New Nation, 31 December 1974

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  • 19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday December 31, 1974 No. 1219 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1974
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  • 90 1 Happy Moshe Medina chats happily with his wife Tova, 31, (left) after she gave birth to quintuplets at Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital on Sunday. The quins were born to Mrs. Medina who had been childless after seven years of marriage. She had taken fertility drugs and gave birth
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  • 291 1 UPI New York, Tuesday A masked gunman who shot and killed three people and wounded seven others during a twohour siege in a school here was captured by police today. Police said the sniper was carried from the school on a stretcher, but It was not
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  • 114 1 Reuter Melbourne, Tuesday.— England's bowlers sent Australia reeling by taking two wickets for one run In the flrst two overs this morning before tolling without further success until lunch here today on the last day of the third Test. Australia was <8 for two at
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    • 18 1 MONEYWORDS. WHAT'S ON TIDES P. 4 WEATHER P. 6 CINEMAS P 20 COMICS P. 21 CROSSWORDS P. 23
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    • 64 1 ANTI-irsiFLATiar\J PRfCE 90 Cents Per Sq ft DURABLE CARPET FREE INSTALLATION TAi.. WB£ We wish you a Happy New Year... There will be no publication of New Nation tomorrow. Thursday's issue will carry two Moneywords coupons. The results of Moneywords "K" will also be published on Thursday. VMr never fcvget
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 324 2 'Stop playing Don Quixote* University students have been urged to stop playing Don Quixote in that their recent activities have done more harm than good. This call was made by the immediatepast president of the Kiwanls Club Mr. Harry Crabb, today at Its weekly luncheon at
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    • 54 2 The Singapore Society for Microbiology is organising a teaching seminar on The Use and Misuse of Antibiotics at HOtel Equatorial on Jan. 11 andia. Medical practitioners who wish to attend the seminar can contact Dr. Chan Tow Oheong. Department of Microbiology. Faculty of Medicine, or tel: ***** ext.
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    • 36 2 The University of Singapore's Department of Extramural studies wUI hold a 18-lecture course on The Law of Income Tax In Singapore at Nlssen Hut 78. every Tuesday and Thursday at 7.80 p.m., from Jan. 14.
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    • 20 2 The Istana grounds will be open to the public on New Year's Day from 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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    • 158 2 Ballroom dancing may make a comeback In Singapore. A group of local professional dance Instructor* and Hotel Royal Ramada have taken the lead to revive the alltime styles here. Interviewed last night, one of the Instructors, Mr. Bunny Low, 34, said: "I feel that ballroom
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    • 126 2 The government Is to spend $48,000 to install high pressure sodium vapour (HPSV) street lamps In Changi, as part of Its brighter street scheme. The lamps will be installed along Upper Chanel Road from Tail ah Merah Road Junction to Changi Point. They are brighter,
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    • 10 2 Police reported 97 accidents yesterday. Five were serious.
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    • 470 2 mm TM DOCHOUSE BY PO X don't know why, but round about this time of the year I often remember the Christmases of long a*o when I would alt with Jesse Billings In his snug little cottage and drink mulled ale In front of
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    • 69 2 The Stock Exchange of Singapore opened steady this morning. H. Qllflllan continued to streak ahead, gaining 28 cents to *4.20 In the first SO minutes of trading. BUSINESS DONE; Ban Holdlngfi(l) 0.44, (1) 0.44*. Moebert (2) 050 8. Land (1) 109. (1) IS7. (8) S. Darby (1)
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    • 37 2 The Mtalster for Finance, Mr. Hon Bui Seh, *111 sign an agreement between the Singapore Government and Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. at the 20th floor, Ministry of National Development Building, Maxwell Road, tomorrow at 1120 am.
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    • 18 2 Tha TMCA will hold a course on Chlnwe Pflnttttt wry Saturday at 1.49 p.m. from Jan. 11.
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    • 288 2 The Singapore Employer* Federation <SOF> and the Singapore Manufacturers' Association (SMA) have uiged thelr members to give ex-drug addicts a fair chance of employment The president of the SKF. Mr. no. Waller, and the chairman of BMA. Mr. Ong Leng Chuan, were commenting on a recent
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    • 323 3  -  By Nancy Koh Like father, like son, like daughter. In Sembawang HUls Teachers' Estate, the Low family are fondly named the Blackbelt Trio. For the three Mr. Charles Low, his son Gilbert and daughter Elaine excluding mother, are first dan tae kwon-do hlackbelters. To them, the Korean art
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    • 49 3 The Lions Club of Singapore (Host) will hold Its lunch meeting at the Cambuluc Room. Marco Polo Hotel, on Thursday at 12.45 p.m. The guest speaker, Dr. Margaret Loh of the Family Planning and Population Board, will speak on The Singapore National Family Planning and Population Programme.
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    • 254 3 The Consumers' Association of Singapore has advised the public not to buy drugs from pedlars as they could be harmful. A spokesman from CASE said: "Consumers should only take drugs prescribed by doctors. Taking some of these pedlars' drugs could be harmful to the body
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    • 25 3 The Overseas Textile Company will hold a reception to celebrate Its 4th anniversary at 1 Lokyang Way, Jurong Industrial Estate, tomorrow at 6.30 p.m.
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    • 212 4 His Angers move daftly across the parallel rows of threading and then flit to the wooden weaving machine, and another row of the design has been added. So the movements continue....until another piece of weaving Is completed. And the roup* face lights up wlthjoy
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    • 30 4 The National Productivity Board will bold a —miner on Marketing Strateey Utxter Straw and uncertainty at the Regionali ftmuh Langm» Oontie, Oranae P»w RoM, on JanT* LnfoSkeSSJ -few-:. ix>?\i
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    • 34 4 BAT atreraft win carry Nt ttv* firing Mercian! at the Southern llitondi Sauce at Pvlau Pawal on Tnureday and Frtdaar from ft am to t PjbTtlm public to advised to keep dear.
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    • 240 4 The Chinese Physicians' Association has called upon the government to expose and control activities of "quacks" who pass themselves off as Chinese physicians. It Is not within the ambit of the association to expose and co ntr o 1 these "quacks" as they
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    • 30 4 The University of Sincapon's Department of Rxtraaiural Studies will hold a 12-lecture ooarse on InaMsh language at Missen Hut lerenr Tuesday and Thursday at 730 pjn, from Jan. 14.
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    • 33 4 The Minister for Culture, Mr. Jek Teun Thong, will be the guest at the People's Association drama show in Mandarin to he held at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday at p.m.
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    • 23 4 The YIfCA will hold a eight-session course on •octal dancing a* the Orchard auditorium •very Saturday at f P.m. from Jan. 11.
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    • 360 5  -  By Bharathi Mohan A man is getting away with free food, drinks and money from unsuspecting guests at several hotels in Orchard Road and S c o 11 s Road. He tells his unsuspecting victims that he Is a hotel detective and
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    • 317 5 The Philippines Government is to set up a new commercial centre in Singapore to market its country's products. Known as Philippine House, it will start operations in the new year at the Plaza Slngapura shopping centre In Orchard Road. This is in line with the marketing
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 435 4 EL NEW NATION y MMmnns Cut our and pin with other coupons Posting inductions appear below Nam# (Mr./Mrs./Miss)* Address 1 l°l M IMWWl M WW MIOTTIBIBMI FILL IN MISSING letters ACROSS USING CLUIS BELOW Cut along dotted Uom CLUES FOR M-2 1. A sign of food or evM to come
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    • 164 4 Hm Metropolitan TMCA International folk dantina club will hold ftinw TEAK'S m DANCK at Ite International Oantn at PalA CHARITY mCW TKAB BALL will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel In aid of the Kuo Chnan constituency's sport* and community centre aetlrIQtiAN ARTS AMD QMRR an on dtoplay at tha
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 275 6 Reuter London. Tuesday President Idl Amin of Uganda has addressed a message to Russian, Chinese and other International leaders stating the case tor Scotland's separation from England and saying that a "Scottish Provisional Government" considers him Its leader, Radio Uganda said yesterday. The radio,
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    • 51 6 London, Tuesday People attending free dances run by the Skegness council have been urged to drink more or lose their cheap night out. The events are supposed to be financed by the bar takings but they are running at a loss because many dancers never have a
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    • 212 6 Reuter Darwin, Tuesday Darwin, levelled by a cyclone on Christmas Day, will become a closed city from next Thursday when the emergency administration ends. The chief of the Natural Disasters Organisation, Major General Alan Stretton, told a Press conference last night that the Northern Territory
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    • 162 6 United Press International TODAY Is Tuesday, Dec. 31. the 365 th and last day of 1974. This Is New Year's eve. THE MOON Is between its full phase and last quarter. THE MORNING STABS are Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING BTARS are Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. Those born on
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    • 269 6 Reuter Darwin, Tuesday "I was sure we were the only people left alive on the earth," were the feelings of former Englishman Tony Holmes as he crawled out of the wreck age of his home after the Christmas morning cyclone hit Darwin. His wife, formerly Teresa
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    • 142 6 Reuter New York, Tuesday— Secretary-General Kurt Waldhelm yesterday offered Pakistan "whatever assistance may be possible" from the United Nations, following the earthquake which killed about 4.700 people in the north of the country two days ago. In a telegram to Prime Minister Zulflkar All Bhutto
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    • 169 6 Reuter Cairo, Tuesday.—Egypt and the Soviet Union yesterday called for a fast reconvening of the Geneva Arab Israeli peace conference and said the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) should attend its meetings. A Joint EgyptianSoviet communique on the visit to Moscow of Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy
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    • 150 6 Reuter New York, Tuesday. Eighty of the world's leading musicians yesterday pledged to boycott the UN Educational Social and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) until it reverses recent decisions barring Israel from its activities. The group of composers, conductors, and performers, led by Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz and
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    • 472 7 Reuter Havana, Tuesday A group of Nicaraguan guerrillas and 14 leftwing comrades, freed from Jail in return for the release of hostages taken during a party in Managua, flew into Havana yesterday. All plane traffic at Havana airport had been halted pending the arrival
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    • 213 7 Reuter London, Tuesday.—The British Government yesterday announced an investigation into the affairs of companies connected with John Stonehouse, the runaway Member of Parliament now seeking to settle in Australia. The Inquiry was ordered In accordance with a legal provision permitting investigation into circumstances suggesting "fraud, misfeasance
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    • 102 7 Reuter Paris, Tuesday Mr. Fred Ikle, director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, in an interview published here yesterday called for the creation of an International police force to prevent thefts of nuclear materials and the manufacture of home-made atomic weapons. It is
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    • 62 7 UPI New York, Tuesday— The New York Film Critics Circle announced yesterday It has named Amarcord best picture of 1974 and Federlco Fellinl. the film's director, as Best Director of the Year. The 31 members of the Society, whose secret ballots were tallied yesterday morning, also
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 227 6 WORLD WEATHER London Dry with some hasy sunshine, 4839F. 9-4 C. Headline: Aston Martin to shut down. Paris Variable. 5345F, 12-7 C. Headline: Bangladesh: State of alarm. Moscow Overcast, 34-32 F. 1-OC. Headline: Efficient peace policy. Rio De Janeiro Cloudy, 94-70P, 34-21 C. Headline: Pakistan earthquake kills 300. New York
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1135 8 Over —the age of hope and security The last quarter of the century—a golden era, or a century of broken dreams? AJLP. Taylor the eminent historian and author of the best selling The Origins of the Second World War, The Russian Revolution of 1917 and toom Sarajevo to Potsdam—considers the
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    • 1023 8 Los Angeles Times "In a way," said Alan Berg, author of The Nutrition Factor and a World Barffc authority on the food problem, "The future security of the world depends more on the food picture than It does on the size of armies and navies."
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    • 1212 9  -  PASSING THROUGH by Lu Lin Reutens Great talent Alls one with awe. Uke that In the Angers, of a slim, almost (rail 10-year-old Singapore boy with the gentlest smile. Concert pianist Beow Tit Kin Is all the more awe-inspiring for his modesty—a rare commodity, especially
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    • 880 9 *v I NOTICE NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that I, CHAN MUI SEOK of No. 37ft, Jalan Memblna Barat Singapore have applied (or a Retail Beer Shop licence in raepect of premises No. 375, Jalan Memblna Barat SlnRpore, and that this appllcatlon will be heard in the urt of the First
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  • OPINION
    • 322 10 It Is a sad but inescapable fact that the Confucian virtue of filial piety is extremely hard to find in the world these days. So if former Thai Prime Minister Thanom Klttikachorn did in fact risk his life to return to Bangkok for the sole purpose
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
      • 69 10 It'e enough to make ft man cancel hit nbacrlptlonm Immediate P A colleague who •übecrlbee to a foreign Journal, has been receiving It about two to three weeks late. He thought nothing of It, untUhe visited ft uoond hand book store ,rtf found tl"* latMt lama of the
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      • 45 10 Be cartful of what yon ortter when you MSffiSWilli her boyfriend of •%M ynn to marry ssgsu^stbS: elgh* dlariee Which UM boyfriend ted sr«r« lot all that ttur had swssfe ssßdr#sE pa?®3i for all the food that ehe had taken from, him.
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    • 225 10  -  H.B. HO It IS reported that the Singapore Boa Service la considering a feeder service In satellite towns with a fare of to cents. This km fare is most welcome news to com-, maters in these inflationtroubled days though the scheme itself is going to Involve
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    • 281 10 T r 1 VOICE OF THE PRESS NANYANG SIANGPAU 8o the long-awaited Malta of flats to be built toy the Housing ini Uktoen Development Go (PU) Ltd. (KUDO) for the mid-dle-Income group* here- finally been announced. About the selling prices, only those of the flats to
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    • 626 10  -  TUESDAY WITH ALEX JOSEY ALEX JOSEY Mr. Carlos Romulo, Foreign Secretary of the Philippines, admitted to American reporters that the Philippines had, at least temporarily, abandoned parliamentary democracy. He could hardly be less frank. President Marcos does, In truth rule by decree. What, asked lfr. Romulo,
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    • 149 10 Congratulations to the Ministry of Culture for producing th latest Christmas concert (tt.lft.74) at the Singapore Conference Hall. It was really a concert for everyone. I was fortunate enough to have bought my ticket earlier. That afternoon, a considerable number of PMpUeould not get their The
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    • 156 10 The Issuing of employment passes by the Immigration Department to non-dtlsens to work here, has resulted In some misuses. Tot instance. then are several non-dtlsen women who hold such f mm for jobs like domestic servants, seamstressee and so on, but In reality, they are mistresses or
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    • 63 10  -  PAN LEE I refer to the letter. It would rather be tmMr for the writer to criticise the UfclTcnlty students without giving substantial evidence or btowledce pertaining to toe boycotting of lecturss. I presume he or she le not aoquatnted with the reasons and significance especially to many
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  • FEATURE
    • 2031 11  -  by Douglas Chan Illicit distilling of •uuo —the poor man's whisky has keen going on In Singapore since pro-war days. Only recently, three men were srrested by Customs officers for brewing the "potent drink" in the middle of a crowded ka m
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  • PLEASURE
    • 448 14  -  By Ivor Davis Are you ready for yet another Tartan picture? But this time minus doe-eyed Jane, cute chimpanzees, exploitative white hunters, body beautiful swimming stars swinging from ▼ines and letting out ear splitting yells. Robert Towns, the most sought after young writer in Hollywood (Chinatown,
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    • 533 14 MELODY-MAKERS B* R«jo»*, In 1870 pearly everybody Had the scng Come Saturday Morning, I'm Going Away on his or her Hps. And everyone knew that It was recorded by The Sandpipers. Now (our years later, the group Is still riding the crest of popularity and their
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    • 454 14  -  By Mark Bryne Reuter Russians are ready to celebrate New Year eustomary gusto, complete with i decorated trees and gift-bearing "Grand- 1 father Frost" No family would dream of doinc without a "yolka" or How Tear tree thftt looks every bit as festive and starspangled
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  • TREND
    • 104 15 The party's not over. So junior s just blowing the balloons—he'll burst them later when he and his young friends usher in the New Year with a big bang. And they are doing it in their best party togs. All in pretty but practical
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    • 381 15  -  ANNS Frankly I do not see what the fuss Is all about. If a guy asks a girl out and she wants to go she ought to say "yes." If she does not want to go, It Is "no". It Is as
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    • 77 15 I cin.ili' Mont hpi<>< t' THERE are girls who think that acoeptlng a date the first time they are asked shows unmaldenly eagerness. So Is saying "yes" to a Saturday night date when asked on Friday. But other girls feel that such coyness Is a waste of
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    • 236 15  -  ~JATME I think it's silly that while most of us say we believe in women's lib, we still act coy when it comes to accepting a date. Especially dates we desperately want but are afraid to show we want. What's wrong with say
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    • 174 15  -  —ZARA You step Into the elevator and there HE 18. You had noticed him earlier, sitting on the terrace, sipping a drink by himself. He saw yon too. Yon were alone and he had looked directly aeroM at you. But made
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    • 42 15 Sol* Agents: AaiA xuDxocaipora) vra. lta 71J 714. «LfOIE ROAO, SINGAPORE 7. TIL: MM OM WK 3»«M •HANCH: n, NEW SMIOU «OAO. INMAPOM V TK: *07 ft WHS FAMILY PLANNING/STERILISATION TELEPHONE INFORMATION SERVICE ,vr« $1 D Yi RING *****6 DURMG OFFKX HOURS)
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  • shopping A twice weekly advertisement feature
    • 666 16 A NSW year to Just about to begin. We hare Just survived yet another Ohrtotmai and are now heading for the New Year Somehow, the festive mood this fear did not really get off the ground. Shopping sprees, parties, outings and what not were on a
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    • 157 17 ESI, Hour INI [.blows :TOR a STUffT XPQRf 7 IMPORTERS 8, DISTRIBUTORS CURTAIN FABRICS CARPETS WALLPAPERS INTERIOR DESIGN FURNITURE. ODDMENTS AT 30 OFF PLUS A FREE POSTER WITH EVERY PAIR OP JEANS PURCHASED (while stocks last) see t he full rantje .it THE LEVTS CENTRE G27 SPECIALISTS CENTRE (GROUND FLOOD
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  • FINANCE
    • 110 18 New York, Tuesday. Westlnghouse Electric Corp. has agreed to sell its 60-year-old major appliance business and will take a US$5O million ($l2O million) loss on the deal. The weekend announcement said the 600-mllllon-dollar-a-year line will be sold to White Consolidated Industries, Inc., of Cleveland.
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    • 47 18 United Press International Rome, Tuesday The World rood Programme said yesterday It would send almost UB$3J million ($9.3 million) In emergency food aid to Somalia and Pakistan to try to save a half million drought victims from starr f .lon over the next three months.
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    • 384 18  -  COMPANY PROFILE bv Lee Yew Menu In Just six years, Intraco has become a commercial enterprise to be reckoned with. That, however, did not mean it was plain sailing all the way. The year 1972 was a rough one for the company at it saw
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    • Stock markets round the world
      • 278 18 NEW YORK The stock market closed Irregularly lower yesterday In active trading on the New Yru.c stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, off most of the day, was ahead 1.09 at 603.25 at the close. Standard and Door's 500-stock Index was up 0.02 at
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      • 75 18 Closing prices In francs on Paris Bourse yesterday: Pari bos 129 +3.90 Ponder 314 unch. Prlntemps 82 00 -f 1.30 Bull 39 —.10 Royal Dutch 110.20 —2130 Mlchelln W2 —10 Thorn.-on 126.20 —3 CPP 85.80 +1.80 Rhone 123.50 +2 40 Air 299 —6 BBN 371 4-5 Philips 37.80 unch.
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      • 199 18 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Aberleen suspended Do opts suspended AOD 05'/4 06ft Allstate 07 12 Aurora 07 nil Aust Ant suspended Beach 26 27 Bounty suspended Bridge 10 13 Cleveland 23 30 KasUnet 03 H 04 Ikideavour 10 11 Fllnd 20c
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      • 33 18 Dow Jones closing stock averages on New Yon Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 003.25 (up 1.09), 30 transport 141.27 ((up 0.37), IB utilities 06.09 (up 0.10), 05 stocks 195.54 (up 0:41).
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      • 80 18 This service Is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices In Bwlaa franca on Che Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: 40 UB8 2175 SBC 415 Credit Suisse 3060 65 Swissair B. 365 10 Swiss Relnsur. 1665 40 Wlnterthur B. 1350 Zurich Inaur. 5800 Juvena B. 700 30 Nestle B.
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    • 372 18 Reuter Washington, Tuesday The deepening recession will cause a United Spates budget deficit of about U5523,000 million ($55,200 million) in the current fiscal year and as much as U5536,000 million ($86,400 million) in the following year, the Congressional Economic Committee predicted yesterday. For the
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    • 233 18 Market report The first display of strength (or several weeks dawned on the Singapore stock market yesterday. Bayers streamed In right from the opening belL The price advances followed weekend announcement of the resumption of time bargain trading on Thursday. Faber Merlin featured prominently with an overnight
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    • 53 18 United Press International Tokyo. Tuesday Japan will open negotiations with China early next year for extension of Japan Airlines' TokyoPeking route to Europe, the Kyodo news agency said yesterday. Quoting JAL sources, Kyodo said the airline may seek China's consent to open service during the spring over
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    • 162 19 QUALIFIED MASSEUSE WILL be available to attend you at your places Ring ***** for appointment from 100 p m 900 p.m. I ratio 1 Calling all students. Buy your 1975 primary anci secondary school textbooks from our Super Save Counter. Big discounts from 10% 20% Limited stocks. Come early. Asia
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  • SPORTS
    • 73 20 Hagging her big keola bear snagiy to bar pint-sised flnre, world gymnastic champion Olga Korbat ilsshee an impish smile to bid good-bye to Singapore at the airport last night. Olga and other members of the Russian Olympic Gymnastic team were in happy mood alter giving a memorable
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    • 130 20 Munich, Tuesday Wert Germany's World Cup goalkeeper Bepp Maler suffered a wrist fracture In a fall during training here yesterday, and may miss a tour of Japan by his team, Bayern Munich. Maler had his left wrist put In plaster after the accident In
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    • 439 20 UPI, Reuter Melbourne, Tuesday Umpires twice stopped play in the third cricket Test between Australia and England yesterday to warn Australian players of bad language. After a second angry word exchange between players, umpire Robin Ballhache Issued a warning to Australian captain lan Chappell.
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    • 407 21 Cricket fans In Australia might think the sport Is sadly waning when administrators hire a public relations firm. However, ttut is not the cam in thu southern stele of Victoria, where the Victorian Cricket AseocUtioo have Ms plans for the nine daring the omentalOO tour. m a
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    • 152 21 Reuter Purl*, Tuesday.—Dutch superstar Johan CruyfT was yesterday named Kuropean Footballer Of The Year for a record third time. The 27-year-old Cruyff, who led Holland to the 1974 World Cup final In which they were beaten 1-1 by West Oermany, was also voted outstanding player In
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    • 316 22 Sputnik led Into the straight from Begat Star end Slapdash, with Betaves* well up. Avant Garde made up ground from the rear. Slapdash and Bain veet challenged half a furlong out but Sputnik battled on gamely to win by a neck. Reinvest finished second,
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    • 1044 22 SHE ROUNDUP By BLUE PETER Truly Grateful looks good Ipoh, Monday It will pay to follow Eddie van Breukelen at the Perak Turf Club meeting starting on Saturday as most of his horses are currently In top form. Hallmark Is easily the pick of his team.
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    • 414 22 By BLUE PETER Ipoh, Tuesday Libertad did a splendid workout at Ipoh this morning. With apprentice Peter Lee Ha the saddle, the six-year-old by Croft What's wanted sprinted smartly over 3f in 30 3/5. He sprang a surprise last time out at Buklt Timah early this
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    • 54 22 Moscow, Tuesday Vausll) Alexeyev, the Bovlet super-heavyweight Olympic welghtllftlng champion who has been dubbed the strongest man In the world, set the 69th world record of his career In Bhakhty yesterday. Alexeyev lifted 243.5 kg (536i-lb) to add 0.5 kg (1-lb) to the world super-heavyweight Jerk record he
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    • 128 22 Black King n, late Black King, Is the only newcomer entered for the Ferak Turf Club January meeting. He Is a three-year-old brown Australian geldir by Romantic out of Ffe.efrln* He was consistent at two years, winning twice and on board six times In 11
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    • 1348 23  -  Jeffrey Lou u riting on SOCCER SCLNL FA call for investigation into allegations Jeffrey Low Division One club Tamplnes Rovers early yesterday sent telegrams to President Sheares, Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and Social Affairs Minister Endk Othman Wok appealing for full investigation into the
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    • 138 23 Kingston, Tuesday First step* have been taken here In a bid to get world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammed All to defend his title in Jamaica against George Foreman, whom he deposed In Zaire two months ago. Talks were held here last night between All,
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    • 39 23 The Singapore Bporta Council today said the counterfoil* of 10 of the SO tickets which were previously reported missing have been returned. The tickets, Nos. *****1 to *****0, are valid for the Constituency draw this afternoon.
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  • 272 24  -  The LAST word by J.J. With the year about to be over (Thank goodness) and Christmas Just over (Good gracious!), it is time for all good men to write to other good men. I am sending these greetings: The Comptroller of Income Tax: Thank
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  • 50 24 MEI LIN: What are your New Year resolutions? AH FOOK: I resolve to cut spending, work harder, drive safely, wake up early, go to bed at nine, stop drinking, and nightclubbing, end my arguments with you, keep my hair short, stop littering, eat Pakistani rice, and talk less...
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  • 29 24 S'PORE GIRL and she's pretty as a picture Susan Lim, 21, has one ambition to own a boutique. Her interests include reading, travelling and dancing. -—Picture by NIK KASMANI.
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    • 242 24 PRE- HOLIDAY MOVIE (9.55 over Channel Five). This film, Tammy and the Doctor, is about how Tammy's involvement with a young intern almost disrupts other relationships in a hospital. Starring Sandra Dee, Peter Fonda, Mac Donald Carey, Beulah Bondi and Margaret Lindsay. LUCKY STARS IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today,
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