New Nation, 22 June 1977

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    22 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday, June 22, 1977 No. 1982 Price 25 cents M C (P) 262/1/77 r—j NLIV (gy NATION COMMENT ii
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    Lock icon Amin starts purge, says Kenya
    268 1 UPI AP Nairobi, Wednesday President Amin's dreaded security forces had launched a massive purge of army troops and civilians following an unsuccessful assassination attempt, Kenya's government news agency claimed yesterday. Mr. Amin was wounded in the carefully planned ambush on Saturday and was undergoing treatment
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    All-woman guerillas
    47 1 Rome. Wednesday Two young girls in jeans ambushed and shot a Rome University professor in the legs ana groin yesterday in Italy's first all-woman guerrilla attack. "Thev riddled me with bullets," Prof. Remo Cacciafesta, dean of the School of Economics, said before undergoing emergency surgery.
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    Lock icon Jobless
    40 1 AFP London Wednesday Unemployment In Britain rose by over 100.000 to a total of 1.450,000 or 6.2 per cent of the active population by mid-June, official figures showed yesterday. A month earlier, the rate was 5.7 per cent. AFP.
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    Lock icon The day Brez saw red
    159 1 AFP Paris, Wednesday Four French painters were yesterday busy respraying a green Matra "Rancho" luxury cross country vehicle, given to visiting Soviet head of state Leonid Brezhnev, because he does not like the colour. Mr Brezhnev was given two Matra cars the Rancho and a
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    Taxmen give concession
    532 1 Employees who get 'free' trips abroad... Employees whose passages are paid for by their companies will be granted concessionary tax rates, the Inland Revenue Department announced yesterday. In a statement, the department said only 20 per cent of the passage of employees and their dependants will be
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    Lock icon Polls will be on Oct 7, now Bhutto says it
    222 1 AFP Teheran, Wednesday Pakistan Prime Minister Bhutto confirmed here yesterday that' his country would hold fresh general elections on Oct. He was speaking to reporters on his arrival in Teheran, continuing a tour he began a few days ago after
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    Lock icon Kaunda: No choice
    82 1 AFP Paris, Wednesday President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia yesterday accused the West of being responsible for the "explosive" situation in southern Africa, saying that Africa had no other choice than to side with the Soviet Union. Speaking at a luncheon at the Elysee Presidential Palace, near the
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    Relaxed and confident
    218 2 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, the Piime Minister of Fiji, yesterday relaxed in Singapore with a round of golf, confident of victory in his country's coming general elections. Despite an election defeat in April and a second defeat on a confidence vote in his country's House of Representatives
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    Course
    21 2 The Supervisory and Management Training Association of Singapore (SAMTAS) will conduct a 10-lecture course on Production Management from July 4.
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    The water woes of Jurong
    445 2  -  Residents find sediments coming out of the tap By Douglas Chan Res i d ents In at least nine blocks of .Turong Town flats are making daily trips to a nearby refuse collection centre to get water for cooking because they do not trust their
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    STOCK MARKET
    176 2 Share prices edged higher during the first 45 minutes of light and selective trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. The two designated counters. Central Sugars and Perak Carbide gained 14 cents and six cents to $3.24 and $1.12 respectively. Short-covering is believed to be behind the
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    Sultan's stop-over
    68 2 The Vice-President of Indonesia. Sultan Ha mengkubuwono yesterday stooped over In Singapore on his way home alter undergoing medical treatment in the United States. The Sultan, according to the Indonesian Embassy here, underwent eye treatment in Washingten. He was met at Paya Lebar Airport by the Em bassy's
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    Dental
    22 2 Upper Scrangoon community centre will organise a kindergarten dental health contest and an art competition on July 17 at 10 a.m.
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      123 2 German Asian Travels Pte. Ltd. Lonely Beaches, typical villages, coral reefs are becoming rare in Singapore. We are specialized in offering tours to the surrounding countries that still offer the "original" tropical Asia. Visit the islands of the Rhiau to the south of Singapore 3 days for 5599.00. Songkhla in
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      161 2 BELGIAN ART exhibition at the National Museum till 5 p.m. AMERICAN HANDICRAFTS an exhibition at the National Museum, till 5 p.m. ART EXHIBITION by the Group of Young Artists international, Paris, Including works by three local artists at the National Museum, till 5 p.m. YOUTH FESTIVAL music and dance presentation
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      492 2 AT THE CINEMA HANUMAN AND THE FIVE KAMEN RIDERS (Mandarin): A cruel and evil force known as "King Dark" lives on a diet of young women and children. He is opposed by the Monkey King and five supermen from different nations who prevent the capture of women and children needed
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      57 2 Today: 2.47 p.m. (2.3 m). Tomorrow: 2.11 a.m. (2.5 m), 3.28 p.m. (2.3 m). Friday: 3.03 a.m. (2.3 m). 4.16 p.m. (2.2 m). Saturday: 4.09 a.m. (2.1 m), 5.12 p.m. (2.2 m). Sunday: 5.36 a.m. (2m), 6.15 p.m. (2.3 m). Monday: 7.16 a.m. (2m), 7.17 p.m. (2.4 m). Tuesday: 8.40
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    Lock icon Strong team from Japan coming
    164 3 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday A powerful Japanese economic team will probably visit members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year to establish a forum for regular talks on cooperation, it was announced here yesterday. i The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry said
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    Children's art
    66 3 The Korean National Commission for UNESCO has Invited all primary schoolchildren to participate In the 19th school children's art exhibition. All art works submitted will be exhibited at the Korean Children's Centre and other major cities in Korea from Oct. 29 this year to June 30 1978. In
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    Art for art's sake at GCE 'A' level
    263 3  -  More students now dropping the subject By Teresa Ooi There has been a drop in the number of students ottering art as a subject in the GCE "A" level examinations because they cannot use it to gain admission into university. "Because of
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    Move for road safety
    68 3 The MP for Leng Kee Constituency, Dr. Ow Chin Hock, will distribute pamphlets on road safety In the Stirling Road area on Sunday and In the Lengkok Bahru area on June 26. Film shows and talks on, Road Safety and You, will be held at Block
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    Forum
    35 3 The Sree Narayana Mission will hold a forum on developing welfare programmes for the youth and the aged in our community at the mission hall on Aug. 28 from 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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    Meeting today to discuss merger
    362 3  -  By Peter Ong Singapore's two travel agents associations may be merged into one national body soon to avoid duplication of efforts in promoting the Republic. Steps are now being taken by the two associations—the Singapore Society of Tourist Agents (SSTA) and the Association of Travel
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      159 3 Citizen's Solar Cell OuartzJ/Vatch. j4 •> f T OXIZEN N r 7 r-r UUART/ r\ l A watch powered by light itself Expose it toany light, sunlight or artificial light, for just ten minutes and it will run for 24 hours. When the special 8 sheets of silicon solar cell
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    Scarred for life over just one error
    666 4 Our motor-cycling correspondent recounts a mishap Twelve days in hospital, two months before being declared fit again, two years of chasing the insurance company for claims, extensive trouble caused to family and friends, broken Jaw and teeth, and, worst of all—scarred for life.
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    Refresher stints for the 'bad' drivers
    359 4 Singapore Bus Service orlvers who have Ave or more accidents recorded against them will be required to undergo refresher driving courses. The move Is designed to correct any bad driving habits and to reduce the number of accidents involving SBS buses, its traffic manager
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    A taste of Danish watercress —and it's so crispy
    365 4  -  By Ting Hi Keng Housewives will now be able to buy more leafy, crispy and cleaner watercress, thanks to hydroponics, a new form of "soilless" (see picture) cultivation. Grown by the Industrial Farm of the Primary Industries Enterprise (Pte) on a
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    Ready-to-serve foods: CASE warns housewives
    336 4 Eat wholemeal products Instead of relying on ready-to-serve canned foods. This Is the advice given by the Consumers' Association of Singapore In the editorial of Its Quarterly publication, Consumer Bulletin. "It Is time we got used to consuming wholemeal flour products, unpolished, unrefined sugar and
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    Books: A new scheme
    85 4 The Education Ministry has started a new library scheme which allows secondary schools to order a bulk supply of Chinese library books to help those taking Chinese as a second language. The books have been specially ciiosen because they are "suitable for secondary school pupils whose
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    Lock icon Baboon heart flop: 'I waited too long'
    262 5 Reuter Cape Town, Wednesday South African transplant pioneer christian Barnard said yesterday his attempt to save a woman's life with a baboon's heart had failed because he waited too long. After Monday's unsuccessful 10-hour operation Proi. Barnard also said he now knew a
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    Lock icon Spark that could lead to a world war
    243 5 Reuter Paris, Wednesday Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev warned last night that a spark from one area of tension could lead to a world conflagration unless major moves were made to halt the arms race. The 70 year-old Soviet President and Communist Party
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    Lock icon 'No N-race on sea bed'
    279 5 Reuter Geneva, Wednesday. —The United States yesterday opposed any move to extend an international treaty banning nuclear weapons from the sea bed to cover conventional arms as well. US delegate Leon Sloss, addressing a 45-nation conference reviewing the five-year-old treaty prohibiting sea bed nuclear weapons,
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    Lock icon For charity
    26 5 UPI Washington, Wednesday Americans contributed a record U5129.4 billion ($70.5 billion) to charitable causes last year, the Association of Fund-Ralsing Counsel, Inc., said yesterday.—
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    Lock icon Ramphal: Where news people fail
    232 5 Reuter London, Wednesday Commonwealth Secretary-General Shridath Ramphal yesterday said internatlonal news gathering was largely carried on with little regard to the need of the people of the developing world to know more about er>ch other. Mr. Ramphal. giving the inaugural address at the annual conference
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    Ah Fook and Mei Lin
    100 6 Ah Fook: Late for work again! The buses should be punctual. Mel Un: You should eaten an earlier bus instead. Vow chi dao lc fcasli? yinqdanq Zhun Shi y fr% 3 >11 ft y V NT y'inaJonq da Z(Xo\ (-if 4*J f Ah Fook: Lambat
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    Lock icon Carter invites Begin for talks
    191 6 UPI Tel Aviv, Wednesday Menahem Begin took power yesterday as Prime Minister of Israel and said President Carter had Invited him to Washington to exchange Ideas on a peace settlement with the Arabs. "It Is a very warm letter and I express my gratitude," Mr.
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    Lock icon 'Step in' call to govt after fierce battle
    260 6 UPI Hasbayawn (Lebanon). Wednesday Palestinian and Lebanese leftist forces fought running battles with right-wing Christian militiamen in South Lebanon yesterday and parliamentarians urged the government to step in before the conflict threatens the entire Middle East. At least two people wer* killed
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    Lock icon 'Air accord in sight'
    51 6 Reuter London, Wednesday Prime Minister James Callaghan said yesterday he expected a new Ang-lo-American landing rights agreement to be completed before the old accord expires at midnight. The Prime Minister told Parliament: "We artf getting closer to agreement and I hope they can complete the negotiations
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    Lock icon Britain rejects Smith's border invitation
    184 6 AFP AP London, Wednesday Britain will shortly reject Rhodesia's invitation to send observers to assess the situation on its border with Mozambique, the Foreign Office said yesterday. The British reply would be passed on through Rhodesia's representative in South Africa, a spokesman said. The rebel
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    Lock icon TODAY
    139 6 UPI TODAY is Wednesday June 22, the 173 rd day of 1977 with 192 to follow. THE MOON is between its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STAR Is Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    74 6 AP Athens, Wednesday An Italian tourist ar'V?."!?* naked around the city centre cited the athletic nakedness of ancient Greek statues generously iecorating public places as the inspiration for his *ct. Police said yesterday Bernardo Antonio Fuchs, 23, protested against his arrest with the argument that Athens was
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    Lock icon Suicide protest against Viet regime
    296 6 UPI Washington, Wednesday More than a dozen Vietnamese Buddhist monks and nuns have committed suicide by Are in protest of Vietnamese go v e r nment persecution since 1975, a former Agency for International Development official told Congress yesterday. Since Autumn 1975, more than a
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    Lock icon 'It's not enough to mean well'
    130 6 UPI Paris, Wednesday Vietnam reiterated yesterday that it wanted a positive response from the United States to its claim for war damages and that good intentions would not suffice. It also denounced "American personages" who oppose such aid, an apparent reference to recent opposition
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      161 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Sunny. 15-25 C. Headline: Court rules states may denv medicated for some abortions. San Francisco Fair. 12-21 C. Headline: Folsom escape plot told gun. knives found inside. London Dry, rathfer cloudy, sunny Intervals. 12-15 C. Headline: Amin vanishes after Uganda shooting. Rome Rain, 14 29C. Moscow—Overcast,
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    Lock icon Postpone Korea pullout: Senate
    513 7 Till we review issue, Carter is told Reuter UPI Washington, Wednesday President Carter was asked yesterday by Senate Republican leader Howard Baker to postpone the start of a planned withdrawal of US ground combat troops from South Korea until the Senate reviews the issue. The Senator
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    Lock icon Callaghan hints of early polls
    171 7 Reuter AFP London, Wednesday Prime Minister James Caliaghan said yesterday that Britain might ho.d a general election beiore tne liie of tne present Parliament ends in spring 1979. It was the first time Mr. Canaghan had stated this publicly since he tooK over the premiership
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    Lock icon 3 killed
    40 7 Reuter Manila, Wednesday Three people including a five-year-old girl were killed and 16 others were wounded when an explosion rocked a movie theatre in the far southern Port City of Zamboanga on Monday, the Red Cross said yesterday.
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    Lock icon Hijacker gives in to pilot
    373 7 UPI Santiago, Wednesday A disgruntled Chilean government employee, who hijacked a Chilean airliner to Argentina, has surrendered, a spokesman for Lan Chile Airlines said yesterday. He was talked into surrendering by the pilot of the plane bafore he could carry out a threat to blow
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    Lock icon 'Less smoke in the air'
    127 7 Reuter London, Wednesday Airlines throughout the world are cracking down on puffing passengers by reserving more space for non-smokers, according to a survey issued here. The Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) reports that 75 per cent of the airlines it surveyed now provide seats
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    Lock icon Uproar over Indon graft case
    241 7 Reuter Jakarta, Wednesday A leuuiiu jaKai ta iu*yer cnargco oeiore a paiuam e 111 at y coiiiuuasion yesterday that several uiuciais of me vital logistics Doard luuiog) masterminded the oiggest case oi corruption in indjnesian *.ast Kalimantan. Mr. tfudladji, head of the board's &ast Kalimantan
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    Lock icon On strike
    20 7 AFP Rome, Wednesday Eighty thousand doctors went on a three-day strike yesterday against state Interference In their work.—AFP.
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      144 7 PHOENIX COFFEEHOUSE Introduces LOCAL at local prices I 6 p.m.-11 p.m. nightly Singapore is famous fonts outdoor eating. Now you can enjoy these same local specialities in air conditioned comfort, but still at budget prices! Select from: Beef Ball Bee Hoon Soup $2.25 Indian Mee Qoreng $2.00 Tang Hoon Fish
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      207 7 PEKING ROYAL JELLY is a highly nutri tious secretion of the pharyngeal glands of the honeybee that is fed to the very young larvae in a colony and to all queen larvae It contains an abundance of proteins, vita mins and aminoacids Feeling weak physically and mentally, try PEKING ROYAL
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    A sacred cow no more
    414 8 / 9 Defence Minister Dr Goh Keng Swee's explanation of government participation In business clarifies some points of concern In the private sector over the widening role of state enterprise. To businessmen with specific grievances Dr Goh promises remedial action If their complaints are well-grounded. To those
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Lost his bite!
      37 8 / 9 Colleagues In a large organisation have been going about peering at each other curiously, ever since this notice appeared on the notice board: "Denture lost and found. Owner please claim it from Personnel Department."
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      What the elephants wore
      59 8 / 9 Sex educationists had better re-exa-mlne their syllabus, Judging from one five-year-old's ideas. During a visit to the too, his mother asked which toilet he had Just come out of. He replied: "It's the girls." when asked how he knew, he said: "The elephant on the door
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    Singapore Inc
    1938 8 / 9  -  The case for govt. in business By Dr. COH KENC SWEE speaking at the INCOME general meeting at Trade Union House on Monday The owners of INCOME are trade unions, this enterprise being one of many successful cooperative en t e r pr 1 ses which the NTUC
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    A position of growing uncertainty
    350 8 / 9 f A VOICE OF THE PRESS I NEW STRAITS TIMES Headline: Hot and cold. The visit last week of Mr. Robert Bergland, the US secretary of Agriculture, was not an occasion for a positive state- ment on America's conduct of commodity trading. An appreciation of
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    Lock icon Iran moving into the Atomic Age
    372 8 / 9 Reuter Bushehr (South Iran), Wednesday. Oil-rich Iran will enter the atomic age by the end of 1980 when the first of two nuclear power plants is due to be commissioned. The second plant Is scheduled for completion a year later. The two 1,200 millions
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  • trend EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
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      DANCING PART OF HER TIME AWAY
      403 10 / 11 Madam Heng Lian Sim (that's her cavorting in the picture) has been dancing ever since she left school. Wtell, practically. She was a professional dancer with the People's Association Cultural Troupe for almost four yekrs since leaving school and now she's a part-time Instructor
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      The part-timers
      1636 10 / 11 So you're a housewife with some time on your hands. Or you're a working mother who's thinking of spending more time with the family. Either way a part-time job would be the ideal answer to both your requirements. But are there opportunities of earning money other than at
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    A fashion parade —that's all
    632 12  -  Diana Ross comes in some beautiful clothes Cinema by Gloria Chandy MAHOGANY: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins, Jean-Pierre A u m on t, Beah Richards, Nina Foch, Marlsa Mell. Directed by Berry Gordy. Screenplay by John Byrum. Berry Gordy, the successful black American
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    Lock icon Sagan and his silent world of unknown stars
    705 12 AP New York, Wednesday Carl Sagan is a pioiieer in the search for life beyond earth. He's pretty sure somebody is out there and he "has even written messages to residents of other words. Sagan is no fanatic who believes flying saucers
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      395 12 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have been gifted with open to you. many directions in which to employ your creative imagination, you may be hard put at times, especially during your young adulthood when a quick success will be much on your mind, to find
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    All talk and no action
    1599 13 On the summit and world economy, press lament... VOICE OF THE PRESS A weekly round-up of editorials in the nonEnglish press in Singapore J The lack of action on the economic front in the Commonwealth summit was much lamented by the non-English press last week.
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      60 13 Executive Lunch Special r)& .^ii \t i m <r* i ft ~r Mondays Bouillabaisse Marseilles Tuesdays Roast Striploin of Beef Wednesdays Oxtail Stew Thursdays Roast Rack of Lamb Fridays Roast Rib of Beef Plus Bowl of Mixed Green Salad, Choice of Dressing. Price: $10.00 (plus 3% Government Tax) No Service
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    Lock icon $3.6bil monopoly suit against Xerox
    243 14 UPI Hartford (Connecticut), Wednesday The Jury has been selected J.n US district court for qne of the largest private lawsuits in history a US$l.5 billion ($3.6 billion) suit against Xerox Corp. for antitrust violations. Jury selection was completed on Monday. Court officials said the trial
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    Lock icon Coffee price up $840
    53 14 AFP London, Wednesday Prices of coffee rose by about £200 ($840) a tonne on the London market on Monday following news of very cold weather in southern Brazil. It was further boosted by rumours that Brazil was buying back coffee previously sold for export to meet
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    Lock icon Manila calls for rice pact
    644 14 Scheme to stabilise world prices Reuter Manila, Wednesday Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arturo Tanco yesterday proposed that the 36- member World Food Council should consider the merits of an international agreement to stabilise the rice market. Responding to the proposal. United States Agriculture Secretary Bob Berg|and
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    US bank closes its office here
    281 14 US National Bank of Oregon Is closing 1 t s representative office here —its only one in Asia on Friday. However, Mr. David McNutt who opened the representative office here three years ago, Insists that the departure does not in way reflect a loss
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    Lock icon Australia has 2 mil tonnes of uranium reserves
    224 14 AFP Sydney, Wednesday. Australia's Northern Territory uranium reserves are probably five to ten times greater than already announced. The acting Australian Prime Minister. Mr. Doug Anthony, confirmed this yesterday in a national television Interview programme. Mr. Anthony said he believed reserves were
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      172 14 Stocks rose along a broad front yesterday In the second heaviest trading day of the year in reaction to indications that inflation had slowed a bit. The Labour Department's report that May's consumer price Index rose at a 7.2 per cent annual rate, down from 9.6 per cent
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      36 14 UPI Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock lotchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 924 60 (up 4.33 20 transport 230.19 lotf 0.29) 15 utilities 115.64 (up 1.38) 65 stocks 315.27 <up 1.43) UPI.
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      TOKYO
      191 14 As Investors, particularly Investment trust operators, stayed on the fence due to political uncertainties posed by the July 10 Upper House election and to the discouraging outlook x for any business recovery, stock prices continued Monday's sag- Closing prices in yen on Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday: AJinomoto 500 3
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      118 14 Reuter Prices in Australian cents at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI 177 180 ADC 10 16 Ampol Pet 58 59 ANI 136 128 APM 118 120 Bank NSW 516 520 Brambles 152 153 BHP 634 636 Boral 212 215 CBA 285 289 CSR
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      PARIS
      63 14 Closing prices in francs on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribus 142 .50 Fonder 280 unch. Prlntemps 31 .60 Bull 28.55 .65 Royal Dutch 277.00 —1.50 Mlchelln 1008 12 COE 285.50 —1.50 Thomson 162.90 .40 CFP 105.90 .20 Rhone 66.40 -40 Air 322 unch. B8N 413 —1.90 Suez 212 —2.90
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      ZURICH
      85 14 Closing prices In Swiss francs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer 3870 10 UBS Registered 525 2 SBC 373 Credit Suisse 3010 10 Swissair B. 691 2 Swiss Relnsur. 3430 Wlnterthur B. 1865 5 Zurich Inmir. 7375 100 Juvena B. 336 6 Nestle B. 3520 35 Interfcod
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    Lock icon Money market
    130 14 Business News and Views UPI Brussels, Wednesday— The dollar closed slightly down on most European money market* yesterday. The dollar gained slightly in Zurich and Brussels, moving to 2.5009 Swiss francs from Monday's closing of 2.4960 and reaching 36.12 Belgium francs, up from 36.06. Gold continued its upward
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    Lock icon Swiss fund for ADB
    61 14 Reuter Berne. Wednesday The Swiss Parliament has approved a 12-mil-lion franc ($11.5 million) Swiss capital participation to raise the holdings of the Asian Development Bank, a government spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said the capital participation was voted through the Nationalrat (Lower House) on Monday. It
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      86 14 When you've clinched a business deal, Give it impact with the seal Of a really first-class meal. Where? At Fosters When the contracts you aspire Somehow, suddenly, misfire, A stiff drink's what you require. Where? At Fosters When you simply want to chat With your pals, on this and that,
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
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      Cauthen back to the track
      295 15 New York, Wednesday Steve Cauthen, the nation's leading Jockey Injured a month ago In a spectacular three-horse spill, will be back in tfce saddle tomorrow at Belmont Park. "He'll starting working out horses again tomorrow," Cauthen's agent, Lennle Goodman, said on Monday night from his
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      Bamboo Kid in winning gallop
      320 15 By FAIRWAY Penanf, Wednesday Bamboo Kid did a winning gallop here this morning. With Chris O w 1111 a m astride, The Sostenuto Ave year old showed a clean pair of heels to reel off 600 m in 36. A five-length winner over 1400 m
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        Merdeka 'bombers' worse than 'roarers'
        225 16  -  CROWD CONDUCTED AN 'ARTILLERY BARRAGE' RICHARD TEO I fail to understand why so much uncompl ementary things have been said about the Singapore soccer crowd at the National Stadium. I find them no different from those found in many other countries. One tends to wonder
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        Time for some to quit
        139 16  -  KELVIN CHUA The Malaysia Cup victory has brought with It certain facta we have to accept. Veterans like 8. Rajagopal and Samad Allapitchay are no longer as good as they used to be. Candidly, I think It would be advisable for Rajagopal to hang up
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        A fan pulls up a TV commentator
        178 16 I was one of the ardent Singapore football tana who listened to the excellent radio commentary by Mr Wilfred James on the 2nd leg semi-final match between Singapore and Se--1 anger. His excellent commentary later tallied with what we saw on the video-tape
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        A tribute to sportsmen
        266 16 Singapore put up a clean fight I I salute the Singapore team for winning the Malaysia Cup. When I was watching the match, I noticed that Singapore were putting up a clean fight. They fought with courage and fair play. When they accidentally knocked an opponent
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        Call to boost hockey standard
        212 16 I would like to congratulate the Singapore hockey team for being one of the four teams to qualify for the Junior World Cup finals in Paris in 1979. This is the first time that a Singapore hockey team ha 3 qualified for the finals of
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        An 'eye-opener' for the FAS
        146 16  -  ERIC HENG Jeffrey Low's article (NN June 14) should be an eye-opener for the Football Association of Singapore, the players and all soccer fans including myself. I am tppalled to note that the FAS have given bonuses to players on the basis of goals scored
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      Boos greet Connors but to no avail
      733 17 v N Wimbledon Centenary v J London, Wednesday The centre court crowd at the Wimbledon tennis championships forgot their decorous image yesterday when they booed and hissed American Jimmy Connors as he walked out to play his first round match against Britain's Richard
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      Leaders Police are in for difficult times
      654 17  -  SQUASH by Eric Cooper The penalty Incurred by Singapore Cricket Club a couple of weeks ago for playing two of their teams in the wrong order has resulted in an interesting situation in the "B" grade League. Police have now moved to the
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      All the results
      643 17 Men's single* (Ist rd): J. Connors (US) bt R. Lewis (Brl) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. S. Docherty (US) bt H. Solomon (US) 6-4. 4-6, 7-5, 7-6. P. Dent (Aust) bt W. Lofgren (US) 6-1, 6-2. 6-2. T. Gulllkson (U8) bt S. Krulevitz (US) 6-2, 6-4, 6-3. B. Walts
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      231 18 AFP Hong Kong. Wednesday South Korea are confident of beating Hong Kong In the second match of the Asia Oceania World Cup qualifying round here on Sunday. After watching the first elimination match last Sunday when Iran notched a 2-0 victory over Hong Kong. Korean
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      Tony's hopes look bleak
      627 18 If luck continues to elude him, Tony Lim may Just find himself left out in the cold when the final of the National Masters bowling championship rolls off at Pasir Panjang on Sunday. This southpaw returned trom America last week after competing in the prestigious ABC
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      Kim Seong has time on his side
      259 18  -  Our future soccer stars by I Philip Tan With Brazil's Rivelino and our own Quah Kim Song as his idols, 11-year-oid Seah Kim Seong, nandplcked by Director of Soccer Coaches Trevor Hartley to be In the squad of SO for the National Under
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      Lock icon Umpires agree that Pascoe does not throw
      239 18 AFP London, Wednesday Greg Chappell, Australia's captain, revealed alter the drawn Jubilee cricket Test that both umpires had told him they were satisfied with Len Fascoe's action. On Sunday, former England captain Ted Dexter expressed the opinion that Pascoe was an occasional thrower.
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      Lost and found
      41 18 Numerous articles, ranging from crash helmets to a bunch of keys, have been found by the National Stadium authorities after soccer matches last month and owners may claim them from the National Stadium security office during office hours.
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      Lock icon Singapore out to make amends
      389 19  -  By SURESH NAIR The Singapore team preparing for the Malaysian Rugby Union Cuptie against Australian Forces North at Butterworth on Saturday, put up an impressive display by baatlng 4i Squadron RNZAF 43-0 in a friendly game yesterday at Farrer Park. Showing lots of talent, grit
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      CAN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING ON?
      666 19  -  By PHILIP TAN Kiwi Cup holders St. Andrew's, having dominated school rugby since 1933, will ba striving for a clean sweep of all the titles at stake this year. When the lnter-school rugby tournament kicks off today, the Saints, who are the Combined Schools
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      Changi hit by bad in-fighting
      289 19  -  By PHILIP TAN Little did the 400-odd fans at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night realise the crisis facing National Soccer League First Division club Changi United. The crowd, who were voicing their disappointment for the poor Changi display after ;eeing them lose 5-0 to
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      The top three in vital ties
      264 19 The fight for the First Division Soccer League title will take a new turn when top contenders Geylang, Armed Forces and Changi Constitutency play important matches tonight. Top of the table Changi meet Forces at Jurong Stadium while Geylang take on Queenstown FC at
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