New Nation, 17 August 1976

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  • 20 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Tuesday August 171 1976 No. 1721 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 p-===^ NEW (fcp) NATION COMMENT
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  • 330 1 Tremors rock China, Philippines Reuter Major earthquakes struck south west China and the southern Philippines yest e r d a y, American geologists in Colorado reported. They said the shocks came within about two hours of each other and would have been big enough to cause damage in
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  • 996 1  -  at the summit H. L.Lim Colombo, Tuesday A keynote speech at the non-aligned summit conference this afternoon and a political committee debate at about the same time should help clarify Indochina's Intentions in South-east Asia. Pour of the five ASEAN countries are here, Indonesia, Malaysia
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  • 51 1 Reuter Cape Town, Tuesday —Baton wielding riot police yesterday charged a procession of 700 coloured students In a busy shopping centre, clubbing some to the ground when they did not disperse. The latest outbreak of racial trouble erupted at the University of Western Cape and Bellvill Training College,
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  • 31 1 AP Kingston, Tuesday Cuban Embassy officials say that 280 Cuban professionals, Including doctors and engineers, are In Jamaica as part of a technical coo p e ration programme.—AP.
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  • 238 1  -  By Douglas Chan Chang Ling, the star of the popular martial art TV series, The Protectors, is suing another local Chinese magazine for defamation. Mls s Chang, a Taiwanese actress and her producer-director, Mr. Chen Mln Hua, are expected to file their suit In
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  • 146 1  -  By Wang Look Fung An average of 10 people die from hard drug addiction a year, according to a senior government pathologist. The number is expected to Increase because addicts are now injecting heroin into their veins, Dr. Chao Tzee Cheng said. The
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    • 39 1 INSIDE Escort for death threat newsman —Page 2 Confusion In Bangkok over Praphas riddle Page 7 Mr Ford demotes Taiwan relations Page 5 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Cinemas 2; Money words 11; Cross word 16; Comics 17; Stars 19.
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    • 20 1 Silent light >1 Mil S iiosi-: The enchanting pink wine from Portugal. i C 1 < j r», Eastern Agencies ijaji
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  • 458 2  -  By H.L. Lim Colombo, Tuesday South Korean journalist Ryang Lee has an appointment with the chairman of the mass media committee here at 10 a.m. today (noon Singapore) to discuss an alleged North Korean death threat. Mr. Lee and his news[>aper, the Englishanguage Korea Herald
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  • 213 2  -  By Peter Ong The Port of Singapore Authority is to have a passenger check-In terminal In the Singapore Maritime Centre In Telok Blangah Road. The terminal will have several check-In counters like those at Paya Lebar airport for quicker handling of passengers boarding cruise ships.
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  • 136 2 The PSA firetralning school at Pulau Brani is now in its final stage of construction. It is expected to be ope•ational early next month. The school, which cost $500,000 will have briefing cum lecture rooms, offices, bays for fire engines, store and a foam
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  • 157 2 Prices extended yesterday's gains in selective trading during the first 45 minutes at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. The resumption of big hoard trading and the better overnight Wall Street market helped to bolster sentiments. BUSINESS DONE: Eirst Section S. Darby (69) 3.80. 88. Sett.: (1) 3.84.
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  • 38 2 The six session course on maintenance and repair of household appli ances will be held at the Orchard Road YMCA from Thursday. The fees are $20 for members and $25 for non -members. For details, ring *****8.
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    • 757 2 AT THE CINEMA JAWS: Hie Academyaward winning, recordbreaking movie about a shark. Stars are Roy Schneider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss. Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb, directed by Steven Spielberg. Prince: 1.30, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. SHOUT AT THE DEVIL: An unlikely couple of Ivory poachers, Lee
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  • 11 2 Police reported 107 accidents yesterday. Thirteen were serious and two fatal.
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  • 319 3  -  Patients can sue if... By Wang Look Fung A few private doctors in Singapore are using acupuncture "on the quiet" to treat patients. One general practitioner said: "Although we seek the consent of the patients first, there is still some risk Involved. "This is
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  • 193 3 at S'pore airport The public waving gallery at Paya Lebar Airport, which has been closed for the last two-and-a-half years, will be re-opened early next month. Renovation work, which started six months ago, will be completed by the end of this month. The new look waving gallery
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  • 36 3 DR. Ambrish Nanavati of the Junagadh State General Hospital In India will speak on the prevention of blindness at the Mandarin Hotel tomorrow at 12.4 p.m. The talk Is organised by the Rotary Club.
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  • 270 3 Singapore A 1 r lines will commission a new $7.3 million Boeing 747 flight simulator on Friday. The British built computer controlled simulator, designed ac cording to SIA speclfl cations, is said to be the most advanced in the world.
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    • 97 3 4Br I **v rnrk m* «r. i' <?t?. Sn m+ n Graetz and Goodwood Park Hotel mstUo liis Spanish Dance Jestival August 17,18 &19 Don't miss this chance to witness the art of famous Luisillo and his group of 28. See fiery flamenco dances,graceful Spanish ballet. Listen to haunting ballads.
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  • 412 4  -  Quickly withdraw applications when asked to show proof of one-child family By Teresa Ooi Some parents will go to the extent of lying to get their child a place In a choice mission school. Many who claimed they have only one child had their application cancelled or
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  • 151 4 The problem of recrultlnf suitable relief teachers in several schools will be greatly eased when the Institute of Education releases its latest batch of 423 cadet teachers. These cadet teachers, assigned to schools for duties, will pat a number of graduate relief teachers out of Job.
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  • 243 4  -  Lack of response TERESA Ooi The Ministry of Education has scrapped the International Baccalaureate Diploma course the European equivalent of our GCE "A" levels conducted at the National Junior College because of poor response. The diploma, which entitles our students to be admitted Into any European university,
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  • 172 4  -  By Eileen Tan The University of Singapore orchestra could do with some fresh and more polished talent, a visiting music consultant said. "I have seen musical talent on campus that should be tapped and Sllshed to Improve e standard of the orchestra," said
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  • 257 4  -  By Gerry de Silva 3ingapore-ba»s ed American firms wishing to resume trade with Vietnam will have to await changes in US government policy, which may come after the Presidential elections in November. The American Business Council here said no change in policy was
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  • 283 4  -  By Bharathi Mohan Pranksters are giving operators of the new radio phone taxi service jt headache. If this continues, the Singapore taxi-owners Cooperative Society, the operators, will refuse to accept calls from public telephones. The society chairman, Mr. T. A. Simon, said on Bunday alone about
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  • 245 4 The Institute of Banking and Finance Is Slannlng to Introduce a lngapore orientated banking certificate course along the lines of the London Institute of Bankers exam course. The proposed course will provide an alternative to London's AIB course, the assistant director of the Institute, Mr. Mark
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  • 148 4 Sin g a pore's unemployment rate last year was 4.5 per cent, according to the Labour Ministry annual report yesterday. Tne number of women employed dropped by 15,200 —about 5.8 per cent —between 1974 and last year. As at June last year, there
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  • Article, Illustration
    53 5 Ronald Reagan staff aid Kurt Wertzburg breaks the tension with a Nixon mask and pose on the stairs of the Reaganchartered plane at Los Angeles yesterday while waiting for the presidential to arrive for the flight to Kansas City and the Rep u b 1 lean Party convention.
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  • 290 5 AP Ronald Reagan yesterday took the first step towards a convention floor fight over the proposed Republican Party platform by declaring he will seek changes to put emphasis on tough negotiations with the Soviet Union. The stage for a battle over the
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  • 29 5 Reuter Istanbul, Tuesday. Two Palestinians alleged to have killed four people in an abortive hijacking attempt at Istanbul air* port last week were charged with murder yesterday. —Reuter.
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  • 358 5 Deliberate bid by Ford to woo China NYT Washington. Tuesday President Ford and the other leading members of his Administration have made no mention of the US defence treaty with Taiwan for over a year in their prepared speeches and presentations to Congress. This stands In
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  • 231 5 AP Tel Aviv, Tuesday Israeli naval patrol boats are blockading the Lebanese coast and confiscating arms sent from Libya and Egypt to leftist and Palestinian forces in the civil war, the State Television said yesterday. It wac the first semiofficial confirmation from here of Israel's participation
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  • 269 6 It must be taught a lesson to dispel its illusion of superiority—Sadat f The nonaligned summit iL Reuter President Sadat of Egypt yesterday demanded a new, hard line from the 85-nation nonaligned movement against Israel and white regimes in southern Africa. He denounced what he called the
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  • 273 6 Reuter Colombo, Tuesday Z a mb 1 a n President Kaunda yesterday criticised Third World countries for not giving enough aid to "genuine" liberation movements and urged them to increase tnelr assistance. The African leader was speaking at the opening of the four-day Fifth Non
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  • 86 6 Reuter ColonTbo, Tuesday Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong took his place among the other 40 heads of state and government at the non-aligned summit conference here yesterday and seemed to enjoy the experience Immensely. The white-haired Vietnamese leader chatted and smiled with other leaders around
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  • 67 6 Reuter Colombo, Tuesday President Gaddafi of Libya arrived here yesterday too late for the opening of the fifth non-aligned summit conference and surprised Sri Lanka officials at the airport by refusing the usual red carpet treatment. The Libyan leader declined the guard of honour and
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  • 194 6 Reuter Colombo, Tuesday President Boumedlenne of Algeria yesterday accused "imperialist" powers of trying to set Arab against Arab in an outright extermination policy against the Palestinians. Addressing the nonaligned summit confe rence here, the Algerian leader said: "In order to mask the decline of
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  • 148 6 Reuter London, Tuesday The British Foreign office said the Installations on the British Indian Ocean island of Diego Oarcla were a "very limited facility" and not a naval base. A British spokesman gave this explanation when asked to comment on Bri Lanka Prime Minister Sirimavo
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  • 32 6 Reuter The Hague, Tuesday The World Court met here yesterday to consider a Greek complaint that Turkey was violating its continental shelf In searching for oil In the Aegean. Reuter.
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  • 133 6 UPI TODAY is Tuesday, Aug. 17, the 230 th day of 1976 with 136 to follow. THE MOON is in its last quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo.
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  • 36 6 Reuter Windhoek, Tuesday A target date of Dec. 31. 1977, for Independence for South-west Africa (Namibia) is likely to be agreed soon by a constitutional conference here, sources at the meeting said yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 21 6 AP Quito, Tuesday A passenger plane with 56 people aboard has crashed in the Andean mountains, authorities reported yesterday.—AP.
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  • 47 6 Reuter Madrid, Tuesday Entilio Goniales, 61, didn't have enough money to buy all the drinks he wanted. So he made photocopies of a 500 peseta note and tried to pass them off in local bars as the real thing. He is awaiting trial. Renter.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 199 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Partly sunny, 27-19C. Headline: Ford wins test on rules Issue; Reagan persists. San Francisco—Partly cloudy, 18-13C. Headline: Ford victory on Veep issue. Paris—Sunny, 28-17C. Headline: Guadeloupe: La Soufriere volcano about to erupt; massive evacuation of south tip of Basse-Terre. Rome Partly cloudy, 28-16C. Moscow Overcast, 20-13C.
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  • 300 7 AP Bangkok, Tuesday The Khmer Rouge has segregated Cambodia's ethnic Chinese minority in at some areas of the country and singled it out for especially harsh treatment, informed Western sources say. Refugees from Cambodia both Khmer and Chinese describe several cooperatives In north-western Cambodia reserved
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  • 352 7 Chaos as ministers deny earlier report Reuter Bangkok, Tuesday Thailand was thrown into political confusion last night by the officially-re-ported return here of former military strongman FieldMarshal Praphas Charusathien from nearly three years of self-exile in Taiwan. But cabinet ministers said last night there was "no sufficient
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  • 137 7 Reuter Moscow, Tuesday—The Soviet Union plans to cooperate in about 40 industrial projects In Vietnam over the next five years, according to lead lng Soviet foreign aid official Vitaly Morozov, Tass reported yesterday. The Soviet Union's economic and technical assistance was directed at the solution
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  • 212 7 Reuter Stockholm. Tuesday Sweden's Ombudsman Is to investigate advertising claims that the AngloFrcnch supersonic Concorde airliner can save trans-Atlantic businessmen working time. The investigation follows a complaint by Mr. Bo Lundberg, a former head of Sweden's Aeronautical Research Institute. that advertisements placed by British
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  • 142 7 AP New Delhi, Tuesday The Indian Parliament extended for another year yesterday the power of Prime Minister Indira, Gandhi's government to hold political prisoners without charges. The Bill replaces a presidential order handed down In June which extended the malnten ance of Internal Security Act.
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  • 424 8 Deterioration In the relations between Egypt and Libya, icy for the past three years has stopped short only of an actual military conflict. A series of moves and counter-moves In recent weeks have threatened to bring two big Arab neighbours to the brink. The latest in
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    • 49 8 A woman friend, recently returned from a us tour, launched Into a narrative of her month-long stay going into boring details. She ended the story saying she had developed a taste for an American candy called Jawbreakers. A listener promptly remarked: "They didn't work, did they?"
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    • 41 8 A foreign correspondent who was writing on expatriates living in an Asian country spelled the word as ex-patriots throughout bis article. nie sub-editor Is wondering whether he genuinely mis spelt the word or he was trying to be humorous.
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  • 740 8 A political pro, a pragmatist, a long-ball gambler, Texas' big John Connally is a 150... NYTS By James Reston Washington, Tuesday The most interesting ghost in the wings of the Republican Convention is still big John, silver John Connally of Texas. Ford and Reagan may
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  • 134 8  -  LIM HENG TOW Public Relations Officer. BTS. Singapore 11. We refer to Cheap's letter (NN, Aug. 7). The recent Olympic Games coverage telecast on RTB did not arrive as a complete package. It contained reports on selected events strung together with no link announcements and
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  • 455 8 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, Tuesday Jacques Vidal believes man's brainwaves will be useful for controlling machines someday. For example, it might be possible to bypass the body's motor and muscle system by linking brainwaves directly to a machine that has been programmed to Eerform
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  • 316 8  -  VOICE OF THE PRESS X NANYANG SIANG PAU At a National Day celebration, the Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Lee Khoon Choy, called on Singaporeans to try to acquire the strong points of the migrants and discard their weak points. He says the strong
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  • 618 9 Pilgrims used to crawl on their knees and kiss the ground UPI Bamiyan, Tuesday For centuries, no Afghan dared to enter the valley of Bamiyan in fear of the dreaded hissing snake. The lush green valley, dominated by the majestic Hlndukush range of mountains, remains snow
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  • 667 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times The State Department makes everyone write an essay when he or she comes back from vacation. Here is the one Henry Kissinger wrote. "I went to Iran on my slimmer vacation. I met a new friend named Shah. He Is
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  • 1157 10 / 11 Talk of doom for the volk as ruler Washington Post Johannesburg, Tuesday In what could be a major turning point for South Africa, the ruling Afrikaner elite appears to be factionalising over questions of the country's political and cultural future. Five of the
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  • 398 10 / 11 NYT The South African government, embittered by local newspaper coverage of the antigovernment upheaval in black town ships, has threatened to impose new restraints on the press. Mr. Connue Mulder, the Information Minister, told a congress of the governing Nationalist Party last week In Durban that
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  • 586 10 / 11 Los Angeles Times Like children anywhere, the little Africans splashed in their bath water. But their bathtub was an old tin container in the back yard; there are few homes with running water in Soweto. the sprawling black township outside Johannesburg. Like children anywhere, they
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  • Page 10 / 11 Miscellaneous
    • 560 10 / 11 Tuesday ISVuI Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW mm mm mmm mm m Cut along dotted lines mm mm CLUES FOR CT-2 1. Musical instrument beaten with sticks 2. Supposedly sick children shouldn't be
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    • 453 12  -  SOAP BOX Gloria Chandy On e day, gazing ruefully at all the fat that had accumulated around my waist, I decided to do something about It. "Play a game!" advised a friend. "It's a sure way to beat the bulk," she said munching on her
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    • 276 12  -  r r Doc's Casebook A S.L. Mrs. C complained: "All the fingers of my right hand can be extended except the fourth finger which sticks up in a right angle. Now r have to use my left hand to help it straighten. Sometimes there
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    • 186 12  -  Words by Jennifer Schoon Denim the action fabric to live in, move in, groove in do anything in. Denim that lends to casual clothes, a super style, a carefree chic. Now denim teams with leather for a touch of the unusual, lends itself to touches of embroidery
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    • 410 13  -  GIRL-TALK [by J. Schoon BANGLES, bangles and yet more bangle* for the wrists, fingers and neck In all the colours of the rainbow. Wear them singly or more; wear them In lustI ust one colour or mix hem. The plastic bangles are available
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  • 131 16 UPI Brussels, Tuesday— The dollar closed lower on most European money markets yesterwas unchanged In Zurich at US $113.35 an ounce but dropped over the weekend In London from UBSU3.S7S to US$ll3125. The dollar closed at 2.5315 marks In Frankfurt compared with Friday's
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  • 43 16 AP Detroit. Tuesday The United Auto Workers yesterday unveiled Its plan for protecting current Jobs and creating new ones with a demand that the big three automakers give employees more days off at full pay. possibly one each a month. AP.
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  • 378 16 Central Sugars appears to be returning to Its old bullish form after Ave years of lacklustre performance. This year could be the turning point as the market reacted warmly to this expectation in the past fortnight. Last week Central Sugars was the second most active
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  • 104 16 UPI Vienna, Tuesday OPEC Economic experts will open a week-long meeting on Aug. 23 to prepare recommendations concerning the future price of oU. a spokesman said yesterday. Spokesman H a m 1 d Zaherl said the economic commission will summarise reports of the various
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  • 53 16 Bonn, Tuesday The Economics Ministry said yesterday it expects the West German gross national product (GNP) to grow by six per cent this year, compared with a 3.4 per cent decline last year. The ministry said the current economic growth rate is somewhat slower than earlier
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 150 16 A few blue-chip bargain hunters helped push prices slightly higher yesterday but, with Wall Street's attention riveted on the Republican convention In Kansas City, volume was only moderate on the New York Btook Exchange. Investors clearly were inhibited by the uncertainty over the outcome of the battle for
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    • 30 16 Dow Jones averages on the NYBK yesterday: 90 Industrial 992.77 (up IM); 30 transport ***** (off 0.37); 15 utilities 93 37 (up 6J9); 65 stock 310.77 (up 0.47).
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    • 212 16 Due to the yen's strengthening against the dollar on the foreign exchange market, the market continued lower slightly centring on export-related Issues. In the morning session, oil stocks were bought with Dalkyo Oil reaching a new high for the year, reflecting the strengthened yen. Also, shippings were bought on
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    • 85 16 C losing prices (In Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UB£ Bearer 3360 26 UB8 Registered 616 2 BBC 466 1 Credit Suisse 2660 10 Swissair B. 630 16 Swiss Relnsur. 3300 —10 Wlntwthur B. 1780 6 Zurich Insur. 6400 16 J uvena B. 126 Nestle B.
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    • 113 16 Prices in Australian cents at 11.90 ajn. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange. ACI nil 169 ADC 29 31 Ampol Pet 74 75 ANI nil 12} APM 170 173 Bank NSW 600 nU Brambles nil 169 BHP 893 694 Boral 336 330 CBA 366 nil CBR 530
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  • 244 16 E =3 Business News and Views LYM The Republic's plywood Industry has begun to show signs of recovery after last year's slump. Exports of plywood for the first six months of this year totalled 212,091 cubic metres 32.7 per cent more than the corresponding
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    • 299 16 Crossword in ill mm tHIBHHI ■■Ml i»ran iIH mm hbibuhb BMHMHBHI iMBHHI mmmu 6 Fare for Secretariat 7 Donkey. In Dusseldorf 8 Sunset and others 9 Flock watcher 10 Phone or type 11 SandaraC 12 Theater award 14 aires 30 Partner for pieces 22 Canape spread 20 Ancient Or. festival
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  • 234 17 Reuter Munich, Tuesday European cham plo n s Bayern Munich will be trying to end speculation that their best days may not be behind them when they play Anderlecht of Belgium in the first leg of the continental "super cup" final here today. The
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  • 30 17 London, Tuesday—Results of last night's football matches: English Football League Cup Ist rd. (first leg) Shrewsbury Town o Walsall 1. Friday: Tottenham Hotspur 1 Royal Antwerp (Belgium) 1.
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  • 746 17  -  Filipino Cano takes the lead By BRIAN MILLER Henry Tan, holder of the world single game record and the bowler local fans were pinning their hopes on, will not be competing in the. Masters event at the 12th International Open bowling championships now being held
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    • 69 17 THE BORN LOSER 111 4CVR C&mMt) (SIIAreoUMBI HOW MUtH UFe INSURANT sjx? WO HA m SHORT RIBS SIRE, THE BLACK FOREST ELF MA'S FINALLY COME UP WITH SOMETHING BIQ HAH! HCW A^H? L fAS i ft' NORBERT by Art Sansom *5,000 MO) POW'T PLAN ID STAW PEAP CO 4DU? by
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  • 276 18  -  ON THE TRACK uith Brian Miller Agasam Stable's Montana Bill and Ho u 81 on Ranger, provided an Interesting trial at Buklt Tlmah this morning. Breaking from the 800 metre mark the two stablemates clapped on the pace to run the last 600 m In 37 3.
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  • 450 18 Blue Star was the first to break from Napoleon Solo, with Tin Ore, Poly Robin. Singapore Sun, Bo terete, Cinema and Mission well placed. Ribut and Prince Cocoa were In the rear. At the course proper Tin Ore was a length clear of
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  • 121 18 Reuter AP Washington, Tuesday Dave Stockton rolled In a five-metre putt on the final hole to win the United States PGA championship by one stroke at the Congressional Country Club yesterday. Stockton, who also won the 1970 PGA, finished with an even-par 70 for a
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  • 607 18 Reuter After an entertaining day's play yesterday in the fifth and final Test between England and the West Indies at the Oval, England were left to score 392 runs to win on the final day of play today. Bob Woolmer and
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  • 715 19  -  SOCCER SCENE by Philip Tan The Football Association of Singapore have often been accused of being inconsistent in applying policies laid down. They have just as often denied such accusations and vigorously tried to justify their actions. Now it seems that yet another
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  • 73 19 Singapore Schools soccer players congratulating their Thai rivals who defeated them 3-0 in the Asian Schools semi-final recently. The brawl between Fairer Park Dynamos and Calrahill In the Second Division match at Tanglln on Saturday. Cairnhill trailed 1-t before a free for all broke out
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  • 55 19 Star United, a new side fielded in the SHA's tournament this year, is planning to form a women's hockey team. Those Interested are asked to turn up at the Maynorth Prl mary School ground In Whampoa at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday. Ring Mirmai Singh at Tel *****4 after
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  • 294 19 Confusion reigned at a Pepsi Cup youth match scheduled to be played between Jalan Besar PC and Cairnhill yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium. First, football appointment secretary M.K. Mydeen. came under ilre for forgetting to arrange for a referee and linesmen to turn up
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  • 52 19 AP Tampere, Tuesday Antti Kalllomaekl of Finland, the Olympic silver medallist in the pole-vault, yesterday set a new National record with 5.53 metres at an International track meet here. Kalllomaekl shares seventh place in this year's world standings behind three US Jumpers. two Poles and one Soviet
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  • 387 19 The Football Association of Singapore will wait for the referee's report before deciding on the cause of action to take after last Saturday's distasteful brawl between players and spectators from Calrnhlll and Farrer Park Dynamos. FAS secretary Michael Khoo said: "We will look Into
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  • 79 19 Montevideo, TuesdaySouth Korea beat Paraguay 2-1 over the weekend to win the fifth International universities soccer championship here after Paraguayans walked out of the pitch with 21 minutes still to P The walkout was sparked by the referee's expulsion of two Paraguayan players who had Challenged a
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 481 19 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a highly excitable and Impatient individual who loses a great deal of energy and vitality because of a lifelong bad habit; a tendency to over react. Those responsible for your upbringing should make every effort to All you with
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  • 63 20 MEI UN: The District Court heard an unusual plea the other day. An "L" driver who was charged with two traffic offences pleaded for a postponement of the trial so that he could save enough money to pay up his fine. AH FOOK: He should have considered his
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    • 915 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 100 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SFECTOUM (r). A magazine series presented In English. 3.30 DIABY OF EVENTS. 3.35 MAGAZINE ZERO ONE (r). 3.S0 GENERAL HOSPITAL. Soap Opera. 4.30 INTERMISSION. 6.05 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by THE FLYING NUN. Sitcom about a novitiate who has the ability
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    • 240 20 Today's top shows The Palllsers: Part 19. (Ch. 5. 8.35 p.m. in colour). Madam Max returns from Europe with a travelling companion a locksmith who can testify that the Rev. Emlllus hired him to make duplicate keys to his London lodgings. The evidence Is used at Phlneas Finn's trial. Meanwhile,
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