New Nation, 24 December 1974

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    Masthead
    21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday December 24, 1974 No. 1214 Price 20 cents M C (P) 20/74 r NEW (£0) NATION COMMENT
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  • Article
    Bullet warning from bombers
    437 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan The Nanyang Shoe Factory boss received a warning note and a bullet one week before the bomb explosion blew up a car and killed a man in Katong last Friday. However, the envelope addressed to Mr. Soh Keng Chin was not opened until
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    Lock icon Missing MP is held
    96 1 Reuter MELBOURNE. Tuesday. —Police said today they have detained a man they believe vto be the missing British Member of Parliament John Stonehouse. Chief Superintendent Mick Patterson made the announcement of the arrest. Mr. Stonehouse, 49. disappeared after leaving a hotel In Miami, Florida, a month
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    OUR ROADS
    17 1 Police reported 96 accidents ye st e r d ay. Four were serious, one fatal.
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    PAT'S PERFECT DAY
    170 1 This Is (me Christmas Patrick Fernandez will never forget—for many children get a real Bantarlna coming to call with a Jumbo stocking filled with fabulous gifts? Patrick, 12, won the first prize worth $500 in a children's colouring competition organised by the Metro Group recently. Interviewed by
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      14 1 /*(<.^:;-?'(_)"^,^~~/'<_\["-`}. WHAT'S OH, TIDES P. 4 LEATHER CROSSWORD 20 COMICS MONEYWORDS P. 2 CINEMAS 23
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      That cuppa may cost 5 to 10 cents more
      495 2  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal The price of a cup of coffee and tea may go up by five to 10 cents a cup in coffee shops early next year, according to informed sources. They added that the increase is more likely
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      BITE OF FAME
      261 2 Taiwanese singer, Miss Wang Shi-Yang Ling (above), hit the headlines, not with her singing but because of her encounter with a tiger. "I ww performing In Japan, when someone's Eet tiger escaped back ome In Taiwan," she recalled. "There was a lot of publicity at that time,
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      Bureau to help out with claims
      233 3 Motor Insurers here have agreed In principle to Mt up i bureau to entertain claims of Innocent road accident victims who are unable to get compensation because of defective policies or other causes, such as hit-and-run cases. Called the Motor Insurers Bureau, It Is
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      SIM course
      41 3 The Singapore Institute of Management will conduct a course on Industrial Purchasing and Material Management Techniques at the SIM Conference Room from Jan. 9 to 28, 1975. The course fee is $98 for SIM members and $105 for non-members.
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      Lock icon Waiting for a little Xmas cheer...
      144 3 It's Christmas time for these pups at the SPCA In Orchard Road. They do not know what It Is all about, but they can sense the festivity In the air. They see a big, tall Christmas tree, decked with trimmings, Christmas cards and gifts
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      For children
      32 3 The Buklt Ho Swee Community Centre will hold a children singing contest on Saturday at 2JO p.m Mr. Beah Mul Koh, UP for the constituency. will officate at the function.
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      Introduce dust control call
      308 3 An Industrial doctor from the Labour Ministry has (called on managements of textile factories to Introduce dust control. This, he said, muit Include various measures such as exhaust ventilation and good general housekeeping In workrooms. In an article in The New Worker, the Ministry's monthly publication,
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      Programme that needs support
      298 4 The Ministry of Education's Introduction of the subject Education for Living —la a very amb 111 o u a programme, which needs the support of teachers, parents and the community to succeed, a visiting educationist said today. It is definitely a very attractive programme, observed Prof.
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    • Article
      37 cents saving on 100g dry noodles
      342 4 You can save up to 37 cents per IOOg of dry noodles If you buy the cheaper brands. The cheapest U the locally manufactured"Good Food" brand ponced at 40 cenU for a 250s pack (16 cent« per lOOg). The next cheapest brand Is
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      Training plan for dentists
      431 4  -  By Teresa Ooi A m u 111 million dollar teaching complex to train dental therapists and nurses Is expected to be built in 1976 to meet Singapore's acute shortage of dentists. Plans to centralise the training of such staff have been submitted to the Ministry of
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      Two held by police
      67 4 Police have detained two men In connection with a $7200 robbery at the Llan Alk company In Upper Buklt Tlmah Road three weeks ago. Detectives found three watches in their pockets when they arrested them last Thursday. They are believed to be members of the three-man
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      Education
      30 4 The Ministry of Education will conduct a workshop on the teaching of education for living In Malay and Tamil at the Institute of Education on Dec. SO and 31.
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      90 selected for police training
      137 4 Ninety youths hare been enlisted by the police force under Its Young Recruits Scheme. They are among nearly 500 school leavers Interviewed earlier this month by a panel of senior police officials chaired by the Director of the Police Academy, Acting Assistant Commissioner (Draining), Mr.
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      SIA dinner
      22 4 The Singapore Institute of Architect* will hold Ita annual dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel on Dec. 30 at 7.30 p.m.
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      Birthday joy
      28 4 The Sri Ramakrlshna Temple will celebrate the 122 nd birthday ot Sri Saradaderl at 179 Hartley Road on Jan. 4 from 0 a.m. to 8.15 p.m.
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      49 2 A IBS M n SANTA'S GIFT TO YOU IS SWANGRI-LA ypsy Duo. o* *<r SVi'r 010 5!? many other younojifAJb# reatsfor Entertainment, Carolling, Santa Claus, Christmas Treats and other goodies for the whole family. Santa Claus to give away gifts at restaurants on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. ST:
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      550 2 •JAC 323 ED Cut out and pjn with other coupons Posting instuctions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss)" Address FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS Hbbeidd ii I I 1 1 BELOW i Cut dlo»u (ImiM Itna. bmhiwJ CLUES FOR' L. 2 1. After the plumber's you may find he's left o tool
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      335 4 Mr. Chua Stan Chin, Minister for Health, will attend Apex's CHARITY BALL AND FASHION SHOW In aid of the Sinr.Vw latlons Half-Way House, at the Crystal Ballroom, Hilton Hotel at 8 p.m. The United Front will hold a 8ATAT PARTY to celebrate Christmas and New Year at its premises in
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Big Israeli alert for Xmas pilgrims
      131 6 United Press International Bethlehem, Tuesday Israeli soldiers on the lookout (or Arab guerrilla attacks yesterday mounted the .tightest security on record (or Christmas pilgrims visiting the traditional birthplace o( Jesus Christ. Pilgrims to Bethlehem entering Bt. Catherine's Church next door to the Church ofr
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      Lock icon Ford orders CIA probe
      281 6 United Press International Washington, Tuesday President Ford yesterday ordered Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to investigate allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency spied on American citizens illegally and to report back to him "within a matter of days." Mr. Ron Nessen, White House Press Secretary, told
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      Lock icon TODAY
      154 6 United Press International TODAY Is Tuesday. Dec. 24; the 358 th day of 1974 with seven to follow. Today Is Christmas eve. THE MOON Is between the first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING BTARS are Mars and Baturn. THE EVENING STARB are Mercury. Venus and Jupiter. Those born
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      58 6 Reuter London, Tuesday College lecturer Clive Davles trapped two thieves who stole a toolbox from his car boot by advertising to buy a similar one and being offered his own back. Exeter magistrates yesterday fined Peter Thorpe, 27, and his nephew Brian Thorpe, 19, a total of
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      Lock icon Opening the holy year
      201 7 Reuter Rome, Tuesday With three blows of a golden hammer, Pope Paul will today breacn the "holy door" Into St. Peter's Basilica and so open the Catholic church's 25th regular holy year in seven centuries. Promoted by the church as a year of renewal and reconciliation.
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      Lock icon 'OPEC wants control of the world'
      247 7 Reuter Washington, Tuesday. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Is engaged In an economic war aimed at dominating the world, representative Henry Gonzalez said yesterday. Mr. Gonzalez, chairman of the House of Representatives sub-com-mittee on international finance, told a press conference: "In my
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      Lock icon Two killed
      33 7 Reuter London, Tuesday.—Two men were killed and one critically injured in a boiler explosion yesterday aboard an Argentine tank landing craft anchored in the English Channel seven miles south of here.
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      Lock icon Guerrillas clash with govt. men in Ethiopia
      127 7 Reuter Addis Ababa, Tuesday—Fighting has broken out between Ethiopian government troops and secessionist guerrillas outside Asmara, capital of Ethiopia's troubled northern province of Eritrea, the military council of the north announced last night. The an n ouncement, read over Asmara radio, monitored here,
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      Lock icon Slump, war fear in six months
      203 7 Reuter Washington, Tuesday President Ford sees a real chance of a major financial crash in one of the Western European countries within about six months, columnist Joseph Alsop said yesterday. Mr. Alsop quoted Mr. Ford as saying such a situation in the unidentified country
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      183 6 WORLD WEATHER S New York Cloudy, 47-36F, 8-2 C. Headline: Ford forbids CIA to act Illegally In domestic field. San Francisco Fair, 54-42F, 12-SC. Headline; Heath's home bombed. Moacow Overcast, 39-34F, 4-IC. HeadUne: Fraternal unity (close ties among socialist community). Tokyo -v Sunny, 5037F. 10-SC. Headline: Teamwork between Mlkl and
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      73 7 For Auld Lang... At Hogmanay, when your spirits run high, charge your glasses and drink to auld Lang himself. He it was that discovered the great Highland whisky from the Glengoyne distillery in Stirlingshire. He it is you should thank for the privilege of drinking this whisky mixed and measured
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Burton's dream of knighthood now shattered...
      821 8 He also talks himself out of a vital role in his career Richard Burton has talked himself out of one of the few roles that have added any lustre to his Increasingly erratic carefer in recent years. The family of the late Sir Winston
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      Coward and killer tirade against Churchill unpardonable
      344 8  -  By Robert Musel Could this, it was speculated at the party, be the reason for Burton's outburst? Was he taking the side of his new fiancee's family? Burton Is frankly worrying his friends. It used to be almost an article of faith in
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      He can't afford to write for fun
      889 9  -  PASSING THROUGH by Violet Oon "People today prefer to either read ion-fiction written in the novel style ">r name-brand Action," said Mr. Peter liellman, 31, an American writer who is celebrating the publishing of his first book, Chief, with a holiday to Singapore.
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  • OPINION
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      Science and religion complement
      311 10 By coincidence, two of the world's oldest religious festivals fall on consecutive days this year. Singapore will be one of the few countries in the world to celebrate both. 80 even as we wish our Muslim readers a happy Hari Raya Haji today, we will also
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
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        Bomb blast forecast
        109 10 My little Item on the medium who broke his trance to inform his helper that the pair of scissors the latter was looking for was In a drawer, failed to shake the confidence that another friend's aunt has in mediums. It turned out that while visiting a
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        Poem from a fan
        50 10 Different people say "Merry Christmas" in different ways. One reader (who claims V> be a (an of this column) has done so by sending a Christmas poem written on toilet paper, (which, of course, raises Interesting speculation as to when and where he wrote the piece).
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      CONTROL WITHOUT NATIONALISATION
      572 10  -  TUESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON Two British industrial sociologists have identified in an important article the direction in which Britain, and probably other industrial societies in tha West, are going. The article is called "The Coming Corporatism", and the authors are Professor RE. Pahl of the
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      Rapport with Police
      177 10 I refer to the front page report In New Nation of Dec. 19. of the Illegal still operating within a few yards of the main road. It seems Incomprehensible that such operations should go undetected for as long as a whole year. It is well known that
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      Blind sheep only?
      49 10 Those university students who boycotted classes thought they were doing a great thing. Don't they realise the Importance behind the Government's move In deporting those six foreign students? Or are they mere "sheep" blindly copying students of other countries in staging these rallies? BA-A-A-A, Singapore, IS.
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      Third World majority
      318 10 World II Comment J L_ -A The emergence of a new Third World majority was the outstanding feature of the 29th United Nations General AssemU iispeclally noted as being Indicative of the "Third World power," which brought on strong protests from the United States and several European
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  • FEATURE
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      Lock icon Feeling of peace in South Vietnam
      877 11  -  A SPECIAL YEAR END FEATURE But fighting will mark beginning of 1975-as in the past From Alan Dawson United Press International Cautiously, but In the revered tones reserved for truth, there is talk of peace In South Vietnam's future. Peace is hardly at hand,
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      Lock icon SUPER GOUGH IS FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL NOW
      629 11  -  By David Lamb Los Angeles Times The euphoria of December, 1972, is gone. The image of super Gough is no more. And after barely two years in office, the Government of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam is fighting for survival. For the "lucky country,"
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      SOCCER '75
      1151 12/13  -  Show goes on—with faith, hope and lots and lots of goals II uritincj on .SOCCER N< I NE Jeffrey Low The PA office lp Sports House looks a. depressing sight Mouldy, unpolished trophies and shields dominate the room, hardly testimonial ornaments of the most popular sport. Deep In
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      KEEP IT UP...
      130 12/13 Protests sad controversy will Inevitably arise strain la next year's Malaysia Cap matches. As always, players woald question the referee's decision If It dees net salt their likln*. Oar ■stlensl players have learned not do this and let's hope they keep ap a rood show of ■poi
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      THIS IS OUT...
      73 12/13 Do we really want to Me a repeat ef this sad scene? Mot 81m had something to err a boot ever Mike Walker's shoulders after South Vietnam ousted Singapore In last rear's Seap Games. Next December, ear team vffl compete in the Seap Games In Bangkok. Let
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  • PLEASURE
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      Staff help out...
      225 14 Faced with the possibility of cutting down on Christmas decorations this year because of rising costs, the staff of Cathay Restaurant had a meeting and decided to make their own "And we're really glad we made the decision as we've had so much fun, said Miss Susie
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      A song that shot Bobbie to fame
      394 14 Melodv Makers by Rajosky BOBBIE GENTRY'S GREATEST HITS (EMI) opens with her now legendary hit Ode to Blllle Joe. It was the song that opened the eyes of the music world to the talent that she packed in her small frame. Now she
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      Lock icon Fairy tale come true for Steele
      354 14 United Press International To m m y Steele's 38th birthday present opened on the London stage last week as a backstage fairy tale come true. Steele stars as Hans Andersen in a lilting musical of that name which, as Its programme says, is "lightly
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  • TREND
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      It's Spitz that aqua-Adonis for me
      360 15  -  Female Mouthpiece KAY* Now... after grave deliberation, my oneman selection committee takes great pleasure in bestowing upon Mr. Mark Spitz (wonder aquaAdonis of the century) and David Niven Esq. (actor and part-time kook) t the honour of being The Men I Most Admire for
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      HIS BRAIN TICKS AND MY PULSES RACE
      224 15  -  -CHOO KIM The men I admire are men of brilliance. People who have an uncanny talent; the rare geniuses who are obviously a cut above the rest in their fields. But it's too easy to admire famous figures like actor Sir Laurence Olivier
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      Uncork the fun and cheer
      108 15 Let's have a party! Get the bubbly freely flowing. No, It's not champagne that's swirling in our glasses. In hard times like these. It's Just cheap white wine. But no matter.^ The spirit of the party Is the people—warm, friendly, gay not the spirits that
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      MEN I ADMIRE
      43 15 THE men a woman falls In love with may be very different from the men she admires from a worshipful distance. That's why we've asked three women, who are the men they really admire and why they think they're great!
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      The men who have heart
      59 15  -  —TRACY Adam Malik, U Thanfc, Willy Brandt and Senator Fulbrlght they've got Integrity and courage. The courage to speak out fearlessly. But they have also got admirable qualities which so many others (world leaders too) lack. They nave humility and heart. Even Niklta Krushchev—though he
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      155 15 <SZ~ s €??€&.<2^ amar Ltff <3*T From 11th-24th-Dec.1974 Say it with diamonds or other Jewellery items. The very latest creations from matter craftsmen of world standing ace here for X*mas shopping V delight. -gt* Discount of 25% Is allowed for all cash purchases, except for unset diamonds and watches for
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  • FINANCE
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      Quiet mood as Xmas approaches
      238 16 Market report Trading was quiet yesterday as the Stock Exchange of Singapore entered the pre-Christmas holiday mood. With light selective trading, total turnover amounted to only 1.71 million shares. The trend was generally the same as the past few weeks: Investors kept off, unwilling to
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      Lock icon Briefs
      188 16 Reuter Rome, Tuesday The Italian government yesterday approved a package of credit-easing measures, including a one per cent cut In the bank rate, to boost the eoonomy, Increase employment and help the balance of payments situation. The Treasury Ministry announced that the bank rate was being cut from nine
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      Gold price tops record US$196
      343 16 Zurich, Tuesday A surge of buying yesterday sent the price of gold to record heights on the London and Zurich bullion markets. In LONDON, gold was sold at one stage at just over U*****.25 an ounce, and the final fixing USsl93—was a record as well.
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        Worry over economy
        188 16 NEW YORK The stock market, reflecting Investor concern over the economy, closed sharply and broadly lower yesterday in fairly active trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial average, a 5.71polnt gainer last week, was off 8.84 at 588.64 at the close. Standard and
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        Dow Jones
        34 16 Dow Jones closing stock Averages on the New York Htock Exchange yesterday. (SO Industrials 580 84 (off BJ4), 30 transport 130.28 (off 1.68), utilities 88.05 (off 0.38), 85 stocks 191.08 toff 3.44).
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        SYDNEY
        189 16 Price at 11.30 today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Aberlcen susoended DO >pts suspended Oft-4 nil ite 07 10 1 nil oa ra 07 nil Ant suspende h 21 17 te 10 13 net 03 04 STOUT 10 11 AOD Allsti Amai Aura Aust Beac Bridi Vide
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        Prices dip in thin trading
        353 16 TOKYO Bhare prices on the Toyko Stock Exchange suffered a moderate setback In light trading. Depressing report on the financially troubled Tsugaml and the news of an application of the corporation reorganisation law by Sansel Mfg., a machinery maker listed on the second section of
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        PARIS
        105 16 Closing prices In francs on Purls Bourse yesterday Parlbas U7 +8 30 Fancier 317 —JO Prlntemps 83.10 .10 C O E 340 6.60 Bull 37 JO +.30 Royal Dutch 113.10 +.10 Iftchelin 64ft It Thomson 114.30 CFP M +3 Rhone 113.30 +J0 Air 392 +1 B8N 358.50 -*-8 Philips
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  • shopping A twice weekly advertisement Feature
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      Keeping your cool
      557 17 WE can fight against, or even change, many things. But one of the things we cannot even hope to combat Is the weather. Which Is supposed to be most unpredictable. But this is not quite as true here, since we all know that it is hot and
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      Lock icon Magnificent Miller...
      963 18 He dominated the golfing scene in 1974 UPI Johnny Miller did not Win every golf tournament in 1974. It only seemed as though he did. "This year has been sort of ridiculous," Miller says. It certainly was not, because what it was Hke for Miller in 1974 was
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      Lock icon Turning out the top gymnasts...
      1563 20 APN For many years now the Boviet Union has been rightly regarded as one of the leading nations of the world in gymnastics. Pans throughout the planet are familiar with such star performers of the USSR, past and present, as Larlsa Latynina, Victor Chukarln, Boris
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      Lock icon Chinese came back with a big bang...
      1116 21 They took part in the Seventh Asian Games in Teheran and won 33 golds United Press International China's first participation in the Asian Games in Teheran in September was undoubtedly the biggest sports event in Asia in 1974. In 1973, the outstanding Asian
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      Lock icon Asian golfers put on a good show
      421 21 UPI Masashl "Jumbo" Osaki and bao Aokl of Japan proved fan NoTember that the winning l by Taiwan's La Llang-Huan and Hsieh Mln-Nam of tho tlth World Cup golf team championship* In 1972 la Melbourne, Australia, was net an Asian fluke. Osaki and
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      PHOTO FORM: HOW THEY FINISHED AT PENANG ON SUNDAY
      375 22 Prerideat't Vote led pest the 4f end Into the straight, with Donne CerUnc doting In, followed by Emm. Avant Gerdo made his run on the outside. Donna. Carte ne hit the front et the top of the straight to win by
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      Shelby Girl shows winning form
      277 22 By BLUE PETER Penang, Tuesday. Shelby Girl did a winning gallop at Penang this morning. With apprentice Henry Heng in the saddle the five-year-old by Prince Baden sprinted smartly over 3i in 37 1/5. The going was good. Ganelon m (M.C. Lam) showed improvement running
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      Pak win squash
      63 22 I London, Tuesday Pakistan clinched their squash Tost series against Britain with a 3-1 victory in the second Test last night. Mohlbullah Khan, who retained -his British amateur title last week, was hard pressed in the closest match of the night, but turned on the power In
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      Lock icon Weller on transfer list
      233 22 Reuter London, Tuesday England forward Keith Welter has been transferlisted and fined by Leicester City after refusing to play in the second hair of last Friday's league match against Ipswich. Leicester officials said in a statement yesterday that they considered Weller had broken the terms of
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      THE GREATEST—and All really was...
      741 23 The year In boxing was the greatest for The Greatest. Muhammad All calls himself The Greatest and In the second of two fights in 1974 he regained the heavyweight title he had worn as Casslus Clay a dozen years ago, becoming only the second man
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      Lock icon THIS WAS THE YEAR OF THE MAGIC NUMBERS
      777 23 United Press International The magic num- bers in a dazzling ?ear of sports were 8, 15, 3, 9, 516 and 45. There were others, notably 106, 118 and 123, but none quite matched the magic numbers that meant championships, astronomical financial returns
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      242 20 NEW NATION CROSSWORD iiilll iIHIJJ 1 "i"*'', ihcfD tlsh terrier 6 Sauce for meat 12 Orchestral Instrument 14 island rest of Borneo 15 OW Nick 16 Dfcrlng 17 Like some paper 18 Nursery sound effects 30 Where the orchestra sits 21 Got down 22 Cooking devices 29 Plant tendril 24
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      39 21 THE BORN LOSER M t >1 s SHORT RIBS 7^T iv wr NORBERT .i' Vw F V- Wi? Mfv by Art Sansom \N6U-,UH, M 0... MOT 6XACTLV*. S». H by Frank O Neal a 9''WW*9 II HiTyr lib R
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      603 23 I AT THE CINEMA with SONNY YAP BEN HUE: William Wyler's 11 Oicar-win-ning classic adapted from Lev Wallace's semi-blbllcal novel la back. Charlton Heston is the young Jew converted to Christianity and Stephen Boyd (be Roman enemy Messala. If not for anything else, the blockbuster will always be remembered for
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    Talking Point
    43 24 AH FOOK: This will be the last time you are getting an expensive Christmas present] from me. From next year it will be Just a card. MEI UN: That's what I like about you. You said the same thing last year.
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    Lock icon S'PORE GIRL ... and she's pretty as a picture
    25 24 S'PORE GIRL and she's pretty as a picture Ann Neo, 18, keeps herself relaxed i>y listening to music and dancing.—Pic- and dancing.—Picture by JERRY SiH.
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    307 24 ifiSBjBi HHi Tomorrow is Christmas Day. Here are some random impressions on the festive day x r o m around the office: Christmas? Just another rush holiday si ndlng obligatory cards, tramping all over town to buy presents for people who've got everything, stuffing oneself with goodies, asking
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      543 24 RADIO 2.65 IN AND ABOUND (E) 3.25 LOVE IS A MANY SFI J£N DOURED THING 3.45 HERB ALFEBT AND THE TUUANA BBABB 411 GENEBAL HOSPITAL 4.55 JET rBOFELLED A ctory of Jet flight and how It «u pioneered 5.4# SALTY Sentimental Value: A flip-per-type programme with Balty, the friendly seal.
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      356 24 Show «f thf DOC ELLIOT (8.35 over Channel Five). In tonight's story, The Carrier, Doc Elliot desperately tries to stem the spread of the dread disease, typhoid fever, and to And its mysterious carrier. With guest stars Lonny Chapman, John Lupton, Tony Geary and Jeanne Cooper. This programme is In
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