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Title Section14 1971-02-25 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, February 25, 1971 No. 33 Price 15 cents xahonß14 words
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Article166 1971-02-25 1 Tfci articles by W. Hermanns, Hm Indonesian journalist •wvfnny tuvtvq #tn^opof9 f WSNS fHii vOMV9V9fIy 3n Hm past ft w days. hh conclusions bava >aan dismissad by bath the -Indonesian Ambassador bava tba Shgapaso awtbaritias -as "rubbish" and "attar noajanst" and soma of his stata-166 words
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Article18 1971-02-25 1 Police reported a total of 38 traffic accidents yesterday. Eight were serious and one was fatal.18 words
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Article30 1971-02-25 1 LATE NEWS Christehnrch, Thursday— New Zealand were S3 for four wickets at lunch on the first day of the First Test match against England here today.30 words
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Article423 1971-02-25 1 Opposition grows over UK decision New Nation Foreign Service New York, Thursday The UN General Assembly's special committee on apartheid will make a strong protest against the British decision to resume the sale of arms to South Africa. The committee's chairman. the Somalia Ambassador. Mr.New Nation Foreign Service - 423 words
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Article152 1971-02-25 1 London, Thursday Lord Carrington, Britain's Defence Secretary, said yesterday that the government Would continue to station longrange aircraft and other forces in the Indian Ocean area. Opening a debate in the House of Lords on Britain's 1971-72 defence estimates, Lord Carrington renewed warnings that the Soviet152 words
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Article201 1971-02-25 1 slm. system to keep cars moving Traffic flow on some of the city's busiest intersections will be controlled by computers early next year. The Ministry of Home Affairs Is understood to have decided to boy the comgiterised photographic sysm for $1 million. This will be done only as201 words
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Article297 1971-02-25 1 Claim by UN group United Press International Geneva, Thursday A United Nations investigative committee yesterday accused South Africa and Rhodesia of acts of genocide against Africans. It also claimed Portugal, In its African territories, carries out mass e*cutions other forms of collective punishment and uses fJmmfealUnited Press International - 297 words
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Article135 1971-02-25 1 Eight-floor complex for Katong area Another multi-million dollar shopping centre will be built in the Katong area. Located at Mountbatten Road, next to Odeon-Katong Theatre, it will be developed at a cost of $l5 million. The eight-storey complex will house offices, restaurants, nightclubs and boutiques. Announcing135 words
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Article67 1971-02-25 1 Belfast, Thursday The Duke of Kent and 100 *of his men began packing up yesterday to leave Northern Ireland after a three-week tour of duty in the vio-lence-torn province. The British Army announced that the Duke, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, and his men were returning67 words
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Article45 1971-02-25 1 London. Thursday.—The Government, in a crackdown on increasing vandalism in Britain, has proposed penalties up to life Imprisonment for arson and 10 years for other major damage. The proposals were contained in a Governmentsponsored Criminal Damage Bill handed to Parliament yesterday.45 words
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Article26 1971-02-25 1 Los Angeles, Thursday.— The Pentagon estimates it will take US$lB,OOO million and 10 years to convert the US defence complex to the metric system.26 words
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Article82 1971-02-25 1 Very quiet conditions prevailed on the Stock Exchange this morning. The majority of counters were untraded with the exception of Straits Steamship, with business done at $2.07. National Iron was traded at $4.10 and McAlister at $2.02. The lower priced issues were quietly steady with no feature.82 words
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Article63 1971-02-25 1 Paris, Thursday. The Japanese tanker Clyde Maru struck rocks approaching the Martlgues-Lavera port today and spilled out 22 cubic meters of oil into the Mediterranean. The 70,000 ton tanker was coming from the Persian Gulf when the accident occurred. Antl pollution squads quickly set up special barricades63 words
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Advertisement92 1971-02-25 1 NEW NATION May 23 Is the date for New Nation's contribution to healthy, happy Singapore the 20,000 metres Big Walk. The route will be similar to the ones held previously by the Malay Mail from 13% m.s. Woodlands to the Farrer Park Athletic Centre.' There is no entry fee and92 words
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257 1971-02-25 2 Trade unionist, Mr. G. Kandasamy, will meet ILO executives next month to thrash out a code of conduct for member governments and their employees. Mr. Kandasamy, who is secretary-general of the AUPE, is one of two ILO representatives of the Asian region. The257 words
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Article169 1971-02-25 2 The British minister for Overseas Development, Mr. Richard Wood, will arrive for a one-day visit to Singapore this evening. He is returning from the Commonwealth education conference in Canberra and the Colombo Plan conference in Manila. He will also visit Indonesia before returning home. During his169 words
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Article80 1971-02-25 2 Sydney, Thursday Rescuers yesterday recovered the bodies of four miners trapped in a massive earth and rock fall in a copper mine in Cobar. The four men were caught in the cave-in early today while working 1,200 ft underground in the mine. Sixteen others working80 words
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Article54 1971-02-25 2 Two new Boeing 707s ordered by Malaysia-Singa-pore Airlines will arrive on March 5 and April 26. The seven-man crew for the first Boeing has already left for Dallas to fly it out on March 5. The crew for the second Boeing will leave Singapore54 words
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Article, Illustration371 1971-02-25 2 Fans wait in vain all night Hong Kong film star, Wang Yu, who disappointed hundreds of fans at the Paya Lebar Airport last night when he failed to arrive, is expected to fly in at 1.35 p.m. today. Last night fans began arriving at the371 words
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Article279 1971-02-25 2 Tariffs a barrier, forum told Tariff barriers were making the export of Singapore's manufactured goods to neighbouring countries not only difficult, but practically impossible, the final session of the marketing and advertising seminar "Workshop '7l" was told yesterday. "Looking at the countries around us, export Is no problem,"279 words
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Article329 1971-02-25 2 Education officer raises three factors for national progress Nation building demands the growth of new and more disciplined attitudes among teachers, according to Captain Huang Hsing, Peng of the Singapore Armed Forces. Captain Huang will present a paper at the teachers' union seminar on Saturday. He329 words
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323 1971-02-25 2 Singapore may soon topple Hong Kong and become the leading tourist attraction in the region if the present pace of luring tourists is maintained. Leading Singapore travel agents said this today. They all agreed that tourism in the Republic has a bright future323 words
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Article57 1971-02-25 2 Hong Kong, Thursday— Peking's official New China news agency yesterday said General Do Cao Tri, the South Vietnamese commander killed in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, had received his "due punishment." The agency said General Tri was a "murderer whose heads were stained with the blood of57 words
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Article124 1971-02-25 2 The world famous Korean Children's Choir will give a performance at the Singapore Conference Hall next Wednesday before going to Australia and New Zealand. This first goodwill visit of the choir to Singapore, will cost its sponsors, the Heralds Choral Society, about $3OOO in publicity and124 words
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517 1971-02-25 2 The following statement has been issued by the Primary Production Department. There has been a neat deal of publicity in the Press daring the last few days over the shooting of monkeys in the Botanic Gardens. The problem must be seen in proper perspective.517 words
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121 1971-02-25 2 The Anglo- Chinese School in Singapore, will celebrate its 85th Founder's Day on Monday with a parade and marchpast of its 500strong cadet corps and a special service in its auditorium. The Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Tang See Chim, will review the121 words
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Article40 1971-02-25 2 Nairobi, Thursday.—Kenyan government officials said today that police Killed 14 Ethiopian cattle and camel rustlers along Kenya's northern desert border. The rustlers in a raid into Kenya stole about 2000 sheep and goats, 600 cattle, and four camels.40 words
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Miscellaneous106 1971-02-25 2 Weather Temperatures in world capitals yesterday: Jakarta 93-75. Kuala Lumpur 82-71. Bangkok 91-75. Hong Kong 68-61. Manila 92-70. Seoul 30-19. Taipei 63-57. Tokyo 51-45. Naha 66-55. London 52-39. Paris 41-30. Moscow 23-18. New York 40-31. San Francisco 56-40. Sydney 75-65. Melbourne 79-54. 'Perth 96-77. Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1106 words
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Article284 1971-02-25 3 Fernandez in jail awaiting extradition Reuter London, Thursday The House of Lords is to hear an appeal by Gerald Fernandez, 32, former secretary and legal adviser to Malaysia Singapore Airlines, who is detained in prison awaiting extradition to Singapore. Yesterday, the House of Lords AppealReuter - 284 words
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Article76 1971-02-25 3 Rangoon, Thursday—Sixteen people died when Kachin tribal rebels ambushed a passenger train on Tuesday near Mawhan town on the Mandalay-Myitkyina line. Mawhan is about 100 miles south of Myitkyina. Reports said about 100 Kachln rebels allowed an armoured escort train to pass before detonating a min76 words
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252 1971-02-25 3 Teachers are more inclined to give allegiance to their immediate employer and paymaster, the Ministry of Education, rather than to the community at large. Mr. Ong Teong Wan, a lecturer at the Teachers' Training College, says this in a paper on "Teachers as252 words
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Article, Illustration151 1971-02-25 3 A dozen frightened electrical workers, who staged a sit-down strike in the worksite canteen at the 40-storey Mandarin Hotel in Orchard Road, went back to work this morning. The men stopped work yesterday when electrician Fan Chee Kong, 24 from Bidor, Perak, fell 90 ft to his151 words
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Article, Illustration173 1971-02-25 3 Crowded lorry and car collide head-on Thirty-five workers were injured, three seriously, when the lorry they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a car in Bukit Timah Road today. The men were on their way to work at the Cycle and Carriage173 words
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Article127 1971-02-25 3 The two electronic speed traps of the Traffic Police are being "put in cold storage" indefinitely following the transfer of three inspectors and 21 men out of the mobile squaff one week ago. The men from the two teams manning the speed traps have been assigned other127 words
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Article214 1971-02-25 3 Out-of-work migrants 'at war* in New York United Press International New York, Thursday Police have charged a 14-year-old boy with assault" in connection with an attack by 20 youths on a Chinatown pool room, the latest episode of youthful violence in che area. Police believe the attack stemmedUnited Press International - 214 words
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Article90 1971-02-25 3 The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye and Mrs. Toh will be guest-of-honour at the Anglo-Chinese School's Old Boys Association annual re-union dinner on Monday, the school's 85th Founder's Day. More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the dinner to be held at the90 words
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167 1971-02-25 3 The slight lull in port activity which was recorded in October seems to have corrected in November, according to the latest figures issued by the Department of Statistics. After monotonous monthly increases (compared with the corresponding month of the previous year) during167 words
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Article46 1971-02-25 3 Moscow, Thursday. Soviet archaeologists have found the remains of a stone-age descendant of Neanderthal man In the central Asian mountains of southern Uzbekistan. The find, they said, was evidence that human society had existed in central Asia for tens of thousands of years.46 words
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137 1971-02-25 3 United Press International Bangkok, Thursday Bangkok's position as a crossroads of SouthEast Asia is being challenged by Singapore, the Bangkok Post said yesterday. In Financial Post, a weekly supplement of tne Englishlanguage daily, an unsigned story said: "In the race to improve its shipping, aviation, housingUnited Press International - 137 words
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Article57 1971-02-25 3 Calcutta, Thursday. Seven prisoners were killed when warders made repeated lathi (stave) charges during a riot inside the Central Jail at Berhampore, West Bengal, yesterday. Thirty-six people, including 13 warders, were Injured. A curfew was imposed on the centre of the town, about 95 miles57 words
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Article277 1971-02-25 3 Some 80 executives of Unilever Ltd., the giant household goods manufacturer, will hold a three-day conference at the Hilton Hotel, beginning on Sunday. An administrative staff member attending the conference said: "We do not want any publicity regarding this conference. This is a private277 words
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Advertisement177 1971-02-25 3 Advertisement TOP Or CLASS thanks to 'TRENT! "My daughter studied your court* in her May holidays, and on raturnint to school, noticed AN IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT in har work. Har end-of-year exam* showed fantastic results. She was FIRST in her class of 33. At the beginning of the year she wanted177 words
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Miscellaneous100 1971-02-25 3 At the cinema Cathay: Brief Season 1.30, 4, 8.30, 9.30 pm. Odeon: Lost Command 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30 pjn. Orchard: Tora! Tora! Tora!—2.3o, 5.45, 9 pjn. Odeon Katonf: Professional Bride (Mandarin) 1, 3.15, 7, 9.30 pjn. Lido: Krakatoa East of Java—l.3o, 4.15, 6.45, 9JO pjn. Capitol: There was a Crooked100 words
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THE WORLD
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340 1971-02-25 4 United Press International Tokyo, Thursday Riot police today awaited orders to use force to evict farmers and militant students entrenched at the site of ft new international airport outside Tokyo. More than 2000 farmers, their families and leftist students are armed with rocks, emptyUnited Press International - 340 words
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Article136 1971-02-25 4 Paris, Thursday The French President, Mr. Georges Pompidou, yesterday received the credentials of new Malaysian ambassador Tan Sri Jamal bin Abdul, telling him he hoped peace would soon be restored to South-East Asia. "France hopes that SouthEast Asia may become a region where each nation can live136 words
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217 1971-02-25 4 Reuter Paris, Thursday An eight-man rescue 1 team last night abandoned efforts to inch their way round a galeswept Alpine peak to rescue two climbers trapped 14,000 ft up in thi Grand Jorasses Range The rescuers were forced back by shoulder-high snow and theReuter - 217 words
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420 1971-02-25 4 Saigon forces facing the pick of North Vietnam's troops Reuter Washington, Thursday The US Defence Secretary, Mr. Melvin Laird, said yesterday that South Vietnamese forces were in for further rugged fighting in Cambodia and Laos. He also foreshadowed the possibility of battlefield defeats.Reuter - 420 words
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Article233 1971-02-25 4 French oil firms taken over Reuter Algiers, Thursday Algeria announced last night that it was taking a majority 51 per cent share in French oil companies operating in Algeria. President Houari Boumedienne also announced the nationalisation of all French interests in Algeria's natural gas fields as well asReuter - 233 words
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Article99 1971-02-25 4 La Paz, Thursday. Bolivia's first tin foundry located at Vlnto has sent Its first shipment to three European and one Latin American country, the state owned National Foundry Company (ENAF) announced last night. A spokesman said ENAF shipped 55,000 lbs. of tin from the Chilean port99 words
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216 1971-02-25 4 United Press International Hong Kong, Thursday The Financial Secretary, Sir John Cowperthwaite, yesterday gave the official goahead for the US$l67 million High Island water reservoir, the largest of its type in the world. Bir John told the Legislative Council in his annual Budget speechUnited Press International - 216 words
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Article, Illustration190 1971-02-25 4 Reuter Hanoi, Thursday North Vietnam's Defence Minister, General Jo Nguyen Giap, said current US moves in Indo-China had placed the security of his country in great danger. He was speaking at a Soviet Embassy reception in Hanoi to mark Soviet armed forces day.Reuter - 190 words
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Article67 1971-02-25 4 New York, Thursday. Rescue workers yesterday found 10 more bodies In the debris of shattered homes bringing to 97 the death toll from the tornadoes which ripped across three states at the weekend. Ninety of the dead were in Mississippi, worst-hit of the states. The storms67 words
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357 1971-02-25 4 United Press International London, Thursday The Government moved yesterday to clamp still tighter curbs on the flow of immigrants into Britain. It ruled that in the future Commonwealth immigrants will be treated in the same way as foreigners. It promised additional financial help forUnited Press International - 357 words
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Article170 1971-02-25 4 Reuter London, Thursday The income -of the Beatles swiftly doubled after American manager Allen Klein stepped in and saved them from near bankruptcy, the High Court was told yesterday. The court Is dealing with the current wrangle between Paul McCartney and the other three membersReuter - 170 words
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Article, Illustration269 1971-02-25 5 We won't pull back to 1967 lines, says Golda United Press International Jerusalem, Thursday Israel yesterday reaffirmed its rejection of Egypt's demand for total Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territories as the price of a peace agreement. The Prime Minister, Mrs. Golda Meir, said Israel's reply toUnited Press International - 269 words
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212 1971-02-25 5 Reuter Brussels, Thursday Belgium has decided to expel immediately the militant American Jewish rabbi Meir Kahane, arrested earlier yesterday after the organisers refused him entrance to the World Congress on Soviet Jews in Brussels. The decision to expel the rabbi waa announced by a ForeignReuter - 212 words
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205 1971-02-25 5 United Press International Amman, Thursday The Jordanian Parliament yesterday denounced plans for a Palestinian State and asked Palestinian leaders to fight the idea. The move came only hours after the Foreign Minister, Abdulah Salah, said Jordan would consider recognising Israel if it withdrewUnited Press International - 205 words
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122 1971-02-25 5 Reuter Sydney, Thursday An 80-year-old woman, who shot and seriously wounded a constable yesterday said she though he had come to rape her, a police prosecutor told a court here. Sergeant R. McCracken said that when constable Mark Cohen, 20, arrived at Mrs.Reuter - 122 words
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Article87 1971-02-25 5 Rio de Janeiro, Thursday —More than 180 people died in Brazil's four-day carnival which ended on Tuesday night, but police said it was less disorderly than in previous years. The deaths came from road accidents, fights and other causes as hundreds of thousands took to the87 words
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Article75 1971-02-25 5 Rome, Thursday A father who ran amok in a Genoa hospital killing his 23-year-old son in his sickbed and his sister-in-law and wounding six people, was arrested yesterday. Police said 59 year old Domenlco Brutto told them when he was arrested in a hotel: "I don't75 words
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Article, Illustration76 1971-02-25 5 PRINCESS ANNE, sun-hatted on right, looks on as Prerident Jomo Kenyatta talks to young children taking part in tribal dancing in Nairobi: Also in the picture 'are Ngina, the President's wife, and Prince Charles, seen in a pose characteristic of his father, Prince Philip. Anne76 words
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Article251 1971-02-25 5 Reuter Washington, Thursday President Nixon will send his. annual foreign policy message to Congress today setting out the administration's detailed views on Indochina, the Middle East and a host of other problems. Mr. Nixon will also make a rare radio address today, probably touching onReuter - 251 words
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Article364 1971-02-25 5 Situation in Bengal worsens with polls three days away Reuter New Delhi, Thursday With the general elections only three days away, the law and order situation in India today continued to show signs of deterioration. In West Bengal, police arrested 182 people and seized grenades, bombs, knivesReuter - 364 words
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Article140 1971-02-25 5 Reuter Sydney, Thursday The national daily newspaper, the Australian, said yesterday Malaysia's racial problems would not be solved by being ignored. In an editorial, the Australian said: "Sheer logic would suggest that Malaysia's Tun Razak is not going to make his racial problems go away simply byReuter - 140 words
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207 1971-02-25 5 Reuter Moscow, Thursday The Soviet Union has expelled a West German diplomat in apparent retaliation for a similar case involving a Soviet diplomat in Bonn last year. The West German embassy announced last night that Dr. Immo Stabreit was asked to leave for activityReuter - 207 words
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Article222 1971-02-25 5 Prague, Thursday American student Fred Eidlin was released from a Prague prison yesterday and deported after serving seven months of a four-year sentence as a "subversive agent." Mr. Eldlln, 28, of Rochester, Hew York, was taken to the airport, within sight of the prison, and pot aboard222 words
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273 1971-02-25 6 Reuter London, Thursday Britons are steadily poisoning their land, rivers and seas and filling the air with noise, a government committee has reported. The time for action to prevent a grave deterioration in the quality of the environment is now, the Royal Commission on environmentalReuter - 273 words
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Article67 1971-02-25 6 Washington, Thursday Federal drug squad agents arrested 54 people in four cities on Tuesday night and early yesterday in the biggest ever carckdown here on organised illegal drug distributing. Mafia leaders were among those rounded up. The operation climaxed a five-month lnvesticatlon that netted 71 pounds of67 words
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Article, Illustration379 1971-02-25 6 He sells works to pay for cost of 'attack oh Pope' case United Press International Manila, Thursday In September 1969 an obscure Bolivian painter named Benjamin Mendoza gave a oneman art show at the Philippine National Museum. It "bombed." Entitled "Beyond realism," the show displayed Mendoza's oils andUnited Press International - 379 words
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218 1971-02-25 6 Melbourne Herald Auckland, Thursday New Zealand Maoris are again calling for ratification of thtf 131-year-old Treaty of Waitangi. There have been similar calls for a century, but they have all been ignored. The signing of the treaty between some North Island Maori leadersMelbourne Herald - 218 words
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Article, Illustration464 1971-02-25 6 Joe Morris - Stalemate follows a year of dramatic moves By Joe Morris Los Angeles Times Bonn, Thursday Chancellor Willy Brandt's dramatic steps towards rapprochement with Eastern Europe which marked the Social Democrats' first year in office have been replaced by a stalemate. A fewLos Angeles Times - 464 words
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Article307 1971-02-25 6 Australian outback Reuter Sydney, Thursday Americans are leasing millions of square miles and Japanese are planning to dig new harbours on vast tracts of Australian land now being eagerly bought up by foreigners. Nobody knows the exact area under foreign ownership, but estimates vary between 15 andReuter - 307 words
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189 1971-02-25 6 Tom Lambert - By Tom Lambert The Los Angeles Times Jerusalem, Thursday Israel and Rumania have signed a five-year extension of a trade and economic agreement in another development in their rather unique relationship. Rumania Is the only Communist bloc state with which Israel has a formalThe Los Angeles Times - 189 words
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Article146 1971-02-25 6 The Australian Port Moresby, Thursday Two hundred and twenty-four men have been jailed following a fierce tribal fight in the New Guinea highlands. Armed police patrols are keeping an uneasy peace following a bloody battle in which 1000 warriors fought with clubs, spears and axes. AtThe Australian - 146 words
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Article, Illustration88 1971-02-25 6 And Friendship Highway opens GENERAL ABDUL HAMID KHAN Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army, and YANG CHIEH, Chinese Minister for Communications press the buttons to inaugurate the "Friendship Highway" at Baltit on February 16. The highway between West Pakistan and Communist China along the axed88 words
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268 1971-02-25 6 United Press International Taipeh, Thursday «^4. Ta *P e k res ident is fighting a losing war a dead namesake over a claim to part of a huge tract of land across which the Taiwanese Government is planning to build a freeway. Mr. HsuUnited Press International - 268 words
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Article38 1971-02-25 6 Kong, Thursday Chief's Charge iyAffalres In SH** 8 1 810 SUva Plderlt, ySSSay PeUng by fo^sS h X t SS.« mS?Sf January 5, two months after the left-wing ET^X II^ of Chief's sf£££ Allende took office.38 words
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COMMENT
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Article, Illustration944 1971-02-25 7 Brien Parkinson - Malaysia's policy on rice under question By Brien Parkinson If the FAMA estimates are correct and there is no reason to believe they are not one is entitled to ask just what it was that prompted the Malaysian government into embarking on its rice self-sufficiency policy. The decision944 words
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Article, Illustration799 1971-02-25 7 Peter Osnos - From Peter Osnos There is traffic moving through Highway (4), but very little: a small bus crammed with women and children going to the market at Kampongspeu, and old truck hauling the burnt-out remains of a troop carrier. It is now more799 words
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Advertisement237 1971-02-25 7 A > d Va ::::::::::::::V m Sffl/ 11/ l ODERN SINGAPORE is a University IfXof Singapore publication to mark the HP/ LSOth anniversary of the founding of Singapore. I!W The book < planned in 1966 by the late Professor W Lim Tay Boh, consists of fifteen original papers f on237 words
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Article320 1971-02-25 8 A singular example of bureaucratic ineptitude was revealed this week. It is not so long ago that a Cabinet Minister advised us all that because Singapore's future will inevitably be affected by China, "it therefore behoves us to understand every move that she makes." And320 words
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Article, Illustration618 1971-02-25 8 JACKIE SAM - JACKIE SAM Something happened to me on the way to the office this morning. No Ministry of Defence flvetonner truck crossed my path, literally speaking of course. I am one of those who have to go by some SAF camps every morning.618 words
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Letters
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Article147 1971-02-25 8 The stockbroker's report cited by your Market Correspondent last Saturday (Feb. 20) raises an Important question which the ASEAN Governments should consider. If the oil producers can force the industrialized countries of the West who deoend on oil for their standard of living pay more for It,147 words
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Article94 1971-02-25 8 OTHMAN OMAR - OTHMAN OMAR Af. Permanent Secretary (Social Affairs) Singapore I refer to the article "Legal men: End stigma In adoption" on February 13 about the unsatisfactory form of the Certificate of Extract from Adopted Children Register. The Government is fully aware of the need to revise a number94 words
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Article137 1971-02-25 8 THOMAS BASAPA - THOMAS BASAPA I was disgusted to read of the wounding of at least one monkey during the Government's anti-ape manoeuvres at Botanic Oardens. I am aware that the case you reported probably was an accident, and I realise the need to check the Gardens' monkey population.137 words
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Article200 1971-02-25 8 ERIC CHEONG - ERIC CHEONG UP. for Toa Payoh Singapore 6. The story In the February 18 Issue of your paper relating to factory girls in Toa Payoh operating brothels is not calculated to enhance your paper's claim to be a factual dally. The several references to Jurong in the200 words
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791 1971-02-25 8 Al Shahab - By Al Shahab Man's life is a far more complex and remarkable thing, but it may be said to have a begin- nine and an end Sex is his beginning, death is his end. And wm in his books his791 words
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The voice of the Press
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Article164 1971-02-25 8 What the other newspapers are saying: The truth is that the decision on war or peace in the Middle East is not &>r Israel or the United Arab Republic to make, but for the two super-powers behind them. An Israeli chief of army staff disclosed last164 words
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Article38 1971-02-25 8 In these potentially dangerous circumstances the government is urged to observe the "arms exports" ban in good faith lest foreign apprehensions about the "revival of militarism" and a "salesman of death" image should become more pronounced.38 words
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Article114 1971-02-25 8 A good way to prevent the bralndraln in medical specialists is to Improve the quality of our medical equipment and Increase their pay. Otherwise they will resign and go into private practice even if they do not? migrate to other countries. The Ministry of Health has won114 words
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Article80 1971-02-25 8 With the ending of emergency rule and the return to democracy through the reconvening of Parliament, Malaysia enters a new chapter in its history—one which will determine whether or not It is possible for it to emerge as a united nation. Another point which is worth mentioning and80 words
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Article92 1971-02-25 8 Now comes a real shocker of an exposure for a great number of consumers to contemplate. The magazine Kurashi no Techo, which sponsors Independent tests of all sorts of marketed products, has tested eight popular dictionaries. One out of 100 words Is given a totally wrong definition, the92 words
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Article, Illustration2199 1971-02-25 9 SUPREMACY OF SINGAPORE ECONOMY CAUSES FEAR AMONG HER NEIGHBOURS, SAYS P. HERMANSES When I went across by ferry from Tandjong Pinang to Singapore, the first impression I had was the suspiciousness of the marine police whose patrol boats blocked the passage of the ferry2,199 words
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Article, Illustration178 1971-02-25 9 The three articles entitled "Indonesia-Singapore Dilemma'* by P. Hermanses of Sinar Harapan, the Indonesian newspaper, created a stir when they were published last month. They are in many respects typical of Indonesian attitudes towards Singapore, and we republish them now, in English translation, out of a desire178 words
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Article, Illustration581 1971-02-25 10 SLIMMING tmm JJOW to shed off excess poundage and keep a figure is a problem constantly plaguing women—and men —these days. And cashing in on the slimming bug that has suddenly hit the town in a big way are the581 words
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Advertisement452 1971-02-25 10 Are you feeling a little OFF COLOUR? *Like a new slender figure. Maybe add a few inches here and there or take an inch or two away. Ring ***** Amy Wee's Health Centre. The cost as low as $lO/- per month. Shy about going alone? Don't, bring a few friends452 words
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Advertisement20 1971-02-25 10 Just arrived from U.K. and Hong Kong Many attractive gifts for ALL Occasions Birthdays, WaMiags, Aaahrarsariaa, ate. Available at: ■AIL'20 words
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Advertisement45 1971-02-25 10 Introducing "NO BUBS" The Odourless Shelf Drawer Paper Kills, Ants, Roaches, Silverfish. NO BUGS, is a high quality, shelf and drawer paper processed with a pestcontrol agent which protects your home against ants, cockroaches and silverfish. You can renew paper when soiled. Available: IJIIIM hWWHiIi45 words
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Advertisement208 1971-02-25 10 Install a FINNISH SAUNA BATH IN rO«l HOME, SALON tr HOTEL Brochures available mm Sole Agents for SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA INDONESIA. VENUS ENTERPRISES (PTE.) LTD. 1, Halifax Road, Si 1190 pare, 9. Tel: S3I4M THE MOST PRACTICAL CARPET OF THE TIME HP Vi BURMATEX BURMATEX Fire Abrasion Resistance Static Electricity, Sound208 words
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Article, Illustration536 1971-02-25 11 Shirley Manasseh - Students on vacation crowd modelling schools to learn the secrets of charm, poise and self-eonttdenee By Shirley Manasseh Singapore's girl students have taken to modelling not for the glamour of parading the catwalk, but for the opportunity of learning the secrets of charm, poise and self-confidence. While536 words
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Article521 1971-02-25 11 GRACIA TAY-CHEE - Nurses work at keeping everybody happy rrrnm DOING THE ROUNDS GRACIA TAY-CHEE The spirit of Florence Nightingale still exists today in our truly dedicated and hard-work-ing nursing and medical staff. This is what I discovered during regular visits to the Outram Road General Hospital these past521 words
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390 1971-02-25 11 Anything which is good for you and others could be defined as yoga. But first one must define good. By good in yoga we mean those qualities of the moral and ethical aspects of yoga put into practice In390 words
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812 1971-02-25 11 1 Simple operation sterilizes a man The Doctors guide Mi to tGOOD 1 \healthJ _V/ ■W One of the most pressing problems of the world today is that of population control. Singapore is aware of its need to lower the birth rate and this812 words
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Advertisement171 1971-02-25 11 I m ¥f% V m i n (p 9 Q o o rn I H 7^ as V r V vil i v-e^O x *v *<S x THIS MAGNIFICENT COOKERY BOOK 500 PAGES ONLY $lO/Hera's wonderful offer EXCLUSIVE to New Norton rooters! *TMs mognificent cookery book with more Hi on171 words
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Article1102 1971-02-25 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS 1 1970-71 1 wk. 4 wks. Closing Price last Divid. P/E TurnHigh Low •CO ago Stock Buyer I Seller* Sale Yield Ratio Over 4.50 2.60 2.88 2.90 Allied Chocolate 2.85 2.92 4.2N 18.5 1.90 0.844 1.171,102 words
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535 1971-02-25 12 ANIL BHATIA - ANIL BHATIA Investors in Imperial Hotel Limited who hold shares at the under par market price of 67 cents per share will want a number of questions answered to put this counter in the right perspective. With a total paid-up capital of $lO million,535 words
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Article46 1971-02-25 12 Alitalia will extend Its flight" to Kuala Lumpur from April I.*' s Detroit and Philadelphia are also new destinations in the United States. Alitalia plans to use 747s on the Italy-New York route. There will also be an additional flight a week to Tokyo.46 words
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Article318 1971-02-25 12 PETER TAI - NOW MOST FIRMS PLACE ORDERS FOR NEW MACHINES PETER TAI In the area of weights and measures, Singapore's decision to go metric is proceeding satisfactorily among firms involved, says Mr. J. R. Higgins, manager of W. T. Avery Limited. Most firms here have already placed orders318 words
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191 1971-02-25 12 United Press International London, Thursday The stock exchange worked through another slow session and ended mixed yesterday with prices sustained by Wall Street's overnight gains. Dealers reported handling only 7,068 separate transactions on the day but the total 6t shares involved was not disclosed.United Press International - 191 words
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178 1971-02-25 12 United Press International New York, Thursday The stock market, buoyed by improved economic news, closed higher in brisk trading yesterday. At the final bell, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 5.62 points at 875.2. Of the 1,657 Issues crossing the tape, 970 advancedUnited Press International - 178 words
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Article239 1971-02-25 12 Allied Chem 28% Alcoa 63% Am Brands 47 Am Can 35 Am Motors AT ft T 49% A 4 P 19% Anaconda 21 Avon Pd Beth Steel 21% Boeing 22% Caterp Trac 45'* Chrysler 27% Coca-Cola 85% Control Data 59% Corn Q1 Wka 207% Dow Chem 79% DuPont239 words
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Article163 1971-02-25 12 LONDON, Thurs.— Nearly a quarter of Britain's 185 biggest companies failed to make enough profit 11 per cent In the 1960s to cover even the cost of borrowed money and Inflation over the period, according to a survey by the mega sine Management Today. And. the163 words
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Article31 1971-02-25 12 MANILA, Thurs.— President Marcos has authorised the Rice and Corn Administratis (RCA) to start negotiations for the immediate importation of some 300,000 metric tana of rice from Japan.31 words
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Article, Illustration501 1971-02-25 12 EDGAR KOH - He puts on a very convincing act CINEMA By EDGAR KOH Director John Frankenheimer manages to give a very beautiful gloss over what seems to be a dowdy story in "I WALK THE LINE" starring Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld and Estelle Parsons. He achieves a very fine501 words
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Advertisement98 1971-02-25 12 m Others like it cool Whit hevei w.iy yt t an have the best of both 1 How 1 Well at Cuscaden every Sunday we serve a superb curry ttffin Rich full flavouredcurry the wav it should be Served m the sun drenched world of the roof top Quarterdeck Pool98 words
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Article, Illustration423 1971-02-25 13 Jeffrey Low - CAMERA ON SCHOOLS Words: Jeffrey Low To teach discipline on the sports field, and to see that it is carried out, can sometimes be quite a task. Especially if you have to deal with playful schoolboys and over-confident ones, too. This was what we saw yesterday when,Pictures: Ali Yusoff - 423 words
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Article, Illustration919 1971-02-25 14 Melbourne, Thursday Three years agp leading Australian tennis coach Vic Edwards announced that he had found a girl who would win Wimbledon in 1974. At the time, few people took Edwards' prediction seriously. In fact, many brushed it off as nothing more than a publicity919 words
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433 1971-02-25 14 New York, Thursday Joe Frazier, the officially recognised heavyweight champion of the world, is thus far the forgotten man of the Joe Frazier Muhammad All fight. Comparatively he has been reduced to a spear carrier's role, so completely has the untamed, uninhibited All dominated the433 words
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Article140 1971-02-25 14 A total of 24 teams have been invited to compete in the Singapore Cricket Club annual higby sevens from March 1 to 6. Last year, only eight teams took part but it is hoped that the number will Increase this season. Royal Air Force Changi140 words
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Article207 1971-02-25 14 Entries for the 11th Singapore Open golf championship have reached an all time record of 152. The Singapore Open is the second leg of the Asian Circuit which begins with the Philippines Open over the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club course today. It will207 words
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Article1887 1971-02-25 15 SATURDAY CL a Mr. I—6l r. ***** BABYLON STAR a (HT Wee) Teh 4 9.00 ***** CATTLEYA a (Archld) Teh 4 55 PCCh'ng A Ooh) West 4 8.11 9941 PAMILLB TBI! a (OS Lee) Teh 6 8.10 ***** PANOLIMA LARUT H a (KL Chong) Teh 8.8.09*1,887 words
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Article, Illustration350 1971-02-25 15 Twelve of the Republic's- leading motorcyclists have so far entered for the New Nation Autocross on Sunday. Heading the field will be Ken Stafford, one of the top scramble riders on the island, on a Suzuki 250. Stafford, who will start favourite to win thePicture by Bob Buchanan - 350 words
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Article220 1971-02-25 15 London, Thursday Asian nations are mounting their biggest-ever assault on the All-England championships, the World's premier badminton tournament, being staged at Wembley's Empire Pool here from March 24 to 27. Despite the British postal dispute, entries have already been received from all the leading Asian badminton powers220 words
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Article101 1971-02-25 15 Christchurch, Thursday.— New Zealand won the toss' and decided to bat in the first cricket Test against England here today. The weather was fine, and the pitch seemed bare as~ play started. England have named fast bowler Bob Willis as 12th man, and New Zealand have101 words
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Article54 1971-02-25 15 Bangkok, Thursday. A Thai boxer died after being knocked ant In a Thai-style fight In the Northern Province of Chlepg Mai. Police said the boxer's head lut the canvas hard after he was dropped In the third round. The boxer —as Bnnteng died on~ the54 words
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Article151 1971-02-25 15 Nagoya, Thursday. A total of 46 countries will compete in the 31st world table tennis championships In this central Japanese city from March 28 to April 7, the Japan' Table Tennis Association said yesterday. They will send a total of 294 players,—l9o male and 104 female—and 165151 words
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Article50 1971-02-25 15 mask? ka«ae eoaaty ehaat(tau> »laj-eff. Yiß« *4 Lancashire S (at CaaUaM) Bagfcy Lmim Cap M rani replay HaO IS raa&Tßavan S (Ball arc aaw away la Lrigh la the faartcr-ftaalti. °ilrtr ratal qff aihtii MM. u Tha Atay bha PnlTtnttlM OtaMata 11 htm. Hartal 41 Ox. Gray. f50 words
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Article17 1971-02-25 15 Willsl Mr. t Ms*. VMS ■iilll* Mr. Cahr m l«?Iis!ni"il > Mill I I tihst t17 words
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Article155 1971-02-25 15 Cape Town, Thursday South Africa has rejected an application from American negro tennis star Arthur Ashe for a visa to visit South Africa, Interior Minister Theo Gerdener announced yesterday. Ashe applied for the visa to play in the South African Open tennis championships in April. Mr. Gerdener's155 words
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Article246 1971-02-25 15 New Nation's contribution to the Republic's policy in building of a rugged society, the 20,000 metres New Nation Big Walk will be held on May 23. The route will be similar to the ones held previously by the Malay Mail from 13% m.s. Woodlands to the246 words
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Article238 1971-02-25 15 From Blue Peter in Ipoh Trainer Colin Tulloh's candidates for the Tengku's Gold Trophy Royal Mark (Podmore) and Saxony (Nelson) did a sparkling trial at Ipoh this morning. Breaking from the 4f the two stablemates steadily clapped on the pace to run the last 3f in238 words
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Article261 1971-02-25 15 Sonny Yap - By Sonny Yap Seven local fencers are now preparing for the Confederation Zone of Oceania championships to be held in Brisbane from April 9 to 16. They were selected by the Amateur Fencing Association of Singapore after a series of trials recently to undergo intensive training.261 words
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Advertisement454 1971-02-25 14 :>!!;-}'/$>(*&*{$_^(%=|$!:.=%]@ TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. "Swiss Knight" ond "Milkmaid" cheese comes in neat wrapped portions. Ideal for parties. AT YOUR SERVICE GENERAL SPRAY-PAINTING/Re-pair Refrigerators 5 hours customer's house. S'pore *****/ *****. ACCOMMODATION VACANT FURNISHED BEDROOMS with/ without airconditioning $l4O/$l7O/- $220/- at dist. 10, 11 in Ist. class residential areas.454 words
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Advertisement499 1971-02-25 14 TRAVEL GUIDE ECONOMY FLIGHTS. Singapore/ London. Enquiries Bookings please telephone Globetrotters S'pore *****8. KOTA TINGGI WATERFALLS Every: Sunday w/meols $8.50. HONGKONG MACAU 8 days $765. BANGKOK HONGKONG 8 days $845. BANGKOK-HONGKONG-TAIWAN 13 days $1365. TAIWAN-JAPAN-HONGKONG 14 days $1490. KUCHING LONGHOUSE 4 days $275. MALAYSIA 7 days $95. CAMERON HIGHLANDS 4499 words
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Miscellaneous102 1971-02-25 14 DR. KILDARE tfy Ken Bald I'M SURE YOU HAVE XXJR REASONS AHP IT IS MOT MV CUSTOM TO BE n&P N THESE MATTERS. A HOWEVER, YOU MIL HAVE TO REMAIN HERE UNTIL A REPIACE- MENT CAN BE J OBTAINEP. yJI Wf -5 hi if •5» v2i i "< i'ir j102 words
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Miscellaneous228 1971-02-25 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROBB 1 Raise crops. 5 Scraped together. 10 Symbol of victory. 14 Butterlne. 18 Boredom. 16 South 8m port 17 Orchestra leader*. 10 Dot. 20 Swedish explorer. 21 Performer. 22 Stele. 25 Dbuglas 20 Chessman. 29 Cheops built the largest one. 22 Burmese VIP. 24 City In228 words
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Article89 1971-02-25 16 AH FOOK (Red corner): 80 you got your own way; the world heavyweight "fight is to be televised. I*m genuinely sorry that it is going on air v and I fear for the children who will be subjected to this brutality while their parents are watching mrt un89 words
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138 1971-02-25 16 Mrs. Edna Davis had trouble getting her baby's pram over the big step outside her house in Lower Stoke, Kent, Britain.. So she asked the local Council to build her a pram ramp. They sent a man out, he had a138 words
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Article, Illustration320 1971-02-25 16 One-armed bandits are doing fine The craze for the onearmed bandits is mounting in Singapore. Last year members of 45 sports and recreation clubs spent $3.8 million trying their Jackpot luck. Statistics show that more and more people are becoming addicted to320 words
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Article601 1971-02-25 16 The big break in show business takes many forms. In the case of Archie Leach, a starstruck kid from England; it took the form of Mae West. "He'd been hanging around the studio for weeks before I laid eyes on him," said Mae. "But when601 words
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Article, Illustration50 1971-02-25 16 Question: What's a beautiful girl like Joan Lee doing at a modelling academy? Answer: Pleasing her fiance. Nineteen-year-old Joan's fiance suggested she do the course but Joan was a bit reluctant at first. He won and Joan is now a model pupil. Picture by Steven LeePicture by Steven Lee - 50 words
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Miscellaneous331 1971-02-25 16 AV.WW.V.V.V.V. 5 Siagapara 6.05 Opening and Dr. Who -6.30 News in Brief (E) 6.35 Kaleidoscope—. Harpsichord 6.45 The Young Rebels Ring of freedom 7.40 News in Chinese 7.50 What Others Say (C) 8.15 International Sports—Masters of Gymnastics, The Japanese National Squad 8.30 Here's Lucy Lucy Cuts Vincent's Price 9.00 News331 words
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Miscellaneous29 1971-02-25 16 RIBS By Frank O'Neal >OU SHOULDN'T lAU6H AT>OURCMN 3CXES. I n n T? -M m (K i S8 ii 18, site tn& Jofe* < VttngO MM) CVKCCT I Sf. u.29 words
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Miscellaneous359 1971-02-25 16 Trust your lucky star IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you taw o receptlve and quick mind that leads you through curiosity into all of intellectual channels. Gifted with a subtlety which enables you to understand the most minute points bekind any general conversation, you possess an ability to see359 words
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