New Nation, 20 March 1973

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, March 20, 1973 No. 667 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1973
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  • 13 1 Police reported 85 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious and two fatal.
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  • 178 1 Renewed bursts of selling in the opening hour saw share prices falling across a broad front. Glamour stocks Haw Par, Malayan Credit and Sime Darby suffered intensely with losses ranging from 40 to 50 cents—the exception being Cycle and Carriage which gained 10 cents to $10.00. BUSINESS
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  • 209 1 The Government is to launch a nationwide campaign against long hair later this year. The campaign is aimed at educating youths on the need to keep their hair neat and trimmed. Sources said that the main target of the campaign would be youths who sport
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  • 27 1 Paris, Tuesday.—A Palestinian believed to be a high ranking member of the Black September guerrilla organisation has been arrested in the Paris area, police said yesterday.
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  • 527 1  -  Pedlars in bid to beat new Act on drugs By Fang Guek Cheng A Government chemist has disclosed that drug syndicates are peddling an imitation MX pill in an attempt to beat the new Misuse of Drugs Act, which was recently passed by
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  • 458 1 Alert as he flies in Reuter Canberra, Tuesday Yugoslav Prime Minister Mr. Dze m a 1 Bijedic arrived here by air under tight security precautions today for a three-day official visit. Nearly 1,000 police from the federal, New South Wales and Victorian State forces were
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  • 63 1 Ontario Tuesday Eleven people were killed and 43 others were injured in one of Canada's worst highway accidents, a fiery chain reaction crash involving 32 vehicles, police said yesterday. The accident occurred during a snow storm about 50 miles (80 fans) north of Toronto. Witnesses said
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  • 94 1 Singapore Airlines is offering new low-cost holiday package tours to South-East Asia for Australian travellers. The holiday tours, to begin on May 15. will be available from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. The fares are A 5399 for a 10-day Singapore holiday, and A
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  • 54 1 Police today said five of the $50 ransom notes circulated by the kidnappers of a Hong Kong businessman's son have been surrendered to them. They were handed over by a bank in South Bridge Road, a Victoria Street coffee house, a Paya Lebar airport counter, and two
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  • 264 1 Bomb death toll up Reuter, UPI Phnom Penh, Tuesday Military police continued a move of arrests here today following an abortive attempt to kill President Lou Nol on Saturday. Among those taken Into custody was Dr. Keo An, a radical law professor who was associated with
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  • 31 1 Geneva, Tuesday The mayor of a small Swiss town was yesterday given a 10-month suspended sentence for allowing two prostitutes to use his office to entertain their clients.
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  • 169 1 Reuter Rome, Tuesday Four suitcases containing bombs, light machine-guns and ammunition were found by police yesterday at Fiumicino airport here. They also found newspaper cuttings from Lebanese newspapers concerning Israeli attacks on Palestinian refugees camps, in the cases. Police were carrying out
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  • 28 1 Paris, Tuesday Air traffic controllers who went on strike to back demands for better pay scales and the right to strike, have decided to resume work.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 515 2  -  Essayists: Act now By Gene Teo It is both the duty of the schools and parents to inculcate in children a civic sense against acts of vandalism. This was almost unanimously agreed on by the contestants In the National Safety First Council essay competition for
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  • 26 2 Health Minister Mr. Chua Sian Chin will officiate at the Beach Road Police Station Open House and exhibition on March 30 at 7 p.m.
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  • 224 2 Weary travellers at Clifford Pier were "bombarded" by a riot of colour when the Bukit Barlsan cultural troupe came ashore yesterday (above). Dressed in batik of varying shades and hues, the 45 dancers and singers cut a dazzling sight against the murky waters at the
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  • 500 2 ...as 'transit point* International drug smuggling syndicates are planning to use Singapore as a transit port, according to Mr. John Hanam, director of the Central Narcotics Bureau. Most of the drugs found in Singapore are smuggled by road through West Malaysia from the Golden Triangle
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  • 239 2 If drugs become increasingly available in two to three years' time, patterns of drug abuse in Singapore will follow that of other countries where the problem is more intense, warned Dr. Leong Hon Koon from the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health. University
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  • 38 2 The Jurong Shipyard Managerial Staff Association will hold its first annual general meeting at Orchid Room, Shangri-La Hotel, at 1.30 p.m. on March 31, a cocktail party will follow at the Gardenia Room at 3.30 p.m.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 361 2 I weather Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Tokyo 10- 1C Hong Kong 22-18 C Manila 32-22 C Kuala Lumpur 31 23C Seoul 13- 0C Taipeh 21-14 C Jakarta 32-24 C Bangkok 34-26 C Naha 20-12 C Paris 10- 6C Moscow 2- 0C San Francisco 14- 7C New York 6-Minus 3C
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    • 128 2 SEMHIS Today's winning number *****2 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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  • 147 3 A little exhausted, but unruffled, they arrived yesterday evening after a 20hour plane ride. The two i*itle Humboldt penguins (above) were flown in by Singapore Airlines and given VIP treatment all the way. They have come from England to cheer
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  • 137 3 The Port of Singapore Authority will organise a two-day symposium on "Towards a More Efficient and Competitive Port" on April 24 and 25. Dr. Ang Kok Peng. Minister of State (Communications). will ooen the symposium. According to the PSA, the symposium is aimed at
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  • 354 3  -  Watch put for those $50 notes By Wee Beng Huat, Barathi Mohan Police believe that the gang, who kidnapped a Hong Kong businessmen's 13-year-old son two weeks ago, have begun a spending spree with the $120,000 ransom money. The gang Is believed to have used some
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  • 282 3 'Engaged in questionable activities' Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. The Malaysian Government has intensified its watch on some firms believed to be indulging in questionable activities and "straying into the area that separates the lawful from the unlawful," informed sources said here yesterday. This close watch has
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  • 300 3  -  By Douglas Chan Doctors at the Outram Road General Hospital, waiting to examine Sibu's hole-in-the-heart boy, Ng Kie Ping, 6, have met with a snag. The Singapore Lions' Club Central, which arranged Kie Ping's trip here, has not yet obtained his father's consent for the
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  • 101 3 Professor T. E. Gambling of Britain's Birmingham University, arrived here yesterday for a 12-day visit sponsored by the InterUniversity Council. Mr. Gambling, a chartered accountant, will give a public lecture on Culture Personality and Accounting Theory on Wednesday at Nantah's College of Arts, Hall I, at
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 360 3 Quiz object No. 220 Customs man wins top prize whai is it Last Tuesday's quiz photograph showed a crash helmet. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr. Habib Mohd., a customs officer, of Telok Blangah Road. His entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last night.
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  • In Person
    • 607 4 THE new surgicalmaternity unit of the Youngberg Memorial Adveptist Hospital was opened with fanfare to the sounds of the brass band of the Far Eastern Academy. Unveiling the plaque to commemorate the new 16bed unit on the second floor of the hospital was
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  • SHOPPING
    • 917 6 rrOMES are hot stuff these days. Be they flats, terrace houses, semi-detached houses, bungalows or whatnot, prices of property are rocketing sky-high. Due in the main to our booming economy. From the looks of things, the prices will keep on climbing at a steady pace in
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  • 231 7 London, Tuesday. Britain warned yesterday It would not negotiate Its bitter fishing dispute with Iceland under duress but resisted pressure to despatch the Royal Navy to Icelandic waters. As relations between the two nations plunged to a new low, leaders of British trawlermen fishing
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  • 384 7 'Long wait for help' Reuter, UPI Saigon, Tuesday South Vietnam has warned it will launch operations to relieve two besieged army posts near here ii the Vietnam p e a c e-keeping force fails to stop the fighting in the region. A South Vietnamese
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  • 23 7 Vientiane, Tuesday. Laos and West Germany have decided to raise their diplomatic relations to ambassadorial level, it was announced here yesterday.
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  • 250 7 Tel Aviv, Tuesday A 72-year-old thrice-widowed seamstress has enlisted the support of two newspapers against a rabbinical court order allegedly forbidding her to marry for the fourth time. "It is unfair," the woman told the newspapers Yedioth Aharonoth and Ma'ariv. "I am still young and very
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  • 327 7 United Press International New York, Tuesday. An artificial heart with no beat, already successfully implanted in a St. Bernard dog, may be used in a human late this year. The device, which would do away with the heart beat under a unique, smooth "blood flow" principle,
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  • 222 7 Reuter Tel Aviv, Tuesday—lsrael has developed a new automatic rifle, claimed to be better than any other weapon of its kind at present, informed sources said here yesterday. But the sources refused to reveal details of the assault rifle, which the United States Military Review
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  • 224 7 Rotterdam, Tuesday Police here said yesterday they were working on a theory that hashish was being smuggled via Rotterdam and other Dutch harbours to supply American servicemen In West Germany. On Saturday three men were arrested here In connection with the biggest seizure of hashish In Holland
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  • 158 7 Reuter Panama City, Tuesday. China yesterday called on the United Nations' Security Council to get the United States out of both the Panama Canal and the military base it maintains at Guantanamo in Cuba. In an address to the Council's meeting here, Ch
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  • 394 7 'Show of goodwill* Reuter Provisional wing of the Provisional Wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) yesterday called a halt to its offensive operations against the British army and economic targets across Northern Ireland, reliable sources close to the Republican movement here said.
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  • 58 7 Belfast, Tuesday.—A Belfast mother of 11 who was blinded by an army rubber bullet was awarded £35,000 (about $213,000) from the British Defence Ministry yesterday. Mrs. Emily Grove, 50, lost her sight when a rubber bullet fired by a soldier crashed through the window of her
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  • 452 8 The dearth of local writers and local books is a recognised fact of life in Singapore. While the Republic is streaking ahead in economic and scientific fields, its progress in this vital area continues at a snail's pace. There can be little doubt on the
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 47 8 Another boost to Singapore's ego. The Yomiuri Shlmbun. a leading dally In Japan, has selected the Republic as Its headquarters for the South-East AsiaPacific region. Mr. K. Yagi, the Bureau chief has already arrived and his assistant is due here In the near future.
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    • 40 8 Dozens of girls employed by the Indonesian People's Consultative Congress as receptionists, have been told not to wear mini-skirts. "Girls in daring miniskirts may create negative impressions among certain congressmen," was one Congress official's explanation for the ban.
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  • 1051 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ We are becoming a world of eggheads. If anyone doubts that statement look at what's been happening in the United States, t.he world's most advanced technological society, which is pioneering the way into our common future.
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  • Letters
    • 347 8  -  CHEN LI-KUNG As a reader of your newspaper, may I comment on some points In the article by Subramanian Swamy, an Economics lecturer, which appeared In the Los Angeles Times and was reprinted in the New Nation of March 13. The following sentences in italics are the author's.
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    • 201 8  -  WONG WAI SAOW There is a dead coconut tree trunk standing distinctively day in and day out on top or a steep slope overlooking the main Airport Road opposite the PWD worksite. I was told that this particular coconut tree had been struck by lightning about a year
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    • 47 8  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development. Singapore, 2. The suggestion by AntiJam to Introduce paid parking along Owen Road will be looked into by the Car Park Division. (NN, 6th March, 73). A scheme will be Introduced if found feasible.
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    • 316 8  -  M. CHENG The latest Parliamentary debates were a disappointment as far as two important Issues were concerned: Pollution and the buses. On pollution, the Minister for the Environment assured the House that Singapore's air was clean. He was probably referring to the layer of the atmosphere
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    • 144 8  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development. Singapore, 2. We refer to Mr. C. N. Loon's suggestion to reerect the existing pedestrian lights at Whitley Road near Onraet Road and to draw a white line at the junction referred to (New Nation of sth
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 693 9 I Ot j L Singapore A CONCLUDING THE SERIES BY iSMAIL KASSIM In literature, moneylending ft** seldom been depicted as a noble profession.. After all, it is at once mercenary and often exploitative with no regard for feelings or sentiments. Yet it has
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  • 531 9 In a booming economy with all Its affluence, wage earners sometimes tend to live beyond their means consequently having to borrow to satisfy their ever-increasing needs. The total amount of loans and advances granted to individuals and business firms by various banks, finance companies and
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  • 691 9 "A bankrupt is someone who cannot regulate his financial affairs without the help of the Official Assignee," explained a man who was declared a bankrupt last year. He is one of the 2,000-odd undischarged bankrupts In Singapore. Every few years, the names
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  • 339 9 Both U Myint Soe, a University of Singapore law lecturer, and Mr. Tan Kim Seng, an ex assistant Official Assignee, doubt if any fool-proof legal safeguards can be introduced to prevent malpractices by moneylenders. The present Moneylenders Ordinance contains sufficient safeguards and is probably move advanced than
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  • 450 9 Thrift and loan cooperative societies play an useful role in providing easy tredit facilities to members in times of need. Their existence helps to prevent the ordinary working man from tailing into the clutches of avaricious moneylenders. For, once a man borrows money
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1143 10  -  Harish Chandola NORTH VIETNAM It would have been difficult to choose a more Joyous day for arriving ip Hanoi than Tet. the Vietnamese New Year Day, this year; the first New Year Day of peace in years; a New Year Day that came along with a
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    • 699 10  -  From Fernando Del Mundo United Press International PHILIPPINES Muslim secessionists are trying to establish a breakaway state in the southern Philippines in a continuing struggle that began in the 16th century during the Spanish rule. Spanish colonisers tried for four centuries to dominate Filipino Muslims
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    • 398 10 Nariyang Siang Pau What other Newspapers are saying: US AID TO NORTH VIETNAM According to reports from Washington, it has been simultaneously announced by the United Btates and North Vietnam that their joint economic commlMlon will meet in Paris on March 15. The commission which was
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    • 588 10  -  From Robert Elegant CHINA Visitors to China have, during times of internal crisis, been awakened by loudspeakers booming political instructions. During more tranquil times, they might look out of their windows to see hundreds of people performing the intricate manoeuvres of traditional Chinese "soft
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  • TREND
    • 216 11  -  Presented bj I u #*9% Mary Lee 1-. £c Sr Melbourne Herald Those under-the-arm envelope shaped handbags that young girls used to flourish in the 20s have made a comeback in New York stores. The return of this style of bag, even though It
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    • 146 11 The breakfast egg may soon disappear from many English tables. It's getting too expensive. The boss of Britain's biggest egg packing and mark eting organisation reckons eggs could cost as much as 30 cents each later this year. "The day of the 30
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    • 296 11  -  vooa TAN CHUNG LEE The elbow to knee pose is designed to trim inches from the waistline. It ;is best performed with legs in the lotus since this position locks the legs and prevents the knees from being lifted off the floor. But for those who cannot
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    • 204 11 Father knows best or at least the West German variety does where his daughter's boy-friends are concerned. A survey Just completed by a Frankfurt research centre shows that German fathers still take an "oldfashioned" line on the subject. The survey, which
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    • 330 11 ...although she is now in semi-retirement In a reference the other day to the flaring career of photo-grapher-playboy David Bailey, a London columnist. in passing, wondered what had happened to Jean Shrimpton. A good question. WHAT IS the shrimp doing these days? Surprise,
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    • 158 11 I can't understand why the Australian fashion houses insist on bringing out the formal range to Singapore at this time, but there you are Mr. Simon, Marteen and Mary Charmaine. These three names recently descended upon boutiques here with a glittering collection all kinds of I
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 205 12 West Africa has become a potential market for Singapore made launches following the recent shipment of three 55ft. mooring and hose handling launches to Nigeria by a local shipyard. Mr. D.W. Sitwell, commercial director of the exporting firm, Vosper Thornycroft said: "We are very pleased that
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    • 103 12 The share market headed lower in light trading yesterday. From the start, sellers dominated in an attempt to cut further loss by liquidation. Buyers were scarce and hesistant. All this pointed to the lack of confidence in the market. Volatile stocks were the worst hit. Industrials like Matsushita,
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    • 536 12 The changing traditional patterns and the continuing influx of tourists are giving liquor distributors a big boost in sales. The distributors expect a bumper year for liquor sales this year. This is borne out by the Government's revenue estimates, which show that
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    • 126 12 London, Tuesday. The British government yesterday announced a rescue operation for the financially troubled BSA (Birmingham Small Arms) Company in an attempt to save the jobs of 6000 workers. Dealings in shares of the firm, makers of BSATrlumph motorcycles, were suspended last Wednesday after they plunged
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    • 420 12 Washington, Tuesday The US Treasury Under-Secretary, Mr. Paul Volcker, Just back from Paris, assured Congress yesterday the United States had devalued enough for now and into the foreseeable future. Mr. Volcker told a somewhat sceptical Senate appropriations c o m m 1 ttee that
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    • 156 12 Washington, Tuesday— Several major banks raised their prime lending rate yesterday and the bankers were Immediately summoned to Washington to explain their action. Mr. Arthur Burns, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and of the Committee on Interest and Dividends (CID) said in telegrams
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    • 115 12 Hotel Malaysia's pre tax profits for the financial year ended 30th September 1972 have fallen to $870,989 compared with the $1,235,531 the previous year. Desoite the lower profits, the directors have recommended a first and final dividend of four per cent less tax. Profits after
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    • 22 12 Tokyo, Tuesday.—Toyota Motor Co. announced yesterday it has received an order of 260 passenger cars and buses from China.
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 306 12 Prices plunged In excessively slow trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange amid Investor worry that the latest round of boosts In the prime lending rate would curb economic expansion. The Dow Jones average of 30 blue-chip Industrials was 10.99 lower at 952.06 at the close. Declines
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      • 140 12 Stock prices rebounded in the morning session yesterday as the Tokyo money market reopened calm after a two-week closure. Still uncertain about developments on the money markets here and elsewhere, however, investors remained on the sidelines. Initial price gains centered on export-oriented and incentive-backed shares. Trading was thin. By
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      • 64 12 Closing prices cn the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4660 SBC 3880 —10 Credit Suisse 3720 —10 Swissaii B. 655 Swiss Reinsurance 2630 —20 Winterthur B. 1800 —10 Juvena B. 2550 -t 30 Nestle B. 4280 40 Ciba-Geigy B. 2400 10 Baby Roche ***** —25 Sandoz Reg. BBC 'A'
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • Building Materials
    • 598 13  -  A wide variety of materials to choose from By Staff Writer The modern home or office today is more than just walls and the roof over It. The delightful decorations on the walls and floor would make one feel at ease. Beginning with the
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    • 671 13 With the ever-in-creasing tempo in development of the building industry and the resultant labour shortage, more contractors today are turning to the use of time and laboursaving devices to assist them in completing their projects on schedule In the field of fastening systems, the need for
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    • 569 14  -  By StaK Writer Singapore's paint m a n u f a c turing industry is expected to continue its growth but at a slower pace In 1969. the industry enjoyed a growth rate of 34 per cent over the previous year. However, In 1970,
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    • 409 14 Colours make the home pretty and "liveable." A large variety in paint colours is available now which makes it rather difficult for one to choose from —say lemon yellow, signal yellow, cheerful yellow and so on. There are now 101 colours to choose from while
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    • 430 15 One of the most widely used materials in the building construction industry is concrete. From multi-storey buildings to pipes and from major bridges to roof tiles, concrete is utilised manifestly. Its long life is equally valuable in roads and in other works. Because
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    • 472 15 Orders now pouring in A wide range of building materials by contractors here is manufactured locally. F r on cement, bricks, sand, concrete to steel frames, mosaic, vinyl tiles, marble and terrazo, they are all available to the contractors within their arm's reach. The growth of
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    • 619 16  -  Iron and steel needed for all construction works By Staff Writer The hardware industries figure outstandingly In their vital contribution to building construction work in Singapore. For. the iron, steel, aluminium and other metals churned out by these Industries have been one of the main
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    • 538 16 Aluminium —a metal that has only been much used in the past two decades —is in our present vibrant economic climate one of the main features in the building industry. It may not be obvious to the onlooker but the bulk of the material produced
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    • 1169 17  -  Latest equipment introduced in construction By Staff Writer Looking at a construction site, one may sometimes find steel scaffoldings towering skywards. This is the latest equipment introduced in the building construction industry. It Is called Kwikstage scaffolding, and the distributors are Messrs Mm* Darby Singapore
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    • 403 18 A visit to any modern home and more often you will find it tiled. Today, the trend is to tile your home be It the floor or the walls. Although a wide range of tiles are produced locally, there is still a demand
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    • 186 18 Messrs Auto-Mech Engineering Private Limited have designed and simplified a method of water supply "to high-rise buildings up to 70 storeys. Automatic in operation, the pumping system will supply water to any point of a high building and work like a conventional water tap. Operating
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    • 1344 19 Prefabricated buildings anywhere When the Bedouin of Arabia or the wanderer of the North American plains or the Siberian tundra moved his house, it was convenient but hardly scientific. These days houses are moved and camps are set up all over the world In a
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    • 334 20 It is eye-catching One of Singapore's most spectacular department stores owes much of its eyecatching appeal to aluminium imported from Australia. Isetan store is circular in design and from street level to roof clad in a gold-coloured aluminium facade designed and developed by an Australian
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    • 364 20 A long process has to be gone through before the wooden doors and window panels get into your home. The process begins when the lumberjacks begin with their task of felling the trees deep in the heart of the forests in Malaysia and Indonesia.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 229 13 KyxTVxyxTVTT taCgpgr M < Ay\ft A/V AAA r\ r >. f liviiui Infills wilhlMta A sophisticated home often reflects upon one's life style, one that you could be proud of. Meika could create this life style for you. Intricate Redesigning from floor to ceiling. Classy fittings fit enough for a
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    • 287 14 No more split and wasted wood with Pneumatic industrial fastening tools Staplers [The Senco Power Stapler for furniture assembly, and light aluminium strips. Weighs only 4% lbs. for light, accurate and fast stapling. TheSN,M Senco Nailer heavy duty nailing single-handed oper- < ation. Drives y/i" nails into the hardest woods
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    • 365 14 wall materials •> '♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦> Bk* i i. ?->>>-' S*>. >>< ->. y ■S S s >s v- *>• rt s,^ FONDIKIN (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 173 A cecil street sihgapore 1 tel 733^2 v PLASTATILE Decorative, Sound Absorbing Acoustic Ceiling Tiles «T -X ••"N »""V 77 A A A A *T>
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    • 186 15 —Robex is behind the plot to revolutionise the door. ;.-a— CMaX >&****&&*&% ft* < *> 1 X .V S ./-'>> W' l> \> ?w h I iP9% i* v-.v I A door revolution is in the offing. Robex is behind this sweeping revolution plotted to overcome the misconception that the
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 316 16 Accent your bath or powder room SPACIOUS MIRROR CABINETS Made of high impact polysryrene IN FOUR DIFFERENT COLOURS. i m -m Model: JF 202 mm m V i < l I MADE OF HIGH IMPACT PORYSTYRENE. STRONG SHEET GLASS MIRROR ON LASTING ALUMINIUM FRAME. CABINET SIZE: 530 x 310 x
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    • 70 16 DEALERS IN A COMPLETE RANGE OF SANITARY WARES, PLUMBING BUILDING MATERIALS, EXPORTERS IMPORTERS PLEASE CALL AT OUR SHOWROOM: 446, VICTORIA STREET, S'PORE, 7. TEL: ***** ***** OR 60, HORNE ROAD, S'PORE 8. TEL: *****8, *****9 *****. PLAN FOR A MODERN BATHROOM COMPLETE RANGE OF BATHROOM, SANITARY WARES IN WHITE AND
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    • 143 17 Tested and quality I reliability L f n 1 CO r.O .'it C' si,' Li. j' :r v o' K-, u' oTcirulv r, ->• iS.i b. si! nrje-: > Co* •;s jf e nijn, a it s thf? t)t sI tost- rionicjl yo n i rver ask to l n--4
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    • 246 18 i •to 195/197. BALESTItR ROAD, SINCAPOftf, 12. TEL: ***** J, SI4M4, 51 MS J Cable AMrw: "W AHMET At". BEAUTY IS IN THE HOME WHERE YOU FIND CARPETS, WALLPAPERS AND FURNISHING MATERIALS. CALL ON US FOR ADVICE: c£ 5119, Golden Mile Shopping Centre, Ground Floor* Beach Road, Singapore 7, Teh:
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    • 105 18 JIG SAW -J 110 mm METAL SAW A I *5* ifFINISHING SANDER 22mm HAMMER DRILL RECIPRO SAW ii kri 12mm ROUTER MACHINE UNI WOOD MACHINE Alao available: Othar MAKIT. Power Tool models of 230 Tfolls and 110 volts. Baby Sanders Band Saws Belt Sanders Bench Drill Stands Bench Grinders Chain
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 162 19 Design your ceilings with U.S.Gypsum sound control tiles t<x 2? g§ I S <T>-i m rt S St ,'F/ V ■>v w v. »IB£ U.S. Gypsum ceiling tiles and panels give ceiling sound absorbency, in a classic range of patterns and textures, for functional beauty in any room or office.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 167 20 That's Real Economy! 4 Only 4HP. motor to supply Watsr Up to a height of 351 hot.. :0: 3 *4 i a x m POWER PUMP The Builders' Ideal Pump. Supply wata up to 70 storeys high. Automatic Operation. Minimum Maintenance. Operating Cost end CALL: jam Power consumption is 1:3
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    • 176 20 consult: cne nnan Prom V) FASTENER W INDUSTRIAL If SERVICE CENTRE serving the petroleum, building materials allied industries... >> A DIVISION OF AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES A i (PTE) LTD. J L i! TO -r SEAMLESS forged CARBON STEEL BUTT WELDING k FITTINGS A TEL: 1 *****7 (5 LINES) PRODUCTS: FORGED
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 537 21 lS r afia J »V /j iS kr# SINGAPORE BALLET ACADEMY principal: MDM SOONEE GOH Studios —Town/—64 Lloyd Rood, Katong: 27 Sea Avenue Classes for Beginners, Grades and Majors. Term commencing 7th April 1973. FOR ENQUIRIES, TELEPHONE: *****2. I DINE DANCE AND ROMANCE Nitely to the 'Sounds of Hawoii' at
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    • 525 21 OWLS! OlftLSf GIRLS! W. offe, V®ung, charming social todies tc occompony you for your evening *rt»ngs ond social functions. !rf sd#rQte charges. Contact Talent (Honeymoon) Social Escort Dhoby Ghaut, S'pore. 9. Tel: *****5/*****. SPECIALIZED IN Of PICK CLEANING and polishing of all types of floors. Coll Sun Sun General Contractor
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    • 478 21 MARSH STtNCILS CONTRIBUTE v«ry materially to prompt and correct deliveries Call Or Write for Particulars to The J.A. Leonard Company. Telephone: *****9/ *****5. 78 Ochard Road, Singapore. TREND FURNISHING HOUSE 226 Balestier* Rood, Singapore Telephone: *****7 Offers the Finest Curtains, Carpets and Wall-Pope rs. ROOM AIRCONDITtONERS FOR SALE, RENTAL, SERVICE
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    • 486 21 ORCHARD ROAD Limited shops and offices available at the prestigeous Mandarin Hotel Shopping Arcade. Grcundfloor: 340 1,100 sq. ft. Mezzanine floor: 450 4,500 sq. ft. Ist floor: 360 7,000 sq. ft. COLLYER QUAY Limited shops and offices are also available at the Overseas Union Shopping Centre. Mezzanine floor: 347 4,500
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    • 440 21 «AU HEALTH CSNTRI for your Mowbge, Sauna Both, Weight kicing Treatment*, Hoirdrest(Cutting Trimmings), Focial *og*, Manicure. Attractive young lodies at your sirvic*. Hotel New Hongkong Shopping Arcode, Victoria Street, Tel: ***** (S'pore). JEAN'S SALON FOR TURKISH •ATH/Swedish Mossoge, Focial, Manicure, hoirtinting. 29-B Tanglin Rood, *****7 Singapore. JAPANESE LANGUAGE for those
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    • 284 21 PHOfNIX TRAVEL COACH TOURS:- Hoodyoi/Songkhlo 6 Doys S$100.00 Pongkor/Comeron 4 Days S$75.00 West Malaysia 7 Days SS105.00 Airconditiooed bus S$135.00 Sunday Malaya 5 Days SS85.00 Manday Penang/lpoh 3 Days 4 Nights S$49.90 22.3.73 29.3.73 19.4.73 Genting 3 Days SS66.00 Thursday 2 Days 3 Ntahts S$44.00 Friday Genting (Afr) 2 Days
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    • 134 21 CAROL INN We invite you to visit a typical English Pub excellent Swiss French cuisine, excellent wine cellar. Happy Hour 4.30 7 p.m. We also cater for Birthday, Buffet and Cocktail Parties. 74 Robin»on Rd., S'pore *****0. I 1 6HIM PtHC HOTEL new luxurious furnished double bedrooms $16 $20 Gey
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  • 607 22  -  By Jeffrey Low Mr. Solchiro Honda, the man who was solely responsible for putting Honda in the forefront of motor/cycling, arrived here yesterday and at one announced another contribution he would soon make to the world. The 67-year-old engineer has recently completed his latest
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  • 108 22 Rome, Tuesday Italian motor Cycling ace Giacomo Agostini on a M.V. Agusta yesterday won the 500 c.c. race in the City of Modena Grand Prix—first event in the Italian season. Agostini, 11 times world 350 c.c. and 500 c.c. chamEion completed the 80.3 ilometre (49.8mi1e)
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  • 24 22 Hoechsc Singapore beat Diethelm 1-0 in a friendly soccer match at Tanglin yesterday. Henry Lee scored the goal in the first half.
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  • 519 22  -  By Nancy Koh Crescent Girls' Secondary, with two wins in hand, bagged its third yesterday, beating unfancied First Toa Payoh 13-12 in the "B" Girls National Schools Softball championship. But First Toa Payoh pooled some stiff competition from the sixth innings onwards to lift the score
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  • 63 22 DIVISION TWO Preston N. E. 1 Sunderland 3 DIVISION THREE Brentford 1 Watford 1 Port Vale 3 Swansea C 1 Rochdale 1 York City 0 Southend U 1 Rotherham U o Tranmere R 1 Grimsby T 1 Walsall 4 Bristol R 3 Wrexham 2 Charlton A 2
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  • 318 22 Pointe-Pierre, Trinidad, Tuesday.—Despite a tourbest 83 by opener, lan Redpath, the Australian tourists were struggling for survival on the third day of their four-day cricket match against Trinidad yesterday. Starting their second innings 41 runs in arrears, the tourists suddendly found themselves in trouble at
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  • 306 22 Hyderabad., Tuesday. Pakistani batsmen Mushtaq Mohammad and Aslf Iqbal, who have already put on 127 for the fifth wicket, are only half the reason why England have no more than a slim chance of winning the second Test here. Exhaustion, caused by having to play in
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  • 320 22 Newport (Wales), Tuesday Welsh rugby wizard Keioh Jarrett, who as a teenager made a dream international debut with a world-record points haul, must never play again, a doctor ordered yesterday. Jarrett, now 24, was hailed as the brightest star in British Rugby Union when
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  • 149 22 Long Beach, Tuesday. Australian swimmer Shane Gould, 16, knocked more than 18 seconds off the previous world's best time of American Debbie Meyer for the 1650 yards freestyle here yesterday. Miss Gould set a time of 16 minutes 36.6 seconds in a 25 yard pool at
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  • 23 22 1 London. Tuesday Results of last night's Rugby Union matches were: Aberavon 31 Newport 16 1 Cross Keys 9 Neath 6
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 171 22 DR. KILbARE I CAJ.LEP you A FOOL.SOW FOR REFUSIN'M'SFT. YOU AGREE? NO,SIR. I WASN'T FIT TO HEAP UP THE CLINIC/AND EVEN IF I WERE OFFERED THE J08... ANP I WASN'T... I'D HAVE REFUSED. WHY? I'P HAVE BEEN PUT IN POSITION IS TO HURT A LOT-OF PEOPLE 1/ A BECAUSE OF
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    • 58 22 Sports diary BADMINTON Schools tayidvldiial championships (Oulllemard Road). SOFTBALL Schools 0 nft 1 championships (Grange Road, 4 p.m.). TENNIS Schools national individual champloashlps (Tanglln, 2 p.m.). RUGBY Buklt Tlmah district schools competition (Buklt Tlmah Rd, 4pm). SOCCER friendly: TBA v Kg. Kembangan (Parrer Park, 5.30pm). WATER-POLO: Tour friendly NZ. Combined
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    • 287 22 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 11 Book of the Bible; Abbr. 12 Mountain crest. 13 Studied (over). Id Wander. 21 Docility 24 Sportcaster Heyward Hale 25 Pierce. 26 Cab 27 Similar. 28 Cross out, in printing. 29 Pibroch player 31 RadiaLs. 32 Made do (with "out"). 33 Diving bird 34 Bermuda or
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  • 361 23 Follow the horses marked with a Hna thc front at the distance, with Ar^enfiiHon? hv L^ C i r runs torgtd ahead half a 1 ng third lengths from Cardinal Blink. Black King finished moved up to Jet Dragon and Kali Musi at the home turn,
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  • 309 23 From Blue Peter in Ipoh Balkan Bambino II who earned promotion after scoring an impressive win over 84f at Penang last month is still in fine fettle, and has a good chance of taking the Class 4 Div. 2 9f race on Sunday. Ridden by
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  • 43 23 Jean Stilton (handicap 29) won the Changi Ladies medal stroke competition with a nett 68, three strokes ahead of Sarah Tait (24). Tait was runner-up on countback from Dagman Dixon (14) while ColJeen Connellan (13) was fourth with a nett 73.
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  • 90 23 Wolverhampton, England, Tuesday. Jockey Graham Thorner, who rode Well To Do to victory In last year's Grand National steeplechase suffered a broken cheek bone when his horse fell during a race here yesterday. Thorner, 24-year-old former champion national hunt jockey, was lqjtrred when Iranian Court fell in
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  • 95 23 London, Tuesday—Price at last night's first Victoria Club callover on the English Spring double races were: The Irish Sweeps Lincoln Handicap, to be run over one mile at Doncaster, on Saturday—lo-1 Jan Ekels, Lucky Monkey, 12-1 Anak Malaysia, 14-1 Do Justice and Galiano, 16-1 Double Tot. 18-1
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 290 23 WHY TWA, AN AMERICAN AIRLINE, GIVES YOU THE BEST SERVICE TO EUROPE. Recently, more and more experienced travellers have been making an interesting discovery. The best service to Europe comes from an American airline, TWA. The reason for this is Ambassador Service. TWA introduced Ambassador Service with the deliberate intention
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  • Back Page TUESDAY
    • 88 24 Step into Lilian Sim's house and the interior decoration is sure to catch your eye. You'll be more surprised to know that it is all her work. "I don't trust anyone else to do the job. When we do it ourselves, greater pains are
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    • 154 24 TODAY is Tuesday, March 20, the 79th day of 1973, with 286 to follow. THE MOON: Between its full phase and last quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Venus, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter. THE EVENING STAR: Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian
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    • 41 24 MEI LIN: The Australians are giving the Yugoslav Prime Minister a violent welcome Quite a change from the very warm and friendly one Singapore gave him. AH FOOK: Yes, it is. As they say, the calm before the storm.
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    • 45 24 Engineer John Parker, 47, got a finger stuck in the gun barrel of a Centurion tank he was working on at a Leicestershire factory. It took eight tiremen, a colonel, two gun experts, engineers and a doctor six hours to free him.
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    • 386 24 Melbourne Herald General Motors unveiled a new anti-drunk driving device at their Detroit headquarters recently. The experimental system makes use of the car's steering wheel and requires the driver to pass a 10second steering test by controlling the movement .of a needle on an instru ment panel
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    • 378 24 Los Angeles Times. A low-key but lively controversy about women's fashions and female models has started among readers of Britain's Communist Party newspaper, intriguing other Britons who thought communists were interested mainly in weightier matters. It is not known how many of Britain's 29,500
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 366 24 TV S SilflfMl Opening and Where the Heart Is For the Family (M) A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week (M) i Peyton Place (Rpt.) Close. > Opening and the Railway Children: The Foreign Gentleman News in Brief > Father Knows Best: Dilemma for Margaret > The Spice of
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    • 634 24 Trust your lucky star IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are, in general, a sceptic, tor you are one of those persons who must be shown, who must see to believe. You would like to take other people's words for things but experience has taught you that, for the
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