New Nation, 5 July 1971

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    17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, July 5, 1971 No. 144 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE MONDAY, JULY 5
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    HE'S IN THE MONEY... $15,000 of it!
    171 1 Mr. Joseph Phang rubbed the sleep from his eyes, muttering: "Is it true? Is it really true?" Mr. Phang was assured It WAS true—he'd won New Nation's moneywords jackpot of $15,000. Mr. Phang, a 60-year-old retired clerk, was asleep when New Nation called
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    113 1 Selective industrial shares moved ahead in moderate trading on the stock market this morning. Public Bank drew buying support with business from $1.31 to $1.35. Buying interest was also noted on Far East Levingston and Quia Perak which rose sharpiy to $2.53 and $1.46 respectively. On short
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    Typhoon threat
    40 1 Hong Kong, Monday Peking Radio today warned people in South China of the approach of typhoon Harriet. The radio gave the latest position and track of the typhoon, and said it was expected to hit Hainan island tonight.
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    Terrorists
    26 1 LATE NEWS Belfast, Monday. Two civilians and two British soldiers were wounded by machine-gun fire here yesterday when Republican terrorists ambushed an army jeep patrol.
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    Swoop on bookies nets 200
    285 1 Crackdown continues against illegal betting at race meets The Gambling Suppression Branch, Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and Turf Club security force officers cracked down on illegal bookmakers at the Bukit Timah racecourse for the second week running this weekend and picked up about 200 bookmakers
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    Inspector stabbed in bid to stop gang fight
    113 1 A probationary police inspector was stabbed early yesterday morning when he tried to prevent a gang clash at Race Course Road. Inspector Chan Chee Kong of the marine police who suffered stab wounds on his stomacb was admitted to the Outram Road
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    Armed men rob house
    51 1 Four men, armed with bearing scrapers, broke into a house in Syed Alwi Road yesterday morning and escaped with more than $7OOO in cash and valuables. The owner of the house, Mr. Tay Hoo Choon, 29, and his wife were tied, blindfolded and herded into a
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    Lock icon Golkar ahead in Indon poll
    188 1 New Nation Foreign Service Jakarta, Monday The government-backed Sekber Golkar has won just over 45 per cent of the poll for the Jakarta city parliament in yesterday's general elections. The city's governor Lieutenant-General All Sadikin announced this last night. The elections were the second since
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    Lock icon 'Hat-in-hand' peace bids
    265 1 United Press International Washington, Monday General Maxwell Taylor said yesterday that the Johnson administration went around hat in hand seeking Vietnam peace talks At the same time the US employed a fluctuating war policy that suggested indecision and encouraged the enemy to continue fighting. General Taylor, who
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    Lock icon His hobby was collecting brides
    162 1 United Press International New Delhi, Monday Police in the central Indian city of Gawlior have arrested a 32-year-old man and charged him with having at least four wives. They said the man, Q.L. Agarwal, had a gallery of 300 photographs of other prospective brides, and
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    Water use up
    32 1 Water consumption rose to 92.4 million gallons yesterday, a rise of 300,000 gallons, over Saturday's figures. The PUB said no rainfall was recorded at the three catchment areas yesterday.
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    Agnew to call on Sheares
    80 1 The US Vice-Presi-dent, Mr. Spiro Agnew, spent this morning resting in his hotel suite before calling on President Sheares. Mr. Agnew, who is on a two-day unofficial visit, is lunching with the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, at Sri Tamasek. Both are expected to
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    Anti-US demo
    27 1 Manila, Monday. Some--3,000 radical youths today* marked Philippine-Ameri-. can friendship day by de--monstrating against in-: creased prices of petrol and chanting slogans against' "U.S. imperialism."
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    Another jumbo jet due this afternoon
    71 1 Pan American Airways' second Boeing 747 was scheduled to arrive at the Singapore airport at 12.40 p.m. today from Saigon. A 45-minute demonstration flight to mark the inauguration of the Boeing 747 service was planned for this afternoon. Altogether 250 guests have been invited
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    Ship sinks
    53 1 Madras, Monday. The 7,457-ton Liberian freighter Ocean Glory yesterday developed a leak and sank in the Bay of Bengal about 100 miles from Madras. All 31 crew members were rescued and brought to Madras in a three-hour operation which took the 7.087-ton British passengercargo ship Chilka on a
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    Seat belt campaign
    296 2 Compulsory use bid gets more backing The National Safety First Council has strongly supported th 6 call by the Automobile Association for the compulsory use of seat belts by all motorists. The council's executive director, Mr. Tang Tuck Wah. said today that last year 287 people were
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    Council to raise $100,000
    125 2 The National Safety First Council hopes to raise $lOO,OOO by launching a mammoth donation draw at the end of this month. The amount will be spent on safety activities for the next fiscal year. Mr. Milton Tan, chairman of tne council, told New Nation that the
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    Coral men stalled
    255 2 Silt threat to experiments Silting is the main problem in coral-culti-vation experiment at Sentosa an island now being developed into a tourist paradise. This was reported by Dr. Tham Ah Kow, leader of the seven-man committee handling the experiment on this southern island. The team started work
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    Cool conductor Quek
    396 2 He's a man with no» temper Commuters and colleagues dub him the man with no temper and not without good reasons. The man they are referring to is Mr. Quek Fei Wun, a conductor with the United Bus Company who was awarded the title of I Most
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    'Varsity study is not mugging'
    220 2 University education should not be regarded as book-learning only, says the president of the University of Singapore Society, Mr. Ernest Wong. In a message to new university students in a students' union publication, Mr. Wong said. "I would venture to suggest that the freshman refrain
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    Teachers arrested
    77 2 Bandar Seri Begawan, Monday.—A number of Brunei school teachers have been arrested for questioning for suspected subversive activities, a police spokesman said here yesterday. He did not say how many teachers were arrested but disclosed that one of them was Shek Hamid bin Shek Nikman, nephew of rebel
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    'No' to China
    40 2 Bangkok, Monday. The Thai Prime Minister, Mr. Tnanom Kittikachorn, has told his ministers that he opposes any commercial or other contact with Communist China until Peking stops sponsoring Communist insurgency in Thailand, the Bangkok Post said today.
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    Ng for AFS talks
    250 2 The president of the American Field Service (AFS) in Singapore, Mr. Ng Ser Miang, will leave for aji international convention in the United States in September. Mr. Ng, who recently obtained an honours degree In Business Administration from the University of Singapore, will represent the local
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    Rayner elected chairman again
    159 2 «J£L L Rayner, area of the ConS r f lon of British Inwas re-elected of the British Manufacturer Association a n»S!?, gapore at its recent annual general meeting. N- 0 11 Clarke of Mas-sey-perguson (Export) Ltd. was elected secretary. ie committee members: raSXL V Datta of
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    Deepavali
    19 2 Singapore govern{•jent has announced that Deepavali will be observed SiL- Pnbjic holiday on OctODer is instead of October
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      98 2 Weather I i Temperatures In world cities yesterday: Jakarta 93-78 Seoul 84-75 Bangkok 89-76 Tokyo 85-72 Naha 91-81 Manila 90-76 Kuala Lumpur 86-70 London 71-59 Paris. 79-57 Moscow 68-64 New York 80-65 Montreal 75-10 Sydney 62-43 Melbourne 58-45 Canberra 55-18 Perth 58-50 Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1 pjn. to
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      632 2 Big jackpot is won IB dBQB ID d acn The $15,000 jackpot has gone! One entrant submitted a solution which corresponded in all respects with the set of answers held by the judges to be the most apt and accurate in the NEW NATION MONEYWORDS PUZZLE R. He is: Mr.
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    Lock icon Rents no longer an issue
    477 3  -  Problem of payment for bases use solved By John Hoffman Melbourne Herald With Australia prepared to receive units of Singaporeans soldiers and airmen for training, the controversy over rent for Australian bases in Singapore is expected to die down. Negotiators will be able to go
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    Worksite mishaps
    307 3 16 workmen killed, 173 hurt in May Three workmen were killed in factory accidents and another 13 were killed at other worksites in May.:. According to the Ministry of Labour monthly report, seven factory accidents resulting in the amputation of workers' fingers occurred during that month. There were
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    3 made honorary Lions
    112 3 Three men were made honorary members of the Lions Club of Singapore, Jurong, during the Installation of Its new officials at the Shangri-la Hotel during the weekend. They are Mr. Ho Kah Leong, MP. for Jurong, Mr. KJS. Lee, managing llrector of Far East Levlngston Shipbuilders
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    300 Uni students look for housing
    180 3 More than 300 university students found themselves without a home when their applications tor residence in the University of Singapore hostels were turned down because of a sudden Increase in demand for accommodation. This was revealed today by the University of Singapore Students' Union
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    Work on moon
    22 3 Moscow, Monday.—The Soviet self-propelled Lunokhod moon-buggy has started work on its ninth lunar day, Tass news agency reported yesterday.
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    Warning on refuse disposal
    482 3 Singapore will be faced with an acute refuse disposal problem if improvements and new techniques are not introduced soon. These problems, which stem from the anticipated growth in population, rising living standards, the accelerating pace of urbanisation, industrialisation and technological development, cannot be solved by present
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    The big day for 1000 six-year-olds
    100 3 First mid-year intake under Education Ministry's new scheme Some of the 40 six-year-olds who started at Tuan Mong School in Tank Road today settle into their desks while their parents look on from outside. More than 1000 six-year-olds started school today for the first
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    KEPPEL BURSARIES
    59 3 The Keppel Club is awarding primary and secondary school bursaries tenable for one year to children of employees and also from caddies of the Keppel Club and the children of employees of the Port of Singapore Authority. Candidates must be Singapore citizens and should not be receiving other
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    Singapore urged to link up with Korea
    253 3 The first Consul General of the Republic of Korea here Mr. Younghun Hahm said today that his government would very much like to see a Singapore embassy in Seoul by the end of the year. Mr. Hahm was speaking to New Nation Just
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    For Tokyo
    44 3 Mrs. Gracia Tay-Chee will leave today for the General Assembly meeting of the Theatre World Association in Tokyo, Japan. She has been invited to sit on the committee of the First Asia Arts Grand Festival to be held in Korea this year.
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    Winning Toto numbers
    37 3 In yesterday's Toto draw No. 52/71 the winning numbers picked were: 19, 12, 26, 35 and 33. The additional number was 36. In the circles draw, the* numbers drawn were 27, 9 and 10.
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    Back in HK
    24 3 Hong Kong, Monday.—A 31-member Canadian government delegation returned to Hong Kong yesterday after "very successful" week-end trade taiiM in Communist China.
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    Book quiz finals today
    255 3 The finals of the book quiz, organised by the National Book Development Council of Singapore in conjunction with the Festival of Books, will be held at the National Library lecture hall this afternoon. A film show On the Beach will be shown at 7.30 tonight at
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      86 3 At the cinema Cathay: The Angry River, (Mandarin) —1.30, 4, 7, 9.30. Odeon: Mysterious Africa —1.30, 4. Mera Naam Joker (Hindi)—B p.m. Orchard: Carry On Up the Jungle, 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.15. Lido: Pieces of Dreams —1.45, to 4. Company of Killers—o.3o, 9.15. Capitol: Eyewitness 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30. Rex:
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US may send top man to break deadlock
      409 4 Nixon's new Mid-East initiative New Nation Foreign Service Washington, Monday President Nixon is considering sending his top Middie East expert to Israel and Egypt later this month to try to break the deadlock in talks for re-opening the Suez Canal, informed sources
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      Lock icon Russia, Egypt stress the Suez condition
      287 4 Reuter Cairo, Monday The Soviet Union and Egypt yesterday reaffirmed that the reopening of the Suez Canal should be a part of a general settlement of the entire Middle East crisis. A joint communique issued in both Cairo and Moscom simultaneously following talks between
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      Lock icon 28 killed, thousands homeless in India rains
      164 4 Reuter New Delhi, Monday Torrential rains in the past two or three weeks have killed 28 people, left thousands homeless and severely domaged crops in three northern states of India, according to official reports. The three states worst affected are Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
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      Lock icon Philippines group wants to join US
      163 4 United Press International Manila, Monday A Filipino group, which calls itself "The Movement," proposed yesterday Philippine statehood with the United States to stave off a revolution in this country. The Movement, in a leaflet distributed on Philippine —American Friendship Day yfesterday, said that statehood
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      Lock icon Report on cosmonauts expected soon
      226 4 New Nation Foreign Service Moscow, Monday Foreign Communist sources said yesterday that an official report would probably be published in the next two days blaming cabin pressure failure as the cause of the deaths of the three Soviet cosmonauts. They said Soviet scientists told them
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      Lock icon Kissinger and Ky to confer
      428 4 Discussion expected on Viet Cong offer New Nation Foreign Service Saigon, Monday President Nixon's security adviser Dr. Henry Kissinger today meets South Vietnamese VicePresident Nguyen Cao Ky to hear his views on the future of the war. The meeting is expected to centre on Marshal
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      Lock icon Taylor: Viet Cong offer an ultimatum
      222 4 Seven-point Vietnam peace plan Reuter Washington, Monday General Maxwell Taylor, former US Ambassador to South Vietnam, yesterday called the Viet Cong's new peace offer an ultimatum but said that it should be explored. The Viet Cong offered to free all American prisoners of war
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      TIME TO RELAX FOR HIJACKED CREW
      71 4 Ordeal over, it was time to relax for the original crew aboard a BranifT 707 which was hijacked over Texas and flown to Mexico and South America at the weekend. The hijacker, Robert Lee Jackson, finally surrendered at Buenos Aires. Pictured from left (front):
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      Lock icon Crash: 68 feared killed
      422 4 New Nation Foreign Service Tokyo, Monday Rangers and men of Japan's ground selfdefence force reached a steep mountain slope today to recover bodies and wreckage of a Japanese domestic airliner which crashed in bad weather on Saturday with 68 people aboard. The shattered YS-11 named Bandai
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      Car crashes
      32 4 Paris, Monday Four people were injured three seriously, when a car hit a tree and ran into a group of onlookers during an auto race In Perpignan yesterday. police said.
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      Honorary knight
      90 4 London, Monday The British Prime Minister, Mr. Edward Heath, awarded Conductor Georg Soltl the insignia of a Knight of the British Empire at the Royal Opera House at the weekend, a government spokesman said yesterday. Mr. Heath presented the honorary knighthood following the farewell performance of Mr. Soltl,
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      Mafia men watched
      34 4 New York, Monday Scores of detectives patrolled the South Brooklyn section yesterday to guard against a possible outbreak of gangland was over the shooting of reputed Mafia chief Joseph Colombo Sd.
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      Lock icon Jazz festival closed after clashes
      151 4 Reuter New York, Monday The Newport Jazz Festival was abandoned last night after disturbances by thousands of young people. The closure put the 18-year-old festival's future In doubt. There was stiff opposition in the city council to the holding of this year's event According to
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      Lock icon 'Neck-and-neck' in air race
      316 4 Reuter Toronto, Monday Fifty two aircraft which survived the trans-Atlantic leg of the London-to-British Columbia air race the richest in aviation history yesterday headed for Ottawa with a West German and a Briton competing for the first prize. They are Mr. J. Blumschein, of Meinerzhagen, in
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      Students clash with police
      85 4 T°kyo, Monday About 500 radical students in Kumakmoto clashed with not police last night during demonstrations against the scheduled dispatch of Japanese Self-Defence Forces men to Okinawa. About 50 police and students were injured and 31 students arrested. The students, described f® radical leftist youths, had
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      Lock icon Call for world pact on health
      125 4 Reuter London, Monday A Council of Europe conference on environmental health calls on governments to take urgent measures to protect people from unclean food, bad housing, unmanageable waste and pollution. Separate resolutions to this effect were adopted on the final day here of the
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      Lock icon Derailed freight train hit by holiday express
      206 5 United Press International London, Monday An express train packed with holidaymakers hurtled into the side of a derailed freight train in the suburbs south of London yesterday. The front passenger car overturned and six others rocketed off the track. No one was killed,
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      Paris tests N-device
      68 5 Paris, Monday France yesterday exploded a lowintensity nuclear device at its Polynesian nuclear testing site, a Defence Ministry spokesman said. The explosion was part of a current series of tests aimed at the miniaturisation of French nuclear weapons. This was the third French nuclear test this year
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      Sir Maurice dies at 73
      64 5 London, Monday Sir Maurice Bowra, scholar of the Greek classics, died yesterday at his Oxford university rooms. He was 73. Warden of Oxford's Wadham College for 32 years until he retired a year ago, Sir Maurice was president of the British Academy from 1958 to
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      Eclipse of PNI comes as a surprise
      292 5  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR Early returns indicate the army-backed Sekber Golkar appears to have done about as well as it was expected to, in the Indonesian elections. Though the complete results will not be in for a month, it is becoming already clear that Sekber
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      Lock icon Major victory for Sekber Golkar
      470 5  -  Party captures 45 per cent of votes cast for Jakarta assembly By Leslie Murphy Reuter Jakarta, Monday Official results for Jakarta last night confirmed that the government backed Sekber Golkar was heading for a major victory in Indonesia's first general elections in 16 years. Golkar
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      Lock icon Reds call on Indons to ignore election results
      156 5 Reuter Hong: Kong, Monday A group of Indonesian Communists has called upon Indonesians to ignore the results of their country's first general elections in 16 years. The call was contained in a statement signed by Mr. Jusuf Adjitorop who heads the delegation
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      Lock icon Syria grab Fatah arms
      268 5 Huge shipment was on way from China United Press International Beirut, Monday The Syrian government has seized a huge shipment of Communist Chinese weapons destined for Al-Fatah, the Palestinian guerrilla iproup, a Beirut newsletter said today. According to Al-Nahar Arab Report, the consignment included 200 tanks.
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      Lock icon Envoy warns staff on drug abuse
      295 5 United Press International Jakarta, Monday American ambassador Mr. Francis Galbraith yesterday skipped the usual July 4 patriotic speech to the American community in Indonesia and instead spoke on the menace of narcotics abuse. Speaking to several hundred Americans gathered for a traditional Independence Day
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      Lock icon Nine die in bid to climb the Alps
      154 5 Reuter Paris, Monday Nine climbers, including two women, have died in five separate accidents in the Alps in the past 24 hours, police said in St. Gervis yesterday. Three young Frenchmen —roped together climbing the Aiguille du Guter, near Mont Blanc were
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      Freedom dash
      28 5 West Berlin, Monday—A 24-year-old East German army officer fled to West Berlin early yesterday in a hail of sub-machine gun fire from East German border guards.
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      Lock icon No headway in talks with China, says McMahon
      139 5 United Press International Perth, Monday The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon, said yesterday talks with Communist China on improvement of relations between the two countries have failed to make any headway. Mr. McMahon said government officials failed "to get any common
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  • WORLD COMMENT
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      Philippine new deal
      1108 6  -  PEOPLE AND PLACES In the midst of corruption, poverty, crime a call for BY CHENG HO Please check your guns and other deadly weapons at the hotel desk." This is the sort of sign you expect to see in a Wild West movie but the notice hangs
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      Lock icon OAU split on dialogue with Pretoria first crack in African unity
      421 6  -  From Stanley Meisler Los Angeles Times There is a new catchword in African politics: Dialogue. To some black African leaders, it means a peaceful opportunity to ease the racial conflict with South Africa. To others, it means Surrender. The
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      China seeks wider role
      828 6 This is the latest in a series of reports by Newsday publisher William Attwood, one of a handful of American journalists who have been admitted to Communist China since the thaw between America and China set in. OVER LUNCH, AN INSIGHT INTO PEKING'S THINKING Persistent suspicion
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  • LOCAL COMMENT
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      UNF prepares to give PAP a shock
      1163 7  -  Party chief says it is geared to win votes of non-English educated This letter from MR. R. VETRIVELU, SecretaryGeneral of the United National Front was a little long for our letters column. We are therefore printing it on this page together with a
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    • The Voice of the Press
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        Berita Harian
        131 7 What other newspapers are saying: One of the main reasons for unemployment in Singapore today is that there are people who prefer to be jobless to being engaged in a type of work which they feel is unsuitable to them, even though they may not have sufficient qualifications
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        Sin Chew Jit Poh
        236 7 In January this year, a Sin Chew Jit Poh reporter wrote an article based on a report prepared by Nanyang University students after their survey on pirate taxi operation in Singapore. The article revealed that 60 per cent of the pirate taxi drivers had only primary
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        Berita Minggu
        103 7 The Singapore police the Other day seized a large amount of "MX" pills, marijuana and Other drugs at a place which is considered to be an important drug distribution centre in the Republic. This seizure is a police success but it also stands to show that the activities
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        Nanyang Siang Pau
        232 7 The New York Times' decision has aroused world attention partly because the freedom of the press involves constitutional provisions; that it, when there is a dispute between the government and the press, how are their powers to be delineated? Has the government any power to prohibit the
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        The Australian
        163 7 Mr. Gorton gave a cogent and, on the face of It, sensible speech on defence policy to the Imperial Service Club. Mr. Gorton was enunciating a new policy to replace those presently known as "Forward DeDefence" and "Fortress Australia." It was an attempt to combine both. He has
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      Alarm bells ring over STB levy
      631 7  -  slBom expansion given as reason There has been some strong public reaction to the proposed 10 cent telephone levy. Is the extra charge necessary? BOSCO GOMEZ takes a look at the profits of the Singapore Telephone Board and its development plans to answer this
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    New experiment at the local varsity
    500 8 Starting today the University of Singapore Sill introduce the two-term system a comete breakaway from previous academic years. This is one of the many changes which will be introduced at the university this academic year. The new calendar, after a last-minute revision, stands at
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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      A slap for the Press
      128 8 After quoting some of the criticisms made against President Marcos' attitude towards the Press, let me retail some choice self-cri-ticism relayed recently by that outstanding woman Philippine Journalist. Mrs. Carmen Guerrero Nakpil. While Filipino newspapers have helped to curb corruption in the administration, they have
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      Tomatoes catch up
      97 8 I should watch out when you talk to the trees next, or speak indiscretions in your garden. An American scientist, who points out that "a lie detector has proved that plants actually react to what people say," is talking to a tomato plant every morning. Another plant
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    What would have happened to Singapore if Hitler had won the war?
    1414 8  -  ALEX JOSEY An historian of England, wrote AJ.P. Taylor, himself an historian, has to look at things from the English side. That was why in Britain we were taught that the British won the Battle of Waterloo. At
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  • Letters
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      Crisis in Front
      346 8  -  LARRY LIM It Is disconcerting to see the political crisis in the fledgling People's Front. This has resulted In the resignation, but apparently, expulsion of its secretarygeneral Mr. Liu Boon Poh. This internal dissension may well be the deathknell for the People's Front. But the intra-party conflict
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      Shareholders let down
      447 8  -  QUEK AH MENG I agree with Chee Kum Seng (New Nation June 26) that "shareholders of Haw Par Bros, have been let down badly by the management of the company and* the Stock Exchange." The Haw Par affair simply boils down to this: Why didn't the chairman
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      167 8 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. 1$ to please your palate before Wl tIH uj c Lontong c House 15, Emerald Hill Rd .Spore 9 The place for real traditional Malay food, where the essence of taste is translated into many delirious dishes T
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    THE PENTAGON PAPERS
    2494 9 The Vietnam secrets the Washington Post won't hide NEW NATION CONTINUES ITS EXCLUSIVE SERIES The US Secretary of State, Mr. William Rogers, appealed to the Washington Post to voluntarily allow censorship of some portions of its Pentagon documents following resumption of the series after the Supreme Court's
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  • SHOWBIZ
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      Singer (I'm a bag of water) beats another problem...
      273 10  -  ...she enlarged her swollen oriental eyes By ABBY TAN The girl with the swollen eyes and knocking knees says she Is actually no wofcse off than her counterparts in the singing trade. "I have my fair share of problems as a
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      210 competitors will be heard in RTS' big show-1971-1972 Talentime
      598 10  - 210 competitors will be heard in RTS' big show—-1971-1972 Talentime SIGHT AND SOUND EDGAR KOH LOOKS AT THE TV AND RADIO SCENE EDGAR KOH All is finally set for RTS Talentime 1971/72, the Broadcasting Department's grandest biennial production. After going through more than 20 katles of application forms and after
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      Focus on 'Four Aces'
      142 10 TOP VOCAL GROUP FROM US TO PERFORM HERE The "Four Aces," a top American vocal group, will be performing at Tropicana's Orchid Lantern on Wednesday. Among their hit songs are "It's No Sin," "Tell Me Why," "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing," "Three Coins in the
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      Man with millions of fans
      808 10  -  It's better than money: Kapoor By EDGAR KOH Are you a millionaire, Mr. Raj, sir? Kapoor, India's leading film-maker, a big, plump man with slightly blue eyes and a trim. moustache framing a warm and ever present smile, sat back into his lush, comfortable armchair
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      6 aims for Switzerland trip
      357 10  -  NOURISHING MUSICAL TALENTS ONE OF THEM MERRY ANDREW Both- the Singapore Youth Orchestra and the Singapore Youth Chinese Orchestra are participating in the International Festival of Youth Orchestras to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the beginning of next month. The aims of this Festival
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      22 10 T'bPic.l't.i hi si TEL *****3 SS« w w (Jonathan "a Rola Sung Imre Lysiahe^l s 'I una \W i LAST 2 NIGHTS
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      139 10 WINK DINK at {luabfttjant&riU RAFFLES HOTEL THIS WEEKS LUNCHEON MENU MONDAYS SMORGASBORD 12 30- 300 p.m. And Silverwagon: Fillet of Beef Wellington. TUESDAYS Silverwagon: Roast Leg of Pork, Apple Sauce served with a bouquetiere of fresh garden vegetables. WEDNESDAYS Silverwagon: Crown Roast of Lamb. Mint Sauce Redcurrent Jelly with Potatoes
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  • WOMAN
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      The single girl's malaise ...
      868 11  - The single girl's malaise Why office girls are an the more From Helen Howard Like thousands of other girls of her generation, 18-year-old Karls Anderson found the pull of the big city irresistible. And so early last year, she fled the protection of the family nest in a typical American
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      Men make better secretaries
      825 11  -  Business tycoons are slowly and sadly becoming reconciled to the fact From Susan Rogers When merchant banking executive George Prince recently advertised for a personal secretary, only one of the 45 applicants really filled the bill excellent shorthand and typing, a good grasp of business management
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      Time when girls had no choice
      648 11  -  HUSBANDS WERE PICKED BY THE PARENTS AND THE YOUNG MAIDENS ACCEPTED IT OF MEN AND WOMEN By Nalla Tan I have often wondered what It is that makes men desirable to women. And the more I've thought about it, the more complex the whole
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      A versatile two-piece frock frown Down Under
      97 11 Little girl lost! All alone in a cute yellow and white frock —a frock which has been prettied up with flower patterns, puffed sleeves and a smocked waistline. The outfit, which is Singapore-designed and made by Leroy Australia (S) Pte Ltd., is really
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      72 11 PART TWO NEXT WEEK EVERYBODY IS READING NEW NATION'S SHOPPING GOIDE Yes, New Nation's Shopping Guide provides a wealth of information for shoppers who have the power to buy what you sell. A NEW NATION V < mw trZ'l fh k RATES Cosuol Hi $6.50 per column inch Weekly $5.00
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      Blend of opulent luxury and lithe swiftness
      1651 12  -  THE JAGUAR XJ6 By JIM WATKINS In 1949 Jaguar startled the world by introducing the XK series of cars. The famous XK 120 was introduced to the market as a limited production test bed for the new six-cylinder, twin overhead camshaft engine. The
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      Trading for profit on the major swings of the market
      695 12 SHARES GAME: BY CHARTEXUS MONEY 1 The last few articles in this series dealt with the problems of successful short-term trading in the share market. Let us turn now to somewhat longer term trading to take advantage of the major
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      180 12 NO! We wouldn't be able to give you the power of this Bignotti Pornelli Jones Colt with a turbo charged Ford engine but for the $BO/- you are spending, we will make sure that your car will be able to beat his brothers WHAT's MORE, ALL DONE IN 24 HOURS.
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      165 12 CAN'T AFFORD CAR AIRCONDITIONING? Think Again! In fact, car airconditioning can cost as little as $l5O/- a year! If you're on a tight budget you probably drive a small car. ARA's Jupiter II would suit you. NOW. CONSIDER THE STATISTICS: COST (including installation) 950 Average Period of Car Ownership 4
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      411 14 L PHONE *****8 AT YOUR SERVICE 30«. PHOTOCOPY, Plon Printing Photostat from opaque original up to 30" x 40". Photo-murof to any size. Natural Photographic Store, 435, North Bridge Rood, Singapore. GENERAL REPAIRS of •air-condi-tioners, refrigerators. Spray plas-tic-paint guaranteed one year. Coll: *****0 Soon Huat Electric spray-painting Singapore. ACCOMMODATION VACANT
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      260 14 SHOPPING GUIDE PLAN YOUR SHOPPING AT HOMI HI THI SHOPPING OUIDI ON PAGE 10 EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TUITION SAFETY DRIVING INSTITUTION. Guaranteed course 20 hours $9O/-. Hourly $4.50. Singoporc. *****. DUTCH DRESSMAKING 4 months simplified unique, professional course. Vonklass ***** Singapore. TRAVEL GUIDE LONDON WEEKLY ECONOMIC FLIGHTS and
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      280 14 NEW CAR DIRECTORY Where you can buy your next new car in Singapore MORRH CITY MOTORS <S> PTE. LTD.. 28 Covenogh Rood. Singopore 9 /9n k I? V o Tels *****6/*****3 Tel *****° p re 9 A 1 I €BlO CHAMPION MOTORS SINGAPORE MOTORS PTE. LTD.. (S) PTE. LTD, 315/319
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      378 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 9 Under: It. 10 Famous "Red" of Illini. 11 Olivier role: 2 words. 12 Former actors' union. 13 Chard. 18 Ran. 22 Indelible and India. 24 Lucie Manettle's admirer, Sidney 25 Alma 26 What "hams" do. 27 Where the Rams play: 2 words. 28 C.D.A. signals. 29
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      546 15 •Cat altag itttei imes NEW NATION MONEYWORDS *T MONDAY Cit Mt aal pia witk atker cuius. Pastiaf iastractiaas appear lelaw. L -C»t JlMf Itnel bws CLUES FOR T-1 1. Wooden-soled shoe. 4. When 1. Wooden-soled shoe. 2. When man is short of money, it doesn't help if he's 3. Hurl
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      Supergirl Sue sweeps the board
      129 16 Sue Taylor was adjudged Ideal Girl for 1971 after an eighthour contest at Lon- don's Battersea Park. What clinched the votes of a team of judges is the way fashion model, Sue, 21, proved she can cook, sew, iron snirts, arrange flowers, choose a go
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      TALKING POINT
      72 16 AH FOOK: Evonne Goolagong's great triumph in the women's final at Wimbledon is really a final argument against apartheid in sport. MEI LIN: I agree. If she had been born in 1 South Africa she would never have had a chance to get to Wimbledon let alone win.
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      No 'generation gap' in Britain...
      126 16 There is practically no such thing as the "generation gap'" in Britain, claims a public opinion poll published here. A Harris poll, which appeared in the Dally Express revealed that far from being obsessed with pop fans and rebellion against authority, most of Britain's young
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      THEY'RE BED-MATES
      49 16 Today we are giving the 'birds' a rest. In their place we have this rare picture of a strange friendship. Tibbies, a three-month-old kitten and Fred, a rock python, are both pets of Australian housewife Mrs. Yvonne Skener. They play and eat together, even share a bed.
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      Victim throwing party for robber
      187 16 Prisoner Bill Purkiss, 30, comes out of jail this month straight to a welcome-h om e party thrown by the man whom he robbed at gunpoint. The pub landlord Reg Bayley, will meet him at tne gates of the jail in Winchester, Hampshire, and drive
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      Men whose job is to go up and down...
      414 16 THE COCONUT MILKERS Most people climb, coconut trees to pluck the fruits but there are several groups of weather-beaten men in the Yio Chu Kang area whose job is to "milk" ttiem. Armed with razor-sharp knives and earthen jars, the men
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      377 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening 3.20 For the Family 3.50 A Diary of Events in Singapore This Week (T) 3.55 It's Happening in Singapore 4.15 Days of Our Lives 4.55 Close. 6.00 Opening and Fractured Flickers 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Courtship of Eddie's Father 7.05 Community Concert by the People's
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      78 16 SHORT RIBS HOW ABOUT A RENEWAL WITH A LITTLE RAISE? SI BE, ITS CONTRACT TiM£. a i fHAT£ PI^JIEST 1 IHIN6NOUVE SAIP IN MONTHS« i ti*lkw m r& U I LIKE IT WHEN "IWEY O£EAK WATER fti S YER BREAKFASTS (GETTItf COLb. WON'T BE A SEC S-I'M LOOK IN' OVER
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      327 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are—and always have been—a reasonable person, guided by your intellect rather than your emotions. At the same time, however, you recognise the validity of feeling; you know that no decisions can be made on absolute Intellectual grounds and realise
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