New Nation, 24 March 1973

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    18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, March 24„ 1973 No. 671 Price IS cents SINGAPORE SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1973
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    No smoking in lifts now
    298 1  -  New ban carries a fine of up to $500 By Sunny Wee Smoking ip any lift used by the public in Singapore is now banned. According to the latest Government gazette no t i f 1 c a tion released yesterday, anyone who breaks the
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    Lock icon Court orders Lennon to leave US
    273 1 Reuter New York, Saturday Former Beatle John Lennon was ordered to be deported from the United States yesterday because of his conviction on a drug charge in London five years ago. Lennon was given 60 days to leave the country by the Immigration Department.
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    Quake hits Italy
    43 1 Rome, Saturday—Hundreds of panic-stricken inhabitants fled into the streets when an earth tremor shook several small towns near Ancona yesterday. No Injuries or damage were reported. A smaller tremor also hit Ancona itself but was barely noticed by the inhabitants.
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    Leading lady June...
    351 1 PRO gets top role In the blazing $un, amidst curious onlookers, a cool June Cheang played her role opposite lead actor Leslie Nielsen, at the Haw Par Villa yesterday. Twenty-year-old June was selected to play opposite. Nellsen In the suspense drama E Forces One! part of which
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    OUR ROADS
    13 1 Police reported 92 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious and one fatal.
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    Lock icon We'll knock out SAM missiles: US
    368 1 Warning to Hanoi Reuter, UPI Washington, Saturday The United States yesterday gave Hanoi a thinly-d i s g u i s e d warning that it might use its air power to knock out a surface-to-air (SAM) missile site which the communists have set
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    Go for the Scholar
    358 1 By Blue Peter Ipoh, Saturday Brilliant Scholar 11, an impressive winner over s±f last week, is strongly fancied to complete a double for the meeting by taking Race 4 at Ipoh today. A pointer to his chances is that champion Jockey Jim Johnson has elected to
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    Reward for a ring...
    126 1 A timber merchant, Mr. Seah Chin Poh, 35, today offered a $30,000 reward to anyone who returns to him "good luck" diamond ring stolen from his house oA Tuesday. Mr Seah said that the ring was worth "substantially less" than the amount offered as the reward.
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    All-Indon final
    56 1 London, Saturday— The final of the All-England singles badminton match will be an all-Indonesian affair after ace Rudy Hartono and teammate Christian Handinata swept through their opponents last night. Hartono, seeking a record sixth successive win, thrashed fellow Indon Tjun Tjun 15-7, 15-1 and Handinata ousted second seed
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    Gas workers end strike
    62 1 London, Saturday. Britain's gas workers last night called off a 38-day series of strikes and voted to accept a new pay offer ending a major threat to Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath's anti-infla-tion wage policies. The decision, by a ballot majority of more than 7000 gasmen,
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    Doping at cycling meet in S'pore
    593 2 Dr. Lindy Lin tells all after two years Doping among sportsmen were discovered in Singapore during the Asian Cycling Champion ships two years ago, Dr. Lindy Lin, the sports medicine specialist, revealed at a symposium last night. Speaking at the symposium on drug abuse
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    Doctors also to blame...
    237 2 'Drugs used too freely* Many doctors are unconsciously conditioning their patients to a dependence on drugs, a University don has warned. Prof. Khoo Oon Teik of the University of Singapore said: "Doctors tend to repeat prescriptions frequently for the same patient, thereby reinforcing his dependence upon
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    Seven win Anchor Beer contest
    203 2 Six men and a woman have won a carton of Anchor Beer each in the Anchor Beer Grand Hotel Race Spot the Creatures contest. The lucky seven, who identified the three creatures on the shield carried by the Anchor Beer Team, are: Mr. Wong Fook
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    200 for safe cycling rally
    62 2 Over 200 students from 30 secondary schools will, take part in the 11th annual students' Safe Cycling Rally starting at Raffles Institution at 2 p.m. today. The eight-mile (about 13 kilometres) rally organised by the Junior Safety First Council Is one of several campaigns to
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    Anniversary
    21 2 Nippon Paint (S) Co. Pte. Ltd. will hold its 10th anniversary dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel's Island Ballroom tomorrow evening.
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      343 2 h v Come and see German Books at the THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR ■r-y > Visit the exhibition EAST MEETS WEST IN GERMAN BOOKS Some 300 publishers here present 1,500 books on- various subjects. This is only a fraction of the more than 40,000 titles which appeared in the
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      797 2 CHHaS Today's winning number *****3 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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    Run safety courses
    309 3 Call to association The Consumers Association of Singapore has urged the People's Association to run basic courses on home safety for the public. The executive secretary of CASE, Mr. Ivan C. Baptist, said that a recent large-scale survey on Home Safety conducted by the Association showed that
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    Results of medical examination
    427 3 The University of Singapore has announced that the following students have passed the third professional examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery In Pathology, Social Medicine and Public Health. Ang Lee Cyn Ong Lee Cyn; Baldev Sirlgh s/o Gulzar Singh; Cheah
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    Go for higher degrees
    370 3  -  Don't stop learning, students told By Teresa Ooi A management consultant has warned undergraduates not to take Singapore's economic boom for granted and become overconfident that high paying jobs were waiting for them when they graduate. Mr. GX>. Luchangco, executive director of SGVGoh Pte. Ltd, a
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    Firm to provide temporary help
    265 3 Manpower Incorporated, the first organisation to provide temporary help services to companies in Singapore, will begin operations next month. A spokesman for the company said: "We will soon start an office and accounting division to provide companies with temporary clerical workers, typists, stenographers, receptionists, secretaries
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      262 3 Quiz object No. 224 No one sent in correct entry A SPECIAL QUIZ Last Tuesday's quiz photograph showed a guide light. No correct entries were received. The prizes will snowball to tomorrow. Do you know what today's quiz photograph No. 224 shows? If you do write or type out your
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    Lock icon Uganda now takes over Bata
    194 4 Reuter Nairobi, Saturday—Uganda Radio announced last night that the government had taken over the subsidiaries of the worldwide Bata shoes chain and three Kenyan business enterprises. The takeovers follow last year's seizure of more than 30 British-owned companies and one American business, and the expulsion
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    Lock icon Ringleader in the bugging of party HQ jailed
    212 4 Reuter Washington, Saturday. Gordon Llddy, alleged to be the ringleader in the bugging of the Democratic Party headquarters, was sentenced to between six years and eight months and 20 years Jail here yesterday after another of the accused promised to disclose more
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    7 killed in Pak clashes
    357 4 Fighting at meeting Rawalpindi, Saturday Seven people were killed and 75 wounded In armed clashes between rival Pakistani political groups at a public meeting here yesterday, it was officially stated. Opposition leaders who organised the abortive meeting put the death toll at 13 and said
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    SUHARTO PLEDGE
    36 4 President Suharto takes the oath of office yesterday after the Indonesian Congress. unanimously reelected him for another flveryear term on Thursday. He said he would not promise anything beyond reason for the years ahead.
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    Lock icon Reds step up war in Cambodia
    457 4 To mark anniversary United Press International Phnom Penh, Saturday. Cambodian communist forces marked the third anniversary of deposed Prince Norodom Sihanouk's National United Front of Cambodia (FUNK) yesterday with an Intensification of violent military activity around the Cambodian capital. According to the high command,
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    Lock icon Rennie: I spent $307,000 on drugs
    150 4 Reuter London, Saturday. The son of the head of Britain's secret service said yesterday he spent £50,000 (about $307,000) on drugs In three years. Twenty five year old Charles Rennie told a court here that the money was left to him In an inheritance
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    Lock icon Sihanouk: The war will go on
    178 4 United Press International Hong Kong, Saturday. Former Cambodian Chief of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk said yesterday his Government in Exile will never negotiate with the Lon Nol Government in Phnom Penh, and will continue the war in Cambodia till the US stops interfering in
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    Lock icon Lava buries 70 homes
    343 4 Reuter Reykjavik, Saturday A huge avalanche of volcanic lava advanced inexorably on the Icelandic town of Heimaey yesterday, engulfing 70 houses and dashing rescuers' hopes of saving what was the country's main fishing centre. Some of the rescuers, who have been trying to halt the lava
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    Hope for missing 30 from sunken ship fades
    200 4 New York, Saturday. Hopes faded yesterday for the 30-man crew of a Norwegian freighter which sank in stormy seas 130 miles south-east of New Jersey. Three Coast Guard cutters, a United States submarine rescue vessel, two transport aircraft and five merchant ships
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    Two soldiers shot dead
    56 4 Belfast, Saturday Two British soldiers were shot dead and two others were injured here when gunmen raided a flat where the soldiers were attending a party last night. They were the first members of the security forces to die since the guarrilla Provisional Irish Republican Army
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    Peron visit
    20 4 Rome, Saturday—Former Argentine Dictator Juan D. Peron arrived here for a meeting with Argentina's President-elect Hector Campora yesterday.
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    Lock icon Whizzing around on wheels
    331 6  -  CAMERA ON SINGAPORE I A WORDS: Pauline Khng What could be a more exciting, Invigorating, wholesome way of whiling away some weekend hours than to spend it literally on wheels whizzing around tl*e place? For more than 100 adults, teenagers and children fun is waiting for
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      562 6 NEW NATION .l! L W WOODLANDS FAR RE R PARK ATHLETIC CENTRE THE NEW NATION BIG WALK will be held on Sunday, April 29, 1973. Send In your •ntry form today. NAME (in full) Postal District No. Sex AGE Date of Birth GROUP* If you are a team member mark
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      703 6 Your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you will have to take care throughout your life that you do not waste your powers in efforts to make gains of a relatively trivial nature. Learn early to exercise discrimination in your choices; learn early not to judge the book
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  • Article
    Big Rollei plan to train local workers
    536 7  -  Centre will benefit all industries By Francis Rozario Rollei Singapore, with the concurrence of the Economic Development Board, will set up a training centre to produce technicians for the whole of the private sector here under its 10-year expansion plans. This was revealed
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    Hamlet on film
    73 7 The 1970 version of Shakespeare's Hamlet will be screened by the Singapore Film Society tomorrow at the Cultural Centre at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Starring Nicol Williamson, Anthony Hopkins and Judy Parfltt, it is one of five versions which have been made of the play. Membership
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    Junction closed
    45 7 The junction of Killiney Road and Somerset Road will be closed to vehicular traffic from 2.30 p.m. today to 2.30 p.m. tomorrow. The Electricity Department of the Public Utilities Board will lay power cables around Somerset Road and Penang Road during that period.
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    73 die an the roads
    99 7 Seventy three people were killed in road accidents during the past two months—l 7 more than the corresponding period last year. The number of people seriously injured in January and February this year also showed a substantial increase over the same period last year 532
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    Suki is back with a happy Sharon
    203 7  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal The last thing flve-year-old Sharon Crabb, expected was the rettum of her lost dog Suki. Yet, there the pup stood—as large as life! Overwhelmed by the unexpectedness of It all, Sharon stood glued to the spot for a minute.
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    Law cannot curb home accidents...
    313 7 Wok urges education Legislation cannot be strictly enforced to curb the high rate of home accidents as in the case of factories and industrial establishments. the Minister for Social Affairs. Encik Othman Wok. said this morning. "In this modern day and age. our homes sometimes
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    Managerial seminar
    42 7 The National Productivity Hoard in collaboration with Managerial Effectiveness Limited. Canada, will organise a six-day seminar on managerial effectiveness in July. It will be conducted by two consultants from the Canadian company which is an international firm based in England.
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    L-bomb: A lucky escape for two
    279 7 Two woman employees of Wallem Shipping (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. narrowly escaped serious injury when the parcel bomb exploded at the Malayan Banking Chambers on Thursday. They were Mrs. Tay Hung Eng, 37, a secretary and Miss Diana Lim. 23 a receptionist. The parcel, addressed
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    Shops at Tanglin make way for renewal
    131 7 A row of about 10 tourist shops at Tanglin Road is to be cleared for a new Urban Renewal scheme. The shops deal mainly with antiques, clothes, handicraft and carpets. A big provision store Is also affected. The whole area, bounded by Tanglin,
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    Walkathon in Katong
    58 7 The Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Encik Rahim bin Ishak, who is also the MP for Siglap, will launch the walkathon of the Singapore Scout Association, Katong District, at the 3rd SIR Camp at Bedok at 8 a.m. tomorrow. The walkathon is held to raise
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    Another five years of cooperation
    555 8 /■V.' The election of General Suharto as President of the Indonesian Republic for a five-year term should cheer and comfort not only Indonesians but also Singaporeans. It means that Singapore can expect a continuation of an understanding and friendly policy from Jakarta. Close oh'thelieels of
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    There is no alternative to governmental support for our cultural growth
    864 8  -  EDGAR KOH "Oh. our very own Cecil B. DeMille." wryly acknowledged an RTS official some time ago when I mentioned a TV producer who has struck me with his razzle-dazzle techniQue. (DeMille was of course the celebrated Hollywood director
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      Employment service
      81 8  -  FOO SHIANG HUI I refer to the letter Trying to Get a Better Job (NN, March 15). The Ministry of Labour's Employment Service was established to assist persons in securing employment. Although its primary function is to cater for those who are unemployed. the Employment Service also registers
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      In defence of NSPB
      387 8  -  RAPHAEL CHUA Your editorial published on March 16, entitled All Eyes are now On the NSPB prompts me to say a few words, since I. like many other sports lovers in Singapore, am much concerned with some of the charges made against the NSPB which has
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      The dangers of smoking
      303 8  -  M. CHENG In his report to the 24th World Health Assembly the Director-General of WHO had this to say of smoking: "In certain developed countries, the publication of scientific findings on the effect of smoking seems to have reduced cigarette consumption to some extent. "On the
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      Water is safe
      237 8  -  DR. S. B. KWA Medical Superintendent, Outram Road General Hospital. Singapore. I refer to the letter Chlorinated Water by Resident (New Nation. 17-3-73). All staff of the hospital including all residents of the staff quarters within the hospital compound were Informed immediately by a circular regarding the
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      Satirical and scintillating
      75 8  -  I.P.H. I think Collette has got smashing talents as a political cartoonist (Is- this what he calls himself?) His caricature in today's New Nation (20.3.73) depicting three local bluecollar workers is both satirical and scintillating. Does Collette Intend to publish a book of all his drawings? I
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      Party is united
      150 8  -  J.B. JEYARETNAM Secretary-General, The Workers Party. Singapore, 6. Mr. Pakir Singh in his article on the Opposition Parties in Singapore (New Nation 21st March. 1973) pays scant regard to the truth. It, of course, serves the cause of the ruling warty to try and show up the
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
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      DISCOVERING COPENHAGEN
      2321 9  -  Where actors take to the streets... By Trish Sheppard It couldn't be said that we discovered Sweden because we spent almost the whole week which we were in the country lying around a beautiful lake. We did discover a little more about our children though, because the utter
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      Lock icon Germany's relics in Africa
      910 9  -  By Stanley Meisler Los Angeles Times The museum in Dar-Es-Salaam has a case displaying wrappers for Rothf urst, Frankfurters and liver sausage made by the Germans who ruled the African region more than half a century ago. Is that all that is left of the great
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      MALAYA
      182 10  -  JOHN E. TRANTER 7 knew it would come to this,' he said; 'twenty years fighting the Foreign Office and now they want me out' He clung to his mudflat. The mangroves clutched the slimy bed in an arthritic grip. 'I'm digging in* An old man adrift on an island,
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      IT'S WORD POWER WITHOUT TEARS
      979 10  -  New dictionary an useful guide for all CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF MODERN USAGE by Lin Yutang Chinese University of Hongkong McOaw Hill, 1720 pages, $114.55 PANG CHENG LIAN Not all who read Lin Yutang's ChineseEngllsh Dictionary of Modern Usage may agree to the publisher's claim on
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      Exotic world of carpets...
      598 10  -  SUPREME PERSIAN CARPETS by MX. Zephyr Amir. Tien Wah Press 138 pages $20. LAUREN WILLOUGHBY Of all hand-made carpets In the world, the greatest mystique surrounds the exquisite rugs of Persia and Bokhara. Even their soft, silken names Kashan. Isfahan, Naheen—evoke a waft of Arabian Nights
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      Cover of the week
      77 10 wit J22 e L I ti7 ea afo but rtUl applicable today, as finessed by the current scene in London, the second timely! Shanka The Stagnant Society"* hanks locates the reason for the nation's < rrowth in trade unions nssrsii Tatt »4w i < r a
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      ADVENTURE AT SEA
      432 10  -  DOVE by Robin Lee Graham, Angus and Robertson, 199 pages, $18.85. HP The review today is by Lena Lena Bandara At 15, Robin Lee Graham bears symptoms of being not quite the typical red-b 1 o o d e d American adolescent. His zeal for adventure and
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      PAPER BACKS
      365 10 THE GO-BETWEEN: L.P. Hartley shows his reader the adolescent's world of school days, schoolboy rituals and his Introduction to the adult world. The novel Is slow-moving but the details are fine and authentic. The hero Is over 60. He looks back at his boyhood days. In particular, he
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      Recital by talented US pianist
      701 11  -  (Tin ATR VIOLET OON MALCOLM FRAGER, one of the most sought after and admired American pianists of his generation, will be giving a recital at the Cultural Centre on March 24 at 8.15 p.m. In this recital he will play Hanydn's Sonata No. 6 in
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      Special TV schedule for 10th anniversary
      812 11  -  f SIGHT SOUND EDGAR KOH Television Singapore celebrates its 10th anniversary next week with a six-day schedule of special programmes. It was on April 2, 1963 that regular TV service was first inaugurated here. Six weeks earlier, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, then Minister for Culture,
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      Watered down violence
      633 11  -  f CINEMA EDGAR KOH STRAW DOGS starring Dustin Hoffman (Capitol). This was a film which the censors found so violent that they had to cut it twice. Not satisfied with snipping off the provocative and bloody bits the first time, the censors' board recalled it to give
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      She is at home with the Chinese brush
      343 11  -  f ART VIOLET OON Mrs. Frances Wolfson, a Florida philanthropist and patroness of Fine Arts ,will be exhibiting 16 of her original Chinese scroll paintings in the American Library Resource Centre today, and on Monday and Tuesday. The exhibition closes at 1
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      Breathing reality into lullabies
      774 12  -  Barbra Streisand 'live' at the Los Angeles Forum fmw MARY LEE BARBRA STREISAND: LIVE AT THE FORUM (CBS). Popular music has come to sound very much alike say those so-called connoiseurs of musrtc. Well, these people ought to listen to Barbra Streisand, Broadway star with popular
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      Case of the 'missing silver'—or a design omission
      327 12  -  f STAMPS ANDREW LAU Among the most distinctive irregularities on stamps are those with "colour omissions," of which "design omissions" are of a more valuable variation. Britain, the largest known stamp Issuing authority in the Commonwealth (in terms of quantity produced) provides
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      Four for title playoff
      518 12  -  j r CHESS LIM KOK ANN The Queenstown Championship ended in a fourway tie for first piace between Goh Cheng Hong, Koh Tian Jan, Leong Chee Weng and Lim Kok Ann. To decide the final places and custodian of the Jek Yeun Thong Challenge Trophy a
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      Price hikes deal a big blow
      490 12  -  f FOOD/DRINK LI PO Some one asked me the other day what I recommended drinking in 1973. "Water" was the reply, and I wasn't joking. Apart from a fortunate few who have cellars, the price hikes have been considerable enough to preclude wine from
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      Give yourself a chance
      528 12 GRAND SLAJVT The decision to take an early finesse in one suit can help declarer decide on how to make the play in another suit. In the play of the hand below declarer (South) got the lead of a small club: South could see ten top
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      77 10 NEW NATION TOPS FOR TELEVISION WATCHERS What's on television tonight? The quickest and best way to find out is to look up New Nation's easy to find backpage TV guide. It's there in the same spot every day. And every Saturday there's an informative television column providing you with the
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      338 12 Advertisement GARDEN NEWS PHILODENDRONS Philodendrons are excellent plants for indoor, or verandah and porch, decoration, including air-condi-tioning, and in our opinion are not used nearly as much as they should be, although they are not at all difficult to grow. Philodendron is a name coming from two Greek words meaning
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Market edges lower for lack of incentives and confidence
      608 13 By Choo Siak Slew The share market edged lower for the second consecutive week in what is generally conceded as part of the process of unwinding the previous ascent. In the absence of major developments operators by and large found no
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      Lock icon UK holds giant industrial technology show in China
      318 13 Reuter Peking, Saturday Britain launches an ambitious Industrial exhibition in Peking next week in a bid to fill a growing demand in China for advanced technology goods which only highly industrialised nations can supply. The British Industrial Technology Exhibition, as It is
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        376 13 United Press International Prices recovered somewhat near the close yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange in a move described by analysts as purely, technical. "The market hasn't made a meaningful move all day for the simple reason there hasn't been any volume," Mr. Monte Gordon, Dreyfuss Corp.
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        Paris
        206 13 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday. Paribes 260 (226.80) Indochine 257.50 (254) Fonder 408 (413) Prtntemps 143 (141.50) C.Oj;. 480 (435) Bull 67 50 (68.10) Royal Dutch 193 (192.50) Mlchelin 2050 (2080) Thomson 205 206.90) CJP. 202 (205) Rhone 180.60 (183.10) Air 396.50 398) Philips 90.80 91.10) Suez 361 (364)
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        Tokyo
        49 13 Closing prices (in yen) yesterday. 19C Nippon Steel Daihatsu Kogyo 21C Chi&so 94 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind 206 Toyobo 281 Hitachi 201! Kobe Steel 160 Sakal Textile 218 Teljln 305 Honda Motor 930 Showa Mining 113 Osaka Yogyo 104 Nippon Tetrapod 525 Shiba Electric 170 Nankai Worsted Spinning 215
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        Zurich
        67 13 Closing prices on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4570 25 SBC 3850 5 Credit Suisse 3730 10 Swissair B. 655 4- 3 Swiss 20 Reinsurance 2590 Winterthur B 1790 Juvena B. 2500 20 Nestle B. 4170 25 Ciba-Geigy B. 2250 —110 Baby Roche ***** —250 Sandoz Reg. BBC
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        Dow Jones averages
        33 13 Dow Jones closing stock averages on New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 industrials 922.71 (off 2.49), 20 transport 189.22 (unchanged), IS utilities 106.60 (off 0.51), 65 stocks 291.12 (off 0.70).
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      $3 mil. loss by Eidai
      71 13 Singapore Eldal's trading loss for the year ended June 1972 rose by more than five times to $3,132,962. Together with the previous year's loss of $1,007,936, the total accumulated loss stands at $4,669,271. Loan interest and loss on sale of logs came to $926,980 and
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      North Borneo Timber moves into new fields
      470 13 SB North Borneo Timber is in the process of diversifying into other fields of activities so as not to be solely dependent on Its timber products. The returns from the latter have been diminishing in recent years. NBT was incorporated in Sab ah
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      Bank lending rate drops
      42 13 London, Saturday. The Bank of England's mlnimupi lending rate dropped yesterday by one quarter per cent to BVz per cent. The move reflected an easing of short-term, lending rates with the approaching end of the Government's revenue year.
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      The share market
      1989 13 INDUSTRIALS 1971/1972 4 wks Stock Closing Price Last Week's TurnHigh Low •go Buyers Sellers Sale or over 6.30 1.38 4.70 A cm* 4.20 4.00 -0.70 24 4.50 1.20 3.80 Adhesive Tape 2.61 2.50 -0.31 20 6.70 1.98 5.90 Ajinomoto Alcan 5.80 5.90 1.55 5.10 4.10 4.00 -0.52
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    A SUCCESS POSER...
    960 14  -  Why some restaurants make it while others flop EATING OUT II I I■! II I I I WITH WENDY HUTTON Just what is it that makes a restaurant a success? There are a lot of restaurant owners who will like to know the answer to that question,
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    Shelley's back on diet
    367 14 "The trouble with American men is that as soon as you pass your 29th birthday, they start visualising you in the old folk homes." Miss Shelley Winters is approaching 50 and she says she has come to terms with the idea of being a middle-aged Hollywood
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    The Hunters draw in the crowds...
    307 14 The crowds are really coming In to listen to the sounds of THE HUNTERS at the Hotel Merlin. And it is not just in the evenings that they tupe their guitars you can listen to their melodies in the Merlin Grill Room at lunchtime
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    Remarkable modesty of the Redgraves
    779 14 It's not militancy that makes an impression when you meet the Redgraves but remarkable modesty. And Sir Michael Redgrave, who is now in Aus tralia to play his first Australian season, is the most modest of them all. "Sometimes too much so, as I tell
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      437 16 TALL, CHIN ESC GIRL bock from obrood wishes to meet/corrtspond with toll Chinese guys oged 24— 30 plus (preferably from obrooo too) Write Box 2299. New Notion S'pore. V EVERYTHING FOR PAMPERED Pets ovoiloble at Pet Lovers Centre, 3rd Floor, 411 Shaw Centre, Scotts Rood, Tel: *****3. w PEIGUAN DEVELOPMENT
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      351 16 W" 1 BALI HiALTH CENTRE for your Mosabge, Souna Bath, Weight Reducing Treatments, Hair dressing (Cutting Trimmings), Focial Massoge, Manicure. Attractive young ladies at your service. Hotel New Hongkong Shopping Arcode, Victoria Street, Tel; ***** (S'pore). JEAN S SALON FOR TURKISH BATH/Swedish Mossage, Facial. Manicure, hairtinting. 29-6 Tanglin Road, *****7
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      416 16 REGISTERED 1972 TOYOTA HIACE pick-up Good conditio* $7,500 0.n.0. Ptone: ***** S'pore. FOR CAR OWNERS!!! We ore specialist in Console-box makings, Motor hoods upholstery cushion covers of superior Quality Materials. l We also specialise in All kinds of motor car occessorie< Including radios cassettes Recorders AND FOR THIS MONTH, WF
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      196 16 .-.X. 9 GHIM PENG HOTEL new luxurious furnished double bedrooms $16 $20 Geylang Rood. Telephone: Singapore *****3 (7 lines). ELECTRON ORGAN WANTED pteferobly Yamoha. Contoct: Chia Telephone: Singapore *****9 home, ***** office. MSsßf V raSH) LtlS VISIT NEW COUNTRY HOTEL for home taste dishes. Chicken Ala Queen New Country Turkey
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    S'pore hammers Selangor 7-0
    448 17  -  By Dennis Chia Singapore issued a stem challenge to defending champion Royal Pahang Polo Club when it scored a morale booster win in the Malayan Polo Association's annual tournament played at Thomson Road yesterday. Led by Mike Henigan, a plus two handicap player, the Singapore team
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    Walters blasts third successive century
    264 17 Port of Spain, Saturday. Doug Walters blasted a century between lunch and tea in the Third Test against the West Indies at Queens Park Oval yesterday. He made 112 in 148 minutes with *>ne six and 16 boundaries in Australia's total at stumps on the
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    Elder holds on
    168 17 New Orleans, Saturday Lee Elder, fighting gusty winds, a balky putter and the pressure of a potential trip to the Masters, struggled to a two-over-par 74 yesterday, but held on to a share of the lead with Miller Barber midway through the U*****,000 Greater New Orleans Open.
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    Hartono sweeps into final
    182 17 -PRI OUSTED London, Saturday. Indonesian badminton ace Rudy Hartono last night was one match away from winning the All-England singles title for a record sixth successive time after clinching a place in the final against his fellow countryman Christian Handinata. Hartono, a 23-year-old Jakarta student took
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    Nth Korea given OK
    45 17 Zurich, Saturday—North Korea have been accepted as a late entry for the 1974 World Football, Cup, the International Football Federation (FIFA) announced here yesterday. They will take the place of India, who have withdrawn, in sub-group B2 of the Asian group.
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    Lazaroo upsets Kang
    782 17  -  THE SQUASH WITH ERIC COOPER The Nestles sponsored tournament opened with preliminary round matches on Thursday evening and the very first one produced a surprise result! Kanr Gee Bah, who finished third in the SAFSA championship, went down to Roy Lazaroo, who will be competing in "E"
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    Schools' badminton
    340 17 Zainis Ismail of Geylang Serai Vocational Institute showed much improved form to overcome NJC's Teng Heng Teck 15-10, 15-9 to enter the semifinal of the Schools National badminton "A" Boys individual championship at SBA hall yesterday. "A" Boys singles: Foo See Liang bt Tan Jin Sen 15-5. 155:
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      228 17 Sports diary ATHLETICS: Road re- TENNIS: SCC vs Diplolay league championships matic Corps (SCC 3 p.m.) (Seletar 4 p.m.) Mount TABLE TENNIS —North Vernon School meet (Mt. Korea vs Singapore comVernon 3 p.m.). bined (Gay World 7.30 SHOOTING: Air pistol p.m.) (Mt. Vernon 3 p.m.). SQUASH—Nestles sponPOLO: Malayan Polo As-
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    Bahama Lass looks winner
    815 18 By Scrutineer Bahama Lass looks hard to beat in a moderate field and I give her an excellent chance of open winjiing accounting in the Class 4 Division 4 6f (Race Two) at Ipoh today. She ran a promising race last Saturday when she finished third,
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    TODAY'S CARD
    1528 18 2.30 CLASS 4, DIV. 5 6F tmmm ($7,000 $4,900 to winner) 1 ***** ROMAN EMPIRE a(H Buyong) Osman 5 9 0 (del +4) Asuwadi 5 2 ***** CRYSTAL TOWER a (Crystal) Allan 6 8 9 (dd +7) F Coltmtn 10 3 95 TREASURE MILE (Gold) Teh 3 8.6
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    Piggott's chance to score
    94 18 London, Saturday. Bookmakers yesterday reported heavy betting on the eve of the Irish Sweeps Lincoln handicap, first major race of the 1973 English flat racing season, w*th most of the money going on favoured Jan Ekels. Today's race carries the hopes of hundreds of thousands of
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    Labour wins 2-1
    59 18 The Labour Ministry beat the Ministry of Science and and Technology 2-J. in a soccer friendly at the MFA ground yesterday. Science and Technology led 1-0 at half time. Star of the game for Labour was goalkeeper Teo Seng Meng who repeatedly repelled attacks at goal. Scorers
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    UK soccer
    21 18 Division Two Oxford United 5 Hull 2 Division Three Wrexham 0 Tranmere 0 Division Pour Doncaster 2 Darlington 0
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    TODAY'S TOP TIPS
    169 18 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER CALL BOX MAKUDA MARKSMAN Race 1 T. MILE THE KING AEQUITAS T. MILE THE KING Aequitas Treasure Mile The Kins Treasure Mile Aequitas Aeqoitas Race 2 BAHAMA LASS Diamond Spear BAHAMA LASS Satalamp BAHAMA LASS Bowl Klnf BAHAMA LASS Satalamp BAHAMA LASS The Battler
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      172 18 TOP BETS: BEST OUTSIDER: Bahama I*ass, Remember Me IV, Blooming Jangan Lupa in Race Six. Time. GOOD FORECAST: G q, NG: QQOD Malaysia II and Blooming Time in Race Four. ,feS V\aoef beer.- d a9l ea l GeU^ o Ti9 er ge r ao< V? w ee t na s
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      469 18 5 Singapore L 2.50 Opening and Roman Holidays: Burled Treasure 1.15 Lassie: Lassie and the Savage 1.45 Daniel Boone: The Dandy 235 Saturday Matinee: Tell It To Tlie Judge, starring: Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummlngs, Gig Young, Marie McDonald 4 00 Sayang Dek Sayang 4J20 What's My Line 4 45 ABA
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  • GO RACING
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      Kita Suka II is out to make it four in-a-row tomorrow
      801 19  -  By Blue Peter KITA SUKA II will take a lot of beating in Race Seven at Ipoh tomorrow. The Idomeneo four-year-old won his last three starts and is heading for the top class. Last Sunday he carried 8.7 to
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      SELECTIONS FOR SUNDAY
      159 19 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER MAKUDA MARKSMAN Race 1 B. BAMBINO HeadUner B. BAMBINO HeadHner B. BAMBINO Steady STEADY Balkan Bambino B. BAMBINO Head 11 nw Race 2 TRUE LEGEND Pacific Palace TRUE LEGEND Jet Dragon TRUE LEGEND Jet Drsfoo CITY STATUS IhHUfni Race S MUSTANG P. of PYectton
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      SUNDAY'S CARD
      10330 20 2.00 Class 4 Div. 2—9f BQUBi ($7OO0 —$4900 to winner) 1 2MM MARC HO II a (Aaric) Trt 11.13 J.Jafcasaa I twilFTHi (13 etarted) 114-T1 Ipoh l-S B'iF (J- Johnson) CI. 4 Div .2; lat?Le»Mi Sol MWT. T-US 2nd. Jet Dragon 9-0; 3rd. Ultraviolet 8-3. uiffMTM 8-3 »'|F
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