New Nation, 5 February 1973

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  • 19 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, February 5, 1973 No. 630 Price 15 cents j SINGAPORE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1973
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  • 389 1 Night af heavy firing UPI, Reuter Belfast, Monday Sectarian assassins struck again in Belfast yesterday, intensifying a wave of violence that left nine people dead in less than 12 hours. Three armed youths drove into a petrol station In the quiet Ballyfillan area, here
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  • 10 1 Police reported 90 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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  • 180 1 Johor Baru, Monday Eight people, including a boy, were killed in an accident at the 7th mile, Muar-Malacca Road yesterday. Their Austin 1300 OT collided with a bus carrying 44 people from Singapore who were going to Penang for their Chinese New Year holiday. Seven
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  • 334 1  -  Given as certainty From Dennis Chia in Kuala Lumpur Make Firebrand your best bet for an ang pow at Kuala Lumpur today. This Gold Sovereign five-year-old is being hailed In racing circles as the new Jumbo Jet and was given a certainty on the course this
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  • 154 1 United States VicePresident Spiro Agnew this morning paid a courtesy call on President Sheares at the Is tan a. He later met the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, at the Istana Annex. During the meeting, they discussed
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  • 111 1 Straits Times City Editor Mr. Blair Johnson drowned yesterday morning when he fell off a yacht off Pulau Ayer Chawan. He was on an overnight fishing trip with three friends. They went to bed at about 2 a.m. yesterday. Mr. Johnson was found
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  • 67 1 i Bangkok, Monday More than 30 government livestock o cials have been sent to Southern Thailand to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease which had broken out in two provinces, the Livestocks Department said yesterday. Director General Lieutenant Siri Subbhankasem told reporters the government had already
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  • 27 1 New Delhi, MondayPrime Minister Indira Oandhl last night gave up her portfolio of Home Minister In a reshuffle which brings four newcomers Into the Cabinet.
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  • 32 1 Hollywood, Monday— Andy Raxaf, who wrote the words for more than 1000 songs Including Honeysuckle. Rose and Stompln At The Savoy, died In a hospital on Saturday. He was 77.
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  • 564 1 Move for closer US-China ties Washington, Monday Presidential adviser Dr. Henry Kissinger will leave lor Peking on Feb. 15 for talks on further normalisation of US ties with China. White House spokesman Mr. Ronald Zlegler said Dr. Kissinger's trip to Peking will be after
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 429 2  -  Complaints division to be set up By Wee Beng Huat The police are to set up a Citizens' Complaints Division to deal with complaints against police personnel. The division will come under the proposed Public Relations Department. The primary function of division
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  • 297 2 A senior police officer has suggested that all policemen be given a psychiatric test before they are recruited. The chief of the Traffic Police, Acting Superintendent Leslie Wong, in an article In the latest Singapore Police Journal, said: "A new scope for the training
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  • 50 2 Lima, Monday—A heat wave in northern Peru has killed 13 children under the age of two and has sent more than 100 other children to hospital, according to reports reaching here yesterday. Elsewhere in Peru, Torrential rain caused avalanches and floods, disrupting air and rail services.
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  • 329 2 Local industrialists have been receptive to an offer made by a British firm to combat all forms of. industrial pollution in Singapore's factories. This was the optimistic Impression Mr. Lovls Brazier, chairman of ReChem International Ltd., gained after talks with local Industrialists. "But
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  • 43 2 The Press Foundation of Asia Is now under voluntary liquidation. i All creditors of the company are required to submit their claims on or before February 16 to the* llqulMr UM.O. Pollett, 11th floor, Supreme House, Penan® Road.
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  • 217 2 The 40 overland travellers now camping at Changi beach have denied that the police had asked them to leave. Mr. William Creavin, one of the campers, said: "We have not been told to move off by anybody. The police, the immigration and
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  • 132 2 Queensland's Minister for Tourism, Mr. John Herbert, will arrive tonight on a two-day visit as part of an Asian tour to promote Queensland's tourist attractions. With Mr. Herbert will be the Director General of Queensland's Tourist Services, Mr. J. Wilson. Tomorrow Mr. Herbert will
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  • 319 2  -  By Pauline Khng For more than one agonising hour, 23-year-old Juriah could do nothing but stare at the lifeless form of her teenage sister while waiting for an ambulance to pick up the body. Her sister, Rashldah, had drowned while swimming at Changl Point on
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  • 23 2 Dacca, Monday—A railway engine smashed Into a passenger coach on Saturday night at KaxnalaDur station In Dacca. Fifty people were Injured.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 381 2 HRPPEDinCS wh t St on AN EXHIBITION OF PERSIAN CARPETS and a cocktail reception will be held at the Grand Ballroom, Singapore Hilton, at 7 p.m. A FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES will be celebrated with a novena in Ophir Road. There will be daily mass novena prayers. Sermons
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    • 50 2 Tides Today: No afternoon tl4e. tide. Tomorrow: 12.52 ajn. (2.8 m), 12.27 pjn. (3m>. Wednesday: 1.17 ajn. (2.8 m), 1.07 pjn. (3m). Tharsday: 1.43 ajn. (2.9 m), 1.49 pjn. (2.8 m). Friday: 2.13 ajn. (2.9 m), 2.37 pjn. (2.6 m). Saturday: 2.47 ajn. (2.8 m), 330 pjn. (2.3 m). V
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    • 126 2 [MHM 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
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    • 97 2 [weather Temperatures In world cities yesterday: Manila 32-18 C Kuala Lumpur 34-22 C Hong Kong 24-18 C Talpeh 26-15 C Jakarta 32-23 C Tokyo 11- 2C Seoul 11- OC Naha 22-17 C Bangkok 33-21 C Moscow 2-mlnus 9C New York 6- 2C Rome 16- 7C Paris 2-mlnus 5C Sydney 38-24
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  • 197 3  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal The lion reared on its hind legs (right) and craned its neck to receive the New Year &ng pow teasingly dangling about 20 feet above the ground. When that did not help, it leapt still higher into the air
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  • 260 3 ...on signing a bond Malaysian citizens serving in the Singapore Armed Forces and Police Force will be granted immediate citizenship on signing a 10-year bond to serve the Singapore Government, informed sources said today. About 6,000 Malaysians have joined the SAF and Police Force since the
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  • 84 3 Omar bin Othman. a 25year old Malaysian, was fine $200 or a week's Jail by the First Magistrate's Court yesterday for possession of half a roll of ganja at the Customs Woodlands Checkpoint on Saturday. Customs prosecutor Mr. David Lim told the magistrate, Mr. Rahim Jalll,
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  • 60 3 Paris. Monday More than 300.000 bottles of burgundy were destroyed In the latest of a series of factory and warehouse fires in Beaune which police said might have been set by anarchists or extreme leftists. The latest blaze, in a storehouse of this burgundy town,
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  • 146 3 The police have again warned the public to be careful when answering their doors and to secure their households when going out following five cases of theft and housebreaking involving a loss of over $10,000 during the last 48 hours. In one case,
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  • 52 3 Tokyo, Monday' The government will name Mr. Helshlro Ogawa as Japan's first post-war ambassador to China this week, Foreign Office sources reported. The sources said Peking notified Tokyo yesterday it approved of the nomination of the 56-year old veteran diplomat who had held posts In Washington
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  • 99 3 A 73-year-old man was fined $100 in the First Magistrate's Court yesterday for letting off fire-crackers at his Cantonment tioad home at 3 a.m. on Chinese New Year's day. Wong Enn, a retired City Council employee, pleaded guilty. Police prosecutor Inspector A. Masllamanl
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  • 65 3 New York, Monday— Police yesterday probed the death In BlllerlCa, Massachusetts of a pretty young woman found naked with a brassiere wrapped round her neck. She was feared to be the latest victim of a "hitchhike killer" who has been terrorising college girls In Boston. Five
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  • 35 3 Kabul, Monday—A bridge connecting the Soviet Union and Afghanistan, the first between the two countries, will be completed across the Amu River border by the end of the year, government sources here said.
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  • 31 3 Bangkok, Monday—The Ring and Queen of Malaysia arrived in Chiang Mai yesterday for a three-day visit to this northern city as part of their eight-day state visit to Thailand.
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  • In Person
    • 621 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****] THE FESTIVE touch was evident all over town and at the Metal Box it was no exception. This year the management decided to provide something different for the workers. Thus they were entertained to a soothing one-hour display by the Royal
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  • 426 5 The Minister of State for Communications yesterday called on stamp clubs and associations in Singapore to get together and form a national philatelic organisation to achieve better coordination of various philatelic activities. Dr. Ang Kok Peng was speaking at the opening ceremony of the
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  • 43 5 Mr. P.W.H. Schaepman 53, the former Netherlands consul-general in Milan, Italy, has been appointed the new Netherlands ambassador to Singapore. Mr. Schaepman has been a diplomat since 1946. He succeeds Mr. R.C. Pekelharing who left Singapore in December last year.
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  • 34 5 Chandra s/o Gopal, 22, was fined $50 or a day's Jail when he was found guilty in the First Magistrate's Court yesterday of being drunk and disorderly at Everton Park on Friday.
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  • 177 5 The Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation will provide member Commonwealth countries with training facilities in legislative and other legal drafting. Before these facilities are provided, however the CFTU will make an assessment of the specific needs for draftsmen in each country. This was
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  • 45 5 Professor Maurice Baker has been appointed chairman of the National Library Board for a period of three years. Other officials are: Dr. (Miss) Lau Wal Har, Dr. Tham Seong Chee, Associate Prof. Chong Chew11m, Mrs. Peggy Hochstadt and Mr. Freddy H.C. Soon.
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  • 338 5  -  By Ivan Lim India Is prepared to train more Singapore armed forces men, the out-going Indian High Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. Prem Bhatia. said over the weekend. Speaking *on closer cooperation between India and Singapore during an Interview. Mr. Bhatla. 62. said: "To
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  • 334 5  -  By Bharathi Mohan The fate of some 4000 sheep at' the Animal Quarantine Station In Jurong Is hanging In the balance—they may possibly face a firing squad If It Is found that they have contracted the contagious foot-and-mouth disease. Several of them
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  • 264 5  -  By Wee Beng Huat There are now 20,000 secret society members in Singapore and 19,000 of them are on police records. Most of them are inactive. According to the latest Singapore Police journal, the menace of secret socleties has been contained with the detention of many active
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  • 21 5 The Mandal Village Community Centre will hold a film show for the villagers of Feb. 15 at its premises.
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  • 275 5  -  By Long Kum Thong The Singapore Government may buy the revolutionary rifle —the Laser Lok sight beam American 180 rifle for law-keeping purposes. An American executive, representing the American International Corporation, recently held talks with government officials on the possibility of introducing the
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 313 5 Quiz object No. 183 Designer wins... what is 11? Last Wednesday's quiz photograph showed a briefcase. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr. Peter GJS. Llm, a graphic designer, of Kampong Bahru Road. His entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last night. The next correct
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 852 6 *y.- The near if the Ox Good health, strength, perseverence and vigour these are the symbols of the Ox Year which began on Saturday. It will be a good and prosperous year, but, like the Ox, the patron
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    • 306 6 The Tear of the Ox is said to be ideal for starting business ventures. The Ox is the second animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese horoscope and because the Ox is a steady hardworking and extremely dependable animal, ventures inaugurated in the Year of the Ox
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    • 1062 6 The same difference may be observed In the Dog Year. Those born In the day can expect to be fairly well-off, but those born In the night wlxl have to sweat and slog, like the poor dog keeping his nlght r watch
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 141 6 What other Newspapers are saying: STOCK MARKET AND BANK CREDIT. The share prices which had been rising since May is ward DOW bCgUD 40 down S f 5? econ °mlcs tocturer of the University of Singapore, has pointed out profits resulting frcm stock and share speculation have
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  • 613 7 'Russia still a threat' Washington, Monday British Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath said yesterday that West European security would be threatened if the US withdrew all but a token military presence. "The general conclusion will be that America Is becoming isolationist, withdrawing into herself,
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  • 67 7 London. Monday A full-scale British fox hunt disrupted London's Gatwlck Airport on Saturday and forced a Jet airliner to circle overhead because It was too dangerous to land. The hunt, with hounds and horsemen in full cry after the fox, was spotted by control tower staff
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  • 325 7 Zambia still adamant Reuter Salisbury, Monday Rhodesia lifted its border blockade on Zambia yesterday, but the Zambians scorned the move as a trick and announced that their own blockade, imposed three days ago, would stay in force. At the same time, Zambian President Kenneth
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  • 415 7 'He turned cafe into an inferno' United Press International Washington, Monday A little man who walked into the police station and said "I've done something terrible I made a lot of people scream," was yesterday charged with arson. He was alleged to have
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  • 409 7 Reuter Amman, Monday King Hussein left here for Washington yesterday for talks with President Nixon and senior US officials on the Middle East crisis. Official sources said the King would try to probe American thinking on a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict and see if
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  • 237 7 Reuter Vienna, Monday Avalanches triggered by a sudden sunshine thaw killed 12 people on Austria's Alpine slopes yesterday. It was one of the worst days for mountain accidents In Austria for several years. Among the dead were 10 West German members of a Bavarian Alpine
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  • 73 7 Sydney, Monday Australia's international airline, Qantas, is not expected to pick up its four options on the Concorde supersonic airliner, the national dally newspaper the Australian reported today. Federal Transport Minister Charles Jones said yesterday that Qantas could expect no goverment subsidy to operate the Asso
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  • 128 7 Reuter Dares Salaam, Monday—Women wearing mi-ni-skirts and men with long hair face caning and even isolation for life under a harsh new dress code being introduced in Zanzibar From May 1, under a government order, women will be forbidden to wear dresses
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  • 165 7 Reuter London, Monday The Liverpool Club where the Beatles started their career Is faced with demolition but Its owner and clientele are determined to save it from the bulldozers. The Cavern Club, where John, Paul, George and Rlngo played 292 times, has received
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  • 125 7 Reuter London, Monday—One of the British Army's longestsurviving trademarks, the soldiers' khaki shorts worn in hot climates and known as Bombay Bloomers, are to disappear. The army has decided that the shorts in which British troops fought the battle of El Alamein—must go
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  • 128 7 New York. Monday. Up to 20 people were feared dead yesterday after a gas explosion ripped apart a cafe and an adjoining hardware store In the small farming town of Eagle Grove on Saturday night. Five bodies have been pulled from the
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  • 56 7 Paris, Monday—The next French nucler explosion at its Pacific testing ground at Mururoa Atoll will take place in April and will be the last to be held there, the news magazine Le Point said. Citing no sources, Le Point said this blast also would be the strongest
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  • 421 8 The international control commission has hardly begun its work of effective supervision and there are signs that it may itself be plagued by schisms and suspicions. It is too early to cast aspersions on the integrity of any of the members of the commission but
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  • 119 8 rrwyvr^rrv^Tv^ l by ISPY The two pandas which the Chinese gave to the Japanese to mark the normalisation of relations between the two countries, have hit the Japanese headlines again. They recently kissed for the first time by rubbing each other's nose through a wire net
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  • 1096 8  -  ALEX JOSEY Many, many moons ago, in certain parts of the world, it was the custom for young to carry their useless old grandpapas on their backs to a place where they could be left
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  • Letters
    • 331 8 Quite recently one of our Ministers commented that Singapore can hardly provide sufficient space to be developed for certain games and sports such as golf, soccer and swimming. If this Is true, I hope the Minister concerned will pay some attention to chess. Chess, either the
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    • 183 8 Mr. Tan Chee Klong in his letter of January 18, Control Private Institutes states that the number of teathers who come and go to the Institute his daughter attends is "tremendous." This is repeated by Annoyed in New Nation. January 25, High Turnover of Staff in
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    • 119 8  -  A.G. ROCHE The Government's intention to establish a Press Council should be a source of relief to all those who believe in the fact that freedom Is liberty to do and say what is right and not what one likes. In the United States where there is
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    • 92 8  -  V. SEBASTIAN Public Relations Officer, Post Office Savings Bank. Singapore, 7. I refer to the letter from Interested (NN, January 24) regarding his suggestion to Increase the rate of Interest on savings accounts. I wish to inform the writer that although the Singapore Post Office Savings
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    • 123 8  -  KOH LIAN HWI Ag. Registrar of Vehicles. Singapore. 7. Please refer to the letter titled Buses Fit for Junk Yard by Frantic (NN. January 12). A census conducted by this office on this service at the morning peak hours of January 19 shows that eight buses
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    • 57 8  -  FOO SHIANG HUI I refer to the letter by Fair Play (NN, January 23). The NWC recommendations for wage Increases are meant to serve as guidelines for negotiations between employers and their employees or a trade union representing the employees. This being the case, the question of
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    • 71 8  -  LAWRENCE S.H. LOH Public Relations Officer, Singapore Police Force. Singapore, 2. I refer to the report headlined Double Receipts to Duck Tax-men published in your paper on January 31. I wish to point out that Commercial Crime Branch CID has no knowledge of the matter. Neither has
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 1674 9  -  What it means to the young and old By GENE TEO i Chinese New Year used to be i time when crackers were harmless squibs not lethal bangers. When children would be decked out in their new suits—the only one they would have for a whole year.
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  • 1052 10  -  motorcycling WITH LEE CHIU SAN Having dashed around town for a number of years on various types of motorcycles, my friend Joe decided to buy himself a car. He duly bought himself a shiny red sports saloon. I was a bit surprised a week later to
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  • 1206 10  -  motoring with JIM WATKINS A few months ago I had the manual Corona Mk. 11 on test apd thoroughly enjoyed the pleasant luxury the car offered. When the chance came up to spend a week with the automatic version, again with concealed air conditioning,
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 363 10 Credit financing has grown in importance in Singapore. For 1972, loans and advances provided by finance companies have expanded by 88.1 per cent, reaching $498.9 million. Contributing substantially to the growth are housing loans, which make up more than one-third of the
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    • 274 10 The European Economic Community ranked as the largest market for Singapore's exports under the Generalised System of Preference (QSP) In the first year of Its operation from August 1971 to July 1972. The Commercial Bulletin of the Trade Division, Ministry of Finance
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    • 210 10 Esso Singapore has promoted Mr. Jerry Tan Chwee Lee to assistant controller responsible for the management of the general accounting and ttnanclal reporting and analysis activities of the Esso companies In Singapore, as well as other functional management tasks. Mobil Oil Singapore has appointed Mr. S. Logarajah as employee
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    • 294 10 China's rubber imports from Singapore and West Malaysia for the first 11 months of last year increased by 11.4 per cent to 120,364 metric tons the highest growth rate registered by any major rub-ber-Importing country. The extent of China's rubber off-take can
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    • 55 10 London, Monday. Japan shipped more than four times the amount of colour television sets to Britain last year than In 1971, according to figures here. The figures show that Japan shipped 156.000 colour sets to Britain during 1972 and accounted for 8.8 per
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    • 520 10 FINANCIAL GAME BY CHARTEXUS Now that we have a Securities Industries Council with advisory if not supervisory functions, it is opportune to discuss manipulation. Some obscure manipulative practices belong to the realm of possibility rather than probability. But they should be of great interest to all concerned
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 248 10 Closing prices at 11.30 a.m today (Australian time): Aberfoyle NU 72 Ampol Exp 1S5 145 Aahbruton Ctg 04 NU Bank NSW 1030 1040 Brambles 195 198 BHP NU 1125 BH South 300 302 C8R NU 546 Cons RutUe 160 163 CRA 700 706 Cudgen 39 40 OT Boulder 172
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      • 76 10 Reuter Tokyo, Monday. The Stock Exchange conS5?i e Jlf dlve for the flfth straight day at the weekSS? grew that the yen might become involved in the current international currency crisis. 86^n g resumed following reports that West had severely tightened exchange cons'
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  • TREND
    • 494 11 The White House v < l widows... FOUR LIVING WIVES OF FORMER PRESIDENTS Presented by Mary Lee ..t Melbourne Herald The United States no longer has a former President living—but there are four widows united by their days in the White House. One falls asleep at night by reading mystery
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    • 434 11 Dear Ros, I have difficulty deciding which of the two men in my life I should go with. Two years ago I fell in love with one and we had even planned to get married. Then he suddenly asked me to let him go saying there
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    • 102 11 Dear Ros, My brother Is a bully. Whenever I go out at night or during the day, he asks me where I'm going and with whom. He says lam still schooling (I'm 14) and should not talk about love and mix around with boys (I have a
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    • 120 11 Dear Ros, ,In the past few months my sexual desire has increased a great deal whereas I used to be rather cool before. I have Intercourse with my husband at least once a week, sometimes more and I'm not even tired of it. What could account
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    • 76 11 Dear Ros, What is virginity? Does petting harm my virginity and can it cause VD? Evelyn. Dear Evelyn, If you've never slept with a man (slept Is the "polite** word for sexual intercourse) you're still a virgin. Petting wont deprive you of your virginity, but if
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    • 231 11 Dear Ros. I'm desperate: my girlfriend who is in Secondary Three failed her last examination and is no longer the same person. She was Interested in me but now she doesn't bother about anything and doesn't talk much either. What can I do? I am worried
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    • 88 11 Dear Ros, I have been trying to get an 80 ohm 1 watt speaker. I have visited nearly all eectrlcal dealers but they say that such speakers are not sold here. I understand that the component factor! es in Jurong don't sell such Items except In batches
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    • 169 11 Dear Ros, Can you please prescribe a remedy for a crush? I've had a crush on this boy for a year. He doesn't know about it. I thought I could get over It when he entered the army. I'm nearing my 15th birthday. It gives me great
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    • 163 11 I'm tired of figuring out which style of fashion is going to last for more than three months and which isn't before I buy anything. I'm referring to dresses halters, shirtdresses, the lot. I'm wearing pants more often now. They'll always be in fashion, whatever
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    • 457 12 KMC ENTERPRISES PTE LTD. invites applications for the following poets for Crawford Towers—a multi-stortry warehouse and flats/offices/shops complex. (A) WAUHOUSI SUPERVISOR Cambridge School Certificate or equivalent. Minimum 3 years experience in a similar responsible position. Must be able to plon, organise, direct and control cargo handling movement, labour and security
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    • 357 12 RADIO/T.V. SERVICING COURSES, Evening Class commences 6/2/73, enrol at S.E.A. Electronic Engineering institute 3-H, Pbyo Labor Rood, Singopore Telephone: *****4. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY? Instant success and confident testing with Highway Driving School which offers complete driving lessons for beginners new Datsun 1200 and Morris 1098 for your choice 248-C6 Orchard
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  • 495 13 Reuter London, Monday A late equaliser by rangy newcomer Roger Da vies helped English soccer league champions Derby County to a tense 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur in the pick of Saturday's FA. .Cup fourth-round matches. Tottenham, the UEFA Cup-holders and specialists In sudden-death confrontations,
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  • 411 13 ENGLISH F A CUP FOURTH ROUND Arsenal 2 Bradford 1 0 Bolton 2 Cardiff 2 Carlisle Utd. 2 Sheffield U. 1 Chelsea 2 Ipswich 0 Coventry 1 Grimsby 0 Derby 1 Tot'ham H. 1 Everton 0 Millwall 2 Liverpool 0 Man. S. 0 Newcastle Utd.O Luton 2 Leeds Utd.
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  • 421 13 Standings in the English soccer league after Saturday's games (no first or second dlvls'on tables because teams engaged in the F.A. Cup): DIVISION THREE P W D L F A PT Bournemouth 30 13 10 7 51 30 36 O'dham 30 14 8 8 54 38 36 Bolton 28
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  • 200 13 Durban, Monday New Zealand ace Bob Charles survived a sticky patch on the homeward run to become only the second foreigner to win the South African golf championship here yesterday. The left-hander returned a final round of 70. two-under-par, to finish with a 72-hole aggregate
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  • 44 13 West Germany, Monday. Lothar Abend of West Germany retained his European Junior lightweight title after a bout lasting only 30 seconds against challenger Jan de Keers of Belgium. The bout was stopped when the two collided de Keers suffering a broken nose.
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  • 500 13  -  By Jeffrey Low Geophysical Services International created a major upset when they trounced favourites Texas Instrument 16-6 in the semi-final play-off of the Singapore Industrial Easy Pitch softbali tournament at King's Road yesterday. Texas, who had last week taken the overall title with the best
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  • 235 13 Paris, Monday. New Zealand's touring rugby team, the All Blacks, beat a French selection 23-3 at Lyon on Saturday. The half-time score was 9-0. For New Zealand Batty scored tries in the 39th and 63rd minutes, both of which were converted by Karam. Stevens (4th minute) and
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  • 61 13 London, Monday. Barbara Ink pen, the 23-year-old European Games silver medallist and fourth in the Munich Olympics, bettered the Commonwealth indoor high jump record to retain. her title at the British national championships here today with a leap of 6ft 1| ins. (1.86 metres), i" (i a
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    • 133 13 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald f'W -V J 4 IN CONCENTRATED FORMS. IF A HEMOPHILIAC IS OORN ANP WE KNOW ITS WEAKNESS... WE CAN ADMINISTER THE CLOTTING pactors froaa normal b100d... n < IF YOU'RE NOT uYiNS... HOW LONG WILL THIS STUFF KEEP MY SON ALIVE? WHEN ADMINISTERED REGULARLY, THE
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  • 703 14  -  By Percy Seneviratne Hyderabad Blues registered a 190-run victory over a Singapore Cricket Association XI in their two-day match at the Police Academy yesterday when that lively medium-pace bowler Kalyanasundram found an eager accomplice in wicketkeeper Rashid Mlzra. Final scores: Hyderabad Blues 278-8 (dec) and
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  • 144 14 London, Monday—Jonah Barrington of Ireland retained the British Open squash rackets championship here on Saturday night with an easy victory over Gogl Alauddin of Pakistan in the final. Barrington beat Alauddin 9-4, 9-3, 9-2 in 50 minutes to win the title for the sixth time. Alauddin
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  • 106 14 Vienna, Monday West Germany, Olympic Hockey champions, yesterday won through to the European indoor hockey championships in West Berlin next year alter an unbeaten run In this six-nation qualifying round. The West Germans, who on Sunday beat Poland and Italy, went on yesterday to hammer Austria,
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  • 293 14 Hyderabad Blues Ist. Inns. 278-8 dec. Second inninffs: RAGHUNATH b Chanthralinf&m 0 MAHESHWAR SINGH ran oat SI RAM RAMESH by Rerrie de Silva 88 ABDUL JABBAR c Scrutton b Marathl 22 M. SHARAM c Balakrishnan b Rerrie da Silva 1 BL HUSSAIN not out 14 M MEHTA not out
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  • 385 14 Ahmedabad, (India), Monday MCC ambled to a draw against West Zone here yesterday and then left for Bombay where the Indian leg of their tour reaches its climax with the decisive fifth test starting tomorrow. For a brief period after lunch yesterday
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  • 124 14 D. Hellings yesterday won the Warren Golf Club February monthly medal competition when he registered a gross 77. He also scored a splendid nett 29 to take the first nine balls weep in the "A" division. The "A" winner was A.D. Berd, who scored a net 71
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  • 37 14 Surfers Paradise, Monday. Australian champion Prank Matlch won the fifth leg of the eight-race Tasman Cup motor racing series here by more tt>»n half a minute from overall leader Graham licßae of New Zealand yesterday.
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  • 189 14 Daytona Beach, Monday. American businessmen Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood drove a Porsche Carrera to an easy victory in the Daytona 24-hour motor race here yesterday. In the lead for the last seven hours of the round-the-clock race, they cruised in to victory with a
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  • 137 14 Edinburgh, Monday. Scotland withstood a tremendous rally by Wales to score a shock 10-9 victory over the favourites in their five-nation rugby union champ onshlp match here yesterday. A capacity 70,000 crowd saw the Scots power Into a 10 point lead in the opening
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  • 124 14 Perth, Monday Western Australia were 155 for five in reply to Victoria's flrstlnnings 290 for eight declared at the close on the second day of their Sheffield Shield cricket match here yesterday. Scores: Victoria 290 for eight declared; Western Australia 155 for five (R. Charlesworth 37 not out,
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  • 318 14  -  By Jeffrey Low A. Kannan yesterday won the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association first trials for the New Nation 1973 Big Walk in April. Kannan, who is one of the Republic's main hopes in the SEAP Games 50,000 m walk covered the 20-kilo-metre
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  • 400 14 The first round of the Singapore Island Country Club Police Cup competition will be teed off at the Bukit Timah course on February 11. The draw and starting times: Ist Tee. 7.45 ajn.—R. Kwan (18) Charles U (14) M. P. Thilagaratnam (16); 7.sl—John K. C. Chan (16)
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  • 150 14 Tochigi (Japan), Monday—Joke van Beusekom of the Netherland won two matches to lead a Europen women's selection to a 3-2 victory over Japan here In their badminton match yesterday. Tt was the second successive day the Europeans beat the Japanese girls 3-2 In their five-match .series. Beusekom defeated
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  • 54 14 Cardiff, Monday Fifteen countries have so far entered for the Commonwealth table tennis championships to be played at the Welsh National Sports Centre here from March 26 to April 1. They are: Australia, Canada, England, Ghana Guersey, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Northern Ireland, Jersey, Malaysia, New Zealand,
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  • 162 14 New York, Monday—Topseeded Rod Laver defeated fellow Australian Roy Emerson 6-4, 6-3 yesterday to take his second straight Fidelity world championship tennis title at Richmond. Laver, the leading money winner on the WCT tour, won US$lO,OOO. Despite his usual trouble with the first service, Laver
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  • 132 14 Kingston, Monday Greg Chappell scored a superb 106 against Jamaica to become the first of the 1973 Ausrtalian cricketers in the West Indies to notch a century on the tour. He delighted a crowd of more than 1000 at Sabina Park with his complete
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  • 207 14 Honolulu, Monday.—John Schlee broke a near eightyear famine yesterday when he fired four-under 68 to capture the US$2OO,000 Hawaiian Open with 15-under par score of 273. Schlee, who was named "Rookie of the Year" in 1966, will get US$4O,OOO in winning his first PGA title since
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 282 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 14 No one: Lat. 21 Retired. 23 Girl's name meaning "sorrows." 25 Certain academics. 26 I was in Dixie!" 27 Seaport near Valencia. 28 Presbyter. 30 What is more. 32 Coeur d' Idaho 33 Shone forth. 34 on (pillages). 36 Part of N.Y.C. 37 Relating to the
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  • 2179 15  -  -RACING WITH DENNIS CHIA Ming Derby stamped himself as a top contender for the Selangor Gold Cup next week with a stylish win in the Class One Division Two race over 9f here yesterday. With Laurie Johnson riding a confident waiting race, Ming Derby
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  • 1286 15 2.0 CLASS 6. DIV. 5 6F iilaam ($5.000 $3,500 to winner) IJSSS Sli r. ■■ttS 5 s H. 565 nun HllL II s 6 J. Jo.™. 7 522 S2l 'J 5122 ssrEi v: mm J"" 1. .7 S S .WO.D COV.H ~1 0 <M 6) .0
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  • 58 15 Lausanne (Switzerland) Monday—The Austrian city of Innsbruck was yesterday awarded the 1976 Winter Olympics after a four cornered contest against French, American and Finnish, candidate cities. Lord Klllanln of Ireland, Bresident8 resident of the Internaonal Olympic Committee (IOC), announcing the decision at a Press conference, did not
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    348 15 Follow the horses marked with a Blooming Time led into the straight but soon came under pressure. Buian Marsharu, third early, hit the front a nd held on well to win from the fastfinishing Page Boy with Best Gift third. French Court set a cracking pace and
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 41 15 BIG SWEEP Total Poo--: ***** Ist: *****3 ($2189) 2nd: *****4 (*****) 3rd: *****3 (f 547) Starters (|7B each) Nos: *****2, *****2, *****8. *****7, *****1, *****5, *****3. Consolation prises (|4B each) Nos: *****9, *****9, *****5, *****3, *****7, *****8, *****7, *****9, *****5, *****7.
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    • 51 16 This lovely face belongs to 21-year-old Frances Yip of Hong Kong. She is currently in Singapore to "sing for charity" at the McPherson Exposition '73 at the Cay WorldFrances ("I sing parttime only") is a secretary in a bank in Hong Kong. Picture by Picture by Michael
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    • 40 16 A wild boar defending his herd defeated an attacking tiger in a snarling, bloodv battle in front of a busload of commuters recently in the Taiga near Vladivostok. The tiger retreated back into the Taiga.
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    • 37 16 4H FOOK: Kong Hee Fatt Choy. Isn't it nice to watch TV without interruptions from fire-crackers? MEI LIN: Yes, but more important th e re's been no injury from crackers because of the total ban.
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    • 318 16 Ministry of local industry blamed Russia has a shoe crisis. A horeshoe crisis, to be exact. There are two million farm horses In the Russian federation, which comprises the largest part of the Soviet Union, but no horseshoe factory. The one factory in the entire federation
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    • 151 16 Melbourne Herald The Greek Society for the Protection of Nature has declared war on the "genuine" Christmas tree. It wants Greeks In future to be forced to content themselves with artificial substitutes. The society adopted this stand after an accusation by the Forestry Depart-
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    • 69 16 A newlywed couple in Khirgizla bought an unassembled furniture set, hauled It up to their fourthfloor apartment and discovered none of the parts matched. They complained to the store manager, who gave them the addresses of 30 other couples who bought unassembled sets the same day plus
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    • 147 16 Melbourne Herald Man, when he has a problem, sometimes goes to extraordinary lengths to solve it. such was the case with Mr. Michael Kirwan of Teignmouth, Devon, who enjoyed feeding seagulls. This was a mistake. The word got around and hundreds of gu'ls gathered
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    • 148 16 Today Is Monday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 1973 with 329 to follow. THE MOON is between its new phase and first quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Venus, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of
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    • 41 16 The Japanese Defence Agency has decided it's time to recruit more shapely girls for the Women's Army Corps (WAC). Agency officials said the minimum weight requirement for a recruit will be lowered from 103 to 94 pounds.
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    • 221 16 k(kU LADYHILL HOTEL TEL.372UI iEM^., iV An alpine lodge tucked away in the midst of a charming wooded estate' the LADYHILL HOTEL basks in the popularity Of its'LE CHALET' Swiss restaurant which specialises in authentic Swiss dishes LE CHALETS new menu has all your old favourites plus a few excellent
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 372 16 5 Singapore 1.05 Here's Lucy Lucy and Eva Gabor are Hospital Roomies 1.35 Midas (Hokkien Opera) 2.25 Route 66 Soda Pop and Paper Flags 3.15 Music for You 3.35 Where the Heart Is 3.50 Children's Corner (T) 4.20 A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week (T) 4.25 Days of
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    • 504 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have con-, slderable ability at anything that requires a knowledge of and a facility with words for Its successful operation. Not one to waste words, you know how to say what you want to say with a minimum of
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    • 165 16 RADIO 1.30 News 1.40 Lunch Date 2.00 The Heart of Juliet Jones 2.30 Here's To the Ladies 3.00 Children's Concert Time 3.30 The Sound of Success (Stereo) 4.00 Tea Break (Stereo) 5.00 News Brief 5.03 Prog. Summary 5.10 Music on the Move 6.00 News Brief 6.03 Public Annct 6.05 Daily
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