New Nation, 2 October 1977

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  • 10 1 Sunday Nation OCTOBER 2. 1977 10 CKNTI M.C.(P) NO. 261/1/77
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  • 133 2 NO shipyard or contract workers will be allowed to work In the yards or on ships at anchorage from liar. 31 next year unless they have undergone a safety orientation course, said the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Labour), Mr. Font Sip Chee, at a
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  • 71 2 Reuter rpHE United States on r Friday gave Israel written suggestions on convening a Oeneva Middle-East peace conference. Israel has rejected participation by the PLO or a separate Palestinian delegation but has not ruled out the possibility of the PLO designating delegates to represent it The
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  • 370 2 Police vehicles block runway as hijacked plane moves to take off IfIJACKERS hold--11 lng 141 hostages aboard a Japanese airliner at Dacca airport were threatening to shoot American banker John Gabriel at press time last night. The message was radioed to the Dacca control tower
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  • 164 2 Reuter "QEVERAL people, O shouting and screaming. raced toward* the cockpit. I instinctively felt It was a hijacking," said Miss Atsuko Narita (above)* the only Japanese hostage released so far from the hijacked airliner in Dacca. She described how the guerrillas rushed at the cockpit
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  • 203 2 Reuter DOCTORS in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday signed the death certificate of an 19-year-old man whose brain was decleared dead 11 days earlier but whose heart has been kept beating by arunciai means. The action was taken at University of Wisconsin hospitals after Dane County
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  • THE WORLD YESTERDAY
    • 48 2 Reuter ISRAELI Prime Minister Menachem Begin was "In good condition" and resting at a Tel Aviv hospital following severe exhaustion, his doctor said. Mr. Begln's doctor added that the Premier was undergoing a series of check- ups and was expected to leave hospital early next week.
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    • 67 2 AP POLICE shut down down Bangkok's "Tawan Slam" Thai Language dally yesterday for &r 1n 11 n g an article tat mlgiu incite "panic and disturbances," Radio Thailand announced. The offending article headlined "superstitions of October" —noted that October has traditionally been an active month In Thai
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    • 61 2 AP FRENCH police on Friday arrested Klaus Croissant, a West German attorney who has often defended members of the Baader-Melnoff terrorist gang, and sent him to Sante Prison to await a hearing on a German extradition request. Jean Francois-Poncet, Secretary-General at the Elysee Palace, telephoned West German Chancellor
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    • 31 2 AP HORMONE pills used In pregnancy testa were blamed by British government medical officers for some birth defects. The deformities Include cleft palates, nerve defects and limb malformations. AP.
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    • 48 2 Reuter THOUSANDS of dockers on America's East and Oulf coasts yesterday started a limited strike against container ships. In International Longshoremen's Association representing 50,000 dockers, said the men would continue to handle cargoes and baggage on conventional freighters and passenger ships and perishable goods.—Reuter.
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    • 58 2 Reuter A CURFEW will be imposed in the southern Thai province of Phatthalung near Malaysia because of a spate of violence there, It was reported yesterday. Newspaper reports, quoting Phatthalung Governor Dlrek Dlrekwatthana, said a fivehour curfew starting midnight would begin from Oct. 10 on the orders of
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    • 84 2 Reuter THE Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) has called oft a one-day general strike planned for tomorrow In protest against labour laws because of opposition by government employees' unions. MTUC President PP. Narayanan said yesterday. Dr Narayanan said the unions In the private sector affiliated to
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    • 65 2 AFP A 23-MEMBER delegation from the Rubber Association of Singapore left for Hong Kong yesterday en route to China for a three-week visit. Mission leader, Mr. Tan Eng Joo, chairman of the association, •a i d that they will urge Chinese officials to Increase purchases of rubber
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    • 50 2 Reuter THE Bouth African Frees Association news agency. (SAPA) yesterday quoted diplomatic sources in Pretoria as saying Rhodeslan Prime Minister lan Smith had secret talks in Lusaka last Sunday with President Kaunda of Zambia. The report said thev discussed proposals for settlinc the 12-year-old Rhodeslan crisis. Reuter.
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    • 47 2 Reuter BRITAIN'S Royal Aeronautical Society said on Friday It was awarding its £50,000 ($210,000) prize for man-powered flight to American designer Paul MacCready. His bicycle-type aircraft was last month pedalled over a two km figure-of-eight course at Shafter, California, by 24-year-old Bryan Allen. —Reuter.
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    • 52 2 UPI ETHIOPIA'S trade union leader has been shot to death in the second assassination of a {tromlnent labour figure n a year. Addis Ababa Radio said "reactionaries" shot Temesgen Madebo, chairman of the All-Ethiopian Trade Unions, as he was on his way home from work on Thursday
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    • 50 2 UPI THE Soviet Union briefly abandoned Its bitter criticism of China yesterday, calling for "fully normalised" relations and an end to flare-ups on the SlnoSoviet border. The statements came In telegrams from Soviet leaders to the Chinese, on the 28th anniversary of the birth of the People's Republic.—UPl.
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  • 222 3 AFP THE Federal Court in Kuala Lumpur yesterday dismissed an appeal against conviction and sentence by a 14-year-old boy who was sentenced to death by the Penang High Court for possession of firearms under the Internal Security Act. The Lord President, Tun Mohamed Sufflan, said after considering
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  • 149 3 The United States Secretary of State Mr. Cyrus Vance told Datuk Hussein Onn on Friday that his country would co operate with Bouth east Asia on the basis of the needs of countries in the area. Under this cooperation, countries In the
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  • 269 3 npHE NTUC secretary■a general. Mr. Devan Nalr, has taken the government to task over two "continuing grievances" concerning civil servants. He said the 13th month payment or non-penalon-able annual allowance had consistently been dented to two categories of government servants. They are officers who retire, from service
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  • 62 3 iTHE Minister for Cul--1 ture. Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, leaves tomorrow to take up his ment as Singapore's High Commissioner to Britain. Mr. Jek will be accompanied by his wife. He will retain his ministerial rank but during his absence, Mr. Ong Teng Cheong, who
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  • 78 3 Muhammad am, >uu the world heavyweight champ, points to his braised face daring a press conference In New York on Friday following his gnielllng 15-round title defence against challenger Earnle Shavers at Madison Stnaro Garden. All said his hands were too sore to
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  • 24 3 SOME 30.000 schoolchildren, accompanied by teacher* attended central and regional rallies at 38 centres to mark United Nations Children's Day yesterday.
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  • 113 3 Reuter f HINA yesterday celev/ brated 28 years of communist rule by looking to the future and Its aim of becoming a major economic power in the world. While hundreds of millions had the day off work and thronged the cities to look at decorations, thousands
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    • 70 3 Sports Diary SOCCER: Inter-cons-tituency tour n ament (Mountbatten, Farrer Park, Olllman Barracks. Gloucester Bar racks. Melkltilla Barracks and Tanglin pitches all matches at 4.00 p.m.). Friendly International —Singapore v Sao Paulo (National Stadium, 7.30 p.m). Friendly Singapore Women v Geylang Serai Veterans (Geylang Stadium, 10 a.m.). SOFTBALL Singapore Easy Pitch
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    • 493 3 In and around town METRICATION AND YOU Exhibition at Jalan Petua Community Centre at Buklt Batok. from 2.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission free. JAPANESE FILM BHQW. The Two Lovers, at Hoover Theatre. Balestler Road, at 8.30 p.m.. In conjunction with the Japanese Cultural Festival launched last month. ME VISBER
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  • 353 4 NTUC wants guidelines on hlkst in food prices THE NTUC yesterday called for the setting up of a special controlling body —the National Price Council to lay down guidelines for price increases in food items. According to an editor I*l In the October tame of
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  • 118 4 Reuter A SECOND gem dealer has been reported mining and Is feared dead, raising the spectre of an "Israeli Mafia" preying on New York's largely Jewish diamond market. Abraham Shaflsadeh, 31, and gems worth between US$2OO,OOO ($480,000) and US$3OO,OOO have been missing since July. His brother
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  • 158 4 UPI WOMEN soldiers In the U8 Army "are only one step away from combat," according to the US Army Research Institute after studying the performance of women soldiers In a war game. The army Is required by law to assign Its 50,000 women
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  • 167 4 Reuter INDONESIA'S new Congress was formally installed yesterday morning, charged with electing a new President next March and working out a new five-year political directive for the government The 920 members of the People's Consultative Assembly (Congress), the nation's highest policymaking body, were
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  • 426 5 ...if we are te create 300,000 jebs: Sevan TIJE NTUC leader, Mr. Devan Nalr, has outlined three essentials If Singapore Is to create the 300.000 new Jobs needed 4n the next decade. If near full employment is to be maintained in 1986, Singaporeans will have to: KEEP
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  • 316 5 nnHE NTUC gives 60 points to itself, 35 points to the Ministry of Labour and a meagre Ave points to the employers' organisations for their part in preserving industrial peace in Singapore. Mr. Devan Nalr. in his report to the NTUC ordinary delegates
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  • 187 5 OTREBS, the sickness of the seventies, with its attendant fears of heart attacks and breakdowns can be the best thing that ever happened to you. In fact you should thrive on It. This is the remarkable theory put forward by two British experts on stress.
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  • 234 5  -  By Bernard Edinger rE man who hijacked a Caravelle airliner over Paris and lobbed a grenade among Its passengers yesterday when arrested came to the Reuter office in Paris a month ago and told me he would carry out an act which would stun the world.
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  • 143 5 AFP SOUTH Korea flexed Its military muscles yesterday. on the occasion of the 29th Armed Forces Day warning that any North Korean Invasion could be promptly crushed. At a huge military ceremony, President Park Chung Hee declared that his armed forces are now strong
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  • 80 5 Reuter rE Central Intelligence Agency conducted experiments on circumcised children to determine If the operation left any emotional after-effects, according to secret documents released on Friday by the Agency. v The aim was to determine If circumcision at a significant stage of a child's development produced
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    • 97 5 The Chinese Ceramics Exhibition has successfully ended on the 30.9.1977. The Organisers wish to thank all those who came and mqde this Exhibition such a great success. For the convenience only of those who have placed their orders during the Exhibition, we will stay open for another three days i.e.
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  • 249 6 COMMENT We import most If not all of the violence seen on the two RTB channels, so It is not Illogical that we also feel some of the concern in the West over the Impact of television violence. Hence the series of letters to
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  • 1107 6 Reporters covering the Cambodian war. shrugged off evidence of brutality. Among the cynics was MARTIN WOOLLACOT who now confesses: 'We failed our duty...' Guardian A 8 THE Lon Nol goA vernment staggered towards defeat in the spring of 1975. the 1 United States
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  • 422 7  -  Borrow a part .4 here, a part there, and what you will get is (of course) Anycarj Story: Ed Hill TTSINO 72 different parts from different makes of cars, car designer Gene Winfleld has created two versions of "Anycar" Anycar Mark I and II are simply cars put together
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  • 594 8 The computer has bam brought in to moke an intriguing decision. From London, John Rydon reports Express A CARDBOARD mock-up of a A man's body In a cofflp-like container arrived recently at London's Heathrow Airport from New York. It measured precisely 1.77 metres
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  • 714 8  -  Beware expressions of V dulcet optimism about the world economy says CHANG XAI MING CHANG KAI MING CINCE we are not J part of the giant machines of the developed world, with their tremendous productive capacity, capturing nearly 70 per cent of the world's trade,
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    • 60 8 V Accompanied by the 30-strong Ray Charles Revue at the NEPTUNE $38 per person inclusive of first drink. perperaon Inclusive ol 8-course Chinese dinner. (All prices Include service charge and oovt. tax. Children under 12 wWhot be admitted^ Tickets on sale now at: Mandarin Reservations Counter (*****1 ext. 721) Neptune
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  • 455 9  -  If you ask me... JOAN KHAW THINK we need a 1 school to train our males in social graces. This is obvious, judging from the apparent lack of social graces in our Singapore "gentlemen." Are they a revival of the early cavemen or
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  • 481 9  -  By Christopher Reed Express TWE mlddle-a g e d 1 man staring so intently at the rear end of a shapely girl's jeans may not be an ordinary, everyday lecher. He could Just be trying to catch a glimpse of the label—as an industrial detective on
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  • 1045 10 / 11  -  Stranger even than the film the incredible facts about a split-personality wife By Paul Dacre Daily Express \fRS CHRIS BIZEAfl MORE is aged 50. Her husband had 22 wives. Her children as many mothers. She, herself, is in the third year of her life. perhaps
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    • 916 12 ?i' 7T! Your 12-page TV pu I lout PICK OF THE WEEK >Aw CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM: HENRYK SZERYNG, PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS, LA CHUNGA, AMEOEO AMODIO BALLET COMPANY A VENEZIA on Monday, Ch. 5 at 6.35 p.m. in COLOUR 'Sun girt city, thou host been Ocean's child, and then his
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    • 451 12 THE LIBBERS MARCH TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS CHRISTABEL PANKHURST (Shoulder to Shoulder) on Monday, Ch. 5 at 10.50 p.m. in COLOUR Trained as a lawyer, Christabel gradually emerges as the political oenius of the Women's Social and Political Union. In her efforts to secure the vote, she attacks the
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    • 1118 13 MONDAY 3.00 P.M. Open 1.03 VALAR PIRAI (r) 3.30 Diary Of Events (T) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee: Young Wives' Tale Ist of 2 (1951 Henry Cass. British). Stars Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick, Audrey Hepburn, Derek Parr. ITT SCHAUB-10REN7 I IDEAL COLOUR 1742 CTV Precision IN LINE Picture tube Hepburn, Derek Parr.
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    • 924 14 L' 4v-id 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 SERBANIKA (r) 3.30 Diary Of Events (M) 3.3S WILD, WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS: Monkaya Of In-dia-<r) 4.00 Stars In Action: The Letter 4.30 Intermission 6.05 Open 6.08 Electric Company 6.30 NEWS IN BRIEF 6.33 LAST OF THK WILD: GaxeNe 7.00 SAMUDRA 7.30 NEWS AND
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    • 950 15 FRIDAY ES3 SCHAUB 10RINZ CTV DAY NiGHT IDEAL SERVICE 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 Housewives' Matinee: The True Love (Mandarin/r) 4.30 Intermission 6.05 Open 0.00 EXERCISE WITH GLORIA 0.30 HIW| IN BRIEF 0.33 THE FIRST MS DAYS IN A CHILD'S LIFE. On how far development has progressed In such fields as
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    • 124 16 TheZflbongate Collection of Folktales from the Orient The Orient abounds in folktales and myths, some dating back thousands of years. Many of these tales remain unknown to the rest of the world, as they are either handed down by word of mouth or are available only in the native languages.
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    • 426 19 Ml M J ft* f% J A aP Sprint Snow: Yukio Mishi n* In November 1970, Yukio Mishima committted suicide. His last years were devoted to the completion of a tetralogy. The See of Fertility, of which SP'"V Snow it the firtt volume. It it a trqpc end beeutiful ttory
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    • 234 19 I GARTH From hi« base planet m remote Space, Goyuz fearchee the Universe for h»e emissary... y'.y' Hi Re the shtp breaks up... HN. > r-, M vv V *A r r c* f /S kV r H Re Nata looms below them GOOD News, 6RRTH We'RSOUTOF THE He#rr ZONE
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  • 702 20 humour with J. pVER since I got between the covers of a leading woman's magazine as Agony Columnist (Dear Agony) friends have thought nothing of regaling (their word) me with boyfriend girlfriend stories. Like the butter knife, I like to spread
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  • 263 20 Off Hie Record by CKT SINE egghead, of three who visited Madame Bovary's rooms for a snatch of recorded music, turned to the hostess, said, "Les amoureuses sont des folles" and laughed. The French is the Utle or a Massenet song (Women in Love Are Mad) and
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  • 178 20 GREENLAND'S new beer Uz ha* failed to reduce drinking In the country's cold climate but It has turned a projected deficit budget Into a handsome surplus. Cheer* all round, it appears. A COUPLE who had been living aa man and wife for three years got married in an
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  • 908 21 Ulna, once afraid of letting in apiea aaaqooradiag aa touriata, ia row opening ita doora a bit widar. Kenneth Law reperte on the attraetiona viaitare way one day bo able to eee—beacbes, forests, Mountains, ancient citiee aid ■onnnwnta, museums and art gallerlee
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  • 501 21  -  By Paul Dacre Express ITS referred to as the White Kpuckle Syndrome. "Next time you step on a plane," says Dr. Laurence Shaw, a British OP, "look around at the number of people pushing tranquillisers or drinks down their throats." It
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  • 565 22  -  JJ4 By I Edgar Koh FIS four years later... what do we remember? As if we were ever allowed to forget. The Exorcist, that bedshaker of a movie, has spawned so many illegitimate imitations. So 1( Is left to EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (Lido) to
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  • 356 22 Loolt Cast with Looft Fung WONG Suk Yee, well-known for her role In TV tearJerkers, has been labelled by Hong Kong critics as "cruel" and "heartless" for leaving her husband and two daughters. The 28-year-old star of the Cantonese soapbox series, Mother,
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  • 281 23 "ijtrom the smirk conF netting your ears, 1 assume you've hit upon a new scheme for making, ft million dollars," you said to Bertie Tilford. "Not quite a million." corrected Bertie, a young Englishman with more ways to avoid work than aces up the sleeve of
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  • 555 23  -  The knots are endless. The amateur analyst can /have some fun unravelling .these relationships. Love, sex, pity, duty, obsession, psychological incest—' A WORD CHILD. By Iris Murdoch. Panther, 1976. 391 PP. 95p. Sarojini Kumarasamy lIILARY BURDE was a clerk lp the civil
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  • 615 23  -  Book Page MADAME DC JADE. By Yukio Mishima Translated by Donald Keene. Tuttle, 1971, US $2.15. By P.H. Lim BEAUTY need not be beautiful. Not when we confine "beautiful" within the limits of our own understanding and strap It down by terms and
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  • 494 23  -  QUESTIONING DEVELOPMENT IN x SOUTHEAST ASIA. By Nancy Chng (Editor). Select Books Pte Ltd.. 1977, 164 pages. Paperback $8, hardcover $20. By Alex Josey r|NE glaring weak- ness of this slim volume concerns the identity of the contributors. They are all members of what,
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  • 357 25  -  John Reed THK International Board, rulers of the game, have, in the words of one of Its members, "blocked" rugby's super stars. F&mouft players like Welshmen Oareth Edwards, J.P.JL Williams, and Oerald Davles can no lonser compete In super star championships and aoeept prlae money
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  • Kaleidoscope
    • 69 25 Reuter SOUTH Africa have pulled out of the 1077 World Modem Pentathlon championship which started In Ban Antonio, Texas, yesterday after four countries had threatened to lead a boycott against their participation. South Africa withdrew in response to a request from the US National Modern Pentathlon and
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    • 70 25 Reuter MANCHESTER United have backed down from their decision to no longer sell tickets to their fans for away soccer matches after British Sport* Minister Denis Howell told the club at a meeting in Birmingham on Friday that the move would be "rather dangerous:" But the English
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    • 62 25 AFP THE 21-year-old Pakistani Maqsood Ahmed became World amateur •quash rackets champion In Toronto, Canada, when he beat his brother Muhammad Salim, 9-3, 9-7, 9-4 in the flnaL Ahmed reached -the final by beating Britain's Jonathan Leslie, while Sallm beat Jamal Awad of Egypt in the other
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    • 70 25 Reuter THE Polish Ice Hockey Union suspended six Internationals from the country's top club on Friday after they refused to play in a key European Cup match, apparently because they were demanding more money. The six AndrzeJ Chowanlec, Stefan Chowanlec, Bogdan Dslublnskl. AndrzeJ Slowaklewlcs, Tadeusz Slowaklewicz. and
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    • 90 25 AFP AUSTRIA'S Icy-nerved Nlkl Lauda needs Just one more point to recapture his world title and will not need to push his Ferrari too hard at the United States Grand Prix at Watklns Olen today. Only one driver, South Africa's Jody Sheckter, can beat him —hut the
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    • 102 25 UPI A 26-HORSE lineup and the withdrawal of nine provisional starters promise to make today's US$5OO,OOO 18*1.2 million) Prix De Larc De Trlomphe In Paris one of the year's most open horse races. Four of the nine horses withdrawn were hurried into the United States lust
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    • 79 25 Petro lure footballers UPI TANZANIAN spdrts officials and fans are In a panic as the country's top soccer players follow the lure of petro dollars to the Persian Oulf. At least 10 of Tanzana's top soccer stars have reportedly made arrangements to play for clubs In Dubai, where soccer Is
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    • 70 25 Reuter JEFFREY Stollmeyer. president of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control, said in Trinidad that his Board's ban on players signed for the Kerry Packer series became effective yesterday. Fourteen West Indians, Including CUve Lloyd, are expected to be affected. Stollmeyer said the Board were
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    • 70 25 AFP NORTH Melbourne won the replay of the Australian Rules Grand Final at the Melbourne cricket ground by 26 points In a tussle that saw North on top most of the match. North Melbourne beat Colllngwood by 21 goals 25 points <a total of 151 points)
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    • 90 25 Reuter KUWAIT, who have yet to show their strength In the flve-natlon Asian qualifying round for the World Cup, will take on Hong Kong In the Colony today. The chances of a victory for the home team, who are still hapless after three matches, look slim
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    • 357 25 APPOINTMENTS BRISTOL-MYERS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. invites applications from Singapore citizens for: A) Pharmacist cum Sales Executive B) Mothercraft Nurses C) Medical Detailers For (A): For (B) (C): A qualified Pharmacist able to work independently with drive and initiative. A major portion of. his time will be spent in the field.
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  • 506 26 Well done FAS, for acting so quickly on the case INSIDE TRACK IF we are to believe Tamplnes Rovers charge that the Football Association of Singapore are guilty of double standards and that is a big if we must remind Tamplnes president Mr George
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  • 552 26 Novosti Press T*HEY first met on L Dec. 28 1973, Mikhail Klimenko, her future coach, and Yelena Mukhlna, the champion of Moscow. Even taking a detached view, this meeting seemed rather strange. Yelena strapped on a safety'belt and headed for the trampoline. Later
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    608 27  -  Zoman and Khan talk about <imwlm Peter Lo QAIIAR ZAMAN and Mohlbullah Khan, two of the world's,(op squash profes-. sionala, lore curry martabab. This was one of the Interesting things they told me ih an Interview while passing through Singapore recently on their way to Australia. Here are
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  • 450 27 Governor donates his pay raise to promote the game UPI OOCCE (botch-ee) Is a game that some say was invented in Italy to start .arguments that can only be settled over wine, cheese and hunks of bread. It's not one of the world's major sports, but Minnesota's
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  • 296 27  -  Ernest Frida SINGAPORE'S professlonal golfers, hungry for competition, have suggested holding an annual golf match against Malaysia. Alvin Liau, the SICC professional, told me: r, We are hungry for competition and I can think of no better idea to generate Interest among golfers' in both
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  • 208 27  -  NETBALL Joyce Tan AFTER three weeks A of competition in the SWNA mixed league netball tournament, clear patterns of leadership in the various groups have emerged. Marine Parade CSC lead In group six. They have played four matches and won all. They should not find
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  • 450 27  - SCC look the best bet for league title 1 Brian Miller CINGAPORE ComJ bincd Schools will have a tough time defending the Singapore Women's Hockey Association's league title when the competition gets underway early this week. Schools, who won last year's title in easy fashion, appear understrength this year aitf
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  • 663 28  -  The trail of daaage stretched froa the wrecked stadium right through the town. Saiaohed windowo, shattered doors, overtarned care, smashed railings... Michael Brown Daily Express VOT even an Eng--1 Is h sheepdog would be welcome In St. Etienne now after what the knife-draw-ing, bottle-throwing mob
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  • 306 28  -  ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng OPHE recent Asean A schools athletic meet in Jakarta was the first of many planned by the Asean countries. Subsequent meets will be held in other member countries, each taking its turn. Singapore's competl-tion-hungry youth athletes can look
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  • 188 28  -  BAMIINTOM Gerry Chan National champion Tan Ban Chew Is giving the BBA selectors Mi anxious time with his Injured calf muscles. His Injury will prevent him from playing In this weekend's friendly match against Malaysia. Of more concern to the selectors, however, Is whether he
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  • 396 28 BRITISH SOCCER DOBBY robson has turned down a £70,000 ($294,000) offer to manage the Saudi Arabian national soccer team. Robson, 43, rejected the offer to take over the Job left vacant when Bill McGarry left Robson said he Intended to take Ipswich
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  • 274 28  -  BASKETBALL Tony Koh rro local coaches, Chan Wah Kwee and Ong Koon Huat, are attending a Hmonth basketball course lp Rome. Both paid"* 75 per cent of their return airfares. The Basketball Association of Singapore paid the rest. The course. which started yesterday.
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    • 612 28 Capricorn (Dee. 21-Jan. 19): Don't let a feeling about a false step spoil your future If you are determined to let It remain an Isolated case. Discard a scheme which, although tempting, Is not very practical and concentrate Instead on something more likely to succeed. Aquarius (Jan. 29 Feb. 18):
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  • 960 29 WsrMCup InsMe -Stories I Part Fin Exclusive Press Features VERENC PUBKAS r was studying a Scottish sunset with dark, sombre eyes. He vm Just a day away from being one of Real Madrid'* brighter stars in their runaway European Cup win over Bintracht. But for the
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  • 503 29 UPI ritHE NEW 50,000A capacity stadium under construction near the Andean foothills In Mendoza, Argentina, for the 1978 World Cup soccer championship Is mostly being built down, not up./ The stadium Is sunk Into a bowl scooped outof the earth and spectators will walk down
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  • 433 29 UPI ORUCE MACINNES D Introduced a new racing model and both were Instant successes In sports car competition. Maclnnes, a 32-year-old driver from Locust Valley, New York, is the newest member of Bob Sharp's Datsun racing team. In five races with Sharp, the
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  • 805 30  -  TENNIS TALK Alfred Tung rrHE Malaysians A have proved their point. When they were beaten by an expatriatepowered Singapore In the Gulllemard Cup last year, they claimed they would not have lost If Singapore had fielded a local team. There were few, If
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  • 654 30 There aren v t any women around here who are capable of running with her. In fact, when she goes to a race she beats about three-fourths of the guys/ UPI |£IM MERRITT is a shy youngwoman who really doesn't like to talk about
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  • 627 30  -  '"Tit all a Chequered-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays Hither and thither moves, and mates and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays." Lim Kok Ann THESE lines by the llth
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  • 958 31 Track stars Herman Frazier and Charlie Wells may be the first blacks to take part in the Winter Games UPI A DRIVE to restore America's prestige in World and Olympic bobsleddlng Is underway in a most unlikely place Tempe in the hot, desert state of
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  • 442 31 Reuter WITH no more room for amateurism and three Formula One drivers In the probable line-up, this year's edition of the Macao Grand Frlx promises to be the fastest ever. The star competitor may well be Australian Alan Jones, winner of the Austrian Grand
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  • 1760 32 Their fists are still registered as lethal weapons The second Dempsey-Tunney fight, the one with the historic "long count" took place in Chicago's Soldier Field on Sept. 22, 1927. Fifty year* later, it remains one of sports' great controversies. Dempsey is now 82, Tunney 79.
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  • 506 33  -  SPORTS NATION By Suresh Nalr rvEFENDING cliamplons Ulu Pandan kicked off their campaign in this year's 1 nt e r-copstltuency soccer tournament on a disastrous note when they stumbled 4-1 against Moulmeln at Mountbatten pitch yesterday. Nobody could condemn the new-look Ulu Pandan aide, averaging
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  • 85 33 OJNOAPORK will clash with favourites Royal New Zea'and Infantry Regiment In the Malaysian Rugby Union Cup final this evening at the Victoria Institution ground, Kuala Lumpur. RNZIR, baaed in Singapore, beat Australian Forces North 22-0 (a goal, try and four penalties) while Singapore dealt Selangor a
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  • 309 33 AP VIRGINIA WADE of Great Britain claimed the US$5O,OOO ($120,000) top prize on Friday in the World! invitational Tennis v Classlc by winning a mixed doubles championship match. Wade, who won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon. finished the point per match tournament with
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