New Nation, 22 January 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, January 22, 1972 No. 309 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 94 1 The Japanese Embassy here has stepped in to help ®£tt*e the dispute between the Bodhl Lin vegetarian restaurant in NeU Road and a Japanese textile Arm. Madam Wong Fong Lum, owner of the restaurant, .today said an official of the -Embassy contacted and persuaded her
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  • 10 1 Police reported 58 accidents yesterday. Three were serious.
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  • 37 1 Hong Kong, Saturday—A .giant fossil of a dinosaur -25 ft (eight metres) tall and 16 yards (15 metres) from head to tall has been discovered in China's northeastern Shantung province, Peking radio reported.
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  • 36 1 Jakarta, Saturday Student leader Arlef Budlman was arrested last night, the latest of a series of prominent Jakarta Intellectuals picked up for questioning by the army's powerful Security Command (Kopkamtlb), Informed sources said today.
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  • 37 1 LATE NEWS Malaysia-Singapore Airlines flight ML4OS today to Manila has been delayed indefinitely, according to jtn airline official. A Philippines Airlines spokesman said the airline was not suspending it flights between Singapore and Manila.
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  • 325 1 54 in two planes feared dead New Nation Foreign Service Bogota, Saturday Fifty-four people are feared to have died in two air crashes in Colombia. The double disaster could be the worst in the history of this South American nation. The crashes occurred within hours of each
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  • 365 1 Key base is target Reuter Vientiane, S 4tur d£y.— About 1,500 North Vietnamese troops have launched an attack on Skyline Ridge in another attempt to break the government defence line protecting the key base of Long Cheng in Northern Laos. The North Vietnamese
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  • 53 1 Brisbane, Saturday. Three men were killed today when their helicopter crashed on the great barrier reef near Heron Island, a holiday resort 400-miles (640 km) north of here. Police said the men's bodies, which have not yet been identified, were pulled from the sea after a
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  • 39 1 Colombo, Saturday—World Bank president Robert McNamara Is due here today and is expected to urge the government to cut socialist spending If it wants World Bank credits to overcome a major foreign exchange crisis.
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  • 418 1 Nipah strongly tipped in Race 8 By Blue Peter Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Here He Comes IV is In great form and can follow up his recent Penang win in Race 6 at Kuala Lumpur today. This five-year-old who started in Class 1 was freely
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  • 83 1 Is it a boat or a plane? Take your pick, because the X-113, a new craft developed in West Germany, will come close to filling both roles. The brainchild of German aerodynamic expert Alexander Lippisch, the craft will travel just above the surface of the water
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  • 38 1 Madrid, Saturday.—Kidnapped Spanish industrialist Lorenzo Zabala returned home last night after being released by his abductors. Senor Zabala, managing director of a precision instruments firm near the basque town of Eibar, was seized on Wednesday.
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  • 155 1 The Special Investigations Division of the Customs and Excise Department arrested 32 people last week in an operation against drug traffickers. A SID statement today said that five peddlers and 27 buyers were caught in raids conducted at the usual drug hangouts. It said: "Places
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  • 31 1 Washington, Saturday. The US Atomic Energy Commission yesterday reported the detection of fresh fall-out products in 16 western states, originating from the Chinese nuclear test two weeks ago.
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  • 176 1 United Press International Manila, Saturday A flash fire virtually destroyed the sprawling terminal building of the Manila International Airport early today forcing workers to jump for their lives and causing damage estimated at more than $9O million. At least one person was
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  • 112 1 Police today released the serial numbers of the $40,000 given to the lone gunman by the family of Mr. Danny Wong during a daring hold-up. The notes in various denominations include $lOO bills with serial numbers from A/2 *****1 to *****0. Police appealed to the public
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  • 36 1 Bogota, Saturday Fifteen people, some of them children, were killed and 14 seriously injured when a lorry they were riding in plunged some 500 metres (1600 feet) into an abyss in northern Colombia yesterday.
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  • 272 2  -  By Bharathi Mohan A simplified system of issuing parking coupons is under study by the Car Parks Division to replace the present method of Individual collection and Issuing of receipts by car parks attendants. Under the proposed system, drivers will pay parking fee
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  • 465 2 Minister gives some advice at exhibition Parents should explore career opportunities with their children. Mr. Sia Kah Hul, the Minister of State for Labour, said this today at the opening of the career exhibition You and The Professions at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Outlining the
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  • 148 2 Miss Margaret Ellen Mentha, 15, a Rotary exchange student from Australia, looks forward to being "localised" in the next 12 months. Margaret Is staying with Dr. and Mrs. Harold Chan and their six children in Leonle Road, as a guest of the Rotary
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  • 84 2 A charity demonstration by the three self-defence clubs of the Jurong Christian Church will be held today at Taman Jurong at 7.30 p.m. Members of the club will give a demonstration of Taekwon-do. Karate-do and Nam Wah Pal to raise funds for the Jurong Town Creche. Mr. Ho
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  • 29 2 The world heavyweight title fight between Joe Frazier and Terry Daniels will be re-telecast by Radio and Television Singapore today at 6.35 pjn. on Channel Five.
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  • 158 2 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Labour Minister Tan Sri Manlckavasagam has called on workers, trade unions and employers to cooperate fully with the government for the success of the Pata conference. "Everything should be done to ensure that the occasion is not marred by Industrial
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  • 72 2 Washington, Saturday The State Department yesterday revealed the existence of a network of 90 FBI agents overseas and said the number would shortly be increased to 96. In a rare disclosure of the operations of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Overseas, a state department spokesman said
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  • 42 2 New York, Saturday. The 12 year old son of the late actress Jayne Mansfield and actor strongman Mickey Hargltay has been awarded US$lO,OOO (about $30,000) for being mauled by a lion in an amusement park six years ago.
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  • 29 2 Colombo, Saturday.—Education Minister Badiuddin Mahmud yesterday banned mini-skirts for schoolgirls as "immodest," and ordered that their skirts must be at least three inches below the knee.
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  • 191 2 The Postal Services Department collected a total of $34.5 million in revenue in 1970. This is about $l5 million more than the 1966 figure of $19.4 million. These figures are given in the department's annual report. The department's total expenditure in 1970
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  • 57 2 The Adult Education Board is conducting a six week practical course on the maintenance and re pair of household appliances at its Kim Keat centre, starting on Febr uary 5. The fee is $2O. Application forms can be obtained from the Board's offices at 126 Cairn
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  • 36 2 Professor J.R. Hetland has been appointed Ford Foundation Visiting Professor in the Law Faculty of the University of Singapore. Professor Hetland, 41, is concurrently Professor of Law at the University of California in Berkeley.
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  • 321 2 Students joining the University of Singapore for the new academic year in July will probably breathe easier because the orientation period has been reduced to three weeks from the previous five. The decision to cut down the period was made at a
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  • 261 2  -  By Ronnie Muntu Jakarta, Saturday.—lndonesian police will seek closer co-operation with police of neighbouring countries as well as Interpol to stop increasing drug trafficking in the country, authoritative sources told New Nation. Sources said stricter measures were necessary as a result of an alarming increase
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  • 374 2  -  By Violet Oon The Bat-Dor Dance Company gave an exciting performance last night at the Victoria Theatre. Raw feeling, superb artistry and good choreography made it truly an evening to remember. Jeanette Ordman gave a glittering of performance. She was the lead dancer In
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  • 249 3  -  Notices to private homes too By Pang Guek Cheng A massive painting operation will be launched at the end of the month to give all the buildings Jn the city area a new face in time for Queen Elizabeth's visit from February 18
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  • 94 3 An oil-soaked stretch of Sembawang beach is expected to be cleaned up by this afternoon following a fresh oil spill in the area this week, the second in a month. Some 40 workers have been on the clean-up job for the last three days after a two-mile
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  • 262 3 Plans to bring an increased flow of German tourists to Singapore are now being considered by one of West Germany's largest tour operators. Mr. Gunter Kaul and Mr. Peter Weinkopf of TouropaScharnow, who arrived in Singapore on Tuesday night, visited hotels and held discussions
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  • 23 3 Dacca, Saturday. The Bangla Desh government announced here yesterday that the new nation would observe March 26 as its independence day.
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  • 66 3 Sydney. Saturday—A pieman at the Victorian country town Mildura has been saved from prosecution by the town's mice. The pieman faced prosecution by the local Council for selling underweight meat pies, but the evidence in the form of three tasty pastries which had been "safely"
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  • 152 3 Building contractors and their workers who flout safety regulations will be sternly dealt Willi by the Factory Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labour. Nine factory inspectors in three teams have been making surprise checks on worksites in the past few days. At a worksite on
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 168 3 mm Temperatures cities yesterday Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Hong Kong Manila Talpeh Naha Seoul 0 Tokyo London Paris Moscow 10 New York San Francisco Sydney Melbourne Canberra Perth In world 29 24C 32 20C 33-18 C 22-16 C 30-22 C 22-15 C 2116 C minus 2C 11- 4C 7- 2C
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    • 164 3 At the cinema Capitol: Churchill's Leopards—l.4s, 4, 6.30, 9.30 pjn. Cathay: Le Mans—l.3o, 4, 8.30, 9.30 pjn. Globe: Mediterranean in Flames—l.4s, 4, 7, 9.15 pjn. Imperial: The Younger Generation (Mandarin) 2.15, 7.15, 9.30 pjn. Jnronf Drive-In: Big Jake 7, 9.30 pjn. Lido: Jane Eyre—l.3o, 4, 6.30, 9.15 pjn. Odeon: Duel
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  • Article, Illustration
    362 4  -  Sweating it out to learn the art of ballet... ON SINGAPORE WORDS: Abby Tan From one of the old colonial, massive houses, musical notes of some familiar tune floated out. Inside, the shuffling of feet and thumping Jumps indicated some sort of dance practice going on. A woman's voice,
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  • 289 5 Reuter Rome, Saturday Two days of talks between Britataand Malta on the fate of ®fltaln's military bases on the Island ended in dlsyesterday after the Maitese Premier. Mr. Dom Mintoff, made a lastminute demand for an immediate down payment for rent of Malta's bases. According
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  • 297 5 New Delhi, Saturday. A high-powered official delegation from West Germany said yesterday It had Informed India that Bonn would act in concert with its partners in the European Common Market on the question of recognition of Bangla Desh. The West German view was
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  • 72 5 Cairo, Saturday. Students demanding a tougher policy against Israel continued a mass sit-in at Cairo University yesterday for the third day and threatened to stay until President Anwar Sadat agreed to go* there to address them. About 2,000 students remained in the university grounds. There
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  • 32 5 Sydney, Saturday. Police seized a cache of pure heroin valued at A 520,000 in a raid on a house in suburban Paddington today and arrested two men and a woman.
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  • 426 5 Smith warns African community Reuter Salisbury, Saturday Prime Minister Mr. Lan Smith told Rhodesia's African nationalists last night that If they rejected the Constitutional proposals negotiated with Britain they would "bear the curses of their children for ever." Speaking to the nation on radio and
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  • 326 5 Reuter New York, Saturday President Nixon yesterday took steps to get west coast dockers back to work and settle their protracted strike through compulsory arbitration. He asked Congress for emergency legislation to send the 15,000 striking dockers back to work and set up an
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  • 56 5 Tokyo, Saturday. Australia and Japan have agreed in principle to an atomic energy co-operation agreement, and a similar arrangement is expected soon with France, Foreign Ministry sources said here today. The agreements, which call for technological cooperation and information Interchange, will facilitate Japan's uranium and Plutonium Imports from
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  • 184 5 London, Saturday. A Labour parliamentarian yesterday blamed a nearmonopoly for what he called the "high cost of loving" in Britain the price of male contraceptives. The MP, Mr. Leo Abse, said 125 million condoms were sold «tch year, making them the nation's
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  • 31 5 A school teacher, Mrs. Yang Peng Hwa, will give a talk-cum-demonstration on making articles out of scrap materials at the Queenstown Branch Library at 3 p.m. on January 29.
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  • 430 5 United Press International Washington, Saturday. Communist China has decided to support President Nixon for re-election a Canadian journalist said on Thursday In a speech at Vlllanova University In Pennsylvania. Mr. Mark Gayn, Far Eastern correspondent of the Chicago Dally News and the
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  • 185 5 Reuter Belfast, Saturday—An 18-year-old British soldier was killed yesterday when an ambush team across the border In the Republic detonated three mines on a lonely road In Northern Ireland, the army said. The mines, hidden In a hedgerow, exploded simultaneously near a group of army
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  • 385 5 Reuter Paris, Saturday British Prime Minister Edward Heath yesterday received a $64,000 prize for his work In taking Britain into the Common Market, which he described as "perhaps the greatest enterprise to which we ever set our hand." In a speech to the Consultative
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  • 21 5 Paris, Saturday.—France yesterday agreed to help streamline Turkey's armaments industry and also consider supplying it with supersonic ship-to-ship missiles.
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  • 425 6 Two incidents this week gave dramatic evidence of intensified insurgency activity in Thailand. One was in southern Thailand where a land mine, laid in the path of an advance guard sent on reconnaissance for a visit to the area by Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, blew
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 67 6 Tun Abdul Razak apparently has a special likelng for Burmese cigars and gets a regular supply from private sources. His taste is also shared by two other Malaysian Cabinet Ministers Tan Sri Sardon (Communications) and Inche Khlr Johari (Trade and Industry). The smoking "secrets" of the three
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    • 39 6 I understand that the Labour Party boys in London are delighted with the title of the 500 th publication to be put out by the Conservative Political Centre. It is called: An Ocean of Waste.
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  • 1128 6  -  PANG CHENG HAN The Institute of South-East Asian Studies at the Singapore University IS busy making preparations for an international conference on New Directions in International Relations of South-East Asia. Reputable scholars from as far
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  • Letters
    • 280 6  -  C.S. WONG Your column on Stamps by Philatelist always attracts and interests me, and being a keen collector I always enjoy and benefit from the information given. However, this special stamp corner is toot regular, though I think onCe-a-week coverage and illustration of stamps of interest
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    • 277 6 Our government is certainly doing a marvellous Job in sweeping away hlppism from our nation. Hippism has been the cause of spiritual and moral degradation of many nations of the world. Associated with hippism are drugs and the long hair fad. My thanics go to the government
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    • 112 6  -  N. SCHARENGUIVEL On Dec. 8 last year I wrote to the Minister for Health complaining about the carelessness of some inspectors and labourers employed in his Ministry, In connection with the removal of garbage. More than a month has passed and I have not received any
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    • 82 6  -  AG. DSP YEOW YEW TOONG Public Relations Officer, Singapore Police Force, Singapore, 1 I refer to the article headlined, Anger at the Cinema by Frustrated (NN, Jan. 13) over his disgust on intimidation by the youths at the queue for tickets. The police are aware of
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    • 183 6  -  MAGARET TAN (Miss) After reading the comments made by past beauty queens In New Nation, I think another way to improve our beauty contests is to Import flu™ of overseas beauty contests. Television networks of Japan, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia regularly import such films. Beauty
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    • 181 6 To the people living near Pasir Ris beach, the sea seems to be an ideal place for dumping. A couple of weeks ago, a few of my friends and I were camping at Pasir Rds beach and at sundown, on the second day of our
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
    • 915 7  -  Rustic charm of the East Coast WORDS: Ong Choo Suat Whenever I think of the east coast of Malaysia I have only pleasant memories. I once spent a week there seeing all that 1s best in rural life. In my mind's eye I can see the attap huts,
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    • 950 7  -  From Peter Osnos Washington Post When the clouds are low over the rolling Katmandu Valley, there is no getting in—at least by air—because the control tower at the international airport is too primitive to make it safe. Even the experienced
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    • 109 8  -  Chandran Nair CITY Qroum large voith concrete Übly tenements and shops gestating Hours into cash registers You peel our wallets to feed their hurts. Below overhead bridges cars look, See nothing but barren planks, Your women walk sideways Sidestepping sincere intentions: Even the trees have become impotent
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    • 564 8  -  Taste ot history in mouth-watering look at Peking's famous food PEKING FOOD, by Kenneth H. C. Lo, Faber and Faber, 125 pages, £2.10. WENDY HUTTON With wond-wlde attention currently focusse£ on China and its capital this is indeed a timely book. Far more than Just
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    • 631 8  -  War novel from Wouk in grand design THE WINDS OF WAR, by Herman Wouk. Little, Brown, 885 pages, US$lO. JOSIAH BUNTING This is a huge book. One sees already the paperback edition on sale, almost thicker than wide, the back cover littered with the inevitable "pulses with life
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    • 240 8  -  Whetting young reading appetites Ong Choo Suat Children never had it so good. The market at present is flooded with beautifully illustrated books for them on all subjects imaginable. The most striking thing about children's books today is the wealth of colour Illustrations. No sooner had the American
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    • 397 8 ATTACHMENT: John Bowlby, a child psychologist who has written several classics on child psychology, sees human attachment as an instinctive response which seeks protection against danger. It is an important search for survival in the face of hostility. His very readable work explains clearly the psychology
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    • 778 8  -  Candid, jargon-free work from the remarkable Dr. Maslow THE FARTHER REACHES OF HUMAN NATURE, by Dr. Abraham H. Maslo*, edited by Miles Vich. VikingEsalen, U5512.50. ROBERT KIRSCH The death of Dr. Abraham H. Maslow in 1970 stilled the voice of one of the most
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    • 515 9  -  disc: PETER ONG Grand Funk Railroad: E Pluribus Funk (GFR SWBS3): July 4 1969. Me 1 Schacher. Don Brewer and Mark Farner made their nrst ever appearance as Grand Funk Railroad at the Atlanta Pop Festival. And from this very moment. GFR happened.
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    • 550 9  -  BRIDGE E.P.C. COTTER When I dropped into the club recently, I found Lewis Ellison playing the last rubber before dinner. As he is my partner in the International Tournament being held in the Algarve this month I thought I would sit behind him and
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    • 402 9  -  _JCHESS TSANG KWOK CHOONG Should we abandon the search for a brilliant lady chess player? The answer is no, but we should make a greater effort in finding one. It might be a "she" who would put Singapore in a prominent place on the international chess map.
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    • 446 9  -  FOOD/DRINK LI PO I went to a most interesting tasting of Graves and Danish cheeses the other day. The district of Graves which lies on the left bank of the Garonne river has always been better known to the layman for its white wines. These are sadly out
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    • 783 10  -  ART ONG CHOO SUAT Art activities are at a low ebb at the beginning of this year after the flurry of exhibitions which took place at the end of last year. One artist told me that art sales are generally better in May and
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    • 203 10 The House of Lacquer is putting up an exhibition of 39 lacquer art pieces by South Vietnamese artists at the Imperial Hotel. The exhibition ends on February 10. According to a spokesman from the House of Lacquer, the most wellknown motif for South Vietnamese lacquer art
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    • 755 10  -  THEATRE VIOLET OON The Music Group of London has played in concert halls, churches and even in a square, but never, I am sure, in a hotel ballroom. On Jan. 30, In Singapore, they will be doing just that when they give a recital in the
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    • 546 10  -  CINEMA EDGAR KOH LE MANS starring Steve McQueen, Elga Anderson and Siegfried Rauch. Somewhere along any car race especially one in a movie—someone will ask: "Why do you risk your life? Is it really important to go faster than all the others?" The hours are
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  • BUSINESS AND FINANCE
    • 328 11 United Press International New York, Saturday Stock prices closed lower despite some late sl&ns of strength In heavy trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. After being down nearly 6 points at 2 pjn., the Dow Jones industrial average was off
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    • 223 11 Allied Chem SO* Alcoa 44% Am Brand* 42% Am Can 36% Avon Pd Am Motors AT T 45% A P 11% Anaconda 16% Both Steel 29% Boeing 24% Gaterp Trac 47% Chrysler 30% Coca-Cola 114% Control Data 53% Oow Ol Wks 183% Dow Chem 78% DuPont 152% E
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    • 1004 11 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS 1971-1972 Cloetnc Price Last DItM. P/E TurnHigh Low Stock Buyet Sellers Sale Yield Ratio over 2.98 1.88 Allied Chocolate 2.16 2.16 5.8N 15.7 15 1.90 0.89* Ben Oo. 1.41 1.41 3.5 23.9 16 3.90 1.85 Boustead H.
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    • 171 11 Reuter London, Saturday The market closed mixed with an easier bias with sentiment a fleeted by the unemployment figures, the Rhodeslan unrest and the continuing miners' strike. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times index was 0.2 down at 499.9. Leaders were little changed on balance
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    • 448 11  -  By Tan Cher Soon All is not well at the moment with the rental car business. This was revealed by a New Nation survey of car rental firms here. Mr. Kenny Tan, manager of the Everflne Company, attributed the cause of the
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    • 186 11 Prices of most cars will go up In the next few weeks. The rises will be between 4 to 7 per cent of the list prices, as car distributors say that rising material and labour costs in the country of manufacture plus the currency
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    • 473 11 By Our Market Correspondent The share market glowed with confidence and success during the week. Industrials, properties, oil palms, rubbers, hotels and tins made widespread gains. Majors collected handsome profits while minors piled up their marginal gains day after day. In line with the
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    • 42 11 LONDON, flat.—'The dollar faced no fireworks on European exchange markets yesterday end ended the week quietly steady. The value fell slightly In London. The price of gold —often a borometer of International doubts and fears about the dollar —held unchanged.
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    • 431 11 ma Genting Highlands Hotel Berhad was incorporated in Malaysia on 30th July 1968 for building and operating a hotel, casino and tourist complex in the Genting Highlands, the newest Malaysian highland resort and the nearest to Kuala Lumpur. The hotel opened
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    • 168 11 property market Another addition to the "Shopping paradise of Singapore" the Tangllp Shopping Centre Is now ready for business. Work on the $7.5 million project started In December, 1969, and all customer facilities Including 150 car parking lots, were fully operational two days ago.
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    • 70 11 COLOMBO: Ceylon's commercial banks have raised the rupee-sterling exchange rate from 15.1649 to 15.4093. Corresponding changes—following a Central Bank directive were also made in the parity rate of the rupee In relation to other currencies, with the exception of the US dollar which remains at 5.95
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    • 391 11  -  Tan Cher Soon The think-tanks seem to have taken time out in planning and designing yet another plaza for Singapore. This is the 50-storey International Plaza building downtown which has among other many facilities 182 units of apartment and two penthouses." The building rises at the junction
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  • 282 12 Swim star Patricia Chan and pole vaulter Tan Kheng Siong will leave the country next Thursday to attend the first International Youth Assembly at Sapporo in northern Japan. Patricia and Kheng Siong were selected by the Singapore National Olympic Council to attend the meeting, which is
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  • 206 12 Sixty Secondary Schools will participate in this year's inter-school six and seven-a-side hockey tournaments which will be held at Dover Road on February 12 from 8 a.m. The sixes will be for the boys while the girls will, as usual compete in the seven-a-side. Only the winners and
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  • 436 12 Jurong Integrated School, the Bukit Timah district basketball champion for B girls for the last four years, earned a place in the semi-finals when they outplayed N a ny a n g School yesterday. Outwitting their rivals in all departments, the champions played as a team
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    • 652 12 NEW NATION PHONE *****S ANNOUNCEMENT MARGARETTA'S BEAUTY SHOP in Hilton Hotel for hoirstyling perms, tinting, facials, body-mas-sage. For appointment Telephone: Singapore *****4 open 8 am. daily. ACCOMMODATION VACANT v DISTRICT 10 J>3lan Sampurna, Oei Tiong Ham Park, double-storey, detached furnished $2,300/; Mount Sinai Rise, 3-storey, splitlevel garden, semi-detached, fur- nished
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    • 344 12 BOATS/YACHTS FOR SALE JOIN THE MILLIONS who enjoy fun afloat! Choose Mercury Outboard Motors from 4 HP. to 140 HP., world famous for power, reliability fuel economy and superb performance. Contact Singapore *****. BOAT EQUIPMENTS AVAILABLE from Intermarine Company Steering Wheels, Bilge Pumps, Marine Refrigerators, Toilets Ski ropes, Life Jackets,
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    • 542 12 EVENING CLASSES AT SECRETARIUS New classes commencing Ist February. Tuesdays and Thursdays BOOKKEEPING INTERMEDIATE Leading to the L.C.C. examinations in 1973. Tuition by qualified teachers/accountants. Secrete rius, 75, Tanglin Rood, Singapore 10. Tel: *****2. FURNITURE HAVING FURNITURE PROBLEM? Consult Adrian's for cane furniture/furnishing materials. 425 River Valley Road, *****4, Singapore.
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    • 308 12 HI-FI fir STEREO CAR STEREO A HI-FI equipment. Wide range available from Audio Electronics, 4 President Building (Singapore) *****4. OFFICE SPACE VACANT OPEN STORAGE YARD for short/long term rental in Jurong up to 90,000 sq. ft. Telephone: *****7 Singapore. Bunny Lim. GRAND BUILDING Philip Street, Singapore, 1. Area: 2735 sq.
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    • 236 12 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Trades. 6 Shoe parts. 11 Sober. 13 Respects. 15 Crush under foot. 16 Pressing. 17 Ornamental vase. 18 Capered. 20 Spoil. 21 Tropical fruits. 23 Fillet. 24 Yugoslav leader. 25 Convict. 27 Be mistaken. 28 Ruminant animal. 29 First appearance. 31 Artists. 33 Prepare for
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  • 342 13 WATER SPORT Come tomorrow morning, the waters between Singapore's West Coast and the Merllmau Islands will be graced by sailboats, competing In the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club's regatta. This will mark another leg of the water-sports calendar, scheduled to culminate in a round-the island race
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  • 68 13 Tokyo, Saturday Hiroshl Kobayashi, who failed in the seventh defence of his World Boxing Association (WBA) Junior lightweight crown last July 29 in Aomorl, Japan when he was knocked out by Venezuela's Alfredo Marcano, has submitted a retirement notice to the Japan Boxing Commission. Kobayashi, 27, attempted a
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  • 676 13  -  By Jeffrey Low It's vengeance time for league leaders Administration Support Company 1 RNZIR when they clash with ANZUK Field Squadron in a Singapore Rugby Union Division One match at Dieppe Barracks today. Kick-off: 5 p.m. Still unbeaten in the second round, Admin-Sup-port will spare
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  • 116 13  -  By Dennis Chia Young Australian jockey Mike Goreham is scheduled to arrive here next month to add to the already star studded jockeys who are coming for the Queen' Elizabeth's Cup next month. Unlike both Lester Piggott and Ron Hutchinson who are only making brief appearances,
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  • 68 13 Nanyang University team one took the lead after the final preliminary round of the New Nation sponsored bridge competition last night. They scored 29 victory points for a total of 65, 13 point ahead of Singapore University team one who scored 12 last night. Other placings: Singapore University
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  • 34 13 Upper Serangoon Technical finished chamDions when they beat St. Andrew's 5-0 In the Serangoon District Schools "B" division boys badminton tournament yesterday. Victoria beat Serangoon Gardens Technical 3-2 to take third place.
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  • 54 13 Auckland, Saturday Northern districts scored 346 on the opening day of their plunket shield cricket match against Auckland here yesterday. At the close, Auckland were 29 for no wickets. Scores: Northern Districts 346 (J. Gibson 63— H. HOwarth three for 86, G. Vivian three for 80)— Auckland
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  • 376 13  -  By Dennis Chia St. Joseph's School, last year's runner up to Raffles Institution in the City district soccer, yesterday showed that they were all out to capture the title when they scored an impressive win, over National Junior College. Playing at the NJC grounds, SJI
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    • 28 13 V V Sr. c 4 9&HP MODELS AVAILABLE: MANUAL STARTING TYPE: 2HP 4HP 6HP 9%HP 18HP 25HP 40HP. ELECTRIC STARTING TYPE: 40HP 50HP 60HP 100 HP 125 HP.
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    • 168 13 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIPS NAME We, Rodyk Davidson of 24 Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore, hereby give notice that in consequence of the intended purchase of a ship by our clients, Messrs. Great Fortune Navigation (S) Pte. Ltd., we have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships, under
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 118 13 PR. KILPARE The true jamie pelgapio is PETERMINEP THAT HIS REPLACEMENT SHALL MEET A TRA6IC "ACCIPENT" SOON we WILL COME TO THE CREST OF THE HILL... WITH A SHEER FALL BEYONP THE BARRIER.., vV £y±i RIP KIRBY H m f W i by Ken THERE IS SOMETHING FAULT/ WITH THE
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    • 388 13 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a calm, collected Individual with as much tolerance towards other people's foibles as towards your own. There is little that can cause you real alarm. If the emergency is great enough, you are usually too busy solv- lng
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    • 591 13 i i -Cat alttf flettrl hats NEW NATION MONEYWORDS IT L SATURDAY Cat Nt Mi M with ataer caeteas. putiif luUutius Wiir kale*. mat (Mr./Mrt./Mitt). I 6 FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW. -Cat <IM| Imi CLUES FOR U-6 1. Ice-hockey "boll". 4. Matay dagger with wavy 2.
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  • 302 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY BLUE PETER MARKSMAN makuda SMOKEy POINTER PUNCH Kmc I RAMPAGE Midas Teach MIDA8 TOUCH Rampage TRADITION Thander Spear T. SPEAR Raj Kumar BODAS TOUCH T. SPEAR Rampage Rampage MIDAS TOUCH Rampage R. PERSIAN Midas Touch RAMPAGE Midas Toach Race t LETT OFF Prabu Bland
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  • 919 14 By Scrutineer Grej Eyes, a consistent and improving four-year-old, may prove too smart for his opposition in the Class Two Division One 9f (Race 6) at Kuala Lumpur today. He won two of his last five starts in impressive manner. And
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  • 1622 14 MTTTMW 20 CLASS 4 > P IV 4 6F HmEUHJH ($7,000 $4,900 to winner) 1 ***** SAP! HOMI II (Home) Mansor 4 9.0 (d 2 +5) Sublan 2 2 ***** RAMP AC I II a (Prosperity) Allan 4 8.13 (same) F *Sng 14 3 9 P. 8.1.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 204 14 Curtains and \s\CNN Fabrics of all i < Varieties 331.2nd Floor P»op«« Park Complex Singapore i fi i i. i 1 I .M iji 1 zip r Ms Iff Look what's behind these lovely curtains. Deep headings Rucked headings Concealed fittings Pelmets They are all from Graceline furnishings See them
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 380 14 5 Singapore 1.00 Opening and Felix the Cat 1.30 Something Else 1.45 Lassie—Show Dog 2.1 d Sesame Street (Repeat) 3.05 Saturday Matinee —Toughest Man Alive—starring: Lita Milan. Anthony Caruso, Dane Clark. Myrna Dell. 4.15 Sayang Dek Sayang 4.45 Survival—Water. Water Everywhere 5.10 Curtain Up 5.35 Dombey and Sons —Blimber's Academy
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    • 34 14 SHORT RIBS g sw! j VI w SNIFFY By Frank O'Neal II" i ft ia V&I rs -k--by George Fett TO PROTECT VOU Ft?OM ENEMV CSUMS w? NO, FKONMUE NUTOfONOOt? BACK VOITH "WE SABEI?
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    • 164 14 RADIO 1.30 News followed by Share Market Report 1.50 Prog. Summary 2.00 The Guiding Light 2.30 At the Harmonica 2.45 Instrumental Hits 3.00 What's Your Speciality 3.15 The John McKenzie Trio 3.30 Sounds Cool 4.00 Songs for Children 4.30 Coffee Break 5.00 News Brief 5.03 Prog. Summary 5.10 In Holiday
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    • 746 15 By Blue Peter Up-and-coming Senyum will take a lot of beating In Race Seven at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. This Fair's Fair five-year-old keeps on improving with each start and I doubt we have seen the best of him yet. Quest of
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    • 156 15 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER EPSOM JEEP MAKUDA MARKSMAN RACE 1 KRONCHO BAMBI IIECTOR BAMBI YABBOBOUGH Kelana Kroncho Oscar Girt Kroncho Kroncho RACE t MEXICO Green Tiger GREEN TIGER True Jnstlee GREEN TIGER True Justice GREEN TIGER Okinawa GREEN TIGER Theatre RACE S TWIN 8UCCES8 A rand* NAVAJO Aranda
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      9114 16 |TCf33ni 200 Cla,# 4 Div-7—6f-(***** —$4900 to winner) 1 HI lECTN II Paris) Taa S M (SF) J. Jahasaa 2 TWBLPTHi (14 started) 25-13-71 Penang 9-0 6F(Yong) 0. 4 Div. 4: Ist. Final 1M S-O: 2nd. Asm Light 8-13; 3rd. Mvmdil* 8-13. l-4-'a. i.ii 2/3* Tnck good. LASTi
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    • 164 17 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 > j j. io..i x j i Cx. in. >u. Stranger i 6 black, as seen through the eyes of a hero-worshipping boy, is
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