the same, the police caught
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  • 28 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaysia is to send a four-man team to the 21st Colombo Plan Conference m Manila from Nov. 24 to Dec. 2.
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  • 139 6 Razak may be only one for Umno's No. 1 post KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak is expected to be returned unopposed as new Umno. President at the Party's general assembly here m January. The present President, Tunku Abdul Rahman, has said he will not run for the
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  • 37 6 Mohmood bin Kemeng of Lorong Tai Seng was fined $300 yesterday for driving a taxi along Serangoon Garden Way m a dangerous manner. He cut across a double white line and collided with another car.
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  • 150 6 KUALA LUMPUE, Tact. The Ministry ef Labow has intervened hi a wage dispute between Malay it a-Slngapere Airlines aad their workers hi Malaysia hi aa attempt to prevent a boycott an overtime wark. Officials of the Ministry will BMMlft Mil^a la.J.f, wlu "W* KNRI
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  • 52 6 A NATIONAL serviceman was fined $150 yesterday and disqualified from driving class two vehicles for one-and-a-half years for dangerous driving. He admitted having ridden a motor-cycle m Jalan Eunos m a dangerous manner and knocking down a pedestrian at the junction of Jalan Sayor on
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  • 19 6 PIEATES SURRENDER' ANOTHER 24 pirate taxis drivers registered for job cooversion yesterday, bringing the total so far to 1,053.
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    • 895 7  - Taxes, fees, bills the woes of car owners A.K. LEE By Once m the Big City there dwelt a Young Man of great Diligence and Energy. Daily m his work he travelled many miles, visiting the High and the Low. He travelled to the factories to visit the Captains of
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    • 303 7 8.3f a.m. 8 p.m.: An exhibition highlighting the major achievements of the United Nations at the National Library (foyer). It a.m. 8 p.m.: Beethoven bi-centenary exhibition by Young Musicians' Society at the Victoria Memorial Hall. li.3f a.m.: A talk on speed reading by Mr. A.L. Selvarajoo, Asst. Controller
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    • 304 7  -  PETER ONG By IT sounded like an episode from lan Fleming's novels. But Australian Clive Lotah claimed it happened to him and his six-man troupe. The troupe, billed as the Jaimes Bond Show, was whisked to the Aeroflot Hotel when they arrived m Moscow recently
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  • 221 8 A few years back a man was free to marry a second wife, if the first wife could not bear children. Also a second marriage was a common practice and well established custom for Asians if his first wife could not give him a son
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  • 81 8 I WAS very surprised to read (S.H. Oct. 24) that a pirate taxi-driver was fined only $400 for molesting a young girl of 14, when a few days ago a man and woman were fined $400 each for picking a few plants from the roadside. Where is
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  • 18 8 (With respect to Dr. Gob KeagSwee) The Haldaie Fame Came From meritocracy Nat aristocracy. K.E.H. Slagapare, 1
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  • 801 8 WE have followed with interest the recent spate of criticisms by members over the unions' proposals to increase the membership fees and to adopt a check-off system (payment through deduction from members' salaries). Union members should be allowed to express their views and
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  • 263 8 KEEP DIVORCE OUT OF NEWSPAPERS ALLOW me to state my support of the views expressed by Tbilo Bode (SH Oct. 22). Perhaps I could enlighten Tbilo Bode as to the "reasons for making divorce a public affair m Singapore and Malaysia." It seems to me that newspapers m this part
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  • 858 8 I REFER to the letter •Upgrading course receives poor marks'* (SH. Oct. 13). Before dealing with the points raised by your correspondent, I should like to explain the background of the in-service course for technical teachers. Many of the technical teachers
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  • 264 8 Passed over by the rat race DR. GOH Keng Swee's observation that we m Singapore have little to fear from a "hippie" threat is true, but only because our people are differently culturally oriented from people m the West. Dr. Goh admits that we have a "harsh competitive society" where
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  • 295 8 HIGHWAY CODE BECOMES LANGUAGE TEST MY cousin went for his written Hfchway Code test on Sept. 22. Four days later he was Informed by an endorsement letter that he has passed and he accordingly brought his licence to the Traffic Office on Sept. 27 for endorsement. To his surprise the
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  • 211 9 A Sj, r f 8«od health, an 2!£v ?if. V An >erican source said here *J«A*iplomats yesterday. l«e three men, major General Edward ■efcjrrer, head of the U.S. military mission JTjrtey, Maj. Gen. Claude McQuarrie, »J~ry aide at the U.S. embassy m E™?*"?
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  • 202 9 'WIFE RUNS THE BODGET' SAYS NOBEL PRIZE MONEY WIZARD CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Toes. Paul A. Samuelson, who has advised American presidents on U.S. money matters, says his wife controls the finances at home. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was awarded the Nobel prize for economics yesterday told an interviewer
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  • 477 9 UN 'dogfight' over Mid- East UNITED NATIONS, Tues. -Egypt yesterday accused Israel of acquiring new planes and tanks with the support of the United States while calling upon Cairo to dismantle its Sam 2 and Sam 3 missile bases m the Suez zone. Opening a full-scale General Assembly debate on
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  • 188 9 SANTA CRUZ, California, Tues.-The attorney defending the man charged with the Ohta family mass murder said his bearded young client "changed radically" after a head injury six months ago and that today "he does not know right from wrong." However, assistant
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  • 194 9 SAIGON, Tues. Eric Gonsalves, India's government expert on South-East Asia, left Saigon today iui* Vientiane on his way to Hanoi. Earlier, he conferred for 40 minutes with South Vietnamese Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam. Mr. Gonsalves is under secretary responsible for South-East Asian affairs at the
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  • 217 9 LAOTIAN PREMIER: ANOTHER TRUCE BID BANGKOK, Tues. Laotian Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma said today he would try to make another approach to his half-brother, Prince Souphanouvong, leader of the pro-Communist Pathet Lao movement, to achiev a ceasefire m Laos. Speaking to reporters during a brief stop-over Bangkok on his return
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  • 213 9 Japan's 'Red Army' leader 'sneaks back' TOKYO, Tues. The leader of Japanese "Red Army* student hijackers of a Japan Air Lines Boeing 727 passen ger plane last spring may have returned to Japan from Pyongyang aboard a North Korean "spy ship" last month. He is Takamaro Tamiya, 29, leader of
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  • 45 9 MANILA, Tues. A Judge ordered the "immediate arrest" of Clark U.S. Airbase Commander CoL Averill Hoi man. The Judge rejected a motion for reconsideration of a jail sentence and fine he had ordered against Holman m June for contempt of court.
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  • 25 9 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. Japan, Somalia, Argentina, Italy and Belgium are elected members of the Security Council for two years from January 1 1971.
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  • 245 9 WASHINGTON, Tues. The U.S. Defence Department yesterday denied reports that the United States was suffering troop casualties m Laos. Pentagon spokesman Jerry W. Friedheim said the United States has no ground combat troops m Laos and that all casualties m South-East Asia have
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  • 97 9 US hits hard at Vietcong forces BANGKOK, Tues. U.S. Airforce bomber carried out massive air strikes against Vietcong forces yesterday near Angkor Wat Western Cambodia allowing Khmer Government troops to repulse the Communists, it was learned here today. Press reports, quoting American sources, said the air strikes took place m
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  • 95 9 The six crew members managed to escape from the plane which overshot the base runway while landing after a mission from Vietnam, and crashed into a tapioca field. He added that at least six and possibly 10 persons, including two Americans, were killed on Monday when
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  • 38 9 GENEVA, Tues. The World Health Organisation said yesterday it had been officially notified by the Czechoslovak Government of an outbreak oi cholera m Eastern Slovakia the first time the current epidemic has reached continental Europe. AP
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  • 374 10 Search for diplomat continues OTTAWA, Tues. Canadian army troops have carried out a series of sweeps m western and northwestern Quebec designed to find possible terrorist hideouts, informed sources said last night. They 'said the searchl missions m rural areas are continuing. One source said the sweeps, carried out partly
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  • 141 10 HONGKONG, Tues.-Canada's newly-appointed Charge D'Affaires to Peking, John Fraser, said last night he expected to get co-operation from the Communist Chinese m setting up a CAnadian Embassy here. Fraser said the embassy was expected to open early next January with an initial staff
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  • 73 10 AMMAN, Ties. Palestinian gnerlllas will notify King Hasseta's army hi raid they start agamot Israel aeress the Jordan river, searees of the Arab Peace Commission la Ammaw said yesteraay. Itoy saM Has was part of the peaceful co-existence protocol signed by the
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  • 274 10 CAIRO, lues. Indian Premier Indira Gandhi yesterday met Egypt's sew President Anwar Sadat to reaffirm ties between India aid Egypt as leaden of "third world" nations following the death of President Nasser. Mrs. Gandhi, accompanied by Indian Foreign Minister Swaran Singh aid Indian Ambassador Bahadur Singh,
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  • 189 10 SANTIAGO, Chile, Tues. With all the pomp and honour befitting his rank, General Rene Schneider, the assassinated chief of the Chilean Army, received a hero's funeral yesterday. As thousands massed outside Santiago's Metropolian Cathedral, a battalion of infantry troops, two military bands and a jackbooted cavalry
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  • 52 10 IRVINE, California, Tues. Fire burned the campus branch of the Bank of America at the University of California m Irvine yesterday. "Death to the pigs" and other messages were sprayed on the out-ide walls with black paint, autnorities said. No one was hurt m the early morning
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  • 289 10 HONGKONG, Tues. Taazaaiaa President Mr. Julias Nyerere gave a state baaajaet la Dar es Salaam, capital of Taaxaala, on Sunday night to mark the official start m construction work oa the Taazaaia-Zambia railway, Radio Peking said today. Attending the dinner party were the Chinese Government delegation led
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  • 377 10 BRITISH CABINET 'HAS YET TO MAKE A DECISION' LONDON, Tues. Prime Minister Edward Heath refused to disclose m an interview published m the Times today, when he would announce his decision about sellin arms to South Africa. Mr. Heath saM: "The Cabinet has yet
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  • 116 10 BRITAIN WILL GO AHEAD WITH PLANS INDIRA NEW DELHI, Tues. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said today it is her "impression" that Britain will go ahead and supply arms to South Africa. She made her comments without elaboration on her return from the United Nations, where she conferred with Prime Minister
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  • 177 10 WASHINGTON, Tues. President Nixon told Rumanian President Mr.Nicolae Ceausescu that he plans to encourage American investments m Rumania, a White House spokesman said yesterday. President Nixon made his statement during a two-hour meeting between the two Heads of State at the White
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  • 211 10 New UN campaign to combat apartheid proposed UNITED NATIONS, Tues. A group of 16 A fro -Asian nations called yesterday for a tough new U.N. campaign to combat apartheid m South Africa, including an international conference m Geneva m 1971 to co-ordinate strategy. The Afro-Asian submitted four resolutions to the
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  • 330 11 A MAJOR blow to the Rhodsian economy is likely to result from seizure of shipments of ammonia which were being sent to Rhodesia m contravention of -the non-mandatory United Nations request for sanctions. Hie ammonia was needed to produce fertiliser for the tobacco
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  • 490 11  - Looking for a little sympathy SEAH CHEANG NEE BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS KUALA LUMPUR. He Is 28, Intelligent, and speaks with a revolutionary fervour that befits the organisation that is feared and admired around the world— Al-Fatah. For the past 2t months, Aba Yacob has worked quietly m his
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  • 460 11  - Brandt vows: We'll carry on DAVID SHEARS From Bonn HERR BRANDT the West German Chancellor and Herr Scheel, Foreign Minister, called one of their rare Press conferences m Bonn last week to reassure a sceptical German public that their coalition Government was still very much m business. Two weeks after
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  • 789 11  - Now Arabs put squeeze on oil for the West RICHARD BEESTON From Washington FAST-RISING consumption of Middle East oil by Western Europe has caught the oil world by surprise and increased the West's vulnerability to Arab pressures. For this reason the American Administration's oil experts are now concerned by the
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  • 265 11 LONDON A final history by Sir Basil LkideU Hart says U.S. Gea Elsenhower la effect prolonged World War n by a decision m August IM4. The contention Is that Gea. Patton of the UJS. farces coald have shorteaed the fightlag with fad glvea
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  • 207 12 Tunku spills his secret of success KUALA LUMPUR, Tues: Former Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman said tonight that loyal and dedicated Malaysians were "the real resources of the country" and Malaysia simply cannot dispense with them. The Tunku said tins when inaugurating a lecture series organised by the Malaysian Institute
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  • 78 12 KARACHI, Toes. A local college has banned the wearing of long hair, btfbottomt, sideburns and big moustaches by its students. Lately, students seeking admission to the Government College for Commerce and Economics were told that long hair, bellbottoms, sideburns and big moustaches would
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  • 145 12 20 FROM CHINA DEMAND RETURN OF ESCAPEES HONGKONG, Tues. Some 2t fishermen from China sailed into Heagkeag's Dee* Bay yesterday a bag -disputed harder area and demanded that Heagfcoag police return Chinese escapees, a Heagkeng Government spokesman said tauay. A Banglrang paMceman toid them ta report their ramplalnt ta a
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  • 114 12 The well-kept secret visit to Moscow MOSCOW, Tues. The Philippine emissary sent to Moscow last week certainly kept his visit a secret. There was no information m Moscow that Mr. Alejandro Melchor had even been there. Soviet Foreign Minister spokesmen maintained they biew nothing about it. Diplomats from South-East Asian
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  • 23 12 WELLINGTON, (New Zealand), Tues. Prime Minister Sir Keith Holyoake, 66, entered hospital here today to undergo prostate gland surgery AP
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  • 32 12 MANILA, Tues. Philippine News Service reported today that six persons were killed and eight others wounded by gunmen who fired at a village dance party m the Southern Philippines. AP
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  • 475 12 JAPAN TOPS THE LIST AGAIN IN ORDERS LONDON, Tues. The world's shipbuilding nations had a record 2,028 ships of 21,377,669 tons gross under construction m the three months ending Sept. 30, according to the Lloyds Register of Shipping. Orders for ships on which work had
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  • 117 12 THE NOBEL CHEMISTRY PRIZE TO ARGENTINE SCIENTIST STOCKHOLM, Tues. The 1970 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to a French-born Argentinian scientist, Prof. Luis F. Leloir, the Nobel Committee announced today. Prof. Leloir, 64, received his U5.80,000 (5|240,000) for his discovery of "sugarnucleotides and their role m the biosynthesis
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  • 191 12 MAX SUNG, the Hongkong contestant, m the South-East Asian Piano Sonata Competition held last night at the Singapore Conference Hall won the prize of a year's scholarship m Germany. Other countries competing were South Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia. Singapore's contestant
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  • 212 12  -  TAN CHIN LIN THE fire and abandon of wild Polish dances came alive last night under the magnificent technique of Bela Siki. He gave an extremely satisfying, even exhilarating performance devoted entirely to Chopin and Beethoven. Siki's flashing fingers, combining power and lucidity,
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  • 55 12 COLOMBO, Tues. After a two-day debate Ceylon's House of Representatives voted today by an overwhelming majority to abolish the Senate. The Bill, which was presented by Dr. Colvin R. de Silva, Minister for Plantations, Indus try and Constitutional Affairs, now goes before the Senate, the very body which
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  • 118 12 JUMBO JETS ON FIRE MINUTES AFTER LANDING LONDON, Ties. A PanAmerican -Jumbo jet caught fire two mlaates after landing here today, sending It passengers fleeing sUding down escape skates. Several were injured, bat suffered only minor cats and hralif b« The giant Boeing 747 was oa a direct flight from
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 154 12 mE^JJS^ swiss gfxjjji^ watch Everyone knows the world looks to amazing selection now available here. Switzerland for the finest m watch- For one week under one roof making. But perhaps you d.dn t know can see a|| the st |es and the |a f est even the Swiss ook on
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald Section II Wednesday Oct, 28 1970
    • 352 13 Singapore tipped to be regional centre for hotels THERE is a strong possibility that Singapore will be chosen as the headquarters and secretariat for a regional hoteliers and restaurateurs association. Most of the heads of the foreign delegations, attending the first South-East Asia Hoteliers and Restaurateurs Convention, indicated yesterday that
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    • 180 13 Case of the canteen owner and the five schoolgirls A CANTEEN owner was fined $300, or one month's jail, by eighth magistrate Tan Chin Tiong yesterday for indecent exposure to five school children. Mohd. Kassim Abdul Rahman, of Jalan Sembawang, was charged with intending to o insult the modesty of
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    • 33 13 GIAM JOHN of Angullia Road was fined $35 yesterday for failing to stop at a red light at the junction of Bencoolen Street and Orchard Road on May 27 last year.
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    • 43 13 Pilgrims off to Mecca PENANG, Tucs. A total of 1,164 pilgrims from Singapore and Malaysia left for Mecca this evening on the pilgrimage ship Ansun. Of the number, 656 pilgrims boarded the ship at Penang, 318 at Port Swettenham and 190 at Singapore.
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    • 89 13 MORE POST BOXES TO BE PUT UP IN HOUSING ESTATES MORE posting boxes are to be put ap la thickly populate* areas sack as Housing Board The ■amber of posting boxes ia aay oae area depeads on factors such as the volume of mail aid population density. It is, however,
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    • 222 13 THE Cemmittee Medical Speciallsatloß yesterday hsaded la to Health Mlalster Chaa Slaa Cklß Its plaa far the fatare develapmeat af medical specialities la Slagapare. The repart Is derstsad te laclade recemmeadatiaasfar: ADDITIONAL facilities far treatlag sach diseases as caacer aad rheaaiatlc
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    • 328 13 THE STORY of a national serviceman's physical and emotional distress his love for another serviceman was unfolded at a coroner's inquiry yesterday. Pte. Phua Sui Seng, 19, of the Singapore Infantry Regiment Camp m Bedok, described by his sister Swee Lan as a youth
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    • 61 13 A 45- YEAR-OLD housewife, who was found having half a kartoo of ganja m Serangoon Road on Monday, said m court yesterday that she needed the drug to stimulate her appetite. Ninth Magistrate E.C. Foenander told Hajeman Bee Ibrahim, who had two similar previous convictions, to
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    • 86 13 A SINGAPORE Armed Forces lance-corporal and a labourer died m the Thomson Road General Hospital yesterday only hours after they were involved m separate road accidents. L/Cpl. Chim Han Khuan, 19, was riding a motor-cycle when he collided with a bus at the 9th mile, Bukit
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    • 244 13 A QUARTZ clock, with an accuracy of up to I,oooth of a second will be on display at the Swiss Watch Exhibition to be opened on Friday night by the Swiss Charge d' Affaires, Mr.J. Etter. Quartz clocks, one of the latest developments
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    • 135 13 Indonesian editor here on 3-day visit Mr. Aristides Katoppo, managing editor of the Indonesian newspaper Sinar Harapan, is m Singapore on a three-day official visit as guest of the Institute of South -East Asian Studies. Yesterday morning he paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Culture, Mr. Jek Yeun
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    • 29 13 HEALTH Minister Chua Sian Chin wil hand over cheques totalling $68,500 to representatives of 32 charitable organisations at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital Lecture Hall on Saturday.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • 28 14 TAN Jue Slew of Jalan Satu was fined $30 m the traffic court yesterday for parking his lorry on a public footway m Dakota Crescent.
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  • 89 14 AN Indonesian who was deported from Singapore m May returned and stole a scooter worth $800 m Dun earn Road on Monday. Mohamed Ha mid, 20, was sentenced to one-year concurrent jail terms for illegal entry and theft. Senior Inspector Chia Cheng
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  • 63 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A thief snatched a paper bag c o n taining 1 ,300 from business man Tan Ting Puan 69, at Foch Avenue yesterday. A police spokesman said today that Mr Tan told police he had cashed a cheque at a bank and was
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  • 247 14 Getting to know you plan makes school life more interesting CHILDREN m Braddell Rise Primary School find school life more interesting these days dressing up dolls, writing poems and letters, designing Christmas cards, jigsaw puzzles and appearing m films to be sent to their friends m Holden Hill Primary School
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  • 94 14 RADIO -ad TELEVISION Singapore will transmit special programmes today and tomorrow to mark Deepavali Day. All language services of Radio Singapore will close at 1 a.m. today. At the same time Channel 5 of TV Singapore will extend its transmission to 1.00 a.m. Tomorrow
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  • 70 14 A FORUM on "Malay society hi the age of meritocracy" will be held m Lecture Theatre 1, University of Singapore, at 7.15 p.m. tonight. Members of the panel will be Dr. Sharom Ah mat, History lecturer at the University; Inche Zainal A bid m Kassim, a
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  • 300 14 FIRST JOINT ADVERTISING EFFORT SINGAPORE will be featured m $300,000 colour supplement m «■*£■"£^S^! Republic as a multi-racial and multicultural tourist paradise. T*e Toumt t™^"*??"*?** Head of Marketing, Miss Mollie Ang, said yesterday that the decision was made onj Monday al t meeting between
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    • 201 14 The last time Virgil Tihbs had a day like this was "In The Heat Of The Night" J^MM\ k (/ll V 1 1 1 I t M^ mym I *l. V VRr inn ir v a-j THt MWISCH PROOOCIGN COMPANY SIDNEY POITIER MARTIN LANDAU A WALTER MIRISCH PRODUCTION THEYCALLMEMISTERTIBBS! WRBARA
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1336 15 &B& nMn^Bnmm mimmmtm M C^i i A^i- t\. >" "r M 2.55 p.m. Opening announcements 5.55 News (Malay) *p^ W S? S* Housewives Matinee "A Mother's Heart" 6.17 Pok Amai2 W JS' I I I (Part lof a Hokkien film) 6.50 The Jack La-Lannid Show V SsML A^l I^^@ 9F
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  • 466 16  - The men move in on the beauty aids... SHIRLEY MANASSEH By THE men have taken over again. First they tried growing their hair, then they put on frilly shirts and flared trousers, and now they've gone completely wild with cosmetics. They roll it on, spray it on, smooth it on
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  • 737 16  -  SYLVIA LEOW AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE BEAUTY KICK... By FFMALE coatact leas wearers, I sympathise with yoa. Yoa are torn between either peering shortsightedly into the mirror making a trial (and many errors) of your make-up or carefully making ap with leases already on
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  • 17 16 "That's the battleground on which Emily wages her nightly war against the advancing years."
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    • 355 16 JEWELS GALORE 4116- <aej^**5** *yfl _H fl _r __fl 2. got on her and bells on her £yfl Hk_ know about toe-bells, but we would certainly the from the Laurence Graff collection on our V the jewellery department Robinsons either *M today or on Sunday drool. ..like we did, stones
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  • 861 17 Psychologists' Casebook today is given over to readers' answers to Dr. Abraham Wolfe's Saturday comments on prestige schools and parents who force their children to attend them. I WRITE m reply to Dr. Abraham Wolfe's column m the Herald (Saturday). In particular I disagree with his statements about "prestige schools."
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  • 549 17 Skin care starts with fruit and no fries QUESTION: I am sixteen years old and have a terrible skin problem. I wash my face faithfully twice a day .aid still have blemishes. Can you help me? ANSWER: Blemishes are normally caused by over-active oil glands. Try eliminating fried foods from
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  • 248 17 CHEERS AND JEERS CHEERS: For the little dressmaker roaad the corner who is patrartsnd by sac LIVING writer who leads a gay social life. She Is hi the habit of ringiag ap the dressmaker aad sayiag: "Help! I have a receptioa tomorrow aad nothing to wear. "Can you make me
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  • Economic Affairs/ Shipping
    • 592 18 NEW YORK, Tues. A show of oil m a we D being drilled m the Java Sea off the Indonesian coast was reported by a group headed by Cities Service. The company said a test of the group's well encountered some middle gravity
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    • 272 18 e SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. SELLING BUYING T.T./O.D. T.T. O.D. Sterling Pound 7.3725 7.3400 7.3275 Australian Dollar 3.4475 3.4050 3.3850 fm^j-^fiT Dollar New Zealand Dollar 3.4575 3.4100 3.3800 South Arabian Dinar 7.3900
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    • 296 18 WASHINGTON, Tues. The Nixon administration has decided to place a U*****,000 million ceiling on U.S. Government spending for the 1972 fiscal year m a gamble that its policies will lead to economic recovery. The spending limit could result m a sizeable deficit some
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    • 110 18 CARPET SELLING VISCOUNT A Lwrd selllug carpets? Yes, Viscount Garaock has dose just that la Singapore duriag the last two days. That Is his job aay way. He Is the sales managing director of Cressley Carpets of Britaia. Yesterday he sigaed contracts to seU $Stt,tM worth of carpets to Shaagrl-la
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    • 239 18 EEC monetary union approved in principle LUXEMBOURG, Tues. The European Economic Community (EEC) Council of Ministers yesterday approved the principles of an economic and monetary union of its six member countries, which could lead to a single currency by 1980. They agreed to take a final decision on the plan
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    • 29 18 (Closing buyer/seller prices for Oct. 27, m sterling per metric ton). Tone: Steady but quiet; Spot 1526 1528; 3-month 1526 1527; Settlement 1528; Total turnover 325 tons.
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    • 45 18 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 40.45, (2) 153.25; Hongkong 41.59; Beirut 39.35; London 39.01; Zurich 39.008 39.105; Paris 38.80. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas m U.S. dollars (2) Local dealers' price m Singapore dollar per tael.
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    • Company news
      • 123 18 THE directors of Electrical and Allied Industries yesterday denied any possibility of either a bonus issue or a merger. In a statement to the Stock Exchange issued after trading hours, the directors said they were "disturbed at various rumours being circulated." They were neither considering the possibility of a
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      • 21 18 MALAKOFF RUBBER ESTATES will pay an interim dividend of one penny onNov. 26 'to shareholders on the register onNov. 9.
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      • 25 18 ADELAIDE, Tues. Shareholders of Poseidon NL today approved moves to change the company into a limited company and increase the numbers of directors. Reuter
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      • 103 18 LONDON, Tues. Pretax profit of Fisons for the year to June 30 was £4,l4B,ooo(compared with £6,350,000 for the previous year). Tax took £1,870,000 (£2,907,000). Net profit attributable to the company was £2,278*** (£3,443,000), and turnover was £78,584,000 (£82,228,000). The company will pay a second interim of 5% per cent
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      • 98 18 TOKYO, Tues. Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering said it will merge with Maizuru Heavy Industry on April 1, 1971. Maizuru is the only shipyard located on the coast of the Japan Sea and it is capable of building new ships up to 65,000 deadweight tons. Its annual sales total 20,000
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      • 77 18 TOKYO, Tues. —Nissan Motor president Katsuji Kawamata said today the company hopes to produce Wankel rotary engines from 1974 or 1975 for sports cars and other high speed vehicles. He made the statement on his return from an overseas trip during which he signed a licensing agreement with Audi-NSU
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    • 365 18 PEOPLE in business Mr GEOFFREY BOLAND, a former Singapore and Malaysia financial and commercial journalist, has been appointed a consultant with Grant Public Relations Financial PR Division. Financial PR is a logical extension of Grant Public Relations activities, according to Mr Peter Bostock, the manager for Singapore and Malaysia, who
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    • 380 18 Stocks moved substantially lower m early light trading yesterday. The SUnpoon industrial average backed down about 80 cents, while the Dow Jones industrial average gave up more than three points. Advances trailed declines by better than five to three, but volume was a slack 2.1 million
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    • 541 18 The market was slightly firmer yesterday. Selective buying of leaden was seen after initial dullness m line with Wall Street. Movements were generally narrow and trading was quiet, ahead of the government's mini-budget due after official market hours. Towards the dose, the Financial Times index was 1.8
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    • 203 18 AMSTERDAM The list dosed dull and narrowly mixed yesterday, partly on Wall Street. After initial weakness, most internationals rallied to finish fractionally higher. Akzo, Hoogovens and RXM were down. Plantations also dropped, while shipping* were mixed with Van Ommeren weak. Local industrials were mixed with Heineken up. PARIS
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  • 814 19 Including ALL ships bound for the Americas, e.g. ships sailing east out of Singapore to Pacific sawa.^w&aa ,r.sa jssx. AJAX 34 (S) SLS TDY L'pool. G'gow via C.T.,? L.P. BF/MC BACKTERA BAKTI Nov 16 Dubai. Bahrain, Kuwait. CPKH/CPA BENLOMOND Nov 5/7 London, Hamburg. BEN/BEN BLACK SWAN c 6 7
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  • 67 19 SHIPPING GAZETTE KEY FOR EASY REFERENCE: The .hipping «ch«lul« Sginnmg ocTthi. paaeVe •hin* Abound eastbound, southbound and coastal. I«^ln?ry^l!SS?Slhiwlng information: NAME Of SHIP, date of •^val/d^rtur«. portio^lL narn. of line abbreviated/name of J? bottom of the page you will find a list of all the abbreviations used on this page,
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  • 306 19 AAC Anglo-American Cerpn. Sdn. Bhd. ***** AFT Anglo-French Trading Co. (Pte) Ltd. *****/8 APL American President Unas ***** AUS AustasiaUne ***** BEN Ben Une Steamers ***** BC TheßornooCo ***** BBC Buteing Shipping Co ***** BA British Asian *****6 CA Carrington Agencies *****2/3 CFS CF Sharp li^o.
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  • 292 19 AML American Mall Line; APL American President Une; AUS Auttasla Une— Golden Line. BL Bank Una; BBL Barber Unas; BEN Ben Una; Bl Bl: BF Blue Funnel; BSL Blue See Une; BA British Asian; BFSL Burma Fire Star Une. CH Chlen Hwa Shipping Co. (Pte) Ltd.; CMCR Compagnle Maritime
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    • 787 19 ICS BUILDING. 2 SMENTQN YWf. SNCAPOWE I. T8.W3*33-7 U.K. EUROPE SERVICE LOADING FOR LONDON.H'BURG, R'DAM, HAVRE, A'WERP.BREM. SMf)apora p. Sham Panant AJMMVES Mf FTUMf ZIRCON 2iNm/IOM 2/5 Oac 6/7 Oac Ldon3/1. H'burg 8/1 Rdam 11/1 Havre 14/1 MCmiNt AQUAMARINE 2/6 Jan 7 Jan > Jan Ldon 4/2 H'burg 9/2 H'dam
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  • 702 20 Including ships sailing out of Singapore for Far East oorts to the north-oaet ANDES MARU Nov 10 /u M *wu Hongkong. Japan. MOSK/MSS ANNA TAYLOR Oct 30/Nov b Saigon. Cam Rahn Bay. Quinhon. SSV/BA AR.STAGELOS Nov 26/2? Japan MOSK/MSS BADENSTEIN Nov 16 PIOV Manila, Hongkong, K'shung, Yokohama, Nagoya. HLL/AFT
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  • Shipping notes
    • 158 20 TOKYO, Tues. Kawasaki Heavy Industry, one of Japan's leading shipbuilders, has reached a basic agreement with Britain's Rolls-Royce Ltd., on a technical tie-up for production of gas turbine engines, according to Japan's leading daily, Asahi recently. Under the agreement, Kawasaki plans domestic production of 25,000-hp
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    • 113 20 THE first container berth for feeder service vessels at the PSA container port In the East Lagoon will be opened by Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, Minister for Communications on Sunday. The PSA's $776 million con tainerisation programme is three months ahead of schedule. The first stage, a 700 ft. long
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    • 219 20 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR OCT. 28. OUT: Straat Clement 13/14, Samapta I 22, Nikkou Maru 29/30, Pegaso 47. IN: Thorscape 25/26, Hastula (tanker) 42/43, (after Ajax), Rotti 44, Madison Lloyd 33/34, Uganda 23/24 (after Glory Horai), Bayernstein 3/4 (After Fneden),
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  • 206 20 Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver B.C. SCI/SCI I Mainly ships bound for Australia and New I Zealand, including ships calling at Manila, etc. I AUSTRALASIA Oct 29/31 Singapore (Nov 29/ Dec 1), Fremantle (Dae 8). AUS/AUS AUSTRALASIA Dec 17/19 P. S'ham(Dec 20). Spore (Dec 21), Fremantle Dec 28). AUS/AUS AUSTRALASIA Jan
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  • 271 20 Including ships calling at Malaysian and Indonesian ports. LUNA MARINA Oct 29/31 Kuching. LS/LS MS. SEIA MARU Nov 15 P. Sham (Nov 18), Penang (Nov 22). l AL/lAL m NEPTUNE BERYL Nov 9/12 Penang (Nov 13/14), P. Sham (Nov 15). NOL/NOL PADJONGE Nov 3/5 Djakarta/Tjirebon. PL/PL PADJANGAN I n
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  • 359 21 TOKYO, Tues.-The Bank of Japan today put an end to 14 months of tight money policy by lowering the discount rate by 0.25 per cent to 6 per cent as of tomorrow. At this level, Japan's bank rate will match that of the United
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  • 1569 21 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE KEY Clnnnbuym' and Milan' prieM mm followed by Uwbui&MdoM. Figures m bmckets denote traded lots In I.ooo**. When (he prim It not followed by figure m brackets. It mssbi only a rind* lot of 1.000 shares we* traded at that price.
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  • 83 21 (Managers' prices for Oct. 28) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mat. Invt. Fund 1.18 1.23 xd MaL Progress Fund 1.02 1.07 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.06 1.10 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS mm a SMCODu Singapore 1.86 Third Singapore l.lSzd a. s. The Commerce Ind. Fund .99 1.04
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  • 114 21 CURRENCY CRISIS IN CEYLON COLOMBO, Taea. Thousands of people qneaed op •■tilde banks today to exchange demonetised ltt-rapee art s#-rapee aotes for nw oaes. The Givenmeit declared a state of emergeacy, Invoklag the Public Security Act, and had army, air force awl aavy aloag side police to mooat guard around
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 241 21 RUBBER 48*4 cents alb. (ap quarter cent). Opening at Monday night's closing level of 48)4 cents a buyer for RSS 1 November l, the market yesterday lapsed into dull enthusiastic trading with turnover negligible as the majority of dealers appeared disinterested. Physicals, other than one small parcel of
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    • 75 21 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, in pence per lb). Tone: Steady; CIF's Nov. 17-1/8 Nominal buyer 17-3/8 seller, Dec. 17-3/8 buyer 17-578 Nominal seller, Jan. 17-7/8 Nominal buyer 18-1/8 Nominal seller; Spot 18-7/16 18-3/4; Settlement Dec 18-11/16 18-15/16. Jan. 18-15/16 19-3/16, Feb. 19-3/16 19-3/8, Jan/March 19-3/16 19-3/8, April/June 20-1/16
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    • 52 21 o TIN $t5B apical <«Ps 3). A rise of $3 a picul was recorded by the Straits tin price which was 1658 m Penang yesterday. With support from the United States and Japan, the estimated tonnage rose by five tons to 260 tons. The tone of the market
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    • 114 21 COPPER PRICE FORECAST LONDON, Tues.-A price of SO U.S. cents per lb for copper on world markets m 1975 was forecast by Mr. C. Jay Parkinson, chairman of the board of Anaconda Copper. Mr. Parkinson told a meeting of American metal traders m London that barring any major depression m
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    • 154 21 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine/ Indonesian Oct. 216, Nov. 226, Dec. 227%, Jan. 229, all resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits Oct/Nov. 144 sellers; Malayan Nov/Dec. 157 Nominal; Philippine (U.S. dollars per long ton) Nov/Dec. 338
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  • 330 21 The market yesterday was steady in light trading, centred on electric appliances. Medium and high-priced issues also came in for some attention. Pioneer Electric, Sony, Mitsumi, Electric and Akai led the gains. (Closing paid prices in yen, w Akai Elec 460 (460) Asahi Chem 101 (101) Aaehi
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  • 669 21 Mining shares made a cautious recovery yesterday although there were still plenty of weak spots. Oils were dull and industrials generally lower. Turnover showed no significant change. Poseidon recovered $3 at $74 as bargain-hunters moved m following Monday's sharp decline. Samin was steady at J9 although Lake
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  • 217 21 Prices continued to drift lower m dull trading yesterday. Most issues were marginally easier though a few recorded larger falls under heavier selling pressure. Volume of business was small, centred on a handful of favourites. Associated Hotels slipped from $12.70 to dose at (Clorfng buyer /teller price*
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  • 199 21 LONDON, Tues. Grain shippers covered a cargo from the U.S. Gulf to Lisbon and Leixoes at US$9 flo (free m and out) for spot loading, but most other sections were virtually idle. A part cargo of sugar has been fixed, however, from Salavery to the U.S. Atlantic
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    • 529 22 DIPLOMAS. CERTIFICATES, Testimonials. Bring these to Motion Smith 13 Battery Road and have permanent copies made while you wait. QUALIFY IN ADVERTISING through Advertising Institute of Australia expert coaching by I.C.S. (0) Ltd Dept. Al. P.O. Box 1538. Singapore 1. Telephone *****. PREPARE NOW LCCPITMAN Examinations special rapid courses English
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    • 406 22 AUCTION SALE By order of NAVY, ARMY A AIR FORCE INSTITUTES NASSIM CO.(SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED will sell by public auction m their salerooms at 4 4-1 Collyer Quay, Singapore on SATURDAY, 31st October 1970 at 10.30 ajn. 3 Ford Anglia Saloon, Year 1965/6 3 Ford Thames Vans, Year 1964 The
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  • 670 23 JOE FRAZIER IS NEXT ATLANTA, Georgia, Tues. Muhammed Ati, better known as Cassuis Clay, coming back from 3-1/2 years of idleness and frustration, battered young Jerry Quarry into a bloody mess last night and won a third-round knockout victory that sent him
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  • 451 23 THERE was a mixture of boos amid the rafter-rocking shouts as he entered the ring— his black head high m the air and his eyes flashing with fire. From the beginning, it was evident that Quarry was over matched. In the opening round, Ali rocked the California
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  • 219 23 NEW YORK, Tues. Joe Frazier wants a crack at Muhammad Ali. "We're ready to fight him as soon as we can," said Frazier's manager, Yank Durham, after Ali demolished Jerry Quarry inAtlanta last night Frazier, the Heavyweight champion, is at his East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania,
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  • Article, Illustration
    24 23 radiophoto. IMuhammed Ali slams a hard right into Jerry Quarry m the first round of the non-title fight on Monday night. AP
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  • 338 23 IPOH, JTues. Need You Badly did a winning gallop on a good track at Ipoh this morning. With Ismail Asban astride, the Sostenuto colt sprinted stylishly over 3f m 36 and two-fifth. Winner of four races, including the Gold Vase,
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  • 137 23 AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Tue?.— Australian Tony James won the sixth heat of the Ok Dinghy world championships here. But world champion Kent Carlsson of Sweden who came seventh has an unbreakable hold on the title again. His position is so strong he need not
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    • 333 23 TWINSET CROSSWORD ACROSS DOWN 1. I'll not get upset although It's dishonestly obtained (9) 4. Perhaps dilate a smaU part 2. The value is not so much No value at all! (9) 8. In debt after all? Granted! S. Do they make things hot for (7) the competitors (5) 9.
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  • 315 24 ASIAN GAMES SINGAPORE Amateur Cycling Association will soon start centralised training for the Asian Games probables as soon as they sort out a snag. One of the trainees Yong Sang Foon, has been called up for National Service. The association hopes Yong will be
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  • 235 24 Tokyo, Tues. The newly crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight champion Masao Oba of Japan "is willing to accept a challenge" to fight Thailand's Chartchai Chionoi, his manager said. "It will be a good idea to hold a showdown title match with Chartchai
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  • 96 24 THE youth soccer match between Armed Forces and Singapore Pools' Sports dub at Farrer Park yesterday was abandoned when the crowd refused to leave the field follow tog a dash between a Pools forward Raman and Armed Forces goalkeeper Lim Chew Peng. Armed Forces were leading two-nil when
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  • 247 24 Japanese gymnasts sweep world tourney LJUBLJANA, Tues. Japan made a clean sweep of the men's division of the world gymnastics championships here last night, taking the team title and the first three individual p lacings. It was Japan's third consecutive world men's team title. The Soviet Union took the second
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  • 134 24 SINGAPORE Hockey Association has nominated four more goalkeepers to be considered for the Asian Games training squad at the emergency meeting of the selection sub-committee yesterday. SHA secretary Mr. S. Yogarajah said German coach Horst Wein had requested for more goalkeepers to be tried
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  • 608 24 FIVE Singapore Herald bowlers have qualified for the semi-finals (Singapore) of the 1970 World Cup Bowling Championships to be held at Copenhagen from Nov. 26 to 29. They are (rolling a series of four games with total pinfalls m brackets): Brian Mathieu
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  • 142 24 SINGAPORE Rugby Union has selected a strong side to represent the State against Malaysia m their annual international fixture at the MINDEF Padang, Kuala Lumpur, on Oct. 31. The selectors have made three changes from the side that played Northern Suburbs Rugby Football Club,
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  • 465 24 THE golf match for the Diner's Club Trophy will be played at the Keppel Club m Bukit Chermin this Sunday Nov. 1 starting at 8.00 a.m. Players are requested to report to the starter seven minutes before starting time. Abbreviations: (X) Keppel; (C) Changi; (I) SICC;
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  • SPORTS WORLD
    • 153 24 MUNICH, Germany, Tues. BMW, whose blue and white formula two cars are among the best m the world, lias decided to discontinue formula two racing because the sport has become too dangerous, a spokesman said yesterday. He said directors of the Bavarian motor
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    • 118 24 MEXICO CITY, Tues. The organising committee of the Mexican Grand Prix may be fined for irregularities comm tted during the race last Sunday, according to an official. Col. Antonio Haro Oliva, head of sports department of the City's Municipal office, said yesterday an investigation is under way on the crowd's
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    • 107 24 MOSCOW, Tues. The Japanese men's table tennis team again overwhelmed their Russian opponents m the first round of the second day of their friendly meeting here. The Japanese men won three matches without losing a single set. The women did not fare so well, losing their first two matches to
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    • 93 24 ATHENS, Tues. Panathinaikos of Athens, Greece's representatives m the European Football Cup, will not go to Bratislava immediately for its match against Slovan because of the cholera outbreak m Czechoslovakia. Panathinaikos and Slovan are scheduled to play on Nov. 4 m the return leg of the second round of the
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    • 35 24 NEW DELHI, Tues. The Indian Olympic Association decided yesterday to send a 157- member contingent to the Sixth Asian Games m Bangkok In December the largest ever sent by India to any inter national meet.
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