New Nation, 22 June 1974

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    22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, June 22, 1974 No. 1057 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 NEV^SkTION SINGAPORE SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1974
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    Hundreds will be locked out...
    507 1  -  Cup-tie fever —and Penang has never seen anything like it Bj Cheong Yip Seng Penang Penang, say the old-timers here, has never seen anything like it. The atmosphere Is reaching fever pitch. Penang Football Association officials say hundreds are expected to be locked out of
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    Lock icon Cheering fans are off...
    384 1  -  S'pore win—that's their goal By Sonny Yap Smiles, V-signs or Just the hands they all mean the same thing: Victory for Singapore. That is what these smiling faces in the bus the first to leave for Penang last night want to see when Singapore meets Penang
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    Piccadilly a good bet
    257 1 From Blue Peter Ipoh, Saturday Back in the saddle after an appendix operation Jockey Tom Chiang should get off to a good start with Tudor Horus in Race Four. The foury e a r old English gelding by Golden Horus showed promise at Penang in April
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    Britain gets set to test an N-bomb
    99 1 London, Saturday Britain will explode its first nuclear bomb In nine rears In an underground test In the United States "within the next few days," the Dally Express newspaper said yesterday. A press spokesman at the Ministry of Defence said: 'I'm sorry. We
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    BIG BLOW FOR RUNNER
    270 1  -  By Percy Seneviratne Che Jun Suk, 19, who has been freely described as "the Zatopek of South Korea," may never run again. Reason: He is in hospital (above) with a broken right shin and a suspect fracture of the pelvis after being knocked down by a
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    Printers end walkout
    44 1 London, Saturday. A two-day pay dispute which stopped production of three British national nespapers was settled lastnlght. Printers on The Times, Financial Times and Dally Mirror walked out on Wednesday to support a pay demand by print workers in the provinces.
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    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 71 accidents yesterday. Three were serious.
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    Lock icon Stadium will be blown up...
    315 1 Big alert after soccer threat United Press International Frankfurt, Saturday The day of Judgment dawned (or five World Cup soccer teams today and police mounted an iron clad security operation for the first clash between West and East Germany in an international football match. In
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    Security raid: One more held last night
    137 1 Another suspected member of the underground Malayan National Liberation Front (MNLF) has been detained by the police bringing the total number of arrests to 31. He vu picked up last night by a party of Internal Security Department offcers. It It understood that
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    500 stage march
    37 1 London, Saturday. More than 500 students In Coventry, many wearing black armbands, yesterday staged a march In memory of their fellow student Kevin Oately who died after a street battle in London last Saturday.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Fish prices are now back to normal
      256 2  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal Prices of fish have gone down, much to the relief of housewives. But the "fishy" business has not tailed off yet. Prices of fish had shot up by up to 50 per cent, as was noted during last week's
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      MAKING MUSIC WITH VIOLET
      162 2 "Take a deep breath boys and let's blow away," said bank clerk Violet Lim, 19, yesterday as she gingerly steeped on the rostrum waving a conductor's baton for the first time. And suddenly, Raffles Place was flooded with music. As Violet waved her baton up and
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      'The medical model for region'
      445 2  -  WHO expert: S'pore now can control dengue By Anne-Marie Nalpon The apti-mosquito measures Implemented in Singapore should be used as a model for all SouthEast Asian countries, said a World Health Organisation consultant on dengue haemorrhaglc fever yesterday. Prof. Scott B. Halstead In en interview
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      Oil: AA call for a fair deal
      322 2 'Set up watchdog committee* The Automobile Association of Singapore wants a watchdog committee to ensure tnat motorists pay fair prices for their petrol. The suggestion came in the editorial of the latest issue of The Highway, AA'a official newsletter. To achieve this aim,
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      30,000 views sought for park-and-ride
      366 2 Motorists with grouses over the proposed Park- andRide scheme can now let off air. The 30,000-strong Automobile Association of Singapore Is sending questionnaires, attached to the latest issue of its official bulletin, The Highway, to all members. The exercise is to enable AA to present
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      Fewer thefts last week
      221 2 The three-week old "Keep Singapore crime free" campaign has resulted in a drop of house breaking cases. The number of cases reported to the police for the June 10 17 period was 34—nine cases fewer than the previous week's total. The value of property and money
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      Dockyard to employ 2000 workers
      182 3 The Hitachi Zosen Robin Dockyard expects to take in about 2000 workers by the time its second dry dock is completed soon. This forecast came in a HRD Press statement announcing the opening of its first dry dock at Benoi Road, Jurong, on June 29
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      Dinner date
      30 3 The Singapore Electrical Trades Association will hold its 15th annual dinner at the Northern Palace Restaurant in Colombo Court, North Bridge Road, on July 6 at 7.30 pm.
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      The biggest offenders on the road...
      489 3 Cyclists, trishaw riders top list r i THE ROVING EYE J A Cyclists and trishaw riders are the worst traffic offenders on our roads. And they are the ones who are getting away almost scotfree. This is the conclusion of a New Nation 100-mile
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      'Roster car park staff' call
      253 3 Experts' solution The Car Parks Division should computerise the rostering of its 1000 car park attenda nts, suggests a team of experts from the Research and Statistics Unit, Ministry of National Development, and the Nanyang University. The team has prpposed a system which they claim
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      'Personal' way to learn
      118 3 Better relations between nations can only be enforced through the personal exchange or Ideas, said Mr. Taro Minagawa, secretary of the Future Club of Hiroshima. He is one of the 57 Future Club member? now on a goodwill study tour of Asian countries. "We are here
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      Income of YWCA takes a big plunge
      125 3 A sharp increase in maintenance costs, greater property tax payments, a decline in income from the kindergarten, contributed largely to a net loss of over $12,000 for the Young Women's Christian Association of Singapore. The treasurer's report for the financial year ending March
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      CISCO sets up new Jurong branch
      154 3 CISCO, the commercial wing of the Police, has set up a branch in Jurong Town as part of its expansion programme to serve its clients. The Jurong Branch, located In Block 104, Yung Kuang Road, started operations a month ago. The branch Is manned
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      Passes in medical examination
      284 3 The following candidates have passed the supplementary examination in the subject or subjects shown against their names thereby completing the Sessional Examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery: Ang Peng Chye, physiology; Chan Wen Yan (Miss), anatomy; Chin Yong Seng, biochemistry;
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      It's all smiles for the Lees
      106 3 Singapore's Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and his wife were all smiles in London yesterday. Reason: Their eldest son Hslen Loong, 22, received his BA honours degree from the ViceChancellor of the Cambridge University at a convocation ceremony. And the proud parents were
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      Anyone for a grandma or grandpa?
      252 3  -  By Betty L. Khoo How would you like to "adopt" a grandpa or a grandma? This is the appeal the Singapore Council of Social Service is making to all families who have a room to let. The council Is making this appeal because it
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      274 2 NEW NATION CROSSWORD aaaa ana aaai am aai ■aaa 8188 am aaai aaaa aaaaa 8 Old: Ger. 9 Having more tall grass 10 Makes a run 11 Capricious 12 Swiss river 13 Rabbit 19 European language 22 Dawn goddess 25 Wind-driven clouds 26 Poe's 18 Across: Phrase 29 Seed coating
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Students 'in fear' flee to Limbang
      197 4 Knchlnr, Saturday Twenty two Brunei students have fled to Sarawak's Filth Division, according to a Brunei weekly. The Borneo Bulletin quoted a senior Brunei government official as saying "they left because they had guilty consciences over their activities and realised they were in danger
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      Fares up
      22 4 New York, Saturday. International Air Transport Association (LATA) has approved trans-Atlantic fare Increases of between three and five per cent.
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      Tug-of-war behind the scenes
      822 4 Muslim minorities top subject From Pang Cheng Lian in Koala Lumpur, Saturday The two speeches made at the opening of the Fifth Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference at Parliament House yesterday afternoon are reflective of the tug-of-war going on behind the scenes as to the shape the
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      Parties move in for new poll
      396 4 Labour loses yet again London, Saturday Britain's political parties oiled their machinery for an early general election yesterday, but signs were that Prime Minister Harold Wilson would not plunge the country into a new poll before September or October. With the nation basking In
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      Hatchet man Colson jailed and fined
      176 4 Washington, Saturday Charles Col son, once one of President Nixon's four closest aides, said yesterday Mr. Nixon repeatedly pressed him to spread damaging information about Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg. Colson, reputed White House "hatchet man" who has said he would walk over his
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      Lock icon Screen laughs at Amin's expense
      432 4 Reuter Uganda's leader General Idi Amln, 1s the subject of a documentary film showing six times a day to packed audiences In a Paris cinema. But the film is a monument to the lack of understanding between the white world and Africa. Directed by Barbet
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      Lock icon Change of mind on the strength of Soviet missiles
      623 4 United Press International Military experts assessing last year's Arab Israeli war have begun to change their minds about the effectiveness of Soviet missiles introduced In the fighting. Initially the experts predicted the missiles would greatly Inhibit Jet fighter-bombers as well as
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      Lock icon Sadat to US: Help end Israeli raids
      247 4 Reuter Cairo, Saturday President Anwar Sadat has asked President Nixon to use his influence to end Israeli air raids against Lebanon, informed sources said here last night. They said the request came in a message which the Egyptian leader sent to President Nixon,
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      565 4 YOUR LUCKY STAR IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are essentially an optimist who attempts always to look on the sunny side. You believe firmly in the principle that "thinking can make It so." and for this reason you are careful never to consider the negative aspects of a
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  • FINANCE
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      THE SHARE MARKET
      1882 5 industrial mv High 2.70 1.36 2.75 3.40 1.70 2.20 1.01 1.35 3.70 2.49 1.85 5.70 2.13 I.30 4.60 2.72 4.76 1.30 3.32 4.26 6.50 4.58 3.08 1.70 2.58 2.58 *1.38 6.55 2.00 1.60 1.40 1.36 0.85 1.51 6.85 0.76 1.02 II.10 1.02 4.00 3.24 3.30 2.75 1.66
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      Lock icon Japan to seek rise in IMF quota
      178 5 Reuter Tokyo, Saturday Japan will seek an increase in its quota in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in view of the growth of its economic strength during the past five years, a senior Finance Ministry official said yesterday. By simple calculation, according to
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      Lock icon Brazil to keep up export incentives
      74 5 United Press International Brasilia, Saturday. Brazil's Economic Development Council decided yesterday to continue implementing the export incentives for manufactured goods. The council also decided to offer its financial support to Brazilian exporters in their efforts to face the "protectionist obstacles which developed countries have
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      APPOINTMENTS
      182 5 Mr. Jeffrey ClunlesBoss has been appointed sales promotion officer of Marco Polo Singapore. He has a national diploma in hotel and catering operations from Ealing Technical College, Britain. Mr. John K.B. Lim has been appointed public relations manager of Mobil Oil Singapore. He has servied in various capacities, including
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      Course on air ticketing
      71 5 British Airway* recently conducted a oneweek basic reservations course for stall of 11 travel agencies In Singapore and Brunei. The subjects covered Included basic fares and ticketing procedures. Lectures were given by the chief reservations officer, Mr. Winston Tshe, and reservations services supervisor. Mr. Michael Tan,
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      Lock icon Further slide in British market
      138 5 Reuter London, Saturday.—lnflation took a further significant spurt In Britain yesterday and sent stock market values sliding to yet lower levels. Bome eight million workers qualified for small but automatic pay-rises of 80 pence a week because the retail price index for last month leapt
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      Rand to float
      33 5 Pretoria, Saturday The South African Government yesterday announced that It Is to float the International exchange value of the rand from Monday, rather than peg It against the U8 dollar.
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      Widespread losses as bears tighten grip on the market
      434 5  -  By Lee Yew Meng The Singapore stock market saw widespread losses across the trading board this week as bears tightened their grip on the exchange. Hopes of the market making a net gain through alternating bouts of buying and selling—like last
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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        New York
        359 5 The New York stock market, dismayed over continued high interest rates and a rise in the cost of living index, finished lower in moderate trading yesterday. Turnover amounted to 11,830,000 shares, comKd with 11,990,000 ed on Thursday. One discouraging factor for Investors was the decision early in the
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        Dow Jones
        36 5 The Dow Jones range of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday SO Industrials tl7.Tt (off 5.40), 30 transport 1*7.79 (off 2.21). 16 utiMUee 68.60 (off 0.73). snd W stocks 246.2$ (off 2.10).
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        Paris
        194 5 Glaring prices (in francs) yesterday: Parlbas 164 +1 Indocblne 166 —3 Fancier KM —1 Printemps 63 —1 CO* 394 —30 Bull 40-60 —3 Royal Dutch 130.70 —0.30 MJchelln 774 —33 Thomson 167 —6 CFP 164.10 +.10 Rhone 147 +1 AIR 376 —3 BBN 603 4.1 Philips 63J0 —1.60 Buet
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        Tokyo
        315 5 Share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange sheared off 38 points yesterday on foreign investors' selling and liquidation of major capitals. Trading was dull. The market started firm with selective buying in part of invest-ment-oriented stocks but gave way to continuous selling by foreign investors in blue chip 6.
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        Zurich
        85 5 This fervic* comes from the Union Bank of Switeerland. Closing prices (ln francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday UBS 3125 30 SBC 550 12 Credit Suisse 2740 40 Swisralr B. 510 Swiss Reinsur. 1950 15 Winterthur B. 1420 30 Zurich Insur. 5950 Juvena B. 1710 Nestle B. 3260
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      Lock icon Enough oil in Japan for two months
      139 5 United Press International Tokyo, Saturday.—Japan has enough crude oil and oil products In stock to meet the country's demand for more than two months, the Ministry c.* International Trade and Industry (MITI) said yesterday. The officials said Japan's crude oil Imports during this
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      $480 mil job
      38 5 Moscow, Saturday. United States Chemical Construction Company (Chemlco) has signed a US$2OO million ($4BO million) deal with the Soviet Union to build four ammonia plants near the new industrial centre of Togllattl on the Volga.
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      212 5 IMSULdTIOn KEEPS HOUSES (OOL m> saves vital ehergy ill i£L*mi +so &#> ~.> In view of the eiicrqy cnvs, the Government reoe'it'y put out a statement urging aich tects ami developers in Singapore to seiect suitable •'isolation mater iais which will coot' tbute apprec aolv n the reduction of solar
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  • OPINION
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      Time to focus on the right values
      420 6 The rapid modernisation of Singapore seems to have assembly-lined a whole new generation of students, most of whom, as implied by educationists and political scientists speaking at conferences this week, are materialistic and incapable of discriminating between good and bad values. At both
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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        Uninvited judge
        53 6 A leading department store in town is either being too presumptions or indulging In a bit of high-pressure salesmanship. A colleague recently received a letter from that store thanking her for agreeing to be one of the judges at a fashion contest. But she can't remember receiving any
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        The yo-yo craze
        65 6 The yo-yo craze- over here has apparently affected some members of the diplomatic community. A Charge d'Affaires from an Asian country was found playing yo-yo at the Tanglin Shopping Centre by a reporter recently. Asked whether he liked the game, he said: "If my President knew that
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      Nation and dignity of labour
      943 6  -  To make trade onion leaden and worker* accept certain selfimposed Haiti Is the main problem confronting many nations today, says columnist Ismail I»nlw He examines how far the woihets' rifhts and the dignity of laboar are in eonsonant with national raises which are currently held
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
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        FREEZING OF OIL PRICES AND INCREASE OF OIL TAX
        237 6  -  SIN CHEW JIT POH The Oil Ministers of the 13-nation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries have met at Quito, Ecuador, to discuss the fixing of the posted oil prices for the third quarter of this year. Last year saw the oil
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        DATUK ASRI'S POLICY SPEECH
        183 6  -  UTUSAN MELAYU Datuk Asxl's policy speech at the 20th PAS Congress should be given due attention not only by PAS members but also by members of other political parties. In particular, the speech was of course directed at PAS members but in general it was also
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        REHABILITATION OF FORMER PRISONERS
        97 6  -  TAMIL MALAR The Prisons Reorganisation Committee has stressed the Importance of providing the opportunities for the rehabilitation of former prisoners. Among the prisoners who are released there are many who wish to turn over a new leaf. But among them there are many who, after finding
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      Lock icon Post-mortem on 'death of British policy in Ulster...'
      983 6  -  From Bernard D. Nossiter Washington Post A grim and despairing Parliament was hurriedly called back from vacation this month to conduct a post-mortem on the death of British policy in Ulster. The extraordinary two-day debate produced no fresh ideas, little sense of
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      Lock icon Whitlam's No. 2 an apostle of anti-war
      291 6  -  From David Lamb Los Angeles Times Dr. James Cairns, a left-wing Intellectual dedicated to moving Australia toward socialism, has emerged as the No. 2 man In the recently reelected Labour Government of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Mr. Cairns, 59, was elected to the
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      Lock icon UN watchdog for giant firms
      510 6  -  From Don Shannon Los Angeles Times A group of world economic experts with US Senator Jacob Javits and others from industrial nations taking sharp exception has called for tighter restrictions on multinational corporations and a UN watchdog agency to enforce them. The group of 20
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
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      DICOVERING
      1272 7  -  London museum shop that has 'everything' SATURDAY SMILES By Tracy Carton THE Caribbean voodoo doll not only haunts Mrs. Ada Clarke's bungalow In Suffolk —It does her knitting. It recently added 100 stitches to a cardigan she was knitting. The trouble started when Mrs. Clarke's daughter sent her the
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      Lock icon The big 'air war' is on in the US
      1055 7  -  The flying clubs are the losers By Howard Crook Washington Post "Hey," a buddy says, "I Just joined this great club. Fly to Los Angeles Tor US$lOO ($280), Rome for a couple of hundred." "Yeah you say. And you are hooked.
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      CURB ON THE TOURISTS HITS UGANDA
      571 7  -  By Dial Torgerson A stewardess wandered through the dim, cavernous distances of the Entebbe Airport departure area, looking for her passengers. One clock said it was 12.30, another 2.30, a third 5. Actually it was 6.30 p.m. and time for anyone bound from Entebbe,
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      It's no jokecomedians are a sad lot off stage
      718 8 It's no joke—comedians are a sad lot off stage The idea of comedy as pain is terribly old: more than 2,300 years ago Aristotle noted that "melancholy men of all others are most witty." But Jokes remain a mystery that volumes of leaden academic analsls have failed to penetrate. Laughter
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      Dawn breaks into day
      89 8  -  By ONG TEONG HEAN dawn breaks through a paling darkness blending grey, a silence peeling another slice of silence until a soft core of numbed voices heard, along the arteries of the heart. the rumbling echoing noise of traffic and footsteps vein along to our mind
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      Memory of Titanic still strong
      626 8 HOPE TO SALVAGE LINER'S WRECK More than half a century after her tragic loss the great luxury liner Titanic continues to haunt the world's adventurers and romantics. Indeed, the Tltanic's history is still the basis of a thriving Industry in books and mementoes as well
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      Computer role in the great funding fraud
      618 8  -  THE GREAT WALL STREET SCANDAL By RAYMOND L DIRKS and LEONARD CROSS (Mc-Craw-Hill, 295 pp US$B.95). Reviewed by Philip Greer of the Washington Post. Philip Greer It was more than just the enormous size of the Equity Funding fraud that set it apart
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      The triumph and agony of prelims
      630 8  -  CHESS ■Y LIM KOK ANN In all competitions there must be winners and there must be losers. The Olympiad prelims agony for many teams that failed to realise their expectations as well as triumph for those that exceeded theirs. The Brazilians, for example, were
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      Singapore's world stamp show postponed
      631 8  -  STAMPS BY ANDREW LAU Singapore's first international stamp exhibition SINGPEX INTERNATIONAL scheduled for December has been postponed to next year due to the pressure lof time for preparation. This need not be a disappointment as the annual national stamp exhibition has been planned to take
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      COVER OF THE WEEK
      171 8 Do we regard love as a force, as a feeling, as a decision? Is it a private or public emotion? Love is sexual desire to some, to others maternal devotion, patriotism mysticism, friendship, or all of these things. Rosemary Haughton. who is recognised as one of
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      PAPERBACKS
      771 8 THE JACARANDA TREE, by HJE. Rates, 250 pages. A masterly account of a cruel flight from Invasion. Paterson, manager of a small ricemill. organises the evacuation of a small English community when Japanese forces Invade Burma. Patersra takes with htm his Burmese mistress and her young brother. The rest
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      RTS goes for big soccer thrills
      995 9  -  $40,000 for direct telecast of the final SIGHT SOUND vr EDGAR KOH Only four World Cup matches will be telecast in their entirety by RTS. But viewers, who have been switching to TV Malaysia for the initial matches this week, have a good reason
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      Name-passing game...
      791 9  -  JDSTME By Betty L.Khoo "I want to have a son because I want someone to carry on the family name," a dinner guest (a male of course), announced at one of those tedious Chinese wedding dinners where a hod ge- podge of guests are thrown together. Now, if
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      Beauty of stones in paint...
      464 9  -  ART >r GENE TEO If you look deep into Sng Cheng Kiat's paintings you will find they resemble the fascinating beauty and lustre of mineral stones. For it is these stones which have inspired many of his works—the multi-faceted array of colours, subtle changes in
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      A 15-hour offer for opera fans...
      327 9  -  CLASSICS cr YEO HAN The single most grand concept In the history of music Is Richard Wagner's "Ring of the Nlbelung," which occupied the genius poet and composer for most of his life, and which has remained an intriguing centre of controversy for theatrical
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      Singapore date for exciting Filipino dance group
      638 9  -  THEATRE BY VIOLET OON The exciting Alice Reyes Company, the resident professional workshop and dance company at the Cultural Centre of the Philippines in Manila, will give a performance in Singapore on July 17. It wUI be about the most fascinating dance event
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      146 8 FEW OF THE MANY HEW ARRIVALS LEE KUAN YEW: THE STRUGGLE FOR SINGAPORE by Alex Josey. LEE KUAN YEW'S SINGAPORE by T.J.S. George LEE KUAN YEW by Alex Josey HE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1972 by Theodore H. White. GREEN MARCH BLACK SEPTEMBER: THE STORY OF THE PALESTINIAN ARABS by
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      S'pore team face test of nerves at Penang
      1026 10  -  Our players must prove they are not men of straw By CHEONG YIP SENG Much more is at stake at tomorrow night's Malaysia Cup match between Singapore and Penang at the Georgetown City Stadium than winning a berth in the Cup Final.
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      Shah the striker to watch
      586 10  -  From TONY DANKER Penan;, Saturday Shaharuddin Abdullah's "reprieve" from possible disciplinary action will be the most inspiring factor in Penang's quest for a convincing over Singapore in the Malaysia Cup semi-final secondleg at City Stadium tomorrow night. For with Shah's goal poaching skills, Penang have
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      Poland can give Italy hard time
      651 10  -  JEFFREY LOW reporting from West Germany JEFFREY LOW Hamburg, SaturdayItaly's World Cup side, pre-tournament favourites, will experience another reception of raining rotten tomatoes back home if they bow out after the weekend. The thought of having to undergo this same treatment as in 1966,
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      Banned for one year
      85 10 Frankfurt, Saturday Mulamba NDaye, the Zaire forward sent off in the World Cap game against Yugoslavia, was yesterday banned from all international football for one year by the Flfa disciplinary eommiten. NDare, 26, was sent off by Columbian re- feree Omar Deifado in the group two
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      Romasynd looks hard to beat
      294 11 David's Choice is also good By SCRUTINEER Romasynd, who turned In an impressive performance first up, will take a lot of beating in Race 7 at Ipoh tomorrow. Romasynd was still above himself when he made his debut at Buklt Tlmah last month. He came
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      Ginnie's Pet wins
      91 11 London, Saturday. In a blanket finish. Ginnle's Fet won the 6f Wokingham Stakes, the feature race on the final day of the four-day Royal Ascot meeting yesterday. The four-year-old filly had pipped Western Bun and Hovis. The distances were only a shorthead and a head. Olnnle's Pet,
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      Lock icon Mona is most improved
      793 11  -  Young Kikawa in record vault By NANCY KOH Japanese polevaulter Yasushiro Kikawa stole the honours. But Malaysian long Jumper Mona Chin got the votes for the most Improved p e r f o rmance. The 17-year-old Japanese high school student hoisted himself to a magnificent 4.90
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      SATURDAY SELECTIONS
      102 11 8CKU flUU EPSOM JOOP DANTE late 1: Mim> Tawer Piccadilly Piccadilly Pmteraon Tower Mew Tawer Piccadilly Pateraen Tuver Ratal Star iMt X: Time burnetii Turn On Turn On Tmrn On Time Immortal Time twnrtal Archibald UM S: SMMI I# N««» Nyonya Scarlet Mandarin Second To Nona Secend T*
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      McGee ties with Floyd
      82 11 New York, Saturday Jerry McGee shot his second straight sub-par round yesterday, a 69, to tie Ray Flyod for the lead after two rounds of the US$l7O,OOO American golf Classic with 36hole total of 136. McGee trailed Floyd by two shots going Into the second round
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      Yasuda leads by on e stroke
      179 11 Tokyo, Saturday—Former Japanese world Cup player Haruo Yasuda fired a one-under-par 71 yesterday and grabbed a one-stroke lead after the second found of the 17,000,000 yen TOhoku Classic golf tournament at Sendal. Yasuda, 31, a member of what was once called "Japan's Big Three"
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      England pile up massive 629
      508 11 London. Saturday. Mike Denness (118) and Tony Greig *IC6) helped England to pile up their highest total ever against India in the second cricket Test at Lord's yesterday. From an overnight 334-1, they made 629 and at the close of the second day India were
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      163 10 I Vie The Master and His Method GOALKFJEPING Adaptation Ken Taylor Catching a High Ball Body t<i< nit; the flight of the ImII. legs a|>art l»r firm balance Hands |»s i >nui| slight l\ liehinri I Ik- ImII. unit tin* fingers spread awl iho thumlis an inch or two aiiari
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    TODAY
    176 12 TODAY is Saturday, June 22, the 173 rd day of 1974 with 192 to follow. THE MOON is approaching its first quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Venus and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. Anne
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      1430 12 RADIO 2ZESH2 SATURDAY 12.55 OPENING followed by SESAME STBEET 1.55 SATURDAY MATINEE Paracnute Nurse: Girl Joins tne parachute nurse corps but discovers tnat sne is too frightened to jump. Starring: William Wright, Kay Harris, Marguerites Chapman. 2.55 NEW SCOTLAND YARD Tne Stone 3.50 SANDIWARA (r) Tinggal Kerdipan Malay drama 130
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      1725 12 BACK PAGE AT THE CINEMA MEN FROM THE MONASTERY (Mandarin): Another glorification of the Shao Lin disciples who escaped from their monastery and continued their fight against the M a n c h u authorities, helping harassed people and combatting other, evil fangs. Starring Chen Kuan Tai and Fu Sheng.
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