New Nation, 3 June 1971

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  • 16 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, June 3, 1971 No. 117 Price 15 cents M'JW NATION j
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  • 114 1 The stock market is generally steady this morning. Business was centred on second and third line Issues. Public Bank featured with business from $1.07 to $1.15 to $1.12 against yesterday's close at $1.05. On further support Paper Product was taken to $1.37 up three cents. Power and
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  • 18 1 Police, reported a total of 32 traffijp acc i dents yesterday. Four of them were serious.
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  • 49 1 Washington, Thursday. The White House said today President Nixon had no travel plans which Included Moscow or Peking. According to the London Evening Standard, White House advisers had been leaking word that Nixon hoped to visit Peking in August, 1972, after the ReSubllcan national convenion.
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  • 39 1 LATE NEWS London, Thursday An airline carrying 32 Dutch football fans who were returning home from the European cup final match crashed on take-off at Southend early today. First reports said only three were injured.
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  • 247 1 The Immigration Department has refused to renew the professional visit pass of Mr. Anthony Polsky, the New York Times correspondent here since August 1969. Mr. Polsky's present professional visit pass expires this month. Recently he made an application for its renewal and was told by the Immigration
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  • 107 1 The Ministry of Culture publications section has not given clearance for the sale of the May 29 edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review. The Issue should have been on sale since Monday. According to a spokesman for Marican and Sons, the distributor, the issue was sent
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  • 481 1  -  Collections certain to pass $3OO million mark By Sunny Wee The Income Tax Department is almost certain to score a new record in tax collections this year and the figure is expected to pass the $3OO million mark. The estimate is based on the department's tax
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  • 391 1 New Nation Foreign Service Washington, Thursday The US Army has charged a Brigadier General, John W. Donaldson, with murdering six South Vietnamese civilians and assaulting two others. He is the highest ranking American officer to be accused of Indo-Chlna war crimes. His operations
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  • 50 1 Belfast, Thursday A court in Londonderry yesterday awarded an ex British soldier £7,000 as damages for Injuries sustained during riots In Northern Ireland. The award was apparently unprecedented and could lead to many other claims being lodged against the Northern Ireland authorities an Army spokesman commented.
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  • 250 1  -  TWO INJURED AS THEY LEAP CLEAR By Wee Beng Huat Two farmers lay injured In the dark last night while police searched for them after their lorry careered 200 feet down a slope off the side of a road. They had jumped clear of
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  • 194 1 Reuter Melbourne, Thursday Federal police here have detained a man in connection with the A 5500,000 Qantas bomb hoax. The man was taken by police from a plane which arrived at Essendon Airport from Sydney, this morning. Police sources said the man
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  • 270 2 With only 382 in local stations some of these officers have to work round the clock There is now a shortage of nearly a 100 inspectors in the Singapore Police Force. There were only 382 of them against an established strength of 464 in
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  • 281 2 These three girls left Singapore yesterday on Malaysia Singapore Airlines first commercial flight to London but sad to say they will not be with the others when the Boeing jet touches down in the British capital. The reason Is that a
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  • 381 2 Special loaders, gangways for jumbo due Malaysia Singapore Airlines will spend $5 million to expand its ground handling services for the coming of the Jumbo jets. This is in addition to the $7 million the airline has earmarked for the expansion of its catering services
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  • 201 2 The former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ponniah Raj are tnam, today came out of retirement to take over the post of director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. Mr. Rajaretnam, who retired from the force In April, today reported for work to under-study
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  • 237 2 A number of secondary school teachers are unhappy about certain "guide books," both local and foreign, with distorted facts that are being sold in abundance in major bookshops. New Nation understands that some of them have complained to the Ministry of Education which
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  • 387 2 Delegates at the UNESCO education conference called for a rapid Improvement of teacher training in Asia. Delegates, during discussion on science education yesterday, proposed that pre-servlce and in-training courses for teachers should be geared to the needs of the country. Professor Alfredo
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  • 67 2 Three men were injured, one seriously, when two cars were involved in a collision this morning at Old Airport Road at 9.30 a.m. today. They were taken to the Outram Road General Hospital. One of them who sustained head injuries has been warded. The other two
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  • 191 2 The Singapore film Industry is withholding comment on the opinions expressed yesterday by the ad hoc committee of the film classification body. The committee, after its first meeting yesterday said that the Western system was unsuitable for Singapore because their classification categories are
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  • 342 2 Kuala Lumpur, Thursday The first thundering fusillade of a 21-gun salute and the strains of the "Negara Ku" tearing through the early morning silence yesterday heralded the start of the Yang diPertuan Agong's birthday celebrations. At the Merdeka Stadium, the customary Trooping the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 112 2 At the cinema Cathay: The Owl And The Pussycat—l.3o, 4, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. Odeon: Mysterious Africa —-1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. Orchard: Carry On Up The Jungle—l.3o, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 P.m. Odeon- Katong: Woman Ouerllla With Two Guns (Mandarin)—l, 3.15. 7 and 9.15 p.m. Lido: The Landlord—l.4s,
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  • 160 3 The First Lady, Mrs. B. H. Sheares, will declare open the 19th International Bazaar at the Victoria Memorial hall on June 12 at 10 a.m. The bazaar, which is one of the major annual fundraising events here, is in aid of the Singapore Association
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  • 109 3 Professor Wong Lin Ken, Minister for Home Affairs, will today review the Police Tattoo at the Jalan Besar Stadium at 6 p.m. This is part of the Police Week programme. The All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society will hold a tea party at the
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  • 16 3 Belgrade Thursday Yugoslavia and Indonesia have called for China's admission to the United Nations.
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  • 151 3 Hotpants were outnumbered by cocktail dresses and evening gowns in this fashion galore at a reception at the Golden Lotus, Hotel Malaysia, yesterday evening. The c e four beautiful Italian senorinas—(from left) Mrs. S. Sogliere in hot pants, Mrs. R. Martinelli, Mrs. Q. Modugno
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  • 240 3 Singapore achieved another milestone in containerisation yesterday with the first ''door-to-door" delivery of the world's largest container a 40-footer by Container, Warehousing and Transportation <Pte) Ltd. It was also the first time that such a service has been carried out in SouthEast Asia. Altogether
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  • 309 3 INCOME'S life Insurance sales drive last month has put it ahead of all other insurance sellers in Singapore, according to its general manager Mr. A.T. Shimpi. The total number of policies sold by the major companies each year was abofet 13,000. Mr. Shimpi said today. "With
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  • 50 3 Sydney, Thursday. A runaway lorry loaded with 24 tons of toilet rolls careered down the main street of a country town 300 miles south-west of here, yesterday, mounted a pavement and demolished a block of public toilets. Police said no-one was using them at the time.
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  • 34 3 Moscow, Thursday— The Soviet president, Mr. Nikolai Podgorny, last night said foreign military bases >oq Cyprus threaten peace and security In the eastern Mediterranean, the official Tass news agency said.
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  • 340 3 Our report brings action Two ministries have stepped in to conduct investigations on the Aljunied Old Folks Home following a recent New Nation report that the inmates are living next to a pigsty. They are the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Health Ministry. Their
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  • 74 3 Six Changi prison officers appeared in the First Magistrate's court today on summons charges of causing simple hurt to a group of political women detainees. The defendants were alleged to have committed the offences at the prison premises between last December and February this
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  • 73 3 Singapore's water consumption fell by 2.2 million gallons from 101.5 to 99.3 million gallons yesterday. And rain was received at the three reservoirs—Seletar had 0.61 thch. Peirce, 0.57 inch and Macßltchie, 0.84 inch. This morning, there was heavy rain between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Isolated scattered
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  • 74 3 Londonderry, Thursday. —A rash of fire-bomb attacks hit Londonderry last night, with targets ranging from big stores to a local library. Two large .city 'centre stores were badly damaged by fires which police said they believed had been started by ince n d i ary bombs. Premises of
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  • 229 3 Lack of watch-towers and the inability to control the operation of rowing boats are obstructing the Singapore Life Guards Corps in its efforts to prevent drownings at Changi beach. A Life Guards spokesman said: "Overloaded rowing boats have been responsible for most of
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 108 3 Weather i Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 93—79 Kuala Lumpur 92—71 Bangkok 91—77 Hong Kong 90—79 Manila 89—76 Taipeh 90—78 Seoul 70—61 Tokyo 77—61 Naha 88—77 London 72—63 Paris 77—57 New York 70—57 San Francisco 68—52 Melbourne 61—47 Canberra 49—38 Perth 58—44 Singapore Singapore's weather lorecast from 1 p.m.
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  • THE WORLD
    • 273 4 Reuter Prague, Thursday China has completed the first stage of its efforts to restore its onceshattered relations with East Europe by appointing a new ambassador to Czechoslovakia, it was disclosed yesterday. The ambassador, Mr. Tyung Ke-wen, presented his credentials to President Ludvik Svoboda
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    • 553 4 Israel wants to renew contacts 'in secret or in the open' New Nation Foreign Service Oslo, Thursday The Israeli Prime Minister, Mrs. Golda Meir, said yesterday Israel wants to renew contacts with the Soviet Union "in secret or in the open." But she again denied Press reports
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    • 116 4 United Nations, Thursday Australia pledged yesterday to work out a programme for full Internal selfgovernment In Papua and New Guinea within the next five years but said any date for independence would be up to the elected representatives of the people themselves. Australian delegate Mr. C. Robin Ashwln
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    • 90 4 Paris. Thursday. American and Soviet astronauts yesterady exchanged tips over their experience, in space exploration and toasted to their countries future space flights in vodka and fruit juice. For 3i hours Apollo 14 crewmen Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell who made the latest moon flight last
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    • 336 4 Reuter Calcutta, Thursday More than 1000 East Pakistani refugees have died from cholera in the last six days in an epidemic raging through Nadia district of India's West Bengal state. Officials of the district, which borders East Pakistan and is about 60 miles north of Calcutta,
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    • 169 4 United Press International Lisbon, Thursday The US Secretary of State, Mr. William Rogers, yesterday met privately his North Atlantic Treaty colleagues and discussed the possibility of a special mission to Moscow to sound recent Kremlin proposals for mutual trooD reductions in Europe. Mr. Rogers,
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    • 300 4 Reuter Istanbul, Thursday Schoolgirl Sibel Erkan was reported recovering well in hospital yesterday after her 50 terrifying hours as a hostage of two Turkish terrorists in her own home. As flowers and "get-weU" messages arrived at the military hospital for her. chief psychiatrist, Dr. Turgut
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    • 97 4 London, Thursday. Malaysia's Minister of Health, Tan Sri Haji Sardon, returns home today after a series of visits aimed at increasing the number of Malaysian students taking post-gra-duates courses in Europe. The minister's Director of Planning and Research, Is staying behind to continue talks with senior French
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    • 116 4 Reuter Lima, Thursday A court here yesterday ordered a medical check on the head of Peru's most powerful family to decide whether he can be held on charges of swindling a local bank of more than US$BO million in the country's biggest scandal
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    • 320 4 Reuter Washington, Thursday Farm labour contractor Juan Corona, the accused mass murderer of Skid Row drifters found buried in orchard lands north of Yuba City in California, pleaded not guilty yesterday to murdering the first 10 bodies found. Twenty-three machetebacked corpses
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    • 94 4 United Press International Manila, Thursday The Philippine Constitutional Convention held its first working session yesterday, still undecided on who would be the chairman of the historic assembly. The 309 delegates adjourned after a three-hour session in which former Senator Juan Li wag was temporary chairman until
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    • 61 4 London, Thursday. More than 5000 steelworkers were laid off yesterday as a strike by 12,000 blast furnacemen began affecting Britain's nationalised steel industry. The strike, wnich started on Tuesday, is in support of the blast furnace workers' demands for 35 per cent pay increases. The
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    • 65 4 Mexico City, Thursday— Lady Valeska Wilson, wife of the chairman of Australia's, Qantas airline Sir Roland Wilson, was killed yesterday in a road accident near Oaxaca, 350 miles south-east of Mexico City. Two women tourists Lady Wilson was travelling with a taxi, and its driver, died
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    • 322 4 Reuter Vienna. Thursday Malaysia so far failed to benefit much from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) technical assistance programme for underdeveloped countries. Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, Minister of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia, said yesterday. He informed the UNIDO special international
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    • 142 4 Reuter Jakarta, Thursday The US ambassador, Mr. Francis Galbraith, yesterday formally handed over to Indonesia high frequency communications equipment that will link military commands around the country but the ceremony was veiled in secrecy. The' equipment worth US$5OO,OOO, provided under the American military aid programme,
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    • 498 5 Move to stall Cambodia offensive New Nation Foreign Service Phnom Penh, Thursday American planes have destroyed dozens of South Vietnamese tanks trucks and artillery pieces near the Cambodian town of Snuol to keep them out of Communist hands. Military sources said at least 60
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    • 273 5 New Nation Sources Tokyo, Thursday Riot police arrested 95 students of Tokyo's Shibaura Institute of Technology yesterday when they defied an order by university authorities to leave the campus. The students, members of the All-Campus Struggle Committee, were charged with trespassing. The students have been
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    • 409 5 United Press International Paris, Thursday United Press International correspondent Robert Ahier on Tuesday flew at twice the speed of sound in the Concorde airliner prototype. Here is his report. Forty-flve minutes Into the flight and Concorde ls cruising at twice the
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    • 62 5 New York, Thursday Unmarried US state prisoners will be allowed overnight visits by friends of the opposite sex under terms of a Bill approved by a legislative committee Tuesday. The programme is similar to one now established for married couples. Sponsor Walter Karabian said a major
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    • 38 5 Jakarta, Thursday.—lmK roved living conditions ave raised the average life expectancy Of Indonesian men to 49 years and of women to 50 years, the Health Minister, Dr. G. Siwabessy, said in a TV broadcast.
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    • 413 5  -  Pendulum of world power shifts from Atlantic GERALD de CRUZ The pendulum of world power has swung from the Atlantic to the Pacific community —the largest community in the world Ui terms of population, size and prospective growth of trade. The implications of this situation were
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    • 358 5 United Press International Panmunjom, Thursday North Korea yesterday demanded again that its air force pilot who defected to South Korea with his Russianbuilt MiG 15 jet last December be returned without delay. But the United Nations Command (UNC) rejected the request, saying that
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    • 95 5 Auckland, Thursday A three-point "good neighbour" plan for New Zealand and Asian and Pacific countries was suggested by New Zealand Labour opposition leader Mr. Norman Kirk here yesterday. The plan comprised a two-way Immigration poll- cy based on equality and ignoring race, colour and
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    • 198 5 Reuter Paris, Thursday A new series of French nuclear tests will begin in the South Pacific tomorrow, officials here said yesterday. They will be mini-blasts aimed at developing warheads for tanks, submarines and combat aircraft,' they said. The blasts will have an explosive force varying
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    • 241 5 Reuter Jakarta, Thursday Indonesia's general elections will cost the government an estimated 20,000 ipillion rupiahs ($165 million), Antara News Agency reported yesterday. Antara said Home Minister, Lt. General Hamir Machmud told local government councillors in Semarang, the Central Java capital, last week the
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  • WORLD COMMENT
    • 828 6  -  But it's an insecure victory, reports Peter Osnos Peter Osnos Washington Post For seven years, the t district of Hieu Le in South Vietnam's remote and lush Mekong Delta rich in .rice, pineapple and watermelon belonged to the Viet Cong
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    • 635 6  -  Jean Claude has emerged as a symbol of power From Francis Kent Los Angeles Times Confounding the experts, Haiti's young .Jean Claude Duvalier is moving swiftly to fill the vacuum created by the death of his father, Francois. If the lumbering 20-year-old son has
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    • 923 6  -  Kremlin move to end East-West deadlock expected From Chalmers M. Roberts Washington Post Senior American officials see signs that the Soviet Union will soon move to break the EastWest deadlock in the Berlin talks, completing the triology of major foreign policy Kremlin
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    • 298 6 Thousands flee from China the hard way Melbourne Herald The total number of ''freedom swimmers" from China who have detected on their ex- hausted arrival on Hong Kong beaches since the beginning of the year has now passed 800. It Is reliably estimated that only
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  • THE LOCAL COMMENT
    • 999 7  -  Pang Cheng Lian discusses the birth and death of a once highly organised group Pang Cheng Lian The University of Singapore So c i alist Club was quietly and unceremoniously struck off the Register of Societies last week after nearly 20 years of colourful, and sometimes,
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    • The Voice of the Press
      • 245 7 What other newspapers are saying: Since May 2 our management and all the employees who are responsible for the news and comment, have found themselves in an organisation subjected to discrimination, suspicion and disbelief. The difficulties of a Chinese newspaper, which is under suspicion in carrying out
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      • 109 7 The $14,350-mil lion second five-year plan which begins this year is a mammoth development plan that is expected to create a united, just and Progressive society. The success of the plan will depend on the earnestness of both the Government and tne people in implementing it. Where the
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      • 127 7 President Podgoroy has signed an agreement with President Sadat Soviet military "JPod for the next 15 years. Poagorny's hurried visit to Coiro reflects Russia's anxiety to maintain 'rlendiy wiattons with Egypt and her desire to claim hegemony over the Mediterranean. Having understood this, it is not
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      • 158 7 Premier Tun Abdul Razak the other day announced the budget for Malaysia's second five-year development plan. A sum of $14,350 million has been allocated, $4,000 million more than the first five-year plan. The main aim of the second five-year plan is to provide opportunities for a better life
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      • 209 7 The opposition New Democratic Party won nearly 90 seats in the 204-seat National Assembly in the South Korean general election. With this development, an era of confrontation between two major parties has dawned on the political world of that country. The opposition demonstrated a strong showing in the
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    • 1082 7  -  Abby Tan takes a look at our cemetery lands Abby Tan A funny thing happened on the way to eternal bliss Our revered dead have been aroused from their sleep and told to make way for the living at such a rate never witnessed
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    • 650 7  -  The big question on the minds of UMNO members From John Hoffman The process of easing back Malaysian stormy-petrel Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad into UMNO the party which is now implementing many of his ideas —has begun. Dr. Mahathir, the medical practitioner, ideologue, author and ex-parliamen-tarian, who
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  • 463 8 As the negotiations for the reversion of Okinawa reach their final stage, the Japanese Government seems resigned to accepting compromises which it knows are bound to be unpalatable to domestic public opinion. These relate to the presence of nuclear weapons in Okinawa, the continued American
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 157 8 Banking circles in town are smiling over the newspaper blurb of one of their conterie which is putting up a new tall tower at one corner of Raffles Place. The concept itself is a good one, and there Is little doubt that, when completed, the structure will
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    • 131 8 Anthony Polsky, whose request for extension of professional visit pass has been refused by the Government, represents quite a number of publications in various foreign countries, including the US, and I suppose that we can expect some reaction from their editors. Meanwhile one or two other foreign
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  • 838 8  -  ROBERT ELEGANT Many funny things have happened to the People's Repubic of China on the 22-year-long road to greatpower status through effective internal government and industrial strength. Most extraordinary were the Great Leap Forward of 1958-1960 and the Great
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  • Letters
    • 233 8  -  R. RAMALINGAM There has been a tendency for the mass media to often describe the slightest shifts in events of International importance as "breakthroughs" of some kind. This leads to an unbalanced perspective and does gross Injustice to the readership. Thus Robert Elegant's article on China in
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    • 149 8  -  COLIN GARRATT At last! Someone has come forward with some new ideas for Singapore's water problem. Mr. Gerard Murphy is reported in your paper (June 1) to have suggested that we catch rain-water water at some of the offshore sea. This is what has already been
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    • 87 8  -  LEE AI GEK I like very much what Gerald de Cruz wrote for his column on Tuesday. I think he is a marvellous story teller a sort of fablist who waves a tale round a philosophy. He has clarified some confusion and doubts I experienced as
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    • 125 8  -  T.H. LIM It's getting more frequent that motorists involved in minor accidents leave their cars in the middle of the road while they argue interminably over whose fault it was. A traffic jam results. The funny part about it is that other motorists seem to
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    • 347 8  -  PATRIC LEE In yesterday's editorial you have suggested that it may not be "wise" for India to push Pakistan to the wall. In this respect, you appear to be somewhat critical of India's plan to bring international pressure on Yahya Khan, if necessary even by persuading
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    • 195 8  -  J.M. KENG The complaint that 'mul-tiple-entrant' made In the May 31 issue of the New Nation is not an Elated case. It is perhaps typical of our government bureaucracy. The government official is generally dead scared of taking any action that is not dictated to him
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 2775 9 INTERVIEW A South-East Asian elder statesman speaks out on the issues of the region and the world The end of the Vietnam war may he in sight China may .soon be in i ni e d Nations...There are new doubts about regional co-operation and new anxieties about
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  • 257 9 Representatives of 19 Asian countries are in Singapore for the third regional conference of education ministers and economic planners. Today New Nation talks with U Maung Maung, the leader of the Burmese delegation. U Maung Maung,-be-lieves that there is a need for a closer cooperation among
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  • 574 9  -  ...AND IT'S A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GUN From Bryce Nelson Los Angeles Times "The 40-mm bore of this weapon alone has got to scare people to death," said Robert Brokaw, as he pointed his new stun-gun towards a group of interested policemen. "The psychological impact
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  • SHOPPING
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  • WOMAN
    • 578 11  -  Trend-setters find it exciting By Elizabeth Choo Les hotpants are getting hotter at Singapore's nightspots, beaches and at private parties. But then it's only the trend-setters, the girls in the fashion trade and allied fields who dare to show a good pair of legs in the best
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    • 438 11  -  Party marks opening of Foo& Fortnight here mrnn DOING THE ROUNDS WITH GRACIA TAY-CHEE Cocktails at the home of the Danish Charge d'Affaires Mr. L e i f D on d e marked the opening of the Danish Food Fortnight by the Danish Agricultural Marketing
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    • 669 11  -  JLoeml girl toils at hate she brake the ice in Iceland ELIZABETH CHOO Teng Gee the Singapore born wife of an Icelandic schoolteacher has been able to use the ancient art of mime' to bridge the gap of distance and t language. As director of the
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    • 542 11  -  Singapore seems to be of the few countries i where pedestrians have right of way By Anne-Marie Nalpon Everybody's doing it. Nurses, national servicemen, civil service workers, "responsible" adults and children. Arid what is this very popular occupation? Jay-walking of course. There seems to be a huge conspiracy
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    • 661 11 Regular cheeks ean help combat cancer of breast and trownb 1 So Doctors ouide /GOOD> \healthJ 1 V/ ■BMI The concept of preventative medicines is very much to the fore these days which is why I am writing my article this week on the "Well Woman." Two
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    • 174 12 Allied Chem 30% Alcoa 68% Am Cui 38% Am Motors AT A T as A A P 18% Antnmli WV4 A TOO Pd Beth Steel 22% Boeing 24% Gaterp Trac 81 Chrysler 30% Coca-Cola 101 Control Data Corn G1 Wka Dow Chem 37% DuPont 142 E Kodak Fed
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    • 269 12 United Press International New York, Thursday Stocks advanced smartly in stepped-up trading on the stock exchange yesterday. Among the factors helping bolster the market were a stronger bond market, less concern about the recent rise in Interest rates, continued long-term optimism about the economy,
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    • 325 12 Reuter London, Thursday The market closed after initial uncertainty in very quiet trading. The national steel strike made for some restraint but some token support was seen towards the close in selective Issues. The rise of £43 million In the UK official reserves had no
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    • 254 12 Sydney, Thursday.—The chairman of Queensland Mines Limited, Mr. Roy Hudson, yesterday reaffirmed the grades and tonnages of what is claimed to be the richest deposit of uranium in the world. Mr. Hudson told the annual meeting of shareholders that the tonnage indicated on September
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    • 139 12  -  EMILY NG Malaysia Tile Manufacturing Company has decided to stop production of mosaic tiles mrf concentrate on doubling Its output of wall tiles. A company spokesman said that its production of mosaic tiles was an unprofitable venture as competition had brought prices lower than cost. The market for
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    • 1135 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1970-1971 1 wk. 4 wk*. Closing Price last Dirid P/E TurnHigh Low •go ago Stock Bayers Seller* sale Yield Ratio Over INDUSTRIALS 4.50 2.26 2.37 2.42 Allied Chocolate 2.36 2.38 2.37 5.2N 15.0 3 1.90 0.84£ 1.41
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    • 236 12 United Press International Britain and. Commonwealth sugar producing countries agreed at a conference yesterday to take a joint position on the question of Commonwealth sugar if Britain enters the European Common Market, conference sources said. Ministers from Britain and the 14 Commonwealth countries set
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    • 91 12 LONDON, Thurs—British beyland's pre-tax profits in the six months ending March 27 rose to £9.5 million against £l.l million for the same period last year, the company announced yesterday. Leyland's, the only major wholly British-owned car firm in the country, said sales in the comparable periods went
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  • 554 12  -  Either you get caught up or you walk out cm™* By DAWN GOH IT'S YOUR THING is a one-and-a-half hour festival of soul music by an all-Negro cast at the Yankee Stadium in New York. As Its title suggests, If you like this sort of music, then,
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  • SPORT 1
    • 512 13  -  CAMERA ON SCHOOLS WORDS: PETER KOH The rugby teams from Raffles Institution need no Introduction to sportsmen In the Republic. Together with their archrivals from Saint Andrew's, they have been dominating the rugby scene in Singapore for more than a decade. "It has been the traditional game of
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    • 866 14  -  From Raymond Kerrison in New York Just on two years ago, the hottest fad in American horse racing was girl jockeys. Aroused by a barrage of publicity, crowds flocked to the tracks from California to Florida to see pony-tailed girls don siiks and
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    • 59 14 Adelaide, Thursday. Noel Mifflin, a 30-year-old Adelaide Jockey who died in a sauna bath here in April, had grossly diseased heart arteries, a doctor told a coroner's inquest here yesterday. Dr. Ross James told the court: "Sauna baths in general are not harmful and for most people
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    • 26 14 Madrid, Thursday. Australia whipped Spain 53-32 in a friendly woman's international basketball match here yesterday. Half time score was 26-19 in the visitors favour.
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    • 25 14 Moscow, Thursday. The Soviet Union beat Holland 4-0 in the European section one (sub-group two) of the Olympic Football qualifying competition here yesterday.
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    • 313 14  -  By Sonny Yap The Singapore Amateur Cycling Association will employ the most scientific and sophisticated training methods to mould youthful material into world prospects. Inche Sha'ari Tadln,. the S resident, said this yesteray, when he outlined his long term policy to produce cyclists of international stature
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    • 248 14  -  By Sonny Yap A total of 34 teams will take part in the national schools' 15-a--side rugger tournament, starting on June 28. This figure, the same as that registered last year is a far cry from the record total of 77 teams which took part in
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    • 56 14 Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday British Lions prop Sean Lynch had 14 stitches in a mouth wound and Maori flanker Val Baker suffered a broken arm in yesterday's Rugby Union match here. The match, won 23-12 by the Lions, was studded with dangerous tackles and punches were
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    • 334 15 From Blue Peter in Ipoh Katong Ocean did a splendid gallop on a good track here this morning. 1 After going once round the track at the steady .pace, Katong Ocean steadily clapped on the pace to run the last 3f in 373/5. Katong Ocean,
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    • 30 15 National League PltUburg StLonls 0 Houston 7 Atlanta 6 American League New York 6 Boston 1 Washington 6 California 5 Minnesota 3 Detroit 1 Milwaukee 5 Cleveland 3
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    • 1866 15 For full details of the weekend's racing at Ipoh get tomorrow's free lift-out in New Nation SATURDAY CLASS 2 DIV 2 6F ($B5OO $5950 TO WINNER) ***** SOUTHERN PRANCE (Southern) Daniels 5 9.00 ***** DOLLAR SEEKER 8 (Shu) Mansor 7 900 1 ***** QALVANTOR a (Pointer)
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    • 389 15 Reuter New York, Thursday Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), former world heavyweight boxing champion signed today to fight Jimmy Ellis, his former sparring partner, in a 12-round bout at the Houston Astrodome, Texas, on July 26. The official announcement of the fight, which had been
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    • 188 15 Reuter London, Thursday A J a x Amsterdam, playing fast, attacking football, swept to a 2-0 victory over Paxathinaikos of Athens with a goal in each half of the European soccer Cup final at Wembley stadium here last night. Watched by a 90,000
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    • 225 15 Reuter Paris, Thursday Unseeded Frank Froehling of the United States eliminated fellow American Arthur Ashe, the second seed, in the quarter-finals of the men's singles at the French international tennis championships here yesterday. Froehling, who returned to tennis only last J.uly after a five-year
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    • 479 15 Reuter London, Thursday England and Pakistan begin their three-test cricket series at Edgbaston here today with the Pakistanis given only an outside chance of success. It would be a major upset If the touring team won any of the matches although in batsman Amjid Khan
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    • 116 15 Sydney, Thursday.—Ken Rosewall, 36-year-old Australian tennis star, will leave for England tomorrow to try to capture the one title that has eluded him—the Wimbledon men's singles. This could be Rosewall's last Wimbledon appearance. The popular little Australian runner-up for the title last year and was also a beaten
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    • 346 14 OFFICE SPACE WANTED DESPERATELY REQUIRED obout 1,500 sq. ft. modem office space In city centre or Orchard Road, with/without fixtures. Telephone: ***** Singapore. V POSITION VACANT REQUIRED 2 Male Apprentice, able to ride bicycle, Cantonese speaking with good knowledge of Singapore districts. Salary—s6o/-, shift duties. Personal application at 20, Upper
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 157 14 DR. KILDARE THE FUTURE OF THE RETARPEP ANN BOWERS IS ABOUT TO BE. DECIPEP.... yOU WERE PROTECTING /ME AGAINST ANN FRANK... WEIL... lilml m A a t v>. i :>JS r I DOH'T WAM7 TO BE PROTECTEP.' THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT OR POORER... FOR BETTER OR WORSE i
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    • 326 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Chores. 5 Spanish port of Columbus sailing. 10 Young dogs. 14 Jannlngs of Lubltsch films. 15 European country. 16 What Wynken, Blynken, and Nod tailed Into: 2 words. 17 Pope's letter to the clergy. 19 Sea bird. 20 Jumble. 21 Confederate. 22 Site of spring
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 414 15 aes •Cat slog title) lilts NEW NATION THURSDAY MONEYWORDS 'O* Cit Nt Hi vitl attar cmims. Pestiag iastractiees appear Nln. Hum (Mr./Hr»./Hi»). Mints 4 CLUES lift] |«aaClt llN| MtH CLUES FOR O—4 1. Nautical measure. 4. Capitol of Portugal. 2. An acciMtd man may ••T*- 5. In a vary wot
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  • Back Page THURSDAY
    • 150 16 Bob Hare nas a rabbit problem. Mr. Hare is the superintendent of the famous Hyde Park in the centre of London. And rabbits are getting at his flower bees. That may seem inconsequential to a foreign visitor, but this happens to be a royal
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    • 167 16 What with Common Markets and things likely to occur shortly, it has been decided in high places that the French chaps should hurry up and learn all about cricket. To help the French accustom themselves to Le Cricket, there has been a fine
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    • 116 16 AH FOOK: I read that the new committee appointed to study film censorship considers that Chinese sword fighting films are sometimes too bloodthirsty. I am glad. It's time someone did something about it. It's horrible to see hundreds of people killed in these sword fighting epics. MEI LIN:
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    • 281 16 Half a dozen "bomba" (sex) movie actresses one of them attired in a see-through blouse and hot pants strolled through downtown Manila yesterday carrying brooms, shovels and rakes to dramatise the city's garbage cleanup campaign. Little garbage was collected but it was a big
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    • 531 16  -  Farmers cash in while going is good By Wee Beng Huat You may not be able to take your pet crocodile to a dinner party, but you certainly can carry him around with you dead as your handbag. And farmers in Singapore are fast cashing
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    • 42 16 Here's teenager with a variety of interests! Seventeen-year-old Sylvia Joseph likes pop songs, bowling, hockey, swimming and hot pants. She's got her dislikes, too like putting on old clothes and gossiping over the phone. Picture by Steven Lee.
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    • 236 16 Chart topping discs by British pop artists' are being used by a doctor to rid young patients of nervous disorders. "God save the Queen," he says, Is also helping to re-* store the health of some older people with paralysed limbs. The music
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    • 354 16 5 Singapore 6.00 Opening and Dr. Who 6.10 News in Brief 6.35 Our Police Band 7.00 International Sports 7.15 What Others Say (C) 7.40 News (C) 7.50 Our Music Makers (E) 8.05 It's a Man's World 9.00 News (E) 9.10 Rado Show 10.00 The Expert 10.50 Sonata No. 1 11.20
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    • 279 16 Trust your lucky IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Bom today, you are definitely a man—or woman—of action. You make your decisions quickly and then waste no time setting upon the course of action dictated. Not one to spend time In reconskLer&tioos, you have perfect confidence th the lightness of your decision
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