New Nation, 13 April 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, April 13, 1972 No. 378 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 10 1 Police reported 34 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious.
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  • 76 1 The share market was moderately active this morning and prices were fairly steady in the first 45 minutes. Straits Steamship dropp ed from $3.30 to $2.92. Haw Par moved up from $6.85 to $7.00 and down to $6.95. Inchcape rose five cents to $6.90, KL Industries four
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  • 66 1 LATE NEWS Jakarta. Thursday. Indonesian troops have foiled a Communist attempt to build an arms factory in the troubled province of West Borneo. Antara news agency reported today. In a mopping up opera tion around the Mount Paung complex near the Malaysian border. Indo nesian
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  • 370 1 Indonesian Foreign Minister, Mr. Adam Malik, this morning called for a more united ASEAN approach towards meeting problems looming over the horizon and "calculated well-plann-ed and co-ordinated actions towards meeting a new power equilibrium in the Asia-Pacific region." Addressing the opening session of
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  • 848 1  -  Too early to measure organisation's progress By Jackie Sam, Pakir Singh Mr. Lee Kuan Yew this morning said that ASEAN must achieve institutional strength to survive and endure the changes in store for the region. Delivering a brief keynote address at this morning's
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  • 368 1 The acting Permanent Secretary (Social Affairs), Inche Othman Omar, today said that the CPIB "has found no evidence to support" allegations concerning funds collected for the sth Asian Cycling Championship held last October. A New Nation report on April 5 said that the Corrupt Practices
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  • 293 1 New Nation Foreign Service Saigon, Thursday North Vietnamese troops surrounding the provincial capital of An Loc 56 miles (90 km) north of Saigon launched a dawn attack against the town and heavy fighting was reported. South Vietnamese forces called for urgent aircraft support and ground
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  • 122 1 MSA will decide within 10 days which of three wide-bodied aircraft it will purchase. Its board of directors will meet on April 21. On the agenda will be the question of wide-bodied aircraft. Mr. Peter Lai, chairman of the airline's evaluation committee said: "Up till
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 88 1 inSIDE TODRV PACE 2: PUB workers fcet $145 000 benanz J. PACE 4: In Person PACE 4: Koh reviews The Sisteis. PACE 5: U.S. snubs French call to resume Paris talks. PACES 6 7: Educat i on Broadsheet: ASEAN at work. PACE 9: Sports in Stngapore: An invest) Ration. PACE
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    • 6 1 US rejects French plea, Pace S.
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    • 61 1 rifcVml New Nation special broadsheet on ASEAN —Pages 6 and 7 SONIC The electronic Swiss watch of the second generation ..La#" 1 Wm V rift Elettror the fIfctfonlc prpc y'j' '< >T i fasbior :ar!; :m es J' unv.'<u,,r U i tatai-* f- *-'t p r > ETERNA SONIC SERVICE
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  • 492 2  -  They get back-dated overtime pay By Francis Rozario More than 1080 dailyrated electrical workers of the Public Utilities Board were yesterday paid about $145,000 in overtime dating back to 1969. The payment was made at the PUB district office in Jalan Berseh off Jalan
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  • 39 2 The Jurong Town Residents' Association will organise a baby show on April 30 at 10 a.m. at the Chase Manhattan Bank Hall in Jurong. The show will be for babies from three to 18 months old.
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  • 201 2 Details of expenditure, down to the smallest Item, will be recorded by selected households for one year, starting In June, for a Department of Statistics survey. This second sta?e of the household expenditure survey is to provide data lor revision of the existing Consumer Price
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  • 280 2  -  By Patrick de Souza South-East Asian educators attending a regional conference here today said Singapore had forged ahead in solving educational problems still faced by other countries in the region. These problems included the shortage of educational facilities and teachers, the massive population growth which kept
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  • 227 2 The city neon lights will flicker and flash no more. Flashing neon light signs are being phased out from the walls of commercial and residential buildings. Dealers in neon lighting signs and firms which use them for advertising purposes have been informed by Chief
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  • 18 2 The Singapore Press Club will hold its next luncheon meeting at the Imperial Room next Tuesday.
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  • 159 2 Two inches of mud. which turn into a Quagmire when it rains, covers much of Oldham Lane, off Orchard Road (above). Iron and steel piles clutter a portion of the road. Motorists stop, curse and drive on. Passers-by dirty their shoes. The construction workers building the
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  • 49 2 Police constable Goh Beng Hee, 26, who was attacked by a group of men during a fire cracker incident on Chinese New Year eve 57 days ago, is still in the Thomson Road hospital. He is now off the dangerously ill list and his condition is improving.
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  • 231 2 A total of 6071 man-days were lost in February through work stoppages In three factories, a hotel and a civil engineering firm. This was double the time lost in January. The three factories were the Metal Box Co. (M) Ltd., International Spinning Mills Ltd. and the Monfair
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 171 2 International Training Centre SINGAPORE'S ELITE SECRETARIAL SCHOOL PRIVATE SECRETARIAL DIPLOMA COURSE (PART TIME EVENINGS ONLY) The ITC Private Secretarial Diploma has long been recognised as Singapore's leading qualification for Private Secretaries. Normally the Diploma is obtained after a one year full time course of study. ITC has now introduced a
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 686 2 HRPPEIUI1GS WHAT'S ON TODAY The two day ASEAN Ministerial meeting began at the Shangri La Hotel this morning. Delegates and representatives will adjourn to Hyatt Hotel's Hibiscus, Jasmine and Bougainvilla Rooms for a buffet lunch. The meeting will continue at Shangri La in the afternoon. The University oi Singapore's School
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    • 320 2 Today's picture. Student wins $l5 quiz prize Last Saturday's quiz photograph showed a mural of the Singapore Hilton In Orchard Road. The first prize of $l5 goes to Mr. Derek Chan, a student, of Mt. Slnal Avenue. His entry was the first correct one opened by the Eldtor last night.
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    • 138 2 weather! in world 21 18C 31- 22C 33-22C 25 15C 9- 6C 18 4C 32 23C 34 27C 22 14C 11- 7C 10- 4C 13 7C 26 11C 19 9C 21 1C 28 13C Singapore The weather forecast from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Isolated showers. The weather for the
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  • 226 3 It was a general misconception of the public that the Urban Renewal Programme aims only at bulldozing buildings indiscriminately, according to Mr. Lee Weng Yan, senior architect of the Urban Renewal Department. The Urban Renewal Programme also includes the conservation and rehabilitation of buildings,
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  • 257 3  -  Trust says grant needed to survive By Ivan Lim The Ministry of Culture is to look into the financial difficulties of the National Theatre Company and will send an official to study and report on how best the problem can be solved. This follows
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  • 166 3 Clifford Pier will be reshaped and modernised soon with construction work now in progress to set up 15 tourist shops and a refreshment corner. The pier will have an extra storey for the 15 shops which will be rented out by the Port of
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  • 27 3 The PAP Moulmeln branch will hold a dinner to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the branch at 45-A Sing Avenue, off Rangoon Road, on Saturday.
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  • 2730 3 The Singapore Polytechnic has announced the 1971/72 sessional and final year examination results. The following candidates have passed the 1971/72 S e s s 1 o nal Examinations held in Feb./ March 1972 and will be awarded the Technician D i p 1 oma in Marine Engineering:
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  • 118 3 The National Heart Week Exhibition at the Conference Hall in Shenton Way has been extended till Sunday. The exhibition was scheduled to have ended today. A spokesman for the Singapore Cardiac Society said the extension was because of the keen response from the public. The daily
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  • 53 3 The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, who is MP for Tanjong Pagar, wiil attend the dinner and variety show organised by the PAP Tanjong Pagar branch on Sunday. The function, to be held at the Cantonment Road housing estate car park, is to commemorate the 18th anniversary
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  • 151 3 Six-year-old Choo Kim Lai often plays a game of chance with 53-year-old Mr. Govlndasamy. He pays 5c and chooses a number. If his marble runs down the chute into the tray below and settles in the square with the chosen number then he gets a
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 662 4 In rerson Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 "GOING, going, gone," shouts the auctioneer. Even without the professionalism of the little hammer to close the deal, they're sticking to the rules of the game. And now the precious stamp is lost to another
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  • 414 4  -  CINEMA By Edgar Koh THE SISTERS starring Susan Strasberg, Nathalie Delon, Massimo Girotti and Giancario Giannini. This is a tattered and pretentious story of two sisters, one trying to dominate the other. By ordinary definition, this is Incestuous lesbianism. But a
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  • 423 5 Paris statement 'one-sided' Reuter Washington, Thursday The US State Department yesterday called in a senior French diplomat to express United States displeasure over the French Government's call for an immediate resumption of the Vietnam peace talks in Paris. Mr. Emmanuel de Margerle,
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  • 309 5 Reuter Washington, Thursday President Nixon was still undecided on further US troop withdrawals from Vietnam beyond the end of this month, by which time its strength there will be down to 69,000 men, the White House said yesterday. Presidential spokesman Ronald Ziegler said Mr.
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  • Article, Illustration
    54 5 A South Vietnamese soldier gingerly picks up small land mines from the surface of Highway 13 near Chon Thanh, 37 miles north of Saigon. The mines were laid across the highway to slow the advance of South Vietnamese relief forces. An armoured vehicle (background) continues on its
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  • 159 5 Rome, Thursday.—Thousands of police set up roadblocks yesterday throughout Italy from the Alps to Sicily and launched a simultaneous crackdown on crime which authorities described as the first in Italian history. Authorities said 163,213 people, ranging from Mafia suspects to political extremists, were checked
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  • 34 5 Niamey, Thursday.—Chad and Libya have agreed to resume diplomatic relations, it was announced here yesterday. Chad broke off relations with Libya last August, accusing the Libyans of interfering in Chad's internal affairs.
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  • 137 5 German castles up for sale in Japan Reuter Tokyo, Thursday.—Three old German castles will be put up for sale next month by a Japanese department store at a total price of about $7.5 million. A spokesman for the Takashimaya Store said yesterday the store was acting as agent for the
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  • 163 5 United Press International Hong Kong, Thursday China will never be a superpower, the Chinese Premier, Mr. Chou En-lai, said last night at a banquet in honour of a visiting Mauritian group, the New China news agency reported today. "At no time, neither today nor ever
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  • 309 5 Reuter Teheran, Thursday. Three people were dug out alive yesterday from the ruins of the village of Ghir, devastated by Mon day's earthquake now known to have claimed about 3800 lives in Iran's southern province of Fars. Rescue workers reached them after they had
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  • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
    • 684 5 What other newspapers are saying: THE FIVE-NATION DEFENCE ARRANGEMENTS: The Sydney Sunday Telegraph reported two days ago that Singapore's Foreign Minister, Mr. Rajaratnam, had pointed out to the Opposition Australian Labour Party's spokesman on South-East Asian affairs Mr. Morrison, that the worst thing the British did in
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    • 223 5 CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AMONG THE MUSLIMS: The Muslims In this country are aware of their economic weakness. They are also aware that if nothing Is done about it the situation will deteriorate. Hence, the convening of the Second Ulamas' Congress which alms to find ways to overcome the economic
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  • 99 5 Reuter Ottawa, Thursday. A 28 year old man has been sentenced by a court in Calgary to life in prison for hijacking an Air Canada jet last November. Paul Joseph Cini was found guilty on Tuesday in Alberta's Supreme Court of seven charges after the hijacking
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  • 180 5 Reuter Cairo, Thursday. Libya is to have the first nuclear power station in the Arab world, and it will be used in reclaiming and cultivating vast regions of desert. The station, a joint enterprise with Egypt, Libya's partner in the Federation of Arab Re publics,
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  • 163 5 Reuter Montevideo, Thursday—At least 10 Tupamaros guerrillas and five other prisoners overpowered a dentist yesterday and escaped from jail through a tunnel that was drilled from the outside, police sources said. The well synchronised break from the Punta Carretas prison involved leftwing guerrillas who
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • Article, Illustration
    5933 6 New Nation Education Broadsheet The move now is towards more permanent links The Foreign Ministers of Singapore's closest neighbours meet for the fifth meeting of the Association of South-Ea§t Asian nations here in Singapore on April 13 and 14. ASEAN —as it is known for shprt was
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  • 444 8 Mr. Harold Wilson has finally spilt the Labour Party down the middle of his unprincipled back-sliding on the issue of Britain's entry Into the Common Market. Mr. Wilson as Prime Minister was an ardent pro-Marketeer and the process of negotiations which finalised Britain's formal assent to
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  • 115 8 by ISPY An invitation to dinner quite naturally is an invitation to eat and courtesy. The Singapore Polytechnic Graduates Guild might have thought otherwise when it sent the Press invitations to its inaugural dinner last Saturday. Not even a seat was provided for pressmen. When the
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  • 1125 8  -  PANG CHENG LIAN Everybody in Japan, it seems, wants to "normalise" relations with the People's Republic of China. The business community wants normalisation for economic reasons. Especially since Mr. Nixon's dollar shock last year and the continual
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  • Letters
    • 231 8  -  MOHD. SULAIMAN My friends and I participated in the Big Walk. Mr. Pang, my veteran friend who participated in the 6% mile walk, emerged in the second position. But he was not rewarded. The secondary school participants who followed after him w n r<»
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    • 245 8 We participated in the Money on the Line of the Rado Show last month, but we left the studio downcast, disappointed and deJected, not because we lost >ut because of the way the compere handled the show. This is what happened at the show: The compere allowed
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    • 181 8  -  LINDA LIM (Miss) Publicity Liaison Officer! National Library. Singapore, 6. I refer to the letter by Pages Missing (NN, March 31) and thank him for bringing the matter to our attention. While on-the-spot checks are made of certain categories of books (e.g. expensive art books which contain
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    • 109 8 Recently, I applied for the installation of a phone and subsequently received a standard letter from the Singapore Telephone Board that no new lines are available due to lack of equipment Later I inquired and was told that no new numbers were being allocated for new lines
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    • 76 8  -  KHONG HENG NGEE (Supt.), Public Relations Officer, f. Commissioner of Police, Polls Repablik Singapura, Singapore, 2. I wish to thank your reporter Wee Beng Huat, for his write-up on Z-cars (NN. April 1). The Commissioner of Police was very Impressed with the story as it
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    • 94 8 Many unfortunate students who have more than 23 out below 27 points in their aggregate for their best five subjects (including English) could not be admitted into Pre-U I classes. Of course, they could apply for admission into classes conducted by the Adult.Education Board but not all students
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 2838 9  -  The difficult job of producing top-class sportsmen THE PAPER THAT PROBES... REPORT BY GENE SWINSTEAD, JEFFREY LOW Singapore is now giving greater importance to sport and this is very welcome. The government is doing all it can to whip up enthusiasm. The goal of course Is the
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  • 175 10 By Our Market Correspondent Optimistic hopes were fulfilled when there were fair marfinal fains in the share market yesterday. The mid-week trend has set the pace and the week is expected to end steady if not firm. Turnover in properties and industrials was nearly evenly matched. But
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  • 116 10 Envelope manufacturers, Besley and Pike (S) Pte. Limited, have been appointed local managing agents for the largest self-adhe-sive label manufacturer in Australia. Two executives from the Avery Label Division of W.J. Cryer and Company are now here to train a sales forces to introduce and market their products
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  • 278 10 United Press International New York, Thursday The stQck market closed with a gain yesterday although some late profit taking cut into sharp increases registered earlier in the session. Trading was heavy. At the final bell, the Dow Jones industrial average of
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  • 187 10 Reuter London, Thursday Equities closed mixed with a firmer bias. Some apprehension was noted pending a decision from the rail unions following a deadlock in the pay talks. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times index was up 0.2 at 517.6. Dunlop, Unilever and Rank were
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  • 195 10 Allied Chem 35% Alcoa 53% Am Brands 44>/« Am Can 38% Am Motors A T 43', A 4 P #»i Anaconda 19% Avon Pd Beth Steel 34 Boeing 24% Caterp Trac 54% Chrysler 35^ Coca-Cola 130% Control Data 67 Corn Ol Wks 243 Dow Chem 90% DuPont
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  • 186 10  -  By Tan Cher Soon The 32nd foreign bank to open in Singapore—the American Express International Banking Corporation—is expected to be operational by September. It also intends in the near future to transfer its money market activities from Japan to Singapore. This was confirmed
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  • 142 10 SANTIAGO, Thursday—About 30C0 politicians and economists from 140 countries are meeting here today to discuss the economic gap between the rich and poor nations of the world. The third United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. UNCTAD will continue until May 19.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • TREND
    • 652 11 Ferocious, Falstaffian but full of warmth Washington, Thursday Dita Davis Beard, the International T e 1 ephone and Telegraph Corporation lobbyist and central figure in the current controversy involving the government has been an enigma to the American people. She is an emotional woman, precious in her
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    • 590 11 Gout —facts and fallacies SI byTABIBj Gone are the days of the two bottles of port-a-day man but we still have in our minds the comic image of the intensely choleric florid old gentleman sitting in his chair with his foot up on a stool swathed in oandages in the
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    • 97 11  -  TALKING cs& SHOP RUTH MOSES Weight watchers can finally eat their jelly and keep their figure too. Unsweetened jelly crystals, in a variety of flavours such as orange, lemon, strawberry, raspberry, blackcurrant and pineapple are finally available here. All you add is non-calory sweetener to your
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    • 65 11 Is yours the little bed-sitter with furniture crammed against the walls! Don't despair about a bar corner. This portable, squat, bar-rel-shaped wooden bar is ideal as it can be tucked away into a little corner. Opens on gold painted iron chains, to reveal two tiers for
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    • 168 11 Shirring is an important facet of the feminine look so popular these days. Shirred yokes, cuffs, waists give a touch of fuss to casual clothes. But there is little of the old association of shirring and smocking with all things dainty and dolly
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    • 211 11 How often have you heard, "What a pretty picture!" and probably thought the comment centred solely on the picture. Think again! The frame can set it off prettily and the difference in correct framing is always manifest in compliments that will come showering. Some versatile
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    • 80 11 Ice-buckets have really come a long way from the standard, wooden ones. Here's a silver grey pewter one from Italy, shaped like an old-fashioned kettle with an ornate handle,, also in pewter, for easy carrying around. With a good capacity of at least two rounds
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    • 249 11 Paris, Thursday One of Paris' best known ready-to-wear manufacturers said today he sold dog, cat and rat coats in 1968 around Europe with only one complaint. However, added Adam Pianco, director of the firm Piere D'Albl, "for sentimental reasons" he could never
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    • 79 11 These trays are almost too good to be used. In swirly, Florentine designs, handpainted in colourful and striking contrasts of gold against either blue, pink or turquoise, they'd also be ideal atop bare sideboards. In shapes of rectangle, round and oblong, they come in four
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • 321 12  -  By Dennis Chia The prowess of Naval Base School in hockey has put fear into all schools in Singapore today. The school is well represented in the National hockey championships with six teams in all divisions for both boys and girls section. And to make
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  • 262 12  -  By M. Param It was a big blow to the Singapore Hockey Association when St. Joseph's Institution refused to release two players selected to represent the Republic in the MHA inter-state under-23 tournament to be held at Ipoh today. The reason: The school has qualified
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  • 166 12 Inche Othman Wok, the Minister for Social Affairs has expressed the hope that sports can lead to the cementing and strengthen ing of relations between and among the people. And it is his beliefs that the efforts at a regional co operative venture will lead to
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 325 12 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS I Anglers' floats. 5 Shipping container. 10 Hold out. 14 Profess. 1!: Eiack and blue. 16 Musical medley. 17 Obeying authority. 19 Staff of authority. 20 Inopportune. 21 Very: Colloq. 23 Container. 24 Bazaar. 25 Baseball team. 29 Certain regions. 35 Leave-taking. 34 Bikini, for one.
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  • 658 13  -  By Sonny Yap The Singapore Schools Sports Council has shortlisted 50 players 24 boys and 26 girls in preparation for the Asian Schools International basketball championships to be held from July 22 to 29. Seven coaches, four for the boys' squad and three for the
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  • 437 13  -  By M. Param The vital match of the season in the Singapore Cricket Association senior league will be seen on Sunday when Singapore Cricket Club takes on Ceylon Sports Club at Balestler Road. SCC, the favourite for the title, is definitely a better
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  • 29 13 gets the ball in the match between MSA in the Singapore Business Houses Netball division league at Farrer Park yesterday. Chartered Bank won the 2l-19.
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  • 108 13 Dallas, Texas, Thursday World championship tennis (WCT), the professional tennis tour run by Lamar Hunt, announced yesterday that South African Open champion Cliff Richey of San Angelo, Texas, has signed a fouryear contract with the organisation. "I just thought that I would rather be with world
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  • Article, Illustration
    38 13 of Singapore Cricket Club lofts the ball over the South Perth fielders in their match on the padang yesterday. The bowler end is Barry Thornton. SCC won the match by 63 runs.—Pic- Picture by Steven Lee.
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  • 243 13  -  PERCY JOSEPH The letter from "Discontented" on the choice of a goalkeeper for our national team in the New Nation on April 5, is unfortunate. Every football player and supporter has a hero in his heart, whom he adores. This is understandable. But when such following is
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  • 378 13 London, Thursday.—Manchester City strengthened their challenge for the English football league championship when they beat neighbours Manchester United 3-1 last night to move up behind leaders Derby County on goal average. After a scoreless first half, Martin Buchan put United ahead with his
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  • 801 13 w i Y,» IIV/TH j ✓j You think you have problems. Golfers who complain about their home course greens and fairways might be interested to learn that Dalat Golf Club, situated in the central highlands of South Vietnam, features the usual problems divots, ditches,
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  • 52 13 Prague, Wednesday. Sweden coasted to a 10-0 win over West Germany in a scrappy game in the group "A" world ice hockey championships here yesterday. It was Sweden's second win and brought them up to four points in the table two behind the leaders, Czechoslovakia and the
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  • 33 13 Vienna, Thursday Prance beat Austria 3-0 (halftime 1-0) last night in a qualifying match for this year s Munich Olympic Games soccer tournament. Scorers Riefa (33 minutes), Collinet (56 and 70).
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  • 96 13  -  By Dennis Chia Singapore will strongly bid to host the 16th Asian Youth Soccer championships in 1974. Making this strong bid v/ill be Joe David, manager of the Singapore Youth team which left for the championships at Bangkok yesterday. Mr. David's strong points for argument
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  • 28 13 Salonica, Greece Thursday. Greece and Spain battled to a scoreless draw in an International soccer match spoiled by heavy rain at the Kaftantzoglion Stadium here yesterday.
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  • 338 13 By Blue Peter Evermore 111 did a smart workout on a yielding track at Bukit Timah this morning. Accompanined by stablemate Lesong, the Make Haste three-year-old sprinted attractively over 3f in 38 2/5. Persian Pete (trainer Bougoure) went better than Mach Two (Coleman) and Sandown IV
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • Back Page THURSDAY
    • 375 14  -  By Wee Beng Huat The newspaper industry is playing a role in shaping Singapore's police sharpshooters. Everyday, flongs cardboard pieces used as moulds to cast semi-circular plates for the rotary letter press —become targets for police shooting practices. And these cays, doing it the
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    • 297 14 Most people dream for about an hour and a half almost every night of their lives. The chances of remembering these dreams are remote unless the sleeper Is awakened within a few minutes of the dream ending or perhaps in the middle of it. There
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    • 424 14  -  By Abby Tan If, as a British motoring magazine claims, a man's sexual potency can be gauged by the type of car he drives, male Singaporeans must be a pretty mediocre lot. For mediocre is the word used by the car dealers of Orchard
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    • 125 14 Several important discoveries have been made at the doomed Roman city of Pompeii, including that of a picture-filled town house in an excellent state of preservation. Archaeologists at Pompeii compared the house in beauty and importanca with the famous Villa of the Mysteries
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    • 129 14 Today is Thursday, April 13. the 104 th day of 1972 with 262 to follow. THE MOON: New. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Aries. Frank Woolworth, founder of the Woolworth stores,
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    • 52 14 Bright eyed Debr a de Souza, 17, loves travelling. Who knows, she may get her first big chance soon. She has entered the finals of the Singapore National Union of Journalists Press Queen contest and the winner, among other things, will get a free MSA trip
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    • 44 14 AH FOOK: You see where the doctor warns not to make guests over-eat. MEI LIN: A very wise warning too. Though it's no problem at your place. Every time I've been there it's been a problem just getting a glass of water.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 490 14 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 Persembahan Ku featuring: Rashid M. Noor (Rpt) 3.35 It's Happening in Singapore (C—Rpt) 3.55 Housewives' Matinee Double Little Actress (Cantonese, Pt. 2) 5.00 Close 6.05 Opening and Dr. Who 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 What Others Say (C) 7.00 Fury—The
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    • 360 14 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those marvellously self-contained persons who Is able to meet with all types of opposition, all types of setbacks even those of the most adverse nature without becoming so emotionally upset that you fail to function to
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