New Nation, 29 June 1971

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  • 17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, June 29, 1971 No. 139 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE TUESDAY, JUNE 29
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  • 152 1 Nine-year-old Mohinl Devi, an asthma sufferer, practises yoga to cure her Illness. She was one of the many who went to the Kamala Club yesterday to take part in exercises under the supervision of yoga expert, Miss Roma Blair. Although Mohinl had difficulty
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  • 13 1 Police reported a total of 85 accidents yesterday. Five were serious.
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  • 386 1  -  Security men swoop after police seal race course By Sunny Wee More than 180 bookmakers and their agents were picked up over the weekend in one of the biggest swoops by officers of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, the CID and the Turf Club
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  • 47 1 Tokyo, Tuesday Prime Minister Mr, Eisr.ku Sato said today he will make important changes in his Conservative Cabinet and then deal with the China problem. He said that he will shuffle his Cabinet in order to deal with unexpected Socialist gains in Sunday's elections.
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  • 33 1 Montevideo. Tuesday. Chilean President Salvador Allende has called off his proposed mediation for the release of kidnapped British ambassador Geoffrey Jackson, the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry announced here last night.
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  • Briefly...
    • 82 1 Water consumption yesterday continued to stay below the 100 million gallon mark, registering a figure of 98.9 million gallons. This is 10.9 million gallons above Sunday's consumption figure of 88 million gallons, the lowest since the drought threatened the republic three months ago. The PUB said
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    • 66 1 London, Tuesday. The Titian masterpiece, death of Actaeon, sold at auction on Friday for £1,680,000 ($l2 million) has been purchased for the J. Paul Getty Museum at Malibu, California. The painting was first bought by an Americanborn London dealer, Mr. Julius Weitzner, who resold it
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  • 111 1 Steady conditions prevailed on the stock market this morning. Haw Par activity wlYfi sdfwr 120$0O shares changing hands during the first 45 minutes of trading. The price opened at $2.24 and was immediately taken to $2.31 before easing to $2.27. Slight interest was noted in Pan Malayan
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  • 223 1 Reuter Washington, Tuesday A Federal Grand Jury has charged Dr. Daniel Ellsberg with illegally possessing secret government papers and converting them to his own use. A warrant for Dr. Ellsberg's arrest was issued late last Friday night in Los Angeles. He gave himself up
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  • 127 1 Reuter London, Tuesday A Malaysian Minister suggested here yesterday that Commonwealth countries who felt that their interests were not considered during Britain's negotiations for entry into the Common Market should now get together to do something about their future. Inche Ghafar bin Baba, Malaysian
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  • 416 1 Reuter Washington, Tuesday The House of Representatives has refused to accept a .Senateapproved declaration calling for complete withdrawal of US troops from Indochina over a ninemonth period if North Vietnam releases American prisoners. The vote makes it almost certain that the present military conscription authority will
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  • 95 1 Melbourne, Tuesday. Four Asians were killed yesterday when a tsaio smashed Into their car on a level crossing near Merton, 108 miles northeast of here. The victims were in the second vehicle of a threecar party heading for the north Victorian snowfields. The first car crossed
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  • 76 1 Canberra, Tuesday.— Solicitors for the Australian Defence Minister, Mr. John Gorton, said last night they had brought a supreme court writ on his behalf claiming damages of A 5200,000 for alleged defamation. The damages are claimed from the government-own-ed Australian Broadcasting Commission and from political
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  • 315 2  -  r PARTY LEADERS AND MEMBERS ALSO VISIT WIDOW'S HOME By Pang Cheng Lian The scene was the lying-in of Mr. Goh Chew Chua, the Grand Old man of the PAP, but judging from the large number of PAP leaders and members, it might well
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  • 156 2 Bata has plans for a new six-storey building costing over sl£ million as part of its expansion programme. The building, which will be an extension ot its factory In Telok Blangah, will have an underground car park. Mr. J. Tichy. Bata's general manager said this
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  • 65 2 Over 2000 Indonesians have registered with their Embassy here to cast their votes on Saturday—lndonesia's polling day: The Indonesian Embassy has set up a polling booth for its nationals at 9-A Holland Hill. They can cast their votes from 8 a.m. to midnight. The general election
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  • 31 2 New York. Tuesday. Secretary-General U Thant has received a contribution of Bs3>ooo from the govern:' ment of Malaysia to the United Nations Educational and Training Programme for southern Africa.
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  • 40 2 The Chua Chu Kang constituency will hold a big walk on August 1 as part of its National Day celebrations. It-is open to all residents in the area and the neighbouring constituencies —Bukit Panjang, Jurong and Bukit Timah.
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  • 344 2  -  Tight security checks for Agnew's stay By P.N. Balji Fifty American secret service agents will arrive here within the next three days to operate with Singapore police on security for the visit by US Vice President Spiro Agnew. Mr. Agnew arrives on Sunday for a
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  • 300 2 Confidence tricksters are now cashing in on the increasing number of second-hand cars advertised for sale as a result of the British military pullout. They answer the daily car advertisements in the Press as well over the British Forces radio and drive the
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  • 217 2 Three Singapore physicians will present research papers on the treatment of tuberculosis at an international conference in Moscow next month. It is understood that the three doctors are Dr. N.C. Sen-Gupta, the medical director of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Dr. Chew Chin Hln and Dr. S. Devi,
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  • 208 2 United Press International Agana (Guam), Tuesday The US Vice-Presi-dent, Mr. Spiro Agnew, yesterday dismissed as entirely fictional any speculation at this time that he retire from politics. Mr. Agnew said "any speculation about my leaving the office is premature—l've made no decision.
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  • 293 2 The University of Singapore should take advantage of the rich cultural environment of its community to set up a centre for Asian music studies. This is recommended in a report submitted by two experts on the development of music as an academic study leading to
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  • 49 2 Jakarta. Tuesday. A patient of the state mental hospital in Menado went berserk last week and beheaded a fellow patient with a short sword, the Antara news agency reported yesterday. Police were summoned and had to shoot the man twice in the leg to subdue him.
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  • 260 2 Middle income group workers and the trade unions today welcomed the Housing Development Board announcement to build bigger and more spacious Housing Board flats for sale to people earning between $l2OO and $l5OO. Until now HDB flats were available only to those earning
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  • 34 2 New Delhi, Tuesday A 1000-year-old statue of the Hindu god Vishnu stolen from a temple last month was flown from Bombay to New Delhi on Sunday night under a heavy police guard.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 211 2 Weather Temperatures In world cities yesterday: Kuala Lumpur 88—73 Manila 88—77 Hong Kong 80—67 Seoul 84—66 Tokyo 87—69 Jakarta 90—77 Bangkok 93—77 Taipei 93—78 Naha 93—81 London 63—54 Paris 64—54 Moscow 77—66 New York 85—75 San Francisco 65—58 Sydney .63—43 Melbourne 60—50 Canberra 52—23 Perth 64—47 Singapore Singapore's weather forecast
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  • 362 3 Privy Council rejects ex-civil servant's plea Reuter London, Tuesday A plea by a former junior assistant Commissioner of Labour in the Malaysian government service, R. Sambasivam, that a Public Service Commission committeee of inquiry had no jurisdiction to hear charges against him. was rejected by the
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  • 206 3 The Singapore Institute of Management has started an intensive residential management development programme in its effort to produce qualified middle and top management staff. The programme is jointly organised by the Malaysian Institute of Management, Thailand Management Association and the SIM. Altogether 36 executives from
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  • 32 3 The Social Dance Club of the Chinese YMCA will hold a dinner and dance to celebrate its first anniversary at the Happy Nlte Club on July 10 at 8 p.m
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  • 208 3 The national president of the Returned Servicemen's League of Australia, Sir Arthur Lee, today' called for closer co-operation among the ex-Servicemen's associations in South-East Asia. Sir Arthur, 57, who arrived with Lady Lee last Sunday, said: "More personal contacts among the various associations, besides promoting
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  • 88 3 The 57th scientific meeting of the Singapore Surgical Society will be held at the British Military Hospital, Alexandra Road, tonight. All members of the Singapore Medical Association and other doctors are welcome. A ballroom dancing course conducted by Mr. Charles Chan Cheng Hoe begins tonight at the Chinese
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  • 328 3  -  UMNO youths seek guarantee from Manila By John Hoffman Melbourne Herald The "mosque massacre" and the continued killing of Muslims in the southern Philippines is starting to have repercussions in nextdoor strongly Islamic Malaysia. Malay-language newspapers in Kuala Lumpur are front-paging a picture of the mosque where
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  • 190 3 Scores of illegal hawker stalls have sprung up in various housing estates since the beginning of the durian season. This has brought strong protests from Housing and Development Board hawker stall-holders whose business is being affected because of these roadside stalls. Most of the illegal stallholders
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  • 281 3 About 150 people have applied for admission to a two-year full-time aircraft mechanics training course with a a local aircraft service company. Mr. Tan Hui Seng, industrial relations manager of Lockheed Airport Service Singapore, said today that his firm would recruit 60 men from the
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  • 24 3 Mexico City, Thirteen people died when an explosion ripped through a fireworks stand at a country (air in San Pablo Actipan yesterday.
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  • THE WORLD
    • 181 4 Reuter Washington, Tuesday The Supreme Court yesterday set aside the death penalty on Richard Speck, who was accused of trapping nine nurses in their Chicago apartment and murdering eight of them. Speck's case was one of several dozen in which death verdicts were >set aside
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    • 142 4 Reuter New York, Tuesday BSR Limited, a leading British gramophone equipment manufacturer, yesterday pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiring to smuggle electrical equipment valued at more than US$l million into the United States. Two subsidiaries of BSR, BSR (USA) Limited of Blaubelt,
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    • 83 4 Hobart, Tuesday.—Australian police are seeking a young Englishman from the midlands over last month's US$5OO,OOO bomb hoax against the Qantas airline. The Englishman had worked at the remote Mount Lyell copper mine on Tasmania's west coast and was in his twenties, but he was not named. There
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    • 211 4 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party retained Its majority In the House of Councillors when the last of 12 results In triennial elections for the Upper Chamber of Parliament were declared early today. The party won 63 of the 64 seats it had
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    • 630 4  -  British MPs find climate of fear in East Bengal By Howard Whitten New Nation Foreign Service Dacca, Tuesday Members of a British parliamentary f actfinding team have said that they found a climate of fear in East Pakistan and urged restoration of confidence to allow refugees
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    • 532 4 Gunship hit as troops re-occupy Fuller base New Nation Foreign Service Saigon, Tuesday North Vietnamese gunners shelled two American flrebases and shot down a helicopter gunship just below the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) where government troops have reoccupied the ruins of Camp Fuller. Several
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    • 77 4 Stockholm, Tuesday. Two self-proclaimed Croatian nationalists pleaded guilty to the April 7 murder of Yugoslav ambassador Vladimir Rolovic as their trial opened yesterday. Two other Croatians pleaded guilty to taking part In the planning of the armed attftpk on the Yugoslav Embassy in Stockholm but
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    • 37 4 Bystanders and police grab the alleged Negro assailant who shot and critically wounded reputed Mafia boss Joseph Colombo. Seconds later the Negro was shot dead by a so-far unknown person in the crowd.
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    • 326 4 Reuter New York, Tuesday Doctors last night were fighting for the life' of Italian-Ameri-can Civil Rights League leader Joe Colombo after he was shot in the head at point blank range during a league rally yesterday. Colombo, a reputed Mafia leader, was on his way to the
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    • 311 4 Reuter Salisbury, Tuesday A top-ranking British envoy, Sir Philip Adams, flew into Salisbury last night to Join secret talks aimed at setting the stage for summit negotiations to break the Rhodes i a n Independence deadlock. Sir Philip, a deputy secretary in Prime
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    • 307 4 United Press International Moscow, Tuesday The vital health signs of the three Soviet Cosmonauts aboard the Salyut orbital station were normal yesterday their 23rd day in space, the Tass news agency said. Cosmonauts Georgl Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Paysayev all had pulse rates, blood
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    • 189 4 United Press International Paris, Tuesday The Marcel Dassault aircraft company yesterday confirmed Pretoria reports it has concluded a multi-million dollar deal for the construction of a number of sophisticated warplanes under licence in South Africa. Informed sources said the contract involved about 50
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    • 34 4 London. Tuesday. Britain's director of public prosecutions is to inquire Into how a doctor came to prescribe the birth control pill to a 12-year-old girl who had had an abortion.
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    • 391 4 Supreme Court decision ends four-year fight New Nation Foreign Service Chicago, Tuesday Former heavyweight champion Muhammad All thanked Allah yesterday for what was probably the sweetest victory in his controversial career-—the unanimous Supreme Court decision which freed him of charges of draft violation. At the same
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    • 467 5  -  Diplomatic sources say prospects good By Henry Shapiro United Press International Moscow, Tuesday Veteran diplomatic sources here have rated prospects for resumption of Soviet-Israeli diplomatic relations shortly as fair to good. Neither confirmation nor denial of persistent reports from abroad that soundings on the exchange of embassies
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    • 127 5 Hong Kong, Tuesday. The first Canadian trade delegation to China left here by train yesterday for Canton on a week-long exploratory mission which could Include discussions on an air link between the two countries. Mr. Jean-Luc. Pepin, the Canadian Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce. heads
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    • 258 5 Reuter Rabat, Tuesday An American diplomat died, apparently of sunstroke, when his car broke down in the Sahara desert, the US embassy here announced yesterday. The man's wife, his .15-year-old son and an American journalist who were travelling with him in the same
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    • 163 5 United Press International Taipei, Tuesday A Korean college student in the United States and his Chinese girl friend have reconciled in Taipei after a chase across the Pacific, a suicide attempt, many quarrels and much newspaper publicity. Cho Nam-ho, a PhD student at
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    • 409 5 Reuter Bonn, Tuesday Thousands of parents in West Germany, whose children were born deformed, allegedly from the effects of the thalidomide drug, are still awaiting compensation. The tranquilliser drug was withdrawn from sale in 1961 after medical authorities in West .Germany and other countries related
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    • 137 5 Reuter London, Tuesday Victims of receding hair lines were given the depressing news yesterday that the only cure for baldness\ was castration. A British skin expert, Dr. P.J. Hare, said in a booklet published here that baldness is inherited and there is nothing to
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    • 57 5 London, Tuesday. Britain's Sheila Scott last night became the first person to fly solo over the North Pole in a light aircraft. She did it in a singleseater Aztec plane specially adapted for the night. The spokesman said she was now headed for point Barrow, Alaska,
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    • 304 5 Reuter York, Tuesday Soldiers with machineguns yesterday took part in a big security operation to guard Queen Elizabeth during her visit here following two letters threatening her life. Two letters, purporting to come from the Angry Brigade anarchist group, were delivered to newspaper offices here saying
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    • 38 5 The Defence Department delivered its top secret history on the origins of the Vietnam* War to the Senate yesterday. Receiving them are Senator Mike Mansfield, left, Senator J. Ellender and Senator Hugh Scott.
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    • 193 5 Reuter New York, Tuesday The United Nations Secretary General, U Thant, left New York yesterday for Bermuda for a 10-day rest, on doctors' orders. Officials at the UN safci he would have dally contact with his office.» but that only the barest essential
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    • 101 5 Jerusalem. Tuesday.—Police, accompanied by Israeli income tax Inspectors, yesterday arrested a 69-year-old man on suspicion of having run a private money lending business with a fortune under his mattress. A police officer said the suspect, Cohen Simhayoff, had for years declared for taxation his only income came
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    • 250 5 Reuter London, Tuesday Sir Duncan Watson, Britain's High Commissioner in Valetta, is expected in London to- wards the end of this week for consultations on the question of re- j vising the Anglo-Mal-tese defence and financial agreements, British officials said yesterday, s They said
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  • WORLD COMMENT
    • 660 6 This is another report by Newsday publisher William Attwood, who went to China to visit Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the former Cambodian Chief of State who has been living in exile in Peking for the the past 14 months. Anybody who thinks the
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    • 1170 6 US and allies forced to re-assess defence potential of DMZ region New Nation Foreign Service From a correspondent in South Vietnam The fall of Fuller Base Communists last Wednesday forces a reexamination of tactical conceptions in the Demilitarised Zone region. No one believed fire support base
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    • 1042 6  -  IT AIMS TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF WORLD COMMUNITY From Toshio Yoshimura New Nation Foreign Service Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry has been well-known for its protectionist policies for Japanese domestic industries. But protectionism cannot really be justified when the country has accumulated
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  • LOCAL COMMENT
    • 1016 7 At stake may be the future of multi-racial parties From a special correspondent in Kuala Lumpur The crisis within the Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia again highlights the problems of multiracial political parties in Malaysia. Ostensibly a clash of personalities, it is really a conflict of attitudes about
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    • 1963 7  -  The Thais still maintain some of their age-old customs Customs for courtship and marriage vary from country to country. Here are the observations of ADOLF WONG in Bangkok on the differences he noticed in dating styles there and here. ADOLF WONG A few Sundays ago,
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    • The Voice of the Press
      • 167 7 What other newspapers are saying: Singapore is expected to go through a somewhat trying period after the withdrawal of the British forces from this area is completed It in believed that difficulties would arise not because Singapore's economy will be affected by the possible loss of British military
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      • 142 7 It cannot be said that Malaysia has completely rid Itself of Communist terrorism. The Communists have been posing threats to the country's security ever since early times till today and they have always been on the run. It is, however, surprising that a Communist hideout has been discovered
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    • 510 7  -  Singapore's industrial exports are beginning to attract international attention. DICK WILSON reports today the comparisons and conclusions of the most recent survey by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). DICK WILSON DICK WILSON Singapore is the second fastest growing exporter of industrial products in
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  • 525 8 Some kind of a deal appears to be in the offing between Britain and Rhodesia. Secret negotiations have been going on between London and Salisbury over several months and the ground now appears to be well enough prepared for a British high-ranking official
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  • 76 8 by ISPY I hear that some of the 200 undergrads who are renovating the old people's home at Dragon Lotus Hill are amazed that several of the old folk have refused to move to a nearby Wood- lands home run by the Social Welfare Department. It
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  • 1111 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ I had never seen anything like it before. Five hundred men, carrying a heavy platform on which stood a tower taller than a coconut tree, were making a zig-zag run down the street, into
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  • Letters
    • 310 8  -  A BELL-BOTTOMED "GRANDMOTHER" Singapore 10. Please allow me a few words In reference to Mr. Chan Chee Seng's recent comments on "grandmothers with bell-bottoms." My first objection is to Mr. Chan's obvious misconception of what a grandmother is. Being the mother of one's parents is what earns
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    • 252 8  -  D.J. JUMABHOY I read with interest Jackie Sam's column on Indonesia in New Nation, June 24. Mr. Sam makes his observations on Indonesia with a sympathy which might not come naturally to many Singaporeans. His call for government action in order to improve relations with
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    • 89 8  -  TAN SENG CHYE The lane from the Shaw House parking lot to Scotts Road is a No Parking area, at least according to the signs. Still some parked vehicles line both sides of the lane, making it impossible for all but the narrowest cars to pass. The parking
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    • 133 8  -  V.D. STUART Manager, C.F. Sharp Co. (M) Pte. Ltd., Singapore I refer to your article on Friday about the arrival of the liner Sea wise University the former Queen Elizabeth in Singapore on July 7. Initially. I would like to express our thanks for the coverage.
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    • 202 8  -  P. SNG Ah Fook has my support in your Talking Point (June 24). I'm sure quite a dumber of accidents could be avoided if old cars were barred from our roads. Mei Lin's 1950 jalqpy may not have given her any trouble at all, but is she
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 972 9  -  Seeking remedies to maladies caused by 30 years of war New Nation has sent its top foreign writers, S. M. Ali and Pakir Singh on a fact-gathering tour of South-East Asia. Their first reports come from Saigon, focal-point of world attentoin following the publication of the
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  • 1193 9  -  Final goal may be no longer beyond the government's reach by S.M. Ali After many years of publicity abroad and propaganda at home; which many sceptical foreign observers took with a grain of salt, South Vietnam's pacification programme has now made impressive progress almost throughout the
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  • SHOPPING
    • 517 10 WHERE was a time A when washing clothes meant constant scrubbing and thrashing to rid the dirt and -grease. But Sot anymore. Not hen completely automatlc machines flood the market with interesting features that are guaranteed to cut down work to the minimum. Features like a
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  • WOMAN
    • 71 11 Putting movement into longer skirts is a problem that can exercise the creative skills of the best dress designers. They have revived that popular all-round style of the 50s. Get Into the whirling swirl of excitement in this midi with a flare of purple and lilac.
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    • 964 11  -  Wives to blame in 60 per cent of cruelty cases which eventually reach the courts From Stella Bruce Once upon a time, it was the wile who hurriedly packed her bags and, despite all apologies and entreaties, declared that she wasn't going to put up with such treatment
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    • 213 11  -  ROMA BLAIR Today I am continuing the limbering-up process which is very important stage of your yoga lessons. Remember, each Thursday I give a lesson for you to cut out and keep. These limbering-up techniques are good as they help to keep the
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    • 389 11 Turning out locally-made smock dresses is their speciality Cecilia Quek is the manageress of Smock Boutique at Clemenceau Arcade. "As fai" as I know I have always been interested in fashions. I keep up the latest trends and sketch mv own designs. "When I
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    • 230 11 trht»n it comes to superstitions Survival in spite of scepticism? It's a matter of opinion, I am afraid, when it comes to old superstitions like: Never fold up your serviette after dining out; it means that you will never visit the house again. Never leave a
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  • Finance and business
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    • 177 12 United Press International New York, Tuesday The stock market declined in light turnover yesterday. Despite long-range optimism about the economy, many analysts are attributing lower stock prices to concern the economy is not recovering as rapidly as expected. The Bank of America over the weekend said
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    • 292 12  -  LESLIE TAN Royal Dutch Shell is to begin its first offshore oil sxploration in South-East Asia, jointly with C. Itoh of Japan (a leading trading company) and Natomas Company, an American oil firm based in Indonesia. Natomas Company and Shell International Petroleum Company recently announced
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    • 47 12 LONDON, Tues—P. N. Pertamina and «the Shell Petroleum Company have signed heads of agreement under which Shell will contract for the constructtlon of a 100,000 barrels a day refinery for Pertamlna In Java and will arrange finance of up to US$lOO million for the project.
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    • 1137 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1970-1971 1 wk. 4 wk*. Closing Price last Dlvid P/E TurnHigh Low ago ago Stock Buyers Sellers sale Yield Ratio Over INDUSTRIALS 2.63 1.79 1.82 1.86 Allied Chocolate 1.68 1.89 1.82xall 6.9N 13.2 1.90 0.844 1.40 1.48
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    • 157 12 Reuter London, Tuesday The market moved narrowly in very quiet trading, ahead of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech yesterday afternoon on the economy. Wall Street's lack-lustre performance continued to depress sentiment. Towards the close the Financial Times index was down 0.3 at 376.1. Government bonds
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  • 555 12  -  CINEMA By EDGAR KOH EYEWITNESS starring Mark Lester. One little boy and one little reason give ground enough for this movie to stand on its own. That little boy is Mark Lester, who as the bowlclutching Oliver some time ago, was the object of
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 941 12 SHELL JOINS BIG OIL PROSPECTING VENTURE OFF SUMATRA THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED (Incorporated in Hong Kong on 21st February 1912) BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1970 LIABILITIES 2,000.000 4.596.910 81.610 1.083.300 16.500.000 1.007.869 705.703 49.233.397 AUTHORISED CAPITAL: Hong Kong Dollars 200.000 Pirst Preference -Shares of $lO each 8% p.a.
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    • 7 12 LONDON MARKET, QUIET AHEAD OF CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH
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  • ROAD TRANSPORT
    • 853 13  -  Verdict on Mass Rapid Transport System expected in August By Herbert Teo A futuristic plan to transform Singapore's transport system Is now before the United Nations and If accepted motorists In the Republic will not be subjected to the daily nerveracking
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    • 881 14  -  Greater rapport now between commuters, conductors By P.N. Balji Singapore's public pa 8 senger transport system Is gradually moving Into top gear especially with the re- v cent complete revamping of bus services, a step which has cost the Republic more than
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    • 533 14  -  P.N. Balji No success story of Singapore's road transport is complete without the mention of the National Trades Union Congress' cooperative venture the Workers' Cooperative Commonwealth for Transport Ltd (COMPORT). Under the multi-million dollar project it was decided that all tax-drivers will be
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    • 913 15  -  Govt' and experts study alternatives By Herbert Teo Anyone who has to get behind the wheel of a car and drive through the snarling city traffic during the peak hours to keep a business or shopping appointment will probably curse under his breath all the way
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    • 555 15  -  They're aimed at keeping pace with changes HERBERT TEO Singapore's traffic pattern especially in the city areas, is being constantly changed to keep pace with development projects and the increasing number of cars going on the roads. With over 300,000 motor vehicles moving around on a network
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    • 603 16  -  Fast action needed to correct 'appalling state of affairs' —officials By P.N. Balji One death, seven major accidents and some fifty minor ones. This is the casualty rate on Singapore roads every 24 hours. And road safety officials feel that action must be taken—and fast—to
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    • 521 17  -  Illegal operators will be forced out of the roads by Thursday By P.N. Balji In about three days time pirate taxis would have disappeared but the services they have rendered to the public will continue to linger In their minds for a long time to come.
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    • 590 17  -  by Herbert Teo Singapore's container complex will be in full operation next year and this will be the advent of a new mode of cargo transportation -on the roads. Trailers measuring up to 60 feet and carrying containers nearly two thirds their
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 88 13 CONTAINERISATION PACKAGING INDUSTRIES (PTE) LTD. C P is in the CONTAINERISATION ERA TO SERVICE YOU We provide round-the-clock services in: door-to-door delivery of containers. breakbulk distribution, warehousing, stuffing and unstuffing of general and containerised cargoes. Storage of containers. Servicing, repairing and maintenance of containers. General marine operations, leasing of steel
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    • 117 13 POH TIONG CHOON CO., CONTRIBUTING TO SINGAPORE'S ECONOMIC PROGRESS THROUGH ALL KINDS OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WITH SPEED, RELIABILITY AND SAFETY I \J 'Major Business Activities« Light Heavy machines, transportation handling General Bulk Cargoes transportation handling Container transportation and handling Marine transportation lighterage General Bulk Cargoes stevedoring Packing and Packaging Labour
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 201 14 •v V- m- L > ?r vH' 0\ U r" 1 ./>• f\ V Manufacturers, Repairers and Stockist of Tractor Undercarrigae Parts for all types of Earthmoving Tractors and the Largest Suppliers and Replacement "BE RCO"( Italy) Parts Depot in South East Asia. Far East Sole Agent: A iai loji
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 123 15 !N si nt b n I u 1 ft I r J Road Roller ►l4 Atlas Copco Air Compressor ffu.n 170 to 600 cfrn Lincoln Welder 300 amp and 400 amp Water Pumps Traxcavators Cranes In order that you will obtain the maximum efficiency and production our team of experienced
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 162 16 ****************************************00 We manufacture and supply IS various types of Construction /nnl||rV 9 equipment. 1 I I 63 II 8 44 I I m*ss a* I iXaA 1 I i is ft M»5 rv-?fc Lvn a ;-v ly 3 X Va h 7Ti Ya -t> 4V-. 'A ft me as r
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    • 134 16 MAKE YOUR TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS, OURS! SD\ LA HALIIMSONS INTERNATIONAL (S) rri. LTD. PV CLEARING FORWARDING AGENT. HEAVY EQUIPMENT HAULAGE MEANS HALEEMSONS INTERNATIONAL (S) PTE. LTD 525 KAMPONG BAHRU ROAD, SINGAPORE 4. TEL' *****5 (3 UNES) HAVE YOU GOT A MOVING PROBLEM? ■p®il CSOB H33HI Aro roo wrrtri that vow f
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 107 17 Yes. Henry Transport lightens your transportation problems. Whether your problems involve shipping, lighterage, packing or clearing and forwarding, Henry will solve them and arrange all documentation as well. Full 24 hours service by a trained and efficient staff. JUST CALL: TRANSPORT GENERAL AGENCIES CO. (PTE) LTD. Ist Floor. 17 Ord
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    • 307 17 WARNA1JTE MASTER CONSOLE PREVENTS CAR FAILURE rTTTTiiuimn i rrnr The new Wamalite Master Console is for the careful driver who wants to have a number of functions from brake fluid level to low oil pressure and, even brake fight failure continuously monitored. The Warnalite Master Console flashes a warning through
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  • SPORT 1
    • 322 18  -  CAMERA ON SCHOOLS By Peter Koh Attired in spotless white and blue jerseys, the basketballers of River Valley English Primary were bouncing their ball defiantly on their school court when we visited them. The season was over weeks ago and these enthusiastic
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    • 380 18  -  By Sonny Yap Four local cyclists are now taking part in the exhaustive 634 -mile Tour of Malaysia road race from Jo ho re Bafiru to Alor Star. Asian Games representative Khoo Kwee Huat and newcomers Abdul Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib, Yahya Ismail and
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    • 28 18 District 7 scored a 3-2 victory over District 3 in the finals of the Vigilante Corps table tennis championships at Tiong Bahru Secondary School last night.
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    • 110 18 Rata's campaign to win the Singapore Women's Netball Association Division I League title suffered a rude shock when they lost 29-37 to Brunch yesterday. The team which had won its last three games convincingly could not match the fast and furious play of the winners. Both were
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    • 298 19 PESTA SUKAN By Winston Sng Nine countries have confirmed their participation in this year's Pesta Sukan basketball championships In August. They are: Australia. Ceylon, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. South Korea, the 1070 Asian Games champions, are undecided whether to send at least
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    • 212 19 Seven countries have so far responded to Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's invitation for the Pesta S uk a n international meet from Aug. 13 to 15. I This was disclosed by SAAA secretary Maurice Nicholas at a committee meeting to receive progress reports from the various
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    • 54 19 The Hong Kong Chinese language newspaper, the Hong Kong Times, has reported that the HK Foot-, ball Association will not take part in the Peeta Sukan soccer international in Singapore in August It was reported that the HKFA have other commitments after competing in the Merdeka
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    • 66 19 EXCHANGE RATE (No. 3) on the inside, PHAREVER in the centre, and BLUE SKY race abreast into the home straight in Sunday's Class Two Division One 6f. Coming ri ?ht after them on the outside is the eventual winner—CHlNTA SAYANG (No. 7). Others in the picture are
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    • 656 19  -  By Jeffrey Low Vigilante Corps, now considered one of the top organisations for producing good footballers, are out to create soccer history today. They have two teams playing in the finals of the Government Services knockout competition at Jalan Besar. Their star studded first
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    • 45 19 player punts the hall stylishly, as his opponent from St Joseph's (striped jersey) falls to stop the kick in the Schools National Rugger "B" Division competition yesterday. SJI thrashed the Serangoon boys 40-3. Picture by Brian Culley. Picture by Brian Culley
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    • 233 19 London, Tuesday The United States are strongly placed to break the Australian strong hold on the men's singles in the Wimbledon tennis championships here. Fourth-seeded Stan Smith, 24. of Pasadena, California, and unseeded Tom Gorman, 25. of Seattle, Washington, are already through to meet in
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    • 257 19 By Blue Peter Phar Pal underlined his chances in the Class Two x Division Three 6f handicap race on Saturday when he did a smart gallop at Bukit T i m a h this morning. Ridden by Johnny Wilson, Phar Pal strode out
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    • 96 19 VFL—Collingwood 18.16 (124) d. Richmond 12.12 (84), Hawthorn 14.19 (93) d. Fitzroy 7.16 (58). Footscray 12.8 (80) d. Melbourne 11.13 (79). St. Hilda 16.15 (111) d. North Melb. 6.16 (52). Geelonr 13.9 (87) d. South Melb. 9.12 (66). Carlton 14.14 (98) d. Essendon 13.6 (84). Thomson leads London,
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    • 90 19 Reuter New York, Tuesday Lee Trevino earned only US$759 for a 34thplace finish in last week's Cleveland Open but still leads the 1971 US tour earnings list. Trevino has won US$l65,869, while Jack Nicklaus, who passed up the Cleveland tournament, is second with U*****,213. Placinrs: 1.
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 399 18 9 NEW NATION r km a J HI PHONE *****0 AT YOUR SERVICE GENERAL REPAIRS of air-condi-tioners, refrigerators. Spray plastic paint guaranteed one year. Call: *****0 Soon Huat Electric spray-painting Singapore. INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION SERVICE, 4358, Geylang Rood, Singapore. *****3, consult Anthony Tan, International Private Eye. ACCOMMODATION VACANT A JALAN TARI
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    • 303 18 MISCELLANEOUS KUMARAGURU ASTROLOGICAL HOUSE (S. A. Govindon— Astrologer) 117 A Owen 'Rood, Singapore ***** 9 a.m. 5.30 p.m. Friday closed.. SHOPPING GUIDE FLAN YOUR SHOPPING AT HOME SEK THB SHOPPING GUIDI ON PAGK 10 EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TUITION RADIO/T.V. SERVICING COURSE for day/night classes! Commence on 2/7/1971. Apply
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 84 18 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald RIP KIRBY HOW PARE )OU N CRITICIZE MY MUSIC, MAPAME? I HAVE PLAVEP FOR THE CROWNEP HEAPS OF EUROPE/ by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson Wi II I WOULDN'T EVEN TRY TO CKNCE TO THAT NOISE/ m m 1 m m >- m m Y/Zm
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    • 329 18 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Caravan animal. 6 Small compartment. 10 Visage. 14 Coach or cab of the Near East. 15 Large Chinese seaport. 16 Genus of ducks. 17 Balkans. 18 Moonshiners' nemeses. 20 Pluto's domain. 21 Resentment. 22 Practice. 23 Foolishness. 25 Guardian. 26 Prcteln food. 28 Stage of
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 608 19 —Cut aienf «atie« liars NEW NATION j TUESDAY MONEYWORDS S' 4PTvv Cat tut )U pn with ether cuius Pistiaf iastuctiiis appear keltw Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) j,... I 1 L L O T A R -Cut iio»( lettri lints CLUES FOR S-2 FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USIN6 CLUES BELOW. 1- P«ople
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  • Back Page TUESDAY
    • 630 20  -  Beggars of the sixties have disappeared By Lee Yew Meng The increasing sophistication of Singapore's society to maintain a clean city, coupled with the concerted efforts to promote tourism here, has forced beggars, who were very active In the early 60s, to give up
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    • 49 20 AH FOOK: At last we are going to have bigger HDB flats. Bouquets for the government. MEI LIN: Five-room flats are well and good but I'm certain the rooms are going to be as cramped as the old ones. What do YOU think? Write to the Editor.
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    • 167 20 There's a plum job for witch doctors being advertised in the Times: £lOO and all found offered by a city's festival organisers. All the medicine man is required to do Is simply keep the rain away. Well, perhaps not so simple considering
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    • 155 20 Gerd Kirschbaum, 41, a father of two lives in a busy Dusseldorf street. Every day some 1400 cars and lorrtes rumble past his house. Workmen with pneumatic drills add to the uproar. Now, in a precedentsetting case, Gerd Is suing the German state and
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    • 208 20 Nicholas Halfpenny has come through his first year after some near squeaks, during which most people wouldn't have given an old farthing for his chances. Right from the moment he was born, for instance, his heart stopped beating as he was being delivered by
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    • 227 20 A tiny black monkey this week scared the life out of the town clerk of Wattens in the Austria tyrol. As he opened the ice box at the Town Hall for a bottle of beer, the monkey jumped out, landed on his head, leaped on a
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    • 139 20 Railway cleaner Miss Bridle Mulray, 50, Is determined that no man will sweep her off her feet. Not even a rich Canadian, who claims to be a millionaire. The Canadian, Mr. Ben Surgarman, 57, saw Bridie's picture In a feature article about
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    • Article, Illustration
      44 20 Noriah Mislam, 16, loves to dance. Not the discotheque sort though. She's an exponent of Malay classical dances and a member of a cultural group. Noriah is an entrant for the New NationDorothy Gray Young and Lovely contest. Picture by Bob Buchanan
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    • 87 20 Frustrated by traffic jams which get worse every year, the commuters of Rio De Janeiro are impatiently awaiting completion of the city's US$lO million subway system. But it may be a long wait. One of Rio's biggest newspapers, the Jornal Do Brasil, reports
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 130 20 n T'bPic.i'itj THEATRE RESTAURANT NITE CLUB, SINGAPORE TEL *****3 I NOW I there is only necktie necessary Orchid Lantern's floorshows can be viewed at the mwf/i: relaxed atmosphere at NO extra charge. Open for business nightly from 8 p.m. Snack service readily available. m Q i 7c ui: fi S^>-
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 376 20 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening 3.20 For The Family (M) 3.50 A Dairy of Events in Singapore (M) 3.55 It's Happening in Singapore 4.10 Peyton Place 5.00 Close 6.00 Opening Followed By Skippy 6.30 News in Brief 6.40 For The Family (C) 7.20 It's Happening in Singapore 7.40 News (C) 7.50
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    • 484 20 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are not a person who relies on others even to a minor degree. You accept responsibility for yourself, for your work, your progress socially, your life in general, whether public or private. Doing the best you can and refusing
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