New Nation, 3 May 1972

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, May 3, 1972 No. 395 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1972
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  • 114 1 The share market was active this morning. Prices were fairly steady during the first 45 minutes. Haw Par moved ud 20 cents to $6.00. Inchcape gained five cents to $7.05, 0.C8.C. five cents to $9.90, Hong Leong two cents to $2.00, and Fair Lady two cents to
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  • 10 1 Police reported 52 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious.
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  • 24 1 LATE NEWS Washington, Wednesday. —Senator Hubert Humphery today won his second presidential primary in a row by beating Governor, Wallace in Indiana.
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  • 220 1  -  Probe after complaints from picknickers By Lee Yew Meng The Central Narcotics Bureau is stepping up its patrols along Changi Beach following complaints from picnickers that drug-taking youths are making a nuisance of themselves, especially during the weekends. Officers from the CIB have been keeping a
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  • 393 1 Rich rice area lost United Press International Saigon, Wednesday Communist force s drove outnumbered government defenders from Landing Zone English today to complete their conquest of the rice-rich northern third of Binh Dinh Province. military sources said Government troops began their withdrawal about 10 p.m.
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  • 49 1 New York, Wednesday.— At least five miners were reported killed In Kellogg Idaho, last night when fire broke out In the biggest silver mine in the United States. First reports said another 77 men were trapped by the flames in the Sunshine Silver Mine.
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  • 31 1 Jakarta, Wednesday. Seventeen people were killed when a truck overturned and plunged into river near Sranen. Central Java. The truck, carrying people, was crossing a bridge which suddenly collapse.
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  • 326 1 United Press International Sydenex Wednesday The bridge looked resplendent, and the bridegroom happy as they left the church where they were married yesterday. All seemed perfect, but the bridegroom, a remarkable athlete, had only six more month* to Mve. lan McWhlrter, 26, who has
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  • 59 1 Talpeh, Wednesday. Peking Is planning to set up surface-to-air missile and coastal artillery bases on the island of Hainan, east of the Gulf of Tonkin, the Central News Agency reported yesterday. The report quoted an informed source as saying that the renewed US bombing of Hanoi
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  • 194 1 The Development Bank of Singapore has formed a new wholly-owned subsidiary company, Raffles Centre (Pte.) Ltd. with an initial capital of $25 million to develop projects in the proposed Raffles International Centre stretching from Beach Road to Cathay Cinema. This is revealed by Mr. Howe Yoon
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  • 63 1 A taxi driver, Eng Choo Min, 50, was forced out of his taxi by two passengers yesterday while he was driving them to Jalan Kembagan, off Changl Road. The two men—one armed with a sharp object—drove away in the taxi. It was found abandoned two hours
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  • 45 1 Jakarta, Wednesday. Dozens of elephants ran amok destroying houses and rice paddies at the village of Wai Halom in South Sumatra. The elephants, forced out of the jungle by a prolonged dry spell, caused panic among the villagers but noone was hurt.
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  • 205 1  -  By Wee Beng Huat A newly married man died in a head-on collision with another car carrying holidaymakers from Singapore at Pontian on Sunday one hour after his wedding. His bride who was sitting next to him and four others were seriously
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  • 74 1 New Delhi, Wednesday.— India is considering staging underground nuclear explosions, the Defence Minister, Mr. Jag j Ivan Ram, told Parliament yesterday. They would be held only for peaceful purposes, he said. Mr. Ram, replying to demands by Members of Parliament for a revision of
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  • 99 2 A retired advertising clerk, Mr. Tan San Hal (above) is the latest claimant of a $lOO voucher In the New Nation Post Office Savings Bank Moneybox contest. Mr. Tan, 68, said: 'The money comes in handy for three of my children who are still in
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  • 90 2 Sopexa and the trade section of the French Embassy will Dresent an exhibition of French food products at the Shangri-La Hotel from 10 a.m. tomorrow. There will be a cocktall In the evening. The exhibition, to be opened by the French Ambassador, will cover French food and agrlcul-
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  • 216 2 The Ministry of Health is asking the Attorney General, Mr. Tan Boon Teck, to look into the matter of prosecuting the manufacturers of the Sin Lak pills! According to medical evidence at a coroner's inquiry, the Sin Lak pill caused the death of a 28-year-old
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  • 51 2 St. Teresa's Convent carried off the first prize at the Malay Speech Contest on Saturday, the second time running. Margaret Lee, 16, a Secondary Four student of St. Teresa's Convent, came first. Representatives from 13 schools took part. The contest was organised by the St. Joseph's Institution Malay
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  • 21 2 Police «ound the body of a Chinese man floating at Changi Creek at 5.30 p.m. yesterday. They are investigating.
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  • 289 2 The NTUC will ask the government to deport foreign employers who are anti-union. This was stated by NTUC vice president, Mr. Seah Mui Kok, following the May Day speech by NTUC president, Mr. Phey Yew Kok, who said that some employers particularly Americans were
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  • 29 2 The newly formed Kuo Chuan Old Girls' Association, has elected Miss Seng Soo president. Miss Koh Min Hua is yicepresldent and Miss Loo Ceng Teck is secretary.
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  • 233 2 The Singapore Cancer Society today welcomed the government's move to restrain medical officers from smoking in public and with patients while on duty. The society's chairman and public relations officer, Mr. Feddy Yin Ee Kheng, said: "There is merit in this move by government.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 4 2 Malaysian action, pare 5.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 141 2 EHHS Today's winning number *****6 t I If the last six digits of your Singapore Identity card number are those shown above, you have just won a $lOO Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post Office Savings Bank account in your name. Call
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    • 950 2 z I 1 V»' V t* V at X-, <_ s*' > uv %f. <r» 5 HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW SINGAPORE? WHAT'S ON TODAY course on ceramic at HOLLAND PARK. The National Productivity Centre will begin a course on materials management at the LIGHT INDUSTRIES SERVICES, River Valley Road.
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  • 210 3 "Fund raising for round the world trip by Singaporeans" read the sign beside a mobile hot-dog stand. For four months ex-office worker Steven Goh, 22, had been selling hot-dogs from his mounted motor cycle in pursuit of his visions of Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower
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  • 277 3  -  By Violet Oon "Bravo!" roared the enthralled audience as Flamenco dancer El Sail gave display after display of his fantastically light and fast footwork at the first performance of his company at the Supper Club last night. Each item was a different variation of the
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  • 38 3 The Primary Production Department is Inviting applications for admission to the Farm School in Sembawang beginning on September 1. The one-year course will consist of training In animal husbandry, horticulture, freshwater fisheries and mixed farming.
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  • 39 3 The Extra-Mural Studies Department of the University of Singapore will conduct a 10-lecture course on operational research for the public. The speaker will be Mr. M. C. Ng, a senior research member in the Ministry of Health.
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  • 71 3 Only some of the 84 chit fund firms which have been granted provisional licences to ODerate until June, have Dald their $lOO,OOO deDOslts as required under the law. A government spokesman today said that out of the 84 firms listed in the government gazette "only
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  • 136 3 Movie circles here have predicted that Bruce Lee's second film. Fist of Fury, will shatter the box-office record of his first. The Big Boss. Fist of Fury, to be released soon, stars Bruce Lee In his role as a Jeetkune do exponent. It has
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  • 448 3 Hopes of an early return home for seven fishermen, stranded in Rangoon for over one month after their release from jail, are not bright. This is because the owner of the boat, Mr. Tan Ah Tong, is still waiting to find out whether the
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  • 50 3 Brldgestone Singapore Co. Pte. Ltd. will hold a cocktail In the Island Ballroom, Shangri-La Hotel on May 12 to meet Mr. N. Sorioka, director of Brldgestone Tyre Co. Ltd. Tokyo, to bid farewell to Mr. M. Mlyacrl. the managing director, and to welcome his successor, Mr. M. Yamada.
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  • 320 3  -  Reminder on scrapped subjects By Patrick de Souza History and geography will still be a vital part of the primary school currilum though they have been scrapped- from the primary school leaving examination. This reminder came from a Ministry of Education official yesterday. He
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  • 138 3 About 80 officials from 10' East Asian countries will meet in Singapore next week for a two-day seminar on safety in the skies. Sponsored by the Orient Airlines Association, the seminar will be opened next Wednesday by the managing director of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines and
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • In Person
    • 534 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 WHEN you've past the nurdle of 30 in years, you don't really care too much about hiding birthday secrets. Not until you reach 50, that Is! At least that is what Mr. K.C. Chong, financial controller of
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  • Article, Illustration
    60 4 Nipper (left) is about six months old, with silky long hair and small feet that indicate he won't grow to be too big. He has been given a clean bill of health, and is ready to be placed in a new home. Call at the SPCA, 151 Orchard
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  • 865 4 From the DOG HOUSE By PG If I may use the word democratic in the sense of equal participation, tlien dog shows must be one of the most democratic sports of all. Anyone can enjoy horseracing but very few can
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 209 5 Most of the applicants for the new Housing and Development Board flat at Farcer Road will be disappointed when balloting is held early next year. Seven hundred flat units will be built and about 3500 people have applied to buy them. The flats,
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  • 30 5 Miss Yong Slu Len will speak on Child Dental Health at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club of Singapore at the Mandarin Hotel at 12.45 pjn. today.
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  • 33 5 Bonn, Wednesday. The West German Parliament remained suspended yesterday while all three political parties at a series of separate meetings tried to work out a common foreign policy towards Eastern Europe.
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  • 128 5 Aim to set up joint economic ventures The Development Bank of Singapore hopes to finance or take an active part in industrial projects in neighbouring countries. In the bank's annual report, the chairman and president, Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, said: "Hitherto, our operations have been
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  • 357 5 Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday The government Is to keep a'dose watch on Chinese medicine shops to ensure that they do not sell "killer" pills. This precaution is the result of the detection of dangerous drugs in Singapore and the seizure by the police of "killer" pills
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  • 661 5  -  500 will give today's earnings to hospital fund By Pang Cheng Lian First it was the taxidrivers, now it Is the trishaw riders. More than 500 of them will donate today's earnings for the Chung Hwa Free Hospital Building Fund. They hope to
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  • 57 5 Athena, Wednesday. The Greek government yesterday issued a decree banning demonstrations and authorising police to use force In the last resort firearms to disperse demonstrators. The measure, coming in a decree published in the official gazette yesterday follows student unrest in Athens and Balonica, in which
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  • 43 5 The Junior Chamber of Singapore will organise a project called Outstanding Young Singaporeans to give public recognition to young people with exceptional achievements in leadership and services to the community. For further details, contact the Junior Chamber of Singapore. Tel: *****7.
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  • 40 5 The American School band will play at the Botanic Gardens on May 21 from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 pjn. The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry band will perform on May 28 from 5 pjn. to 6 p.m.
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  • 18 5 The YWCA will hold Its annual Flag Day on Saturday as part of its fundraising projects.
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  • 142 5 Like all schoolgirls, Kasmawati Manijan (above) was often told to speak her mind. But she never had the chance to—not until last night, anyway. At the Kota Raja community centre the 14-year-old schoolgirl showed her oratorical skill and easily made her way into the second round of the
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  • 249 5  -  By Wee Beng Huat All the 70 policemen who recently completed their one-year potential officer's course at the Police Academy were told yesterday that they were "not suitable for promotion to the rank of Inspector." This Is the first time that no candidate
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  • 25 5 A cocktail party to welcome members of the Chamber of Commerce in Phoenix. Arizona, will be held at the Merlin Hotel on Monday.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 145 5 K P >6/71 The special years when your children are babies. Growing and changing everyday. Times wu'll love to look back on f L* J&o*- -v- 4 $> %-jjal -*4 if Their first smiles. Learning to walk. Going off to school. All the happy family times together. Make a record
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 169 5 Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Kuala Lumpur 33-23 C Tokyo 26-17 C Manila 33-24 C Jakarta 33-24 C Hong Kong 27-24 C Taipeh 29-21 C Seoul 28-8 C Bangkok 36-26 C Naha 25-19 C San Francisco 23-7 C New York 17-15 C Paris 20-lOC London 18-12 C Bydney 22-12 C
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 862 6  -  From George McArthur NORTH VIETNAM The average North Vietnamese soldier Is a farm boy draftee with less than a fifth-grade education. His monthly salary will buy him 12 bottles of beer If he can find the beer. While campaigning in
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    • 465 6  -  From Raymond Wilkinson MIDDLE EAST Snakes, scorpions and hot desert winds that blow out of Arabia's empty quarter are masters here. It must be one of the most Inhospitable regions on earth, yet there Is a war on for control of It The war
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    • 730 6  -  Documents outline the alleged coup against Mao From Richard Hughes The Melbourne Herald CHINA A cautious, documented solution to the great mystery of the disappearance of Marshal Lin Piao, China's Defence Minister and heir designate to Chairman Mao, has at last been accepted
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    • 479 6  -  Front Bernard Ronquillo PHILIPPINES As early as last year or just after the constitutional convention started Its deliberations in June, a frustrated would-be deleRate who failed to run for the con-con because of lack of logistics called the charter meeting unconstitutional. His reason
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    • 967 6  -  By S.V. Suppiah SINGAPORE Certain plans of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East have contributed towards the economic and social development of this region. A scheme of the ECAFE, the Trans-Asian Railway has contributed towards greater flow of goods and passengers in
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  • 394 7 War situation Serious* Reuter Washington, Wednesday The United States may again pull out of the Paris peace talks, an administration spokesman indicated after it was frankly admitted that the war situation was very serious. The State Department spokesman. Mr. Charles Bray, said: "There
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  • 104 7 Reuter Washington, Wednesday— The White House yesterday Imposed secrecy on the movements on Dr. Henry Kissinger, President Nixon's national security adviser, leading to speculation that he might have flown to Paris for secret talks on the Vietnam War Dr. Kissinger has frequently carried out secret
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  • 31 7 Rome, Wednesday. Romans got free bus and tram rides during the morning and evening rush hours yesterday as authorities launched their latest experiment to solve the city's traffic problems.
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  • 574 7 New Nation Foreign Service Washington, Wednesday— A shocked President Nixon paid tribute "he was a legend in his own lifetime." And a Black Panther leader celebrated saying "his death came about 70 years too late." This was the range of reaction to the death
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  • 399 7 United Press International Washington, Wednesday. —The United States has decided to co-operate with China in areas that are mutually beneficial, a State Department official said yesterday. Mr. Marshall Green, who travelled with President Nixon to Peking last February, said: "We have not only
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  • 110 7 Washington, Wednesday. Senator William Proxmlre yesterday asked the US Price Commission to cut the cost of General Motors Cars because the company recently reported a 6.6 per cent increase in profits in the first quarter of this year. "Coupled with these reports of profits Is
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  • 23 7 Accra, Wednesday .—The body of ex-President Kwame Nkrumah is expected to be flown here from Guinea today for burial in Ghana.
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  • 135 7 New York, Wednesday. A group of 24 New York police were yesterday charged with taking about $3 million in bribes from gambling concerns in one of the biggest corruption scandals the police have ever uncovered. Another policeman under Investigation committed suicide on Monday. The
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  • 100 7 Reuter Bandar Sen Begawan, Wednesday. Brunei will provide an air force workshop base at its new international airport to facilitate British troops being airlifted out of here In case of emergency, reliable sources said yesterday. Britain still has obligations to the external defence of
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  • 295 7 United Press International Santiago, Wednesday. Poor telephone service by the local subsidiary of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation has made Chile a world leader in wrong numbers, a Chilean official said yesterday. Mr. Oscar Carre ton, Un-der-Secretary of Economy, said 16 of each 1000
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  • 250 7 United Press International London, Wednesday—One of the last bastions of the British male has fallen. After centuries of male excluslveness the London Stock Exchange Is about to open Its portals to females. From March next year, women who apply to become members of the
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  • 251 7 Reuter London, Wednesday. China might see a chance for subversion in the new state of Bangladesh after the setback to its manoeuvres in the Indo-Paki-stan crisis, according to strategic experts here. This assessment was contained in the annual strategic survey of the Londonbased International Institute
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  • 153 7 Reuter London, Wednesday. Two new Soviet naval air bases appear to have been set up in Egypt during the past year as part of the growing air support for the Soviet fleet in the Mediterranean, the International Institute for Strategic Studies reported yesterday. The
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 488 8 The potential for military co-operation between Asean countries is a subject that seems to exercise Jakarta more and more. No clear ideas have yet emerged from Indonesian policymakers on the form it should take, but one strain is persistent. Indonesia does not see the co-operation as
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  • 69 8 byISPY Dr. Henry Kissinger's fame as a ladies' has been given due recognition. He has just been given an award by the Pussycat League, an international Anti-Women's Lib Organisation, for "having enjoyed and developed harmony between the sexes." The New York-based organisation also announced its first
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  • 1003 8  -  DICK WILSON What is the future of Hong Kong? Many people supposed that the Chinese entry Into the United Nations, the opening up of ChinaUS trade and the Nixon visit to Peking presaged the early demise of
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  • Letters
    • 79 8  -  CHAN LOY CHAN (Miss) Public Relations Officer, Public Health Division, Singapore 2. I refer to the letter by For a Clean and Healthy Environment (NN, April 6) regarding Beauty World market. The market referred to 1a a private one and arrangements have been made for It to
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    • 138 8 I am a student dally using the bus service. Recently as I was on my way home from school, I boarded a bus from Victoria Btreet. The time was exactly 3.05 pjn. I was in my complete school attire (wearing a prefect's tie, a badge and
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    • 99 8  -  TAY AH LAN We are a group of students who wish to repeat Secondary Four. Recently, we were told that our applications had been rejected. I wonder if it Is because there are no vacancies for us In the school. Even if it is so, we
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    • 52 8 If anyone stands along Rangoon Road or Kitchener Road between 5.15 p.m. and 6.15 pjn. for an hour, he will find the buses fully loaded. There are too many school children and workers using this route. Can't extra buses be put on during peak hours? WHAT'S WRONG,
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    • 93 8 The new weekly series of Our Composers on radio is our initial attempt towards the recognition of our own Singapore music and it Is a good start. However, It would be much better If we had the same series on television. As Confucius said "a
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    • 60 8  -  TANG CHEE YUEN Organising Secretary, 7th Singapore Grand Prix, Singapore 8. I refer to the letter by Shivering Fan (NN, April 12). The Grand Prix organising committee expresses its thanks to Shivering Fan for his comments and assures him that every endeavour will be made to improve
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    • 76 8 I wish to draw the attention of the authorities concerned to a very serious air pollution problem at my place. My neighbour rears poultry In the front of his house, while behind he has a vegetable farm. The vegetable farm is a breeding place for mosquitoes. and
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    • 114 8 Pas&r malam (night bazaar) hawkers do a great service to residents in various housing estates. They are also, I believe, a tourist attraction. However, I do not believe that they should display their wares right In the middle of the road. This Is exactly what pas&r
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    • 37 8  -  A. ROBERT EDIS Principal, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore, Z, I refer to the letter from Disappointed Wife on the 13-month payment (NN. April 15). Arrangements were made to pay the 13* month salary on March 26.
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    • 51 8  -  A.B. LIM With all the current publicity on heart disease and the need for a low cholesterol and low fat diet, one would have thought the market would be flooded with skimmed milk. But on the contrary, there is hardly any to be found In the
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    • 74 8  -  P.H. LIM Tall, age-old trees line both sides of Tlong Bahru Road at some sections. As a result of the thick foliage of these trees, this stretch of road is poorly lit at night. In addition, the area is often crowded with pedestrians trying to cross the road.
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    • 88 8  -  LEE LIN SEN My friend Is working split-shift duty (i.e. 11 a.m. 3 Dm. and 7 D.m. 11 pjn.) In a hotel, with a dayoff every Monday. He Is serving part-time National Service and was given a night off for training every Friday. Now his boss wants
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 3140 9  -  Second of a three-part series by Betty L. Khoo, Edgar Koh Government sits up and takes notice The government has had to sit up in recent years and recognise the growing need for recreational facilities. This follows the quickening pace of the ratrace in urbanised
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  • SHOWBIZ
    • 929 10 Washington Post Robert Young was a major motion picture actor in the 1930s but he wasn't happy. In those days of motion picture tycoons and moguls, when five studios dominated the industry, actors weren't permitted to be serene, fulfilled, satisfied or contented. They
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    • 687 10  -  From Ivor Davis The Melbourne Herald Not so long ago most moviegoers would have been hard pressed to tell you the difference between Gene Hackman, Jean Peters, Gene Wilder and even Jean Harlow. But along came a smash hit film called the French Connection no
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    • 386 10 Los Angeles Times Hollywood, Wednesday Former top detective Eddie (Popeye) Egan of the New York City Police Department announced at Paramount studios recently that the New York State Supreme Court had overturned his controversial dismissal from the force. Egan, whose exploits as a narcotics detective were dramatised
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    • 156 10 More than U*****,000 was raised by top artists for Senator George McGovern to run for the elections in the primaries. The money was raised at a concert in the Los Angeles Forum last week. Senator McGovern has won the primaries. A star-studded cast
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    • 543 10 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, Wednesday John Lennon and Yoko Ono are causing some musical controversy again. This time It Is over the title and subject matter of their latest single, Woman Is The ***** Of The World. Tom Takayoshl, sales manager for
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    • 114 10  -  Peter Ong A sensational group from Philippines will be coming to Singapore soon. Their engagement? At the Hugo's Bar In Hyatt Hotel. The group—Julie and the Fournotes are due to arrive In Singapore this week. They are to take over from the fabulous Blue Star
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    • 476 10  -  By Violet Oon The curtain rises on the Nanyang sity Players' (Nantah's English- language drama club) production of Wilfrid Maria Guerrero's play Frustrations, on Saturday night at 8 p.m. at the Victoria Theatre. This is the first production of a play by a Filipino
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  • TREND
    • 427 11 Medical men say abortion being abused London, Wednesday Britain's abortion laws are in urgent need of overhaul, claim the nation's gynaecologists. Last week they attacked both the "indiscriminate" use of abortion, and many of the private clinics doing the operations. The attack was contained in official
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    • 262 11 Pretty girls like dirty jokes. Plain Janes prefer cleaner fun. So found a psychiatrist and a psychologist who tested the reactions of 97 girls, Including two nuns, to a series of cartoon postcards such as are commonly sold at British seaside resorts
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    • 787 11  -  THEY'RE COMFORTING FORMS OF IMMORTALITY IN AN AGE OF CONFUSION TRISH SHEPPARD Last weekend I visited a place which I hadn't seen for almost a year where a group of tall trees stand like sentinels to guard a long stretch of golden sand and silence
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    • 269 11 London, Wednesday London's clothing manufacturers have decreed that gimmickry is out. In a joint showing of Winter fashion* last weekend, the theme was on sober mother-would-approve Unes, with twlnsets and pearls for evening, and knife-pleated knee-length skirts for day. It waathe first time the
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    • 462 11 cuisine Hamburger is an American dish that is a great favourite among teenagers and children here. I rather suspect that the appeal lies more In a hamburger's association with Western style of life rather than taste. Still, with all the problems of getting
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    • 168 11 Short is definitely the current style of day dresses, but they're not taking the stance of a sexual revolution like the mini of two years ago. While fashion trends still show some knee-length dresses, it does seem as if the imagination of designers has been
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • BUSINESS AND FINANCE
    • 207 12 Two basic mlsconconceptions surround the introduction of contalnerlsatlon In the Far East, said Mr. Hennlng Harders, the Far East marketing director of HapagLloyd. The two misconceptions are firstly, it Is a new concept and secondly, shippers have to fill a container with goods before
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    • 522 12 New Nation Foreign Service Santiago, Wednesday China offered inter-est-free or low Interest loans to poor countries last night at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Chinese delegate, Mr. Ten Chla-hua, told the UNCTAD working session that his
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    • 175 12 Reuter New York, Wednesday Prices closed sharply lower yesterday In moderate trading for the second consecutive session after a brief attempt at a rally fizzled on the New York stock exchange. The overnight fall on Wall Street and disruption at the docks were negative
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    • 174 12 Reuter London, Wednesday The market was mixed with an easier bias in reaction to Monday's advance. At the dose, the Dow Jones industrial average of 30 selected blue-chip stocks was down 7.08 points at 935.20 It losa nearly 12 points on Monday. The index
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    • 296 12 Singapore is the fastest growing market in the Far East region for amateur cameras and photo graphic equipment, said Mr. Charles Fitter, the marketing director for this area, of the US-based Eastman Kodak Company. For this reason, Kodak is hosting a marketing conference
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    • 146 12 Allied Cbtzn 32% 45% MU AT A T *214 A ft P Bbk Anarnndi 1944 Betfe fiteel sivt RMhtf 20V. 82% 33% 127% Control Data 222 80% 164% 116% Ford Mot 31% 29% 77% 80% 30% Ottlf Oil 24% IBM 380 30% Sl% ITT 58% 46% 110%
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    • 23 12 New York, Wednesday.— The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) has acquired Steinway and Sons, the world-famous pianomaking firm, it was announced yesterday.
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    • 172 12 The share market was mixed yesterday, despite a firm trend on Monday. On balance gainers were a minority. First line industrials were generally steady. Activity was centred on selective industrials. Property counters, however, were very active. City Development with speculative support gained 14 cents to $1.35. Faber Union,
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    • 539 12 Reuter Washington, Wednesday The US Secretary of State, Mr. William Rogers, has come out against those who advocated a return to protectionism to correct America's balance of trade deficit although it vas the highest ever in the first three months of this
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    • 138 12 The Singapore Institute of Management has organised a number of courses for this month. Communication in Management will be held between May 4 and May 22, on Mondays and Thursdays. Charges are $lO2 for members and $l2O for non-members. A course on advertising will be
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    • 220 12 The US-based LTV Aerospace Corporation Is planning to Introduce a newly developed horizontal elevator for mass transportation of people In Singapore. The company's regional representative, Mr. George Budway, Is arranging talks with the Economic and Development Board to introduce the system here, which he
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 270 12 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 1 Makes a fluff. 6 Edison's middle name. 9 Ortrud's ward. IS Scoter. 14 "Dieu et mon—" 15 Famous race horse. 16 Man on the road. 17 Owner of 21 merit badges. 19 Western or Spanish. 21 Just a bit. 22 Arranged anew. 24 One opposed. 25
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    • 73 12 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald WTT H -ir« v,r„ I I 'A n Am i i r IS figs fpi s. m it y. RIP KIRBY by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson MISS BOURNE, DM XiTTBt" WHAT PO6S PEAR UNCLE EPMARP WANT TD TELL ME? f-f *&YJI ARMEP WITH SECRET
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    • 409 13 DISTRICT 10. Two vocont unfurnished apartments. Available immediately at Taman Nakhoda with 2 bedrooms, living/dining room, garage, servant's qrs. provided. S'pore Tel: *****/*****9. HOUSING PROBLEMS? Just call upon International Housing Agency *****3 for your type of houses required in any choice district. FAR EAST MANSION dist. 9 furnished airconditioned room,
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    • 397 13 THE HIGH SOCIETY 248-C Orchard Rood for your lody escorts. Singapore *****1. FOR SALE CAPRICORN AIRCONDITIONING CO., new and used, all kinds airconditioners, trode-in, rental, sale and maintenance service. Tel: ***** S'pore. FOR HIRE SIGHT SSING BUSINESS 24 hours for only $2O/-. Joseph Cor Rental. Telephone: *****/*****, Singapore. FRESH FLOWERS
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    • 468 13 PEST CONTROL THC IMPORTANCE OF LIVING LEE PING QUEE HE SAY 1. Do not live in infested house. Coll THOMAS COWAN TO EXTERMINATE CONTROL. 2. Do not buy infested house. Coll THOMAS COWAN for DETAILED REPORT. 3. Do not build house to feed white ants. THOMAS COWAN will prevent TERMITE
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    • 226 13 CHEAPEST FLIGHT to London— Brussels ond Europe Tours. Contact EITA 428 Cross Street S'pore. *****/*****4. VEHICLES FOR SALE FEBRUARY 1971 OPEL 1900 Rekocd centre console, GT wheels, immoculote condition, new point, 28 m.p.g. Highest offer $8,900/securev Tel: Stephen *****8 S'pore 10 a.m. —4 p.m. FIAT 850 SPORTS December 1969 with
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  • 421 14 London, Wednesday.-—Bir-mingham City made a Jubilant return to the first division of the English soccer league when they scored a tension-packed 1-0 win over Orient note last night to finish runners-up in division two. Birmingham, who needed only a draw last night to
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  • 56 14 The Singapore International Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual general meeting In the Jurong Room,. Shangri-la Hotel, at 12 noon on Friday. The meeting will be followed by a luncheon to be held in the hotel's Tanglin Road where the Minister for Finance, Mr. Hon Sui Sen,
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  • 917 14 Better players or not is left to be seen London Wednesday. The end of our month long training here is finally approaching, and at all cost the 20 players are expected to be better footballers after their return on May 10. Whether they
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  • 34 14 player on the ground during the schools national match. St Andrew's won 13-0. that's what a Raffles Institution players appears to be telling a St. Andrew's Picture by Ali Yusoff
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  • 308 14 Wolverhampton, England, Wednesday.—Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur clash In the first leg of their allEnglish UEFA Cup final here today after coming unbeaten through 20 matches against European opposition. Wolves and Spurs are maintaining English domination of the competition which succeeded the nowdefunct European Fairs Cup. English
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  • 238 14 New York, Wednesday The Pittsburgh Pirates have pitching problems and even their powerful hitters cant make up for the mound lapses in the national league. World series hero Steve Blass was belted for seven runs in the sixth innings—on a grand slam by Jim Wynn and
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  • 48 14 Nfr York, Wednesday American Beakrthall Imrftlm all aerftee beet-ef-erven playen itandlnfs: EASTERN DIVISION Vkak W L FCT Virginia I I iN New Terfc S S ,&N WESTERN DIVISION FtaMde •Indiana 4 S JTI Utah S 4 .429 Benito; New Terk 144 Virginia 144; Indiana 117 Utah 11S.
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  • 206 14 CRICKET London, Wednesday. Sadiq Mohammad, Pakistan's opening Test batsman, crackea a brilliant century to steer Gloucestershire to a six-wicket victory over Glamorgan 1b their 55-over Benson and Hedges cricket Cup match in Sansea yesterday. Sadiq punished the Glamorgan attack fcfr 12 fours and a six
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  • 149 14 New York, Wednesday. Jack Nicklaus maintained his top spot in the US golf earnings list with a total of U*****,273 (60,000 sterling) according to figures issued yesterday by the US Professional Golfers' Association. Chi Chi Rodriguez, who took the U5525,000 (9600 sterling) first prize in the
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  • 474 14 Rome, Wednesday. Manuel Orantes of Spain defeated Czechoslovakia's Jan Kodes yesterday to win the 29th Italian Open tennis tournament and score his biggest victory ever. The 23-year-old Orantes, who comes from Oranda, scored 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-2 in a sure-footed and hard-driv-ing game to win
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  • 139 14 Sydney, Wednesday—Australian tennis star Evonne Goolagong left here last night for overseas determined to prove her Wimbledon singles victory last year was no fluke. The 20-year-old girl from the New South Wales country town of Barellan flew out of Sydney accompanied by her coach and mentor,
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  • 380 14 Vancouver, Wednesday. The fight mob scattered to the four winds today, leaving Vancouver a little quieter and free to worry about its own problems. Muhammad All, the former heavyweight champion who stirred up everyone in a hectic week of preparations and then
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  • 53 14 London, Wednesday. Jerry Quarry of California, the world's second ranked heavyweight, yesterday signed to meet seventhranked Larry Middleton of Baltimore in a 10-round fight at Wembley next Tuesday. Quarry claimed at the signing ceremony that he had never heard of Middleton before, despite the 6-foot 4-inch (1.93
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  • 1594 15 By Blue Peter A winner of the St. Ledger Stakes in South Australia will be making his debut at the Bukit Timah Derby meeting Which begins on Saturday. He is Infiltrator (late Click Court). Infiltrator Is a four-year-old bay Australian gelding by Beau Court,
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  • 190 15 London, Wednesday. Kaki Bukit Secondary School captured the National Girls' "C" hockey title by beating muchfancied Naval Base Secondary by a penalty goal, at Serangoon Road yesterday, reports M. Param. After a scoreless match which included an extra five minutes each way, both teams were
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  • 286 15 Fiat shareholders, meeting in Turin, Italy, on Friday, were told by Chairman Giovanni Agnelli that last years' labour troubles had caused a marked drop in production. The loss of over 3 million working hours caused a production shortage of 160,000 vehicles. In spite of this
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  • 64 15 Reykjavik, Iceland, Wednesday. The long-delay-ed world chess championship between the Soviet title-holder Boris Spassky and American Bobby Fischer will begin here on July 2, it was announced here last night. Mr. Gudmundur Thorarinsson, president of Iceland's Chess Federation, said he had accepted an offer from the
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  • 22 15 Naples, Italy, Wednesday.— A "Rest of the World" team edged out Italy 61-60 In a track cycling meet here yesterday.
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  • 346 15  -  BADMINTON By Sonny Yap The Singapore Badminton Association has selected three Thomas Cup trainees for the First Jakarta Open Tournament from May 24-27. They are Wee Kin. Ng Chor Yau and Lee Ah Ngo. The team manager is Inche Omar Ibrahim. The SBA
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  • 56 15 Tokyo, Wednesday—Japanese officials and contestants who staged a protest walkout at the world karate championships In Paris last month were banned from any further participation in the sport. The stiff punishment was announced by Mr. Ryoichl Sasakawa, president of the World Union of Karate Organisations as well
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  • 528 15 Any budding player drawn to meet Tan Ban Chew in the first round of the Singapore Under-20 badminton tournament will need more than Just mere encouraging advice. Despite moral support from friends, and words of "try your best, do not fear him," Chou
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  • 114 15 Gotemba, Japan, Wednesday Former world champion John Surtees of Britain won pole position for today's Japan Grand Prix with the fastest lap time in practice yesterday. The 38-year-old Briton covered the 4.3 kilometre (2.5 mile) Fuji Speedway course in one minute 20.80 seconds in his Surtees
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  • 487 15 The Banker 111 worked with gusto In a smart gallop on a good track at Bukit Tim ah this morning, reports Blue Peter. The English flve year-old gelding by Sound Track displayed pleasing action In a 3f run. returning 37 2/5. Sparkler (M.
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  • 75 15 Australian Jockey Laurie Johnson (above) who was last here two months ago. is back again for another busman's holiday. Johnson, who left for Ireland after the Queen Elizabeth II Cup meeting here in February, will ride for Bukit Timah trainer Garnet Bougoure with whom he struck
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  • 92 15 London, Wednesday. seventeen acceptors were announed yesterday for the William Hill "Jubilee" stakes handicap run over one mile and one furlong (1030 GMT) at Kempton, on Saturday May 6. They are with weights: Calshot Light 9.1, Sovereign Bill 8.12, King Midas and Royal Echo, both 8.11,
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    • 55 16 Determined that's the word for 22-year-old Anita Yeo. She likes to be her own boss. And with that aim In mind she's planning to set up her own boutique. Anita, who has just returned from Europe, lists travelling as her first hobby. That explains the
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    • 30 16 AH FOOK: All this fuss and bother over pork, It's enough to sour me on It for life. MEI UN: Talk about overweight pigs reminds me of you.
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    • 35 16 Toll highways are good business for France. The Ministry of Equipment said the nation's five state-run autoroutes in 1971 earned 462 million francs ($282 million), a 37 per cent boost over 1970.
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    • 34 16 Found In the stomach of a 475 pound (215 kilo) shark caught off the coast of St. John's Antiguaone human skull, a pair of brown shoes, several tins and a plastic bag.
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    • 699 16 POLITICAL THEME IN WORK AND PLAY Education in China today is a robust combination of politics and practical labour. Nowhere 1b this better illustrated than in Shanghai, a teeming city of 10 million people, China's largest The Kun Kiang Middle School in the industrial
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    • 296 16 Monsieur Marcel Le Servod, head chef at the Elysee Palace is worried about Queen Elizabeth's pudding. Buckingham Palace has discreetly informed the French Government that the Queen is a small eater and likes her meal to consist of only "a beginning, a
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    • 144 16 Today Is Wednesday, May 3. the 124 th day of 1972 with 242 to follow. THE MOON: Between full phase and last quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury and Jupiter. THE EVENING BTARS: Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Taurus. ON THIS
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    • 116 16 Speeding motorists In Britain may soon find themselves "booked" without knowing anything about It—until a summons pops up in the letter box. Swiss engineers have devised a crafty little device known simply as a radar camera which works from inside the boot of a
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    • 28 16 The Moroccan government said that few Moroccan males practised polygamy but released figures showing there were 131,000 more married women than married men in the country.
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 457 16 5 Siagapore 3.00 Opening and Housewives' Matinee—The Family (Cantonese film, Pt. 1) 3.45 A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week (C) 3.50 Nam Isalnyarkal, featuring: Pushpamary (Rot) 4.05 Days of our Lives 4.45 Close 5.55 Opening and Space Angel 6.30 News In Brief 6.35 What Others Say (E) 6.50
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    • 31 16 SHORT RIBS iVe ear a QUESTION. SNIFFY m 4K WMAO" CO IHeV/VIEAW WHEN W/ SAV THE GfcASS IS 6REEN6R ONTME OTH£R SIPE^ By Frank O'Neal BSTTBR (3ARDEfy/ F^. by George Fett
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    • 448 16 Trust your lucky star IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you possess a highly scientific mind that approaches everything In life from an analytical point of view. This Is fine—so long as the things In your life are not cut on an emotional bias. Let romance enter the picture, however,
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