New Nation, 15 June 1972

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, June 15, 1972 No. 432 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE THURSDAY, JUNE IS, 1972
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  • 108 1 Prices were barely steady in a moderately active share market this morning. Gammon, the most active counter among industrials, moved from $1.80 to $1.84 to $1.81. United Overseas Bank rose 20 cents to $6.10, but eased to $6.05. National Iron gained five cents to $5.40, Fusan four
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  • 12 1 Police reported 51 accidents yesterday. Three were serious, one fatal.
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  • 46 1 -Berlin, Thursday East and West Germany start a new round of talks here today aimed at a general treaty normalising relations after 25 years of mutual hostility. They have already negotiated two malor agreements, one easing the Berlin situation, the other improving traffic links.
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  • 56 1 Tokyo, Thursday.—Japan Air Lines said today that people of at least 11 nationalities were aboard the JAL DC-8 which crashed near New Delhi last night. Passengers included 10 Japanese, 10 Americans, five Swedes, five Italins, three West Germans, two Frenchwomen, two Indonesians and one person each from
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  • 596 1 Witnesses say JAL jet exploded UPI Reuter New Delhi, Thursday Japanese police have launched an investigation into the crash of a Japan Airlines DC-8 in India last night in which 83 people died. Neither airline nor police officials have ruled out the possibility of sabotage.
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  • 136 1 The Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation (SILO) will write to the Ministry of Labour today, urging it to conduct a fullscale inquiry into the explosion at the Singapore Oxygen (Pte) Ltd., on Tuesday in which a worker was killed. The secretary-general of SILO, Mr. Phey Yew
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  • 163 1 United Press International Sydney, Thursday Prime Minister Mr. William McMahon was greeted by 60 chanting demonstrators when he returned from his South-east Asian tour today. Demonstrating against the planned French nuclear tests, young housewives and expectant mothers chanted: "stop the bomb save our children."
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  • 67 1 Washington, Thursday.— Secretary of State, William Rogers, will represent the United States at a meeting of South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) foreign ministers in Canberra, on June 27 and 28. The White House said President Nixon, at a meeting with Mr. Rogers yesterday, asked him to brief
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  • 31 1 Paris, Thursday The 13-nation Aid to India Consortium agreed yesterday that India would need about US$l25O million (about $3700 million) In total aid over the year begining April 1.
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  • 290 1 UPI Reuter Rome, Thursday. Inhabitants fled the Adriatic port of Ancona in panic last night as twc major earthquakes hit the area, causing serious damage and a number of casualties. Police said they had no reports yet of any dead or seriously Injured in this city of
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  • 177 1  -  By Dennis Chia Singapore football fans may have a chance to see the Russian national team in November if negotiations for them to play here are successful. Although no official agreement has been reached it is understood that the Russians will fit in a match or
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  • 114 1 Sydney, Thursday. An Olympic Airways Boeing 707 on its way to Singapore with 128 passengers, returned here today and made an emergency landing after the Greek airline received two anonymous threats that a bomb was on board. The callers said the bomb would explode about
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  • 205 1 Saigon, Thursday. United States bombers in one of the biggest ever air assaults on North Vietnam have smashed communication and supply lines supporting the communist offensive against South Vietnam. US air force, navy, and marine jets made 340 strikes on Tuesday, the 68th day of retaliatory
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  • 26 1 A 13-year-old school boy, Tan Hee Teck, of Bendemeer Road, died this morning when he was knocked down by a car at Tamplnis Road.
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  • 75 1 Flights for Australia today are expected to leave as scheduled, but airlines here were waiting for confirmation this morning that all was back to normal at Australian airports. Eight international flights are scheduled to leave here for Australia between 11.25 a.m. and 10.30 p.m. today. No
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 189 2 Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. The Ministry of Health is to set up a board to keep a check on the activities of "quacks" dealing with traditional Chinese medicinal products. One of its main tasks will be to draw up a set of regulations
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  • 119 2 The exciting tempo of their movements to the clapping of bamboo poles elicited applause and wolf whistles from the audience at the Ming Court Hotel's poolside last night. Teena Ocampo and Romy Remonador (with sword drawn) were the main attractions of the Muslim
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  • 54 2 Mr. Ku Pak Ming, of the Trade Division, will give a talk on metrication in Singapore's Sawmlllng Industry next Wednesday, at the Chinese Swimming Club, at 7.30 p.m. The talk will be preceded by an introductory speech on Why Go Metric. Members of the public are
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  • 446 2 Fluctuation problems Hotels in Singapore should create a central pool of workers to meet the fluctuating business in the industry. This was suggested by the president of the Hotel and Restaurants Association, Mr. S.C. Huang. He was commenting on the International Chamber of
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  • 60 2 The NTUC. will train at least 500 organisers in its biggest ever membership campaign to organise nonunionised workers in Singapore. This campaign will be officially opened on July 1. The first group of 50 organisers from affiliated unions met representatives from other unions yesterday. More classes
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  • 26 2 London, Thursday.—Sultan Hassanal Bolklah of Brunei yesterday met the British Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas-Home for a general discussion on Anglo-Brunei affairs.
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  • 317 2 Two months of mental agony are now over for goldsmith Lim Chwee Swee. He has raised $30,000 by borrowing from friends, relatives and other sources to pay the Sheriff to forestall any seizure or sale of his goldsmith shop at Hill Street. It all
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  • 35 2 The Singapore Armed Forces will conduct a demolition exercise at the Southern Islands live firing range (Pulau Senang) from June 27 to 30. The public is warned to keep clear of the range.
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  • 311 2  -  By Pauline Khng They write for a living. They're not authors but the letter-writers of Middle Road. Unlike their Chinese counterparts who work with brush and ink, their tool is usually a battered typewriter. "I type all kinds of letters," said Mr. Low
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  • 168 2 Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. —A percentage of shares in new industries should be reserved for Indians, an Alliance Senator, Dato Athi Nahappan, suggested yesterday. He said Indian participation in commerce and trade had not been cared for. The Bumiputra participation was taken care of by
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  • 169 2 More than 30 assistant technicians, technical officers and other staff in the Building Control Division of the Public Works Department have either resigned or applied for transfers following a re-organisation scheme adopted by the Ministry of Law and National Development. A further eight
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  • 116 2 Caught unawares by yet another break-down in the water pump, the 100 families living in the luxurious Hilltops flats had to prepare for work and the day's activities today without water. This is the fourth breakdown in the water supply since a New Nation
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  • 226 2 Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. Regional co operation among South East Asian countries was only a dream at the end of World War Two. It is a living reality today. There are clear indications of an ever-increasing number of efforts at regional co
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 102 2 weather! Temperatures In the world's capitals yesterday: Kuala Lumpur 32-23 C Hong Kong 30-28 C Manila Bangkok Taipeh Seoul Tokyo Naha London Paris Moscow New York San Francisco Sydney Melbourne Perth 30-28 C 33-24 C 33-25 C 33-23 C 27-15 C 23-18 C 29-25 C 18-11 C 24-10 C 27-16
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    • 460 2 HRPPEHinCS WHAT S ON TODAY Visiting INDIAN MUSICIAN S. BALACHANDER will give a recital at the Singapore Conference Hall at 8.30 p.m. The BANQUE NATION ALE DE PARIS will hold a luncheon at the Hotel Hyatt's Jasmine Room for about 40 people. A luncheon and demonstration will be held by
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  • 461 3  -  Shipyard, refinery jobs on contract By Sunny Wee Highly skilled technicians from India are working at shipyards and oil refineries here on contract. To date they have completed two major projects, one with a shipyard and another with an engineering firm for the construction
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  • 116 3 The Singapore Mint invites orders from Singapore and abroad lor the 1972 $10 silver proof coin. The mint advises each applicant to order one piece only as the quantity will be limited. It reserves the right to reduce the quantity of
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  • 24 3 Washington, Thursday The Senate yesterday approved legislation extending the period of repayment of foreign military credit sales from 10 to 20 years.
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  • 65 3 The freshmen orientation committee of the University of Singapore Students' Union is organising an essay and oratorical competition for the orientation period. There will be cash prizes of about $450 and book vouchers worth $400. New students and seniors are eligible. Entry forms are available at
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  • 23 3 Triumph International, manufacturers of underwear garments, will open their regional offlce at Boon Keng Road, Kallang Basin tomorrow at 10 a.m-
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  • 13 3 Tokyo, Thursday The supersonic Concorde airliner left Japan for Australia today.
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  • 204 3 The secretary-general of the People's Front, Mr. Leong Mun Kwai, has branded the United National Front leaders "as a bunch of publicity seekers." "Their issuing threats and periodic statements will not prevent us from fighting them at the general elections," he said. Mr. Leong
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  • 95 3 Britain's chief of defence staff, Admiral Sir Peter Hill-Norton, will have talks with government leaders during his four-day visit here from Saturday. He is also scheduled to have discussions with the British High Commissioner, Sir Sam Falle, and commanders of the Singapore Armed
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  • 51 3 The People's Association and the National Library is jointly organising a Mandarin film show entitled Chew Kin at the Jalan Tenteram Community Centre on June 23 at 6.30 p.m. The film, starring LI Li Hua and Peter Chen Ho. will be screened in conjunction with International Book
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  • 50 3 Two top executives from a large Japanese department store visited Singapore last week to gain a better insight into the local fashion scene. They are Mr. S. Kurosawa, director and planning and development manager of Isetan, and Mr. Tetsuo Morita, 39, purchasing manager for Isetan Bingapgre.
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  • 120 3 "Come on, lady, don't be afraid," said the army officer to the woman driver caught in flood water at Braddell Road yesterday. The officer was beckoning her to cross the road divider near Toa Payoh so that she could get on to higher ground.
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  • 134 3 Three government doctors will take part in a symposium on cholera organised by the Singapore Medical Association next week. They are Dr. Jimmy Sng, of the Outram Road Hospital, Dr. S.R. Sayampanathan, of Port Health, and Dr. Leong Kok Wah, of the Middleton Hospital.
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  • 50 3 The Delta West community centre will hold a presentation of gredentlals to the fifth management committee and the second women sub-committee at Henderson Crescent HDB area office community hall on Saturday at 7 p.m. The MP for Delta, Mr. Yeo Choo Kok, will present the credentials.
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  • 456 3  -  Warning by lecturer By Patrick de Souza Singapore's new towns and housing estates face the threat of a growing breed of rebel youth groups, according to a lecturer in the Social Work and Social Administration Department of the University of Singapore. In a paper
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 120 3 i EMEUS Today's winning number V 7.1 Tl f If the last six digits of your Singapore identity card number are those shown above, you can claim a $100 Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post Office Savings Bank account in your name.
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  • In Person
    • 570 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 EVERYONE made it a point to dress up in the latest gear, with matching accessories. Even the older women, of which there were a surprising number, looked their smartest. But if anyone held the notion of
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  • 723 4  - When a gunfighter and a Japanese samurai cross swords —or guns CINEMA By Edgar Koh RED SUN starring Charles Bronson, Alain Delon, Toshiro Mifune and Ursula Andress, (Capitol). If you care to look beyond the novelty of a Japanese samurai (Toshiro Mifume fighting with outdated weapons against the fast-draw guns
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  • 174 5 A made-in-China toy is causing quite a few raised eyebrows among the American community in Singapore. Called the Paper Tiger Target Game, the toys are being sold at $2.70 each at Chinese emporiums here. The kit (above) contains a plywood tiger, a caricature of a soldier
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  • 177 5 The fate of eight Singapore fishermen detained in Burma for allegedly poaching in Burmese territorial waters is still unknown. The Singapore Marine Product Workers' Union, which represents the men, said there had been no further news from them. Last month, the union received a
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  • 55 5 The Singapore Phoenix Dance Troupe will hold Chinese folk dance courses at Chong Hock Girls' School, Telok Ayer School, from next Monday to Saturday. Chinese dance courses A and B will be conducted by Madam Lee Shu Fen at 8.30 a.m. and 10.15 a.m., and folk dance
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  • 78 5 The People's Association will organise a series of cultural shows For The People in different constituencies at monthly intervals. The object of the shows is to promote a greater interest in the various types of cultural activities among the people. Featured will be the PA
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  • 556 5 AA chief fears bigger problem Nine hundred of 3000 motor vehicles were found to be emitting smoky exhaust fumes during a recent check by a New Nation team. Taxis were the worst offenders. Six in every 10 had smoky exhausts. Next in line were
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  • 541 5 Special bus arrangements are being laid on for the Singapore Armed Forces display at Changl on June 23, 24 and 25. On Tuesday and yesterday New Nation printed the first four routes. Here are three more: Service No. 155 A (red bus) Toa Payoh Town Centre to
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  • 124 5 Because of the shortage of unskilled labour, more housewives are registering with the Employment Exchange of the Labour Ministry. Statistics disclosed by the Labour Ministry showed that more and more housewives registered for employment in March and April. In March a total of 362
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  • 199 5 INNOTECH, the Vietnamese educational organisation In Singapore, has postponed Its move to Saigon for another year, the director of the centre, Mr. Ly Chanh Doc, said today. He said the decision was made at a governing board meeting in Vientienne recently.
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  • 40 5 Scouts from Katong district will hold a week-long camp at Sarimbun Scout Camp in Jalan Bahtera, Lim Chu Kang, starting on Monday. The camp will take in 530 boys and will be supervised by 50 leaders.
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  • 20 5 The YMCA pugilistic group will hold its second grading and demonstration at its courtyard on Friday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 104 5 The University of Singapore Academic Staff Union will hold its second annual general meeting on June 30 in Lecture Theatre Three at the Bukit Timah campus. The meeting will consider changes in the union regulations and election held for new office bearers, according to the secretary at
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 326 5 NEW NATION CROSSWORD *****111 IHUII HHIIIII HHIIII mmmm an mm mmmmmm an I Saved. 7 Estrange. 15 The dawn. 16 Writes a song. 17 Capricorn or Cancer. 18 State houses. 19 Members of early religious order. 21 Xmas' time. 22 Caviar. 23 Doe or roe. 24 Ominous phrase. 27 Endure.
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    • 356 5 Jennifer wins first prize Last Saturday's picture quiz photograph showed the corner of the roof of Teochew Building in Tank Road. The first prize of $15 goes to Miss Jennifer Pung, of St. Nicholas Flat. Her entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last night. The next
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 778 6  -  From Charles Flato Washington Post CHINA Air and water pollution in Shanghai, a heavily industralised city of 10 million, could become a serious problem in the next few years unless stringent control measures are put into effect. The anti-pollution measures that have been taken
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    • 472 6  -  From Ken Davis Melbourne Herald THE U.K. There was a chance in 1961 that Queen Elizabeth would abdicate, according to Harold Macmillan in his latest volume of memoirs. Mr. Macmillan, Prime Minister of Britain at that time, says the possible abdication arose over
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    • 1453 6 IRISH SCENE— Denis Warner with another exclusive report for New Nation WARNER'S WORLD IRELAND Thirty three-year-old John Hume—dark, vigorous and essentially moderate-repre-sents all that is best in the Roman Catholic political movement in Northern Ireland. From
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    • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 659 6 What other newspapers are saying-. CHOLERA EPIDEMIC: Up to last weekend. 68 confirmed cases of cholera. This figure is 2K times the number of people who were infected In 1963 when Singapore had its previous worst cholera outbreak. However, compared with Indonesia, which had 3500 cases
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      • 337 6 KISSINGER'S JAPAN VISIT: Dr. Kissinger. top national security adviser to President Nixon, who had postponed his trip to Japan several times, has at long last arrived in Japan for talks with the Japanese leaders. As a personal representative of the US President. naturally his visit is regarded
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  • 389 7 Delegates divided Reuter Seoul, Thursday The emergence of China dominated discussions as the seventh annual meeting of the Asian and Pacific Council (ASPAC) went behind closed doors after an opening session here. The delegates from Taiwan yesterday heard at least three of the nine
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  • 48 7 Washington, Thursday US Customs officers in Seattle have seized 18 lb. of heroin, valued at US$6 million ($lB million) on the black market. The drugs were smuggled into the US from Hong Kong by way of Canada in stereophonic speaker cases, the bureau said.
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  • 26 7 Sydney, Thursday —Australia's Minister for Customs, Mr. Donald Chipp, left here last night on an overseas tour to study ways of controlling drug abuse.
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  • 34 7 Santiago, Thursday Chile's Marxist President Salvador Allende will announce a new Cabinet and the future shape of his government's economic policy later this week, the Justice Minister, Mr. Jorge Tapia, said last night.
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  • 226 7 Reuter Seoul, Thursday—Malaysia's chief ASPAC delegate. Tan Sri Mohamed Fusad Stephens, told the conference that the idea in neutralising South-East Asia was to remove the region from "the agenda of Big Power rivalry." But in seeking Peking's endorsement of neutral South-East Asia, Malaysia agreed with the
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  • 296 7 Reuter Stockholm, Thursday. The UN conference on the human environment approved yesterday the main elements of earthwatch, a global monitoring system to check on dangerous pollution and possible climatic changes. The 114-nation conference, making the decision without formal vote, recommended the setting up of about
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  • 257 7 Reuter Paris, Thursday Tens of thousands of the Gaullist faithful are expected to flood into the little village of Colombey-Les-Deux-Eg-lises on Sunday to watch President Georges Pompidou inaugurate the distinctive two-barred cross monument to the late President Charles de Gaulle. The memorial is one of
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  • 27 7 Rawalpindi, Thursday A student was killed and another seriously injured when a rocket exploded minutes before launching at the Engineering University observatory in Lahore yesterday.
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  • 22 7 Amman, Thursday. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Hashem, Malaysia's ambassador designate to Jordan, arrived here yesterday to take up his duties.
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  • 389 7 Reuter Washington, Thursday.— White House adviser Dr. Henry Kissinger, will leave for Peking in the next 48 hours for five days of talks likely to dwell heavily on the Indo-China war and US bombing close to China's borders with North Vietnam. The White
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  • 218 7 Reuter London, Thursday The British Government cleared a major hurdle in parliament last night over its running battle with critics on Common Market entry legislation but its majority dropped to only eight. By 296 votes to 288 the Conservative administration of Prime Minister Mr. Edward
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  • 54 7 Damascus, Thursday Tengku Abdul Rahman, secretary-general of the Islamic Congress, arrived here yesterday from Beirut and had a meeting with the Syrian Premier, Mr. Abdel-Rahman Khleifawi. Official sources said discussions dealt with the Palestine case, Israeli occupation of Arab territory and its "violation of United Nations principles
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  • 233 7 United Press International Cairo, Thursday. The dogfight between Israeli and Egyptian warplanes on Tuesday will not lead to a military showdown in the Middle East, political sources said yesterday. They did noi- rule out, however, the possibility of Egypt launching a limited reprisal
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  • 138 7 Reuter Rome, Thursday. Hun-garian-born Australian Laszlo Toth, who smashed Michelangelo's Pieta sculture in Saint Peter's Basilica, claimed yesterday that the sculpture belonged to him and he had the.right to destroy It. In a statement from Rome's Queen of Heaven jail where Toth is
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  • 43 7 Hong Kong, Thursday Police yesterday seized 2420 lbs of drugs worth $6.6 million in a pre-dawn raid on a cargo Junk. The seizure consisted of 180 lbs of morphine and 2240 lbs of raw opium, a government spokesman said.
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  • 145 7 Reuter Washington, Thursday.— Senator Edmund Muskie, the early favourit for Democratic Presidential nomination, yesterday stepped back into the race with an announcement that he was beginning a 10-state election tour. Senator Muskie admitted at a Press conference yesterday that his chances of winning his party's
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  • 150 7 Reuter Washington, Thursday The US Environmental Protection Agency today announced an almost complete ban on the use of the controversial pesticide DDT from the end of this year. Mr. William Ruckelshaus, the agency's administrator, said he was convinced that continued use of
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  • KING LEAR
    • 2189 8 "King Lear" offers more than an account of one individual's tragic life. As we watch the King undergoing the sequence of suffering that befalls him, watch him feeling it so terribly, casting about for an adequate reaction to it, forming judgments on life in the light of
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    • 1402 8 EVEN A LIMITED reading of critical literature on KING LEAR makes one aware that very different accounts are advanced of the "meaning" of the play as a whole. The desire to embrace the whole work in a coherent formulation ought never be the desire to replace
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    • 1050 9 So far the emphasis has been placed the pitiable aspects of Lear's and destruction, and on the implications of this without dwelling ox» the awesome power and energy of his response to suffering. Nevertheless, this insistence on the extent to which the play suggests man's worthlgssness needs
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    • 3657 9 THE CATHARSIS ANOTHER VIEW The deaths of Lear and Cordelia confront us like a raw, fresh wound where our every instinct calls for healing and reconciliation. This problem, morever, is as much one of PHILOSOPHIC ORDER as of DRAM- ATIC EFFECT. In what sort of universe, we ask ourselves, can
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    • 209 9 Shakespeare's Life and Art, Alexander, pp. 166-169 Prefaces to Shakespeare, Barker, Vol 1, pp. 261-328 Shakespearean Tragedy, Bradley, Lectures VII and VIII Studies in English Literature, No 15, Nicholas Brooke Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes, Campbell, Ch 14 Shakespearean Tragedy, Charlton, Ch VII Shakespeare's Doctrine of Nature: A study of King
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  • 379 10 It is not the first time that the University of Singapore Students' Union has declared its determination to prevent any ragging when the academic year begins. But if past history is any guide we can still expect USSU to end up making
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 71 10 Competition starts early in Singapore. The women sub-committee of the Moulmein community centre will be holding a baby show on July 29. And they are inviting parents and wouldbe mothers I presume to enter babies born between July 28, 1971 and July 29, 1972 for the
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    • 107 10 At a private club meeting an Israeli general was Invited to give a talk on Israel's defence problems. About 45 people attended the gathering. A friend or mine was stumped by the fact that 38 of those present were Israelis. They were not members at all, and
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    • 70 10 The ad agencies shudder when they have to deal with firms where decisions are made by more than three persops. So it can be imagined how some of them felt when they were asked to bid for a small government account and, were all confronted by
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    • 82 10 The Singapore Press Club Is going places and getting chummier In the process. It's weekly lunches, which are purely social, are becoming Increasingly popular. At the last lunch there were no less than 60 members and guests. I now hear the club is going one step further.
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  • 1078 10  -  PAKIR SINGH Over the last few months I have been meeting an increasing number of thinking Singaporeans who argue that so long as a government can deliver the economic goods it does not matter
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  • Letters
    • 113 10  -  DR. WAN FOOK KEE Af. Dy. Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Singapore, 2. I refer to the articles The Deaf Why no checks in Schools (NN, May 23) and Detecting Deaf Cases (NN, May 27). In routine health appraisals of school children, a general medical
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    • 79 10  -  SIN AH HENG At the corner of Lorong 18 Geylang Road, there are a few oil drums, probably thrown there by some petrol kiosk men. They have been there for quite some time. Not only are they untidy but are a nuisance. Flies and insects breed In
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    • 310 10  -  RICHARD A. BROWN I refer to the article in New Nation (June 12) entitled Licensed to Kill. I have felt for many months that generally this is exactly what lorry drivers in Singapore have been licensed to do. I have had my young daughter run
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    • 160 10  -  JOHN SOON One evening last week, after visiting the new Shaw Centre I drove out of Claymore Hill into Scotts Road heading towards Bukit Timah when a taxi suddenly made a right turn from the U-turn at Scotts Road into the Tropicana nightclub. Although I was already
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    • 147 10 After lining up for one hour at a cinema in Katong I didn't get my tickets. Was it due to the long queue ahead of me? No, I was in a good front position but cinema touts kept cutting the line and purchased the
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    • 132 10 The black market for cinema tickets has worsened and has now entered Its second stage. In the first phase, black marketeers joined the queues, bought tickets in an orderly manner and then sold them. Despite protests from members of the public no severe steps appear
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    • 65 10 When someone as farflung as Lord Cole, Chairman of Rolls Royce, expresses interest in his old school, Raffles Institution, it is an example to us who are Singaporeans. We too can express our interest and concern for the school when the Old Rafflesians Association meets on
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

  • 1766 11  -  Only poverty and squalor in a once pleasant city Concluding a four-part series... From G George Wilson Washington Post Seven years ago Danang was a pleasant city whose 164,000 residents could walk under the tall trees along the river and watch the Ashing boats come in
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  • 888 11  -  From Kate Webb United Press International South Vietnam's most popular song writer wears lis hair long and lives in a small second floor apartment in the threatened city of Hue, 50 miles south of tie Demilitarised Zone. About 75,000 civilian refugees flooded south to
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  • 461 11 Washington Post This is how the average resident of this city lives today according to a study of Danang conducted under the supervision of Carl Heffley or the US advisory team here: He M lWes In a makeshift house that he constructed himself or is
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  • TREND
    • 905 12 THE male box ''V s Some of my biggerboned women acquaintances are always complaining about the impossibility of buying off-the-hook clothes in any size other than petite. I sympathize with all my heart and half my soul. Because I
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    • 396 12  -  DICK WEST Washington, Thursday In Los Angeles some stationery stores now sell engraved divorce announcements. But most social arbiters, we are told, regard this logical extension of the greeting card business as being in poor taste. If they think that's bad taste they should meet a
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    • 104 12 There is little need to go into great expense re-tiling old floors, or wall to wall carpeting which can be exhorbitant. Just cover up floor areas with very reasonably priced nylon rugs, which come in different sizes, from 66 cm by 114 cm. to the largest 148
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    • 125 12  -  TALKING SHOP RUTH MOSES China ware from Jaipur, India come in highly lustrous and magnificent shades of blue and green. Reason behind this is that the colours are unique, made from ground semi-precious stones such as green argates and Lapis Lazuli exclusive to this line
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    • 111 12 Big or small collections of Jewels will be safely and prettily tucked away in ornate rectangular shaped Jewel boxes, encrusted with lots of semi-pre-cious stones, such as argates, tigers' eyes, moonstone and corals. The effect of the stones against white metal Is an
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  • 206 12  -  BUSINESS AND FINANCE By Peter Ong The volume of air cargo handled by Singapore this year is expected to soar to a new high. Several air cargo firms are optimistic that the 1972 figure will rise by another 30 to 40 per
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  • 293 12 United Press International New York, Thursday Prices closed higher in active trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange. Some analysts said it was a "technical" p e r f o rmance by the market. The Dow Jones industrial average of 30 selected bluechips was
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  • 309 12 Reuter London, Thursday The stock market closed quietly mixed yesterday. Earlier losses reflecting concern about balance of payments and inflation were reversed or reduced following news that the national dock strike was deferred for six weeks. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times index was up 1.6
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  • 205 12 30 52% 47% 35 >4 Am Motors AT ft T 41% A P 7% 19% Avon Pd Beth Steel 30 Boeing 21% 57% 31 120 73% 241% 82% 170% E Kodak 126% Ford Mot 65% 28% 66% Oen Foods 24% General Mot 77% GTE 27% Georgia Pac
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  • 96 12 OTTAWA, Thursday A study by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) revealed that the Ebst, South Asia and Pacific region recorded the lowest international air passenger activity of any of the six world regions In 1969. Tourism by air was concentrated in six destinations— Australia, China, Hong
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  • 221 12 By Our Market Correspondent Trading was moderate in the share market yesterday. Industrial and properties had marginal gains. But value declined to $2.9 million because of the large turnover in cheap shares. Total turnover was also slightly down to 2.6 million. United Overseas Bank's bid for all the
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  • FOCUS ON PAINTS
    • 463 13  -  FOR HAPPY AND COLOURFUL LIVING By Peter Ong You see them everywhere. On the roads, buildings, at home and almost anywhere your eyes perceive. That's paints, probably the most versatile of all decorating materials. Paints add the magic touch to everything you see and makes for a
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    • 820 13 Are you thinking of giving your house a new coat of paint all by yourself but don't know how and where to start with? Then this article will help you in many ways. It will attempt to give you an idea of colour harmony, colour
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    • 370 13  -  S.V. SUPPIAH It is tough to be in the paint industry in Singapore. The market is a very competitive one. One manufacturer explained: "Labour is not necessarily cheap. To be competitive a company must have the ability to produce the latest type of paint incorporating advanced techniques and
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    • 808 14 The industry has gone through a phenomenal change Paint is a universal product remarkable in its own right. Few people realise its im portance because they are such a commonplace today. Many years ago, there were only a few earth colours available. But
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    • 464 14 Touring paint factories can be an interesting and instructive experience. Paint is essentially made by a combination of ingredients including 92 oils, 140 different pigments and 90 chemicals. Tung, soya bean, linseed, palm coconut, castor oil and solvents are converted into resins for the
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  • 730 15 4EL UP l W/TH W& V In a friendly match played on, the Bukit Course yesterday we saw three of Singapore's Putra Cup squad in Wong Wens Hong, David Milne and Brian Marks playing against Miguel Preysler, Rolando Viray and Thomas Manatoc respectively from the Philippines.
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  • 212 15 The Standard Badminton Party will play Its annual international match against Jaya Stia at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday before leaving for an eightday tour of the Medan, Indonesia. The inter-club series started two years ago was conceived by Jaya Stia's president, Tuan Haji
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  • 244 15 Bristol, England, Thursday. Colin Dibley, surprise Australian semi-fina-list at Wimbledon last year, showed his power with a rapid victory over British Cup player David Lloyd in the Wills tennis tournament here yesterday. The 27-year-old Australian number two thundered down ace after ace to demoralise
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  • 240 15 New York, Thursday— Clifford H. Buck, president of the U.S. Olympic committee, said yesterday he expected convict boxer Bobby Lee Hunter to compete in the 1972 Summer Games at Munich "if he makes the team and I believe he will." "I am unaware of any
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  • 253 15 New York, Thursday. Baltimore Orioles moved Into a first-place tie with Detroit Tigers In the American East Division yesterday when the Orioles downed Oakland Athletics 5-1 In major league baseball action. Detroit lost 3-1 to Minnesota Twins, in a game which was called after
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  • 561 15 Oxford. England, Thursday—The Australian cricketers were hammered for 277 yesterday by a Combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team—the third highest score hit against the -Australians on their tour so far. At the close of the first day's play, the Australians were 20 for no wicket in reply.
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  • 29 15 United Press International CENTRAL LEAGUE Chnnlchi 4 Hiroshima 0 Yomiurl 5 Whales 2 PACIFIC LEAGUE Toe! 3 Ktatetsu 1 Nlshitetsu 4 Hankyu 3 Nankai 5 Lottc 4
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  • 26 15 Fraser and Neave's soccer team will play a friendly match against the Singapore Cricket Club on June 21 at Padang at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 136 15 Jakarta, Thursday. Standings in the qualifying rounds after last night's matches in the Jakarta anniversary soccer tournament. Indonesia has qualified for the semi-finals in group A and Burma and Malaysia will play off for the second spot tonight. Group A P. W. D. L. GF
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 149 15 KILDARE YOUR PUSHER AN EX-SUPPLIER OF MIME WHEN L WAS ON THE STUFF— IS NOT ONLY LACKING IN PERSONALITY, HE PEOPLES FLEA POWPER. THAT MEANS... A 7 I*l X KNOW WHAT IT MEANS... ANP /OU COULPN'T BE. MORE WRONG... > RIP KIRBY by Ken Bald ...HIS MERCHANPISE IS PYNAMITE-... THE
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  • 553 16 By Blue Peter Ipoh, Thursday Gold Sheen (W. Liew) and Little Pappa II (A. Ham), two Derby candidates, were matched in a splendid trial on a good track here this morning. Breaking Into a gallop from the half mile, the two stablemates steadily clapped
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  • 340 16 SCRATCHINGS SATURDAY RACE ONE: 2.30 Class 5 Div 5 SViF: Blooming Time. RACE TWO: 3.00 Cbss 5 Div 4 SYiF: Dukedom 111. RACE THREE: 3.35 Class 2 Div 5 6F: Famille Verte, Southern Fiance, Negri Express. RACE FOUR: 4.10 Class 2 Div 4 6F: Pangtima La
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  • 374 16 New York, Thursday. Former champions Gary Player and Tony Jacklin head a small delegation of eight foreign players competing in this year's US Open golf championship, and both were ranked among the favourites for the competition which gets underway today. Player, who took
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  • 162 16 Worthing, England, Thursday. Welsh schoolmaster Mai Evans gave England's defending cham pion David Bryant his heaviest defeat at toD level as he surged to the head of the singles table in the world bowls championships here yesterday. The left-hander crushed Bryant 21- 6 and went on to
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  • 58 16 Panama City, Thursday. The title fight between world bantamweight champion Rafael Herrera of Mexico and Enrique "Maravilla" Pinder of Panama, scheduled for July 15 has been postponed because Herrera is suffering from stomach trouble. Panama's national culture and sports institute, which is organising the fight, said it
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  • 1783 16 SATURDAY CLASS 2 DIV. 4—6F ($9000—$6300 TO WINNER) ***** HURRY HONEY a (K L) Bougoure 6 9.00 ***** JELITA g (HT Wee) Allan 5 8.11 ***** JACK OP SPADES a (TTC) Mansor 6 8.10 ***** PANGLIMA LARUT II a (KL Chong)
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  • 344 16 Antwerp, Thursday—Gerd Mueller, the world's deftest striker, scored two goals last night in leading West Germany to a 2-1 victory over Belgium and a place in the European nations cup soccer final against Russia on Sunday. Russia beat Hungary 1-0 in Brussels last night to qualify
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  • 311 16 Miami Beach, Florida, Thursday Second-place Poland was beaten by China 19-0, and third place Australia was beaten by Germany, also 19-0, in upsets yesterday afternon in the 17th round of the Fourth World Bridge Team Olympiad. The United States, the reigning world champions, but trying
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  • 72 16 The visiting Philippine University basketball team: scored a 102 79 victory over Siglap/Tong Keng iir a friendly match played at Gay World last night. Displaying more accuracy and using their height to advantage, the Filipinos, were far too good for the local boys who finished" third in
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  • 26 16 The Rajaji Sports Club will hold its 17th annual general meeting at the Ceylon Tamil Association on Handey Road on Sat. at 5 p.m.
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    • 560 17 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE WOODLAND COMPANY OFFERS: (1) Dist. 15 2-storey semi-detoch-ed corner house, 3 bedrooms, one servant's room, 2 halls, mosaic/ terrazzo flooring, 3,260 sq.ft. freehold, fully furnished. Sale $180,000 0.n.0. (2) Dist. 15 flat Ist. floor in Brooke Road, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, one big hall, fully furnished
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    • 354 17 1971 DATSUN 1200 Mazdc Cape Ila R.E. 4-door M/130C G.T. Colt Golont 1300 Mazdo 1000 Fiat 128 1970. F/Escort D/L. Datsun 1200 S/W Toyotc Corolla 1200 Mazda 1200 V/ Viva SL9O, Mercedes 280S (aircon) Datsun 1300 1969 F/ Cortino G.T. Mazda 1200 Coupe, 1968 Mazda 1500 Holden Kingswood (air-con). V/Victor
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  • Back Page THURSDAY
    • 138 18 Today is Thursday. June 15, the 167 th day of 1972 with 199 to follow: THE MOON: Between new phase and first quarter. THE MORNING STABS: Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STABS: Mercury, Mars and Venus. Those born on this day are under the sign of Gemini. ON THIS
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    • 51 18 Authorities in the Siberian village of Ivanel broke up a four-man gang of rabbit poachers when one of the group came face-to-face with a bear. The bear smashed V. Popov's gun and swatted the hunter on the cheek. The illegal hunting story came out In the
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    • 323 18 ...SO NO SPYING, PLEASE By Jenny Lee A girl's 100 is her castle and I don't fancy being spied on while I am in it. My working colleagues feel the same way too. I may not have spoken to all the thousands of fellow female workers,
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    • 200 18 Melbourne Herald An English librarian has set up a "hate corner" in his library where customers can throw darts at photographs of famous people they dislike. The first set of pictures Includes the Prime Minister, Mr. Heath; the Labour leader. Mr. Harold Wilson; Sir
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    • 97 18 A 20-year-old Texas University student stepped from his shower here for the first time in one week and one hour and claimed to have set world record for showering. Hall Halloway of Dallas said he would not take a shower or bath again for "a long, long time."
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    • 143 18 Reuter Ron Humphrey wanted a good night's sleep. His wife Maureen wanted a divorce. Maureen badgered Ron night after night, constantly pestering for a divorce. "She does all the things a wife should do except she is always nagging over the
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    • 60 18 AH FOOK: The Indonesian decision to accept batik shirts as a formal dress makes sense. We should follow suit. It's ridiculous wearing a form of clothes developed for a cold climate. The thought of it makes me sweat. WEI LIN: I sympathise with you. But I really think
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    • 58 18 Pretty Zabariah Ayub, 19, is a captain alright but without pips. She heads a team of waitresses at a hotel coffee shop. Better known as Annie, she loves swimming, dancing, collecting stamps and match boxes. Her ambition is to be an air-hostess one day.
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    • 128 18 A vicar in London is offering cut-price weddings in a bid to encourage people to marry in church instead of the registry office. The bridal couple can even come in bare feet and jeans as far as the Rev. Donald Peyton Jones, the vicar of Selcombe
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    • 113 18 Jock is only a wee Scott but he Is very fond of that Scottish delicacy the haggis. So when he found a big pile of his favourite food he could not contain himself and decided to steal as many as he could.
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 513 18 S Singapore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 For the Family (C) 3.45 South-East Asia: Introduction (C—Rpt) 4.10 Housewives' Matinee: Our Big Sister (Cantonese Film, Pt. 2) 5.15 Close 6.05 Opening and Dr. Who 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 What Others Say (C) 6.55 The Smith Family: The
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    • 514 18 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a blunt, outspoken person who Is sometimes more concerned with speaking out In an honest, straightforward fashion than In protecting other people's feelings. Because of this, there are many who fear you outright—and many more who go out
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