New Nation, 1 November 1972

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, November 1, 1972 No. 551 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1972
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  • 11 1 Police reported 90 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious.
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  • 153 1 The share market was active for the first 45 minutes this morning. Trading was selective with the higher-priced stocks being generally neglected but steady. Federal Cables, with continued strong support, advanced two cents to $3.74. Folex gained two cents to $1.88, Slngapura Building Society remained steady at
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  • 26 1 The Comm un 1 cations Minister Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin will give away more than $11,000 to three welfare organisation at a ceremony this afternoon.
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  • 292 1  -  Timing devices now By Long Kum Thong All public telephones will have "beat the hogs" timing devices by next September to limit calls to three minutes. The Singapore Telephone Board announced this today as Its answer to public complaints about "phone hogs" who
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  • 85 1 More raids were made by the police during the past 24 hours in their hunt for a desperate gunman armed with two pistols. Police believe that he is still hiding somewhere in the island. He shot his way out of a police ambush in Paya
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  • 389 1 'Australia training them for espionage' Sydney, Wednesday University graduates are being recruited into an Australian espionage service which operates in South East Asian countries. Press reports The Daily Telegraph political correspondent. Mr. Richard Farmer, wrote: "The service has been a closely guarded secret since being
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  • 526 1 'It's a surrender of South Vietnam* UPI Reuter Saigon, Wednesday President Thieu today denounced the draft peace agreement between the North Vietnam and the United States as a "sellout" for Ytetnam and the- surrender of South Vietnamese people to the communists. The
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  • 85 1 New York, WednesdaySix people were killed and at least 10 were injured late on Monday when an explosion demolished a store in Lake City, Minnesota, with about 15 to 20 last-minute Halloween shoppers inside. Most of the dead and injured were hit by bricks from crumpling
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  • 57 1 Thieves aroke into the house of Mr. Ghaffar Bhadelia, 28, in Taman Serasi, off Thomson Road, yesterday and stole cash and Jewellery worth $3200. Earlier at 8.30 ajn.. a canteen contractor. Mrs. Lee Kim Huay, 51. returned to her Sllat Road house to find her room ransacked.
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  • 39 1 La Paz, Wednesday Army troops advanced behind armoured cars yesterday ripped down street barrrlcades In the capital and dispersed striking workers who had built them to protest Bolivia's 65 per cent devaluation of its currency.
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  • 216 1 Berne, Wednesday Four people were burnt to death and several others inj ured when a passenger train collided with a goods train In the village station of St. Trlphon near Algle, Switzerland the fifth rail disaster in 36 hours. The passenger train
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  • 52 1 London, Wednesday Three youths were each Jailed for five years today for raping a woman and robbing a man whom they had found making love in a London park. The circumstances were "so uncivilised and horrible that it scarcely bears description," the Judge said as he
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  • 87 1 Another Chinese chartered vessel has arrived here to load cargo for Europe. The 14,000-ton Poh-tlng sailed Into the Port of Singapore Authority last night and is berthed at the wharf. The Poh-tlng will leave Singapore today with cargo for Marseilles, the French pert, and Italian ports.
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  • 149 1 Belfast, Wednesday A bomb attack on a crowded Belfast Roman Catholic pub on Monday night killed two small girls frolicking in Halloween costumes in a trick-or-treat game nearby. The children, one six years old and the other four, wore masks and costumes of
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  • 42 1 London, Wednesday —An 18-month-old. baby boy spent two days in a Leeds hospital suffering from the effects of the hallucinatory drug USD, Substances found at the home of the baby's 20-year-old parents are being examined by police experts.
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  • 188 1 Ottawa, Wednesday.—Mr. Robert Stanfleld's Conservative Party appeared yesterday to have won enough seats to try to form a minority government, but whether Prime Minister, Mr. Pierre Elliott Trudeau would resign remained In doubt after Canada's closest election in history. Whatever the outcome and it
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 116 2 What a line-up! A litter of nine small Bassett Hounds, with "papa" Tumeric and "mam a" Belladona standing proudly by. And an equally proud owner, Mr. Chris Clifton, until recently In the oil field supply business, recounting how he had Imported Bella two years
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  • 270 2 To stop exploitation The Labour Ministry is to carry out surprise checks on small business and industrial establishments, whose employees are nonunionised. to curb exploitation. Commenting on a New Nation report on exploitation of non-unionised workers in these places, a Labour Ministry statement said: "The
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  • 208 2 Six Singapore companies have been banned from trading in Indonesia following the discovery by the Indonesian government of several cases of fraud and malpractices. The six companies, it is understood, had supplied inferior quality goods after obtaining letters of credit from Indonesian importers. They had
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  • 46 2 The National Theatre Trust and Singapore Amateur Swimming Association will jointly hold a variety show at the National Theatre on Nov. 7 and 8. Proceeds will go towards the setting ud of a fund for the promotion of music appreciation in the Republic.
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  • 305 2 The Tokyo Ballet Company opened their threenight season at the National Theatre last night with Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet Suite. The Japanese production is conventional, both in setting and choreography by Hideteru Kitahara, the company's artistic director and lead male dancer last night. Certain technical
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 42 2 MARK HOLDING (PTE) LTD. take pleasure in announcing that with effect from Ist Novemberl972, they will serve as Sole Agents for Singapore and Malaysia for ETERNA watches of Switzerland. Showroom and Service Centre: B-31 Peninsula Shopping Complex, Coleman Street, Singapore 6. Te1:*****3.
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    • 201 2 Only our to London, USA and Australia give you BOAC service, as well. All 747s might look the same from the outside, but not from the inside. Only ours have the famous BOAC service, the kind of service you've always been used to on our VClOs. We've specially trained our
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 476 2 HRPPEIHIIGS wh t a O t d s ay on The WELFARE MONTH 1Z ROAD SHOW will be officially opened at the Kampong Eunos community centre at 7 p.m. TOKYO BALLET COMPANY will present < its second night performance at the National Theatre at 8.30 p.m. Mr. Edwin M. Cronk,
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  • 107 3 They are doing their bit to enhance the garden city image of the Republic and where better a place to start than in school! The girls, from St. Theresa's Convent, started a refreshing morning by planting a soursop tree in their schoolgarden (above) recently. And
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  • 277 3 Hospital gets $50,000 unit The Minister for Health, Mr. Chua Sian Chin this morning announced the government's intention to improve pre natal care. He described the improvement of these services in maternal and child health clinics and hospital maternity units as a "logical complement" of
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  • 221 3 From about 15 cars a week to 10 or fewer. That's the average sales of most makes of cars before and after the Government Increased taxes and registration fees. According to several motor films, especially those selling Japanese models, the tax hike
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  • 372 3 Recent world trend shows that the age limit for contracting lung cancer has been lowering rapidly and claiming more women victims. This is the opinion of Professor Gunnar Dahlstjom, 57, a specialist in pulmonary diseases at the Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. He is here on
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  • 56 3 The Young People's Service of the National Library has organised a series of three colour filmlets to be shown this combing Friday in the Meeting Room at 3 p.m. They are entitled Understanding Shakespeare, The Poet's Eyes: attribute to Shakespeare and A City for all Seasons, all
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  • 131 3 The University of Singapore Society will present Samuel Beckett's two-act play, Waiting for Godot, in early December. Produced by local poet Chandra Nalr and his fiance, Miss Ivy Goh, the play is being staged by an entirely new group which has emerged within the
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  • 69 3 The Australian High Commissioner Mr. N.F. Parkinson, will hand over the Anzuk High Commissioners' Cup to the 9th Anzuk Signals Regiment this afternoon. The regiment is the first unit to receive the award, which is presented to the most efficient unit to coincide with the force's first
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  • 309 3 Singapore crocodiles have a friend in Mr. Peter Close, 27, field representative of the International Society for the Protection of Animals. An international campaigner for the protection of animals, Mr. Close wants to see that Singapore crocodiles get more humane treatment. Mr. Close said:
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  • 123 3 All secondary schools In Singapore can look forward to a two-month vacation, the longest holiday to be enjoyed since the implementation of the new academic semester this year. Primary schools, however, will enjoy a seven-weeks holiday, beginning Nov. 10. while secondary schools will close at
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 203 3 weather! Temperatures in world cities yesterday. Jakarta 34-26 C Kuala Lumpur 33-24 C Bangkok 33-25 C Hong Kong 27-24 C Manila 32-22 C Taipeh 32-22 C Naha 26-21 C Seoul 14- 1C Tokyo 20-13 C London 14-12 C Paris 15- 8C Moscow 2-minus 3C New York 13- 2C Sydney 19-16
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  • In Person
    • 684 4 Big response to rallying call by Innerwheelers INNERWHEELERS managed to persuade MRS. HAROLD FRANCIS, wife Of the New Zealand High Commissioner, to turn her Queen Astrld Park home over to members and friends for a coffee morning and sale of work. With such
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  • 526 4 From the DOG HOUSE By Pfi A visitor to a recent C h a m p 1 o nship Dog Show looked at Dr. Chia Chye Cheng's Pomeranian "Charity of Chia" and clapping her hands declared: It's a Lulu! She was
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  • 175 4 The newly-formed Singapore Kennel Club Is holda competition to select a badge design for the club. Prizes of $100 for the winner, $50 for the second best entry and $25 for third will be awarded. There will also be five consolation prizes of
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  • 45 4 One- and-a-half-year-old Be r n i (above) is this week's dog for adoption. She was left homeless when her owners shifted into a flat.If you wish to adopt her call at the SPCA V 151 Orchard Road, or 4 ring *****9. *>
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  • 289 5 Girls in demand The high labour turnover in the electronics industry is taking another bite. Firms are now spending more money in their efforts to attract new staff. One firm in the Kallang industrial estate has produced colour pamphlets for distribution in several housing
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  • 42 5 The Students' Union of Ngee Ann Technical College will hold its first Orientation Ball on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. in the Imperial Hotel. Tlie vice-principal of the College, Mr. Philip Limb will be the guest-of-honour at the function.
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  • 48 5 Dlethelm Furniture Co. has organised a sit-in for charity at the opening of its new showrooms at the Orchard on Nov. 10. 'The company Is paying one dollar for every hour of sitting time by each particiDant, and the total sum will be donated to charity.
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  • 330 5 President Nixon's trip to China and the subsequent display of his gifts from Chinese leaders has generated a potential market for things Oriental in the United States. This was disclosed by the of Texas Export Development Corporation for Asia, Mr. Rene M. Isip,
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  • 201 5 The Stage Club and the Sceneshifters have announced the winners of The Wizard of Oz painting competition. The winners for the nine to twelve age group are Ong Ming Fong and Tan Tee Peng of Singapore 12, Chan Siok Wah ana Law Ngal Chuen of
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  • 33 5 The Tanglln Constituency will hold a dinner at Whltely Secondary School on Sunday at 8 pjn. to celebrate the election victory of Mr. E.W. Barker, Minister for Law and National Development
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  • 179 5 Miss Lee Lai Foon, 17, being whisked off her feet by a merry group of friends (above) after receiving her prize at St. Theresa's Convent's first Graduation Day. Lai Foon, who was the school's top girl of the year (1971), scored distinctions in English Language, English
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  • 34 5 All creditors of the Woodlands Division Co-opera-tive Shop Society Singapore Limited are required to submit their claims to the Registry of Co-operative Societies, Ministry of Social Affairs, Empress Place, by Nov. 18.
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  • 187 5 Two nial officers from the Police Crime Suppression Division have spent five days here as part of the investigation into the Cathay Pacific Airways crash. The CPA crash on June 15 which killed 81 people including the ten member crew was allegedly caused by a bomb
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  • 19 5 Miss Marianne Chong Kim Moy has been appointed a probation officer under the Probation of Offenders Act.
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  • 181 5 Police are Intensifying their patrols at sea to protect lightermen from waterfront gangsters, police spokesman Mr. Lawrence Loh said today. He was commenting on the Singapore Lighter Owners Association's complaint of cargo thefts from lighters plying the eastern and inner roads. An
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  • 49 5 The Metrication Board has yet to decide on a new metrication daching. A board spokesman, clarifying a New Nation report, pointed out that the picture published on Oct. 25, was an Indonesian daching and Is one of the several weighing Instruments being studied by the board.
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  • 21 5 Robin Shipyard (Pte.) Limited will hold a dinner at the Mandarin Hotel on Friday to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 265 5 Qui* object No. 105 No correct entries what is 11? Last Thursday's quiz photograph showed part of a torch. ■No correct entries were received. Today's prizes will therefore snowball on to tomorrow's. Do you know what today's quiz photograph No. 105 shows? If you do, write or type out your
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 2213 6  -  "I think the Thais also know, like the rest of South-East Asia, that the Americans are not going to fight any more ground battles in Asia, particular ly against irregular guerilla forces. "But if there were an American presence in Thailand, the Thais
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    • 518 6  -  AMERICA From Jon Anderson Reuter The United States Civil Aeronautics Board will shortly decide on rival claims by four major U.S. airlines seeking to serve a tiny western Pacific island with less than 11,000 population. At stake is a proposed route from Japan to
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 284 6 What other newspapers are saying: SAIGON: A NEW LEADER NEEDED? The prospect for a ceasefire that may lead to permanent peace in Vietnam appears to be still remote despite the mounting speculation that a ceasefire will be announced before the American Presidential elections scheduled for the second week
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      • 560 6 Price control. Year after year when the fasting month comes the prices of dally necessities would go up and the high prices would be maintained by the shopkeepers right till Harl Raya. It has been reported that to date the prices of glutinous rice and potatoes have gone
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  • 386 7 Bonn's call to Libya Bonn, Wednesday West Germany last night called on Libya to put on trial the two Arabs who hijacked a Lufthansa airliner on Sunday and secured the freedom of three guerrillas captured after the Munich Olympic killings. It made no request for
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  • 322 7 Government spells out aims in Queen's speech Reuter London, Wednesday Britain yesterday pledged to work for peace in me Middle East and Indo-China, and to strengthen improved relations with China. It hoped a lasting settlement could be achieved in the Asian subcontinent. These aims were spelt out
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  • 162 7 United Press International London, Wednesday—The traditional pageantry and ceremonial splendour of yesterday's opening of Parliament fell slightly flat. Britons, their spending power hit by inflation, had their eyes on their pocketbooks. All the glitter and dash for which Britain's state ceremonies are famous were there yesterday.
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  • 98 7 Rescue workers comfort four year old Sylvian Manteneix who escaped unhurt after a French airliner smashed into a mountain in heavy rain and fog near Paris. Sylvian was one of the nine survivors of the crash in which 59 people died. Another survivor was
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  • 435 7 UPI Reuter Phnom Penh, Wednesday —"I got the picture I went there for," photographer Gaston Baudelet said yesterday. But it cost him 15 months as a prisoner of the communists in the Cambodian jungles. Baudelet, a 21-year-old French freelance pnotographer living in Saigon,
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  • 29 7 New Delhi, Wednesdaymore than 700 Asians expelled from Uganda, Including 100 British passport holders, arrived in Bombay yesterday by an Indian ship, 88 State of Haryana.
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  • 92 7 Belfast, Wednesday Leaders of Northern Ireland's main Catholic party today prepared arguments to persuade the British Government to release the remaining 2 00 suspected guerrillas still Interned without trial The politicians are expected to appeal to the pro- vince's administrator. Mr. William Whitelaw, In
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  • 257 7 Reuter Santiago, Wednesday The Chilean Cabinet resigned yesterday to allow Marxist President Salvador Allende, struggling against a three-week old strike which has left the country short of food and fuel, to restructure his government. The Cabinet resigned shortly after Dr. Allende accepted the resignations of two
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  • 129 7 Katmandu, Wednesday.— Two members of a Japanese climbing expedition which returned here today from the Himalayan region told of the slgnung of a Yetl—or abominable snowman and the discovery of strange tracks. The leader of the expedition. Mr. Tadakl Sahashl, and an American. Mr. James
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  • 276 7 Reuter Peking, Wednesday. Chinese Foreign Minister Chi Peng-Pei yesterday told Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the British Foreign Secretary, that he would give his "personal attention" to the question of three British citizens detained by China since the Cultural Revolution. Sir Alec has completed seven-and-a-half
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 466 8 Israel's shock and condemnation of Bonn's acceptance of the hijackers' demand for the release of three Arab guerrilla prisoners is understandable. The three prisoners are the survivors of the Black September Group who disrupted the Munich Olympics. The three were involved in the bloody incident which
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  • 90 8 J J JJIvjjJJJ by ISPY How the times have changed Ball! An aged friend was telling us of his experience In that exotic Island before the war. "The girls went topless then, and they were beautiful and statuesque/'he said. "Then one day I came across a
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  • 772 8  -  DICK WILSON Japan's anti-aid lobby has begun to orchestrate, and it will become a matter of urgency for SouthEast Asian intellectuals, especially politicians, economists and writers, to combat it vigorously. The curtain was raised recently in the most respectable
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  • Letters
    • 125 8 The Ministry of Education could transfer experienced teachers. In primary schools (whose salaries range from $900 to over $1000) to secondary schools In order to ease the shortage of graduate teachers in the secondary schools and to give the newly qualified, Certificate in Education trained teachers an opportunity
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    • 88 8  -  CHAN LOY CHAN (Miss) Public Relations Officer, Ministry of the Environment. Singapore, 3. Reference Is made to the letter from A.N. (N.N.. 14.10.72) under the heading The Mosquito Menace. It was found that some cover slabs had been removed from the septic tank referred to, by unauthorised
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    • 144 8 As loyal citizens and supporters of the government's efforts to promote the llylng conditions of the people of Singapore, we are very disappointed that refuse bins are placed near and around Housing and Development Board's flats. Despite the daily collection of refuse, the smell and stench
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    • 121 8  -  WILLIAM L.S.M. Recently I conducted a private survey and to my dismay, nine out of ten who I included in my survey do not know the meaning of the words of our national anthem. It is no point singing the national anthem everydav and yet not know
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    • 81 8  -  GORDON THIA I have a complaint to make regarding the ring of the basketball court at Block 53, Toa Payoh. The basketball court ring has been damaged for the past few months, but no one has come to repair it. As we make use of the court often,
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    • 107 8  -  V.C. PALMER This is in reply to the letter from Early to Bed, published In the New Nation on October 4. We concede that the Rolf Harris Show has, over recent weeks, taken a turn towards being worthy of the praise handed out by Early to
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    • 67 8 I would like to thank the residents of Block 82 of Common wealth Close through your columns. They were helpful and considerate enough to get help for me when I was stuck In the lift on Monday, October 23. I had no chance to get to know them
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    • 73 8  -  CORINNA DIEU (Mrs.) Public Relation* Officer, Housing and Development Board, Singapore, Z. We refer to the letter from Antl-Nolse Resident dated October 13. We would appreciate It If the complainant could write or call at our Buklt Ho 6wee Area Office providing us with details regarding
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    • 115 8 I am a clerical officer in the Oeneral Clerical Service and I understand that I am not eligible to apply for promotion to Higher Clerical Officer/Executive Officer in closed departments. Why should this be so? Why should there be a discrimination against OCS clerks? After all, we may
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    • 133 8 On behalf of many indebted workers may I through your paper appeal to our Members of Parliament who are closely connected with the National Trades Union Congress to look into the money-lending business In Singapore. < The small-time moneylenders charge $10 Interest per month for every $100 and
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    • 90 8  -  RISHPAL SINGH Public Liaison Officer, National Library, Singapore, 6. Please refer to the letter by Amateur Photographer (NN, October 27). Overseas serials on the average take between two to three months to arrive by sea mail. If two or more Issues arrive at the same time as
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    • 45 8  -  KOH CHIN KOK I suggest that a bus shed be constructed at Lorong 7. (facing Block 18) Toa Payoh as passengers have no place to take cover when it rains. I hope that the authorities- concerned will look Into the matter.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 2221 9  -  A two-part series by Tan Chung Lee Instant wealth —but dreams can turn to nightmares by Tan Chung Lee Winning the first prize in any lottery may be everybody's p 1 p e-dream. Instant wealth. Just imagine what you could do with the money. But until you
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  • Page 9 Advertisements

  • SHOWBIZ
    • 728 10  -  IPOP I [with PETER ONG Well pop pickers, here's your chance again to enter the big New Nation Pop Poll 1972. The entries are pouring tov And no wonder. There are 100 great LPs there for the winning—lncluding 25 for the top
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    • 509 10  -  By Violet Oon A series of firsts marks this month's Music for Everyone concert to be presented by the Ministry of Culture this Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Singapore Conference Hall. Semplicius Cheong's Flute Sonata makes its debut with Geoffrey Benjamin on the flute
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    • 827 10 Washington Post At an outdoor table at one of Hollywood's tastefully organic restaurants where whole grain breads and natural honey are dispensed like healing balms, Jon Voight sits, staring at the passing traffic, squinting first through one eye, then the other as if nervously
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    • 398 10  -  By Nancy Koh Bill Bailey's Coconut 'Grove Bar still churns out bubblegum music ;—not rock and roll or •Chubby Checker but iHumperdinck and Deep Purple. The strains of melody blare out from a Redlfusslon in one corner of the bar. Gone are the
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    • 586 10 Melbourne Herald As a seller of sex in Never on Sunday, Melina Mercouri wooed and won the world. As a wlthholder of the same, she's now hoping to score on Broadway. The 47-year-old Greek actress stars early next month in Lysistrata, Arlstophane's comedy about
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 375 10 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I IMEW IMATIOIM POP POLL 19"72 INTERNATIONAL SECTION BEST CROUP 1 BIST VOCALIST (MALI) B BASSIST BEST DRUMMER LOCAL BEST CROUP BEST VOCALIST (MALE OR
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  • TREND
    • 140 11 Here's something to suit all moods if you feel like romping around, or catching a bit of the sun or wind, or if you are going to spend a casual night out, or having day out with your girl friends. If you like switching
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    • 1243 11  -  TRISH SHEPPARD Last night we had dinner at a friend's house and there we met a couple of young men who have been travelling, living and working together for four years. They are musicians from Europe who are playing at one of the big hotels. It was
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    • 1030 11  -  Flying is fun—if you get the hang of it TAN CHUNG LEE Exhilarated though a bit heady that was how I felt after my first flying lesson. It was Just 35 minutes at the controls of the fourseater Cherokee 140, but enough to convince
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    • 173 11 Melbourne Herald Britain's secretaries are forced to lie about their age because bosses are not interested in over-255, according to a report. The report, by the Alfred Marks Employment Bureau, one of Britain's biggest, says that bosses tend to be
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 92 11 JS w St 3J> if r. SI TS il Selective marketing calls for selective media buying. When you want the top of the market you don't need to buy the whole market. That's costly wastage! For the same money you can buy three times as many insertions in NEW NATION;
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  • Republic of Vietnam National Day
    • 976 12 It all depends on the actions of big powers THE problem of neutralisation of BouthEast Asia was recently raised by a number of countries in this area. We have to mention that the non-commun-lsts countries in this area do not have a scheme to attack anyone
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    • 623 12  -  By Nguyen Dang Khoi For many years, Vietnam's economy has been geared to the emergency needs of a nation at war. In these conditions, there was no wonder many distortions and deficiencies developed, making this country an undesirable place for longterm investment. Since November
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    • 821 13  -  It will boost Vietnam's GNP By Le Van A four-year plan of economic development has been submitted to the government for consideration. If it should bring about the expected results, it will help to increase South Vietnam's gross national product from 921,000 million piasters to 1,175,000 million
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    • 738 13 A country at war is scarcely the usual subject of a tourist guide. However, although many roads in South Vietnam are still unsafe for travelling, all places of interest can be reached by air from Saigon. Air Vietnam has daily flights linking Saigon
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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    • 186 12 WE EXTEND OUR HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM ON THEIR NATIONAL DAY ft SIN HENG CHAN (I960) PTE. LTD. HEAD OFFICE 30-31 UPPER CIRCULAR RD., S PORE 1. TEL: *****, *****, ***** CABLE ADD: "IMPORTRICE" MALACCA BRANCH: 82, JALAN KI LANG, MALACCA. KUALA
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 253 13 Best Wishes to the people and Government of the Republic of Vietnam on the occasion of their NATIONAL DAT from SIONG HOE BISCUIT FACTORY (PTE) LTD SIONG HOE CONFECTIONERY FTY. (PTE) LTD 18-J, Ah Hood Road, Singapore Tel: *****5 PEST WISHES TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM ON
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    • 262 13 HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM ON THE NATIONAL DAY JET TO THE ENDLESS MARVELS OF ASIA AIR VIETNAM *3 Flights weekly from Singapore to Saigon with dependable Boeing 727, in good Vietnamese hands. "Convenient onwards journeys, also by Boeing 727 to Manila, Hongkong, Taipei, Osaka, Tokyo, Phnom Penh,
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 261 14 Reuter London, Wednesday. Gillett and the Chartered Bank said they have Interests in the Discount Company of Singapore, which has been given permission to operate in the Singapore short-term iftoney market by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, effective from November 27. Gillett
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    • 208 14 The Introduction of Import licensing of certain types of textiles and the raising of duties on them will affect Singapore's textile transhipment trade. A spokesman of the Indian Chamber of Commerce confirming this yesterday said: "Singapore's textile trade with Malaysia will be affected. But
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    • 173 14 Unit-holders of Singapore Progress Fund (managed by Singapore Unit Trusts) have received a 38 per cent Increase In payout for the half-year ended September 1972. The latest payout, Is $4.44 for every 100 units, compared with $3.22 In the previous six months. The
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    • 32 14 improves London, Wednesday. Sterling's value against the dollar rose by over one cent yeiterday as dealers looked more favourable on the chances of the government Ma the unions agreeing ®®an anti inflationary
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    • 25 14 Tokyo, Wednesday—Heavy pressure on Japan to revalue the yen continued yesterday, with U*****.6 million being sold for yen In Japan's foreign exchange markets.
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    • 191 14 Rank Xerox's newly introduced product. XJt. copier 4000 will only be for hire. The company's general manager, Mr. Seah Keng Suan said. "The charge is $120 a month on an annual basis. "Reproduction of copies can be made at the rate of 17 cents
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    • 87 14 The 73,000-ton Benalder at Southampton just before she left on her maiden voyage to Singapore. She is due here on November 10. The Benalder is the first of three giant container Ships being built for Ben Line Containers Ltd. She is one of the largest and
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    • 93 14 The share market was generally easier yesterday in contrast with the improving trend of the past week. International Wood, one f)t the most active stocks of the day, failed to maintain its initial gain of two cents and close at 96 cents, down 12 cents. Profit-takers also lowered
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    • 41 14 Jakarta, Wednesday—The Indonesian Government has approved eight foreign capital investment projects worth more than US$27 million ($75 million) during the past month. The foreign firms formed Joint ventures with their Indonesian counterparts in operations in the country.
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    • 278 14 New York, Wednesday.— Prices firmed in moderate trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange as investors were encouraged by signs an Indochina ceasefire was near, analysts said. The communists dropped their insistence the ceasefire be signed yesterday and reportedly were ready for new
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    • 284 14 During the year ended June 1972 Tasek Cement experienced Increased demand for cement in both the domestic and export markets. The expansion of the domestic market is the result of the high levels of development and building activities in the public and private sectors In
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    • 603 14 It was almost a nil growth year for the Anglo-Thai Corporation in 1971-72 with group pre-tax profits standing at £1,745,993 against £1,603,710 (ex exceptional items) previously. However, the chairman, Sir Denys Lowson. points out in his annual statement that the currency realignment arising
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 241 14 From today Business News will publish In addition to Wall Street prices, a selected list from the Sydney Stock Exchange and the Paris bourse. The Australian stock prices relate to the open ing prices in Sydney this morning, while the Paris prices are those at yesterday's close. Allied
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      • 259 14 A baleen 18 20 Do Opts 09 10 Aod 14 16 Allstate Ctg 25 28 Amad 13 15 Aurora 04 05 Aust Ant 18 20 Bamboo 11 12 Beach 42 45 Bounty Oil 02-1/2 03 Bridge 24 25 Castlere&gh 07-1/2 08 Cleveland Ctg 63 65 Cosmos 02-1/2 03 Do
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      • 148 14 Bull 78 (78.05) Royal Dutch 184.20 (184) Mlchelin 1900 (1880) Thomson 179 (177.80) CJPP. 213 (216) Rhone 174.10 (172 60) Air 345.10 (345) Philips 82.10 (81.85) Suez 367 (372) Citroen 105 (102.50) Pechlney U.K. 147 (146.50) C.S.F. 124.50 (121.10) Uslnor 102.10 (103) Hachette 412 (411) Peugeot 512 (518) B.8.N.
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    • 171 14 pointed Mr. LohHongSianr Internal auditor; Mr. Tony Teow Tee Thin to the position of production manager; Mr. David Foo manager, advertising and staff marketing services; Mr. Stephen Say marketing coordinator, Industrial special products; Mr. Nicholas Tang Khui Cheong sales supervisor, dealer sales, copying products division. Mr. Jerry Ng sales
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    • 244 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday.—The plywood and veneer Industry is being threatened because the acute shortage of logs is causing West Malaysia's 33 miiia to operate at below normal capacity. The situation has deteriorated with the approaching monsoon season, said Dr. S. M. Chua, chairman of
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    • 68 14 Jakarta, Wednesday. The Malaysian government Is lending Indonesia 20,000 tons of rice from its own domestic stock to help ease the rice shortage in Indonesia, Cabinet spokesman Oen. Sudharmono said yesterday. The Indonesian government "greatly appreciates" the Malaysian offer, especially since it Is made at
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 310 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 62 165 L m I I ACROSS 1 Tropical tree. 5 Date 15 years before Magna Carta. 8 Western locale. 14 To me: Fr. 15 Longshoreman's group. 19 Punish by fining. 17 Measuring device of a kind. 19 Antimacassars. 20 All in one piece. 21 Venerable. 23
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 486 15 f NEW NATION ANNOUNCEMENTS DINI/DANCI AND ROMANCI Nitely to the 'Sounds of Howoiion' at Aloha Rhu, Hawaiian Villoge, Tonoh Meroh with Barney Morrior and his Howaiianaires Romantic SouthSeos Atmosphere. Toble Reservation *****4/*****5. AJH. INTIRPRISI 136 Crow Street Singapore 1. Telephone: ***** ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER. ING PLAN PRINTING SERVICES, PRINTING PAPER SUPPLIES.
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    • 356 15 CHAN PUI Kit ANCIENT ART FURNITURE. New repoirs, repolishes oil Chinese Blackwood Art Furniture. 86 Nell Rood Telephone: *****. Singapore. FOR DKLJCATt ALUMINIUM sliding door, mosaic, terrazzo, renovation, extension etc. Reasonable price. Phone Liang Construction *****0 S'pore. NIW SPECIAL SPRAT-PAINT. I NO, repair and installation air* conditioners, refrigerators at customer
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    • 585 15 DISTRICT 10. HIGH CLASS fully furnished detached 4-room bungalow, big lounge/dining orcoodit loners, ottoched bathrooms, built-in wardrobes, modern kit* chen spacious garden, telephone, servant's room. $1900 S'pore Tel: *****5 (residence). ***** (office). J ALAN DAUAH DIST. IS 3bed roomed seaside aportment Furnished $650, Orchid Mansion $600, Jalon Kechil $400. Detoched
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    • 491 15 L.C.C. UVIStON CLASSES. Short hand at all speeds and Bookkeeping Intermediate Experience and well trained teochen Shorthand: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 am. 11.30 a.m. commencing on 2nd November 1972. Bookkeeping every Saturday 2—4 p.m. commencing 11th November 1972 Enquiries Khalso Educational Centre, 2, Tessensohn Road, off Balestier Rood, Tel: *****
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    • 621 15 UPPER SERANGOON ROAD Next to petrol station opprox. 27,000 sq.ft. Vocont lond with brood frontons suitable for development. $15/- per sq.ft. Interested please contact Lee of Victor Mendez *****8. LAND FOR SALB AT Senoi. Johore Bahru, 14 miles from J.B. 10 Acres. Near Moin Rood and Senoi Airport. Please write
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    • 619 15 SHOPPING 6UIDK Wl STOCK o comprehensive range of nursery needs, quality children's dresses. Do your pre* motherhood shopping under one roof at Imbi Children's Wear 424, Blk. 166, *****5 (behind Kong Chian Cinema). Too Payoh Central S'pore Tel: DECORATING YOUR HOMES, offices ond shops with wallpapers, curtains, carpets, vinyl tiles,
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    • 580 15 M6-TC 1t47 in good conditior $6,000/- 0.n.0. before Wednesday Bth November ring office 10 12.30 p.m. S'pore *****4 House 6—8.00 p.m. *****1. BUYING AND SILLING relioble used cor*. Pocific Motor Credit Pte. Ltd., Showroom ot 511 Bukit Timoh Rood AYi m.s. Singapore 10. Telephone: *****1/*****4. 1f66 OPEL REKORD 1700, New
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    • 48 15 SLOAN E COURT HOTEL, 17. Balmoral Rood, quiet residential. Orchard Rood area, aircondittared, $20A upwords Teh *****/7 (S'pore). NOTICE FOR PROFESSIONAL DRAFTING SERVICES CONTACT: THE DESIGN SECTION, EIDA TELEPHONE 6531 N. Engineering tracings made from samples or originals. Draftsman available on a temporary daily basis. Complete confidence assured.
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  • 283 16 London, Wednesday. Mike McDonald, who has replaced Injured England International goalkeeper Gordon Bank* In Stoke City's side, had a nightmare game last night as Stoke were tumbled out of the League Cup by Third Division rivals Notts County. McDonald was beaten three times as Notts
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  • 154 16 London, Wednesday—The Welsh team Llanelli were chaired from the pitch by their Ecs 11 c supporters after beating the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Union team by 9-3 here yesterday. The All Blacks, who made four changes from the side which opened the tour of Britain
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  • 148 16 Paris, Wednesday. Britain, considered favourites for the rugby league World Cup title, Impressed French enthusiasts yesterday during a workout in their Grenoble Training Center. A French correspondent said the British team shook spectators by Its "enthusiasm, strength, accuracy and aura of total confidence and concentration."
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  • 827 16  -  SOCCER SHE WITH JEFFREY LOW Something dreadful may happen soon. And if it does, soccer in Singapore could be wrecked, doomed and never again be seen in Jalan Besar, Farrer Park, Geylang or even the new national stadium. "You must be sick in the head,
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  • 555 16 Tel Aviv, Wednesday. In Israel, when sports fans yell "kill the umpire" they really mean It. The government is deeply worried about such attitudes, and has mapped a campaign to protect referees and players and educate the aggressive, volatile Israeli sports fan in the
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  • 157 16 Stockholm, Wednesday.— Stan Smith of Pasadena Calif., the current Wimbledon champion Is the number one choice for the 300,000 kroner (U5563,500) Stockholm open tennis tournament which gets under way next Monday. The tournament has gathered 64 of the world's leading players. Smith will face Ove Bengtsson,
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  • 179 16 The Singapore rugby team will play Its first game against defending champions Japan in the seven-nation Asian tournament in Hong Kong on Saturday. The Singapore team is mainly sponsored by Malayan Breweries which donated a total of $7500 for the trip. The cheque was handed over
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  • 215 16 London, Wednesday—Ray Illingworth, former Test skipper for England, may seek election as a Test selector. Illingworth relinquished his hold as skipper when he declined to tour India later this year. He Is known to be keen to become a selector and his county, Leicestershire is just
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  • 110 16 New York, Wednesday.— The United Press International top major college football teams with first place votes and won-lost records In parentheses: 1. Southern California (31) (S-l) 344 points; 2. Alabama (2) (7-0) 273; 3. Nebraska (2) (6-1) 265; 4. Ohio SUte (6-6) 233; 5. Michigan (7-6) 224;
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  • 165 16 New York, Wednesday. Quarterback Craig Morton hit the first six passes he threw, two of them going for touchdowns, and then connected on three big passes in a time consuming fourth quarter drive in a steady rain that wrapped up a 28 24 victory in
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  • 247 17 By Blue Peter Pinkson (Miss Tibbatts), Joy Spinner (D. Brown) and Wlngate (Mrs. Taylor) did an impressive trial at Buklt Timah this morning. The trio ran 3f in 37 4/5 from a standing start, with Pinkson doing best at the finish. On this gallop Pinkson
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  • 1801 17 SATURDAY PROFESSIONAL HORSES CLASS 1 DIV. 2—6F ($13,000 —$9,100 TO WINNER) ***** MING DERBY a (Lima Bet) Bougoure 7 9 00 ***** DATIN'S FaNCY S (HT Wee) Allan 7 gjs ***** UNFORGETTABLE g (Pao Kong) R Breukelen 6 8.12 ***** OPERA m a (Shaw)
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  • 46 17 JUMBO JET bows in gratitude after having protective bandages put on his legs before leaving for the United States on Sunday. He has safely reached his destination and will now begin his work up to the Washington International on November 11.
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  • 144 17 Stockholm, Wednesday.— Amateur BJorn Borg, Sweden's 16-year-old number one, scored the best victory of his young career here last night when he defeated llth-seeded Charles Pasarell, of San Turce, Puerto Rico, 7-8, 6-4 in the Swedish Open tennis championships. Bjorn, a Wimbledon junior champion and one of
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  • 25 17 London, Wednesday.— Results oflMt night's rugby matches we: Rugby league: Warrington 18 Wldnes 18; Rugby Union knockout (first round): Gloucester 18 Bath 0.
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  • 378 17 Jakarta, Wednesday. The Indonesian Badminton Federation yesterday announced the names of International badminton stars who will take part In the first World invitation tournament here from November 12 to 15. The foreign participants Include a strong lineup of top European players Including three
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  • 206 17 Laurel, Maryland, Wednesday.—Jumbo Jet, Singapore's representative In the November 11 running of the US$l5O,OOO Washington D.C. International, completed an 11,000-mile Journey yesterday to the Laurel race course and joined Canada's Belle Geste and Japan's Mejlro-Musashl as the only three on-the-scene entries. Jumbo Jet flew to Los
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  • 119 17 London. Wednesday—Mill Reef, the 1971 Epsom Derby winner, is making good progress following the removal of the plaster from the left foreleg which he fractured in a training mishap last August. The four-year-old colt, who is owned* by American Paul Melllon, was nervous about putting much
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  • 62 17 Colombo, Wednesday. Michael Tlssera was yesterday named as captain of the Ceylon cricket team to meet the Pakistani touring side In their three-day match here on November 9. The Ceylon team will be chosen after a trial game later this week, the selectors said. The Pakistanis, who
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  • 264 17 London, Wednesday. Arnold Palmer, one of the all time golfing greats, is planning a gradual withdrawal from the world golf circuit. Palmer was the first player to win a US$l million In prize money. During his time at the top he has won
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 166 17 Sports diary BILLIARDS Junior three-ball Individual championship (Amber Rd). SOCCER Frlendlles: Shell v NSPB (Farrer Park 5.30 p.m.); Still Utd. v Interllner (Geylang 5.15 p.m); Hongkong Hotel v Katong Soccerltes (Farrer Park). GAMES Inter-Varsity: Women: MU v UI, SU v HKU (Gay World 2 p.m.); Badminton Open championship (SBA Hall
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  • Back Page WEDNESDAY
    • 63 18 Miss Thailand 1972, 24-year-old Nipapat Sudsiri, worked as a stewardess with Thai International Airways before she was crowned Miss Thailand. She is now a PRO with the same airline. Besides swimming, flower arrangement and cooking as her hobbies, her one and only ambition is to find
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    • 717 18 It stands like a greybrown oil derrick, ascending 1100 ft. Into the Chicago sky. It is the John Hancock Centre, the world's first vertical city, where residents sleep above the clouds and commute to work, in less than 90 seconds,
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    • 141 18 Today is Wednesday, November 1, the 306 th day of 1972 with 60 to follow. THE MOON: Between its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS: Venus, Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. ON
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    • 84 18 The parents of three little boys went to school to see their sons' handiwork vandalism. They had wrecked It so much, It had to be closed and more than 200 other pupils sent home. The three boys had smashed windows, strewn equipment about classrooms, splashed paint,
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    • 163 18 Learner-driver Fransiska Bergfeld, 49, scores top marks for trying. All her driving Instructors and examiners agree on that But they say, she's x still miles away from getting a I'cence despite a total 168 hours of driving lessons. Franzlska. of Nuremberg, West Germany, has
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    • 59 18 AH FOOK: Five rail crashes In 24 hours and after a run of air disasters too. World travel seems to be getting more hazardous. MEI UN: Well let's try to do our bit to make things as safe as possible at home. You try to be a better
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 114 18 PTE. LTD. 11 the great emancipation of the dress shirt Now, the Miracle Comfort of Knits by Arrow Wonderfully soft. Luxurious. Uniquely stylish. Absolutely correct. Yet they are knits —with all the comfort that implies Extra softness Easy-draping qualities Just right warmth-without-weight Non-binding stretch comfort Completely washable No ironing needed
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 904 18 5 Siagapora Opening and Housewives' Matinee—The Shadow (Mandarin film, Pt. 1) A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week (C) Nam Isalnyarkal, featuring: Sachldanadhan (Rpt) Days of Our Lives Close Opening and Lippy Lion What Others Say (E) News in Brief Regional TV Debate In Chinese for Higher Institutions of
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