New Nation, 8 May 1972

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    15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, May 8, 1972 No 399 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    168 1 Trading was moderate and selective in the share market this morning. Prices were barely steady. United Overseas Bank increased five cents to $5.70, and üBS one cent to $1.49 but Malayan Banking lost four cents to $2.92. Malayan Credit made eight cents Inchc ape five cents to
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    OUR ROADS
    11 1 Police reported 66 traffic accidents yesterday. Eight were serious.
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    Villagers sue over treasure
    56 1 UTE NEWS Jakarta, Monday A group of villagers In West Java is suing the Indonesian government over the disappearance of an ancient Chinese jar containing diamonds and gold worth almost $42 million. The villagers say they found the jar in 1946 and handed it to the
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    Viet Cong flag
    48 1 A communist soldier waves a Viet Cong flag in victory after Hanoi forces had taken control in Dong Ha Town north of Quang Tri near the Vietnam Demilitarised Zone. The picture was transmitted from Hanoi by the official North Vietnamese Agency and received in Warsaw.
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    Gang grabs $10,000 in a depot hold-up
    107 1 Three men, two armed with revolvers, this morning robbed the Associated Bus Company in Bedok Road of more than $lO,OOO. They escaped in a stolen car which was later found abandoned about 200 yards from the depot. Police recovered about $2OO of the
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    New cabinet
    29 1 Ankara, Monday. Turkey's Prime Ministerdesignate, Mr. Suat Hayri Urguplu, is expected to begin forming his new cabinet this week after completing wide ranging consultations with parliamentary leaders.
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    Lock icon Nixon calls a crisis meet
    302 1 US marines to attack in North Vietnam? Reuter Washington, Monday Washington circles are buzzing with the news that a major presidential move is imminent with the sudden recall of Mr. William Rogers from his European tour, the postponement of presidential adviser Dr. Henry Kissinger's Japan
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    Lock icon Reds attack again on three fronts
    389 1 Saigon forces hold their lines New Nation Foreign Service Saigon, Monday North Vietnamese troops attacked government positions on the three major war fronts yesterday but failed to score a victory on the 18th anniversary of the fall of Dien Biep Phil,, military spokesmen said
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    Mirage pilot did not eject before crash
    269 1 Penan;, Monday The body of Flying Officer Lloyd M. Smith, 25. was yesterday found strapped to his seat in the cockpit of his crashed Mirage jet on Gunong Tahan, West Malaysia's highest mountain. His death was confirmed by an RAAF ground party, which
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    Lock icon Rains bring havoc to Hong Kong
    92 1 Reuter Hong Kong, Monday A 26-year-old woman was drowned and three other people reported missing as tropical squalls triggered landslides, snarled traffic and dumped more than three Inches of rainfall on this British colony yesterday. The woman was In a party of picnickers when
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    Plan for dental health centre
    194 1 Health Minister, Mr. Chua Sian Chin, today said that the ultimate objective of his ministry Is to set up a permanent dental health education centre to cultivate greater dental health consciousness among the people. Mr. Chua, who was opening the Dental Health Week and Exhibition
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    Fuel ship sinks after a crash
    123 1 Bangkok, Monday A 15,000-ton freighter carrying high octane fuel for US planes fighting in Indochina sank yesterday afternoon after colliding with a merchant ship in the Gulf of Thailand. First reports said the crews of both vessels abandoned ship and no crewmen were lost.
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      118 1 ■mill I: TODIIV 6: Guerrillas and students take to the countryside and hills. PACE 7: Alarming US report on Laos and Cambodia. PACE 10; The educational institute with initiative. PACE 1 I Dear Ros and the young man with no s;;rlfriend. l2: Cars and motorcycles. PACE 14: Results of Singapore
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    Unions' top men for strategy talks
    373 2 To discuss Council's proposals Officials from 28 trade unions representing workers in the private sector will attend a crucial meeting at the NTUC at 5.30 p.m. today on how to handle negotiations with employers on the implementation of the Wages Council recommendations. NTUC's secretary
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    Nurses Week day 2
    164 2 Day two of Nurses Week began in full swing this morning with nurses donating blood at the Outram Road General Hospital. Throughout the week nurses, xnidwives, their relatives, friends and wellwishers will be visiting blood banks in the Republic to make their contributions as part of
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    Come daddy, not all are born sailors
    113 2 Two-year-old Francis Ang (left) obviously found sailing quite frightening even in the life-boat on a Spanish naval training vessel. Left alone with his brother and sister on the little life boat was just not his idea of safety. Daddy had decided to take
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    Nanyang play an effort worthy of praise
    253 2  -  By Violet Oon The Nanyang University Players production of the play Frustrations was a commendable effort It can well be imagined how difficult it must be for a person to speak In a language foreign to him. let alone plav a role in
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    Hotels 'can now do without expats'
    303 2  -  By Peter Ong Singapore's hotel Industry has now reached the stage where It can manage without the help of expatriate staff. This is the view of a number of hoteliers here. They said that although they still have a handful of expatriates on their
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    Timber traders turn to China market
    237 2 Kuala Lumpur, Monday The Malaysian timber industry is studying the possibility of building up a steady market in China. Industry circles here said yesterday reports indicated that there was a tremendous potential for Malaysian timber in the Chinese market. They suggested that the Malaysian
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    Varsity social studies exam results
    337 2 The following candidates have passed the first year examination for the Diploma in Social Studies Part I: Ang Chin Kay; Elias bin Mohd. Hashim; Kandasamy, R; Lim Kim Chiok; Liu, Jackson; Loh Fui Hian, Josephine (Miss); Png Boon Hee, Lawrence; Punai, Simon Eas ang; Raja
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    Course for supervisors
    43 2 The Singapore Institute of Management will conduct a 20-sesslon course on The Basics of Supervision from May 18. The fee for the course—aimed at Imparting basic skills and knowledge to supervisors —is $220 for ana members and $270 for non-member*.
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    Regional seminar
    49 2 The Port of Singapore Authority's deputy port accountant, Mr. Lim Hock San, will attend a regional seminar on International Procurement in Bangkok on May 8. The 3-week seminar is Jointly organised by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA).
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    YWCA chief
    47 2 The YMCA acting executive djhector, Mrs. B.S. Williams, will leave Singapore on Sunday to attend a twomonth course at the Leadership Training Institute, Cret-Berard, Switzerland. Mrs. Williams will be the second woman in Singapore to attend the course which is organised by the World YWCA.
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    Use arms against Reds call
    122 2 Kuchlng, Monday Minister for Sarawak Affairs, Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah, yesterday urged people in the Third Division special security area to make full use of firearms given to them by the government. Communist terrorists in the area were desperate to grab the firearms because of
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      522 2 HflPPEIHIlGS wh t^ay on The SINGAPORE BED on public speaking at SteCBOSS SOCIETY will hold ven Road at 5.30 pjn. a dinner at Shangri-La IMPERIAL HOTEL LOBHotel at 8 D.m. to mark BT: Exhibition of paintings World Red Cross Day. by two local artists until 8 The DENTAL HEALTH pjn.
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      119 2 iEMEIS Today's winning number *****0 If the last six digits of your Singapore identity card number are those shown above, you can claim a $lOO Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post Office Savings Bank account in your name. Call with your identity
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      411 2 Today's picture. Sailor wins quiz prize Last Wednesday's quiz photograph showed a stone decoration in front of the Mandarin Hotel in Orchard Road. Only two readers sent in correct entries. A bigger first prize of $20 goes to Mr. Chin Nghee Sen, a merchant sailor, of Stirling Road. His entry
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    All is not lost for 70 Dolicemen
    405 3  -  By Wee Beng Huat All is not lost for the 70 policemen who were told that they were not "suitable for promotion" to the rank of inspector last week after completing a one year officers' course. They have been assured that they will
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    Road rally with a difference
    186 3 Speed does not count in this rally. All that matter are observation of the highway code and consideration to other road users. With these in mind, 200 vehicles including a fleet of police patrol cars, SAP and ANZUK trucks set off from Empress Place yesterday
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    Local tugboats for Bangla
    275 3 A local ship-building firm, Lion City Engineering Co., has won a contract to supply eight pusher tugboats to the United Nations mission in Bangladesh to carry out relief work there. The boats, costing a total of about $2 million will be delivered in stages. The flrst
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    Buddhists to celebrate
    56 3 The University of Singapore Buddhist Society, the Polytechnic Buddhist Society and Ananda B d I clhist Youth Circle will celebrate Vesak Prelude '72 at the Victoria Theatre next Monday at 8 pjn. Highlights of the programme will be the prizegiving to winners of the Vesak Prelude '72
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    Soldiers out to break canoe record
    106 3 Paddling round Singapore in canoes in less than three days that is the objective a group of Australian soldiers had in mind when they began their journey at the break of dawn today. Twelve soldiers from the 106 th Field Battery, Royal Regiment of
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    Blasting work
    46 3 The month-long underwater rock blasting entered Its third day today In the Selat Ayer Chawan area. Owners and operators of harbour craft are advised by PSA to proceed with caution on entering Selat Ayer Chawan and to heed the warning of the guard boats.
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    11 appointed to AEB
    62 3 The Minister of Education has appointed the following people to sit on the new Adult Education Board for a period of three years: Messrs Chan Thye Seng, Roch Goh Peng Wee, D.S. Samuel, Abdul Aziz Karim, P. Ramasamy, JJ. Concelcao, Wong Soon Chong, AJP. Nalr, Ng
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      166 3 nisi Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 33-24 C Kuala Lumpur 31-23 C Bangkok 35-27 C Hong Kong 27-22 C Manila 34-22 C Naha 30-24 C Seoul 25-12 C Tokyo 24-14 C New York 21-10 C Moscow 15-11 C Paris 17-10 C London 15-7 C Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from
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  • In Person
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      FRUGGING MAKES THE SCENE AT THIS COCKTAIL LOUNGE
      773 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 "TAKE a lift to the rooftop and blow your own top off" was the call to. about 300 guests invited to the opening of the new Imperial Oberoi cocktail lounge. Quite a few people took the
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    Kerb-master shows incredible speed
    183 5 Laying a 60-foot drain or road-side kerb in just 10 minutes? incredible, one may think. But it can be done as demonstrated by an engineer, Mr. Peter Andrews, at Jalan Eunos during the weekend. The machine he used is called a kerb-maker. Costing $17,000, it does
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    AA still part of me, says Tan
    398 5  -  Links not severed by defeat By Jenny Lee Mr. Milton Tan's close association with the Automobile Association of Singapore has not ended with his defeat in the voting for the post of chairman at its annual general meeting. "The AA has become part
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    Kallang Park depot is now an eye-sore
    267 5 The temporary emergency bus depot at Kallang car park has become an eye-sore looking at it from Merdeka Bridge. A thick slippery coat of oil blankets the ground, spare parts litter the place and makeshift shacks dot the landscape. Although the buses are
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    Alliance, DAP in straight fight
    220 5 Kuala Lumpur, Monday.— The by-election for the Ulu Selangor parliamentary seat will be a straight fight between the Alliance and the Democratic Action Party. The Social justice Party decided yesterday not to contest the by-election. Its spokesman said after a three-hour meeting here that since
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      227 5 Visit our Ultra Modern new store at Supreme House f < *T v < 4 .V *s* v V a? Some girls just can't resist 9 «ys in iee-PReST Leens The slim, trim, tailored pants for your new way of life. US first exclusive men's shop 81, High Street, Singapore
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      New Order leaders vow not to repeat past errors
      330 6  -  From Ronnie Muntu INDONESIA When the People's Congress meets in March next year to choose a President and Vice-President, it is also expected to make another important decision confirm and extend the ban on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). Indonesia's New
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      Guerrillas and students take to the countryside and hills
      518 6  -  From B. Ronquillo PHILIPPINES The violence of student demonstrations in Manila and other urban centres appears to have subsided, but the countryside has been suddenly bursting with bloody guerrilla skirmishes in which some student elements are reported to be involved. There
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      Sadat: The man who waited too long
      711 6  -  By William Coughlin EGYPT A well- informed Egyptian banged the table angrily and declared: "He doesn't know what he is doing." He was talking about President Anwar Sadat, who is finding it harder than ever these days to fill the shoes of the
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    • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
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        Sin Chew Jit Poh
        637 6 What other newspapers are saying: SAFEGUARD THE REPUTATION OF CHINESE MEDICINE AND CHINESE DRUGS: Recently, two major events took place in the field of Chinese medicine and Chinese drugs. One of the events was the fundraising campaign for the Chung Hwa Free Hospital, the first hospital
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        Utusan Melayu
        479 6 UMNO RETURNS TO ITS AGE OF GLORY: Developments in UMNO since Tun Abdul Rasak took over the leadership of the party are most heartening. A number of former party leaders who at one time con- stituted a driving force behind the party but who had left It due
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        Nanyang Siang Pau
        297 6 THE CHANGING BALANCE OF POWER: With growing detente in Europe between the two rival power blocs represented respectively by the Warsaw Pact headed by the Soviet Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation headed by the US, and with the Sino-Sovlet split In recent years, the bl-polarity
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      Lock icon Kontum city waits for the havoc to begin
      848 6  -  From Peter Osnos Washington Post VIETNAM Kontum city waits quietly for the havoc that is about to begin. Schoolboys play soccer in a yard, soldiers sit in coffeeshops, as they do everywhere in South Vietnam, Just passing the time. Some shops are
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    Lock icon Cambodia, Laos 'nearly fell to Reds'
    428 7 Alarming US report United Press International Washington, Monday Investigators for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported yesterday that Laos and Cambodia were on the verge of toppling before North Vietnam concentrated its troops in the current offensive against South Vietnam. Mr. James Lowenstein and
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    Lock icon Apollo blast: 35 in hospital
    232 7 United Press International Washington, Monday About 35 people were taken to hospital yesterday after they breathed toxic nitric acid fumes created when a support cart defuelling the Apollo 16 moon capsule exploded at San Diego, California. A Navy spokesman at North Island Naval Air Station
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    Lock icon Bhutto to visit Middle East before summit
    407 7 Reuter Rawalpindi, Monday. President Bhutto of Pakistan will make a 12-day tour of Middle East and African countries later this month before his summit talks in New Delhi with Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Oandhl. Mr. Bhutto's announcement of the trip at a
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    Early votes in Italy
    102 7 Rome, Monday. Italy today looked set for a record poll in its sixth postwar general election after more than half the 37 million registered electors had cast their votes within ten hours of the polling stations opening. The election, to choose the 945 members of Italy's
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    Castro visit
    40 7 Freetown, Monday.—The Cuban Prime Minister, Dr. Fidel Castro, arrived here yesterday from Guinea to pay a short visit to the Sierra Leone President, Dr. Slaka Stevens. Dr. Castro is making a stopover here on his way to Algeria.
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    Lock icon UNCTAD: Now a race against time...
    236 7 Reuter Santiago, Monday—A raoe against the clock to table some 60 resolutions aimed at bridging the gap between rich and poor countries begins this week at third United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) here. Most of the resolutions have been bogged down
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    Lock icon ONE-IN-A-MILLION SUCCESS
    48 7 Sandra Le Fontsee, pictured with her mother, is now a happy and healthy two-year-old—thanks to a successful one-in-a-million heart operation in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The blood flow in Sandra's heart had to be reversed because of a congenital birth defect. —UPI radio picture. UPI radio picture
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    Pro-Saigon
    44 7 Paris, Monday. Clashes broke out In St. Etlenne, an Industrial city In central France, yesterday when dozens of members of an extreme-right wing group commemorated the anniversary of the fall of Dien Bien Phu and demonstrated in favour of the South Vietnamese regime.
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    Lock icon IRA men using Japanese armalite rifles...
    195 7 United Press International Belfast, Monday. Irish Republican Army gunmen are now using Japanesemade American armalite high-velocity rifles bearing the stamp, "For supply only to the Japanese SelfDefence Force." An army spokesman said the weapons had turned up in the hands of snipers "and have
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    Torpedo drop to save miners
    196 7 New York, Monday Rescuers last night prepared to lower a mannedtorpedo a mile (1.6 km) into the earth at the sunshine silver mine here in a final desperate bid to reach 47 miners trapped underground five days ago. Two sophisticated capsules have been flown in
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      218 7 There's more to Greece than ruins Olympic Airways take you to the new' Greece with easy Olympic connections to the rest of Europe, N.America and Africa. The 'new' Greece is exciting casinos, and laughing tavernas. Where you run into a singing marathon, and watch spontaneous Greek dancing. It's an isolated
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    Speaking of the newest and the oldest
    455 8 The oldest and the newest sectors of the national economy provided the Chairman of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce with his main themes for his annual address last week. Because of the glamour and novelty which attach to the more modern developments
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    Strange people and customs
    118 8 i ii i ,ll>/_ri^fjjv by ISPY The ways of the world are' indeed strange as we found out when we were discussing local customs and subtle habits which often catch the stranger flat-footed. An American friend, a New Yorker to be precise, took his after-dinner coffee
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    A colourful character bows out from Japan's post-war political scene
    940 8  -  ALEX JOSEY Comrade S u eh i r o Nishio, founder of the Democratic Socialist Party, has decided to retire from politics, and thus a colourful character bows his departure from the Japanese post-war political scene. He is 81. He
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  • Letters
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      Ganja smoke nuisance
      193 8  -  SANG NAKAPATA When I shifted to Lorong Engku Aman about a month ago I thought I would find total peace and harmony so that I could concentrate on my studies and do some work quietly. But some youths smoking ganja at a vacant ground in front of
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      Weak water pressure
      112 8  -  MOHAMED SULAIMAN I live in a Housing and Development Board flat 1 bought two years ago. My flat Is on the 10th storey and the disappointing aspect of my house is the toilet pipe. Its pressure Is very weak and the water flow is little. I complained
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      Sorry, no phone
      60 8  -  JOSEPHINE SEOW (Mrs) In reply to Disappointed (NN, April 13), we would clarify that a telephone service cannot be offered at the moment to applicants in areas, Including Toa Payoh, served by our North Exchange because of the shortage of telephone switching equipment. As such, no telephone
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      Prompt action over garbage
      171 8  -  CHAN LOY CHAN (Miss) Public Relations Officer. Public Health Division. Sinrapore. 3 I refer to the letter by N. Scharenguivel on Uncollected Garbage (NN, April 27). It is confirmed that a previous complaint dated Dec. 8, 1971, was received on Dec. 13, by the Public Health
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      Admission to Pre-U I
      53 8  -  SOON TUAN TEE I refer to the letter, entitled Two-Exam Results, by Doubtful (NN, April 15). Application for admission to Pre-U I classes are based on the results of the best five relevant subjects which must be obtained in the Singapore-Cambridge OCE Examination at one and
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      Call for TV soccer
      123 8 For long Singapore soccer fans have been denied regular international soccer matches over TV. I believe since 1971 only four international matches have been telecast. How about screening regular international soccer matches? RTS can start off by screening the European Nations Cup quarter-final between England and
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      Extra pay poser
      109 8  -  T.Y.L. A Finance Ministry spokesman has said in the Press that the 13th-month allowance is a salarv payment and is payable only to officers in service as on March 31, 1972. However, there are cases where officers remaining in service as on March 31, 1972, and thereafter
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      Road state deplorable
      120 8 This Is an urgent appeal from residents of Jalan Belang, 7} m.s. Upper Thomson Road, to the authorities concerned regarding repair of Jalan Belang. This is an earthen road with absolutely no drainage system. As a result of the frequent torrential rains, its condition has become deplorable.
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      Bald patches turfed
      87 8  -  LIM PEK HONG (Miss) Public Relations Officer, Housing Development Board, Singapore 2. Ricky Tan (NN. April 29) may wish to know that bald patches of turfed areas in MacPherson Estate have recently been re-turfed. More trees are also being planted in the estate and care is taken
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    Helping those who live in o world of their own
    2062 9  -  The Cinderella of the local medical services New Nation special report on Woodbridge First of a three-part series by Trish Sheppard Woodbridge Hospital a name that at once brings to the mind pictures of mentally sick people. Located in a
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  • EDUCATION
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      The institute with initiative...
      979 10  -  By Violet Oon Lack of initiative is still, in many people's minds, an apt description for students in Singapore. Students from government schools have been branded with this phrase, not surprisingly so as many find It difficult to get the students to give their views. Teachers
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      Why some depend on drink...
      386 10 THE WORLD OF TOItIORROUJ New York, Monday Dr. Charles S. Lieber, a medical scientist deeply involved with chemical mysteries of the liver, is stimulating his fellows with a tentative explanation of why some people develop a physical dependency on strong drink and become alcoholics. His
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      Should money for space research be channelled into earthly projects?
      613 10 Douglas Chan interviews six Secondary Four students from Parry Secondary School. Rosie Chia, 16: Attention should be given to solving Immediate problems. I am surprised that there are countries In our time still living In the stone age. I wonder
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  • TREND
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      Lock icon In step with cheesecloth
      203 11 Have you noticed how certain women have clothes in only one fabric? Those who like to feel feminine wear voile; suede for those who can afford to maintain such expensive "hip" feelings, and denim for those who want to sport an arty front. What is there
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      Nearly 20 and still no girl
      580 11 Dear Ros, I am going to be twenty very soon. I am 1.6 m. (5' 3") and weigh around 44.4 kg. (98 lbs.). My problem is that I am very worried and troubled because I have never had even a single girlfriend. Worse still
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      Neither here nor there
      327 11 Dear Ros, I am 15 years old and five feet tall. Lately I have been gaining weight and at present I am 47.2 kg, (104 lbs). Am I fat? Besides this I have a fat round face. Is the blowing of a trumpet the cause of
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      Cancer signs
      62 11 Dear Ros, Could you please tell me In detail the symptoms of lung and breast cancer. Thank you. MISS LIM. Dear Miss Lim, That would be quite Impossible even if I were a doctor because the symptoms of both conditions are sa varied. If you have fears that
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      A question of freedom
      216 11 Dear Ros, Do you think that teenagers today have too much freedom? ALISON. Dear Alison, No, I don't think teenagers today have too much freedom because I don't think there can be such a thine as too much freedom. Buf there can be an abuse of
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      Kiss only if you want to
      138 11 Dear Ros, I have been out with this boy on four occasions. During our last date he asked me for a goodnight kiss which I refused. I told him to wait until I got to know him better. Am I doing the right thing?
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      Rectangular love case
      132 11 Dear Ros, A few months ago I got to know a boy who became Interested in me and he still Is. Unfortunately I fell for his close friend but he told me that he loved another girl. I came to know that this other girl Is keen
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      Drinker and gambler
      129 11 Dear Ros, My brother is 24 and he likes to drink a bottle of beer every night. He also gambles a lot. How can I solve these problems. MISERY. Dear Misery, One bottle of beer is hardly a problem! At that rate almost every adult should be
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      MERIT—THE KEY TO THE TOP
      839 11  -  NALLA TAN How are promotions made these days? We have large private and public sectors where top Jobs are the aim of every ambitious young person. This is normal. People want to get on, and with things as they are, going on at an accelerated
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      189 11 L memDernow your heart sometimes throbbed when you were young? Remember how your blood rushed quickly through your veins? How you became dizzy with emotion? But did you know that all strong emotions can affect the heart? When you're older, especially in the man, strange stirrings of the heart may
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    Little French beauty from Simca
    1073 12  -  MOTORING Practical and economical WITH JIM WATKINS When I went to collect this new arrival on the Singapore scene from the agents, Trust Motor Company of the Peninsula S ho p p ing Centre, I was not over excited at the prospect. On paper It
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    European GP
    33 12 Paris, Monday Peter Gethln of Britain won the European championship Formula Two Grand Prix event here yesterday at an average speed of 123.74 (78.87 mph) after leading from start to finish.
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    Impact of dividend policies
    837 12 FINANCIAL GAME BY CHARTEXUS MONEY In working out a resonable capitalisation rate for earnings to arrive at a share valuation, the dividend rate enters into the picture, but appears to play differing roles depending on the history of the company concerned. Are dividends losing their importance
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    Taught to be polite
    1188 12  -  Introducing the Mobile Squad MOTOR CYCLING 1 WITH LEE CHIU SAN Asking road users to voice their opinion about the traffic police is like taking your finger out of a hole in a dyke. I was tr«ited to a flood of verbiage, some sickenlngly sweet, and
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      74 12 SP auto air conditioners designed to fit most cars CHARGER II PRESIDENT TRUNK UNIT CHAMPION GLADIATOR Rotary Compressors available on request. QUALITY AND SERVICE GO BEHIND THE BRANO SINGAPORE: 54 Orchard Road. Tel: *****/6. KUALA LUMPUR: 3 Jalan Robertson. Tel: *****/3. IPOH: 183 Hugh Low Street. P.O Box 162. Tel
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      476 13 NEW NATION PHONE *****8 announcements vanda beauty counsellors of London, Poris, New York, Melbourne require counsellors. Free training to successful applicant's. (Full 1 part-time). Telephone: ***** ext. 615 Singapore. SINGAPORE BALLET ACADEMY new term commences 2.5.72 for enquiries Tel: *****2 S'pore. AT YOUR SERVICE Established Since 1947 Wholesale Retail General
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      459 13 EDUCATION RADIO SERVICING COURSK evening/special classes. Storting 18th May 1972 Enrol Marconi Electronics Institute 213-C Lavender Street Telephone: *****. S'pore. FOR SALE BUYING SILLING airconditioners, refrigerators, television, general used goods. Please contact Karlim Company, 589, Geylang Singapore *****7. STOP DREAMING ABOUT HAVING YOUR OWN SWIMMING POOL! Now you can make
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      380 13 CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY A well known computer marketing organisation requires a Confidential Secretary for the group Managing Director of its Singapore based regional Management office. Only applications from experienced secretaries: with top class refer* ences will be considered. As the 6MD travels considerably the and ability to act independently with discretion
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      467 13 EUROPE TOURS CHARTER FLIGHTS London Europe USA Canada. S'pore Tel:*****/*****/***** Kuala Lumpur Tel: *****/*****4. AIR CHARTER AGENCY for charter flights to and from Londor> USA. Telephone *****0 S'pore. Reliability guaranteed. BE SMARTER....FLY CHARTER TO EUROPE AND U.&A. SINGAPORE—LONDON $525/LONDON —NEW YORK $350/LONDON —LOS ANGELES $520/LONDON —TORONTO $4OO/LONDON —SAN FRANCISCO $520/LONDON
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      410 13 1969 MORRIS 1100 with Tax, Comprehensive Insurance, new tyres, tape-recorder, 1 owner, $4700/- 0.n.0. 233, New Bridge Road. Ring *****. 1969 CORTINA DELUXE. One owner. Taxed to 30.9.72. $4,450/-. Universal Cars, opposite C.K. Tang's, Orchard Rood, Tel: *****9. 1969 VAUXHALL VIVA SL9O with aircond., and radio. 1 owner, excellent condition
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      315 13 1970 RENAULT RIO. One owner. Beige with block trim. $4,450/-. Universal Cars, 45 Orchard Rood, Tel: *****1. 1969 MORRIS 1100, 1967 Volkswagen 1300 good condition. New paintwork. Tel: *****2 Mr. Henry. DATSUN 1300 1970 model excellent condition. Immediate sale Contoct *****6 S'pore. WHERE TO STAY WAVERLEY GUEST HOUSE Tastefully furnished
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      590 13 AT YOUR SERVICE Crown Pacific Ltd. The International Packe s Overseas Moving Door-to-Door Service Packing Commercial Storage CALL 808 MATTHEWS TO Your Home For A Free Quotation TEL: *****3 CROWN PACIFIC LTD. THI INTERNATIONAL PACKERS jk, 7.- y n HA f* vTvlr/v"-' GLOBAL VAN LINES INC. Don Carlisle NOTICES NOTICE
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    Brilliant shuttle double to Syed
    672 14  -  By SONNY YAP Syed Ahmad Bakar last night scored a brilliant double in the Singapore Under-20 badminton tournament to enhance his chances of being selected for the Thomas Cup training squad.. The 19-year-old player tzpm Rose Badminton Party beat Lee Ah Ngo 15-12, 2-15, 15-9
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    Drysdale beaten in final
    174 14 Las Vegas, Nevada, Monday.—Australia's John Newcombe, battling a strained stomach muscle, scored an easy 6-3, 6-4 victory over Cliff Drysdale of South Africa in the final of the Caesar's Palace world championship tennis tournament yesterday. In taking first prize money of US$lO,OOO from the US$5O,OOO purse
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    Lock icon Sepak Takraw?
    33 14 No, two Moulmein players going for the ball in mid-air during their match against Toa Payoh in the inter-constituency soccer match yesterday. Moulmein won 3-I.—Picture by Steven Picture by Steven Lee
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    Tennis final debacle
    655 14  -  passing shots Desmond Oon The debacle of the men's singles final of the recent hardcourt championships will be remembered for a long time. That both finalists (one of them a seasoned State player) should display such bad poor sportsmanship was most regrettable. It is hoped that players,
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    Iranians win 2-0
    93 14 Bangkok, Monday—Defending champions Iran opened their campaign in the 1972 Asian Cup soccer tournament with a polished 20 win over Cambodia here last night. The Iranians should have won by a greater margin missing two penalties. Iraq pipped South Korea 4-2 on penalty kicks after they played
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    Pateel hits unbeaten 51
    44 14 Singapore Recreation Club beat Police by five wickets in a Singapore Cricket Association junior league match at Thomson Road yesterday. Police 75 (S. Smith 33, Pateel 5.24, Balbir Singh 343); SRC 76-5 (Pateel 51 n.0., A. Dass 22, Chanderaj 3-27).
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    Lock icon KOICHI WAJIMA
    35 14 puts Italian challenger Domenico Tibernia down in 1.49 in the first round of their junior middleweight title fight last night. Tibernia failed to recover.—United Press International radio picture. United Press International radio picture
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    Benfica aims for a double
    71 14 Lisbon, Monday Lisbon football club Benfica yesterday clinched the Portuguese league title with a 31 victory over Academica of Coimbra. With three matches in hand, Benfica have an unbeatable 49 points, seven ahead of secon-placed Se tubal. Benfica have now won the title 16 times,
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    Lock icon Leeds wants that point
    210 14 Reuter London, Monday.—Leeds United visits Wolverhampton Wanderers today seeking the one Doint they need to add the English soccer league championship to the F.A. Cud they won on Saturday. They are so determined to make sure of the double that they shunned a champagne celebration after
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    Davis Cup triumphs
    185 14 London, Monday. Five nations emerged with emphatic 5-0 triumphs as nine of the 11 first-round matches were completed yesterday in the European zone of the Davis Cup tennis tournament. Rumania, beaten twice in the challenge round by the United States in the past three years, made an
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    Baseball in the US
    215 14 NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST W L PCT G.B. New York 12 6 .667 Phila. 13 7 .650 Montreal 11 6 .647 Vi Pittsburgh 8 10 .444 4 Chicago 8 11 .421 4V4 St. Louis 8 11 .421 4% W L PCT G.B. WEST W L PCT G.B.
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      80 14 NEW NATION safety cutest There is no winner of the $lO New Nation BP safety petrol voucher this week. Our spotters followed a dozen cars for some distance, but they all spoiled their safe driving by straddling lanes and not giving clear indication of their intentions. The winners for the
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      362 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Dunks. 5 Target. 9 Melt. 13 Merit. 14 Hipbones: Anat. 15 Village officer, in Canada. 16 Chinese leader. 18 Auriculate. 19 Glass. 20 Roman magistrate's attendants. 22 Killlbrew's weapon. 23 Distinction. 24 Pale. 27 Photographers' quarters. 31 Heath. 32 Bejeweled. 33 Fee fum, ogre's exclamation.
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    Saturday's Bukit Timah finishes
    394 15 Follow the horses marked with a Zanzibar, closing at the home turn, hit the front at the distance Aggression and Battle Royal moved up. Half a furlong out Aggression came with a strong run and got up close home to beat Zanzibar. Third was Battle Royal.
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    Lock icon Porky's derby chance
    699 15 By Scrutineer Trainer Porky Donnelly's Hard To Beat established himself as a bright prospect in next Sunday's Singapore Derby with a brilliant performance In the Class 1 Division 1 8f at Buklt Tim ah yesterday. The classy five-year-old Australian gelding by Treanyan, romped home an easy winner
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    Gold Cup to Raja
    73 15 Kuching, Monday. The Raja Besiong owned Jointly by former Malaysian Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman and businessman Dato Wee Hood Teck yesterday won the Tengku's Gold Cup in record time at the Sarawak's Turf Club. The Ark Royal nine-year-old won over hot favourite Long House by
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    D'Oliveira, Headley back Worcester
    602 15 London, Monday Basil D'Oliveira and Ron Headley formed the outstanding partnership In the raindisrupted John Player league matches yesterday by thumping 52 runs in 32 balls to help defending champions Worcester gain a 12-run victory over Somerset. D'Oliveira, striving for a place in the England side
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    Open golf postponed
    61 15 Texas, Monday The fourth and final round of the U*****,000 (48,000 sterling) Houston Open golf tournament was postponed to today because of heavy rain yesterday. Australian Bruce Devlin led with a 54-hole total of 206 two strokes ahead of Hale Irwin with three more Americans, Doug Sanders,
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    Tennis pro
    22 15 London, Monday, Oerald Battrlck, Britain's number one player, signed for the World Championship Tennis professional group, It was disclosed yesterday.
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    Ferraris dominate 1000 klm race
    172 15 Belgium, Monday.—Brian Redman of Britain and Arturo Merzalro (Italy) streaked to victory In a Ferrari In the Francorchamps 1000 kilometre sports car race yesterday to consolidate the Italian firm's overwhelming supremacy this season. Another Ferrari driven by Jacky Ickx (Belgium) and Clay Ragazzonl (Switzerland) was
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    Sport in Australia
    175 15 Sydney, Monday—Results of weekend football matches: AUSTRALIAN RULES MELBOURNE: St. Hilda 24-21 (165) beat Richmond 10-16 (76); Hawthorn 15-11 (101) beat Colllngwood 14-12 (96); South Melbourne 14-22 (106) Beat North Melbourne 13-13 (91); Melbourne 16-13 (109) beat Essendon 12-13 (85); Footscray 16-16 (112) beat Fltzroy 13-12 (90);
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    Peking to host 1st Asian TT
    82 15 Hong Kong, Monday The newly-formed Asian Table Tennis Union has decided to stage its First Asian championships in Peking in September, the New China news agency reported today. Delegates from 17 countries attended the formation of the Union in Peking last week. The agency
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    Pentathlon record
    28 15 London, Monday Mary Peters of Britain Improved her own Commonwealth pentathlon record when she totalled ♦630 points at an Athletics meeting at Crystal Palace here yesterday.
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      Lock icon LILIAN LIKES THE SIMPLE LIFE...
      47 16 A simple life, with no complications that's 22-year-old Lilian Tiong's recipe for happiness. "Simplicity is the secret of success," she says. Lilian naturally prefers the simple pleasures. Listening to music and going to the movies, for example. Picture Picture by Philip Tan
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      It's bargains galore at China's antique centre
      450 16 Enthusiastic bargain hunters flock to Peking's antique centre a jumble of lowroofed houses and old buildings called Liu Li Chang street, where discriminating buyers can still find rare and valuable trophies. Liu Li Chang is a typical backwater from the bustling buses and
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      TALKING POINT
      43 16 MEI LIN: You're up early this morning. What's the rush? AH FOOK: I've just read Inche Othman Wok's reminder about the danger of heart disease and the need to keep fit. I'm off for a run in the park before work.
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      What a surprise for the experts
      225 16 The experts laughed when schoolboy astronomer Graham Conroy, 14. predicted three months ago that a tenth planet existed behind Pluto. Graham, a crane-driver's son from Stockton-on-Tees, had sDent three weeks working out his calculations In a school exercise book. Now American experts, using computers,
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      TODAY...
      174 16 Today is Monday, May 8, the 129 th day of 1972 with 237 to follow. THE MOON: between its last quarter and new phase. MORNING STARS: Mercury and Jupiter. EVENING STARS: Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Taurus. President Harry Truman
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      Strange sea with its own strange pollution
      503 16 Many tales are told of the Sargasso Sea. that vast region of the North Atlantic between the Azores and the West Indies. It Is a warm and relatively still area bounded by ocean currents which have little effect upon It except to impart
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      Faithful dog follows master
      55 16 A young dog owned by Priest Jose Garcia valiantly defended the dead body of his master who fell to his death on a Spanish mountain tour, was finally chased away by armed police. It was later found dead at the door of his master's house on
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      Drinking peace
      37 16 Joaquin Nubiola, 46, delivered two pistols to Barcelona police so, he said, he "could drink in peace." He explained his sons had threatened to report him for illegal possession of arms unless he stopped drinking.
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      464 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 For the Family (T) 3.50 A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week v (T) 3.55 It's Happening in Singapore (T—Rpt) 110 Days of Our Lives 4.50 Close 6.10 Opening and Help! It's a Bear Bunch 6.30 News In Brief
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      536 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BORN today, you are a tremendously ambitious person who will find It very difficult to settle for anything less than the best where your possessions are concerned. Highly intuitive, you know instinctively when you are on the right track as to goals, methods
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