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Title Section17 1971-06-16 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, June 16, 1971 No. 128 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1617 words
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Article100 1971-06-16 1 Share prices were generally steady on the stock market this morning. At the end of 45 minutes trad-, lng the total turnover was" estimated at 200,000 units. Haw Par was the hot feature, the share transacted from $1.25 to $1.29 to $1.26 to $1.34 against yesterday's close100 words
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Article16 1971-06-16 1 Police reported a total of 61 accidents yesterday. Five were serious and one fatal.16 words
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Article65 1971-06-16 1 LATE NEWS Two construction workers were killed today at their worksites by falling objefcts. Seventeen-year-old Malaysian citizen Salikan bin Othman died on arrival at Thomson Road Hospital after a brick landed/ on his head at 10.30 a.m. in Toa Payoh. At about the same time, an unidentified,65 words
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600 1971-06-16 1 Thfcjs the price list of essential commodities compiled by the Singapore Consumers'. Association (with increases found after June 5 in brackets): Cookingftfl: One kati of Knife brand $1 (20 cents), four katis of Knlft brand $3.60 (60 cents), eight katis of600 words
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Article425 1971-06-16 1 Senior executives of the Chung Khiaw Bank have made another appeal to the chairman, Dato Aw Cheng Chye, not to sell controlling interest to any outside party. The manager, Dr. Yap Pheng Geek, told New Nation: 'The staff and shareholders beg Dato Aw not425 words
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302 1971-06-16 1 Sunny Wee - Emergency price control ordinance may be invoked against traders if they don't heed warnings By Sunny Wee The government may invoke the provisions of the Price Control Ordinance only implemented in national emergencies—if shopkeepers continue to defy the call to revert back to selling302 words
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140 1971-06-16 1 A private investigator and an unidentified man were found murdered in two separate incidents yesterday. Wong Tee Pok, 28, a private investigator was found sprawled 10 feet from his hired car at Jalan Ulu Seletar with stab wounds on his body and scalp,140 words
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Article28 1971-06-16 1 Melbourne, Wednesday.— A tanker headed for Japan and Identified as the 11,234 ton West German Stolt Fritzen exploded in Port Phillip Bay off Melbourne today.28 words
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Article, Illustration484 1971-06-16 1 Judge grants govt order Reuter New York, Wednesday A Federal Court Judge has granted a government request to restrain the New York Times from publishing information dealing with America's Vietnam policy. Judge Murray Gurfein. hearing the government request in a New York Federal Court,Reuter - 484 words
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Article105 1971-06-16 1 Panama City, Wednesday. A 13-year-old boy has been rescued in the Caribbean after spending about 40 aays adrift in a small fishing boat, a West German ship reported yesterday. The freighter Eibe Olaendorff radioed that it picked up Jason White some 260 miles west of105 words
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Article51 1971-06-16 1 Las Vegas, Wednesday When the light on the control panel of the big DC-8 airliner blinked to Indicate an engine was on fire, the Delta Airlines flight to Dallas with 102 passengers returned under emergency conditions to McCarran airport. The engine was fine. It was the light which51 words
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524 1971-06-16 2 Malaysians, Singaporeans affected Reuter "Auckland, Wednesday An action committee ;has been set up to try *to help 350 students Affected by the abrupt closure of the Premier Coaching College here. u The main aim of the .committee, which includes of Malay-sia-Singapore, Thai,Reuter - 524 words
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127 1971-06-16 2 A contest to select Singapore's most beautiful girl to take part in this year's Miss Universe contest will be held at King's Hotel Summer Palace restaurant on Saturday at 9.30 p.m. Ten entries have so far been received by the hotel, which is sponsoring127 words
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Article28 1971-06-16 2 London, Wednesday Sabah's Chief Minister, Tun Datu Mustapha, was the host at a reception last night attended by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tengku Abdul Rahman.28 words
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Article246 1971-06-16 2 A veterinary centre here run by the British Army Veterinary Corps will close down next month in line with the British services' withdrawal programme. Gone also will be the little extra service provided by the centre's officers to treat pets of children and dependants of246 words
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Article29 1971-06-16 2 The Hague, WednesdayHolland and Malaysia yesterday signed an economic 00-operation agreement which puts the seal on the bilateral economic talks held In Kuala Lumpur late* last year.29 words
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255 1971-06-16 2 Local educationists are non committal about the creation of an international university under United Nations sponsorship. Dr. Tai Chen Hwa, chairman of both the Adult Education Board and the UNESCO Education Commission in the Republic, said today: "The Idea was vaguely mentioned by255 words
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Article27 1971-06-16 2 Bangkok, Wednesday.— United States officials have Slimed an aid mewement giving Thailand UBS2U million as well as arms and equipment for its police lores.27 words
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Article, Illustration98 1971-06-16 2 With a ceremonial stroke of the changkol Mr. Ernest K. Ambhul, the president of the Rotary Club of Singapore, opened work on the extension to the Rose Villa Marymount Home in Thomson Road. The two-storey extension is expected to cost $ll,OOO. Construction work will start on98 words
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171 1971-06-16 2 A 10-lecture course on from sex to cancer begins at the University of Singapore at 7.30 tonight. The course to be conducted by Dr. Gwee Ah Leng in the New Lecture Theatre No. 3 is open to the public. Further details are obtainable171 words
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260 1971-06-16 2 A new $150,000 hospital will be built in Toa Payoh soon. Work on the hospital, which is a project of the Chinese Physicians' Association will begin at the end of the year. Hie Ministry for National Development has already approved the project and negotiations260 words
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349 1971-06-16 2 Though the piranha ban is now in force thousands of enthus i a st s, especially schoolboys, are still keeping them in their homes. Reason: They know that it is almost Impossible for the Primary rroauction Department' to carry out a house-to-house349 words
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Article83 1971-06-16 2 Water consumption continued to rise, reaching a figure of 99 million gallons yesterday. This figure is an increase of 800,000 gallons over Monday's figure and nine million gallons above the target figure of 90 million gallons to defer water rationing. The Public Utilities Board said water83 words
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Article64 1971-06-16 2 Bangkok, Wednesday. Thailand's National Security Council and Council of Ministers yesterday agreed to a surprise one-year extension of Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn's post a* Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Marshal Thanom, now in Kuala Lumpur on a threeday official visit, will be 60 next September. He64 words
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Article25 1971-06-16 2 Edinburgh, Wednesday A Volkswagen car, with a propeller attached to the engine, is to go in search of the legendary Loch Ness monster.25 words
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Miscellaneous158 1971-06-16 2 L Weather Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Naha 90-77. Taipei 94-78. Kuala Lumpur 90-72. Jakarta 93-79. Manila 81-78. Hong Kong 89-80. Seoul 81-68. Tokyo 79-66. Bangkok 91-77. London 63-45. Moscow 61-55. New York 75.59. Ran Francisco 73-52. Sydney 57-49.' Melbourne 54-48. Perth 68-49. Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1 p.m.158 words
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Article509 1971-06-16 3 Bosco Gomez - A survey by NTUC shows the possibility of pay cuts and higher provident fund rate By Bosco Gomez The National Trades Union Congress has intervened in the dispute between the Public Utilities Board and its 8000 employees over the acceptance of the new consolidated pay scales.509 words
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Article268 1971-06-16 3 Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday The PMIP is to be overhauled an exercise which will also result in the change of the party's name... The party's 17th congress which begins on Friday at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka will consider the new name. Parti Islam, to268 words
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185 1971-06-16 3 A trishaw pageant and a car rally will be the highlights of the five -week freshmen orientation programme organised by the University of Singapore Students' Union. The trishaw pageant aims to show undergraduates the value of tourism to Singapore. It will be held185 words
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Article, Illustration256 1971-06-16 3 "Nine? It's incredible," said housewife Che Marhamah binte Ahmad when she heard the news that an Australian woman Mrs. Geraldine Brodrick had given birth to nonaplets. The news had special significance to 48-year-old Che Marhamah. For it brought back memories of that December day 14 years256 words
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Article387 1971-06-16 3 Profiteers will be punished Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday Unscrupulous importers, wholesalers, suppliers or retailers will be "pulled up" if they are found exploiting the public. This warning was given here yesterday by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, following reports of price increases in a large number387 words
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Article84 1971-06-16 3 The Singapore International Secondary School will be officially opened on September 13. The principal of the SISS, Mr. Meurig Wynn Owen, who arrived here last month, said this today. The school, which will take over St. John's School in Dover Road, already has its84 words
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Article31 1971-06-16 3 Perth, Wednesday. A motorist drove over a hesslan bag thinking it was empty then found to his horror it contained a two-year-old boy, the police said yesterday.,31 words
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226 1971-06-16 3 Two Singapore Arnv ed Forces officers wis leave Singapore today for a three-month ranger course in the United States. Lieutenants Ho Qim Thiam and Randall Quah from the SAF Commando Unit will join two of their colleagues who left earlier this month for the226 words
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Advertisement241 1971-06-16 3 WIN < I •Nv 0 pritmn I I I I The big hunt is on for the best cook in the territory. Man, woman or child. To qualify to enter you only need to be a Shellane user. And all you have to do to enter is send us your241 words
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Miscellaneous103 1971-06-16 3 At the cinema Lido: The Jade-Faced Assassin (Mandarin) —1.45. 4, 6.30, 9.15 p.m. Capitol: Cold Sweat 1.45. 4, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. Rex: Pehchan (Hindi) 2.30, 6, 9 p.m. Sky: The Unknown Man (Mandarin) —1.45, 4, 6.30. 9.15 p.m. Roxy: The Unknown Man (Mandarin) —1.45, 4.15, 7, 9.30 p.m. State: Vengeance103 words
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THE WORLD
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405 1971-06-16 4 Call for release made United Press International Beirut, Wednesday The Palestinian guerrillas who shot up an Israel-bound oil tanker in the Red Sea last Friday have been detained by North Yemeni authorities, the PoEular Front for the iberation of Palestine said yesterday. A spokesmanUnited Press International - 405 words
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Article44 1971-06-16 4 Washington, Wednesday. President Nixon and his wife have heard from their newlywed daughter Tricia. "She's happy as a clam," Mrs. Nixon's press secretary said. Tricia and her husband Eaward Cox telephoned the White House from their secret honeymoon hideway on Sunday.44 words
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Article112 1971-06-16 4 Reuter Bangkok, Wednesday Thailand's national security council will meet soon to discuss demonstrations in Kuala Lumpur against the current visit of Thai Premier, Mr. Thanom Kittikachorn. General Prasert Ruchirawong, national police chief and Health Minister, said yesterday ministers and officials were actively considering the situation.Reuter - 112 words
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Article309 1971-06-16 4 Clash as OAU meeting opens United Press International Addis Ababa, Wednesday Dissension erupted at the African foreign ministers conference yesterday, minutes after Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie opened it with a Ftrong plea for harmony in the badly divided organisation of African Unity (OAU). Speakers who followed the EmperorUnited Press International - 309 words
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Article, Illustration230 1971-06-16 4 SHIRI MULGAOKAR - SHIRI MULGAOKAR The "dialogue with Pretoria" has not in practice gone very far, but it has already become a live enough issue to threaten the disruption of the Organisation of African Unity. From the vehement manner in which Mr. Usher of the IvOry Coast defended230 words
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Article405 1971-06-16 4 'lllness' —so long-time party leader absent at big congress Reuter East Berlin, Wednesday The East German Communist Party's eighth congress opened yesterday without Mr. Walter Ulbricht, the undisputed leader of the party for more than two decades until his sudden retirement last month. The 77-year-oid Head of StateReuter - 405 words
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281 1971-06-16 4 New Nation Foreign Service Washington, Wednesday The US Secretary of State, Mr. Williapi Rogers, yesterday appealed to the Senate to ratify the agreement returning Okinawa to Japan without linking the pact to US-Japan-ese problems over textiles and other trade matters. He told aNew Nation Foreign Service - 281 words
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Article25 1971-06-16 4 Melbourne, Wednesday.— A teller fought a gun battle with three masked robbers at a suburban bank yesterday before the bandits escaped with A 584,700.25 words
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125 1971-06-16 4 Reuter London, Wednesday A twin brother wants to have a sex-change operation and is to start treatment soon at a London hospital. The operation will depend on the result of the treatment on 17-year-old Malcolm Trussell. Malcolm, who wears girl's clothing, saidReuter - 125 words
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Article, Illustration46 1971-06-16 4 Soviet Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev (centre) applauds with East German leaders at the Communist Party Congress in East Berlin. On- the right is Erich Honecker, party secretary, and on the left Willi Stoph, Prime Minister and chairman of East Germany's Council of Minister.46 words
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Article147 1971-06-16 4 Reuter Buenos Aires, Wednesday A former Argentinian Cabinet minister and a journalist settled their differences In a pistol duel here early yesterday but both proved to be bad shots and emerged unscathed. Retired army General Oscar Colombo, 49, who resigned 10 days ago as President AlejandroReuter - 147 words
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164 1971-06-16 4 Reuter Hong. Kong, Wednesday Chickens rolling in the dust and the thoughts of Chairman Mao have helped Chine s e meteorologists make better weather forecasts, according to the New China News Agency. The agency yesterday described the work •of a weather station in Kweichow Province,Reuter - 164 words
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Article78 1971-06-16 4 London, Wednesday A hurried meeting between union officials and management at Vauxhall Motor's styling and engineering centre in Luton has solved a dispute over nude pin-ups The firm ordered them from the walls, saying female employees might be embarrassed. Union officials said there was nothing pornographic about78 words
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312 1971-06-16 4 United Press International Washington, Wednesday Environmental control in Asia is likely to be given only minor budgetary support because Asian nations are more concerned with economic development, the president of an Asian technological institute said yesterday. "Economic considerations in daily life are still ofUnited Press International - 312 words
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246 1971-06-16 4 Reuter London, Wednesday A British airman's love letters to the wife of an alleged spy were read out in a Leeds court yesterday. Listening intently was 42-year-old Nicholas Prager, on trial accused of betraying British radar secrets to Czechoslovakia while serving InReuter - 246 words
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Article82 1971-06-16 4 Manila, Wednesday—Former Philippine President Carlos Garcia will be buried with full military honours at the National Heroes' Cemetery. Mr. Garcia, president from 1957 to 1961, died on Monday night of a heart attack. He was 74. His death came just three days after he emerged from82 words
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Article29 1971-06-16 4 Belgrade, Wednesday—Mr. Abdul Ghaffar bin Baba the Malaysian Minister for National and Rural Development, flew in here yesterday from Bulgaria on a* four-day visit to Yugoslavia.29 words
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Article, Illustration592 1971-06-16 5 Trip before UN meets in October New Nation Foreign Service Karachi, Wednesday Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai is expected to visit Pakistan sometime this year. The Daily News report, quoted reliable sources in Rawalpindi and said-jio date has yet been fixed, but Chou isNew Nation Foreign Service - 592 words
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Article, Illustration61 1971-06-16 5 Eye-catching in her hot pants, Sally Wilkins, was all set to attend the races at Britain's famous Ascot course. But She ran into trouble at the gate to the royal enclosure. A royal liveryman told her: ''You're not allowed in like that." A ban on hot pants61 words
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322 1971-06-16 5 Reuter Rome, Wednesday A dramatic swing to the extreme right in Italy's local elections, at the expense of the Christian Democrats, yesterday threatened to increase the divisions within the country's shaky coalition government. There was as yet little talk of a government crisis,Reuter - 322 words
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Article116 1971-06-16 5 London, Wednesday. Mrs. Trudi Lennard said 4 months of trouble with her expensive electric stove has been traced to a dead 4 mouse found in the elec- trical wiring. "This bloody mouse has nearly caused my husband and me to get a divorce," she116 words
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131 1971-06-16 5 Reuter Taipei, Wednesday Nationalist Chinese President Chiang KaiShek yesterday hit out at what he termed the prevailing international appeasement of Communism. Speaking at a meeting of the National Security Council here he said: "Only when we stick to our antiCommunist stand and strengthen ourReuter - 131 words
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Article19 1971-06-16 5 Taipeh. Wednesday—Taipeh international airport will open its new terminal building on July 1. a spokesman said yesterday.19 words
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Article388 1971-06-16 5 So walk, you spacemen, walk! United Press International Moscow, Wednesday The legs suffer most during prolonged weightlessness, Soviet space scientists say so walk, cosmonauts, walk. The Salyut orbital station has a "miniature stadium" so the three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts, aboard for the past nine days, can haveUnited Press International - 388 words
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Article197 1971-06-16 5 United Press International From A 1 Rossiter, Cape Kennedy, Wednesday While Russia's Salyut space laboratory orbits overhead, America's first space station is taking shape inside a huge rocket stage in California, and will be shipped to the Florida spaceport next year for final testing.United Press International - 197 words
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Article165 1971-06-16 5 Reuter Montevideo, Wednesday A reward of US$5O,OOO was offered here yesterday for information leading to the release of kidnapped British Ambassador Mr. Geoffrey Jackson and three Uruguayan nationals held by Tupamaros urban guerrillas. An Interior Ministry spokesman said the reward was put up by friends ofReuter - 165 words
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Article221 1971-06-16 5 Reuter Paris, Wednesday The French Defence Minister, Mr. Michel Debre, yesterday ruled out nuclear co-opera-tion between Britain and France, saying nuclear power was not a thing which could be shared. "Nobody ever envisaged sharing nuclear power," he said in an interview with Radio Luxembourg. Mr.Reuter - 221 words
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Article114 1971-06-16 5 Reuter Bony, Wednesday The pied piper may never have charmed either the rats or the., children of Hamelin town after all, accord- ing to folklore expert Hans Dobbertin. His researches showed an exodus from the ancient north German town on June 26, 1284, ofReuter - 114 words
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Article205 1971-06-16 5 United Press International Saigon, Wednesday Communist forces, withstanding massive American 852 bomb raids, launched a fourhour shelling bombardment on South Vietnamese marines moving to counter a Communist troop build-up near the demilitarised zone. Field reports yesterday said the Communists fired 200 mortar rounds Into two battalions ofUnited Press International - 205 words
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Advertisement44 1971-06-16 5 TOMORROW'S DRAW N0:47/71 FIRST GROUP CASH JACKPOT IT Will be held at Kreta Ayer People's Theatre Banda Hill at 7.45 p.m L. A TO WINNERS WITH 5 NUMBERS CORRECT THE OTHER GROUP PRIZES REMAIN THE SAME PLUS FREE ENTRY FOR 3 CIRCLES CORRECT S5OO/-44 words
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WORLD COMMENT
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Article, Illustration1591 1971-06-16 6 JACKIE SAM - Anti-Soekarno students now working for Sekber Golkar •-*•\if'-m JACKIE SAM A diplomat, newly arrived in Jakarta, asked at a cocktail party recently what had hapr pened to the student activists who turned out their fellow-stu-dents by the thousands between 19651,591 words
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Article, Illustration485 1971-06-16 6 Min Thu - General Ne Win is about to unfold his plan to hand power back to the people of Burma. From Min Thu Reuter The Burmese Socialist Programme Party holds its first congress meeting on June 28 after nine years of rule to begin putting power back intoReuter - 485 words
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Article, Illustration645 1971-06-16 6 Don Shannon, in Seoul, reports on Korea's new PM Los Angeles Times South Korea's new Prime -Minister, Mr. Kim Chong Pil, could qualify as the most resilient politician in the Far East. His appointment to the nation's second highest office marks the second return fromLos Angeles Times - 645 words
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Advertisement120 1971-06-16 6 OUR ONCE A YEAR 12th ANNIVERSARY RECORD BREAKING BARGAINS LADIES: I MEN'S: "Tropexe" Stretch Bell Bottoms "Trapeze" Stretch Shorts Printed Wetlook Blouses Long sleeves Pyjomo Suits May Fair Panty Tights Philippines StretchPanties $10.90 4.90 8.90 8.90 2.90 0.90 "Arrow" Sport Shirts $10.90 "Eve" Sport Shirts 4.90 "Van Heusen" Shirts $12.90120 words
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LOCAL COMMENT
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Article, Illustration680 1971-06-16 7 Mr. D. J. Enright, the controversial former Professor of English at the University of Singapore, recently wrote a letter to the London Times "in defence" of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew over our Press controversy. In this article, Pang Cheng Lian shows how the letter is more680 words
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Article, Illustration900 1971-06-16 7 The Malaysian Chinese Association has been doing a lot of soul-searching since the Chinese unity movement started a few months ago. Pakir Singh in Kuala Lumpur today tells what has happened to the movement and comments on the resurgence of confidence with the MCA The headquarters900 words
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Article983 1971-06-16 7 Geraldine Heng - A call for remedy for sake of tourism By Geraldine Heng Singapore highways today abound with an increasingly large number of vehicles. Every year, more and more cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles take to the road. But every year, unnoticed by many, one particular vehicle has been983 words
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The Voice of the Press
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Article317 1971-06-16 7 Since the 5 per cent increase in the price of petrol and diesel oil last weekend, there has been a widespread price increase of 5.10 per cent for other commodities in Singapore. While the various lines of trade can always give some reasons to defend their price317 words
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Article210 1971-06-16 7 Republic of Korea President Chung Hee Park, is beginning his third fouryear presidential term, dealt his "ace-in-the-hole" when he appointed his young nephew-in-law, Mr. Jong Pil Kim, as the new Premier. There has been no doubt of the eventual ascendancy of Mr. Kim's political fortunes, but it did210 words
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Article143 1971-06-16 7 Something of the same enthusiasm which inspired the world-wide move to help starving Biafrans last year is needed again—this time In Pakistan and India. The plight of thousands of people suffering from cholera not to mention he pitiable state of large numbers refugees fleeing from East143 words
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Article244 1971-06-16 7 On technical education, many people would suggest the total transplantation of all measures of the advanced western industrial countries. While the western education system has its own merits, the overall effect of education is such that if Asian countries try to adopt the western language(s) to acquire244 words
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Article527 1971-06-16 8 For some unknown reason the Singapore Telephone Board has refused to confirm or deny our earlier report that it Intends to impose a 10 cents charge on each telephone call after the first 100 calls per month from July. When a simple denial would527 words
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'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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Article151 1971-06-16 8 Women's Lib has raised its head at the trade fair at Kallang Park organised by the National Safety First Council. One of the stickers on sale at the stall run by the Community Welfare Committee of the Singapore University Students' Union, reads: "Trust in God, She'll151 words
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Article75 1971-06-16 8 Bengalis in Singapore will be observing the birth anniversary of their poet, Rabindranath Tagore, on Saturday. As usual, the celebration will bring East Bengalis and Indians (the people from West Bengal) together. They may perhaps sitig two of Tagore's most popular songs, jana Oana Mana which is the75 words
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Article, Illustration935 1971-06-16 8 DICK WILSON - DICK WILSON "Thailand is the barrier that prevents the danger from coming to Malaysia," said Tun Thanat Khoman. the Thai Foreign Minister, in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. And Malaysia is the barrier that prevents "the danger" from crossing the Causeway935 words
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Letters
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Article539 1971-06-16 8 WOO TCHI CHU; PANG CHENG LIAN - WOO TCHI CHU PANG CHENG LIAN The recent correspondence between the Democratic Socialist Club and Miss Pang Cheng Lian in your 'columns calls for some comment. I have the privilege of knowing Miss Pang personally, and she may indeed have been present in the539 words
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Article102 1971-06-16 8 VICTOR D. MANICKAM - VICTOR D. MANICKAM I live in Block 38, Toa Payor) where I own a flat. Between our block and the market at Lorong 6. behind Bxock 19, are two roads which have to be crossed by those patronising the market. There have been several accidents there102 words
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Article310 1971-06-16 8 ADRIAN DE SILVA - ADRIAN DE SILVA General Secretary, Singapore Teachers' Union. Singapore. I refer to Mr. Fong Chin Nam's letter headlined, Confusing the Issue (New Nation June 14). While we are not stepping into the fray whether dissent printed in the papers necessarily leads to anarchy, we wish to310 words
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Article177 1971-06-16 8 ROBERT LEE - ROBERT LEE On two recent occasions I travelled by the afternoon railcar from Seremban to Singapore with my family. I booked the tickets two days in advance in order that my family would be able to sit together, as my children are still small and177 words
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Advertisement130 1971-06-16 8 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. Snug Denture Cushions fit plates snugly without ffflt a* p owde forms a soft, resilient lining that dentures flr and comfortable. Cushions tender gums so you can bite harder and chew better. Snug Denture Cushions are so easy130 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Article, Illustration2749 1971-06-16 9 PART ONE The 45 countries that maintain missions by New Nation foreign staff Inside the world of politics, trade, culture and power IN an age when international relations and diplomacy have become almost synonymous. the extent and sometimes even the success of a country's ventures into the field2,749 words
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Article, Illustration1012 1971-06-16 10 Patrick de Souza - CAREERS By Patrick de Souza Taking care of people high up in the air has its own special thrill. Ask any good air hostess. There are the first-time flyers to reassure, the old to attend to, children, travelling alone1,012 words
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Article, Illustration393 1971-06-16 10 A group of sociology students from the University of Singapore were impressed by the strength of community feeling in Indonesia. The Indonesian students, the staff of the universities and the people in the larger community outside mixed freely with each other393 words
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Article, Illustration454 1971-06-16 10 Student's Forum takes you to Victoria School where Elizabeth Choo gets the views of four students. EDUCATION I believe that extracurricular activities are important to a student's development. But the way they are introduced in the schools is rather discouraging. Many of the454 words
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Advertisement127 1971-06-16 10 PENGUIN BOOKROOM 4 bo X M f V rr 1% ■*r "'.J, «T fP^I -ll as^P r^7 i ti. i t li." 7 to<H« The Penguin Book Room 23-B, Coleman Street, Widest Selection of Penguin Books in Singapore. The Penguin Book Room is the treasurehouse you must go to if127 words
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Article, Illustration954 1971-06-16 11 Yon reveal more in a mini than yon would in a 10-minnte conversation You might be excused for thinking that the secrets of your mind are safely locked away in some dark cranny of your skull, to be revealed only when you feel954 words
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834 1971-06-16 11 Trish Sheppard - A return to Hong Kong after six years and two children By Trish Sheppard I am having a honeymoon. a honeymoon in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is where we met and now six years and two children later we have come back. Back834 words
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317 1971-06-16 11 Singapore is so small, some people say; but they are not exactly right—people working in the same building and in the same street don't really know each other. Take the women executives and secretaries who work In Orchard Road or for that matter those in317 words
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Article, Illustration146 1971-06-16 11 Bikinis are meant for fun times. None of this sickly posing around a pool or paddling in the shallows at Changi Beach. But, for romping in the sun, going in head first, and swimming laps and laps. It's lots of bounding exercise that146 words
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Advertisement56 1971-06-16 11 GIFT PROBLEMS? CONSULT NEW NATION'S SHOPPING GUIDE "v V i w, i*K' v Sr* V* A wide selection of products and shopping ideas are featured every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in our Shopping Guide to help you solve your gift problems. You need not trudge from store to store when56 words
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Article1102 1971-06-16 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1970-1971 High Low 1 wk. ftffO 4 wk*. ago Stock Closing Price Buyers Sellers last sale Divid P/E TurnYield Ratio Over INDUSTRIALS 4.50 1.90 2.98 2.24 4.92 1.66 2.87 2.63 1.73 3.74 3.38 4.46 6.05 1.52 6.001,102 words
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505 1971-06-16 12 JOB CLINIC by marc A senior Singapore personnel manager with long experience in an international firm mil discuss the important function of personnel management in a business organisation. Readers are invited to send in topics for discussion. If you are505 words
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Article53 1971-06-16 12 Five thous&ad pairs of Malaysian made shoes have been shipped out via containers In a Hapag-Llcyd ship bound to Germany. The shoes were specially by Malaysia shoe Manufacture". and represent the country's first large shipment abroad. They were ordered by Otto Versand, a prominent order departmental53 words
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471 1971-06-16 12 LESLIE TAN - LESLIE TAN A pioneer film-tex bag manufacturer, the Tai-wan-Singapore joint venture, Tancho Plastic Industrial, is expanding production to meet growing demand. The company which began two years ago with an initial capital of $500,000, raised the authorised capital to $2 million last year.471 words
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Article310 1971-06-16 12 United Press International New York, Wednesday The stock market turned lower in the final half hour of trading yesterday after a boost in the prime interest rate to 6 per cent from 5£ per cent by the Bank of California. The action by the westUnited Press International - 310 words
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Article156 1971-06-16 12 London, Wednesday Equities turned firmer on small support at the lower levels but trading was relatively quiet yesterday. The statement by the provisional liquidator to the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders that unsecured creditors may not be compensated had little Impact on the market. At 1445 the156 words
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265 1971-06-16 12 Repair work on a second major oil rig is now under way at Sembawang Shipyard. The rigs the Fuji, of 5,700 full load displacement tonnage. It was being operated in North Sumatra by Japan Petroleum Exploration Corporation (JAPEC). This huge jack-up oil rig,265 words
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Advertisement155 1971-06-16 12 MARKET WAIT-AND-SEE v OVER RATES RISE BY MAJOR U.S. BANKS L L 0 f i r C7S #T Ifl /II f compiled by Economic Development Board For the first time here is an authoritative reference on Singapore's manufacturing industry with complete information on manufacturers and their full range of products155 words
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Advertisement7 1971-06-16 12 RELATIVELY QUIET TRADING FOR EQUITIES IN LONDON7 words
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Article, Illustration477 1971-06-16 13 Peter Koh - CAMERA ON SCHOOLS Words: 4 Peter Koh June is always month of inactivity in most secondary schools. The majority of the students are down with examination fever and game practices have come to a halt. But judging from the activities yesterday, everything seems to be normal atPictures: Jerry Seh - 477 words
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Article367 1971-06-16 14 New Nation Foreign Service Johannesburg, Wednesday Australia's chances in the cricket series with South Africa next summer here takes a t boost with the startling announcement from Springbok vicecaptain, Eddie Barlow that he will not be available for tour. Barlow, rated among the world's best threeNew Nation Foreign Service - 367 words
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Article97 1971-06-16 14 London, WednesdayMike Procter, South African Test all-rounder, Is In line for a 250 sterling award as scorer of the fastest hundred during the current English cricket season. The award was announced yesterday by a firm which last year presented a trophy to the most meritorious Innings by97 words
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Article, Illustration274 1971-06-16 14 A Singapore company has converted a valuable property in Tanjong Rhu into a sports and social club for its employeers. Commander Christopher Dreyer, chairman of Vosper Thornycroft Pte. Ltd., who is in Singapore on a business visit, declared the sports club open at the weekend.274 words
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Article171 1971-06-16 14 Glasgow, Wednesday It was almost a "birdie" which golfer Martin Robertson got at the ninth hole when he was playing at Lossiemouth, Morayshire. But it wasn't quite. It was a jet fighter. Martin, an 18 hanaicapper, hit the ball at the same time a Royal Navy171 words
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Article25 1971-06-16 14 The draw for the Singapore Squash Racquets Association tournament tonight is SCC v SAFSA; Police v ANZUK; ANZUK v SCC; Tanglin v ANZUK.25 words
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Article463 1971-06-16 14 United Press International New York, Wednesday Established players are expected to dominate the U.S. Open golf tournament this week, but expert thinking got an argument from Masters champion Charles Coody. Coody,* his name still hardly a household word despite a thrilling stretcn victoryUnited Press International - 463 words
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Article409 1971-06-16 14 New Nation Foreign Service London, Wednesday. The transfer money merry-go-round broke down in Britain this week. Manchester City manager, Joe Mercer, threw a sane spanner into the works when he refused to pay the Enghsh-equivalent of A 5243,800 to buy Rods*? Marsh, 26, the Queen'sNew Nation Foreign Service - 409 words
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Article178 1971-06-16 14 United Press International Stockholm, Wednesday Britain's 5,000 metres runner Dave Bedford and Swedish high jumper Jan Dahlgren were outstanding athletes at the June track and field games last night. Bedford was out for Australian Ron Clarke's four-year-old World record in 13:16.6 minutes set at the sameUnited Press International - 178 words
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Article, Illustration1625 1971-06-16 15 JEFFREY LOW - 'SOCCER SHE WITH JEFFREY LOW By the end of next .month, the entire administrative machine 'of the Football Associa--7 tion of Singapore may ,be completely changed —for the sole sake of soccer's future in the -Republic. The present FAS council, headed by President Lenny1,625 words
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Article270 1971-06-16 15 London, Wednesday Oxford University and Pakistan only went through the motions of playing cricket here yesterday, when the rain at last relented. The University scored 120 for six, in just over the two hours 25 minutes it took the touring team to reach 131 for270 words
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Article345 1971-06-16 15 London, Wednesday Chris Buster" Mott- ram, 16-year-old British schoolboy, produced a brilliant performance to eliminate Czechoslovak ace Jan Kodes from the Rothmans London Open grass court tennis championships at the Queen's Club here yesterday. Kodes, who won the French championship earlier this month, slid to a345 words
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Article197 1971-06-16 15 f W©RLD i OF SPORT Reuter London, Wednesday Australian Rod Laver. biggest money winner on the tennis circuit, was yesterday named top seed for the men's singles in the Wimbledon championships which begin next Monday. Laver. winner of the title four times in 1961. 1962,Reuter - 197 words
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Article65 1971-06-16 15 Warsaw, Wednesday—Ryszard Jochym, 23, a goalkeeper of the First Division soccer team GKS Walbrzych was killed a friendly match against the local team Chojnowianka in Walbrzych last Sunday, the Polish news agency PAP reported yesterday. Jochym caught the ball in the 4tN minute of the game but one65 words
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Article332 1971-06-16 15 London, Wednesday It took more than the wind and the rain to put a damper today on Britain's ritziest race meeting. The horses and the clothes horses cut their usual fancy figure despite a downpour that transformed the racecourse into a sea of treacle. Australian332 words
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Article202 1971-06-16 15 National League W L PCT. GB Pittsburg 3R 24 .613 New York 33 24 .579 2% St. Louis 35 27 .565 3 Chicago 30 31 .492 7% Montreal 24 31 .436 10 Phillies 24 35 .407 12 San Fran. 40 24 .625 Los Ang. 34 28202 words
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Article57 1971-06-16 15 London, Wednesday. England fast bowler Ken Shuttleworth yesterday successfully came through a strenuous net trial and should be fit for the Second Test against Pakistan, beginning at Lord's tomorrow. Shuttleworth bowled flat out for 30 minutes and showed no recurrence of the back injury which put him57 words
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Advertisement354 1971-06-16 14 *****8 ANNOUNCEMENT SALON PHOENIX opens eve Thursday till 8 p.m. For facial, skin treatments, evening beauty culture/hairdressing courses' telephone Rosalie Hernon *****. ACCOMMODATION VACANT SEMI DETACHED FULLY FURNISHED 2-storey 4 bedrooms with ceiling fans, servant's room, district 16, Bedok. $3BO/- immediate occupation. 49,5665 after SELETAR HILLS ESTATE 3-bed-roomed flat, mosaic,354 words
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Advertisement366 1971-06-16 14 FOR GENTS ONLY HAIR FALLING, Splitting, Thinning, Dandruff, Itchy Scallps, Patches, Lotions, Shampoos, Creams obtainable: New Hair Clinic, 10, Prinsep Street, Singapore *****/*****. FOR SALE PERSIAN CARPETS AND RUGS for sales. Owner leaving for Middle-East very soon. For further information. Telephone: *****0 Singapore. Tin Guan Hotel, Room 9, 80 Owen366 words
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Page 14 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous39 1971-06-16 14 DR. KILDARE J> JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO... I WAS, WATCHING SEN WARD HAVERFORD/JR. ON TELEVISION... AND NOW. ilk LLLf ULU 51 r -M—- r I i/J in#. > RIP KIRBY by Ken Bald by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson39 words
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Miscellaneous313 1971-06-16 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Liability. 5 Pile to be burnt. 9 Certain code. 14 Set of small Japanese boxes. 15 Pounce de explorer. 16 Oneness. 17 Halting of interrupting. 19 Crowbar. 20 Stopping. 21 Noted nickname. 23 Brink of an event. 24 Eat in state. 25 Stirs up. 27313 words
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Miscellaneous367 1971-06-16 15 w w vJH33 •Cat alone iattop hats NEW NATION WEDNESDAY MONEYWORDS Q' j Cat tat ill fii wit* etker ceupeas. Pestiaf iastrectieas appear ktltw. Nan (Mr./Mrj./Mitj). Cat atoap iitltl liact < CLUES FOR Q-3 LETTERS CLUES 1. Pock in tightly. 4. Bollet donee 2. No intelligent judge would deny the367 words
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540 1971-06-16 16 Lee Tew Mens; Douglas Chan - Urban development catches up with them By By Lee Tew Mens and Douglas Chan Toddy snops the poor man's answer to the posh night clubs and bars are fighting a losing battle against urban development. Two of the more famous shops at Newton and540 words
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Article, Illustration63 1971-06-16 16 Rajesvari Murugesu, 20, has given up trying to be rugged physically of course. "I found that sporting activities stiffened my muscle and crammed my dancing," she explains. An RTS dancer, Rajesvari excels in Indian classical dances as well as modern styles too. She is an entrantPicture by Brian Culley. - 63 words
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Article392 1971-06-16 16 Sunny Wee - —by Sunny Wee You don't have to travel .on a timemachine to "talk" to the dead. Just pay $6 to an old lady in Tanjong Pagar Road and she will contact people from another world to come and talk to you or so392 words
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123 1971-06-16 16 A headmaster is in trouble for punishing schoolgirls by locking them in with the skeleton in his cupboard. The governors of the school in West London are investigating complaints from a number of parents against the headmaster, Mr. Roy Taylor, an exfighter pilot123 words
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168 1971-06-16 16 They first met on adjacent scales in a ma-, ternity ward. Now this uoy-meets-girl story ends in wedding bells. Holger Westphal was born on December 1, 1947. close to midnight in a Hamburg maternity hospital. Three hours later, a girl was born in168 words
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Article156 1971-06-16 16 The patient was taken to hospital. There was a serious internal problem. But the staff in the X-ray department took one look at their patient and laughed —it was a large, very fruity, heart-shaped wedding cake. Somewhere inside it was the pastrycook's wedding ring. The156 words
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Article47 1971-06-16 16 AH FOOK: Our hockey umpires are a cissy lot. A little show of ruggedness and they call it rough play. MEI LIN: How can you call hitting an oppo- nent instead of the ball ruggedness? It's hooliganism. What do YOU think? Write to the Editor.47 words
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Advertisement19 1971-06-16 16 THE COFFEE SHOP doors are never closed. Anytime is the right time for a snack, a meal, a sweet-treat.19 words
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Page 16 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous338 1971-06-16 16 5 Siagapora 3.00 Opening followed by Housewives' Matinee 3.45 For the Family (C) 4.15 A Dairy of Events in Singapore This Week (C) 4.20 Days of Our Lives 5.00 Close 6.05 Opening followed by Huckleberry Hound 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 What Others Say (E) 6.50 Science Report 7.10 Alfred338 words
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Miscellaneous463 1971-06-16 16 Trust, your lucky star IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you enjoy the luxuries of life—but you are not bo much dependent upon them that you will sacrifice Ideals or make serious commlses with your principles order to have them. "Poor but honest" is a trite \phrase, perhaps—but it Is463 words
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