New Nation, 4 June 1971

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    17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, June 4, 1971 No. *llB Price 15 cents SHMAfOM FRIDAY, JUNE 4
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    172 1 Selective first line issues continued to advance in active trading on the Stock Market this morning. Haw Far featured with business passing from $1.72 to $1.74 to $1.68 to $1.70 on a turnover of 300,000 units of which one third was recorded on a time bargain basis.
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    OUR ROADS
    20 1 Police reported a total of 55 traffic a c c i dent yesterday. Six of them were serious.
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    Boat tragedy: 15 drowned
    58 1 LATE HEWS New Delhi, Friday At least 15 people were drowned when a boat with more than 60 passengers on board capsized in the River Yamuna, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Reports here said the death toll might eventually be higher and rescue operations were continuing. Four
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    Tycoons flee Republic
    553 1 But anti-tax evasion men grab millions from their businesses Three prominent millionaires have fled Singapore to escape the dragnet of the Income Tax Department's crack anti-tax evasion unit. The three tycoons are reported to have slipped out some months ago when they discovered that the Investigators were
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    Lock icon Hanoi calls off exchange of prisoners
    217 1 New Nation Foreign Service From William Robinson Paris, Friday North Vietnam has called off the repatriation of 13 -sick and wounded prisoners of war from South Vietnam. A US Navy ship was steaming towards the rendezvous point to make the handover when a North
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    Lock icon Plight of Pak refugees worst in man's history
    287 1 —U Thant as deaths soar New Nation Foreign Service New York, Friday The United Nations Secretary General U Thant yesterday called the problem and plight of Pakistan refugees in India "unprecedented in human history." He said he had done everything in his
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  • Article
    Cow plunges into church
    127 1 Caracas, Friday.—When a cow fell through the church roof during mass, some of the congregation was sure it was a sign from heaven. The cow plunged Into the church while a priest was reading from the biblethen got to its feet and limped away. Describing the
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    375 MSA staff opt to stay in Singapore
    567 1  -  Majority of them are Malaysian citizens By Bosco Gomez About 375 Malaysian citizens, the majority of whom having been employed by MSA here for several years, have opted to stay in Singapore and continue to work for the airline after the split.
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    Possible rise in price warning by Shell
    179 1 Petrol Escalating costs outside the control of the petroleum industry could well lead to an increase of prices for petroleum products in the near future. This warning note was delivered to shareholders of the Shell Refining Company of Malaysia by its Chairman, Mr.
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    Use down by 5mil gallons to a record low
    178 1 Water The fluctuating water consumption registered a drop of five million gallons to 94.3 million gallons yesterday, the lowest since the drought hit the Republic, about three months ago. This figure is still 4.3 million gallons above the tar--Bet figure given
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    24th body
    31 1 Los Angeles, Friday Another body was taken from a grave in Yuba City yesterday, bringing to 24 the number found by authorities since they began digging late last month.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Women make debut in pyramid act
    268 2 10,000 watch extravaganza Maintaining their balance with the rest of the 12-man pyramid are two members of the Women Mobile Squad taking part in the Motor Cycle Gymkhana. One of them sat on the petrol tank while the other stood astride at the rear
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    $33 m suits dismissed
    70 2 Cleveland, Friday.—Suits totaling $3B million filed by parents of three Kent State University students who were shot dead by National Guard troops last year have oeen dismissed by a federal court. The court ruled Governor James Rhodes had acted in "good faith" when he ordered the
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    Clearance given for Review distribution
    148 2 In connection with the delay in releasing the latest issue Of the Far Eastern Economic Review, the Minister of Culture issued the following statement: "A report in an afternoon newspaper that the Far Eastern Economic Review has not been given clearance for sale in Singapore
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    Taib on the new 'trade frontiers'
    186 2 Kuala Lumpur, Friday The "new frontier" for Malaysian industries should be the markets of Asia and the MiddleEast, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Inche Taib Mahmud said yesterday. He was speaking at the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM) seminar on "Setting policies
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    Kampong plan to boost tourism
    224 2 Lumut, Friday A model kampong of 150 houses is to be constructed in Telok Rubia, with a view to boosting tourism in Perak. This was stated by Mentrl Besar Da to Haji Kamaruddin today when he led a party of 25 including State Executive Council
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    St John's
    27 2 The Jurong Town subcentre of the St John Ambulance Association will hold Its annual meeting at Block 20, Corporation Drive on Wednesday at 0 pm.
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    Goods for Indons 'not smuggled'
    566 2  -  Shippers follow the law By Douglas Chan, Wee Beng Huat There is hardly any smuggling of goods Into Indonesia from Singapore In the eyes of government authorities here. For what Is considered as smuggling by the Indonesian authorities, does not necessarily mean that the goods
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    Nanas plant plan for Sarawak
    355 2 Ong discloses many other projects Kuching, Friday The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is prepared to approve the setting up of a pineapple factory in Sarawak if the project has the blessings of the State Government. Minister of Technology. Research and Xocal Government, Dato Ong
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    Trap-water tank plan
    235 2 Singapore may adopt a method Currently used in Australia to trap rain water. New Nation understands this could possibly be one of the systems being studied for implementation by the Health Minister, Mr. Chua Si an Chin, after his announcement of a feasibility survey to get every
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    Laser beam memory
    40 2 Tokyo, Friday —The Hitachi Electronic Company claims it has developed a laser beam memory device capable of storing the same amount of information contained in one volume of Encyclopedia Britannlca on the equivalent of two postage stamps.
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    AEB course
    20 2 The Adult Education Board will hold a course on Indonesian dishes beginning on June 12 at 3 pm.
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    Traffic chief warns taxi men
    153 2 Ipoh, Friday Money-making taxi drivers who think of speed rather than the safety of their passengers are responsible for road accidents and some* times the deaths that follow. This Is the view of the Perak traffic chief, Deputy Supt. Mohamed Noor bin Khamls, who warned
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    Sudanese in Peking
    51 2 Tokyo, Friday A Sudanese government delegation arrived In Peking by train yesterday and was welcomed by thousands of revolutionary people in the capital. a New China news agency report monitored in Tokyo said today. The delegation is headed by Mr. Mamoun Yahia Manna war, Minister of Animal
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      154 2 Weather Temperatures in cities yesterday: Kuala Lumpur Hong Kong Taipeh Manila' Jakarta Seoul Tokyo Bangkok Naha Paris London Moscow New York San Francisco world Melbourne Canberra Perth Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. —fair. The weather for the 24 hours to 8 a.m. today:Max. temp.—B2.6. Min.
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    Australia bank to set up office
    196 3 Singapore's image as a major exchange and finance centre will be further enhanced when one of Australia's main trading banks sets up a representative office here later this month. The representative of the National Bank of Australasia Ltd., Mr. Peter Beeston, will arrive here
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    Lucky Toto numbers
    36 3 The numbers drawn at yesterday's Toto draw No. 43/71 were 46, 24, 33, 25 and 12. The additional number was 9. In the circled draw, the numbers picked were 4U 21, and 49.
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    Fire talk
    22 3 The Central Fire Brigade will give a safety demonstration and talk at Changkat Changi Secondary School at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
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    Fire-shocked trader collapses in street
    343 3  -  Morning blaze guts office with $50,000 goods loss By Wee Beng Huat The owner of an import and export firm, Mr. Seah Cheok Seng, 56, collapsed into the arms of a policeman today, the moment he saw the ruins of his gutted office at Middle
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    Spelling out projects with priority
    198 3 Kuala Lumpur, Friday Priority is to be given to the development of agricultural and animal husbandry projects under the Second Malaysia Plan in Selangor Mentri Besar Dato Harun Idris said yesterday. Speaking to reporters at his office after the State EXCO meeting, Dato Harun gave
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    Poly dinner
    25 3 The Singapore Polytechnic Academic Staff Association will hold its annual dinner at the Summer Palace Restaurant in King's Hotel at 7.45 p.m. tomorrow
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    YMCA course
    25 3 The Chinese YMCA's Learning for Living Department is conducting a 15-session course on conversational Japanese for beginners from June 28 at 6.30 p.m.
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    Owners of shotguns are getting fewer each year
    315 3 There are now about only 3000 shotguns left in the Republic and the number is getting fewer by about 100 each year. Many of the guns have either being sold or surrendered to the police because the owners have no more use
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    SAS party
    32 3 A cocktail reception .will be held at the Viking Room of the Goodwood Hotel today at 7 pm to honour visiting SAS top personnel and travel agents enroute to Australia.
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    'Fatal' if aims of ASEAN reversed
    324 3 The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Inche Rahim Ishak, today warned that any reverse trend" in the objectives of ASEAN would only give encouragement to those who would like to see the situation in this region changed. These "quarters", would also like to
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    Perak FPA hits out at talk of takeover
    390 3 Ipoh, Friday The takeover threat of the voluntary Perak Family Planning Association by the Governmentsponsored National Family Planning Board is seen as "going against the spirit of community involvement in welfare services." Dato (Dr.) Haji Megat Khas, president of the Perak FPA
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    Growth of adult study in Republic
    183 3 The scope of adult education in the Republic had expanded rapidly since 1960, said the chairman of the Adult Education Board, Dr. Tai Chen Hwa. At the UNESCO education conference now going on, Dr. Tai yesterday said that illiteracy was. not a serious problem
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    Professor to open police display
    141 3 Professor Yeoh Ghlm Seng, Speaker and MP for Joo Chiat. will open the Police Week Exhibition at the Joo Chiat Community Centre at 8 p.m. tonight. Simultaneously, at 8 tonight the Police Week Exhibition to be held at the Serangoon Garden Sports Club will be
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      64 3 Famous Ylurano V I'MNMVniT from lialv f m m <y v7*JU '<* 9. Exquisite, hand-made Venetian Fancy Glassware from Murano, Italy. In delightful, striking shapes, designs and colours. They consist of ashtrays, fruit howls and vases. This collection also includes fine, decorative, gold tinted wine and champagne glasses. A collection
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      132 3 At the cinema Lido: Girls of Shame 1.45, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 pm. Capitol: One More Train to Rob 1.45, 4, 6.30 and 9.30 pm. Rex: Love Styles XY Z (Mand,) 1.45, 4, 6.30 and 9.30 pm. Roxy: Love Styles X Y Z (Mand.) 1.45, 4.15, 7 and 9.30 pm.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Saigon force halved in 5-day fight'
      361 4 Total losses put at 1000 men United Press International Saigon, Friday A South Vietnamese task force is reported to have lost nearly 1000 men killed, wounded or missing half its strength in a five-day battle with Comniunlst forces in Cambodia. Military sources said today
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      Lock icon Pot-shots from copter claim
      184 4 New Nation Foreign Service Saigon, Friday Brigadier General John W. Donaldson, charged with the slaying of six South Vietnamese civilians, is alleged to have fired at the victims with a rifle while flying in his command helicopter, sources in the US 23rd infarftry division said today.
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      Lock icon Ajax soccer team in plane crash
      179 4 United Press International London, Friday A chartered DC3 airliner carrying supporters of the Dutch A] ax soccer team back to the Netherlands crashed at Southend airport yesterday. Only two of the 31 passengers and three crew were injured,, a police spokesman said. The plane
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      US Army to burn 3000 tons of poison gas
      169 4 Washington, Friday The U.S. army said yesterday it has received Department of Defence approval of plans to burn more than 3000 tons of obsolete mustard gas at the Rocky Mount arsenal in Denver. It said it expects to start the incineration
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      Lock icon Thai PM for Malaysia
      47 4 United Press International Bangkok, Friday. The Thai Prime Minister, Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, will make an official visit to Malaysia this month. Officies said the Prime Minister had accepted the invitation from the Malaysian government for a three-day visit beginning on June 14.
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      Lock icon At the opening session
      412 4 Blasts in Lisbon but NATO meeting goes on United Press International Lisbon, Friday A well organised bomb plot yesterday isolated Lisbon, leaving it without international communications for several hours and marred the opening day of a North Atlantic Treaty foreign ministers conference. At least four bombs
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      Lock icon Park's Cabinet gets a shakeup
      126 4 New Nation Foreign Service Seoul, Friday South Korean President Park Chung-Hee has appointed a new Cabinet with his close associate Kim JongPil as premier in a sweeping shakeup of his administration. President Park replaced former Premier Paik TuChin and eight Cabinet ministers while retaining 10
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      Lock icon Good response to plea for Herald—IPI
      192 4 Reuter Zurich, Friday The International Press Institute had had a "good response" from members to its appeal tor funds to help the Singapore Herald, the institutes director, Mr. Ernest Meyer, said yesterday. He could not state the amount* given or pledged until the institute's
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      Lock icon Golkar fears in election
      381 4 Govt-backed party talks of defeat United Press International Jakarta, Friday For the first time since it was established two years ago, a spokesman of the governmentsponsored Golkar Party has expressed the fear of its possible defeat in the coming July elections. Home Minister Lt. Gen. Amir
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      £84,000 for a violin
      104 4 London, Friday A 1721 violin, rated by exports as the world's second-finest Stradivari us, sold for a record £84,000, at an auction yesterday. The price was nearly four times the previous record sale price for a violin. William Hill and Sons, violin makers and dealers of
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      Lock icon Bouquet for Indonesia
      224 4 United Press International Jakarta, Friday The independent Jakarta newspaper Indonesia Raya said in an editorial yesterday that the United States Congress decision to extend military aid to Indonesia was "not disengaged from the US withdrawal plan in Vietnam." "Mr. Nixon sees that the only country in South-East
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      Airport ban on kite flying
      92 4 Jakarta, Friday.—Jakarta governor All Sadikin has banned the flying of kites in and around Kemajoran airport because they pose a danger to aircraft flight. The ban was made upon the request of the Kemajoran airport authority after noting that many people including children were flying
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      Lock icon C'wealth sugar group accepts EEC offer
      268 4 United Press International London, Friday The 14 sugar-produc-ing* countries and regional groupings of the British Commonwealth yesterday conditionally accepted the European Common Market's offer of associate membership the community. The acceptance was announced in a communique at the end of two days of talks
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      Lock icon Indian plan to produce anti- ICBMs
      244 5 Indian plan to produce antiICBMs United Press International New Delhi, Friday The Minister of State for Defence Production, Mr. Vidya Char an Shukla, said yesterday that government "is paying attention to the production of anti-ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles)." Mr. Shukla, who was responding to a call attention motion in the
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      Lock icon Spirit behind Middle East war
      377 5 Reuter Cairo, Friday Egypt's former war minister and other disgraced politicians now in prison sought guidance from the spirits for running the affairs of the nation, it was reported yesterday. General Mohamed Fawzy and Interior Minister Sharawy Gomaa clustered with others found a table for
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      Lock icon Record military budget
      631 5 Egypt announces 11 per cent increase in defence spending Reuter Cairo, Friday Egypt today announced a record military budget of '£6 so million Egyptian (about £650 million sterling) an increase of about 11 per cent on last year. Treasury Minister, Mr. Abdel-Aziz Mohammed Hegazl announced the figure
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      Lock icon China wooing US in bid to split Reds -Soviet paper
      298 5 United Press International Moscow, Friday Communist China is flirting with the United States to avert a confrontation with rival socialist countries, a magazine review of a Soviet monograph on Chinese foreign policy said yesterday. The weekly magazine New Times reviewed
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      Lock icon Peking call against imperialism
      125 5 United Press International Tokyo, Friday Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-tung yesterday received a Romanian Communist Party delegation and told its members to "overthrow imperialism and all reactionaries." The official New China News Agency said Mao met the Romanians with the words: "Greetings to you comrades.
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  • WORLD COMMENT
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      A campaign for votes that combines politics with fanfare
      1255 6  -  JACKIE SAM, on an election tour of Indonesia, finds that though complaints of army "excesses" are justified, most of them arise from Sekber Golkar's new style, high pressure campaigning. JACKIE SAM Unusually keen interest has been given by the Press here
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      Lock icon What's behind Russia's space shots?
      483 6 The Doomsday theorists see the start of a system to knock out satellites that guide America's subs Washington Post Recent Soviet space shots indicate continued progress toward a system for inspecting and possibly destroying American satellites in wartime. The United States—over the opposition of air
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      Fragile Asean may be facing a Manila-launched torpedo
      1078 6 What price regional co-operation through Asean with the continuing Filipino claim to Sabah and suspicions aroused by the fivepower defence arrangement, asks Anthony Haas. The Association of South East Asian Nations, a four-year-old five nation cooperative, could be the loser in Internal
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      57 6 Wooinci Wayward Tourists Tourism in the Pacific r e9 io ";f J^ 9 though a bU the Repub.ic on Smneraries. How do we get them here? Contents in this issue include: Training school move? to new premises m Ane of the small car family Alirc J and Singapore-friend# end newhbnnr.
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  • THE LOCAL COMMENT
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      Critics call club a 'PAP stooge'
      819 7 New Nation' writer PANG CHENG LIAN yesterday traced the stormy history of the University of Singapore Socialist Club which closed recently. Today she discusses the university's remaining Democratic Socialist Club and the way it may be heading. The official closure of the University of
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      A hotel tycoon who still is on the go at 70
      1131 7 And he plans to add 100 links to his hotel chain by 1984 The story of how a young Indian began his career in the hotel business as an obscure cashier and climbed the rungs of life to emerge
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    • The Voice of the Press
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        Berita Harian
        143 7 Reports from Indonesia about developments in connection with the coming general elections to be held in J.uly are quite disturbing. There have been frequent reports of accusations and denials and it is difficult to find proof of the authenticity of these reports. The latest disturbing report is about
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        Sin Chew Jit Poh
        258 7 The Indonesian general elections are unique in the following respects: One: The formation of an election body nakes Golkar which hais the full support of the Indonesian Government. Golkar is fielding 539 candidates to contest the 360 seats. Two: Golkar does not Identify itself as a
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        Nanyang Siang Pau
        411 7 In view of the unfavourable balance in her external trade as well as the inflation in the country, the US dollar should have been devalued long ago and other countries should not have to make sacrifices so as to enable the dollar to survive the monetary crisis
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      5 7 What other papers are saying
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      155 7 GIVES YOU THREE ROUTES TO ROMEEVERYWEEK t AWlaWa rrnnnrri 11 We have added one more flight a week to the two we had out of Singapore to Rome. Making it three flights weekly. Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evening. Our new flight on Tuesdays leaves at 5.15 p.m. And it
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  • Article
    Reconciling tolerance and criticism
    558 8 The case of Anthony Polsky once again highlights the dilemma faced by Singapore as a small and exposed Republic nursing the conflicting ambitions of becoming an even more important communications and economic centre and yet also a nation. Singapore attracts numerous foreigners for short or long
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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      Pulau Ubin water plan
      67 8 An American civil engineer suggested on Tuesday that the Southern Islands be used to form catchment areas by the building of retaining walls. But it seems an even more ambitious plan to Increase the water supply is being considered. And that is to Join the two
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      Singapore admirer
      51 8 One or two Hong Kong journalists, who hare been in town recently, have expressed amazement over the allegations of the NTUC •ecretary-general, Mr. Devan Naur, that there an many sources in Bong Bong which an anti-Singapore. They say this is entirety untrue and that Hong Kcmg 5" been
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    Ceausescu, honest broker to China for a big Nixon breakthrough
    603 8  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR Rumanlan President Nikolai Ceausescu's current visit to Asian Communist countries, which will take him from Peking to Pyongyang and Hanoi is no routine exercise in the retailing of goodwill. That much is certain from the way world capitals
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  • Letters
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      Laughable demands
      163 8  -  COLIN DE SOUZA The things that some of our neighbours demand from Singapore are simply laughable. Now General Sunarso, Indonesia's Ambassador to Singapore, is complaining that Singapore's cooperation in the fight against the smuggling of goods into Indonesia is almost zero I I wonder how Indonesia expects Singapore
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      Well said, Mr. Wilson!
      223 8  -  FRANK BOLSOVER I hope Dick Wilson is right, and that foreign investment into Singapore is not threatened by the recent actions of the Government. I have heard of some cases of prospective investors recently deciding not to go forward with their plans, but this may be
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      Phone levy protest
      143 8  -  K. ANBHAS May I register my protest against,any imposition of a 10 cents levy for every telephone call? The Singapore Telephone Board has so far existed without the extra charge and has even more than covered its expenses and all its expansion plans. Let us not forget,
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      Call for Pak League poll
      131 8  -  TAJUDDIN Singapore, 15. On March 23 your newspaper carried a report on the appeal of Mr. Mujahld to the Registrar of Societies to convene the annual general meeting of the Singapore Pakistan League, which the management had failed to do since 1968. Nothing, however, has
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    • Article
      Judging on figures...
      271 8  -  T.K. CHONG It Is quite amazing to read of 50 million illiterates in Asia as reported in New Nation May 31. But surely we cannot cast Judgement on Asian educational effort on the basis of absolute figures only. If the educational systems have spread literacy among three
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      A religious 'fanatic'
      198 8  -  PAUL ELISHA Your Tuesday columnist Gerald de Cruz, appears to be more of a religious fanatic than a journalist. I have observed that his columns are very often filled with things concerning Roman Catholicism rather than news of current affairs. It is not necessary to bring religion
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      Backing for Mei Lin
      305 8  -  CHOO AI LIN I tend to agree with Mel Lin's point of view in your "Talking Point" column yesterday. Nobody, I think, really takes the bloody scenes in the sword-flghting Chinese films seriously. How can you, when the blood is so obviously tomato ketchup or make-up
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      Mr. Tan is secretary
      95 8  -  YEO YEK SENG Hon. Gen. Secretary Chinese Society Singapore 10. In your report headed Varsity Bid to Boost Chinese Culture and Literature (New Nation, May 31), it was stated that the secretary of the Chinese Society is Mr. Tan See Hock, I wish to inform you
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      102 8 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore 9 Sole Agents: hair creme protects and conditions the hair giving it a slick lustre as well as keeping ft in place. TAI WAH TRADING CO., 114 KUHftey Rood Singapore Tel: *****1 *****3 r/L X&>ff li 7. MACMKMON ROAD,
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    Thailand's Pote speaks out
    1500 9 INTERVIEW WILSON: One specific thing that is of great interest to Singapore in particular is this project for a oil pipeline across the Kra Isthmus. Is it a project which you think is reasonably feasible? Some people seem to feel that the political and geographical difficulties
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  • Article
    Israel's My Lai
    901 9  -  The 1956 Kfar Kasim massacre attracted little notice because retribution was swift From Robert Toth Israel had a My Lai In 1956, and the trials that followed It not those of the American My Lai represented the first time an unvanquished democracy prosecuted and convicted its own
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    Turning out skills
    628 9  -  By Sunny Wee Compulsory primary and secondary education coupled with the giftedness of Japanese in technology is the key to Japan's success in turning out the skilled workers that has put its industries into the forefront. This is the view of Mr. Isao Amagl, 55, Japan's Permanent
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  • SHOPPING
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      THE CASE FOR TEST KITS....
      500 10 TEST KITS If you have difficulty curbing i corrosion or want to find out the deficiency of your garden soil, then get yourself some test kits ■T1HE dealer showed f me two bottles from a test kit that had been filled with water for many
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      109 10 Record Rack Speaker Grills. let trmy SOLE AGENTT FOR: VH F BRAND T.V. ANTENNA F.M. ANTENNA, INDOOR ANTENNA, ICE-TRAYS, RECORD RACKS, LOUDSPEAKERS GRILLS. NEW A. C. RADIO TV CO. 378 VICTORIA STREET, S'PORE 7. TEL: *****. BRANCH: No. 28 Blk. 53, Tiong Bohru Rood. Tel: *****0. i J (TW©-ta»-ONE) ONLY
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      50 10 GOU! GOLF! GULF! W WE STOCK A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF GOLF EQUIPMENTS. OUR PRICES ARE VERY MOOERATE. f COURTEOUS SERVICE. mk NO PARKING PROBLEM. WE ACCEPT TRADE-IN FOR OPENMG HOURS 9a.m. to m MW-WEST (PTE) LTD., I r~ I 4'HAT TOWKRS, [MI 541, ORCHARD RD., SINGAPORE. (mMiml MMrotti) M ZZ2
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      55 10 YOUR SHIRT IS YOUR IMAGEBE SURE IT'S THE BEST TAILOR Tel: *****5 FOR SHIRTS THAT MAKE YOUR IMAGE YOUR NEEDS IN COSMETICS PERFUMES IS BEST SERVED AT YEW HENG CO That's because we stock a very wide range of well-known international brands from all over the world. Visit 98, Hill
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      284 10 AUTOMATIC RADIO makes stereo i| for any cars you have ft «4 t6e MgaSßrnk /MMtfiu SET m(mcLuome msmunuDa: ~gjN fw] SPEEDWELL MOTOR ACCESSORIES PTE. LTD. No. 155, Kompongknotoad, 5ingap0re9,U1:*****,*****7 Courteous Prompt Service Guaranteed > PUT THE WORLD AT VOITIt REACH THROUGH US. Write or Call Us PRESIDENT TRAVEL SERVICE Ist
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      60 10 Imm Departmital Store i 10 Orchord Road, S'pore 9 Tel. *****. "1"J it.. 38L.-3L -r* -kmv*--'-Model *D* e rTK i d r t A c or. ov oble Model A or 8 is suitable demonstration purposes by a te« £L.2i? d#l D suitable for stuu< groups. What these kits do
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    Deep purple sorcery...
    31 11 Deep purple crepe sorcery in a niaxi by Irene at the Hilton. And the touch of sophistication to this elegant outfit is that lilac overblouse trimmed with ruffles.
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    Food with touch of two races
    397 11  -  EATING OUT WITH WENDY HUTTON The only restaurant in Singapore serving Nonya food perhaps, is the Kolek, in Shento Way. One of the results of the intermingling in the Straits Settlements of early Chinese migrants and Malays has been the evolution of a distinctive
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    Hold your tongue!
    786 11  -  A. call to Victorian Singapore WOMAN By Anne-Marie Nalpon Don't look now, but we are living in the Victorian age. Yes, twentieth century Singaporeans exhibit quite a few of the characteristics that tend to be associated with the Victorian era. Take a look at simple, everyday relationships
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    Catch 'em unawares if you want a good 'candid' shot
    473 11 Candid photography is simply capturing expressions and actions of people in the truest form and it is best done when the subjects are caught unawares. Picture on jubilance and happiness can be taken in many forms. Take the case of
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      36 11 41, River Valley Road Singapore-6. Tel: ***** The colourful Console box for all your car accessories Adds life, Style and Comfort to your car. Jn Stag Aiti Sipply C«., 511, Gey long Road, Singapore. Telephone *****6.
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      50 11 AM/fM AUTO RADII Model AR-3110 X SPECIALIST IN INSTALLATION OF ALL KINDS CAR RADIOS AND CAR STEREOS. FULL AFTER-SALES-SERVICE FACILITIES AVAILABLE. ENG TAT RADIO ELECTRICAL CO. No. 40 MAXWELL ROAD, SINGAPORE 2, Tel. *****3, *****. GIFT PROBLEMS? Check our Shopping Page for Shopping ideas and the latest bargains in town.
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      160 11 fr T A feature for camera enthusiasts conducted by WANG SU FAH. Watch for it every Friday! Camera Corner's weekly photographic contest. Below are the rules of the competition. It's open to all with cash prizes. Rules 1. The Contest Is open to all Singapore photographers. 2. Minimum size is
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      Lock icon US: Fourth day of price advances
      302 12 United Press International New York, Friday The stock market chalked up its fourth successive advance yesterday, reflecting an easing of concern about rising interest rates and indications that consumer spending is on the upswing. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler all reported higher automobile sales
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      Lock icon UK: Better sentiment boosts market
      379 12 Reuter London, Friday The market closed firm in light trading. The Wall Street uptrend, hopes of a settlement in the steel strike and British petroleum's first quarter figures aided sentiment. At 1445 the Financial Times index rose 4.3 to 382.2. Oils featured in active two-way
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      China yes to Toyota team
      97 12 TOKYO, Fri. Communist China has agreed to receive a mission of upper level executives of the Toyota Motor sales company in July, a Toyota spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said the main purpose was "to cement friendly ties with China." Toyota, which sells its pro-
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      WALL ST.
      241 12 Allied Chem 321 Alcoa 661 Am Brand* 44 Am Can 361 AT T 44| A ft P 181 Anaconda 21| Avon Pd Beth Steel 22 Rn#>lng 241 Caterp Trac 02 Chrysler 301 Coca-Cola 101| v Control Data 681 i Corn G1 Wks 2561 t Dow Chem 99 DuPont
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      'Deteriorating economy'
      143 12 LONDON, Fri.—An Independent economic research organisation has said Britain's economic situation was deteriorating and called for immediate measures of reflation A review published by the National Institute for Economic and Social Research specifically suggested the easing of hire purchase (Instalment buyintr) controls. Its argument is that this produces
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      Daily share analysis
      1136 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1970-1971 1 wk. 4 wk*. Closing Price last Dhrid P/E TarnHigh Low •«o •CO Stoek Buyers Sellers ■ale Yield Ratio Over INDUSTRIALS .50 .90 2.26 2.35 2.41 Allied Chocolate 2.44 2.46 2.46 5.1N 17.7 19 0.841 1.37
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      Toy firm has big expansion plan this year
      354 12  -  LESLIE TAN One of five major toy manufacturers in Singapore, Blue Box Toy Factory, expects a 50 per cent increase in turnover this year. The company reported a $1.5 million turnover for 1970. The factory which employs 260 people, has a monthly
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    Teaching: Asia cries for reforms
    849 12  -  'Away with outmoded methods, wrong approaches' EDUCATION By PATRICK de SOUZA "lnnovation" is the magic word in education reforms in Asia today. This implies changes and experimentation In teaching and learning. Any changes In the structure and technology of the education system, any alterations of
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      133 12 £B5 MILLION JUMP FOR B.P SHARES AFTER BIG RISE IN EARNINGS Losing weight is not enough It is how you maintain and improve it' after you have lost it. We have the answer. The Y.M.C.A. Health Club has the facilities and equipment to help you lose it as well as
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      115 12 SECOND EXPANSION PHASE FOR LOCAL TOY FIRM Apartment* not lm than 1480 sq. ft. Penthouses: 2970 sq.ft.opprox. 3 bla badrec— with 2 attached bathrooms 1 showen room. Louise bodroom floor in porfMt the tort mosaic. Built-in cupboards kitchen cabinets. 4 high-epeed reliable lifts. Spociou* car parkira at ground floor. Maricety
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      473 14 r PHONE *****8 ACCOMMODATION VACANT TWO-STOREYED DETACHED HOUSE, Holland Rood, available from July. 11,000 sq.ft. 4 bedrooms/bathrooms, study, nurserv. 2 lounges, dining room, *5 airconditioners. Furnished/unfurnished. Principals only. Telephone: (Singapore) ***** office hours. *****2 after 6.30 p.m. 87S-E, SEMBAWANG ROAD, 13*6 m.s., 2-storey semi-detached house. Fully furnished, 3 bedrooms, servant's
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      366 14 FOR SALE SWISH CURTAIN RAIL with nylon fitting, cording set, smooth silent action, no pelmet needed. Merchandise and Produce Limited, 5 George Lee Chambers, Singapore. *****/*****. YORK the most reliable airconditioner for silent and cool comfort Applied Airconditioning Co., 215 Clemenceau Avenue, S'pore *****4, *****. CLEARING BELOW COST, brand new
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      43 14 ENTER NEW NATION/DOROTHY GRAY 'Young and Lovely' Quest Fill in Km coupon below and submit it to: 'Young fc Lovely' Quest NEW NATION Locked Bog 15, G.P.0., Singapore. I wisb to participate in The New Nation/Dorotby Gray Young and Lovely' Quest .Occupation: Signad
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      114 14 DR. KILDARE J GIVE ME A CHANCE. TO 8E ANN'S MOTHER, PREP. IF I FAIL... OR IP yoU FEEL THAT SHE'P BE BETTER OFF AT A SPECIAL SCHOOL T/ V -..1 WON'T FI6HTIT. r i /r A AV V. N s V RIP KIRBY by Ken Bald WHAT 00 you
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      274 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Outer 6 The moon, for one. 15 Straightened. 16 Small vehicle. 17 Rosters. 18 Figuratively lost vital force: 3 words. 19 Prophet of Tekoa. 20 Sables. 21 The "T" in DST. 22 Ethiopia's capital,—Ababa. 23 Epistolary afterthoughts. 26 Patriotic monogram. 27 Krupp's town. 28 Home
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      419 15 •Cat iIM( icttei lues NEW NATION FRIDAY MONEYWORDS 'O' I Cat, Mt Mi |K Witt Pastiaf iutrtetiiit t (Mr./Mrs./MiuJ. LETTERS •CM alM| Mltl« liics CLUES FOR O—s 1. American coin. 4. Moy have to withstand 2. Professing to know lot much pressure of water, about wine, you should 5. Watching
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      Shirts that say 'I'm out for action'
      149 16 The man who rolls up his shirt sleeves is projecting the same sex message as the woman who wears a plunging neckline. This, at least, was the view of a survey out yesterday by a shirt-making firm, Wenslow Shirts. It claimed that the
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      Woman's age is not her privilege
      146 16 Blonde beautician Mrs. Sheila Read thought it was fair enough when the policeman booked her for a parking offence. But when he asked her for her age, it was too much. "Over 21," was all she would say. So yesterday she appeared in court
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      When death means footing a big big bill
      549 16  -  $lOOO for a place to 'rest' By ABBY TAN Death is a pretty expensive business these days. With inflation hitting every living soul, disposing of a corpse can be a pocketOurning affair. y It is no wonder we hear of more and
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      TALKING POINT
      92 16 AH FOOK: The art of self-defence is catching on in all stratas of our society and even seems to be reaching the under-12. I wonder how safe it is to allow this, knowing what children are. To put an art, which could be dangerous at will, in the
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      Prankster with a yen for the Beatles
      93 16 The villagers were almost driven bats by a prankster who put beatles in the belfry of their church. He crept in:o the church at Franche, Worcesttrshire, about 2.30 a.m. and put a Beatles LP on the belfry turntable instead of the bell-ringing record.
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      No guarantee for L-drivers
      298 16 Like most other things in Singapore, the cost of learning to drive a car is also rising. During the past, a learner driver could depend on the 'guarantee' course. But now if you don't know the brake from the clutch and are going to take more
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      AMY IS OUT TO CONQUER
      74 16 Singapore girls just' don't do it, sayslovely Amy See. It? "Cycle," says Amy. "When I was in Penang I loved riding a bicycle around but the girls don't seem to go for it here." Twenty-year-old Amy likes being on the move. So far she's made
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      61 16 T^oPi^uHu THEATRE-RESTAURANT N TFCI 1 IONS TEL *****3 ii I i presents SPECfa 0 S i CANDY Electrifying Sensation ft To see is to feel Dancer with the mostest x mF V -=a f The Cossacks. Traditional Ruanan entertainment. Excitingly rbythmatic. Fast-moving. Spactacular. \< Ok i L.tuoh with CESAR a
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      339 16 5 Singapore 6.00 Opening and Lucky Dip. 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Children's Corner (C) 7.05 Sports Parade 7.40 News (C) 7.55 Chinese Variety Show 9.00 News and Newsreel (E) 9.25 Green Acres 9.55 Our Police Band (Repeat) 10.20 World Premier Feature 11.50 Close 8 Singapore 6.00 Opening and Buccaneers
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      128 16 SHORT RIBS I CHIEF. SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN APPED tO THE WEST/ J i 11 I I 2W Mi (2 ///>, SNIFFY By Frank O'Neal WWAT IS IT 3 B r{;\ i m* Vl S3 by George Fett DAPNi IT/ I KEEP FORGETTIJO<£ f W am **y 1 4» *'2
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      327 16 Trust your lucky IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you possess great dignity—and this is true whether your activities carry you into the outside world or keep you confined within the bosom of your own family and close circle of friends. You actually seem not to know how to let
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      Signal can achieve hattrick in the 6f sprint tomorrow
      901 17 By BLUE PETER Signal has hit a bright patch and despite being promoted he should score his third successive win in the Class 2 Division 2 6f handicap at Ipoh tomorrow. This Orgoglio four-year-old found his right form at Penang last
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      SELECTIONS FOR TOMORROW
      121 17 Race 1 SCRUTINEER ALTAR ROY Gambalan BLUE PETER MONNICKENDAM Gambalan EPSOM JEEP MONNICKENDAM Altar Boy MAKUDA MONNICKENDAM Altar Boy MARKSMAN GELANGGI Race 2 T. HAPPINESS Hawaii HAWAII C|air De Lone C. DE LUNE Hawaii HAWAII Playotone PEPEGO Hawaii Race S SIGNAL Glno SIGNAL Grenadier SIGNAL Noble Jones
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      SATURDAY'S CARD
      8322 18 2.15 cias« 2 Div. 4—6f. .WBSSmM ($8500—***** to winner) ***** fiAMUIAN 111 (Saltan if Patau) Ua S 1.1 (F) Millar I FOURTHi (Nine started) 80-3-71 Ipoh 9-0 S'iF str. (Miller) CI. 2 Dlv. 4; let. Whernald* 8-12 carr. 8-3: 2nd. Mosmickendam 8-5; 3rd. Supporter 8-10. 'a-'a-'a. 1-03 4/9.
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      SELECTIONS
      148 21 1 fu J ij, y l*| A 4 BLUE PETER EP80M JEEP MAKUDA Raee 1 HOLE IN ONE Precious Lotus P. LOTUS Oleg Caasm HUANG HO Precious Lotus P. LOTUS Huang Ho YTZE KIANG Hole In One Race 2 G. LARMONIC PRIME RATE PRIME RATE HIGH RULER Hifh Ruler
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      SUNDAY'S CARD
      8477 21 Friday, June 4, 1971 —rnrnm—m 2.15 Class 2 Div. 2—9f. (sBso0 —$5950 to winner) 1 ***** OLE 6 CASSINI a (Seatbera) Daniels 8 9.8 Snbiai 1 SEVENTH: (Nine started) 9-5-71 S'pore 8-7 carr. 8-4,9F (Samry) CI. 2 Div 1- Ist. High Ruler 8-7; 2nd. Prime Rate 8-4; 4rd.
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      157 19 Shane and Other Stories A Peacock Book by Jack Schaefer When Jack Schaefer wrote Shane, he created the most attractive and satisfying hero ever to appear in a Western adventure. For Shane, the mysterious stranger in black, as seen through the eyes of a hero-worshipping boy, is strong, gentle, dangerous
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      49 21 representative only $2 a day! Yes, only $2 for a minimum size classified advertisement in NEW NATION, Singapore's evening paper. *2oc a word puts advertising in the reach of every trader, every line. i W ft* <7 )V wt A 111 I 'lt I CLASSIFIEDS Phone *****8 NEW NATION
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