Eastern Sun, 16 February 1971

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Microfilm: NL6689
Total Pages: 23
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  • Title Section
    Lock icon Masthead
    24 1 EASTERN SUN JkaMJMJkMAHy J^!L» rijHwn s mi ntonal day 10 cents Is*. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1572 Tomday, February 16, 1971 M.C. (F) 2510
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon FROM APRIL 11, BETTER AND CHEAPER
    379 1 nrm HtU Mm MASSIVE overhaul of Singapore's bus fores ond routes will giro thousands of travellers cheaper, better services from April 11. The Minister for Communications, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin announced the big chonge yesterday afternoon. He said the government had accepted in principle
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    Lock icon Hong Kong's top girl
    66 1 THIS lovely lan it Christina Hui, Hong Kong's representative at the Queen of the Pacific Contest to be held in Australia. Christine, 21. jetted in te Sin- gapore last night for a brief stopover on her way "down under." Said beautiful Christine: "Ifs my first trip
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  • Article
    Lock icon Piece fell off the Concorde
    93 1 LONDON, A small of an air Intake on one of the Concorde Anglo French supersonic airliner's riant jet engines cane off in flight last month and fell Into the sea, test pilot Brian Tnibshaw said yesterday. Mr. Trubshaw, the British Aircraft Corporation's chief test pilot
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon RAZAK: NEW WATCHDOG ON SECURITY
    349 3 IT UAL A LUMPUR A Notional Security Council will replace the Notionol Operations Council which will be abolished when Parliament reconvenes next week. Premier Tun Abdul Razak said the NSC will act as a "watchdog" in matters concerning notional security and solidority. The NOC has
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  • Article
    Lock icon Key witness a thug: defence counsel
    532 3 A key prosecution witness ot the Wild Cat Bar murder trial wos a "seasoned criminal and gangster/' defence counsel R. Murugason claimed in the High Court yesterday. The witness, Ng Kuan Sfn c, 31, a driver, was giving evidence at the trial of Wong
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  • Article
    Lock icon Dud note materials found in a vessel
    238 3 CUSTOMS officers found materials used for counterfeiting Malaysian SS( notes in a ship, a preliminary inquiry at the First District Court was told yesterday. Tan Bee Seng, a crew member of the ship, 'Hoi Wong', is tentatively charged with possessing the materials last
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  • Article
    Lock icon Smooth change to metric
    175 3 Singapore's ch«B|»over to the metric system yesterday went smoothly,' businetmmea told the SUN. Government deportment* reported no compile atlona. Many people spoke in glowing terms of how useful the system sould be to Singapore. Mr. Tan En« Joo, Chairman of the Rubher Association of Singapore said,
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Catching up beauty sleep —in the middle of the road
    93 5 A nep is fine on o hot afternoon, but not in the middle of the rood. An Eastern Sun photographer tow this boy yesterday et Pays Lobar Road. Scene One: The boy sleeps, too tired to cere about the SUN
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  • Article
    Lock icon Thief: I stole to pay a debt
    110 5 AN odd-Job stevedore was yesterday sentenced to three months' Jail for house-brr akinf and theft of SI,4M. Wee Kee Line, 36, claimed he did It because he got Into debt after borrowing money to move Ht of his Cecil Street honse •wing to
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  • Article
    Lock icon $1,020 haul by robbers
    47 5 Four armed robbers tied up two brothers and escaped with cash and property worth $1,020 on Sunday. The brothers Loh Geok Chai, 28 and Loh Chwee Chu, 2<J, were in their house in Jurong Road when the robbers walked in at 8.49 pm.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Ganja smoking 'normal' court told
    128 5 THE smoking of ganjo it "normal' in field training during o Notional Serviceman's one-month confinement inside camp, a young soldier claimed in the First Magistrate's Court yesterday. Richard Bo Chee Leonf, Mid this after he was charred with possessing five rolls of sanja. They were
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  • Article
    Lock icon HUNGARY SENDS FIRST ENVOY TO SINGAPORE
    42 5 Dr. Petef Kos. 50, hag been appointed the Hungary's First Ambasaadov to Singapore. His appointment fo)» lows the establishment of diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level between the governments of the two countries in Auaust tail year.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Crown roast a good buy
    213 5 FOOD glorious FOOD USE yovr head and buy a crown roast for dinner tonight. You can't go wrong at only $2.20 a pound. Few -people know how to select eggs...today we tell you how. Make sure th« shells are hard, bright and shiny. When held
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  • THE WORLD THIS MORNING
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      Lock icon War veterans protest with grenades
      278 6 SAIGON Two disabled veterans palled tH tiXjTT f r dr 'ml It lhe>tattMal Assembly kalldln, ,es««r«», and threatened to explode them BWITI the government agreed to replace their homes. ▼cterans accused the government of tearing down their houses tat an oatlylng section of the capital.
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      Lock icon Helping hand as a war rages on
      32 6 A muM SMth Vietnamese —hllrr is helped bf ft CA helicopter rawer to the First AM eunp in Le Mils, a few miles frsm Lass.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Battle 10 miles from Phnom Penh
      294 6 I3HNOM PENH Combodion troops hove dashed with a Communist force about 10 miles north-west of the city's centre. High command spokesman Lt. Col. Am Rong said all Communist elements in the area were "small groups. "An attack In force on Phnom Penh would be
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      Lock icon Stones and sandals thrown at Indira
      259 6 HYDERABAD, Hundreds of demonstrators threw stones and sandals as Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was addressing an election campaign rally yesterday. She was not hurt. The agitators deman ding statehood for the backward Telengana region of Andbra State waved black protest flags, shouted, booed and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Missile site attacked
      109 6 SAIGON A U.S. Air Force Phantom Ashler bomber m a bombing mission in Laos fired a Shrike missile at a radar controlled antiaircraft position in North Vietnaai. A Command spokesman said the anti-aircraft battery was located 1' miles sooth-west of Done Hoi In North Vietnam. He said
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    • Article
      Lock icon First summer school for 30 fat maidens
      97 6 LONDON, What may be the world's first summer school for fat girls is being organised. This was revealed by the Inner London Education Authority yesterday. "The lot of a fatchlld is not a happy one In terms of social adjustment and sometimes educational
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      Lock icon A spontaneous hug for Tito
      171 7 CAIRO Yugoslav President Josef Tito has urged the United Nations and the Big Four to work for a Middle East settlement. President Anwar Sadat said Egypt's decision to extend the Bwi Canal ceasefire rati] March 7 does nsl indicate fear of a military confrontation with
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    • Article
      Lock icon Names can go decimal too
      84 7 LONDON David Shilling sayi he hai decided on a new name. The 22-year-old Insurance broker recently asked the courts to change bis last name. He said it made him come under ridicule since Britain decided to eliminate the Shilling in Its switch to decimal money.
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      Lock icon SPY ASKS NIXON TO GET HIM OUT OF RUSSIAN JAIL
      303 7 MOSCOW A man who claims he was sent to Russia as an American spy in 1953, has written to President Nixon lor help in gaining freedom. This has been revealed by usually well informed Russian sources. The man, Yuri Alexandrovich
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    • Article
      Lock icon 'Wife-swaps could save marriages'
      102 7 LONDON Wife-swap-ping parties could gave some marriages. This the opinion as Regional Officer Anthony Mann of the British Marriage Guidance Council. "It is an awful chance to take. "But it might be that the reality will destroy the fantasies and bring a couple back together," he
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      Lock icon No remarriage till proved a widow
      152 7 HAIFA, Israel, A Haifa Rabbinical court Hat ruled Hut Mrs. Eileen Blaiberg, widow of Dr. Philip Blaiberg, must prove the it e widow before the con marry in Itroel. The ruling was given last week when Mrs. Blaiberg sought a marriage licence, court officials
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      Lock icon Italy goes on bride hunt for 12 men
      180 7 CAMERANO CABASCO. Italy Tw*ht lIOMb btdelon km struck It rich oa the nirrltie aarkti The mei sat around a large tabl« aad chose their future brides rraa among ISS iDollcaits. Only two weeks ago, there was not a single eligible girl la
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  • Article
    Lock icon NEWS in BRIEF
    523 8 Expectant mums flee from hospital fire LONDON Dozens of expectant mothers have been evacuated from one of London's bluest hospitals during a Are. About 120 patients were rushed from maternity wards as a blase raged In the London Hospital No one was Injured SANTIAGO, Chile The Interior
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    Lock icon EXTREMIST GROUP BROKEN UP: Big arms cache seized in raids
    208 8 r>ONN Folic# have broke up on extreme right-wing group and seized an erms cache. State Prosecutor Leopold Schaeben announced that the raids took place in a number of flats and an unnamed meeting place. Police seized 17 rifles and a
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    Lock icon OFF THEIR HEADS
    51 8 The Haitians above are preparing for Mardi Gras on their island republic in the Caribbean. The five-day festival begins on Friday. After that, Haiti's Roman Catholic majority will put their carnival attire away for another year as they observe Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. UPI
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    Lock icon HARRISON SUED FOR DIVORCE
    80 8 SANTA MONICA, Calif. Actor Rex Harrison. 63, has been sued for divorce by his fourth wife, Rachel Roberts, 43. They have been married for nearly four years. Rachel said she was satisfied with a property settlement the couple had reached. Nonetheless, she was upset because she
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  • Article
    Lock icon SHOOTOUT IN CROWDED HALL
    58 8 CIUDAD MENDOZA. Mexico Two furding onion group* have battled with runs inside their onion hall, killing six persons and critically wounding twelve. More than a hundred persons aero arrested after the 15-minute shootoat The latter was caused by a labour dispute. Troops and Veracrim state police
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    Lock icon Postal strike to end soon?
    51 8 LONDON The month-old strike of postal workers which has frozen all mail in Britain showed a glimmer of hope yesterday. Strike leader Tom Jackson. General Secretary of the Postal Workers' Union and Post Office Acting Chairman Bill Ryland met yesterday again after talks began on
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  • Article
    Lock icon Sex, gifts to 'bribe' producers
    133 8 LONDON A newspaper has claimed that rifts and sex were used to pressure producers and disc Jockeys to plus records. However, the British Broadcasting Corporation stated that an inquiry has been started long before "News of the World" newspaper published its iulegations on Sunday. It
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  • A PLACE IN THE SUN
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      Lock icon SAMMY SUFFERS TOO...
      412 9 |f Sammy the barman says there's M care far the common hangover then you nay and well stop looking for one. Sammy real name Llm Eng Fook knows more about hangovers than most other people I've met. For s long time he's been trying to ease the
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      Lock icon MY FRIENDSHIPS TURNING TO ASHES
      463 9  -  laurie lee WAS sitting in o food stoll In Albert Street the other night watching a mon ot the next toble. He finished his garoupa, put down his chopsticks and started doing funny things with his bands. First he drummed them on the table, to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Don't drool, slob
      216 9 THE Way To Become A Sensuous Man, the latest sex manual, which includes tastructions on how to kiss and perform the "velvet bun saw" was fublished in New orfc on SI Valentine's Day. The book, bj 'lf" is a companion to the best-seller The Sensuous Woman by
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • Article
    Lock icon YOUTH AND POLITICS
    513 10 \P agree with moat people that statistics f are dull. But it is necessary sometimes to ponder on some of them. The census conducted last year revealed that 60 5 percent of the people of Singapore are under the age of 25 which means 1.255,000 out of
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    Lock icon METRICATION
    120 10 ¥EG ALLY Singapore adopted the metric system but it was unaccompanied by the chaos that resulted in Britain. Already having a decimal currency, the ordinary people of Singapore were not affected as in Britain where everyone had to discard ingrained habits of thinking in shillings and pence. The first
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    Lock icon NIXON SENDS THE WRONG TROOPS HOME
    538 10  -  The Art Buchwald column TVASHINGTON Everyone seems to hove his own theory os to how wo con get out of Vietnam. Many critics are questioning President Nixon's strategy of winding down the war by enlarging it. Prof. Heinrich Ap plebaum, who works at the
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  • SUN SOAPBOX WHERE READERS HAVE A SAY
    • Article
      Lock icon Censor Board far too scissor-happy
      138 10  -  TAY KENG SOON SIR: mflE Board of Film Censors Is supposed to 1 perform its duty with wisdom, discretion and intelligence. As far as I can see this does not happen in Singapore. Does It not strike the authorities that suppression only breeds lnqulsltlveness? Instead
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      Lock icon Tax-free help...
      46 10  -  V. Subramaniam 1 refer to the letter bv "A. Rasheed" which appeared In your columns on 3.2.71. If the writer finds difficulty In completing his tax return form, he is free to call at this Office at any time during office hours for assistance.
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      Lock icon Gracious living by whose standard?
      118 10  -  RALPH SNG. SIR: 117 HATS I cultural if engineer? Mr. Mohamed Ghazali Ismail (Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education), said wo need "a functional group of cultural engineers" to advise and guide us to a more meaningful and gracious way of life. I don't know about
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    • Article
      Lock icon Leave those locks
      128 10 Sir: ONE man's meat is another man's poison. Bearing this adage in mind, we must not show intolerance towards people who don't conform to our hairstyles, as Mr. Hwang has shown in his letter (E.S. Feb. 9). We are a tolerant and understanding people, and thus would
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  • SUN SCOPE
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      Lock icon New way of life unfolds in the U.S.
      24 11 To No nine to fhr« rush km Ufa ■■■<»» through the HHH of eating, tleeftaf ami playing.
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      Lock icon COMMUNES NOT JUST FOR DROPOUTS...
      486 11 r pHE common* is becoming o way of lift lor on increostitg number of One authority soys there are at ieo.t 1,000 communes in the United Stotes. BaHhmiiiv be m mmmj n IMjMf Dr. Baajamln Zablockl, a DniTentty of C&ttlaroia sociologist says the number of
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    Lock icon 12 minutes cost the oil giants $3.800m
    624 12/13 rpEN men seated around an almond shaped mahogany table in the Iran Finance Ministry passed an eight-page document to their left, signing it as it went. In just over 12 minutes the men. five of them Persian Gulf oil or finance ministers and
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  • SUN PEOPLE WATCHERS
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      Lock icon JUST SITTING
      84 12/13 HAVE roa ever watched how people lit? Everyone hu their own particular style. This week oar People Watchers went ou spotting sitter* and thla la what they found ABOVE: There's nothing like putting your legs up "executive style." RIGHT: A comfortable position for investigating a rubbish tin. BELOW:
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  • relax
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      Lock icon Women 1,000 years ahead of men on evolutionary scale
      813 14 Which sex is emotionally stronger? There telTmclr?fittte wh»te Hes than man? b ft more difficult for a man to dee<m his wile about something? Or is the little woman merely kidding herself when sho smiles sweetly and cowftdea to girlfriestf: *lHe
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    Lock icon LOVE CAN'T BE BOUGHT EVEN FOR A FORTUNE
    433 15 Betty Hutton sadly says... \[EW YORK, Actress Betty Hutton Hollywood's "blonde Wit*" of the 194Cs soys she went through a fortune of 5528,500,00 trying to buy lore. In an article in the current issue of Life magazine Miss Hutton told of the
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    Lock icon 'Shaft' has promising cast of newcomers
    174 15 Charles Cioffi will appear in a major featured role at a police lieutenant in "Shaft/' currently filming on New YoHc City locations for MGM release under the direction of Gordon Parfcs and produced by Joel FreemanAs Lt. Victor Androzzl, Cioffl will act as a
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    Lock icon Stock car fans in for kicks
    64 15 LOOKIN' GOOD Is the final title of MGM'g previously titled, GOING ALL OUT. Original screenplay by Geller and Eugene Price concerns a Texss auto mechanic who tries to make it as a blgtime stock car racer. LOOKIN' OOOD marks Black'* nrst film since his
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      230 15 QEsm •RQAMISATViai I D O 37.TMNow Ik»ln| No fr«* U>< CASH BOOKINOS ONLY Due u Bim .engtb Note REVISED TIMES ILU IN ill. iU fIJM NO INCREASE IN Priceel New Super CINERAMA Erakatoa East Of to TECHNICOLOR N.B. Barbara. Werle wlil autograph FREE PHOTOS OK HERSELJ* for patrons Today A
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    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 15 Miscellaneous Column 2
      176 15 im QRGAINJIli AT ini\l I CATHAY NOW iiownot U I N i Ml l-M llatro-Ooidvro-Marar Ttol 1 Ito Way It la' B*u PMIW; (M« ka PiatflKM ORCHARD 1ST! UCOBD Nil (No Prw Ltatt DAILY I IIOWIi t.m ».u IN rm TUNA- ITUItl Sunday* Itttdu* ■sir* not M II IN MB.
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  • Article
    Lock icon She's 13, but still wets bed
    506 16  -  ANN LANDERS fkKAR ANN: Tn a 13-year-old girl who is too ashamed to talk to anyone about my problem. I still wrt Ibe bed and cant stop DO matter bow bard 1 try. Betause of this 1 have neve» fce-n able to fo to
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    • Miscellaneous
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      730 16 CARROLL RIOHTIITS tauri*^—' flerrnir TO GENERAL TENDENCIES: You have done your duty. consulting with others and coming to decisions on how to operate In the iuture. Now you are able to reduce your appointed tasks to a reality. Forget talking things out with others any further. Pitch in to do
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      1127 17 tetensai TV] SIIMQAPURA CHANNEL S OPEN INC ANNOUNCIMINTS. followed by GENERAL HOSPITAL A daytime Mrial about the staff and the patients of a hospital. FOR THI FAMILY A magazine series presented in the National Language. A DIARY OF EVENTS IN SINGAPORE THIS WEEK (National Language) IT'S HAPPENING IN SINCAPORE (National
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon SOCIAL SCENE
    202 18 Children from t-h e Singapore Bed CM Crippled Children's Borne were the guests of the WMMS'I Royal Air Poree at RAF Changl. at a party held In the WBAP quarters last week. Bere are •Me of the children and their hoafa at the party LEFT: Wing F 081
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    Lock icon THE STIFF PRICE OF HEAVY DRINKING
    377 18  -  doctor's diary By Lawrence E. Lamb rvEAR Df Lamb My Husband, 36, was a heavy drinker until two years ago at which time h« became vary ill and was vomiting blood. He waa told by his doctor thai he must absolutely stop drinking so
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Swinging chiffon...
    49 19 FAMOUS Roman designer Barocco really foes to town on this exotic evening dress in swirling chiffon. The dress is sleeveless and i« gathered at the neck with a bunch of roses. This was one of the creations exhibited at the recent Week of Fashion Show in Rome.
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    Lock icon or roses all the way
    45 19 THIS dress In transparent nylon may seem a little bimarre to us, but It Is the most recent erase In Paris fashioa circles. Xht transparent cape and dress are In a fay rose print and are worn with matching sandals.
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    Lock icon My ideal man: Good looks and humour rate high with local girls
    399 19  -  By V. R. Rajini WANTED A tall, dark, handsome man drawing a four figure ■alary, driving a Ferrari and ownln* a bungalow on the Rlverla. Ia thtjg the kind cf man jou would like to marry? Many girls
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  • commercial and industrial
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      Lock icon Rubber: 102 on metric system
      287 20 MARCH first grode rubber buyers closed of 5 p.m. in Singapore end Kuala Lumpur yesterday et 102.00 cents per kilo, grem. The tone of the market was slightly eosier. The market opened nearly one cent lower and first business was at buying levels with some
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      Lock icon GAMMON PERKS UP
      215 20 Gammon a hot ftahirt In ynttrday trading In Hi« rooms of Malaysia and Singapore laapt forward to $1.14 up 20 cants from last Fri- day's final deal. The share vu mainly dealt on shortcoverln* basil to record a volume of 672,000 sales. Recent report* saying that a
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      Lock icon H.K. currency
      121 20 BONG KONG Yesterday'* ft p.m. evrrfMji rate* (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): <Ba?«rs) (Sellers) 195.90 100.90 per 100 Straits dollars 149.90 147.90 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 0.79 0.77 per Australian dollar S4C 90C oer 1.000 Burmese kyats 075 409 per 1,000 Indian rupees 150 109 per
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      808 20 BTSINEBB done In and reported to the trad In c room* of the Btock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the Bomber of shares traded In brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS Alran $1 35 (1); Ben $ll9 (8); DIM $1.20 <6); Berjaya $1.17
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      45 20 THK aooa prtcea at the Singapore Chlacse Produce Kseiiange was> Coronal Oil 8 (fob.) hulk B*BB Coconut OU (f.0.b.) dram 81 .M Copra 36.09 Mnntok White Aata 198 N.L.W. 172.50 Saraaafc White Prpper M* 1C5.50 saraaah Maeehu Black Mt N.I.W. 188.80 *jssr*,us* N.LW. 175.00
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      Lock icon CLOSING PRICES
      666 20 BID and offer price* officially listed at the close of business la the Singapore and Koala Lompor trading rooms al the Stock Exchange yesterday INDC8TK1AU B. 8. AC MA 1.28 1.44 AJiaototo 148 Aku 155 1.14 Allied Ckoc. US 1M B<o Ml 1.2# ■erjaya 1.17 1.15 Bonco 1
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      47 20 (Manager Price* for ABU ML. loteti Fnnd l.t« 1.|4 M'ala Pro* I.M lit id CHARTER RD UNIT TRUSTS BQ rm lie I.ls SIMUAPORR UNIT TRUSTS <mn. B ]Sdf lis 11# The Sartac ma i.i* i.it B.P. Faai 141 I.M (Manager Prteem l« SUitta* i/lt* M)
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  • SUN SPORT
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      Lock icon Singapore pro-am race-weights
      871 22 THE following are the race weights for the combined amateur and professional meeting at Bukit Timah this weekend. SATURDAY Professional Horses Class Dir. 2 C Furlongs. Jonathan's Joy 9 00 Rhapsody 9 00 Dobra II 8.12 Literati II 8.11 Solar Flare 8 09 Moonflare 8 09 Bitertainer
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      Lock icon Palmer ends slump with classic win
      335 22 PALM SPRINGS, Californio, Arnold Palmer ended Hie longest slump of his professions! career here Sunday when he birdied the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the £5420,000 Bob Hope Desert Classic. Palmer, 41, without S victory in individual tournaments since December, 1969,
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      Lock icon World lift record
      148 22 PARIS Soviet heavyweight Ivan Talt* beat hi* own world record with lift of 203 kgs (446.6 pounds) clean and press In the second day of the International Jean Dame Memorial contest Sunday. Thl« was 1.5 kgs <3.3 pounds) over his previous mark of 201.5 kgs (443.3 pounds).
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      Lock icon Newcombe wins title from Laver
      146 22 PHILADELPHIA John Newcombe upset defending title holder Rod Laver. 7-6, 7-#, 6-4. to win the men's title In the *5186,000 Philadelphia International Indoor Tennis championship yesterday. Newcombe, third seeded In the tournament, ended the contest on the fifth match point In the final game, when
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      Lock icon Most Aussies not participating in Philippine Open
      301 22 SYDNEY Randall Vines said yesterday he and other Australian golfers have abandoned plane to play in Hie Philippine Open after it was discovered the prise money will again be paid in pesos. Vines said he was not surprised nobody is going to Manila
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      Lock icon Swimming meet
      24 22 Singapore Amateur Swimming Association will hold Its Under 13 years to 17 years meet on February 18 at the Slngaoore Swimming Club
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      Lock icon SRC QUALIFIES FOR SEMI-FINALS
      341 23 A skort co—r d«ctsioa after extra time enabled Singapore ftecreeHoe Qeb to quality tor Hie seawHeals of SHA Uttder-23 \emqme. m Hie quarter-finals fixtwe against HM Combined Schools, pi eyed et HM Fa.J I -a. M La <lo*9 kuh SRC with speed and better bad control
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      Lock icon Bowling tourney nets $5,000 for Tampines Home
      96 23 The Mlu« Doibte Chajritjr Howling Tourna ■wot at Um Jackie's Bowl, Orange Rom on Sttutliy Mtiel HJN for the Tamplnej Horn# Rq"dlng ftwi The tournament organised tv t groap at American Ladles bowling la the American ladles tKJWI.ng UMmuunem attracted 140 entries. Mr
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      Lock icon A hattrick by Vernon
      157 23 A hattrick by (Mtif fwwad Vemm L km hidkKjhtad Guthrie Waagli'i 3-1 wis SMMM Hiton Hotel, ia ft* SBHfA Diwimmm 3B laawa ftrfWi pUyad at Ferrer Park jaetuulay. Japan trained coach Andrew Yap, who played far Guthrie Waugh. earned the thutn of the (am for hie
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      Lock icon New Australian services record
      252 23 Thiity-ih A astral ian Amy personal mmd (Mr wives lettered Hie AwMKaa Serrioas Ma-pia ■cralhoß kowlißj record Setwe^sy. Bat they faded n»rnrnly Hi their hid to shatter the wort* services record set in Singapore Ust Jane toy a British Combined Services team. Xte marathon was held
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      Lock icon ASTROLOGICALLY FRAZIER HAS AN ADVANTAGE OVER CLAY ON MARCH 8
      564 23 NEW YORK, It is written in ffcc stars that Joe Frosier wiH keva slight advantage over Muhammad Ali-Cassius Clay on Hie sight of tfceir title fight on March t. So says an astroflash computer which cast their personal horoscopes from
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  • Article
    Lock icon GENERAL: WE HAVE CUT RED SUPPLY TRAIL
    304 24 gAIGON Th« commondcr of 16,000 South Vietnamese troops inside Loos soid they hove reoched the moin portion of the Ho Chi Minh supply route and halted all traffic on it. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam told newsmen his troops were as far as
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    Lock icon The new Snow White
    228 24 LIVERPOOL, England If Snow White had known what was good for her, say the Liberation Ladies of Liverpool, she'd never have washed dishes for anyone not even seven kindly dwarfs. And not only that. With even a bit of selfrespect she'd never have let herself get
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    Lock icon Disc jockeys paid in sex favours-paper
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