Weekend East, 2 September 1988

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  • 18 1 WEEKEND east Your FREE weekly newspaper Friday, September 2, 1988 MCI (P) No. 89/5/88 Vol. 3 NO. 34
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  • 442 1  -  Four-legged pals and friends, relatives of family attended service By YAP LUNE TENG WHEN French poodle Louis died, his businessman master Peter Fong and Carolyn, his daughter, were abroad. Knowing how fond they both were of the five-year-old dog, family members had Louis
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 163 1 New MP gets married: Back Page INSIDE Residents shed ‘snob’ image PAGE 2 He can’t stop eating! PAGES 8,9 FUNNYLINES and LIVE LETTERS PAGE 6 Food for mums-to-be PAGE 10 Most costly movies ever made PAGE 12 ONLY ONE CAMERA IN THE WORLD COULD HAVE TAKEN THIS PICTURE 'Zt tvv.jr
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    • 112 1 REDS HAIR SALON The Place For Professional Hairdressing Parkway Parade #O2-26 Tel: *****54 Rochor Centre *Ol-512 Tel 2****** Excelsior Hotel *O3-08 11 T*i *****43 D*lfi Orchard *O4-15 Tei *****73 Chengi Airport *O2l-91-01 Te> *****70 MPi m* IxvW v: tu w A V rm. rfflfr/ U m, m.'M w- urn i
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  • 309 2  -  By YAP LUNE TENG A YEAR AGO WEEKENDeastchecked on eight condominiums to find out how active they were in participating in community activities. We found that most, including Flamingo Valley in Siglap, lived in a world of their own and were concerned only with themselves, shunning participation
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 495 2 SS-K35. ww I*l ‘<9* 1 EXCELLENT BARGAINS (MARINE PARADE BRANCH) SUN TAN The Asian Sensation Usual: 557.90 Bargain Price: 551.20 each BABY AND CHILD CARE 1 or. Benjamin Spock Usual: SSI6 00 Bargain Price: 552.90 each THE BOOK OF GOODNIGHT STORIES a collection of 366 stories Usual: 5549.20 Bargain Price:
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    • 70 2 Pharmaton Capsules An effective aid to good health One Pharmaton"'capsule a day will help to maintain your well-being, relieve tiredness and improve physical fitness. Available at all leading pharmar ies, drugstores and the local distributor P*oo'. ,CT >lr INDRUCCO PTE. LTD. 14 C North C anal Road S(010S) TEL: 'i32
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 338 3 PEOPLE'S EMPORIUM 4 ivttn ■M XPEOPLE'S CELEBRATE MOONCAKE FESTIWL MOONCAKE FESTIVAL SPECIALTIES With every purchase of $15.00 customers are entitled to redeem either Lighting Icecream or Star/ET Headband at only $2.50. You'll also be given 2 batteries and a $l.OO McDonald's Coupon FREE! Hurry, while stocks last. $7.90 'Big Jim'
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  • 175 4  -  Our What’s-her-line girl: Did you guess right? Picture and text by CHEW YEN FOOK VIVIAN Low, 21, loves cuddling children. That passion has since developed into a profession As workshop officer in a children's modelling studio at the House of M,
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  • 111 4 FOR students seeking a little musical fun this coming school vacation, Robert Piano Co (Pte) Ltd is holding an exhibition from tomorrow until September 11 at Parkway Parade. Some of the latest musical instruments will be on display at the basement from 11 am to 10
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 312 4 Q RISSEN DEPARTMENTAL STORE SUPERMARKET 'on-tHE-SPOT' Tucktoraw rs'Sit t* 7 IMCWi tmmrnm 1/10/88 30/10/88 «»ihn M j <mvn jm /eat Procter Gamble (S) Pie Ltd Special Promotion With purchase of $5/- and above on any of these items you’ll be entitled to a Lucky Dip *2ar »txr... i mm tu
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 298 5 Bedok 9 *****17 A BLOOD donation exercise will be held this Sunday from 10 am 4 pm Braddell t? *****58 A Chinese calligraphy competition will be held this Sunday at 8.30 am. Changi 9 *****07 A three-month children’s art course will start this Sunday from 10.30 am 12.30
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  • 130 5 National Enquirer. TOO much bran widely accepted as beneficial because it’s a good source of fibre or bran taken with too little fluid can cause a blockage in the intestine, even in people whose gastrointestinal tracts seem entirely normal, a medical
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 590 5 <) Newsman travel 100 ORCHARD ROAD #O2-38/39 MERIDIEN SHOPPING CENTRE TEL: *****22******33 Branches 81 Anson Road 81-06 Dai-ichi Hotel Tel: *****00 •10 Eu Tong Sen Street #Ol-10 Furama Hotel Tel: *****61 #Ol-15 Glass Hotel Shopping Centre Tel: *****52 •80 Marine Parade Road #BI -34 Parkway Parade Tel: *****90 14 Scotts
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  • WEEKEND east FUNNYLINES
    • 75 6 MY wife and I were having dinner in a restaurant when a man came to our table. He said something but I couldn't hear him because of the loud music. Thinking that he might be someone I knew, I shook his hands and invited him to
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    • 197 6 THERE was a big sale at one of the Orchard Road department stores. One of the items on offer was a set of three nonstick frying pans. Normally it costs $36 but the price was slashed to $l9 90 I grabbed seven sets, just in
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  • GROWING PAINS
    • 98 6 MY two-year-old niece takes her small, smelly pillow with her where ever she goes Sometimes. I would hide it under my T-shirt just to tease her Recently, we had a family gathering because it was my dad’s birthday. We met at our parents’ place and it was almost
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    • 165 6 SOME inconsiderate drivers have their lights on high beam when they drive at night They are usually drivers of lorries, vans, pick-ups and even some SBS buses. I overtook a van recently and the driver vented his anger by putting on his
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    • 88 6 SBC SHOWS cartoons on Channel 5 at 6.30 pm They end at 7 pm. This clashes with the Chinese serial "One Plus One” which starts at 6.45 pm on Channel 8 Most of my family members prefer to watch the Chinese serial
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    • 39 6 I ATTENDED a talk for mothers-to-be. During the interval, tea and coffee were served. Since both are not good for expectant mothers, they should instead offer milk or soya bean. ANGELINE, Singapore 1852
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  • 116 6 WERE Australia B to adopt a racia-lly-based immigration mix, we would become international pariahs, our trade would be in jeopardy and our nation would be split asunder. 7 Andrew Peacock, a member of the Liberal Party, calling for a slowdown in Asian immigration A GAMBLING den operator looks
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 287 6 AEROMODE SLIM BY INCHES w After 10 relaxed visits j ff g Experienced lady therapist guarantees slimming: FREE: 1 set bath, face hand towels for first 10 enrolments. TEL *****65 *****41 #O5 02/03 t #O5 22 Parkway Parade Medical Centre Singapore 1544 The elite and pioneer Optometrist since 1938! Everbright
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    • 162 6 SPECIALLY PRICED! Vertical Blinds $3.50 p.s.f onwards Venetian Blinds 50% discount ©G&G INTERIOR DESIGN 112 East Coast Road Katong People s Complex #O2-09 Singapore 1542 Tel *****80/*****50 Buy Sell Through the weekendQ Classifieds AIWA HI SPCCIAL -POWER CAR STEREO PACKAGE 6 9 USA Made 3 Way Speaker 6 Ai*a Ouai
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    • 212 6 MOST of us must have had a funny experience at some time or other. WEEKENDeaat welcomes contributions from readers who have had similar true life experiences as those published here. The joke could be on you, which, of course, makes it better. But it need not necessarily be so. If
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • STAR GAZERS
    • 52 7 IT’S been 18 years since Don Adams’ last hit TV show “Get Smart.” But he showed it’s a role he cannot forget by posing proudly next to his personalised car number plate. “AGT MAX” stands for Agent Maxwell Smart. ADAMS posing beside his "AGT
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    • 69 7 BRITISH men wish their women could look like any of their top 10 choices and that includes Samantha Fox, Kylie Minogue, Victoria Principal, Fergie, Joan Collins, Jerry Hall and Joanna Lumley. British women on the other hand wish for a Paul Newman, Robert Redford,
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    • 99 7 WHEN boxing champ Mike Tyson went on his first date with gorgeous wife, actress Robin Givens, star of the series Head Of The Class, he flew 3,000 miles from New York to Los Angeles to take her to dinner She came with five chaperones in tow,
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    • 63 7 “PAPER CHASE’* star John Houseman, 85, is fighting a brave battle against prostate cancer. Houseman was secretly operated on five months ago but the disease has spread and now he's being treated at an LA area hospital. The gutsy old pro told an insider: "I’ll fight this
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    • 20 7 MEL GIBSON is set to star in a big-screen version of the classic TV series “The Avengers.”
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 185 7 PERANAKAN COMEDY IN STORE South, on delightful Sentosa, is where you'll discover an exhilarating v f Peranakan play by a reputable Peranakan cast. v /ty Entitled ''lntan Di-Sangka Batu'' (Diamond is mistaken as a stone), it is based on a likely situation at home. It could happen to you too
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    • 30 7 VENETIAN BLINDS 50% DISCOUNT phis FREE GIFTSI Vertical Blinds, Bamboo Chicks, Folding Doors, etc... SENG YANG INTERIOR TRADING 112 East Coast Road Kalong People’s Complex #O2-33 Singapore 1542 Tel: *****08
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    • 273 7 ...THE PROGRESSIVE SALON Promotion extended till 30.9.88 (ONLY ON MON FRI) Perm 1 Usual $55 onwards Now $3B” Cut Usual $lB Now $l4 only Official Hairstylist for Mrs Singapon Super Model f SS 02-45 Parkway Parade. Singapore 1544 Tel: *****92, *****06 •04-02 Wisma Atria. Singapore 0923. Tel: *****11. *****12 8
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  • 353 8/9  -  ...and ‘meats’ for the vegetarian By YAP LUNE TENG THICK, delicious gravy is the determining factor for the success of lor mee (chop suey noodles). Chi Ming Yuan Chun Lu'Mian, at #O2-102, Amoy Street Food Centre, has got the formula just right The
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  • 629 8/9  -  Rare disease makes Chris crave for food so parents have to lock up the fridge By JOHN COOKE National Enquirer ROLY-POLY Chris Yates has to be watched like a hawk by his parents because if they don’t he’ll eat himself to death! The nine-year-old is
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  • Page 8/9 Advertisements
    • 295 8/9 STEAMBOAT CITY GOODLUCK BROCCOLI CHICKEN RICE s« STM: jj HO«C*o!g stmnsom I sn«Botf ONLY $2.50 PER SET Very convenient tor take-aways l 3® n V mt^sW) w" Ist Branch: #Ol-04/05 Parkway Builders Centre 1 Marine Parade Rd Te1:*****82 (Next to McDonald s Parkway Parade) Business Hrs 11.00 am 2.30 pm
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    • 147 8/9 pss cv,sini Free ‘n’ Easy Thai Getaways! Oriental Restaurant Bed ok offers you the double bonus of enjoying a delicious meal and at the same time have a chance at winning trips to Thailand! Between 8 Aug to 8 Nov 1988, spend $3O at Oriental Restaurant Bedok, and you'll be
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    • 327 8/9 I I MICHAEL MARKETING 101 Upp. Cross St. #l2-20 People’s Park Ctr S(0105) Tel: *****20 Pager *****63 PROOUCTS PHONE ORDER (Free Delivery) i TO BETTER RAIL ORDER ACCEPTABLE \SJ health j \vv— j u HH -b- ft HAPPY RESTAURANT 15 Tanjong Katong Road. Lion City Hotel. Singapore 1543 Tel: *****17
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  • Page 8/9 Miscellaneous

  • MOTHER & CHILD
    • 748 10 HAVING your first child can be the most exciting and important period in a woman's life. It also means that you have to be extra careful with what you eat and be aware of prenatal diseases that can affect both you and your child.
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    • 283 11  -  By PETER FENTON FED up with their delinquent children, parents in the United States are getting rid of their wayward kids by filing for “divorce”.from them. Five states Michigan, Virginia, South Dakota, Louisiana and Connecticut have laws on the books permitting "emancipation,” a legal
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 342 10 Business Hours: 10am to 10pm (Open 7 days a week) Blk 201E #O2-102 Tampines Ave 2St 23 Singapore 1852 (Above UOB) Tel: *****02 i JENAN PLAYCENTRE No. 5 Gray Lane Singapore 1543 Tel: *****23 NEW CENTRE OPENING SOON I No. 3 Boscombe Road Singapore 1543 We are a team of
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    • 103 10 JOLLIES CHILD CARE CENTRE OPENING OF OUR FOURTH CENTRE IN KATONG 3 Seraya Road Off Haig Road (Beside Fowlie Primary School) Singapore 1543 (ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHILD CARE CENTRES IN SINGAPORE) Full Day Care $l5O (for working mothers only) Half Day Care $lOO (for working mothers only) 3 Hourly
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 328 11 0 Q 0 O Qs On <£ Hoys formula Hair Beauty Care ‘Hay’s Formula —a natural way to Hair Beauty Care with no side effects’ I am Mrs Tan. I used to have a lot of grey hair, but now, they're gone. Thanks to HAY’S FORMULA, I don't have to
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous

  • 571 12  -  By CHRIS FULLER National Enquirer “CLEOPATRA.” the illfated 1963 film starring Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, easily tops the list of the 10 most expensive movies ever made, according to film critic and historian Michael Medved. The epic costs a staggering U *****.3
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 310 12 EmpText The EXCITING, PROFITABLE WORLD of FASHION BEAUTY (Bringing it to you ail the way from U.S.A.) <D b ft r Anyone who says Yes! I want a rewarding career Businessmen women, salon owners, club owners, boutique owners, homemakers, clerks, students you can offer a wide variety of services to
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    • 216 12 Always on show SLIDING SHOWER SCREENS DOORS ii r 9 Also available for long baths Imported from Australia Best Design Award "Non see through" unbreakable polystyrene panels 8 different frame finishes available Made to-order, any size style Visit our showroom for the most elegant and latest designs of shower screens,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 1111 13 Classified Ad Bank 1-h Religious Notices 12-a Situations Vacant DON'T MISS THE I HARVEST TIME RALLY 8-10 SEPTEMBER 1988 AT 7.30 PM NIGHTLY 11 SEPTEMBER 1988 AT B.OOAM, 10.00 AM 4.00 PM 4 ,f A z Bu**oq| NOT TO SCALE Macpfterson Estate I R Pipit Road BS 40 SO SI
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  • 261 14  -  By JOHN LATTA National Enquirer BEFORE he hit it big, Walter Matthau sold ice cream in theatres, cleaned ovens in a doll factory and served in the US Air Force. His father abandoned the family when Matthau was three
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 130 14 Laundry Land HOME LAUNDRY SERVICE FOR ALL CONDOS HDB FLATS IDEAL FOR YOUR HOME! We Wash We Iron Very Cheap Very Fast We Collect Deliver If you're wondering how you'd ever coped with all the washing and ironing, Laundry Land has a simple solution for you: 2 Call Laundry Land
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    • 687 14 CLASSIFIED AD BANK 13 Education/ 18 House Renovation/ Cleaning 21 Party Instruction Wedding Services TYPCWNmNO (Manuai/ttoctoMc) TELEX ERST COMPUTER COURSES Literacy Course DBase ill Lotus 123 Basic Programming for ail age group JAPANESE, FRENCH COURSES 7/S 7 00 9 00 pm ENGLISH COMMUNICATIONS 7/9 700 830 pm Shorthand (Thaory) (Spaad)
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 177 14 Peeping Toms nightmare By MING RODRIGUES THURSDAY Thursday Feature Special: Secret Witness, Ch 5,10.55 pm* An innocent game of peeping Tom turns into a nightmare for 12-year-olas Drew and Jennie, when they witness the murder of a wealthy divorcee. Drew (Leaf Phoenix), who knows the murderer, is torn between loyalty
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    • 417 14 WEEKENDeast SATURDAY Superstars And Their Moms, Cta 5, 11.35 am Bill Cosby, Whitney Houston, Cybil Shepherd, Tom Selleck, and John Ritter are just some of the stars who talk of that very special person in their lives. Hosting the programme is the mother-and-daughter team of Carol Burnett and Carrie Hamilton.
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  • SPORTSCENE ...with S GULAM
    • 797 15 But real test will be on Sunday against Kelantan HAVE Singapore finally overcome their scoring woes? They seem to have done so, judging from their 5-1 thrashing of Malacca at the Kubu Stadium last Sunday. It was Singapore’s biggest win so far in this
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    • 256 15 INTER-CON SOCCER DEFENDING champions Changkat continued their recovery in the losers’ pool with a 4-2 penalty-kicks win over Geylang West in the inter-constituency soccer tournament. The Group One match had to be decided on the mandatory kicks after fulltime ended goalless and the Changkat officials expressed a
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    • 97 15 ALL inter-constituency soccer matches scheduled for this weekend have been postponed due to the general election on Saturday. For details. Constituency Sports Clubs’ officials may contact the Singapore Sports Council at 345-7111. Here are the revised fixtures for East Coast teams (7.30 pm kick-off for all except where
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    • 206 15 Into the metric era and World War One THE Athens games of 1896 were a great success. The Olympics had returned to the land of their birth. The Greeks wished them to remain there. But Coubertin had other ideas. He envisaged the Olympics as a truly international affair, and besides,
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 151 15 Classified Ad Bank To place an ad, print your message at right, using one space tor each word. Use standard abbreviations only. Rates: Run-on text: 35 cents per word (Min 15 words. $5 25) Eye catcher (to highlight your ad) $2 (mm. size). $4 (large) Display ads: $7 00 per
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    • 110 15 5€OUl in SIGHT CONTINUING THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES <9? m GOLDEN ROLLERS SKATING CENTRE #Ol-01/03 Paramount Shopping Centre 30 East Coast Road Singapore 1542 TEL: *****47 Opening hours: 10am to 11pm GOLDEN ROLLERS VIP CARD Visit our skating rink 10 times and get a discount card valid for
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  • 223 16  -  By MING RODRIGUES THIS must surely be lawyer Mr Darvinder Singh's happiest day, apart from the day he became Ml* for Toa Payoh GRC together with team-mates Mr Wong Kan Seng and Mr Ho let Kin. Singapore's first Sikh Member of Parliament is seen here
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  • 139 16 THE lucky punter who won Singapore Toto’s biggest-ever jackpot of $499,748, actually won more than half a million dollars. The $480,000 advertised jackpot was just an estimate, a Sports Toto spokesman explained In addition to the $19,748 added to the jackpot from the proceeds
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 338 16 WEEKE^mO Distributed FREE to 65,000 homes Telephone Nos: Marketing Creative Services: *****33 (8 lines) Editorial: *****00/*****00 Accounts Circulation: *****04 /5 6 w< here in the East Coast can you find affordable home specialities like fork-tender steaks, fresh seafood, inviting salad, delicious pasta and tempting cakes all under one roof? Where
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