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Title Section15 1971-08-24 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, August 24, 1971 NO. 187 Price 15 cents NEW NATION15 words
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Article15 1971-08-24 1 Police reported a total of 80 accidents yesterday. Seven of them were serious.15 words
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Article113 1971-08-24 1 The stock market this morning was generally steady but there was little trading activity in the first 45 minutes. In the industrials, Haw Par was the centre of interest. It was traded from $2.35, $2.36, $2.37 to $2.39. Other Industrials with business done were Chemical Company of113 words
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Article19 1971-08-24 1 Tokyo, Tuesday Japan today recognised the island state of Bahrein in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Ministry announced.19 words
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Article66 1971-08-24 1 LATE NEWS Saigon, Tuesday A South Vietnamese armoured column ran into a strong North Vietnamese force one mile outside a demilitarised zone firebase yesterday and killed 37 of them in a fierce engagement, a South Vietnamese military spokesman said today. Government losses were four killed and66 words
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Article, Illustration106 1971-08-24 1 Soccer fans at Jalan Besar Stadium, waiting to see the opening match between Singapore and Malaysia in the Pesta Sukan International soccer tournament, surged forward in a wave last might—not to chair their heroes but to grab footballs that were given106 words
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Article, Illustration387 1971-08-24 1 No details yet of cause of death Dato Aw Cheng Chye, 48. chairman of the Haw Par Group of companies, died in Santiago, Chile, last Saturday while on a combined business-holiday trip. Dato Aw was with his wife Maaame Tay Chwee Sian ana387 words
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Article32 1971-08-24 1 Amsterdam, Tuesday— Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince Bernhard, leave here tonight by air for Thailand on their way to Indonesia for a 10 day state visit.32 words
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169 1971-08-24 1 There was only a minimal increase in the value of sterling against the Singapore dollar when the Association of Banks open- the foreign exchange market in spot pound dealing today. The Association of Banks in Malaysia and Singapore in consultation with the Monetary Authority169 words
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Article374 1971-08-24 1 'Politics of fear' accusation New Nation Foreign Service Manila, Tuesday The opposition Liberal Party will challenge President Marcos' indefinite suspension of the right of habeas corpus and said the President was using the politics of fear. President Marcos invoked the emergency decree on Saturday—bud did notNew Nation Foreign Service - 374 words
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Article373 1971-08-24 1 Three-week outbreak tapering off There was mild outbreak of conjunctivitis (a virus infection of the eyes) during the past thtee weeks in Singapore but it has since tapered off. Eye specialists said today they had been treating an average of 20 to 30 patients373 words
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94 1971-08-24 1 Moscow, Tuesday The world's oldest man has become the great-grandfather of triplets, the Tass news agency reported yesterday. Shir all Mislimov, who says he is 166 years old, took a rare car ride down from his mountain village in Azerbaijan to congratulate the94 words
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Article30 1971-08-24 1 New York, Tuesday—The trial of Colonel Oran Henderson on charges of toying to cover up atrocities in the My Lai incident began yesterday in Fort Meade, Maryland.30 words
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Advertisement17 1971-08-24 1 VASE WEIGHTS •ITT .Hi 1 GALLOPS: SEE PAGE 15 SHAMPOO lit SHAMPOO where beautiful clean ideas begin17 words
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Advertisement81 1971-08-24 1 i V W g* I I V > 'Sd L\ •x t^«i fir «TS For some people there is only one airline. Next time you're thinking of flying to London, just remember this. Your BOAC ticket gives you a generous mileage allowance. You can fly on a return trip from81 words
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220 1971-08-24 2 Republic likely to have a stake in project Two top executives of the Japanese Industrial giant Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha will arrive here in October to sign an agreement with the Government for setting up a $l5O million shipyard. According to sources, the220 words
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Article135 1971-08-24 2 Three contracts totalling $l2 million for the $7O million Ocean Building have Just been awarded to local firms. The major contract of $3.9 million goes to Guthrie Waugh Bhd. for installation of airconditionlng, electrical and fire-fighting systems. General Electric Company of Singapore Pte. Limited135 words
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Article37 1971-08-24 2 The finals of the cooking competition organised by the Buklt Ho Swee Women Cub-Committee will be held this Sunday. Mr. Seah Mui Kok, MP for the constituency, will give away prizes donated by Shell.37 words
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Article, Illustration486 1971-08-24 2 His message is natural health Even at the risk of being denounced as a quack Mr. Tommy Kwik is prepared to spread his ideas on natural health. Mr. Kwik, who is president of the Singapore Natural Health Society, said: "I may be disbelieved486 words
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Article20 1971-08-24 2 The Chinese YMCA will conduct a 12 session course on beauty culture at its premises from September 1.20 words
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326 1971-08-24 2 You can now install a "public phone" in your home or office and make a business out of it with the new Coinafon. It works like any ordinary phone except that the caller has to pay 10 cents for every call he326 words
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Article60 1971-08-24 2 Hong Kong, TuesdayHong Kong remained free from cholera and other contagious diseases last month, a spokesman for the Medical and Health Department said today. He said that although the number of deaths from Infectious Increased from 102 In June to 124 last month, "Hong Kong60 words
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Article21 1971-08-24 2 Hie Archery Club will hold the first lesson In Its archery course at the Chinese YMCA at 5.30 pm. today.21 words
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203 1971-08-24 2 The Public Works Department is to install traffic lights at Oanges Avenue and Indus Road junctions to solve the traffic conjestion there. Tenders have been called for the project. Traffic at Delta Circus where Indus Road and Oanges Road meet is usually congested203 words
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Article60 1971-08-24 2 Hong Kong, Tuesday— The Red Cross Society of China yesterday donated three million yuan ($3.6 million) to Hong Kong to help Typhoon Rose victims, the New China News Agency reported today. The agency said the society has remitted the cash ▼la the Bank of China.60 words
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Article, Illustration224 1971-08-24 2 Pretty Rita Tann, one of the five Singapore girls selected by Caledonian Airlines for training in London as air hostesses, has always wanted to go places. And leaving Singapore to work on an international airline seems only appropriate for a girl whose family can count224 words
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Article23 1971-08-24 2 The Singapore Mercantile Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society will organise a Southern Islands picnic cruise for its members on September 5.23 words
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Article64 1971-08-24 2 Fuee —at a price New York, Tuesday A man convicted of income tax evasion in Cincinnati, Ohio, yesterday was told by a District Judge to contribute US$2O,OOO to charity during the next two years. The judge originally sentenced businessman John P. Wetterich, 60, to three years in prison, but later64 words
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Article35 1971-08-24 2 Tel Aviv, Tuesday—lsrael is keeping all options open on a Middle East peace settlement, including how much Arab land it is willing to give up, Foreign Minister Mr. Abba Eban said yesterday.35 words
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272 1971-08-24 2 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday The 13-member trade mission from China will call on the Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, at the National Operations Room here this morning. The courtesy call will enable both parties to meet and discuss trade and general matters. Cabinet Ministers272 words
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Article22 1971-08-24 2 Members of the Asian Women's Welfare Association will attend a cooking Demonstration at Imperial Hotel on Thursday a 10.30 a.m.22 words
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116 1971-08-24 2 The moniri-long sale at the People's Park Complex which was to have ended on Thursday will be extended for another 10 days. The extension is in response to public demand. A spokesman for the People's Park Complex Pte. Ltd. said today: "We consider116 words
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Advertisement203 1971-08-24 2 MB NOTES for S.C. and H.S.C Dies Notes give the student a greater nderstanding and an increased enjoyment of the classics of literature. Each of the Coles Notes, written by an expert, is a highly readable study of the book, and i each includes helpful chapterf by-chapter summaries and dis-203 words
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Miscellaneous81 1971-08-24 2 tVMliiTin in world Temperatures i cities yesterday. Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Hong Kong Manila TaiDeh Naha Seoul Tokyo London Paris Moscow New York Sydney Melbourne Canberra Perth Singapore Weather forecast from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.—lsolated showers. The weather for the 24 hours to 8 a.m. tod a*: Max. temp.—B4.l.81 words
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Miscellaneous92 1971-08-24 2 At the cinemas LIDO: The Last Warrior —1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.15. CAPITOL: Carry On One Million Years 8.C.—1.45, 4, 6.30. 9.30. REX: A Real Man XMand.)—l.4s, 4, 6.30, 9.30. SKY: A Real Man (Mand.)—l.4s, 4, 6.30, 9.15. ROXY: A Real Man (Mand.)—l.4s, 4.15, 7, 9.30. STATE: Myra Breckenridge—l.4s, 4, 7,92 words
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162 1971-08-24 3 A large advertising firm Leo BurnettLondon part of a London Press Exchange, (Singapore) has retrenched 20 employees as part of a streamlining exercise. Confirming this today a spokesman for the company said that the affected staff were given a month's notice last162 words
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Article22 1971-08-24 3 The Tanglin Technical Secondary School band will perform at the Botanic Gardens on Sunday from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.22 words
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Article, Illustration162 1971-08-24 3 Dr. Jakob Etter, the Swiss Charge d'Affaires, appears fascinated as he watches how music Is produced from the Chinese version of the xylophone. Next to him is Mr. Goh Say Meng, the conductor of the combined Singapore Youth Orchestra and the Chinese Youth162 words
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Article78 1971-08-24 3 The first of ten lectures in a course on tundamentals of management will be given by Mr. Lim Boon Tong, a management consultant, at the University of Singapore's Physics Room I at 7.30 p.m. today. A social dancing course will begin at 8 p.m. today78 words
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Article342 1971-08-24 3 People urged to aid progress Penang, Tuesday The Yang di-Pertuan Agong last night hoped that Penang would continue to play a leading role in the country's economic and industrial progress. "However, my belief and hope will not help the State to achieve its final342 words
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172 1971-08-24 3 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Members of ASEAN should be able to solve their communications, air traffic services and meteorology problems with the understanding and solidarity that had already been established, i Singapore's Deputy Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. Tan Kwang Hung, said here recently. He172 words
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Article53 1971-08-24 3 New York, Tuesday Hundreds of people crowded into Hollywood's Memorial Cemetery yesterday for a service to mark the4sth anniversary of the death of Rudolph Valentino, heartthrob actor of silent films. Cemetery officials said the crowd could mean a resurgence of the Valentino cult born with the actor's53 words
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Article206 1971-08-24 3 By Lee Yew Men; The Ministry of Health is building a $350,000 cleansing depot and refuse transfer station at Tannery Lane. It is understood that tenders for the construction of the depot will be called soon. When completed, it will be the new headquarters of the Eastern206 words
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349 1971-08-24 3 Funds over $777 mil. A total of 78,696 new members were registered with the Central Provident Fund Board up to December last year making it a total of 638,829 registered members as compared with 560,133 for the previous year. The total balance349 words
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179 1971-08-24 3 The First Lady, Mrs. Sheares, will open the sixth annual Japanese flower arrangement exhibition of the Singapore Sogetsu Association at the Trade Union House at 5.30 p.m. on September 2. The association hopes to raise $20,000 for the Christmas Fair Children's Charities and179 words
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Article68 1971-08-24 3 Mr. Wee Mon Cheng, treasurer of the Chinese Cnamber of Commerce, will open an exhibition of works by prize winners in the national art and calligraphy competition, at the National Library on September 2 at 5.30 p.m. The exhibition is sponsored by the Singapore Youth Association. It68 words
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Article196 1971-08-24 3 The Prime Minister of the largest West German Federal State of North-Rhine-West-phalia, Mr. Heinz Kuhn* arrived in the Republic today for a short stay. The MSA Boeing 737 jet from Jakarta in which Mr. Kuhn was travelling touched down at the Singapore Airport shortly before noon.196 words
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In Person
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Article, Illustration358 1971-08-24 4 Conducted by Mary Lee,Tel: *****1 MRS. RENATA FEPE, wile of the Argentine ConsulGeneral, threw open her home to 60 women of the Iketrana InternationalSingapore Chapter, with an exhibition of her collection of antiques. "My collection is not priceless, but358 words
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139 1971-08-24 4 Reuter New Delhi, Tuesday. At least 459 people have died of cholera since monsoon floods began ravaging the north-east Indian state of Bihar early last month, the Bihar Health Minister said in Patna yesterday. Mr. Nagendra Jha said 447 doctors and 150 medicalReuter - 139 words
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Article142 1971-08-24 4 United Press International Tokyo, Tuesday A fire which raged for more than 12 hours aboard a 2,425-ton Japanese freighter in the inland sea near Matsuyama, killed one man and injured five others, it was learned yesterday. The Imabari Maritime Safety Agency, which <VspatchedUnited Press International - 142 words
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240 1971-08-24 4 Jakarta, Tuesday Russia's first projects mission to Indonesia since the abortive Communist coup attempt in 1965 is due here today to take another look at abandoned Soviet aid projects. The Soviet mission will study the possibility of resuming work on two major projects which240 words
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Article157 1971-08-24 4 Reuter Boston, Tuesday Robert Kennedy, Jr., son of the late Senator, was ordered to pay US$5O in court costs here yesterday after pleading no contest to a charge of "sauntering and loitering" on a main street. The 17-year-old youth, another boy and a girl wereReuter - 157 words
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299 1971-08-24 4 United Press International New York, Tuesday Some key UN delegates who favour a twoChina policy said the United States must guarantee Peking a Security Council seat if it hopes to obtain passage of its resolution to keep Nationalist China in the United Nations.United Press International - 299 words
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127 1971-08-24 4 Reuter London, Tuesday A 12-man team of Chinese technical ex- perts yesterday began a fortnight's study of Britain's telecommunications systems. Headed by Mr. Chung Fuhsiang, director of the general administration of telecommunications in Peking, it is the first Chinese technical mission to visit Britain underReuter - 127 words
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Advertisement11 1971-08-24 4 THAI International John Little's Building Raffles Place Tel. ***** FffAf,* rr11 words
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THE WORLD
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Article397 1971-08-24 5 10 students killed as fighting resumes Reuter La Paz, Tuesday BOUvian Air Force plane# attacked the university here yesterdays as a group of students resumed armed resistance against the country's new rightwing army regime. Teri people were reported killed. World War II vintage Mustang fightersReuter - 397 words
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Article, Illustration195 1971-08-24 5 United Press International Washington, Tuesday The commander of Apollo 15 moon landing said yesterday the United States and Russia hope to begin planning this year for a joint flight by astronauts and cosmonauts. David Scott told the National Press Club he knows six Russian cosmonauts personallyUnited Press International - 195 words
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Article294 1971-08-24 5 New Nation Foreign Service Los Angeles, Tuesday The grandson of a former Governor ajid US senator is being sought in connection with a violent escape bid from San Quentin prison that ended in six deaths. Prison officials identified Stephen Bingham, a lawyer, as theNew Nation Foreign Service - 294 words
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Article189 1971-08-24 5 Agence France Presse Jerusalem, Tuesday Police last night arrested 25 Black Panthers an organisation of Jews from nonEuropean countries after clashes here which lasted four hours. Four of the detainees were women. Six policemen were injured ana Jerusalem police headquarters said several demonstrators were probablyAgence France Presse - 189 words
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Article294 1971-08-24 5 Shiri Mulgaokar - By Shiri Mulgaokar Despite the attempt by President Marcos to fix the responsibility for the present crisis in the Philippines on the Communists or Marxist Leninists as he calls them the events point quite clearly to a more general movement of political protest. Election time294 words
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Article, Illustration84 1971-08-24 5 Despite the jocular mood of those four envoys (left to right) Mr. Pjotr A. Abrassimon (USSR), Mr. Kenneth Rush (US), Sir Rojer Jackling (Britain) and Mr. Jean Sauvagnargues (France) after the last session of the Berlin Four-Power talks, NATO conference officials said final84 words
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Article279 1971-08-24 5 Reuter Seoul, 'Tuesday The South Korean capital was thrown into confusion with fear of a guerrilla attack from the North when prisoners broke out of an island stockade on Sunday. Though all 23 prisoners—described as "special convicts"—were later killed or wounded, the dawn breakout resultedReuter - 279 words
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Article70 1971-08-24 5 United Nations, Tuesday —The United Nations General Assembly was urged yesterday to call for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from South Korea and the dissoution of the UN Commission For The Unification And Rehabilitation of the Korean Peninsula. Proposing two agency items for the Assembly, 'which70 words
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Article149 1971-08-24 5 Belfast, Tuesday Civil Rights campaigner Bernadette Devlin said after giving birth to her baby daughter yesterday. "I'm just like any other mother in the world I think my baby's beautiful." The baby, whose father has not been named, was born two weeks early at Magherafelt149 words
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248 1971-08-24 5 United Press International Jakarta, Tuesday > A Manila publisher, Mr. Joaquin R. Roces, yesterday opened the -I third annual assembly of the Press Founda- tion of Asia (PFA), in Denpasar, Bali, citing C abridgement of Press freedom in Singapore, Taiwan, the Philip-United Press International - 248 words
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FOREIGN COMMENT
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418 1971-08-24 6 Los Angeles Times Saigon Hanoi has just delivered a mysterious snub to its political arm in South Vietnam. It happened under circumstances that puzzle Hanoi watchers. There is a possibility that Communist Party leader Le Duan is moving: his regimeLos Angeles Times - 418 words
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Article428 1971-08-24 6 Reports allege diversion of equipment from Vietnam Los Angeles Times New Delhi Senator Edward Kennedy has asked for an investigation into reports that the Nixon Administration has diverted arms being withdrawn from Vietnam to Pakistan. The General Accounting Office team In New Delhi, a branchLos Angeles Times - 428 words
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909 1971-08-24 6 ROBERT CRABBE - ROBERT CRABBE writes of the "Pacific Partnership" between Washington and Tokyo which is coming under heavy stress as new difficulties beset Japanese exports. ROBERT CRABBE United Press International Tokyo "We have developed an historic new basis for Japanese-American friendship," President Nixon told the US Congress inUnited Press International - 909 words
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334 1971-08-24 6 Shullen Shaw - From Shullen Shaw United Press International Communist China has now gained diplomatic recognition of more countries than Nationalist China and the margin is expected to continue to widen. When Turkey, once considered a staunch ally of Taipei, switched recognition from Taipei toUnited Press International - 334 words
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Article, Illustration732 1971-08-24 6 Edward K. Delong - Never-ending struggle for nuclear submarine supremacy From Edward K. Delong United Press International Night and day, every day of the year, the sleek black nuclearpowered submarines of the United States and Russia play a deadly game of hide and seek in theUnited Press International - 732 words
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Article, Illustration664 1971-08-24 6 Hari Hartojo - From Hari Hartojo United Press International Queen Juliana of Holland arrives in Jakarta on Thursday to the most elaborate welcome Indonesia has ever given a visiting head of state. Along the 200-mile route the Dutch monarch will be travelling during her 10-day visit inUnited Press International - 664 words
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LOCAL COMMENT
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Article, Illustration797 1971-08-24 7 Nation lacks right type of leaders, says professor pROF- Syed Hussein Al-Atas, former chairman of the Gerakan Ra'ayat Malaysia, has cjaimed that Malaysia is "running on minimum knowledge'- and maximum ignorance." He said: "We organise elections, never thinking what type of human materials797 words
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524 1971-08-24 7 I read with great interest the article entitled Ocean Strategy by Mr. G.G. Thomson, (New Nation August 18) and I must disagree with him on his opening assertion that "There was no major naval fighting in the Indian Ocean during524 words
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The Voice of the Press
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Article314 1971-08-24 7 What other newspapers are saying: Regarding the several problems we are now facing, it is learnt that, apart from the formerly grave unemployment problem that is no longer a cause for concern, the authorities are beginning to consider how to improve the livelihood of the lowerincome group,314 words
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Article251 1971-08-24 7 The latest seizure of more than two-and-a-quarter million dollars' worth of morphine on board a visiting ship is a vivid reminder of Hongkong's seemingly insoluble problem of narcotics. The root of the problem in Hongkong is not the pedlar or the possessor of narcotics but the251 words
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Article136 1971-08-24 7 There has been a terrible relativity in the agony of. Ireland. Each step towards the ancient dream of one nation, undivided and free. has seemed to pose an awesome prerequisite. Change has come only in equal measure to the shedding of blood Whatever the rights and wrongs of136 words
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Article227 1971-08-24 7 In the dollar crisis, the U.S. currency is virtually devalued, but Nixon refuses to declare devaluation. Instead, he tries to persuade other countries such as West Germany and Japan to revalue their currencies. To protect their own export trade, West Germany and Japan understandably do not227 words
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580 1971-08-24 7 Patrick de Souza - By Patrick de Souza The University of Singapore is considering a second language requirement for postgraduate studies for the next academic year. Recently there have been meetings at which faculty members discussed the relevance of a second language requirement for academic work and580 words
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Article478 1971-08-24 8 Both the Malaysian Chinese Association and the United Malays National Organisation should be happy with the course of events at the MCA's general assembly in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend. The election of new blood in the persons of Mr. Alex Lee, Mr.478 words
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'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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Article104 1971-08-24 8 Leslie Green, who is now a visiting Professor to the Law Faculty of the University of Singapore, is happy to be back in the Republic, to which he is no stranger. He first arrived in Singapore in December 1960 as Professor of International Law and when104 words
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Article68 1971-08-24 8 Investors in Singapore big industrialists as well as people dabbling on the stock market will soon have a new magazine to guide them. A journalist from an English language newspaper that recently stopped publication plans to publish the monthly from October. The magazine, I hear, will provide68 words
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Article75 1971-08-24 8 It will not be long before we see the first Russian representative bank In Singapore. One of its Important officials Is In town to get things organised before the official opening of the bank. Mr. V. Rizhkov, general manager of the London branch of the Moscow Narodhny75 words
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Article, Illustration1220 1971-08-24 8 GERALD de CRUZ - GERALD de CRUZ you had been travelling by air in the middle of the night over the northern plains of China in the autumn of 1958 the year when the people's communes were first organised you would have1,220 words
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Letters
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Article227 1971-08-24 8 LEE SOON CHYE - LEE SOON CHYE I have been a constant viewer of the Sunday Sharp Night programme over TV for quite some time. On the whole I find it an entertaining and interesting show. One thing, however, puzzles me. In the weekly general knowledge quiz most of227 words
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Article212 1971-08-24 8 IRENE SUNG - IRENE SUNG The designation Public Relations Girls for what the Americans call bargirls is both misleading and a misnomer. However many lowly occupations have been given Impressive handles these days. A rat catcher is a roddent operator, a postman a delivery officer, a taxi dancer a212 words
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Article177 1971-08-24 8 ANGELINA WU - ANGELINA WU I feel compelled to write In response to your Talking Point of August 19 about bargirls calling themselves public relations officers. It is not just a matter of putting on airs it is the height of ridicule and an insult to the P.R177 words
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Article122 1971-08-24 8 HONG LIM OH - LIM OH HONG Singapore has come a long way in music-making judging by the performance at the Sixth National Day Parade. All the pomp and pageantry would not have been possible without our own brass bands which provided all the marching tunes. We have been able122 words
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Article207 1971-08-24 8 ANG TONG PENG - ANG TONG PENG I am glad the government is now doing something about our precious beaches Proper facilities, including a restaurant, hawking stalls and toilets, are being built along Changi beach. I hope similar facilities will be provided at Pasir Ris and other beaches. Our beaches offer207 words
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Advertisement174 1971-08-24 8 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. Shane and Other Stories A Peacock Book by Jack Schaefer When Jack Schaefer wrote Shane, he created the most attractive and satisfying hero ever to appear in a Western adventure. For Shane, the mysterious stranger in black, as174 words
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Article, Illustration2774 1971-08-24 9 Mr. Andrew S.K. Lee - iflir THE STORY OF THE RISE OF THE OEI FAMILY'S KIAN GWAN COMPANY The Kian Gwan Co. and the name Oei Tiong Ham are household words but less well-known is the steady rise to wealth and fame of the Oei family and their struggle2,774 words
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SHOPPING
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Article, Illustration797 1971-08-24 10 IT'S funny but it's true. Our tastes have changed at such a fantastic rate that sometimes we land up falling for something which we discarded in the past as out-of-date. That something in this case is gramophones, those beauties that were a popular feature in almost797 words
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Advertisement339 1971-08-24 10 choosing the sound of that's best for you Jtk HKoss was the originator of the art of tttrtophont listening more thon 10 years ago, and now it offers stereophone headsets that will eliminate spurious room resonances to give the discrimate music lovers the ideal listening pleasure. Free demonstration from BENGOLD339 words
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Article, Illustration92 1971-08-24 11 Elisabeth Choo - by Elisabeth Choo Now is a time to start with a fresh attitude to fashions —a time to consider new ideas. For the beauty and fantasy of an evening take to the prettiest deisgns that are so cool and fresh. These are the soft, gently-coloured frocks are so92 words
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Article, Illustration227 1971-08-24 11 Adult trends influence fashions for toddlers Fashions for toddlers are greatly influenced by adult trends these days. Their wardrobe can be as varied as on adults, sophisticated and practical with fabrics that are easy to wash and wear. DURABLE These include durable cotton in abstract227 words
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Article, Illustration430 1971-08-24 11 Yvonne Thomas - From Yvonne Thomas Melbourne Herald London, Tuesday What would the English stage do without them: The grand old ladies of the theatre who go on and on through the decades with seeming indestructible energy? With never a hint of flagging enthusiasm, they are holdingMelbourne Herald - 430 words
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Article, Illustration176 1971-08-24 11 Roma Blair - Important to care for muscles By Roma Blair Today I am continuing the abdominal firming techniques which are essential for women to practice before and after childbirth. The abdominal muscles serve as a wall of containment to the abdominal organs. It is therefore important for the abdominal muscles176 words
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Article125 1971-08-24 11 THE BRANDY Producers Association in Sydney thinks teaching children to drink at school is an excellent idea. A headmaster, Mr. P. McKeown, of Canberra Grammar. believes his senior pupils should learn how to handle liquor in preparation for future social occasions. The wine and brandy125 words
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Advertisement243 1971-08-24 11 -.(.=\,^~*'<(},.+>)`>>`.(`/>!=; AA.XIl KitSAHY SALt: LATEST MODERN FASHION OF LADIES' SHOES HANDBAGS AT SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES Don't miss this Opportunity at SHOES CO. 71 A North Brtdgc Road, S pore. Tel- *****0 Next to Hock Lom Street Business hours 9 30 6 30 p.m. (Sundcy Closed Branch 195/3-4 New Market Rd.243 words
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169 1971-08-24 12 United Press International New York, Tuesday Led by big gains in the blue chips the stock market closed sharply higher yesterday. Much of the spurt stemmed from an extension of last week's optimism generated by President Nixon's new plan toUnited Press International - 169 words
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200 1971-08-24 12 Reuter London, Tuesday The market closed firmer in quiet trading. The reopening of the foreign exchange market has had no material effect on equities, dealers said. Some market sources believed that initial marking up was "overdone" and a softening was noted in the afternoon session.Reuter - 200 words
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Article106 1971-08-24 12 LONDON, Tues.—Following table Indicates previous official U.S. dollar exchange rates and some of the prices offered on reopened international exchange markets in Europe yesterday, plus percentage dollar devaluation: Previous Today Per Cent British pound (dollars a pound) 2.40 2.445 1.9 French franc 5.5125 5.5175 Plus .1106 words
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204 1971-08-24 12 Local pepper traders say that the cutting down of vast areas of pepper plants in Brazil and destruction of pepper plantations by a plant disease is likely to cause a world shortage of pepper and a consequent rise in its price in the near204 words
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Article195 1971-08-24 12 A lied Chem 31% Alcoa 53 Ani Brands 44 Am Can 34% Am Motors AT T 44 A ft P 15% Anaconda 18% Avon Pd Beth Steel 25% Boeing 16 Caterp Trac 54% Chrysler 31% Coca-Cola 108 Control Data 6J% Corn G1 Wks 243 Dow Chem 68%195 words
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Article1187 1971-08-24 12 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1970-1971 1 wk. 4 wks. Closing Price last Divid P/E TurnHigh Low ago ago Stock Buyers Sellers sale Yield Ratio Over INDUSTRIALS 2.63 1.68 1.96 2.02 Allied Chocolate 1.87 1.90 1.87 6.7N 13.6 5 1.90 0.841 1.46 1.521,187 words
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243 1971-08-24 12 A-Z IN SHIPPING American President Line is one of the oldest shipping lines using the port of Singapore. APL started operations at the turn of the century as The Dollar Steamship Company. Prior to that, it was known as the Pacific Mail.243 words
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139 1971-08-24 12 American Mall Line has suspended Its services to the Far East, owing to a strike of port workers on the west coast of the United States. Normally AML provides service from the west coast ports of the United States to Okinawa, Saigon, Singapore and139 words
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Article78 1971-08-24 12 Austasia Line is one among the few liners that fly the flag of the Republic. It owns two vessels registered in Singapore. Though conventional, both are passenger-cum-cargo vessels. Each can accommodate 110 passengers. There is only one class of passage in Australisia, but Malaysia has first78 words
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Article418 1971-08-24 12 Reuter Jakarta. Tuesday Indonesia last night announced a surprise devaluation of the rupiah by almost 10 per cent in what vas officially described as a move to protect the nation's exports. The devaluation, which raises the rupiah exchange rate to the U.S. dollar from 378 to 415Reuter - 418 words
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633 1971-08-24 12 EDGAR KOH - CINEMA By EDGAR KOH SHAFT starring Richard Roundtree (coming to Odeon). This film can Dest be described as a Negro version of Bullit or any of the James Bond films. While depicting much the same kind of violence and suspence that gunplay633 words
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Advertisement75 1971-08-24 12 SOFTENING TREND IN LONDON AFTER INITIAL MARKING UP WAS OVERDONE sD"bPlcan d TH€*T«( »IST*u*ANf tN.TICIOt, SIKG<PO<<I reservations TEL: *****3 PRESENTS Exparianca it with Zana daring axposura warranted to Excita. Irana A Brook a illusionists to tax your imagination. Saa thair uniqua disappaarinfl act with liva duck si And Tha Formula75 words
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Advertisement10 1971-08-24 12 NO DEALINGS ON THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE AS INDONESIA DEVALUES RUPIAH10 words
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Article, Illustration280 1971-08-24 13 Follow the horses marked with a L'Arc de Triomphe, closing in third at the home turn, swept past the leaders at the distance for an easy win. Jackie II and Babeica, both well up early, finished second and third respectively. Taiwan Princess led into the straight,280 words
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Article, Illustration38 1971-08-24 13 Flyweight Mohd. Nor bin Awi strains as he tries to lift the weights above his head. Pictures: Steven Lee Middleweight TAY KAI HIANG It's so easy Bantamweight NG BEE KIA Featherweight Mohd. Lad bin IsmailPictures: Steven Lee - 38 words
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Article, Illustration611 1971-08-24 14 Jeffrey Low - By Jeffrey Low In one of the most thrilling and gripping soccer matches played at Jalan Besar stadium Malaysia last night had only the heavens to thank for their triumph by five penalty goals to four over Singapore in the Pesta Sukan knockout competition. And here611 words
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Article97 1971-08-24 14 New York, Tuesday. Jack Nicklaus has set a new record for golf tournament earnings with a total so far this season of U*****,463 dollars according to the latest figures released today by the American Professional Golfers' Association. Nicklaus banked US$lO,650 for his third place in97 words
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Article64 1971-08-24 14 Sao Paulo, Tuesday. Rumania beat Brazil 3-2 in the inter-zone final of the Davis Cup yesterday after lon Tiriac defeated Edson Manaarino 6 0, 6-2, 6-4 in tne deciding singles match. Earner Ine Nastasie had levelled the match score for Rumania by beating Thomas Koch 6-4,64 words
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Article44 1971-08-24 14 MOSCOW, Tuesday.—Results of Soviet Union first division soccer matches played yesterday were: ra&hkent Paktakor 5 Tbilisi Dynamo 1; Atmata Kairat 1 Rostov-on-Don Army 1; Leningrad Zenit 0 Kiev Dynamo 0; Lvov Karpathy 0 Vorisholovgrad Zatya 0; Moscow Spartak 1 Yerevan Ararat 1.44 words
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312 1971-08-24 14 Singapore swimmers performed beyond expectations in the recently concluded Second Asian Age Group Swimming Championships held at Tokyo. This was the opinion of Mr. Woon Sui Kit, team manager of the Singapore team which returned to Singapore yesterday, two days ahead of schedule. "Japan,312 words
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Article71 1971-08-24 14 London, Tuesday. Princess Anne, 21-year-old daughter of Queen Elizabeth, was confirmed yesteroay as a competitor for tne set 2 -5 European threeday event equestrian championship but not as a member of the official British team. The Princess, first member of the Royal family to take part in71 words
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Article, Illustration302 1971-08-24 15 Lim Kee Chan - B—7 VICTORY OVER WA I From Lim Kee Chan in Perth Z- Singapore boxers showing a "never-say- die" spirit came from -behind (they were trailTing three bouts to five) ::to pip Western Australia 8-7 in their annual •boxing competition in "Perth last night. Hero of Singapore's vlc-302 words
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364 1971-08-24 15 I;By Scrutineer Dato Wee Hood Teck's champion, Need You Badly, gets pride of place in the Sultan's Gold Vase field with top weight of 9.3. Twenty horses have been handicapped in the sprint ciassic which will be run over the sif straight at364 words
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Article226 1971-08-24 15 From Blue Peter in Ipoh Slinger J did a smart workout on the sand .track at Ipoh this morning. Ridden by jockey A. Rao, Slinger J strode out fluently over 3f in 39 4/5. Owing to heavy shower last night, the track was yielding and all226 words
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Article79 1971-08-24 15 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Tuesday Bank clerk Dixie Burmeister led the US team to victory in the women's team bowling world championships here yesterday. Miss Burmeister the top scorer with 1197 points and her three team mates amassed a total of 4656 points which was just too good for79 words
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Article84 1971-08-24 15 TODAY SOCCER: Pest* Sakan International K.O. toorney—Thailand If Philippines (5.30 pjn.); Korea n Vietnam (7JO pun.) at Jalan "«sar. LAWN TENNIS: S'pore Amatnr Asian "Wimbledon" tourney (Padans. 9 a.m.). TABLE TENNIS: National champs (Monk's Hill Sec. Sch., 7 p.m.). TOMORROW FOOTBALL: Pesta Sakan Football Tournament Knock-Out •International)84 words
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263 1971-08-24 15 YAP CHENG HAI - YAP CHENG HAI Hon Asst. Secretary, Basketball Association of Singapore. Your article (NN 18-8-71) which contains comments from Mr. Stan Wickham, an Australian journalist, about our referees at the Pesta Sukan Basketball Invitation International Championship 1971 earlier this week is most unfair. First263 words
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Article531 1971-08-24 15 SPORT IN THE U K London, Tuesday India sensationally spun out England for 101 in less than three hours yesterday on the fourth day of the Third and final cricket Test at the Oval to stand on the brink of their first ever series victory531 words
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Article343 1971-08-24 15 London, Tuesday Manchester United moved to the top of the first division of the English soccer league with a 3-1 win over West Bromwich Albion at Stoke last night. In a match generally free of trouble among players and spectators after the disturbances of343 words
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Article194 1971-08-24 15 New York, Tuesday Chris Evert, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, yesterday became the heroine of American tennis when she defeated Britain's top singles player, Virginia Wade, to retain the Wightman Cup for the United States. Miss Evert, who at 16 is the youngest competitor to appear194 words
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Article108 1971-08-24 15 New York, Tuesday. Australian Rod Laver last night scored his first tournament victory since mid-May, defeating American Marty F4essen to win the colonal national professional tennis championship 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 at Fort Worth, Texas. The victory took him to second place in108 words
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Article49 1971-08-24 15 Auckland, Tuesday. Egypt's Mohamed Asran and Australian Cam Nancarrow yesterday scored fine victories in the international Individual amateur squash championships in Hamilton. Asran, the third seed, beat his fellow countryman Karim Halel 9-0, 9-4, 9-2 while Nancarrow, seeded second, beat Britain's Mike Corby 9-6, 9-3, 9-5.49 words
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Article, Illustration455 1971-08-24 15 Sonny Yap - By Sonny Yap The South Koreans are facing a serious tennis ball problem which threatens to Jeopardise their chances in the current Asian invitation tennis championships at the Padang. Both Chans Yong Ho and Miss Yang Jung Soon have had this nagging fear ever since455 words
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Article97 1971-08-24 15 Johannesburg, Tuesday— The Sports Minister, Mr. Frank Waring, has conceded that Cape coloured cricketer Basil D'Oliveira centre of a political storm which wrecked the 1969 MCC tour of South Africa, would now be acceptable here as a member of a touring English team. But in an97 words
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Advertisement350 1971-08-24 14 NEW NATION PHONE *****8 ASTROLOGY MAKE SURE OF YOUR FUTURE Let well known Hand Anoylst Astrologer Davis Star tell you what to pursue, what to avoid. Appointments required 384 B East Coast Road (near Telok Kurau Road) S'pore 15. Tel: S'pore *****7. AT YOUR SERVICE FOR CLEANING CARPETS and all350 words
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Advertisement274 1971-08-24 14 KAMARAGURU ASTROLOGICAL HOUSE (S. A. Govindan-Astrolo-ger), 117-A Owen Road, Singapore ***** 9 o.m. 5.30 p.m. Friday closed. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUST SELL: Fender, Yamaha, Farfisa amplifiers, Vox Fuzz. Wanted Combo Organs and P.A. System. Phone Macall ***** Singapore. OFFICE SPACE VACANT AIRCONDITIONED OFFICE DOUBLE. ROOM (340 sq.ft.) at Guillemard Road. Available274 words
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Advertisement624 1971-08-24 14 NOTICE CHAPTER 195 (PAWNBROKERS) Unredeemed Pledged Goods Jewellery from the following Pawnbrokers' Shops i.mm Joon Siong (Chop Sem Fob) No. 135 New Bridge Road. Ho Yin Kee (Chop Heng Fatt) Yong Kee No. 255 South Bridge Road. Seow Kian (Nam Cheong Pawnshop Ltd.) No. 287 South Bridge Road. Lam Joo624 words
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Miscellaneous130 1971-08-24 14 DR. KILDARE THAT'S RIGHT... M/ OLD MAM WAS A S6CRET TIPPLER.'/ SURPRISE?? COURSE Vt*J ARE... WHO'D THINK OF THAT NOBLEST ROMAN AS A LUSH? WjtJL. 1 1 m w, m. i SB Hi f fm Mm RIP KIRBY OH, SIR, PO VtXJ SEE THE SAME THINS? I THOUGHT PERHAPS I'VE130 words
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Miscellaneous291 1971-08-24 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ■■Si 3l Si 10 Shocked. 11 Summit. 12 Island in New Ycrk harbour 13 Island of the Cyclades 18 100 lbs of nails. 22 Menaces. 24 Refuted. 26 Secure. 27 Kampf." 29 Wth? C Fr rieS f ClVil liberti'cs--31 Ecclesiastic box. 33 Relative of gobbledygook. 34 Not291 words
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Miscellaneous623 1971-08-24 15 .Cat lilt ••tin iHies NEW NATION MONEYWORDS 'A' TUESDAY Cat tat lit |ii antk etker ceuaeas. Pestiaf iastractiaas awti' kelcw. Mane (Mr./Mrs./Mitt). AStress r i w c o o R N T O W A N T i FILL IN I MISSING LETTERS ACROSS i USIN6 j CLUES I BELOW.623 words
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221 1971-08-24 16 Belgian police are trying out two new weapons In their fight to stop the high summer road casualty rate —charm and transistor radios. Under Operation Smile police have been asked to show courtesy to motorists caught in the holidays weekend traffic-jams. Airborne police221 words
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108 1971-08-24 16 The letter from the Social Security Department left 19-year-old Stephen Mitchell with a funny feeling. It said he was pregnant. With the letter was a cheque, and advice on how to draw maternity benefits during his confinement. Stephen, a machineworker, of Maldon,108 words
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Article93 1971-08-24 16 Artist Lawrence Isherwood, 54, tried to pay a traffic fine with a painting. Magistrates at Southport, Lancashire, had just fined him £4 for driving through a red light. Isherwood, who was broke, asked: "Would you accept a painting Instead of cash?" The court refused,93 words
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113 1971-08-24 16 er Majesty's Royal Navy is trying to figure out what to do with one, large inflatable rubber teddy bear turned in to headquarters by a patrol submarine captain. A navy spokesman said the sub skipper was underwater off the coast of Scotland earlier113 words
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154 1971-08-24 16 The World Health Organisation has come up with an unique way of mosquito population control by exposing the insect to radiation and inducing impotency. It has set up a research unit in India to study the wide-scale use of genetic control of mosquitoes. The154 words
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118 1971-08-24 16 Marriage guidance is to be added to the curriculum of a high school in Britain. The 14-year-olds will be invited to take part in plays to act out the family rows that can wreck a marriage. And they will get all the118 words
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338 1971-08-24 16 Pentagon basement workers Jim Lassiter and Peter Flemming see more secrets than anyone else in Washington, including President Nixon himself." They work In a deep Pentagon basement where they watch two tons of old classified documents every hour pass up a conveyor belt338 words
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Article, Illustration51 1971-08-24 16 If you think this French lass, Gwenola de Kermoal looks good, wait till you see her dance. You can always find 17-year-old Gwenola dancing in one of the discotheques in town. She's one girl who will not sit still when the music is hot. Picture by BrianPicture by Brian Culley - 51 words
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Article65 1971-08-24 16 AH FOOK: At last our courting couples are going to enjoy a little privacy at our reservoirs now that the police are cracking down on Peeping Toms. MEI LIN: What's the use? These people will lie low for a while and then the old story will begin again.65 words
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249 1971-08-24 16 Thousands of women 4367 to be exact willing to be laughed at, admired, booed, ogled, taunted and praised for wearing hot pants were granted free admission to the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington. The idea for 'Hot Pants Day' said promoter,249 words
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Article72 1971-08-24 16 A London police chief claimed that robbers and burglars were making crime pay in Britain. They are so highly organised that half are never caught, said Mr. Robert Mark, the Metropolitan Police's deputy commissioner. "The professional burglar or robber has a six out of72 words
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Advertisement71 1971-08-24 16 <s'§fe f filler the Rght...l [so the picture s right! 1 Toshiba Filters t\ give you the widest range L\ of colours and sizes, I^to control tone reproduction J in all light Mi conditions. BRIGHTEN YOUR HOMES WITH ELECTRICAL LIGHT FITTINGS CENTRAL ELECTRICAL CO, LTD. ft. Tenglin Road. Singapore 9.71 words
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Miscellaneous372 1971-08-24 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and General Hospital 3.20 For The Family (M) 3.45 A Diary of Events in Singapore This Week (M) 3.50 It's Happening in Singapore 4.10 Peyton Place 4.55 Close 6.00 Opening and Buccaneers 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Colourful World of Music 6.50 It's Happening in Singapore372 words
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Miscellaneous48 1971-08-24 16 SHORT RIBS i mm i i SNIFFY By Frank O'Neal m IM PGACTICING MV ALERT LOOK FOR VJOWEkI I GO OAOC to oeeoteuce school ~IHiS FALL 1 &k 'X rrrw mJI nQNESTPP^gE^) ANDY CAPP |W I safes s I m V'l s M m S: H S* s:48 words
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Miscellaneous335 1971-08-24 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are In the exceptional position of being able to view yourself both from an objective and subjective point of view. Seldom do you miscalculate your own future, for you are able to judge your own abilities, imagine from a335 words
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