New Nation, 5 March 1971

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    17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, March 5, 197J No. 40 Price 15 cents PTTT^TvHI——i. 11 H d'HTTTT
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    OUR ROADS
    14 1 Police reported a total of 48 traffic accidents yesterday. Five were serious.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Army takes over key points in Dacca
    481 1 Pakistan's two wings 'on brink of total split' Reuter Dacca, Friday The army has taken over key points in the East Pakistan capital with the political crisis between the country's two wings bringing Pakistan to the brink of a total split. All normal
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    No cash, so robbers take a cheque
    120 1 London, Friday. Two burglars who raided a cottage in Winchester agreed to take a cheque from the owner after they could find no cash, a court was told yesterday. To Insure that the householder, Arthur Bellinger, did not raise an alarm, they took
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    91 1 The Stock Market was fairly steady this morning and except for Sentosa and Haw Par, which were slightly marked up, no great Interest was shown In other counters. Yeo Hlap Seng achieved a pre-tax profit of $1.6 million for the year 1969-70 against $1,515 million previously. The'
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    At the ninth
    81 1 LATE NEWS Players' scores in the Singapore Open as they finished the first nine holes today. 102 —H. Yasuda (Japan) 69 33 105 B.' Ishi '(Japan) 71, 34. 108 S. Hiyoshi (Japan) 74, 34. 109 —S. Onchum (Taiwan) 72, 37; T. Woolbank (Aust.) 73, 36. 110 M.
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    Lock icon Abandon security study says Canada
    223 1 Reuter Ottawa, Friday It would be Inadvisable now to convene the Commonwealth committee formed to study naval defence in the Indian and South Atlantic oceans, Canada said yesterday. The External Affairs Minister, Mr. Mitchell Sharp, told reporters: "With two members having indicated their Intention not
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    Big powers 'blocking' Berlin talks
    375 1  -  East Germany claims West to blame By S. M. Ali The three Western powers, the United States, Britain and France, were blocking the way for better relations between the two German governments, the East German Foreign Minister, Dr. Otto Wlnzer, said today. "The three Western
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    A canoe trip to Hawaii
    56 1 Vancouver, Friday—Former lumberjack George Tocher will be paddling a canoe this summer—all the way from British Columbia to Hawaii. Mr. Tocher, a 43-year-old film maker and former successful businessman, will be making his 2500-mile Pacific ocean trip to prove a theory that the Hrwalian islands
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    Air Marshal's daughter weds
    167 1 Blonde Anne Rochford Hughes, whose picture was published in the world press in January when she appeared in a bikini on her father's yacht with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Edward Heath, was married yesterday. Two Singapore Cabinet ministers, two multi-mil-lionaires and an ambassador were among
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    Lock icon New Cambodia front
    198 1 United Press International Phnom Penh, Friday The Communists appear to have opened a new southern battle front in Cambodia with an attack near the seaport of Kompong Som. Military sources said the enemy troops launched a fresh assault on Cambodia's oil refinery near the port, 120 miles
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    Lock icon Troop pullout 'insured'
    146 1 New Nation Foreign Service Washington, Friday The South Vietnamese operation in Laos had insured the withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam President Nixon said last night. In a nationally televised Press conference, he said that General Creighton Abrams had told him that South Vietnamese actions in
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    Bearer of aid
    115 1 Any non-Communist counSthat receives an official egatlon from East Germany and seeks better relations with Its government inevitably gets more economic assistance from the Bonn Government, the East Germany Foreign Minister, Dr. Otto Winzer, said today. With a laugh he added: "We do not mind at all."
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    Aust grant for Nantah to aid food technology
    197 2 The Department of Biology of Nanyang University today received a, grant of $49,000 from the Vice-Chancel-lors' Committee of Australia to develop a number of projects on soil fertility and animal nutrition. It w«a granted under the Australian-Asian Universities' Co-operation Scheme which was
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    Row over films for query in Parliament
    178 2 The recent furore over film censorship and classification will be answered In Parliament on Monday when the Member for Katong, Mr. J. F. Conceicao, seeks clarification on the matter. He will ask the Minister for Culture, Mr. Jek Yuen Thong, whether the system
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    House sit-in
    37 2 Ottawa, Friday.—A woman chained herself to a seat In the Canadian House of Commons gallery yesterday threw a handful of leaflets and shouted for an end to what she described as Canadian duplicity in Vietnam.
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    230,000 can join MTUC
    410 2 Kuala Lumpur, Friday The Government's 230,000 civil servants can now join the MTUC. Affiliation was banned for 18 months by the Emergency Regulations. This was agreed to by Tun Abdul Razak In a meeting with 19 MTUC officials at the Prime Minister's office on Wednesday morning.
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    Govt. told of release, says India
    111 2 The Indian Government has informed the authorities here about the release of nine Singapore fishermen who were arrested in December, 1965, near the Andamans Islands for trespassing into India's territorial waters. The information was conveyed to the Singapore government by the Indian High Commission
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    Oil talks
    29 2 Beirut, Friday.—Negotiations started yesterday between the UB-owned trans Arabian Pipeline Company (Tapllne) and the Lebanese Government to reach a new agreement increasing Lebanon's oil transit royalties. i
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    Students
    535 2  -  Unrest caused basically by corruption in govt By Sunny Wee Three professors who have worked with young people today agreed that the problem of youth is basically an adult problem. Talking on Youth Guidance in South-East Asia, Dr. Ta Van Tai of Vietnam's National Institute of Administration, Professor, J.
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    Teachers
    238 2  -  Prescription for the indispensable qualities By Lee Yew Meng A high level of general election, enthusiasm and commitment to the profession, taken with a large dose of humour, humility, compassion and idealism. This is the prescription for the indispensable qualities of a teacher. About 500 Teachers' Training College students
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    Home safety drive planned
    311 2 Collective responsibility the aim The National Safety First Council plans to launch another home safety campaign, this time to bring the public's attention to the importance of collective responsibility. Announcing thif today Mr. Francis Chan, secretary of home safety of the Safety First Council, said that
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    Planner warns on need for recreation facilities
    321 2 As Singapore's population doubles to four million, the demand for recreational facilities will more than keep pace it will leap ahead and be out of proportion. The reasons will be the rapid pace of urbanisation and the increasingly sophisticated outlook of the population
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    Hunt on in KL for new GPO site
    283 2 Kuala Lumpur, Friday The Government is giving priority for a new building for the General Post Office here. The GPO is at the moment in one of the most ccongested areas in Kuala Lumpur. It is understood that the Ministry of Works,
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    Squatter clearance operation is held up
    214 2 Kuala Lumpur, Friday A temporary halt has been called to the squatter clearance project here because all the municipal low-cost flats meant for squatters both ready and being completed have been reserved for victims > of the January floods. To date about 5,000 squatter
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      96 2 o Weather Temperatures In world capitals yesterday: Kuala Lumpur 86-72 Hong Kong 61-59 Taipei 05-54 Jakarta 92-77 Tokyo > 51-39 Seoul 39-25 Bangkok 91.76 Manila 89-75 Naha 66-57 London 37-30 Paris 34-27 Moscow 12-1 New York 37-31 San Francisco 43-40 Sydney- 76-64 Melbourne 94-55 Perth 93-76 Singapore Singapore's weather forecast
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    Pros tee up for early practice
    86 3 Even the most professional of golfers must practice constantly, so it was out to the practice tee for these golfers before the second round of the Singapore Open got under way today. After yesterday's poor conditions, the golfers were looking forward to better weather
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    The answer to women's labour pains
    341 3 What causes the onset of labour among pregnant women? An Australian physiologist, who arrived in Singapore recently, has the answer. A small substance extracted from a collection of cells beneath the brain called the hypothalamus, has been purified and Identify by a team of
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    Show at National Theatre
    130 3 The Singapore Amateur Sepak Takraw Association will hold a multi-cultural show at the National Theatre at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. The Blood Transfusion Service mobile unit will be at the Tanah Merah Camp from 9.30 a.m. until 4 p.m. today. Mr. N. Qovlndasamy, UP. for Telok Blangah,
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    Banking man heads COMFORT
    137 3 A Singapore, who has banking experience, has oeen appointed general manager of COMPORT che taxi co-operative service operated by the National Trades Union Congress. He is Mr. Tan Choon Teck who has held senior positions in petroleum and motor trades and has had a close association
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    Institute for iron industry
    346 3 Aim is to upgrade region's technology Nearly 100 representatives from eight countries will attend the meeting to launch the South-East Asian Iron and Steel Institute on Tuesday at the Conference Hall in Shenton Way. The institute will have its headquarters in Singapore and its objective will
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    Gimmick keeps drinkers happy
    162 3 Give the customers as much as they can drink for the price of one. And what do you get in return? "Happy drinkers," Mr. N. S. Pichoo, food and beverage manager of the Hyatt Hotel, said today. 'The hotel's Chin Chini (meaning "welcome" or "invitation" in
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    Cine Club holds exhibition
    68 3 An exhibition of film equipment and books on the art of cinematography opens at the National Library this afternoon. Sponsored jointly by the Library and the Singapore Cine dub, it will remain open tomorrow and Sunday from 10 ajn. to 8 p.m. The exhibition includes filmshows
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    Censor takes Fanfare page
    149 3 The Ministry of Culture has Instructed the Straits Times Group to remove a page from the current issue of the magazine Fanfare because it contains the words of an "objectionable" pop song, Proud Mary. The «ong was recorded by the Creedence Clearwater Revival whose picture appears
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      74 3 At the cinema Odeon: "I Came, I Saw, I Shot"—l3o, 4, 630, 930 p.m. Orchard: 'The Ravine"— 130, 4, 630, 9.15 p.m. Cathar. "Norwood"—l3o, 4, 630, 9.30 pjn. Odeon Kaienr: "The Ab«urd Brave" (Mandarin)— 1. 3.15, 7, 9.15 pan. Lido: "A.K.A. Cassius Clay"—l.4s, 4, 630, 9.15 pal Capitol; The Eunuch"
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Just slightly out of tune
      139 4 Reuter Rio de Janeiro, Friday Gessi Ferreira de Almeida, leader of the Rio samba group "There are no mosquitoes," was sentenced to a serenade by a Judge yesterday. The Judge released Gessi from Jail on condition that he should go on a moonlit night and
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      Lock icon Ford men reject a raise in salary
      143 4 Reuter London, Friday Striking workers at Britain's Ford plants last night rejected a 14.2 per cent pay rise and an angry management declared it would make no more initiatives. The five-week long strike by 50,000 workers has cost the company £49 million in
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      Lock icon Cairo asks firm to clear Suez wrecks
      111 4 Reuter Hamburg, Friday A West German salvage company is to open negotiations with Egypt on removing the wrecks of 16 vessels in the Suez Canal since the 1967 six day war. A spokesman for the company of Ulrich Harms said it had been
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      Lock icon A promise of 'pressure' on Israelis
      277 4 New Nation Foreign Service Cairo, Friday The US has promised Egypt it will seek to pressure Israel into changing its firm stand on the Middle East, political sources said today. America had asked Egypt to be patient, the sources said. President Anwar Sadat, his
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      Lock icon Sato: Japan fears war if it rearms
      418 4 PM pledges no change in its anti-militarism ban United Press International Tokyo, Friday Japan's Prime Minister, Mr. Eisaku Sato, said yesterday the Japanese people feared that their rearmament may lead to another war. He said that he would never repeal Japan's unique constitutional
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      Lock icon Vital day in poll
      195 4 Reuter New Delhi, Friday India's massive general election enters a decisive pnase today, the fifth day of the 10day poll. People in 170 constituencies will cast their votes. After today's programme, polling will have ended for more than 360 seats In the 521-member House of the
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      Lock icon China silent on second launching
      251 4 Reuter Hong Kong, Friday China kept a mysterious lid of silence on its second space satellite last night 24 hours after it was reported to have been launched. The launching was reported by the North American Air Defence Command on Wednesday night and the flight
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      Lock icon US tariff on Japan TV sets
      139 4 United Press International Washington, Friday The US Tariff Commission ruled yesterday that Japanese TV sets are being sold at less than their face value in the United States and are damaging the domestic production. As a result of the decision, TV sets imported from
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      Lock icon Dragon Lady's influence'
      386 4 United Press International Washington, Friday A sleek Asian beauty, who wanted to open a combination brothel, steam bath and massage parlour for war weary Gls in Vietnam, has been mentioned again in the Senate investigation into corruption at US service clubs in Vietnam. Major Clement St Martin
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      Lock icon 175 names removed from Indonesian poll list
      225 4 Reuter Jakarta, Friday Some 175 names have been removed from the list of candidates who will be allowed to contest the general elections in July, Cabinet Secretary Brigadier General Sudharmono said yesterday. General Sudharmono was speaking to reporters after a meeting between President
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      Lock icon Spiritual experience was sex offence
      208 4 Reuter Melbourne, Friday A self proclaimed spritualist who said he believed that two people of "sufficiently high spiritual quality could produce a child of spiritual greatness" was convicted yesterday of illegally making love to a 15-year-old girl follower. Thirty-two-year old Albert Phipps, of the Melbourne
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      Lock icon Tricky diplomatic problem for Chile
      141 5 Reuter Santiago, Friday Peking yesterday landed the Chilean Government with a tricky problem when its n e w 1 y appointed Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Tin Hao, demanded possession of the building formerly occupied by the Taiwanese Embassy. Taiwan broke with Chile after Marxist President Salvador
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      Lock icon Laos missiles
      271 5 Enemy's first Sam attacks outside North Vietnam United Press International Washington, Friday Communist forces fired surface-to-air missiles at US planes from Laos yesterday and on Wednesday, according to the Pentagon. Spokesman Mr. Jerry Friedheim said the Sam missiles were the first launched by the Communists outside North Vietnam.
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      Lock icon Invasion force is nearing key town
      289 5 New Nation Foreign Sendee Saigon, Friday The South Vietnamese invasion force, now numbering 19,000, is on the move again in Laos after a series of sharp battles yesterdayMilitary spokesman said the South Vietnamese troops were now between 21 and 24 miles along the French
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      Souvenirs for the President
      70 5 The British Overseas Development Minister, Mr. Richard Wood, exchanging souvenirs with President Suharto at Merdeka Palace. Mr. Wood, who had talks with Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew while he was in Singapore last week, was on his way home from the Commonwealth Education Conference in
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      Lock icon Lawyer: Beatles were in misery
      159 5 Reuter London, Friday The beatles were overdrawing £6,000 a month from their partnershio account before American Allen Klein became their manager, a lawyer told the high court here yesterday. In the 28 months before the "Klein era" they drew a total of £272.000 from the
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      Lock icon Giant trap set for kidnappers of Caracas banker
      315 5 Reuter Caracas, Friday Venezuela's army, navy and police yesterday prepared a giant trap for the kidnappers of banker Enrique Dao, still missing 30 hours after his family paid part of the U*****,000 ransom asked for his life. Police said they have arrested
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      Zoo lioness mauls man
      46 5 Colombo, Friday Ceylon zoo's 12-year-old African lioness Elsa yesterday leapt a 20-foot moat, scrambled over a 14ft. wall and severely mauled a man. As holiday crowds scattered, zoo keepers armed with rifles and iron bars drove the lioness back to its quarters.
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      Lock icon Doctor in sex case found guilty
      164 5 Reuter London, Friday A disciplinary committee of doctors yesterday found a 64-year-old practitioner guilty of having sexual intercourse with a patient and suspended him from the profession for six months. Dr. Julius Libm&n was accused of serious professional misconduct by making love to 45-year-old
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      Lock icon Britain arrests Soviet trawler
      235 5 Reuter London, Friday A British Navy fishery Srotection vessel yesteray arrested a Soviet trawler operating in territorial waters 10 miles north-west of the Shetland Islands, off Scotland's northern coast, the Defence Ministry said last night. Before the arrest was made the trawler raced off to a
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      Storm havoc
      26 5 Montreal, Friday Canada's largest city was paralysed yesterday by the fourth major snowstorm in three weeks which blocked roads, closed schools and disrupted business.
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      Lock icon New light on damage to brain
      324 5 United Press International Washington, Friday The National Institute of Health (NIH) said yesterday that new research indicated rescue workers were apparently losing lives by giving up too early on resuscitation efforts. Attempts to revive victims of drownings, smoke Inhalation, suffocation, heart attacks and similar
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      Lock icon Stones' farewell tour of Britain
      153 5 Reuter London, Friday The Rolling Stones pop group began a "farewell to Britain" tour in Newcastle last night before they migrate to France. Mr. Leslie Perrin, spokesman for the group, said at the start of a 10-day British tour yesterday: "They are taking their homes
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      Lock icon From China with love
      680 6 Peking, through its traders, seeks way back into Middle East United Press International Beirut, Friday Haggle for a fly-swat-ter in Beirut's steaming bazaars and the chances are it's stamped "made in the Peopled Republic of China." Brew a pot of tea in the British-dominated Persian Gulf
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      Lock icon Ooh la la girls go for cigars
      234 6 Melbourne Herald Paris, Friday Cigar smoking has suddenly become the fashionable thing for Paris women and the ooh la la girls. Charlie Chaplin's lovely Parisian daughter Geraldine, actress Sylvia Montfort, pop singer Sylvie Vartan and Jacqueline de Gultaud who runs the Miss Dior
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      Lock icon Battle for brides: 3 killed and 208 hurt
      194 6 Melbourne Herald Lima, Friday Three men have been killed and more than 208 injured in the annual battle for marriageable maidens. The fight is staged between two Peruvian Indian communities each year inside their own district. Reports reaching Lima today said the
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      Lock icon Man at 73 still waits for army call-up
      290 6 The Australian New York, Friday The Pentagon is still trying to decide whether the army needs Mr. Eugene Meschi. Mr. Meschi is 73 and has been waiting for orders to report for duty since he received a call-up notice on November 12,
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      Man on the dole with a difference
      65 6 Mr. Philip Milhous, 55, and his wife are both disabled, unemployed and among America's many thousands who depend on a social welfare pay cheque to live. The big difference about Mr. Milhous is that he happens to be a cousin of President Nixon.
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      Lock icon Kurds find little reward in peace
      366 6 United Press International Washington, Friday After nine years of fighting in a. forgotten war, a quarter of the people of Iraq the Kurds face misery on the instalment plan, according to their leaders. Almost a year ago, the Kurds and the Baghdad government reached
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      Lock icon All aboard for Burma
      435 6 Tourists are flocking to the land of the golden pagodas United Press International Rangoon, Friday A bearded young European with shirt tails dangling outside Pakistanian pyjamas and wearing Burmese sandals drew only casual glances as he strolled along Rangoon's streets breakfasting on a bunch of bananas.
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      Lock icon Capitol outrage
      501 6 'Any repetition can turn the restraint into something' more serious' United Press International By Sam Lipski, Washington, Friday Senator Hugh Scott, the Republican minority leader in the Senate, is an experienced politician and has given many Press conferences. But until- now he's never been filmed discussing political terror
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      4 4 Mishima's legacy, P 7
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      28 5 IBM WORLD TRADE COftPOMTKIM I Business Machines Exhibition at the Malaysia Boom Singapore Hilton Hotel on March sth and 6th 71 between 10a.m. and 7pjn, All are welcome.
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  • COMMENT
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      Canada shifts its focus
      992 7  -  Aid to developing areas increased while other countries make cuts From Anthony Haas The Canadian drive to make friends in the South Pacific is an important new fact of contemporary political history. The drama of the Truaeau government's decision to recognise Peking shows how the wealthy
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      Mishima's group dies, but not the doctrine
      504 7  -  By Pang Cheng Lian Three months after Yukio Mishima's horrific hara-kiri at the Eastern Army headquarters in central Tokyo, his followers have formally disbanded the Tatenokai (Society of the Shield). Last week, 75 members of the Tatenokai held a funeral service for Mishima
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      Stalin image rebuilt
      764 7  -  Kremlin leaders crack down on liberalism By Pakir Singh Kremlinologists are convinced that the 24th Soviet Communist Party Congress scheduled to be held in, Moscow on March 30 will officially withdraw the 20th Congress's tirades against Stalinism initiated by the former Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev. They are
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      183 7 Thai International can take you to Bangkok twice a dayr morning or evening Catch our evening flight from Singapore and arrive in time for a good night's sleep or a good night out. In fact, your Bangkok night begins when you board our big jets. They're not just ordinary DC
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    There is no cause for lamentation
    375 8 There were no shouts of "merdeka" as there were in 1957, but it is plain that the constitutional changes passed by Parliament this week mark a new era in Malaysian politics. The Constitutional (Amendment) Bill is a public admission by Alliance leaders that, after
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    Of racial prejudice, business dinners, a satay party and firecrackers
    794 8  -  By Ong Choo Suat Does racial prejudice exist in Singapore? This U the cosmopolitan home of three major racial groups the Indian*, Malays and Chinese. It Is also the home of various minority groups like the Bnrasians, Jews, Armenians and
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    Change in mood that Israel should now encourage
    698 8  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR Will there be an end to the Middle East cease-fire on Monday, March 8. And, in that case, will there be a resumption of hostilities across the Suez Canal? It would appear that President Anwar Sadat is on the spot.
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    Taking an active part
    623 8  -  Letters PETER M. WILLIAMS There are many citizens who are not members of the People's Action Party or of the Barisan Sosialls or, for that matter, of any political party. No doubt many of these people would join a political party and take a keen interest
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  • The voice of the Press
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      Utusan Melayu
      105 8 What the other newspapers are saying: The University of Malaya Students' Union has protested against the ordinance which prohibits university students from getting involved in any political or trade union activities. They state that the ordinance will Isolate the students from the ordinary people and obstruct their contribution
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      The Australian
      103 8 A large increase of finance for the police force is quickly needed, and the consequences of inadequate provision of money shows itself at many sufflcient policemen, inadequate salaries that have fallen well behind what policemen could earn in co m p arable employment, Insufficient clerical assis- tance, inadequate
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      Tamil Nesan
      121 8 The British government is trying to enact legislation for stricter restriction of immigration into Britain of Commonwealth cit i z ens. There has been mounting opposition to this Bill from both opposition parties and the Press. Although colour discrimination is carefully avoided by the Bill, it nevertheless paved
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    The day I crossed the floor
    1519 9 I went over when Lee called for a probe into the Swee Kee-Gold Dollars affair Memoirs OF A Minister FRANCIS THOMAS TELLS HIS STORY... PART FIVE—THE POLITICAL SCENE BECOMES MORE AND MORE CONFUSED The Labour Front Government did a good job during the rest
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  • SHOPPING
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      HOUSEWORK MADE EASY
      617 10 —with new appliances that knock hours off your time MODERN LIVING IJOUSEWIVES never really have it so good these days, what with manufacturers churning out automatic appliances that ease their day-to-day-chores. First it's the automatic washing machine where you just dump the clothes in, switch on the
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      343 10 ■p s 4 k GRIM WOOD ELECTRIC HEATING UNITS QUICK, LOW COST ANSWERS to your heating problems. LIM KIM HAI ELECTRIC CO. 262/264, JALAN BESAR, SINGAPORE 8. TEL: *****5 (5 LINES). Courteous Prompt Service Guaranteed PUT THE WORLD AT YOUR REACH THROUGH US. Write or"Call Us PRESIDENT TRAVEL SERVICE 1st
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      175 10 Accessories Of The Best Quality c For t The cMotoringEnthusiasts! friend skip ~C.ta.2ino do., NO. 28. KERBAU ROAD, S'PORE 8. Tel: ***** *****3 (il CAR STEREO Yong Mee Motor Trading no. 1072, serongoon rood, Singapore, 12. Tel: *****4 ft *****3. Dealing in alt Types of Cor Accessories, Different kind of
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      100 10 r~ At AUTOMATIC RADIO makes stereo >) for any cars you have OCT OMHIHCLUDINCIHSTALLATIOIDAT: r t*▼ &&&&-&&&> m UruiMjuJ SPEEDWELL MOTOR ACCESSORIES PTE. LTO. No. 155, Kompong Javo Road, Singapore?, Tel. *****, *****7 Dealers In The Latest Motor Accessories Including Car Sound System. Guaranteed To Your Satisfaction iniEßnniionßL ruto suppiv
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      281 10 Specialize in: yoai** Floral Boskets, Bridal Bouquets, Posies, Corsages, Wreaths, Funeral pflbl Sprays and all kinds of Flower I Arrangements and Decorations. V Insecticides, Fungicides, Fertilisers, Flower *^3tastoro Plants, Seeds, Sprinklers, Sprayers, ftn^ Gardening Tools and Flower Sundries. Kafatfffati Sty Orchub by Air MAJNSHOP 117, East Coast Road, Singapore -15.
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      24 10 "PIONIER" Solid Stat. FM Cartridge stereo plover "Model TP FB5" SOUND IS OUR BUSINESS Please call: Mill ELECTMMCS, 4 n^s,Jssxsr n Spoi*. Tel: *****4
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  • WOMAN
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      Lock icon Harmony for a heatwave
      130 11  -  STORY: Rohani Lee This is a poem, a love poem for an Indian summer; harmony for a heatwave. A romantic twosome for those warm balmy evenings after the scorching sun has set and the crickets come out to sing. It's cool and it's fresh. Cool because
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      Back to the good old days for lunch
      452 11  -  EATING OUT WITH DIANNE WOOD Today I am going to talk about what is nostalgically known as "the good, old days." The times of Somerset Maugham, gin slings, colonial aristocracy, two-storey mansions and rambling, tropical gardens. An epoch when life revolved around
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      Nothing to beat a good amah
      499 11  -  Modern gadgets just help to lighten domesde chores By Elizabeth Choo Automation, the time and energy saver of the modern housewife, will never fully replace the "amah" or servant, the symbol of loyalty and efficiency in a household. Mechanical appliances do not completely relieve
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      It's flowing locks
      292 11 Now It's goodbye to the little bobs and shingles Long hair is currently in vogue so it's goodbye to all the little Mary Quant bobs and Vidal Sassoon shingles, and hello again to curls. Lots of curls, left loose to fall to the shoulders. No back combing,
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      194 11 For Beauty, Low Cost and/ Prompt Service Ring FOR FREE ESTIMATE. DESIGNS and QUOTATION WITHOUT OBLIGATION. MELLOW 6c CO. 301, Tanjong Katong Rd„ Singapore-15 Tel: *****0 Install a FINNISH SAUNA BATH IN TOM HOME. SALON tr HOTEL Brochures available Sole Agents for SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA INDONESIA VENUS ENTERPRISES (PTE.) LTD. Holtfox
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      41 11 zm a YOUR NEEDS IN COSMETICS PERFUMES IS BEST SERVED YEW HENC CO That's because we stock a very wide range of well-known international brands from all over the i world. Visit 98, Hill St, S 4 pore 6. Tel: *****.
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      28 11 NOW ALL TOP VARIETIES OF LADIES GARMENTS, FOOTWEAR, HANDBAGS ft ETC. MUST GO FROM BK CUT TO HALF PRICE i BEYOND Hi PAY LESS FOR BIG VALUE AT
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  • Finance and business
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      Daily share analysis
      1092 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE INDUSTRIALS 1970-1971 1 wk. 4 wks. Closing Price last Divid. P/E TurnHigh Low ago ago Stock Bayers Sellers Sale Yield Ratio Over 4.60 2.60 2.92 2.90 Allied Chocolate 2.87 2.90 4.3N 18.4 1.90 0.84* 1.28 1.14 Ben Co.
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      Lock icon German trade up
      162 12 Reuter Hamburg, Friday West German trade with South, South-East and East Asia rose by 11.8 per cent last year. The Ostasiatlsche Vereln said the rise was 1,100 million. majrks (£125 million) to a total volume of 10.500 million marks (£1,194 million). It represented 4.5 per cent of
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      Lock icon UK: Shares fail to hold on to gains
      289 12 United Press International London, Friday Shares failed to hold on to, all their early gains on the stock market yesterday and trading turned quiet once an early buying flurry ran out of steam. Initial enthusiasm stemmed from hopes of an early end
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      Lock icon US: Upward tempo after early drift
      279 12 United Press International New York, Friday Encouraging economic news turned the stock market sharply higher in stepped up trading yesterday. After some early morning drifting, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 8.97 points at 891 36 at the final bell. Of the 1,676
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      'Station' for shipyard
      100 12  -  LESLIE TAN The second phase of the construction work of the satellite earth station for Jurong Shipyard Is now nearing completion. The first antennae dish in prefabricated form measuring 97 feet In diameter and rising 150 ft. from ground level will be completed by the end of
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      Wall St. prices
      211 12 Allied Chem 28 Alcoa S3* Am Brands 47 Am Can 35 Am Motors AT ft T 48% A 4k P 19% Anaconda 28% Avon Pd Beth Steel 21% Boeing 23 Caterp Trac 47% Chrysler 27% Coca-Cola 89% Control Data Corn G1 Wks 209% Dow Chem 81% DuPont
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      Seafood firm sets up
      335 12  -  PLANS FOR JIM. EXPANSION PETER TAI Scoring a first in the local fish-processing industry is a Jurong-based seafood firm. The firm, American Seafoods (Pte.) Limited, is planning a fleet of six red snappers fishing boats and has already freezing facilities. A unique feature Is that it
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      Burma Group officials
      47 12 Mr. V.W. Goode has been appointed Chief Representative for the Burma Group of companies, and will be responsible for establishing a regional trade office for the Far East and South-East Asia in Singapore. Mr. E.W. Humphreys, his deputy, will be responsible for financial matters.
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      Academics seek strike right
      629 12  -  University staff move for union recognition By C. DION The Academic Staff Union of the University of Singapore is campaigning for support to be recognised as a union with the power to call a strike. The Interim committee of the union hopes to recruit at least
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      Students carry out survey
      184 12 University system studied Twenty-six students of the University of Singapore will be reviewing their education system during the present long vacation. They will study the present courses, examinations, lectures and tutorials, assignment, and projects in order to determine how far they are relevant to the needs
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      97 12 MARKET UPSET BY HITCH IN BID TO CALL OFF BRITISH POSTAL STRIKE Kit oi ..V i »n«i#. A w i* our fleet of aircraft manned by experienced pilots. Reliable, efficient and friendly service all the way Special rates for long-term charter Call us if you decide to have a go
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      7 12 SEAFOOD COMPANY PLANS FOR $1 MIL EXPANSION
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      305 14 '-'■yy ACCOMMODATION VACANT NUT FUKNtSHD) Mtnl-dt-Mctwd houM In Woodkmd Pork, 3 bedioomi and one ttrvonrl room, $450/-. Contact *****1 ext. 173, S'pore. AT YOUR SERVICE •MiIIAL Spray Painting/Repair refrigerators 5 hour* customer's housT S'pore *****/*****. ENTERTAINMENTS BCTTY SOCIAL SSCORT offers charming ladies for social entertainment. I, Block D, Eastern Mansion,.
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      170 14 SHOWN* OUIDi m MLUXI RADIO Otnft OH RMTAL ffcey tar trit TUITION TV/RADIO/SALES ft SERVICE SERVICING ALL KINDS T.V, tope-recorders, amplifiers, reasonable charges, day/night service. Phone S'pore ***** anytime. VEHICLES FOR SALE .1964 VAUXHALL VICTOR complete with radio, car fan, new tyres, battery and upholstery. Price $2,600/- 0.n.0. Phone S'pore
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      80 14 DR. KILOARE by Ken Bald I M s e I Floppy's 6UM9HOE PHONEP PROM THE BUS TERMINAL. HE SAIP PR. APIEV OOU6HT A ROUNP TRIP TO A PLACE CAU.EP "MIiBARPf KNOW IT, i PR. KURMH;? I'VE HEARP OP IT. IT'S ONE OP THOSE SHANT/TOWNS OUT ON THE PLATS. 1 iMS
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      225 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD AOKOBI I Joe Loute opponent of 10S7. 10 new World": S words. 14 Mariner's cry. 15 Kuropean capital. It Vtr from opulent IT African soaoort 19 Comb, fom of a wftri 50 Muse of comedy. 51 Continent: AM*. 55 CoDsps sport < 23 Hsatfnf apparatus. SI Machine
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      228 15 ....CM »IM| Ottet lists NEW NATION MONEYWORDS 'A' FRIDAY Cit Mt aa* pis eitt sttMr emus Pastiag i(Stricti(is (Hear ktltw. Nam (Mr./Mn7MiSS). AMrm ...........a#.............CM llM| Httll IItCS CLUES FOR A-5 1. Avoiding this in busy 4. A reward offered for street Market isn't always competition easy 5. Chocolate will do
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      ANTHONY IS TEACHERS' PET
      186 16 It takes push, patience and preservance to stay on and get on in a Job where you are the only male employee and surrounded by lots of girls. This is the opinion of Mr- Anthony Lim, 20, and his Judgment should be correct, being the only
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      Police find the goods but not always the owners
      285 16 Investigations, surprise raids, arrests, the recovery of stolen property and finally, to round off a job well done, a Press conference. This la the way officers of the Special Investigation Section of the CID carry out their operations. The Press conferences
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      Look out Big Kolya, Ivan is after you
      434 16 OK Big Kolya, come out with your hands up. You other mugs, took Ox-Eyes, Mishka the Whee-ler-Dealer, Zhenka the Shang, Ballerina, Father Oapon. Thejlg is up. People with these runyonesque nicknames are among the guys and dolls of Moscow's black-market underworld, the
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      Lock icon Karen's a spicy food fan
      47 16 In a contemplative mood is Karen Chow, 20. Probably thinking about her hot tastes.' She is an ardent eater of spicy foods and loves them heavily garnished with chilli. But her fashion tastes are cool. Pantsuits and midis. Picture by Ali Yusoff
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      TALKING POINT
      44 16 AH FOOK: These rich Americans are pushing up the cost of living by their presence here. MEI LIN: It's true, but they are also providing jobs for the unemployed with their huge investments. What do YOU think? Write and tell the editor.
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      59 16 jffe; T'-oPi'c.V'a >2? «tst»vfiT.oNs TEL *****3 IMB MHM Entertainment Spectacular The ZAPATA BROTHERS "*v 5* 3% •tr o>. s, A dO(j ma KARMEN CHRISTIE ANGELA DUO Th.'K "happervng' Adag Voc SHOWTIMES: 'q> r»y jfrylt.Qi o style. Sounds. coveinents dynamic dancing. Weekdays: 9.45 p.m. 11.30 p.m. Saturdays: 10.0S p.m. St 12.0S
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      281 16 6.00 Opening and Lucky Dip 6.30 News In Brief 6.35 Children's Corner (Chinese) 7.05 Sports Parade 7.40 News (C) 7.55 Chinese Variety Show 9-00 News and Newsreel (E) 0.25 Green Acres Cow Killer 9.55 Name of the Game 11.10 The Don Knotts Show 12.05 Close 6.05 Opening and Here Come
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      21 16 n UNDERSTAND Nbll HAVE OUT SMOKING C 3) I S 1? ik ir a s id by George Fei si *Cf
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      405 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR > BIRTHDAY Born today, you arc a person given to moods. The heights of elation must share the spotlight with the depths ef depression—and you must learn to live with both without succumbing to the distorted directives of either. If you are wise,
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  • GO RACING
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      Green Sword looks too sharp for his rivals
      877 17 By BLUE PETER Green Sword is in rattling form at the moment and despite a promotion, he should have little difficulty in completing a double by taking Race Six at Ipoh tomorrow. This Copper Year seven-year-old has struck a rare patch and
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      SELECTIONS FOR SATURDAY
      145 17 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETES 1 EPSOM JEEP MAKUDA MR. ED. Race 1 PHALZ BO ON OR CAMP Dual Fury Conflict R. EXPORTER Sldpalonr 8 KIP LONG Phala BOGNOR CAMP Phab Race 2 LOCH LOINE8 FRASER H. Ill Fraser Hill Loch Loines AMBER LASS Loch Lalnea AMBER LASS Perkasa
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      SATURDAY'S CARD
      9240 18 2.30 CI. 6 Dir.- 2 6f WZMMM ($4500 $3150 to winner) 1 HIM SKIPJU.MC a (Hit) Bmknti 7 SJ (F) Miller 2 TKNTH: (11 started) 27-2-71 I poll 2-1 carr. 7-2 9«sF <C. Tan) Q. 6 Div. 1; Ist. Green Sword 2-12; 2nd. Wlngefoot Marksman 7-12; 3rd. Pena'alock
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      SUNDAY'S CARD
      7228 21 2.00 CI. 5 Dir. 2 9# WBaam ($5500 $3850 to viRMr) 1 2tm CONQUEST s (bit) Marnr 4 U fJL Um| 1 TENTH: (11 started) 29-2-71 Ipoh 9-0 9'aF (F.K. Laoufl) CI. 5 Dir. 2: Ist. Colorado M carr. 1-3; 2nd. Tyaakya «-7: 3rd. Setla Kawan 8-12. 'a-3'a-'a-
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      SELECTIONS
      82 21 d BCBUT1MUI UGANDA EPSOM JBSF G. OF SARAWAK I.T1 IjU .10.1 1 WM MAKUDA RRGANDA Trnrrm GraatarrflNMk Dvjfk Lark a Of Sarawak DvyTa Laik Cearfa Gift E>B TYMKYN Sethi Kavu r m' 'M Hi i« >*kt*' 1 n# €»:0'K£» COUNCIL 4 il c^rrr*i ZDCNL Reyal s m i fffWBB
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      12 17 SCRUTINEER S NAP FORECAST Loch Loines and Fraser Hill IN RACE TWO
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      63 17 FLY WITH FOR ECONOMY WEEKLY ECONOMY-LOW-COST FLIGHTS DEPARTURE 1 SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR/LONDON LONDON/KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE LONDON/NEW YORK NEW YORK/LONDON AND SPECIAL HAJI FLIGHTS TO MECCA Departure Return 22nd December 1971 Bth February 1972 sth January 1972 15th February 1972 12th January 1972 22th February 1972 Return Fare: $1,300/--OA FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT:
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      58 18 u 900 titles on every conceivable subject politics, literature, sociology, religion. We list hera 8 tMas. Ho Chi Minh 7s. Krushchev St. Five Day Couna in Thinking Bs. Know Your Own I. Q. 4s. Mathamatics In Managsmant Bs. Tachniquas of Parsuasion 6s. Venereal Disaasps 4s. Yoga 6s. SON. BHD. J**'
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      90 19 i w ,i WA UK *3 *4l •ji M i 11^ The world is our trading ground, too.The Bills of Exchange in our bank plays an important part in facilitating that tran- sections. We cater for trade between nations and encourage our local importers and exporters in so doing. FAR
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      42 21 it may look like junk to you.. but someone wants it. Now sell your unwanted furniture, toys, bicycles;* typewriters, fridges, aircons, radios through NEW NATION CLASSIFIEDS Phone *****8 Only 20c a word: £SHJii Minimum $2 ■j 3* r* W V <1 Jl
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      232 23 Six Anthologies chosen by Helen Riley This is a new series of poetry anthologies, attractively illustrated with black and white line drawings, for the enjoyment of children aged 10-13. Poets of several centuries (Shakespeare, Clare, Auden, Hopkins, Wordsworth) are represented, the emphasis being on poets of this century. The poems
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