New Nation, 3 July 1972

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    18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, July 3, 1972 No. 447 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE MONDAY, JULY 3, 1972
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    78 1 The share market opened to light and selective trading this morning. Prices were quite steady during the first 45 minutes. Hong Leong Finance eased under selling pressure to $2.70, 11 cents down over last Friday's closing price. Malayan Banking fell two cents to $3.52 while DJ3.S. made
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    OUR ROADS
    14 1 Police reported 66 traffic accidents yesterday. Eight were serious and one fatal.
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    Tin price
    18 1 Today's tin was traded at $623 (unchanged), with a turnover of 259 tons (up 11 tons).
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    LATE NEWS
    33 1 Manila, Monday.—Six people on board a twin-engine aircraft were killed when it crashed and exploded on an airstrip 360 miles of south of Manila today the Manila Rescue Co-ordination centre reported.
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    Indira and Bhutto sign peace pact
    634 1 Troops along the border will be withdrawn New Delhi, Monday India's Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, and President Bhutto of Pakistan signed an agreement early today pledging their two countries to renounce the use of force against each other. An Indian official said: "The
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    50,000 leaflets for the Reds
    350 1  -  Soldiers 'litter* jungle By V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur, Monday Hundreds of soldiers and policemen are helping to litter the Jungles in Perak with 50,000 leaflets but all for a good cause. The area covered stretches from the Perak-Thai border in the north right down to
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    Malta move
    40 1 Valletta, Monday. —Malta has freed the Maltese pound from its automatic link with sterling and Its value will now float between sterling and the currencies of the Island's mar jor European trading partners, the Maltese goftfnment announced. f.
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    Hair: Checks on patrons
    118 1 Police are continuing their checks on longhaired patrons of nightclubs, cabarets, bars and hotels. Over the weekend* several long-haired patrons were "advised" to get their hair cut. Their names were also noted. On Saturday night, police officers visited a number of nightclubs in the Orchard Road
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    Bomb on CPA plane 'not from Singapore'
    164 1 The bomb which blew up a Cathay Pacific Airways Convalr 880 jet on June 15 was "not planted" in Singapore. The plane exploded over Vietnam while on its way to Hong Kong. It stopped over at Bangkok after taking off from Singapore. All
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    Gas blast
    39 1 Mexico City, Monday At least eight people were killed and 500 Injured In the northern city of Jlmene when seven railway wagons loaded with butane gas exploded last night. The dead Included two children and three railwaymen.
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    Another peak for gold
    54 1 Hong Kong, Monday The Drice of gold In Hong Kong, Asia's leading bullion market, today reached Its second post-war peak in less than a week. Reacting to the floating of the British pound, the price opened at HK5443.5 a tael (11/3 ounces), the highest level since
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    Lock icon B52s pound the way to Quang Tri
    317 1 United Press international Saigon, Monday American 852 bombers pounded the approaches to northernmost Quang Tri province capital with more than 500 tons of high explosives late yesterday and early today, US command spokesmen' said. Seven waves of the giant planes struck within 10
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    Quake rocks south Iran
    62 1 Teheran, Monday. —An earthquake with Intensity of about 7 on the Richter scale, shook towns in southern Iran yesterday, a spokesman for the Geophysics Department of Teheran University said. The towns—Bandar Shapour, Bebbahan, Bousher and Borazjan all were in an area about 500 miles (800 km)
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    Lock icon Opposition leaders hail agreement
    126 1 Reuter India's opposition leaders—immediately welcomed the Simla agreement. The Socialist Party leader, Mr. S.M. Joshi, said it marked a new chapter in the relationship between India and Pakistan, and hoped it would lead to durable peace. Mr. Madhu Mehta, general secretary of the freeenterprise Swatantra Party
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      106 1 Jii&Uf A CLE MnndLjv Focu' Vietnam j test of moral strength PACE 7 French Foreign Minister to visit Peking. PACE Q U K defence chief folks about the five power pact and SEATO FACE 11. Dear Ros An old flame burns again. PACE 15 Photo fim shes and review of
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    VC men may be used for police duties
    208 2 A more positive role planned Vigilante Corps members may be mobilised for police duties, says the Corps' publication, The Vigilante, in its latest issue. The Vigilante quoted the Parliamentary Secretary (Home Affairs), Mr. L.P. Rodrigo, as saying this in an interview with
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    Best student in French
    46 2 The Runme Shaw Challenge Cup was won by Mr. Tarlock Singh who was judged Best Beginner Student 1972 in French. Mr. Tarlock Singh received the cup from Mr. Runme Shaw, president of the Alliance Francalse. at a presentation held In Hotel Premier.
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    Teachers: All should be under khalwat law
    114 2 Kuala Lumpur, Monday. The Perak Religious Affairs Department will be asked to extend the khalwat law cover both Muslims and non-Muslims. The Lower Perak Branch of the Perak Religious Teachers Association agreed to this at their annual meeting over the weekend. Moving the
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    Tadin: Principals' seminar proposals are noted
    267 2 Re c o m mendations made at the national seminar on the Administration and Management of Schools have been taken note of and examined by top Ministry of Education UNESCO consultants. This was announced by Inche Sha'ari Tadin, parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of
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    Spinning a disc for charity
    140 2 A new way to spin a disc and an expensive one. More than 200 old records were used for this game of rolling a record into a hole at the Musecarama Fun Fair at Wonderland Kallang, yesterday. Schoolgirl Tan Cheh Hoon, 18, was among the
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    Blasts as Ravi plays
    66 2 Rio De Janeiro, Monday Three small sticks of dynamite exploded at the door of the Municipal Theatre here where Indian musician Ravi fflnmirfl y was giving a concert last night. Police believe a group of youths. Irate over being unable to obtain tickets for the concert,
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    New course
    38 2 The Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore will start a course on intermediate English consisting of 15 lectures by Mr. Ban Kah Choon, at the university's English Department from Thursday at 7.30 p.m.
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    Briefcase case in taxi
    55 2 A briefcase containing a Finnish commercial pilots licence in the name of Mr. Paul! Olavl Wahlberg, has been found by a taxi-dri-ver, Mr. Goh Chong Olap, soon after a passenger alighted in Tanjong Pagar yesterday. The owner can collect the briefcase at the New Nation office,
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    Lions do their bit to help
    168 2 Members of the Lions Club Singapore, Jurong, distributed sifts at the leprosy patients' colony at Lorong Buang Kok on Saturday. They distributed food packets, toys, clothing, exercise books, pencils and stationery. Taking the group round the colony of 15 needy families of 62 people
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      126 2 Today's winning number *****4 If the last six digits of your Singapore identity card number are those shown above, you can claim a $300 Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post Office Saving Bank account in your name. Call with your identity card
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    • Miscellaneous
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      123 2 EM Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 33-24C Kuala Lumpur 33 22C Bangkok 32-24C Hong Kong 32-27C Manila 31-28C Naha 32-27C Seoul 29-19C Tokyo 29-23C Moscow 28-21C New York 30-19C Paris 18-IOC London 18-IOC San Francisco 16-12C Sydney 16- 6C Melbourne 14- 4C Canberra -llmlnus 7C Perth 17-12C Singapore Singapore's
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      571 2 HHPPEnincs WHAT'S ON TODAY President Sheares will host a reception at the Is tan a to mark SAF DAY at 0.30 p.m. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Singapore, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, will host a TEA RECEPTION for 300 new students at Eusoff College at 4.30 p.m. The Foreign
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    Still a shortage of skilled building workers
    192 3 The shortage of building materials had generally eased off, but the buildinr industry was still in need of more skilled labour, Mr. Toh Beng Sit, the president of the Singapore Contractors Association said today. He said: '"Hiere Is no apparent shortage of any
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    Two for blind conference
    133 3 The Singapore Association for the Blind has picked two delegates to attend the sth Quinquennial Conference of the International Council of Educators of Blind Youth, to be held in Madrid from July 24 August 2. They are Mr. David Sebastian, principal of the Blind School, and
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    Company law course
    49 3 The Singapore Institute of Management is organising a six-lecture course on company law at the Chinese YMCA In Palmer Road beginning on Thursday at 6.30 pm. The lecturer is Mr. Francis C.H. Lee, a lawyer. The fee is $102 for institute members and $120 for nonmembers.
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    Surplus pigs: Farmers' new market
    287 3  -  Frozen pork for export to HK By Ivan Lim Local livestock farmers have hit on a new way of disposing of their surplus pigs by exporting frozen pork. The first consignment of the frozen meat will be shipped to Hong Kong today together with 250
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    Closure 'shocks' 70 Oriental Lotus workers
    299 3 About 70 employees of the Oriental Lotus restaurant In the Hotel Malaysia have been out of work for the past week because the restaurant has remained closed. The Food, Drinks and Allied Workers' Union says the management has not notified its employees or the
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    Marketing course
    63 3 The National Productivity Board will conduct a course for executives in the marketing and sales field at its premises on July 31 at 8 a.m. Conducting the course will be Mr. J.J. Healy, a United Nations Interna tional Labour Organisation expert on general management; Miss Khoo Lian Kim
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    New lecture course
    55 3 The Department of Extramural Activities of the University of Singapore is organising a 12-lecture course on the Introduction to quantitative methods at Nlssen Hut No. 1 starting at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday. The lecturer is Mr. 8. S. Kwong from the Department of Business Administration. The fee
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    New-look uniforms for Civil Defence members
    147 3 Members of the Civil Defence Organisation will be issued with new uniforms by the end of this year. The new uniform will consist of light brown shirt and trousers with- gold buttons and red beret. According to the latest issue of the organisation's publications,
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    Film shows
    35 3 The French Embassy and the Alliance Francalse will screen two films—Madame de... and Une Aussl Longue Absence at the Cultural Centre tomorrow and on July 28 respectively, at 8.15 p.m. Admission Is free.
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    Prize-giving
    31 3 The Educational Publications Bureau will hold a prize presentation for the winners of the Know Our Singapore quiz at the Chung Hwa Girls* High School on Saturday at 10.15 ajn.
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  • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
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      Nanyang Siang Pau
      418 3 What other newspapers are saying: SEATO MAY WELL COME TO AN END: The 17th SEATO ministerial council meeting currently held in Canberra may not be its last, but this organisation has long been regarded as a nominal one which need not be retained at all. At the
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      Sin Chew Jit Poh
      540 3 VIETNAM WAS AND THE 178 GENERAL ELECTION: The views expressed by Dr. Kissinger, adviser to President Nixon, at a Press conference after his return from China deserve attention. Plrst, he admitted that while he discussed Vietnam at some length with Premier Chou En-lai, it was not
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  • In Person
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      THESE ROTARIANS ARE A CHEERFUL LOT!
      694 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 rrs ALWAYS easy to tell when the Rotary Club Is having one of their weekly lunches at the Mandarin Hotel. Besides the lifts being jammed with men at about 12.30 pjn., they're such a fun-loving and happy lot
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      137 4 s k. ANYTHING HUT TIES UP CAPITAL PARTICULARLY DEPRECIATING ASSETS, CAN NETEN IE BETTER LEASED THAN DDOGDT. Credit Corporation, Singapore, will lease you anything. Cars, trucks, forklifts, machinery, earth-moving equipment and professional equipment. Even office machines. And when these goods are used for producing assessable income the entire rental is
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    Society for blind to set up HQ in S'pore
    203 5 The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind will shift its South-East Asian head.quarters from Sabah to Singapore next year. This is because of Singapore's central location which facilitates work for the blind on a regional basis. In Sabah, the RCSB was
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    AEB courses on languages, flower-making
    91 5 The Adult Education Board will conduct five three-month language courses and a 16-week flo-wer-making course this month. The Japanese and Teochew language courses will start tomorrow while Hokkien lessons will begin on July 17 and Malay and Mandarin on July 18. Fees will be $25
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    PC 1159—a top cop with magic hands
    460 5  -  Chief: He's the best... By Wee Beng Huat A man of lesser courage and experience would run away, but he stands tall and confident. In his hands he holds and controls miles of snarling traffic each day. He is the Police Force's most
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    Medical and dental exam results
    576 5 The following candidates have passed the examination In the subject or subjects shown against their names thereby completing the JJnlverslty of Singapore's Sessional Examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery: Au Wal Pang (Biochemistry), Chang Bse Ping (Anatomy), Cheah Slew
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      200 5 Our daily flights to the US give you a night to exploreTaipei. A mm? If you're planning to fly to the U.S.A., fly China Airlines. Any day of the week we can jet you to Honolulu, San Francisco or Los Angeles. And on the way you get a whole evening
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      439 5 Today's new quiz A m J "C m BP../T' mm -jmssm turn A new quiz starts today. Instead of a landmark In Singapore, today's quiz picture shows an object from an unusual angle. You have to Identify the object to win a prize. Last Wednesday's photograph showed the dome of
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon What makes Hanoi Reds tick ...
      1066 6  - What makes Hanoi Reds tick Prom Stanley Karnow Washington Post They were beaten in their push to control the Red River delta in 1952, but came to destroy the French at Dien Bien Phu two years later. Their apparatus in South Vietnam was broken up by Ngo Dlnh Diem in
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      MONDAY FOCUS
      296 6 The Vietnam war has swung rifht back into the centre of international focus with President Nixon's announcement that the United States and South Vietnam will return to the Paris peace talks next week. Predictably, North Vietnam and the Viet Cong responded to the announcement with the claim that
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      Lock icon Communists admit: Our drive is a failure
      779 6  -  From Thomas Lippman Washington Post The planners of the current communist offensive in South Vietnam have acknowledged that their forces have reached fewer than half of the goals they hope to achieve, a document obtained by intelligence analysts in Saigon reveals. "Although the
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      Lock icon Fate of the displaced people
      547 6  -  From Donald Bremner Los Angeles Times South Vietnamese officials face some tough decisions on the future of hundreds of thousands of refugees as the communist offensive loses steam. A major question is whether to allow them to remain in crowded camps or begin settling them
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      118 6 B the best of British designed for the age of the Jumbo Jet >': Antler Luggage is designed for modern travel and automated baggage handling. It is flexible, resilient and exceptionally strong 4k with rigid aluminium alloy frame, fully supporting strap hinges and chrome locks. V jt,✓ The Antler precision-made
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    Lock icon China and France to discuss Vietnam
    373 7 Schumann off to Peking United Press International Paris, Monday The French Foreign Minister, Mr. Maurice Schumann, whose country has been hosting the Vietnam talks for four years, will fly on Wednesday to Peking to discuss the future of the peace talks and other world
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    Lock icon TOO LEGGY FOR VATICAN
    41 7 The leggy young ladies in the foreground could only gaze at the outside of St. Peter's Basilica last week. Guards turned them away at the door for wearing excessively short skirts. UPI pic- short skirts. UPI picture.
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    Hostage: I felt sorry for plane hijacker
    474 7 Hong Kong. Monday. Chinese stewardess May Yuen of Pan American World Airways said today she felt "sorry" for the hijacker who was shot dead in Saigon yesterday while being held by the throat and legs in an abortive attempt to hijack a Pan
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    Big arms grab by US agents
    141 7 Washington, Monday.—Federal agents yesterday said they had arrested nine men and confiscated thousands of rifles and sub-machine-guns which apparently were to have been used in an attempt to overthrow the Castro regime in Cuba. The weapons were seized at an airport in Louisiana. The
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    Lock icon Press urged to ignore successful air piracy
    123 7 United Press International Los Angeles, Monday. The president of the Air Line Pilots Association has caUed for all news media to Impose a voluntary blackout on news about successful air hijackings. Mr. Donald Mcßain. flight captain for United Airlines, told the California State
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    Lock icon Chess ace still in seclusion
    161 7 United Press international New York, Monday. Bobby Fischer, the American chess champion who was scheduled to begin play for the world title In Reykjavik, Iceland, remained in seclusion in New York yesterday while his lawyers tried to work out better financial terms. The International Chess
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    Protesting on crane
    80 7 Rome, Monday. Two young Roman women and a 14-year-old girl yesterday passed their filth day In the cabin of a crane, 20 metres (65 feet) above a building site on the outskirts of Rome, In protest against lack of housing In the capital. They climbed up to
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    Lock icon McGovern predicts ruling will be reversed
    278 7 Reuter Washington, Monday.— Senator George McGovern yesterday confidently predicted that the Democratic Party convention next week will restore to him the California delegates which he lostin the Credentials Committee. In a television interview, he indicated he still hoped to mend the rift in the
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    Free rides for the girls too?
    91 7 London, Monday Free railway travel for the girl friends of bachelor Members of Parliament is being urged by 30-year-old bachelor MP, Mr. Leslie Huckfleld He has tabled a House of Commons question asking bow much it would cost to give the girls the same
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    Lock icon Three killed in day of violence in Belfast
    348 7 Reuter Belfast, Monday Three bodies were found in Belfast yesterday soon after British troops came under heavy Are for the first time since the Northern Ireland truce began. The army reported that about 300 shots were fired by unidentified gunmen in three
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    Limitations to big power aid for allies
    505 8 The world has perhaps moved some degrees away from the fears of total annihilation by the mutual recognition of the big powers that it does not serve their interests to be in a state of hostile estrangement. Ideological differences are no more the
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    Reputation for eating
    88 8 > JlJJry rjljr} by ISPY The world's eating champion Oakland Bozo (listed in the Guinness Book of Records) has been undefeated in eating contests since 1931. This is not surprising for, according to reports, Bozo's eating pace "is a fluid motion that can eli- minate a 30-pound
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    Bulgarians remember Georgi Dimitrov, the communist acquitted by a German court
    1378 8  -  ALEX JOSEY Ninety years ago last month, Georgi Dimitrov, founder in 1946, of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, was born. He died in 1949 at the age of 67. Bulgaria has been marking the 90th anniversary of his birth.
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  • Letters
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      Disappointment at clinic
      357 8 Please allow me to air my disappointment at the staff of a government clinic. My son went to an outpatients' clinic at 3.30 pm. on June 14. He deliberately went at the time to avoid waiting for a long time. There were two other patients and three
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      HDB survey completed
      82 8  -  CHRIS H.K. TAN Asst. Secretary, Public Relations, Hoaxing and Development Board, Singapore, 2. TJC.H. (NN, June 29) may wish to know that the Board has recently completed a survey on carparking facilities in all our housing estates. The results of the survey are being analysed at present.
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      Furnish details
      65 8  -  CHAN LOY CHAN (Miss) Public Relations Officer, Public Health Division, Singapore, 3. With reference to the letter (NN, June 17) by Leonard Lim, regarding a durlan stall at Queenstown, It would be appreciated If the writer will contact the undersigned c/o Princess House, Alexandra Road, Singapore 3, Tel:
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      Resite the hawkers
      97 8  -  JOHN BROWN I would like to bring to your attention the problem posed by hawkers on both sides of Jalan Benaan KapaL This Is a busy port area and action should be taken soon. The drains lining the road are clogged up with waste food and filth.
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      Undesirable terminus
      136 8 The siting of the bus terminus at Balestler Road near the junction of Thom- son Road is, to say the Unde *irable and gives little consideration to the safety and health of pedestrians frnd people living in the vicinity. Thick patches of cylinder oil deposited by buses on
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    UK DEFENCE CHIEF TALKS ON SEATO AND THE FIVE-POWER PACT FOR REGION
    1434 9  -  A SPECIAL REPORT BY JACKIE SAM BY JACKIE SAM As Britain's Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Peter HillNorton, sits on some of the top military councils of the world. Over the last few weeks, for instance,
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    Lock icon A blunder to draw conclusions about Vietnam situation
    487 9  -  From Thomas Lippman Washington Post After a month in Vietnam, the lesson that old hands here always teach finally begins to sink in. Opinions about what is going on are plentiful and there are facts to support them all. But hardly anything
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    Some recent pronouncements
    254 9 on matters touched upon by Admiral Sir Peter Hill-Norton: "There is no need for changes in the Seato charter, treaty or anything else. How can we dismantle Seato while it is still supported by world powers the United States and Britain?" —GENERAL JESUS VARGAS, newly-retired secretary-general of
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  • EDUCATION
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      A new hue and halo to orientation
      542 10  -  By Violet Oon There is a new-found maturity in the threeweek orientation programme planned for incoming students at the University of Singapore today. This year, included in the usual round of social functions and seminars, are alms and objectives which were absent before.
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      Better dental care —without pain
      235 10 Washington, Saturday Your young son falls over and Knocks out his front tooth. Find it. Wrap it in a wet cloth and get him to a dentist as fast as you can. It can be replanted. Dentists can now fix chipped teeth with materials that
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      Should driving licences be issued only to those over 21?
      600 10 Douglas Chan gets the views of six Pre-University students from the AngloChinese School MURIEL CHEE, 1«: We should straighten out the statistics first before barring those below 21 from getting driving licences. Youths are considered to be more reckless, but
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      250 delegates will take a closer look at ways of teaching English
      610 10  -  By Violet Oon Instructional Materials for English Language Teaching Is the theme of the Seventh Regional Seminar organised by the R.E.L.C. which begins on Wednesday. It will be opened by Mr. Llm Kim San, Minister for Education. The
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  • TREND
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      Case of old flame wanting boy back
      459 11  -  Mary Lee Dear Ros, I have known my boy for almost three years. Before me, there were two others. Lately, our relationship deteriorated and I found out from him that with the extra freedom and trust I gave him, he Is now with
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      Sequel to kissing
      206 11 Dear Ros, I have been going out with a girl for about six months, and nearly every week during the last few months. She didn't seem angry when I started kissing her recently, but now she refuses to go out with me anymore. What is wrong with
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      Cold letters from Canada
      333 11 Dear Ros, My girl and I were attending the same Institute of higher learning but she had to leave after her first year. Now she Is In Canada continuing with her studies. We went steady about two years ago. The letters I received regularly from her
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      Handsome boy who never came back
      316 11 Dear Ros, I have a friend who is now in National Service. The last time I saw him was the night before he left for his 20-day exercise all over Singapore. He is quite a good looking guy, and I can't remember what I
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      Towering over her boy
      355 11 Dear Ros, Please help me solve this problem. Do you think it is I awkward If a girl is taller than the boy by about three inches and also if she Is big In size whereas he is short and small? I have been going steady
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      Lock icon GETTING A GLITTER IN GEOMETRICS
      101 11 Sequins can adorn an evening gown with a very uncluttered shimmer, depending on how you place them. Malcolm Starr, that New York designer of glamour, has created a totally modern glitter in this evening gown of sparkling geometries, in black, white and the in between
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      Hating with love...
      387 11 Dear Ros, I am 19 and I've known this boy for more than four months. We were very happy together and he had, on many occasions told me that he loved me. Now he has left me and that was about four months ago. During this time,
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      Lost virginity
      93 11 Dear Ros, j Recently I stayed with my boyfriend for a night and I lost my virginity. I am scared that I might get pregnant because that day was a week before my period. If my period does not come this month, am I pregnant? My monthly period
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      Shouting does not help!
      714 11  -  Even children know that PAT CHUNG Qur five-year-old has just" made a deal with me: if I don't shout anymore she will love me more than she loves her teacher. Of course (I tell myself hopefully) she's not really measuring her affection for her teacher and
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    Latest from Ford stable
    1489 12  -  motoring Raw power of V 8 Fairmont A magic carpet ride with a rocket-like start With JIM WATKINS The luxury car buyer has never before enjoyed such a choice as exists at this time. From being a virtual one make monopoly, the "carriage trade" has been
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    A look at the wide range of Honda bikes
    618 12  -  i motorcycling WITH LEE CHIU SAN Sometimes I am asked questions which I simply am unable to answer. Yet the same questions keep cropping up time and tinw again until I am forced to do something about them. One such question
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    Shareholder vigilance improves performance of management
    571 12 FINANCIAL GAME BY CHARTEXUS MONEY Conflict of interest between shareholders and managements and the performance of managements in relation to their promises have been topical in Malaysia in the past week. This column began discussion of this topic last Monday. Conflict of Interest can
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    Brakes are generally good and reliable if not abused
    396 12 Brakes are generally good on all Hondas, ranging from fair on some to really impressive stoppers on others. The variety of Honda brakes ranges from the single leading shoe affairs on the mopeds to the disc brakes on the bigger bikes.
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    Footballing with bees
    182 14  -  By Sonny Yap A surprise raid by a "battalion" of bees caused near panic during a friendly soccer game at the NSPB field in Tanglin Camp yesterday. Throwing all thoughts of the game to the wind, footballers, offclals and spectators frantically ducked for cover behind bushes, shrubs
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    Experience sees Stewart home
    303 14 Paris, Monday Reigning world driving champion Jackie Stewart showed that experience was invaluable in winning the French Grand Prix Formula One sports car race at Cler-mont-Ferrand yesterday. The Scotsman took over the lead half-way through the 38-lap 306 km (189.7 mile) race and hung on with
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    Roh wins title
    144 14 W. Roh grabbed the men's singles' laurels of the Tanglin Club tennis tournament when he beat C. Knudsen 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 In the finals yesterday. His hopes, however, for another victory in the men's doubles' finals were sunk when he and partner R. Hames were edged by
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    Chia Swee Kim
    35 14 (above) of Defence Ministry barely clears the high jump bar in the Inter Ministries athletic meet at Farrer Park yesterday. Right: David Wong of Defence leads the field of 1500 m runners.
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    Wimbledon titles set for US
    502 14 London, Monday. The 86th All-England lawn tennis championships move into their second week today and for the first time since 1955 there is a good possibility both singles titles will be exported to the United States. Tony Trabert and Louis Brough were successful back in
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    Berning wins USGA title again
    323 14 New York, Monday. Susan Maxwell Berning posted a one-under par-71 yesterday and overhauled third day leader Pam Barnett down the stretch to win the USGA women's Open golf championship for the second time. Mrs. Berning, who previously won the Open in 1968 at Fleetwood, Pennsylvania,
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    Hassan reports from UK
    1117 14  -  passing shots or J Desmond I Oon I have just received a letter from Hassan Alwi, SLTA Secretary who is currently watching the Wimbledon Championships and imbibing "tennis culture" at his leisure. He reports that he has been particularly impressed by the scintillating performance of rising
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      278 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD HMMBB una HBUMM SFJSr 7 Of the hipbone. 8 Natives of Stuttgart: Abbr. 9 German pronoun. 10 Canadian. 11 Poorest. 13 Backs out. 15 Member of a Moro tribe. 17 River rapids. 20 Stale. 23 Describes accurately. 25 Sunken court. 27 Exhibits fury. 29 Tree of the
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      139 14 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald SO NOW YOU CAH STOP THE •NAMELESS WAIF "BIX HUH? >tXJR FATHER CHARLES HAVERSTONE... WAS THE SMART ONE IN THE i FAMILY BETTINA... I Y< WAS THE PLOPPER... /MO! r ANP I vour MOTHER WAS A BRILLIANT WOMAN, DARLING... ft h i'< ii P 3H
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    Saturday's Bukit Timah finishes
    372 15 Follow the horses marked with a I Riversdale led past the 4f and into the straight, with Hot Metal closing in. Sure Profit moved up third. Hot Metal swept past Riversdale a furlong out to win by 1J lengths. Sure Profit finished well to beat Riversdale
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    Veli Koot is one to follow
    978 15 Great weekend for Bougoure-Laurie By Scrutineer Veli Koot turned in a good solid effort when fourth to French Court in the Class 4 Division 3 6f at Buklt Timah on Saturday, and showed he'll be hard to beat next start. One of the tallenders
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    Rheingold by three lengths
    386 15 Paris, Monday. Rhein- gold, nosed out of victory by Roberto in the Epsom Derby last month, scored a convincing win in the 1,216,000 francs (£81,200) Grand Prix de Saint Cloud yesterday. Ridden by Yves Saint Martin, Rheingold swept through to take up the running in the
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    Australian sport results
    308 15 Brisbane, Monday. George Ambrum, from remote Thursday Island off the northeastern tip of Australia, last night was awarded his first international rugby league cap. Ambrum, 28, who leads Sydney league try scorers this season with 13, was selected to play on the wing for Australia against New
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    Cricket in the UK
    237 15 LONDON, Monday. Scores In yesterday's John Player Sunday league cricket matches were: At MANCHESTER: Lancashire 177 tor seven in 40 overs CK. Snellgrove 55, D. Lloyd 53) versus Yorkshire. At NORTHAMPTON: Glamorgan 171 tor eight In 40 overs (A. Lewis 60, J. Dye three tor 35)
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    200 m record equalled
    54 15 Ohio, Monday.—Alice Annum, 17, of Ghana, last night equalled the United States women's 200 metres record when she clocked 22.8 seconds to match the old record established in 1968 by Barbara Ferrell. Miss Annum, a first year student at Tennessee University, also ran 11.1 seconds for
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    US baseball
    49 15 NATIONAL LEAGUE 81 Loots 7 Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 7 Chicago 4 Montreal 4 New Ysrk 3 Houston 5 4 Cincinnati It San Diego t San Praneteeo 9 Loo Anceles 8 AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas 7 Kin—s City 5 New York 5 Cleveland 2 Boston 3 Milwaukee 2 a
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    Sumo in Japan
    82 15 Tokoyo, Monday. Results of the bouts in the top division yesterday on the opening day of the 15-day sumo tournament: Hagurolwa beat Shlratayama; Nlshlkinada beat Fuj inoka wa; Dairy ug awa beat Wakanoumi; Futagodake beat Yoshioyama; Kltaseuml beat Kotetsuyama; Asahlkunl beat Kltanouml; Mutsuarashl beat Ryuo; Futatsuryu beat
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    Mini World Cup
    58 15 Rio de Janeiro, Monday.— Portugal and Uruguay drew 1-1 In their quarter-final round match for the Brazilian Independence football tournament (the Mini World Cup) at Maracana stadium here last night. Argentina beat the Soviet Union 1-0 at Belo Horizonto, Brazil. Brazil beat Yugoslavia 3-0 at Sao Paulo.
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    FAS league postponed
    64 15 The Football Association of Singapore has postponed all Division One league matches until after the Pesta Sukan in mid-Sep-tember. This is because of centralised training for 25 national players for the coming Merdeka and Pesta tournaments. However, the FAS has decided not to postpone the finals and
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    Frenchman leads
    33 15 Paris, Monday Frenchman Cyrille Ouimard yesterday won the first road lap of the 1972 Tour De France bicycle race to take the race leader's yellow jersey from Eddy Merckx of Belgium.
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      43 p.c. wished they were dead...
      342 16 ...AT TIMES, OF COURSE This question was put to 598 children in New York: "Are there times when you really wished you were dead?" Almost one half, 43 per cent, answered, yes. Forty per cent had the death wish only occasionally. The remaining three
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      Today...
      149 16 Today is Monday, July 3, the 185 th day of 1972 with 181 to follow. THE MOON: THE last quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Venus and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
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      Remembering an outlaw
      100 16 Henry Timmberman went to the gallows in 1888, swinging a bottle of whisky and smoking a cigar. The convicted murderer was Goldendale's only hanging. Next month, the town in Washington area will remember the outlaw in a feature attraction of an old west celebration—he'll be ceremoniously hanged
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      Lock icon KEEPING UP WITH FASHION
      45 16 Besides being "very fashion-conscious," attractive Amy Chong, 19, also designs her own clothes whenever she has the time. She works in Orchid Bar in Hotel Malaysia. Her other interests include bowling and swimming. Picture by Philip Lim. Picture by Philip Lim
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      Lock icon Not a case of sour whisky, but sour grapes
      141 16 Melbourne Herald Two big Scotch whisky concerns are almost throwing rocks at each other. All because of plastic bottles. One of them—Whyte and Mackay—has just won a very lucrative contract from an airline to sell them Whyte and Mackay in miniatures
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      TALKING POINT
      43 16 AH FOOK: Well it's reassuring to know that we have these sophisticated Bloodhound missiles defending us. MEI LIN: I suppose it's a start but eight missiles don't sound very many to me or even the additional 16 due to be commissioned.
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      Entering love lives of 1000
      90 16 An interloper has entered the love lives of 1,000 clients of a London computer dating firm. A man who walked into the offices of Dateline, a firm which matches possible social partners by computer, snatched a file containing the records of 1,000 former clients on
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      399 16 9 9 5 Singapore Opening and Where the Heart Is For the Family (T) A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week (T) South-East Asia (T Rpt) Days of Our Lives Close Opening and Help! It's a Hair Bear Bunch News in Brief Petticoat JunctionIs There a Doctor in the
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      70 16 FM STEREO 6.00 Opening and Prog. Summary 6.05 Sunset Serenade 6.30 News 6.40 Public Service Anncts. 6.45 Share Market Report 7.00 Celebrity Recital 8.00 News 8.10 Public Service Anncts. 8.15 Many Voices. Many Songs 8.30 Famous Ensembles 0.30 Malay Pops by RTS Orchestra 10.00 Music Showcase 11.00 Close. SNIFFY by
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      487 16 Trust your lucky star IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are an enthusiastic person when it comes to your own work, your own leisure-time projects but you find it very difficult even to feign interest in matters that don't have some sort of a direct bearing upon your career
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