New Nation, 15 January 1972

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    15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, January 15, 1972 No. 303 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • Article
    Metal Box row: Ballot for strike
    121 1 Some 700 employees of Metal Box Company (Malaysia) Limited will take a secret ballot this afternoon for industrial action. They will vote on whether to strike in protest against the management's "complete withdrawal of offers for a new collective agreement." Mr. Tan Song Khiang,
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    OUR ROADS
    12 1 Police reported 60 accidents yesterday. Seven of them were serious.
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    Sardon here
    27 1 The Malaysian Minister of Communications, Tan Sri Sardon bin Hajl Jublr, arrived here this morning for talks with his Singapore counterpart, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin.
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  • Article
    Reds launch attack
    65 1 LATE NEWS Saigon, Saturday Communist forces launched a series of co-ordinated attacks early today on three major towns on South Vietnam's northern coast, military spokesmen reported. The attacks by small units of guerrillas firing rocket grenades, mortars and automatic weapons were on population centres straddling Highway 1
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    Holiday Magic probe on
    153 1 Police interview company officials Police are investigating the activities of Holiday Magic, the pvramid-selling cosmetics company. A number of people have been interviewed by the Commercial Crimes Branch of the CID in the last few days. These include senior executives of the company, as well as
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  • Article
    Confident tip for Longfellow today
    396 1 The going is good Lonrfellow can be confidently backed in Race 9 at Buklt Timah today. This strapping five-year-old by Fair Lord was given as an extra good thing on the course this morning. He will also be partnered by bang-in-form visiting jockey Laurie Johnson
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    Riot town still tense
    63 1 Salisbury. Saturday Armed police last night patrolled the remote mining town of Shabani in Rhodesia's restive south where an African died and nine were wounded by police gunfire in bloody rioting on Wednesday night. The town was quiet but tense as the police patrolled compounds at
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    16 killed in truck crash
    42 1 Bangkok, Saturday. Police in Chanthaburi province reported that a truck driver and 15 workers were killed yesterday when two front tyres on the vehicle burst, causing it to overturn. Five others were seriously injured in the accident.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Frederik, the sailor king, is dead
    352 1 Reuter Copenhagen, SaturdayKing Frederllc IX, the easygoing and popular monarch who ruled Denmark for a quarter of a century, died last night at the age of 72. The "sailor King" Who had'been in hospital sinfce January 3 when he suffered an acute heart attack,
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    Lock icon First Queen to reign
    300 1 Reuter Copenhagen. Saturday Tall. blonde. vivacious Princess Margrethe. who approves of women's equality but not women's superiority. will be Denmark's first reigning queen. Although the 31-year-old Princess is the eldest of King Frederlk's three children all daughters—she has been heiress to the throne for only 19
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    Ghana calm
    33 1 Accra. Saturday. Ghana was reported calm yesterday after Thursday's military coup which placed the country under the rule of ft National Redemption Council of six army officers, with ft civilian attorney-general.
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    Lock icon All set for 1000 mil. mile voyage
    250 1 Two years to Jupiter Reuter New York, Saturday A 249-kilo spacecraft designed for a 1000 million mile trip to Jupiter began its voyage in El Segundo, California, yesterday with a 15-mile truck ride. Pioneer F was taken from an aerospace factory to be
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    All clear for Norway
    52 1 Brussels, Saturday Norway and representatives of the European Common Market late last night Ironed out the final obstacle to Norway's membership of the community fishing Norway will thus be able to formally join the Market on January 22 along with three other candidate members Britain, Ireland
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    Israel warns
    35 1 Beirut. Saturday. Israel has served an official warning to Lebanon requesting a "complete end" of Palestinian guerilla attacks from Lebanese territory against the Jewish state, Prime Minister Mr. Saeb Salam said last night.
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    More P.O. Savings Bank offices
    180 1 The Post Office Savings Bank is to open more branch offices and Introduce a computerised accounts system. The Minister of Communications, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin said this would be part of a plan to provide a more efficient service to depositors. The Minister was speaking
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      60 1 i •> m m 9 s For some people there is only one airline. Going to Frankfurt? BOAC flights depart every Wednesday and Sunday evenings and arrive in Frankfurt bright and early the following mornings. You fly in the most comfortable seat in the air. Ask your travel agent. takes
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    20 Indons caught
    167 2  -  By Ivan Lim Despite constant patrols and checks by police and Immigration officials, Indonesian Immigrants continue to sneak into Singapore Illegally. More than 20 of them have been detained by the police so far this month. Recently marine police stopped a launch ott Pulau Übln at dawn
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    PUB to start fish trade
    198 2  -  Aim is to stop reservoir poaching By Peter Ong The Water Department of the Public Utilities Board Is going Into the fish business. By next month it will be branching out into the new enterprise selling "Soon Hock" or marble gobi fish to hotels and
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    Survey of Nantah teaching
    84 2 A survey of students' views on courses and teaching methods at Nanyang University is being planned. The opinion poll will focus on the type of teaching by Nantah staff. An official said: "Plans for the poll will be submitted to the dean and the senate for
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    Logo design contest
    61 2 The Institute of Public Relations Is organising a logo design contest for its letterhead and publications. The logo should bear the letters IPRS. a cash prize of $75 will be awarded to the best design. The competition is open to all and will close on January 31.
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    LCC exam courses
    48 2 The Adult Education Board will register students sitting for the 1973 L.C.C. (Intermediate) examinations at the Mountbatten LGPD Centre, Dakota Crescent, from Monday to Friday between 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The courses available are English, Book keeping, Commercial Arithmetic, Structure of Commerce and Type-writing.
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    Surgical meet
    33 2 A combined surgical meeting will be held at the Outram Road General Hospital on January 22 at 8 a.m. It Is sponsored by the Chapter of Surgeons, Singapore Academy of Medicine.
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    Blood unit
    21 2 The blood transfusion service mobile unit will be stationed at Rifle Range Road Camp I today until 12.30 p.m.
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    Aid in electronics
    262 2 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. Fifteen technical and supervisory staff of the National Semi-conductor plant In Singapore are now In Penang, training Malaysians to look after the newjy established factory there. This was disclosed by its managing director, Mr. R.B. Mollerstuen, when he received the letter of approval for
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    And so they were wed...
    185 2 Dr. Fong Chuan Wee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fong Tiang Loon, both Chinese physicians, married Miss Koh Lik Chun, a bank clerk recently. Dr. Fong is doing his post-graduate studies in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital. The wedding dinner at the
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      155 2 [BM Temperatures cities yesterday Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Hong Kong Manila Taipeh Naha Seoul Tokyo London Paris Moscow 18New York San Francisco Melbourne Canberra Perth In world 31-22 C 30-16 C 16- 9C 27-22 C 16-12 C 20-14 C 6-2 C 14- 5C 10-6 C 8-5 C minus 19C 14-6 C
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      166 2 At the cinema Capitol: Finger of Doom (Mandarin) 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.30 pjn. Cathay: Evel Knievel 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. Globe: Magnificent Seven —1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.15 pjn. Imperial: The Rescue (Mandarin)—2.ls, 7.15, 9.30 p.m. Jurong Drive-In: Duel of Karate (Mandarin)— 7, 9.30 pjn. Lido: The Confession 2.30, 6.15,
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  • Article
    Beware the petrol bill tricksters
    220 3  -  By P.N. Balji Police today warned the public to be on the lookout for confidence tricksters who go to petrol kiosks, under the pretext of buying cars, and steal petrol bill books. The operations of the tricksters came to light early this month when two
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    $1000 for 20 cars
    301 3  -  By Wee Beng Huat A 16-year-old boy recently "sold" his fleet of 20 cars which included makes like Mercedes, Jaguar and several other big air-condi-tioned American models for $lOOO. Ridiculous, you may say. But that was in fact the going market price. What the boy sold
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    More students taking language courses
    420 3 Special teaching laboratories are making language courses more attractive to many local students, according to directors of three language centres. One example is the Nanyang University's Language Centre. Its director, Dr. Soren Cox, said there were more students at the centre than ever before. The
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    Russians present books to Nantah
    74 3 The Russians extended a hand of friendship yesterday at Nanyang University. Their ambassador to the Republic, Mr. B. Bezrukavnikov, presented over 150 books to Nantah's ViceChancellor, Prof. Rayson Huang. Members of the Russian embassy staff and local newsmen attended the presentation ceremony in the administration
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    Secretary group looks for members
    90 3 Hie Singapore Association of Personal and Executive Secretaries has been registered. Its cnairman is Mr. Clement Ng head of the Executive Division of the Stamford Centre for Executive and Commercial Training. The association has started a drive for membership. "We have already 50 members. We
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  • Article
    Fire in tunnel
    32 3 Hong Kong, Saturday. Five peopie were reported injured last nißht when a fire functuated by an explosion gutted a section of Hong Kong's cross harbour tunnel currently under construction.
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    Thai air base tour for Goh and party
    228 3 From Manit Jeer in Bangkok. Singapore's Defence Minister. Dr. Goh Ken* Swee. yesterday spent about three hours touring Kamphaeng Saen air-base in Naknon Pathom Province, about 100 kilometers from here. There, the visiting minister and his party inspected the Royal Thai Air
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    Engineering course
    35 3 The National Productivity Centre will conduct a seven-week course in industrial engineering in Chinese, starting on January 24. The course will be held at 14-F Chia Ping Road, Jurong Town. Fee is $l5O.
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      103 3 We challenge anyone to find a more versatile chair than this. It's called The Snoozer. Like the other Parker-Knoll recliners, it can adjust itself to any of the three positions to match your every mood. The Snoozer, however, has the additional advantage of being a rocking chair, if you feel
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    Lock icon Care, comfort for 10c a day
    269 4  -  (WM ON SINGAPORE Words: Douglas Chan Where in Singapore can you "deposit" your children from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on any working days with care and comfort, education, nutrition and recreation all provided for a fantastically low fee of 10 cents a day?
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      105 4 TtM informed ladias know of coursa that EsbHina it a famous I in* of fabrics, and not a shipping lina. It is in fact a cloth of fina Egyptian Cotton inada into a suparfo fabric and comas from Garmany, a country known for its quality products. Now you can gat
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      35 4 m fhht tang skin TONCT 8 Ft OZ I one I p Your Skin With Fruit Tang. I ruit I an« Toner cools your I ace hile 11 1 ones I|) our Skin Price: $l3-25
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    Lock icon Mujib to China: Recognise us
    430 5 'Resentment' against US policies United Press International Dacca, Saturday Sheikh Mujibur Rahman yesterday appealed to China to recognise his government as a first step towards mutual co-operation between the two countries. He also said he resented some US policies in the subcontinent. Sheikh Mujib gave
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    Lock icon Peking men stopped
    166 5 United Press International Dacca, Saturday The Bangla Desh government is apparently blocking the repatriation of Chinese diplomats in an attempt to secure the release of Bengali members of Pakistan's Embassy in Peking. Well-informed diplomatic sources said yesterday that the government had made it impossible for about 40
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    Lock icon '4000 were raped'
    126 5 Reuter Rome, Saturday—Pakistani troops raped some 4,000 women in Bangla Desh before their defeat by India, the international Roman Catholic relief organisation Caritas said here yesterday. Mother Teresa, an Alba-nian-bora nun known for her work among the poor In India, was going to Blangla Desh with 10
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    US bombers pound Red hideouts near Saigon
    491 5 Saigon, Saturday.—United States fighter bombers have pounded suspected guerrilla troop concentrations north-east of Saigon in one of the heaviest and closest raids to the capital In recent weeks. A US High Command spokesman said the targets, within a 30 to 40 mile radius
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    Police hold 11 in for anti-Soviet activities
    185 5 Moscow, Saturday Eleven people are reported to have been arrested in the Ukraine, apparently for nationalist activities, amid official concern reflected in the Soviet Press at the survival of nationalism in the Soviet republics. Reliable sources said the 11 were held by security
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    Lock icon MPs get bomb parcels threat
    178 5 Reuter London, Saturday British parliamentarians were last night warned by Scotland Yard police not to touch any suspicious parcels following an anonymous threat by an Irish Republican guerrilla group. Saor Eire (Free Ireland), a small group of Republican extremists, phoned a London news agency earlier
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    SEPARATED AND IN EXCELLENT SHAPE
    62 5 Two-and-a-half-month-old Siamese twins, Cynthia and Christine are shown shortly after their successful separation by a 22-man team at the University of Alberta hospital In Canada. Hospital director Mr. John Read described their condition as "excellent," but added, "the first 48 hours are always critical and
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    Lock icon Russia now expels U.S. law maker
    225 5 Reuter Moscow, Saturday.—The Soviet union yesterday expelled United States Congressman James Scheuer, who was detained briefly by plainclothes police on Wednesday when he met a group of Jewish would-be emigrants. His expulsion was announced by the US Embassy after embassy counsellor Mr. Thompson Buchanan
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    Decoration rejected
    89 5 Perth, Saturday. Jacob Oberdoo, a full-blooded Australian aboriginal, has rejected a decoration awarded by Queen Elizabeth because he feels that "The plants and animals of my native lands have been exploited." They have been left to the mercy of short-sighted Ignorant folk who aire Ignorant of the rule
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      121 5 T Special Two for One Introductory Offer TODAY ONLY! Choose Two Of Three products displayed today and fill in the coupon below. Our Holiday Girl Will Call On You With Your Choice. Holiday Magic Pty. Ltd. 421-425 People's Park Complex 3rd Fl. New Bridge Road, Singapore 2. Please have a
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    Pullout—but Peking still has doubts
    466 6 With the announcement from President Nixon that he is withdrawing another 70,000 troops from South Vietnam by May 1, it is now possible to envisage a total pullout of American combat troops by the time the voting takes place for his bid to retain the
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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      Poet turns adviser
      36 6 I hear that DJ. Enright, the poet and former Professor of English at the Buldt Tlmah campus, become an editorial adviser to the publishers Chatto and Windus. He continues as co-editor of Encounter.
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      One more on the scene
      33 6 Another multi-level pyramid selling organisation has arrived on the Singapore scene, I am told. The company was registered early this month and intends to hold "opportunity meetings" soon.
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    A terrifying world of young hate and the question of where it will all lead
    881 6  -  PAKIR SINGH It was an ironic reallife coincidence. The record was turning out the rich, moving voice of Indian singer Mohd. Ran with the Sikh hymn 'Tell the beloved the plights of us mortals." In
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  • Letters
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      Talking of guitars
      393 6  -  ROBERT LIEW It Is indeed exasperating to find your music critic. Miss Violet Oon arguing totally out of context (NN. Jan. 13). She says a flamenco guitarist does hit the wood of a guitar. Of course, she is right. But it may be a rude shock to
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      Explaining owners' view
      338 6  -  K.G. TAN Secretary, Racehorse Owners' Association Singapore, L I refer to the letter by Off the Cuff (NN, Jan. 13). If Off the Cuff had checked with officials of the Racehorse Owners' Association, he would have been Informed that committee members of the Association were having a
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      Other side of Malacca
      62 6 Malacca is not dead nor as sleepy as Ong Choo Suat makes out (NN, Jan. 8). Why doesn't she see for herself and write about the Olympic-size swimming pool which is a few feet away from St. Paul's hill, the golf course and zoo at Ayer
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      Afternoon classes
      122 6 Since school reopened, my friends and I feel that we are being treated unreasonably. Our school is situated in Strathmore Avenue and it has Sec. One in the morning and some Sec. Four classes in the afternoon. Why should the Sec. Ones have the privilege to be in
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      Leaking HDB flats
      86 6  -  Y.C.H. Recently, dirty water was leaking from the pipes of the flat above mine. I made three complaints to the HDB branch office in MacPherson Estate, but nothing was done about it. It was intolerable. Each time we visited the toilet, the dirty water dripping down on
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      Plea for old man's CPF
      236 6  -  C.A. KOH By a curious anomaly, a coronary patient, aged 75, finds himself trapped into becoming a third time contributor to the Central Provident Fund—his second withdrawal having taken place on October 23, 1969. Presently, he works parttime for 12Vfe hours a week, beginning from
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      35 6 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. ~80 Made in U.S.A. Long range 12 -18-24 US gallon;. Marine Fuel Tanks Accessories for Outboard Motors. .r\ F# vSTOCKS SPAPES STRv/ICE CILINDETEVES-JACOBERG
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      44 6 r. .1 r. as so ft il 3 s E C6BICVCopyright 1971 lot Angctot Tim«t "Vietnamese war?" ft \*.i H il I IT SW ■IS '•V M A > fc't ill !l Hi II il 5 a il i n "Nah... holiday weekend traffic accidents."
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
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      Lock icon DISCOVERING SINGAPORE
      1148 7  -  Sentosa —a tourist attraction in the making WORDS: Ong Choo Suat Half a mile south of Singapore island lies Sentosa, one mile wide and four miles long and 649 acres in area. Sentosa and the promise of tranquillity in its name provides a contrast to the former name
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      Lock icon The Horn is a graveyard but Punta Arenas is a funland
      813 7  -  Prom L.Greenwood Los Angeles Times To the sailors who for five centuries have tried to avoid washing up on it, it is the most terrifying vision in the world. A great granite rock jutting 1390 ft out of the
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      unexplored facts about Lee
      976 8 lew a political biography, move a collection of speeches LEE KUAN YEW, by Alex Josey. Donald Moore for Asia Pacific Press (revised edition), 630 pages, $25. CHAN HENG CHEE. A biography of a living statesman can never be satisfactory. Some of the source materials are not
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      Lock icon Unfinished appraisal of Nixon
      945 8 Less a problem for the president, more a frustration for Journalists NIXON IN THE WHITE HOUSE: THE FRUSTRATION OF POWER, by Rowland Evans, Jr. and Robert D. Novak R a n d o w*n House, 431 pages. US$8.95. DON OBERDORFER The Washington Post In 1966 Rowland
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      Climates
      24 8 The poem Climates published last week toas > wrongly attributed to Arthur Yap. It was written by Robert Yeo. Our apologies to both poets.
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      Rich harvest
      497 8 The role of plants la human life PLANTS IN THE SERVICE OF MAN, by Edward Hyams. Dent and Sons, 222 pages, £2.95. C.V. ANTHONY ADAMS. Whether it be cereals for breakfast or salad vegetables for lunch, we owe them all to the efforts of early man to the
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      Simply this
      80 8  -  Sng Boh Khim She held back in fear. 0 where are we? She held back, in love's black respite. 1 have seen him times when your head too* turned, and a trouble in your eves: love didn't mean like that. So you have run too far, following the
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      PAPERBACKS
      270 8 LOSER TAKES ALL: Graham Greene needs no Introduction. This short piece of fiction tells of Bertram, a 'conspicuously unsuccessful' assistant accountant of 40 who suddenly finds that he can be on the winning side in the casino at Monte Carlo during his honeymoon on his second marriage. Bertram changes
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      Cover of the week
      67 8 With wine becoming more and more popular in Singapore, this is a good book to add to the library. Italy, to most peoples surprise, it the largest wineproducing country in the world. The author is the editor of The Compieat Imbiber, an authoritative book on wines.
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      Lock icon GOLD: The metal that has always lured man
      1819 9 Los Angeles Times In 1511, King Ferdinand of Spain wrote to his soldiers in South America: "Get gold, humanely if you can, but at all hazards get gold." For 6000 years or so, nations have warred, and men fought, died, explored, cheated
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      A collection of Bob Dylan's best numbers
      1135 10  -  IT INCLUDES 5 TRACKS NOT OFFICIALLY RELEASED DISC PETER ONG Bob Dylan: Greatest Hits Volume II (CBS KG*****): Dylan can never stay In one place for too long geographically or musically. He is a highly complex character. His works have always evolved in
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      Alekhine 'the sadist of the chess world'
      923 10  -  He was always willing to take risks CHESS TSANG KWOK CHOONG Alexander Alekhine, a member of a wealthy family in Tsarist Russia, started learning the art of chess-play-ing at an early age. His mother taught him the game and he eventually become a
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      The delightful Bourride
      576 10  -  Just the dish for garlic lovers FOOD DRINK LI PO Somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind I remember a young couple but lately arrived with new cooks, in a enw house to which we were invited for dinner. Many things happened to our meal about
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      Awkward but staggering...
      360 10  -  ...HANDS AND CONTRACTS BRIDGE E.P.C. COTTER A recent junior international tournament brought up some awkward hands and the wealth of final contracts was staggering. How would you have bid this hand, dealt by North at Game to North-South: A simple sequence would be one heart from North,
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      Fistful of John's family...
      532 11  -  '^CINEMA EDGAR KOH BIG. JAKE starting John Wayne and Richard Boone; with Maureen O'Hara. (Jurong Drive-In Midnight tonight). John Wayne is a fatherly figure packing both paunch and punch in this good ol' Western. Playing the part of the legendary Big Jake, he comes back after
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      Music for everyone...
      590 11  -  BY LOCAL AND WEST GERMAN ARTISTES THEATRE VIOLET OON Two coming theatre attractions should cater for divergent musical tastes in Singapore. These will feature a local group presenting classical secular and sacred music in one concert and a West German popular music orchestra in the other. At
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      Co-ops can help Balinese artists
      742 11  -  ART ONG CHOO SUAT Together with the rupiahs it bring in, the Indonesian tourist industry is giving Balinese artists a new headache. They have learnt to communicate with visitors who do not speak their language. And this difficulty sometimes costs them thousands of rupiahs. "It
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      115 9 The search for EXCLUSIVE fashion ends TODAY SUPREME QUALITY GENUINE HANDPRINTED BATIK WEAR FOR LADIES GENTS AND BATIK FABRICS OF VOILE OR LAWN WITH NEW EXCITING DESIGNS AND COLOUR COMBINATIONS May Lee's folks boutique Mandarin Hotel, Shopping Arcade, Orchard Road, Singapore. Tel: *****0. OPEN: Daily 830 to 8 p.m. SUNDAYS:
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      122 9 Congratulations and best wishes to I-SIA BEAUTY SALON on their grand opening We are proud to have supplied the furniture and provide the interior decorations for this top-class beauty salon. ANGLO-NORSE JgfT (0. (PTE) LTD. 128, Cod I Street, Singapore 1. Tel: *****, *****, *****9. SPECIAL OFFER FOR EVERY HAIR
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  • BUSINESS AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon $1.5m. gamble revolutionised toy marketing in the US
      890 12 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, Saturday Back in 1955, Elliot and Ruth Handler were running a fair-sized toy business, doing $l5 million a year in volume without threatening any giants of the industry. Then they took the big gamble, signing up for
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      Lock icon Where Wall Street went, ethers were sure to follow... ...but no more now
      1513 12 Los Angeles Times New York, Saturday When Wall Street sneezes, the rest of the world's stock markets no longer get penumonia. Until not too long ago, where the American securities markets went, London, Tokyo, Paris, Frankfurt and
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      Ford plant all set for big sales promotion
      276 12 Things are buzzing for the Ford Motor Company at Buklt Timah. The company Is all set to meet the anticipated growing demand for its locally assembled cars. Speaking on the expansion programme now underway, Mr. J.O. Auton, the general manager of Ford
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      Lock icon After the 'miracle' comes the slide
      377 12 Washington Post Bonn, Saturday After years of growth so breathtaking that It became known as the German economic miracle, West Germany enters 1972 facing the threat of serious recession. During the past year, a number of factors the government's efforts to cool Inflation by
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      Lock icon More snags to clear, says Stans
      113 12 Reuter WASHINGTON, Sat.—US Commerce Secretary Mr. Maurice Stans said that many international trade problems remained to be negotiated following last month's international currency agreement, and forecast major developments in the patterns of world commence. While welcoming the monetary agreement that realigned currency values, Mr.
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      Japan may invest more here
      206 12  -  S. V. Suppiah Revaluation of the Japanese yen Is likely to lead to increased investments in Singapore. This optimistic hope was expressed by a spokesman of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry here, who said: "Of course there will be an increase in investment
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      Dutch food and trade fair soon
      186 12 Organised by the Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, one of the largest food and agricultural trade promotions will be held In Singapore and Malaysia In May this year. The theme of the threeweek promotion will be Holland Is Here. Mr. Esko Pajasalml, management consultant to
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      Lock icon Moderate turnover on Wall St.
      291 13 United Press International New York, Saturday Stocks were slightly higher in moderate turnover yesterday. Many analysts suggested the market's performance was in line with the pattern of consolidation which began earlier in the week. The news background, however, gave investors further reason for optimism. The
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      TAIWAN THIRD SUGAR EXPORTER
      74 13 T&ipeh: Taiwan's annual sugar export of 620,00 tons, third largest in the world behind Cuba and Australia, has not been affected by the country's ouster from the United Nations, an official of the Taiwan Sugar Corporation said today. Mr. Li An-Liao, Vice president of the state-own-ed
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      HIGHER FIAT SALES
      28 13 ROME: Flat, which raised Its prices by five per cent earlier this week Increased sales and turnover during 1971, company president Mr. Giovanni Agnelli reports.
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      Lock icon UK: Slight gains in mixed closing
      251 13 Reuter London, Saturday The market closed mixed in moderate twoway trading. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times index was up 1.2 at 488.2. ICI recouped some of Thursday's losses while Unilever, Dunlop and Courtaulds were narrowly higher. In bid situations' Glaxo met profit taking
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      Dally share analysis
      1007 13 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS 1979-1971 Closing Price Last Dhrid. P/E Ti sraHigh UHW Stock Buyers Sellers Sale Yield Ratio over 2.98 1.68 Allied Chocolate 2.17 2.18 2.18 5.7N 15.8 12 ISO 0J9* Ben dt Co. 1.40 1.41 1.41 3.5 23.9 3
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      Week of relatively mixed trading on Singapore share market
      282 13 By Our Market Correspondent The share market was relatively mixed this week compared with last week. There was a decline in the aggregate turnover from 11.3 million units to 11.1 during the week. In value there was a drop of $3
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        BIG $ SELL-OUT IN EUROPE
        62 13 BIG SELL-OUT IN EUROPE LONDON, Sat.—Bankers, businessmen and speculators sold off the dollar all over Europe yesterday and drove the price of the U.S. currency down to new levels In West Germany and Britain and sent it sliding lower in other main centres. The fragility of the midDecember Washington agreement
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        BUSINESS TEAM FROM JAPAN
        59 13 TOKYO: A market survey mission is to be sent to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia for a fortnight in early March by the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, it was announced here today. ""The mission will explore the possibilities of mediumsized firms in the Nagoya
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        $144m LOAN FOR KOREA
        75 13 WASHINGTON: The World Bank and its affiliate the International Development Association (IDA) announced 50-year loans and credits to south korea totalling $144 million for an irrigation project in the south western part of the country. The announcement said the $255,600,000 irrigation project was located in the
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        $42M AID FOR CAMBODIA
        40 13 PHNOM PENH: The United States and Cambodia have signed an accord for increased American aid In the form of surplus agricultural produce. This year's aid will total $42 J million compared with $27.6 million last year.
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      Pan Malaysia Cement Company shareholders await new look
      681 13 ■9 Pan Malaysia Cement Works Berhad was incorporated in West Malaysia in 1963 as a holding company with associated companies engaged in the production of cement and the manufacture of tyres. In 1967 the company merged its cement Interests with those of
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      A show-house—instead of charts and diagrams
      177 13 A show-house —instead of charts and diagrams PROPERTY! As an advanced marketing technique in property development, a developer has put up a show-house at dementi Park. Instead or allowing the purchasers to visualise the house from the charts and diagrams, the show-house acts as an Ideal model In which each
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      WALL ST. PRICES
      194 13 Allied Cham Alcoa Am Brands Am Clfrn ••••••>• AT 4k T Am**-** Beth Steel Boeing Caterp Trae Chrysler Coca-Cola Control Data Com Ol Wks Dow Cbem DuPoot Kodak Ford Mot Oca Dynam Oen Dec Gen mods General Mbt OTBJ Goodyear Gulf OU IBM Int Harv Int Nickel
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    BTU may score upset over SCC
    558 14  -  By Jeffrey Low Newly promoted ANZUK Base Transport Unit hope to create an upset when they clash with the fancied Singapore Cricket Club side in a Singapore Rugby Union Division One league match at Dieppe Barracks at 5 p.m. today. V BTU beat the
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    It's a soccerbasketball score
    387 14  - It's a soccer—basketball score By Dennis Chia An unofficial record can be claimed in basketball when Hua Yi Chinese Middle School beat Pasir Panjang by 2-0 in a C division girls match held yesterday. It was one of the slowest and lifeless games ever seen in Singapore and the lowest
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      258 14 TUITION CHINESE CLASSES FOR SECONDARY. Teoching by Nbnyong Graduates, experienced teachers. Mathematics and Science classes also available. Secondary Four Additional Maths, $6O/- p.m. Joo Chiat Tutorial School, 308-6, Joo Chiat Road, S'pore. 15. Telephone: *****8. BERNARD DRIVING SCHOOL quick to pass, dual controlled hourly $5 monthly courses $4O, tuition from
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      398 14 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you enjoy most being with those who think us you do, share your interests and your endeavours. This does not mean that you have not the Imagination to broaden your horizons, or tne curiosity to explore new things, new places;
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      289 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD kmm mi 11 La fllle. 12 —collection. 13 Poetic herd. 18 Lured: Colloq.: 2 words. 19 Greek princess. 24 Double-dealer. 25 Mother —'s chickens (pet rels). 26 Passport entries. 27 Absurd. 28 Actress Oberon. 29 Time for relaxation: words. 30 Incensed. 31 Highest peak in Canada. 33
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    Saturday's selections
    2241 16 ■.I'LIJMM CLASS 6, DIV. 4 7F ImQSBH ($5,500 $3,850 to winner) 1 ***** TINY TIM a (BK Chua) RS Breukelen S 9.0 <dd 4-1) Wsdl 2 2 ***** AGRESSION (Ahmad Samad) owner 7 8.11 (dd +l4) SP Sublan IS 2 ***** DIMOM (Brl Gangga) Zain 7 8.10 (dd
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    La Notre has the staying power to take out Race Six
    791 16 By Scrutineer La Notre looks a sound bet in the Class Six Division Two 9f (Race 6) at Bukit Timah this afternoon. Last Saturday she turned in a good effort over 8f when she came from last In a
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      454 16 5 Siigapre 1.05 Opening and Fell* the Cat 1.35 Something Else 1.50 Lassie—A Career for Lassie 2.15 Sesame Street (Rpt) 3.10 Saturday Matinee— Night Freight—starring: Forrest Tucker, Barbara Brltton 430 Survival— Ghost Town 4.55 The Sound of Music (Rpt) 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 What's My Linehosted by Wally Bruner
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