New Nation, 16 May 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening. May 16, 1972 No. 406 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 103 1 The share market was moderately active this morning. Prices were generally moving up marginally. C.C.M. went up from $2.41 to $2.62 but eased to $2.60. Slme Darby gained 20 cents to $6.60 U. 0.8. five cent to $5.25, Straits 3teamshlp four cents to $3.10, Worldwide two cents
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  • 10 1 Police reported 62 accidents yesterday. Ten were serious.
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  • 58 1 Washington, Tuesday. The emergency operation on Alabama Governor Mr. George Wallace was halted briefly while surgeons decided whether to try to remove a bullet lodged near his spine. Representative Mr. William Nichols said at the hospital that Mr. Wallace would be "quite alert mentally as he ever was,
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  • 360 1  -  <Tiff* in hotel disco By Peter Ong A 19-year-old youth was stabbed to death along Orchard Road early this morning while his girl friends watched helplessly. As the youth, identified as Royston Tan Jee Keng, lay bleeding by the side of the road, one of
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  • 42 1 Jakarta, Tuesday Five Singapore navy vessels will arrive in the Jakarta port of Tandjnng Priuk on May 25 for a six-day visit to Indonesia, navy sources said today. They are the patrol boats Sovereignty, Endeavour, Dauntless Independence and the Panglima.
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  • 26 1 Washington, Tuesday.— The Pentagon disclosed yesterday that the United States is to send a seventh aircraft carrier, the Ticonderoga, to South-east asla soon.
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  • 165 1 The Ministry of Health today confirmed the discovery of another case of cholera. The latest case is a 41-year-old women from Toa Payoh, who is now in the Mlddleton Hospital. A Ministry spokesman said that this brought the total number of cases discovered to five up
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  • 190 1  -  By Wee Beng Huat Quite a few people objected to the way cobbler, Khoo Hock Slew, 19, was keeping his locks long. He was stabbed last month by someone who did not like his hair style. But Khoo, of Aljunied Road, was determined to keep his
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  • 23 1 New Delhi, Tuesday.— Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi will visit Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Hungary in June, it was officially announced yesterday.
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  • 25 1 Perth, Tuesday The liner Eastern Queen sailed for Singapore last night after being delayed In port for 18 hours for a rush clean-up.
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  • 472 1 Condition critical after attack at point-blank range Washington, Tuesday Alabama Governor George Wallace was shot and critically wounded yesterday as he campaigned at a shopping centre in Laurel, a Baltimore suburb. As Mr. Wallace was undergoing surgery at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland last
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  • 330 1 Reuter Washington, Tuesday. President Nixon last night called the shooting of Alabama Governor George Wallace a "senseless and tragic incident" and called on Americans to stand together against the vicious threat of violence hanging over their lives. White House press secretary Mr. Ronald
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  • 271 1 UPI, Reuter Saigon, Tuesday No r th Vietnamese tanks pushed to within U mile of the Central Highlands province capital of Kontum yesterday and other communist troops cut Highway 19 to the coast and ambushed government troops trying to repair It, field reports said. Earlier in
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  • 441 2  -  Now undergoing psychiatric tests By Ong Choo Suat About 16 men are now undergoing psychiatric tests in preparation for sex-change operations but some have not satisfied the psychiatrists that they will not regret the operation later on. A doctor in the sexchange operation team told
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  • 347 2 A chartered accountant today called on the Singapore Government to Introduce residential qualifications to protect the prolession from the influx of foreign accountants. In an interview with New Nation, Mr. K. S. Chew, who is also a councillor of the Singapore Society of Accountants, said: "There
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  • 202 2 The water-front was a hive of activity yesterday afternoon. The entire Fire Service of the Port of Singapore was out in full force and its six engines rushed to Oodowna 5 and 9. Firemen drew up in parade formation and a fire engine
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  • 182 2 A junior girl pipers band will soon be formed by the People's Association Jor those between the ages of 12 and 16. This follows the successful formation of the Singapore Girl Pipers who have gained popularity since making their debut in 1967. Mr. Soh Teow
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  • 95 2 The National Trades Union Congress will launch its first co-operative supermarket in October at Toa Payoh housing estate. It will offer a wide range of goods at competitive prices. At a later stage, prices will be lower than other shops. The NTUC, It is understood,
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  • 166 2 The fund for the proposed Chung Hwa Free Hospital has now swelled to $350,000 since it was launched in March last year. The latest boost to the fund included $15,000 from trishaw riders and $600 from a Chinese medium's temple offerings. The target for the hospital is $1.5
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 74 2 Sports diary GOLF—SICC Seletar and Fatimah Trophy at Island Course (1.15 pjn.). SQUASH —"B" league (home team Ist)—Police 1 v Tanglln 2; SCC 1 Woodlands; Tanglln 1 v Seletar; Tengah 1 v SCC 2 (all matches a 6 pjn.). SOCCER—PAS Div. 3 k.0.: PARC v Still United (Jalan Besar stadium
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    • 534 2 HRPPEIUIIGS WH T A o T^r ON Dr. Peter Ebeilng of the al Melbourne Hospital lecture on some recent developments in neurology at the PATHOLOGY LECTURE THEATRE, Outram General Hospital, at 5 p.m. Dr. Albert Goh will speak on mass screening of children for deafness at the EAR, NOSE. AND
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    • 53 2 Tides Today: 1.54 p.m. (25m). Tomorrow: 4.00 a.m. (2.9 m), 2.46 Dm. (2.4 m). Thursday: 1.28 a.m. (23m), 3.37 djn. (2.2 m). Friday: 2.18 am.'(2.6m). 4-32 p.m. (2.1 m). Saturday: 3.15 a.m. (2.4 m), 5.33 djii. (2m). Sunday: 4.25 a.m. (2.2 m), 6.35 p.m. (2.m). Monday: 5.58 a.m. (2jn), 7.26
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    • 108 2 tail Temperatures In world cities yesterday. Jakarta 33-24 C Kuala Lumpur 32-24 C Bangkok 36-26 C Hong Kong 29-24 C Manila 32-25 C Taipeh 27-20 C Naha 24-21 C Seoul 21-10 C Tokyo 22-17 C London 14- 7C Paris 13- 6C Moscow 22- 9C New York 20-14 C Sydney 18-10
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  • 337 3  -  By Patrick de Souza Speaking at the opening' of the Youth in Our Society seminar at the Conference Hall this morning, Professor Maurice Baker, Head of the English Department at the University of Singapore, hoped that the seminar would lead towards greater dialogue between young
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  • 307 3 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday— It may not be long before fears are expressed about graduate unemployment In Malaysia unless the university syllabuses are made relevant to national needs. This was stated by the chief administrative officer of the Judical Department, Mr. S. T. Sundram, at
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  • 43 3 The Adult Education Board and the Ministry of Education will organise another kindergarten teachertraining course in Chinese and English from July 1. The course will be held at Hal Sing Dewasa Institute In Holland Road, between 9 a.m. and noon.
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  • 37 3 The Chinese YWCA will hold a course on Magic for Fun for beginners on June fro? 1 a m *2 noon, it will be conducted by the Great Wong for a total of eight sessions.
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  • 210 3 Despite a Labour Ministry warning, a grass cutter which could kill or maim is still on sale in Singapore. A dealer, said today there had been no directive from the government asking that sales be stopped. Although he knew the government had issued
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  • 25 3 Jerusalem, Tuesday.—The Israeli Foreign Minister, Mr. Abba Eban, said here yesterday that Israel intended opening a consulate in Hong Kong later this year.
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  • 174 3 If Cinnamon and Toast (above) look rather forlorn, it is because they have lost their owners who left for England recently. This "brother-sis-ter" duo are among sdme 20 perfectly healthy cats at the SPCA waiting to be placed in new homes. Most of these affectionate creatures
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  • 378 3  -  By Ivan Lim The National Theatre Trust is to launch fund-raising campaigns and revenue-generat-ing projects enabling it to stand on its own feet. The trust will hold a meeting at 5.30 p.m. today In the National Theatre to explore ways of raising money. Its
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  • 569 3 What the government should emphasise Is not the creation of a Singapore culture but rather it should see to promoting conditions which are favourable for the growth of such a culture. And one should not take a mistaken view that a Singapore
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  • 69 3 Three armed men yesterday robbed the payroU of the Eastern Agencies Pte. Ltd. Just outside the company's premises In Alexandra Road. The robbers, armed with knives, held up the company's cashier and an escort man and took 40 pay Sickets totalling $8,000 for e firm's employees' midmonth pay.
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  • 291 3 More than 150 pre;university students from various language streams who are taking part in an island-wide seminar checked in happily at Eusoff College yesterday. They came in a variety of uniforms from Chinese, Malay and English schools, to begin the first lap of their
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  • 32 3 The Learning for Living Department of the Chinese YMCA will begin a French course on May 29 from 6.30 p.m. The 20-sesslon course will be held every Monday and Wednesday.
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  • 423 5  -  ...as ads can mislead, says expert By Patrick de Souza Consumers need org a n i s e d protection against some advertisers, according to a director of the International Cooperative Alliance. Dr. Dharrfi Vir said consumers needed legal protection against advertising which misled the consumer
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  • 262 5 A University of Singapore lecturer recently claimed that university students from English stream schools were less Inhibited during tutorials than students from vernacular schools. The lecturer, Mr. Tham Seong Chee said English stream students took a more active part in tutorial discussions. He said
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  • 284 5 The managing director of Neptune Orient Lines, Mr. M.J. Sayeed, has called on Asian nations to use their own resources and ingenuity rather than depend unduly on economic charity from the advanced countries. Opening the ECAFE training course he said: "The Ingenuity of
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  • 180 5 Madam Tem Gek Lang is bent on safe driving. Ever since she obtained her driving licence six years ago, she has thought it's her job to use the road properly, making it safe for others. Whether it be a heavy duty vehicle or just a
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  • 52 5 Two senior executives of the Automobile Association of Singapore have resigned. They are Mr. Y. W. Chan, the secretary, and Mr. Ho Siew Mun, the accountant. Mr. Chan has served the A. A. for over 14 years while Mr. Ho Joined the association only several
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 318 5 Lecturer wins first prize Last Thursday's qulze photograph showed the tower of the Church of St. Ignatius In King's Road. The first prize of $15 goes to Mrs. LL. Chang, a lecturer, of Woollerton Park. Her entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last night. The next
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 977 6 Tet was much more than a Dien Bien Phu for US forces. WARNER'S WORLD Four years ago, after the battered North Vietnamese forces had wltMfawn to the Jungles to lick their wounds and lament the falling of the general uprising, I visited the United States and reported
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    • 782 6  -  JAi'£l\l By Pang Cheng Lian The colourful history of Okinawa entered a new pnase yesterday when It formally became Japan's 47th prefecture after 27 years of US administration. Founded in the early 15th centaury, the first Ryukyu kingdom received its investiture from the
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    • 383 6  -  SOUTH VIETNAM From Alan Dawson South Vietnam's army exists on paper as a fighting force of more than one million men, outnumbering all communist forces by at least four to one. The North Vietnamese offensive, however, has revealed it as a frontline fighting force
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    • 417 6  -  PHILIPPINES From B. Ronquillo President Marcos, in calling for a National Security Council meeting to assess the progress of North Vietnam's offensive against the Saigon forces, has publicly expressed his deep concern over the dim prospects of peace in Asia. He considers the
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    • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 527 6 What other newspapers are saying: BUILDING OF HAWKERS CENTRES. Mr. E. W. Barker, Minister lor and National Development, officiated at the opening ceremony of the hawker centre and children's playground at the Serangoon Garden Estate a few days ago. Although It was not the first time
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      • 273 6 REAPPRAISAL OF THE VIETNAM WAR SITUATION. Observers In general think that this year will be a most decisive one as far the development of the Vietnam war situation Is concerned. Everybody knows that the Paris peace talks have all along been deadlocked because there is a big
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      • 339 6 NIXON'B VIETNAM MOVES: President Nixon lssufed an order for the blockade of all North Vietnamese ports as a means of applying pressure on Hanoi to compel it to stop its offensive in South Vietnam. President Nixon seems to be bent tm defending his policy of preventing South Vietnam
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  • 458 7 'Least offensive manoeuvre* UPI, Reuter Washington, Tuesday The US Secretary of State, Mr. William Rogers, his voice rising with emotion, yesterday strongly defended President Nixon's order to mine North Vietnamese harbours, saying it could lead to a negotiated settlement. "We don't believe that It Is going
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  • 322 7 United Press International Belfast, Tuesday—A bomb lasc night blasted to pieces the most popular tavern in Sandy Row, stronghold of militant feeling among Belfast Protestants. Within 30 minutes gangs of Protestants hit the streets bent on vengeance. Police said 45 people were injured when
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  • 62 7 Santiago, Tuesday.— The United States delegat.on will walk out of plenary sessions of the UNCTAD conference here if a Cuban resolution condemning its latest actions in Vietnam is passed by the conference, an American delegation source said. "We will immediately leave the meeting. We will then wait to
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  • 23 7 London, Tuesday.—Prime Minister Edward Heath will make his first flight in the Concorde jet airliner on Friday, his office announced yesterday.
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  • 58 7 Calcutta, Tuesday.—Vast areas of India's West Bengal state are facing severe drought conditions and local officials fear the situation could become "alarming" if the monsoon does not break within a week, a state minister said yesterday. Mr. Santosh Roy, Minister for Relief, said 10 districts
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  • 37 7 Tokyo, Tuesday. Ten people were killed In Japan yesterday in three Industrial and construction accidents. In a fourth accident, a Japan Air Lines jet liner ran off a runway with minor injuries to 18 passengers.
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  • 292 7 Reuter Paris, Tuesday Eliza oeth and President Georges Pompidou last night hailed Franco-Bri-tish trust and friendship as crucial to Europe's future as the British monarch began a five-day state visit to France. At a banquet in the Palace of Versailles, Mr. Pompidou had glowing praise
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  • 89 7 Reuter Tananarive, Tuesday The government of President Philibert Tsiranana promised yesterday to examine the grievances of Madagascar's striking students but warned against any resurgence of the violence which has killed about 25 people in the past three days. The Indian Ocean island's religious heads, who saw
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  • 290 7 Reuter London, Tuesday Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, had a narrow escape from death during his much, publicised parachute jump into the sea off Britain's south coast, it was revealed today. In a book dealing with the fascination flying has
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  • 239 7 Reuter Oslo, Tuesday, The Soviet Union is commissioning an 8,000-ton Pola-ris-type nuclear submarine every month and now has about 90 of them, Dr. Joseph Luns, NATO secretarygeneral, said here yesterday. Each sub was armed with 16 Polaris-type nuclear missiles with a range of 1,560
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  • Article, Illustration
    66 7 Mrs. George Wallace sobs as she bends over the body of her wounded husband after he was shot following a speech in a shopping centre in La u r el, Maryland. The Alabama governor is a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Eye witnesses said several shots were
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  • 81 7 Colombo, Tuesday. Twenty-eight people were presumed dead yesterday under a landslide in a teagrowing area 85 miles (abou 135 kms) from Colombo, police said. Bodies of an entire family of four were dug out but rescuers saved an 18-month-old infant. The landslide struck Nawalapitiya, in the central
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  • 306 7 United Press International London, Tuesday.—Thousands of angry commuters at London's busy Victoria Station staged a rush-hour revolt last night when locomotive engineers took a four-hour break for an emergency meeting. They stomped and whistled. They jeered whenever a railway workman came in sight. Some
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  • 215 7 Reuter New York, Tuesday.—Assassinations and attempted killnigs have been a gruesome feature of American politics during the last 100 years. Three other presidents as well as President Kennedy have been murdered while in office—Abraham Lincoln in 1865, James A. Garfield in 1881 and William McKinley
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  • 66 7 Johannesburg, Tuesday.— South African helicopters yesterday plucked 31 people, including eight injured seamen and a five-year-old child, from a crippled cargo ship off the storm-battered East Coast of southern Africa. In one rescue, two helicopters lifted eight Injured crewmen and four passengers, including a child, from
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  • 475 8 The number of "killer drugs" discovered in the past month confirms the lack of proper control of medicinal products in Singapore. The government has now recognised this poor state of affairs, and the Health Minister has revealed that a comprehensive Medicines Act is being prepared
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  • 65 8 byISPY My friend Sunny has a job which many would envy. His latest assignment: bar-hopping. Once a week he goes round to all these places on what he calls a promotion-cum-research exercise. He has completed about 20 of them with almost 300 more to
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  • 1119 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ The dangerous turn that has been taken in the Vietnam war by President Nixon's dramatic announcement that America was mining Haiphong harbour, teaches many lessons to smaller nations. Many of these lessons have to do with the paradoxical
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  • Letters
    • 138 8  -  LEE CHIN CHUAN Hon. Secretary, Sinfapore Land and Housing Developers' Association. Singapore, 1. We refer to the report made on the front page (NN, May 5) under the heading Singapore to be a Centre of $1000 mil. Business. The report said: "This was recently proposed and
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    • 464 8  -  KHOO KAY ENG Hon. Secretary, Singapore Society of Tourist Agents, Singapore, 10. We refer to your report, Stop 'Ivory Tower' Attitude. T.P.B. told (NN, May 9). Mr. Chong Poh Tew, the newly-elected chairman of the Singapore Tourist Guides Association, has claimed that they were treated as
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    • 106 8  -  LIM PEK HONG (Miss) Public Relations Officer, Housing Development Board, Singapore, 2- We wish to Inform your correspondent, Disgusted and Disappointed (NN, May 6), that requests for transfer of accommodation are considered according to the merits of each case. Where there is acute overcrowding or when
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    • 249 8  -  LIM HENG TOW Public Relations, Officer, RTS. Singapore. 11. I refer to the letter by Red Baron (NN, May 2). Red Baron's views on a wide range of subjects are noted. Some points he has raised need clarification. Contestants for the Rado Show are auditioned
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    • 72 8  -  EDWIN JAMES I was able to see the film Nicholas and Alexandra before It closed at the Orchard and I am pleased to say that my enjoyment of the film was vastly enhanced by having previously read the serialisation in New Nation. It is the
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    • 48 8  -  JOHN CHOO Inability to withstand the pressure and strains of life is one of several causes that give rise to mental 111-health. A progressive and humane society should provide adequate facilities for cure of those who are ill physically and mentally. That is its responsibility.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • DIALOGUE WITH THE SPIRITS
    • 2683 9  -  Second of a four-part series by Tan Chung Lee The more conservative Chinese in Singapore hold the belief that most things are dominated by specific spirits. This faith in the efficacy of occult practice* and spiritualism dates back thousands of years. This is why
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  • SHOPPING
    • 452 10 FkRESSING up, these days, is not a simple matter. First you've got to choose a nice outfit, with matching handbag and shoes. Then you've got to use the appropriate cosmetics and scents. And dresses these days come in the weirdest fashions and colours. But they are
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  • TREND
    • 605 11 The Melbourne Herald New York, Tuesday United v they stand but unequal they work. That seems to be the motto at the United Nations in New York, where an articulate but quiet-spoken group of women have begun a movement for equal rights with male employees.
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    • 124 11 If you have tho figure then show it off is sofo maxim to follow whon it comes to dressing. And you don't hovo to possoss tho dimensions of Jane Fondo either. Fashions today simply require a figure free from taigas. Anak shews off
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    • 717 11 home When was the last time you were struck by an unusually furnished living room? Probably at the home of a resourceful and imaginative friend. What makes a living room unusual 1s furniture that's out of the ordinary. And I don't mean spaceage
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    • 162 11  -  YOGA by JAN CHUNG-LEE Lie down on your back with hands at your sides. With legs together and counting one, breathe in deeply lifting your legs up vertically as in picture 1. Bend your knees, counting two breathing out as you do so. Hold your
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    • 126 11 Copenhagen, Tuesday.— He lie Vlrkner Krag, beautiful film star wile of Denmark's Prime Minister, Jens Otto Krag, has scored a big success In a summer revue here as a tart. Mrs. Krag, 45-year-old brunette, plays the part of a tart together with an actress from the
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    • 63 11 Caracas, Tuesday An angry woman has charged a monkey with assault. The monkey was driving a motor-cycle at the time, she said. And another four monkeys were standing on its shoulders as passengers. Police are Investigating the alleged offence—which happened at a circus when the monkey
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  • Article, Illustration
    293 12 Mr. Pan Win* Hone, 39, has become the first Asian executive to be promoted as divisional manager of the Diethelm organisation in Singapore and Malaysia. He is one of the six divisional managers of Diethelm which manufactures furniture and building materials, distributes technical equipment and consumer products and exports
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  • 442 12 India wants safeguards for poor nations Reuter Santiago, Tuesday Expansion of the European Community Is seriously handicapping the developing coutnrles and stagnates their markets, India told the third United Nations conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD m) here yesterday. The head of the Indian delegation,
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  • 210 12 London, Tuesday The price of the dollar inched ahead in key European exchange markets yesterday in quiet trading. Dealers said operators bid the dollar higher In most centres but pinpointed no particular reason for the fractional Improvement in the US currency. In
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  • 54 12 Hong Kong, Tuesday China has placed an order with an American-owned enterprise, Kodak, for photographic materials and equipment, a spokesman for Kodak (Far East) said. The purchase described as "quite big" was agreed upon between the Eastman Kodak Co. and Kodak (Far East), and China's semi-official
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  • 170 12 Reuter London, Tuesday Equities closed firm in light trading yesterday with interest largely selective. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times index was up 8.1 at 538.7. Philips Lamps, Glaxo and BATS shared the market lead while EMI, Unilever, Courtaulds, ICI and Beech sons also
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  • 194 12 United Press International New York, Tuesday Prices closed mixed to slightly higher in relatively slow trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange. At the close the Dow Jones industrial average of 30 selected'blue chip stocks was ahead 0.37 at 942J0. Standard and Poors
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  • 71 12 The Asia Motor Company is building a $2 million office and workshop centre at MacPherson Road with enlarged service facilities for its customers. The new three-storey building will accommodate more than 300 cars. It will be equipped with modern ing more than $1 million workshop
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  • 41 12 Tokyo, Tuesday America's Ford Motor Company is planning to start assembly operations of a new mini car designed particularly for the Asian market in the Philippines this year, Mr. D. C. Jasobl, vice-president of Ford Product Company said yesterday.
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  • 217 12 Allied Chem 31 Alcoa 49* Am Branaa 46* Am Can 37 AT T 42 AAP 8 Anaconda 20% Beth Steel 32* Boeing 21 Caterp Trac 52* Cbryaler 33* Coca-Cola 129* Control Data 62* Oorn Ol Wki 229* Dow Chem 88* DuPont 163* B Kodak 120* Ford Mot
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  • 334 12 United Press International London, Tuesday The future for Britain's largest car manufacturing group, British Leyland Motor Corp. (BLMC) could be bleak compared with that of some its main overseas rivals and a merger with a Japanese car group could be likely. A team
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  • 26 12 Chung Shan Motors, distributors of Datsun motorvehicles and spares, will move into a million-dollar showroom and administration office in the Goldhill Plaza this July.
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  • 446 12 United Press International Tokyo, Tuesday Japan today is China's No. 1 trading partner, and she is determined not to yield that role to anybody. In the wake of President Nixon's February visit to Peking, bureaucrats of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MTTI)
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  • 223 12 BUSINESS AND FINANCE The market failed to move upwards yesterday in extremely cautious and thin tradinc and prices continued to decline in many counters includinf industrials, properties and hotels. Affrefate turnover was down to a new low of 2.0 million shares valued at $U million. First liners United
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  • 157 12 Car Imports into Singapore last year surpassed all previous records to reach 30,000 valued at $151 million. Japanese cars topped the list with 11,000 worth $37 million, in value, however, Germany led with $39 million for 4000 cars sold. The low-priced Japanese cars have
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 81 12 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald WHO IS THIS BETTINA WHO SEEMS TO 06 MAKING A GAREER OUT OF TR/INO TO SET YOU HOOKEP? x I, :■*< 'f.'JFu? m SAMPLES, BUT THAT'S CRAZV/ j m u s>s W' 5? II I ii SHE'S NOT THE PUSHER TYPE. HEY... NOW YOU'VE SOT
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    • 291 12 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 10 Regime that fell In '45. 11 Brood of birds of prey. 12 The utmost extent. 13 Very stupid. 21 Pieces of music. 25 Philippine dwarf. 26 Cartoonist from New Haven. 27 Bread spread. 28 Passage price. 29 Superfluous one. 31 Yugoslav name. 34 Long, long time.
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  • 639 14 London, Tuesday Sussex yesterday followed Surrey and snubbed test selectors by pulling out allrounder Tony Orelg from the MCC side to play the Australian Cricket Tourists at Lords on Saturday. Susez say they need the giant South African for a Benson and Hedges Cup match with Essex,
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  • 248 14 Defending Champions St. Patricks School scored a superb 141 runs win over Raffles Institution in the SCA inter-school cricket tournament at Balestier Road yesterday. St. Pat's batting first, piled up a general total of 177 for the six wickets in even time. The agile, left
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  • 580 14  -  By M. Param Former India's Test cricketer, K. Narasimhan, will lead the Madras Combined Colleges Staff Cricket Club side in a friendly match against the Ceylon Sports Club on Sunday morning at Balestier Road. The team comprising several Madras past and present state players
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  • 766 14 r r tominc TO CRIPS Singapore exponents in judo, karate, tae kwon-do, kendo, pakua, sao lin etc. sometimes refer to their activities as the martial arts without quite understanding the full meaning of the significance of the term. The word "martial" Is pretty straight-forward and
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  • 69 14 Constanta, Rumania, Tuesday. Soviet weightlifter Dlto Sanldze yesterday set a new world record for the clean and jerk In the featherweight division after hoisting 156 kilos (343 pounds) above his head in the European welghtliftlng championships. His record lift came lr his fourth attempt at the clean
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  • 176 14 The Basketball Association of Singapore will stage Its national championships at Oay World Stadium starting on Sunday at 8 p.m. According to BAS secretary, Mr. Lee Yee Nan, eight teams have entered for the men's section, while entries In the women's are still open. He pointed out
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  • 418 14 London, Tuesday. Tranmere was beaten 2-1 at home last night by Chesterfield in a third division match that completed the 1971-72 English league soccer season. OTHER RESULTS Amateur International Northern Ireland 2 England 1 (at Hendon); Ards beat Distillery by four goals to one In
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  • 586 14 Paris, Tuesday. Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia and Australian Evonne Goolagong, the reigning champions, have been topseeded for next week's French International tennis championships here. Kodes is seeded to meet Rumanian Ille Nastase in a repeat of last year's men's final,
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  • 266 14 London, Tueday.—A plan to fine players who misbehave on court is to be discussed at the annual meeting of the International Lawn Tennis Federation (XLTF) In Helsinki on July 12, it was announced here yesterday. The plan, if adopted, will come into force immediately.
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  • 371 15 By Blue Peter Penangj Tuesday. Lucky Lucky ni showed- sparkling form in a smart workout at Penang this morning when he cracked 37 for w- i With a riding boy astride the four-year- old strode out in fine style to run 3f in 36 3/5, finishing
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  • 935 15 TYCOON (late Upper Reach) who had a Timeform Rating of 94 last year is the pick of newcomers entered for the Penang May Meeting starting next week. He is a three-year-old bay English gelding by Forlorn River out of Headcorn (by
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  • 390 15 Dragonboat closed in at the home torn, and then hit the front at the distance. Supreme Confidence was well up, with Rustic making up ground. Dragonboat ran on strongly to win easily from Rustic. Third was Supreme Confidence. Starting his run at the home turn, Cinema
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  • 359 15 United Press International Tokyo, Tuesday Japanese pros will make a determined effort to win the U5565,000 Pepsi golf tournament from Thursday to Sunday at the 6841-yard (36-36) par-72 Yokohama Country Club course. Foreign pros have won the three big tournaments held thus
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  • 111 15 Dundee, Scotland. Tuesday. Lu Liang Huan, Taiwan's star golfer who was runner-up in the British Ooen last year, is to take part in the Scottish Open championship here tram June 28 to July 1. it was announced yesterday. Lu, who endeared himself to spectators
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  • 47 15 New Delhi, Tuesday. The Davis Cup Asian zone final between India and Australia was postponed for the fourth successive day at Bangalore yesterday. The matches were rescheduled for 1 pjn. (0730 GMT) today. AT VANCOUVER: Mexico beat Canada 3-2 in their North American aone tie.
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  • 117 15 Tokyo, Tuesday. Both World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight champion Kunlakl Shlbata of Japan and Mexican challenger Clemente Sanchez yesterday predicted knockout wins in their 15-round title match on Friday night. Shlbata, 25, is making the third defence of the title which he won by stopping Mexico's Vincente Saldivar
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  • 51 15 Rome Tuesday—The Peking government has invited Italy's national table tennis team to visit China for a series of games. Su Sheng, first councillor of the Chinese Embassy, extended the invitation during the Italian championships which ended here on Sunday. A date for the tour was not immediately
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  • 90 15 Tokyo, Tuesday—The results on the second day of the 15-day sumo tournament at the Kokuglkan Sumo Stadium: Mutsuarashl (1-1) beat Tochlisaml (0-2); Fujizakura (1-1) beat Dalyu (0-2); Tochiazuma (2-0) beat Futatsuryu (1-1); Dalju (1-1) beat Takamlyama (1-1). Ryuo (1-1) beat Nishiklnada (1-1); Yoshloyama (2-0) beat Kotetsuyama (1-1);
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  • 300 15 New York. Tuesday. Willie Mays, the "Say hey kid" who was just traded to the New York Mets from San Francisco after playing for the Giants for 21 seasons, belted a fifth Inning home run to give the Mets a 9-4 win over the Giant*
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  • Back Page TUESDAY
    • 554 16 The massive coverage being given by the French Press to Queen Elizabeth's visit to France which began ye st erday illustrates the importance the French attach to the visit. Large circulation Paris newspapers such as France-Solr and Figaro are running long daily articles
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    • 48 16 AH FOOK: It says a lot for Singapore that other countries send representatives here to study our progress. MEI LIN: Yes, when a country as far away as Nigeria is interested in our housing schemes, it makes you realise just how much progress is being made.
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    • 153 16 Today is Tuesday, May 16, the 137 th day of 1972 with 229 to follow. THE MOON: Between its new phase and first quarter. THE MORNING STABS: Mercury and Jupiter. THE EVENING STABS: Venus. Mars and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Taurus. American
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    • 60 16 Animal lovers In Turin, Italy, reported truck driver Aldo Ollvlerl to the police the other day for mistreating some 600 pigeons he carried around In the back of his truck. They said he left them without food or water. What was he doing with 600 pigeons? Taking them
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    • 183 16  -  By Bosco Gomez He admits that he is not as important as his namesake Dr. Henry Kissinger, who has a knack of surprising the diplomatic world with his thriller-style secret visits to foreign capitals. But Mr. M. Kissingers stay at Adelphl Hotel is nonetheless shrouded
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      75 16 Nani Salleh is up-to-date with news not of the world but of the hotel she works in. "It's my job. I get all types of queries from people from all walks of life," says 22-year-old Naina. And her job? She is an information clerk in a local hotel. She
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    • 250 16 Reuter The motion picture, The Godfather, seems certain to become one of the most profitable films ever made. Each day, at 372 theatres across the United States thousands of Americans stand in long lines to see the film which has been grossing $3 million a day
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 422 16 5 Siagapara 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 For the Family (M) 3.45 A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week (M) 3.50 It's Happening in Singapore (M —Rpt) 4.05 Peyton Place (Rpt) 4.55 Close 6.00 Opening and William Tell: The Shrew 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Colourful
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    • 518 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one who will always be granted more opportunities than you need to make good at any particular endeavour. But whether or not you will take advantage of those opportunities to the point of achieving real success with your
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