New Nation, 28 April 1973

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    Masthead
    18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, April 28, 1973 No. 701 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE SATURDAY, APRIL 28 1973.
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    THE $6000 CONTEST
    272 1 $6000 worth of prizes! This is what New Nation is offering for a grand Short Story Contest. Entries will be divided into two sections: For all students in Singapore schools. For all other Singapore citizens. Start writing today. All you have to remember is that the story
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    Guerrillas missing
    60 1 Damascus, Saturday. The Palestinian guerrilla movement said yesterday five of its men are reported missing after a 90minute battle on Thursday with Israeli troops in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. A spokesman for the movement said the battle was between a guerrilla reconnaissance patrol and an Israeli army
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    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 96 accidents yesterday. One was serious.
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    Lock icon Lebanese kills El Al man
    86 1 Reuter Rome, Saturday. An Italian employee of the Israeli airline El A 1 was shot dead by a member of the Palestinian Black September organisation in a busy street here last night. The killer, a Lebanese, was arrested and said he belonged to Black September.
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    Air attack on Reds
    56 1 Phnom Penh. Saturday.— United States Phantom Jets flew low over Phnom Penh to drop napalm canisters on to communist troops entrenched north-east of the beleaguered Cambodian capital. The planes turned repeatedly over the city yesterday afternoon to strike at the banks of the Mekong River, nine
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    Lock icon FBI chief quits over bugging
    554 1 Alleged to have destroyed vital documents Reuter Washington, Saturday The acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mr. Patrick Gray, resigned yesterday. This followed reports that he had destroyed White House documents on instructions from some of President Nixon's aides, whose names are linked
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    Tudor Image nap
    253 1 From Blue Peter, Penang, Saturday Go nap on Tudor Image in Race 5 at Penang today. This four-year-old an impressive last start winner over the Bukit Tim ah 6f is in top form and he will be ridden by Jim Johnson. Rain has been failing steadily from
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    Together in tragedy
    287 1  -  By Douglas Chan Tragedy united them. For Mrs. Maria Huber, 52 (left), it was the loss of her son, and for Miss Theresa Ang, 20, her fiancee—Swiss racer Joesef Huber, 24. For Joesef, a production supervisor with an oil exploration company. It was a promise well-kept at
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    It's back to school
    48 1 Hong Kong, Saturday.— The North Vietnam news agency said today that nearly five million students returned to schools after the US ceased its bombing missions in Vietnam. There are now over 11,000 schools in North Vietnam with 4.898,000 students of all ages receiving education
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    34 chit firms get licences
    268 2 But no word on new groups The Commissioner of Chit Funds has Issued licences to 34 chit fund companies to operate In Singapore. The current licences of all these companies expire in June thifl year. But the MAS has not stated whether these firms will
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  • Article
    CC quiz winners
    28 2 Kim Keat Community Centre has won the Current Affairs Education and Sports quiz contest organised by the management committee of the Kota Raja Community Centre.
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    Hon's date
    27 2 The Finance Minister Mr. Hon Sui Sen will open the new factory of Beecham Pharmaceutical (Pte) Ltd in Jurong on May 4 at S pjn.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Bamboo dance
    147 2 The on-lookers craned their necks to see the children step lightly between the rows of bamboos which "closed" and "opened" continuously afraid that their feet might be caught in them. But not the children. They continued their dance with full confidence and without any apparent effort. They appeared
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      84 2 Now we're flying twice a week from Singapore to Amsterdam...and on to London. Our luxurious 707 Superjets leave Singapore every Monday and Thursday at 8.30pm, and arrive in Amsterdam the following morning. On the way, of course, you'll enjoy the kind of inflight service that even other airlines talk about.
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      95 2 PWiTin Temperatures vin world cities yesterday: Tokyo 19-12 C Bangkok 30-28 C Manila 35-21 C Seoul 22-8 C Jakarta 31-24 C Kuala Lumpur 32-24 C Naha 25-21 C London 17-8 C Paris 18-® C Moscow 18-7 C New York 11-9 C San Francisco 4-8 C Sydney 27-18 C Adelaide 19-14
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      660 2 I HRPPEIHIIGS WHAT S ON TODAY The Minister for Health. Mr. Chua Slan Chin, will launch the DONATION DRAW of the International Y's Men's Club Beta Chapter at the Shangri-La Hotel at 8 p.m. Proceeds will be In aid of the Singapore Antl-Narcotlcs Association. PROFESSOR WONG LIN KEN, MP for
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    Another jolt for orphans
    164 3 The four Ng orphans of Lim Chu Kang have received another crippling Jolt in their tragic lives. Doctors at the Outram Road General Hospital have informed them that their youngest sister, Ngoh Neah, 9—a paralytic—needs an operation to stay alive. She has developed seVere bedsores which
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    14 school bands to fight for honours
    209 3 The Singapore Youth Festival 1973 will get off to a big start with a parade of colour and music at the Jalan Besar Stadium at 4 §.m. today when 14 top ingapore school bands will vie for three "maces ol honour." Emphasis will
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    New school
    28 3 The West German Ambassador, Dr. Wilhelm Loer, will officiate at the opening of the German School at 24, Chatsworth Fpad on May 4 at 4 p.m.
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    Jayceettes
    20 3 The Singapore Jayceettes will hold a lunch cum fashion show at the Cockpit Hotel next Saturday at 1.30 p.m.
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    Promotion of teachers
    305 3  -  Results expected in two weeks By Teresa Ooi The Education Ministry is expected to release the results of the mass teachers' promotion exercise in two weeks time, reliable sources said today. The promotion exercise will affect some 2000 candidates who were shortlisted by the Public Service Commission
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    How to pass
    32 3 The Young People's Service of Queens town Branch Library will hold a talk on how to study and pass exams at Its lecture room on Wednesday at 3 pjn.
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    A rise in dengue fever...
    134 3 Public health officers from the Ministry of the Environment will be making Intensive house-to-house checks for mosquito breeding grounds following a recent increase in dengue haemorrhaglc fever In Singapore. According to a Ministry statement, the recent spells of rain have contributed to an Increase In
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      78 3 Sports diary ATHLETICS: Third All Comers track and field championships (Farrer Park 2 p.m.T tipper Thomson Sec. School (Annual meet 2.15 pjn.). NETS ALL: Asian league tournament (Farrer Park 3 pjn.). CRICKET: SCC vs Graduates (Padang 2 p.m.). GOLF: Keppel Club gold medal competition ißuklt Chermln). TABLE-TENNIS: National Schools Championships
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      260 3 Quiz object No. 254 No correct entries WHfll IS II? MES3BEBII Last Tuesday's quiz photograph showed a fluorescent lamp. There were no correct entries. Tomorrow's prizes will be doubled. Do you know what todays quiz photograph No. 254 shows? If you do write or type out your answers and send
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    Lock icon At your service —learning the ABCs of it
    344 4  -  CAMERA ON SINGAPORE WORDS: Pauline Khng Just about the only place where one can learn to vacuum a chair, clear a cupboard, bake a breadroll and make a flambe dish and hope to make a career out of it, is the Singapore
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    Lock icon Warning on playgirls at the big fair
    195 5 Reuter Bonn, Saturday—Police yesterday warned wealthy businessmen assembled for the annual industrial lair in Hanover to beware of playglrl-tricksters relieving clients of up to 1,500 marks (about $1240) and giving nothing in return. The police warning was made at a press conference after
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    Three held at airport
    77 5 Beirut, Saturday.— Two Lebanese men with 10 kilograms (22 lb.) of dynamite and two detonators in their suitcases were arrested yesterday at Beirut airport as they prepared to board a flight to France. A Young Palestinian man who was at the airport to see them off
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    Lock icon A wave of murder and kidnap threats
    276 5 Swedish police alert United Press International Stockholm, Saturday Police yesterday disclosed a wave of murder and kidnapping threats against foreign and Swedish officials, among them two ambassadors and a provincial governor. "The threats have become a virtual epidemic," Superintendent Arne Ivell at the
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    Lock icon Japan will give $437m. to the ADB fund
    290 5 Reuter Manila, Saturday—Japanese Finance Minister Kilchi Aichi said yesterday that his country was prepared to contribute about onethird of the US$525 million (about $1312 million) proposed target for the Asian Development Bank's Asian Development Fund. Mr. Aichi in a statement made during
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    Arms cache found
    60 5 Dacca, Saturday Pollc# yesterday recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition including anti-tank mines, detonators and sub-machine-guns from an underground tunnel near Rajshahl, in northern Bangladesh. No arrests have been made but police said they suspected that a large organised gang was operating In the area
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    Now Pablo's doctor dies
    58 5 Paris, Saturday.— Dr. Jean Stehelin, for many years personal physician to painter Pablo Picasso, has died in Cannes, it was announced yesterday. Dr. Btehelin's death came less than three weeks after Picasso died at his home near here at the age of 91. Ca"«e of the
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    Teachers jittery over drug abuse'
    173 5 London, Saturday.—Overzealous and drug-weary teachers have been known to launch witch-hunts simply because a pupil's work falls off or he is late for school, a British expert on drug addiction said yesterday. Or they may launch a drugs investigation because they think the child has
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    Lock icon Import curb on Rhodesia
    262 5 UN's get-tough plan Reuter New York, Saturday.— The Security Council's Sanctions Committee yesterday recommended that all states introduce stringent new procedures to block the import of embargoed items from Rhodesia through South Africa and the Portuguese territories. The committee, composed of all 15 council members, also
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    Thuy back
    33 5 Hong Kong, Saturday.— Mr. Xuan Thuy, head of the North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks, returned to Hanoi today after visiting the Soviet Union, China, Rumania, Albania and Mongolia.
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    Lock icon Lay off, Manila tells foreigners
    280 5 Reuter Manila, Saturday The Philippine government said yesterday it had evidence that rebels in Mindanao were aided by foreign countries and deplored attempts by "external agents" to divide the nation. Philippine Foreign Secretary Carlos Romulo was replying to a Press statement by Pakistan President Bhutto
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    Gunman kills soldier
    47 5 Belfast, Saturday. A gunman shot and killed a soldier In the Roman Catholic Creggan district of Belfast yesterday. Army sources said two shots were fired at the soldier. His death brought to 778 the number of persons killed In almost four years of violence.
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    Results of university examinations
    4184 6 The University of Singapore has announced the results of the following examinations: Bachelor of Arts Final and Honours; Bachelor of Social Science Honours; Bachelor of Business Administration First, Final and Honours; and Bachelor of Accountancy —FlrsC and Final. The following candidates have passed the Final Examination
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    Britannia Club for public use
    98 6 The Britannia Club at Beach Road will be renovated and converted into a public swimming club charging a nominal membership fee. Plans are being drawn up by the National Sports Promotion Board to repair the building and the Olym-pic-sized pool which have been in disuse
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    Photographic display
    62 6 The SAF Reservists' Association's photographic exhibition at the National Library, will be opened by the Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Defence Ministry, Mr. Phua Bah Lee on May 14. The exhibition will be open to the public on May 15 and 16. On display will be some 150
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      61 6 ..t «ar i u r-- t: JK PHILIPS Today's men of action take note on dictation systems miiiMf N r« *3 Ik. f Safe ;r»f —^.£k.-db'« jJI^—I ■Snß "Ml—- iiiiiii^ V"*~A 1 r *W £BM PHILIPS DICTATION SYSTEMS INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF YOUR WORK. Single handed operation Rugged construction Solid
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      101 6 DR. KILDARE I niiiw in a IF you ARE PR. JAMES KILQARE, I AM SURE. SET IN. PLEASE. m x A »s IF THIS IS A KIPNAPPING, yOU WON'T GET V\UCH OUT OF IT. BLAIR HOSPITAL POESN'T SPECIALIZE IN PROVIPIN6 RICH RANSOMS FOR ITS RESIDENTS by John Prentice and Fred
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    Where pork porridge is simply delicious...
    838 7  -  EATING OUT kr\ KiTOwM] WITH WENDY HUTTON There's nothing like a tummy full of food to give you a nice warm feeling on a miserable wet day. As I write this, I'm enjoying the contented glow that comes from an excellent bowl of "chok."
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    All-girl quartet with a zing and a style of its own
    605 7  -  By Betty L. Khoo They started without much fanfare. Four fresh young faces singing and playing with a zing and style that far surpassed their age and experience. They are EVE— an allgirl quartet playing now at the Pink
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    The rapport that spells progress
    512 8 The labour movement is a modern phenomenon that few political leaders have dared to antagonise. By virtue of the thousands of workers organised under their flanks, trade union leaders wield a power that in some countries has literally held governments to ransom. Trade unionism has
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    Ali says 'no' to Oxford
    48 8 by ISPY Muhammad All. former world heavyweight boxing champion, has refused a request to stand for the post of Professor of Poetry at Oxford University. He said his first priority, after boxing, was to fight for the cause of coloured people In America.
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    Our workers are certainly looking forward to the May Day messages
    889 8  -  ISMAIL KASSIM May Day is onee again around the corner. Though there will be a two-day carnival organised for workers and their families, the thoughts of many concerned will not be on the coming celebrations, but rather on what
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  • Letters
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      India replies to criticisms
      572 8  -  P.S. SAHAI First Secretary, High Commission of India, Singapore, 10. I reefer to your editorial of Tuesday. April 17, headlined Rhetoric Will Not Solve Indian Woes, which is probably based on remarks the Prime Minister made at an election speech in Orissa. Since the speech was
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      Bugs at bus shelters
      268 8  -  H.S. LIM One morning last year, I noticed a few officials from the then Public Health Division getting rid of bugs at two bus shelters at Empress Place. It is now high time for the Vector Control Branch of the Ministry of the Environment to tackle
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      Bachelors left out
      52 8 The HDB has taken a step forward by allowing spinsters to jointly buy ana share Board s flats, provided they satisfy the set conditions. How about according the same privilege to bachelors? like spinsters, they too have good reasons for wanting to five in HDB flats. JUSTICE,
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      Give details for action
      60 8  -  ROSA THAN Public Relations Officer, Singapore Telephone Board, Singapore, 6. Mr. Jerry Goh, who wrote the letter headlined, How Long Have I to Walt (NN, April 12), is kindly requested to call the undersigned to provide us with the necessary information in order that we could
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      Undiplomatic PROs.
      146 8 In reading through the Letters Column of the NN, I cannot but notice the differences in the replies given by the public relations officers of the various Government departments. The replies from the PROs of RTS, Postal Services Department and the Ministry of National Development are all very
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
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      DISCOVERING SWITZERLAND
      2261 9  -  For the first time I touched snow! GENE TEO It was the third week of May. Spring was coming to a close, but it was still a little chilly. My friends and I were on our way to the land of mountains and lakes Switzerland. We waited at
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      ON DEATH
      74 10 Early the sounds of life explode Penetrates the silent density, Cries and noises infused, to bring Life to a throbbing start To meet the daum of each day; A fresh hope, another tear, So soon life began, so will it end A passage of time in years; No
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      MISSION OF LOVE THAT FAILED
      659 10 Day the missionaries went to China TO CHINA WITH LOVE by Pat Barr Seeker and Warburg 210 pages £2.75 EDMUND S.K. FUNC. "To China with Love" is a story of Protestant evangelism in China in the latter half of the 19th century. It is not
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      Inside Russiawith Lenin and Trotsky...
      630 10 Inside Russia—with Lenin and Trotsky... MOSCOW UNDER LENIN by Alfred Rosmer. Monthly Review Press 247 pages $33.80 OBAID UL HAQ. A book is not to be judged by its blurb. Publishers are wont to make excessive claims for the books they publish but to describe Alfred Rosmer's book as "a
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      Good for laughs
      326 10 TALES OF THE HODJA by Charles Downing, Oxford University Press, 98 pages, £1.25 LENA TEO. SntOUNE TTtwtß The review is by Lena Teo Funny and sometimes silly, that's what I think of the Hodja and his tales. It certainly has made me laugh, the Hodja being so
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      Cover of the week
      88 10 This is a study on the problems created bj satellite broadcasting. A survey was conducted in four countries France, Japan, Britain and the US where answers were sought to a common questionnaire covering social, economic and legal problem areas of satellite broadcasting. The answers and their
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      Into the world of legends...
      283 10 LEGENDS OF JAPAN retold by Hiroshi Naito, Charles Tuttle, 111 pages, $19 DERRICK TAY. No matter how old we get, the child in us never really dies. And with it lives the capacity to take delight in the fantasy and highly imaginative world of legends.
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      At last—a Young People's Gallery
      612 11  - At last —a Young People's Gallery f~ART VIOLET OON The National Museum has set aside over 2,600 sq. ft. for something long overdue in Singapore a Young People's Gallery. yesterday, the Minister for Culture, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, declared the gallery open. Situated at the ground floor beside the lecture
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      Anniversary show by local arts group
      339 11  -  If THEATRE VIOLET OON To celebrate its 18th Anniversary, the Perkumpulan Seni Singapirra (Singapore Arts Group) will stage a show at the Victoria Theatre on May 1 and 2. The 2 U-hour performance will include, among other items, a number of newly choreographed Malay
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      Lolly-Madonna fails to get off ground
      451 11  -  CINEMA MARY LEE Lolly-Madonna XXX starring Red Steiger and Robert Ryan. In the Cumberland Mountains of Eastern Tennessee, the family unit has not yet been eroded by social changes which have swept the rest of the country. In this dehydrated arbour, Dad is unquestionably
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      Jigsaw—the new series over TV
      721 11  - Jigsaw —the new series over TV fsioHT SOUN I) VIOLET OON Jigsaw is one of the new series on Television Singapore. It alternates with Assignment Vienna on Wednesdays at 8.30 p.m. Every day, somewhere and somehow human beings vanish never to be seen again. In many cases investigations reveal that
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      Focus on our landmarks
      332 12  -  Issues go on sale tomorrow fSTAMPS ANDREW LAU The Singapore Landmarks commemorative stamps go on sale tomorrow at all post offices. The issue is in a set of four. The denominations are 15 cents, 35 cents, 50 cents and $1. The stamps depict the Jurong Bird
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      QUALITIES OF THE VOUVRAYS
      254 12  -  f FOOD/ DRINK LI PO As we move Eastward along the Loire Valley passing among others Anjou, Bourgueil and Chenas we come to another of the best known wine producing districts—Vouvray. Of great importance to us here especially, the wines of Vouvray are in every respect
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      Sound beat for Labour Day
      593 12  -  fnisc MARY LEE STRAWBS BURSTING AT THE SEAMS (A M): Dave Cousins, leader of the Strawbs, once said: "I grew into rock 'n roll 10 years late. The early rock'n roll didn't do a lot for me. I liked my music acoustic." And Cousins' preference
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      Holding the wrong queen
      337 12  -  |f BRIDGE GRAND SLAM The 1973 Easter Bridge Congress' three events were all won by visitors from Malaysia and Thailand. This is perhaps one reason why the Easter Bridge Congress in Singapore has become so popular in recent years. The winners were: Mixed Pairs Mr. Zachairason
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      A prudent sacrifice...
      375 12  -  cukss LIM KOK ANN In the Benko Gambit, Black challenges White's centre pawns by offering his b-pawn. Thus after 1 d 4 Sf6 2 c 4 c 5 3 d 5 4 cbs, White's deeiwn has lost a supporr; moreover, because White has lost a tempo, his
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  • SATURDAY SMILES...
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      Pay them to learn
      55 9 Teenage rebels in the classroom, some bigger and tougher than their teachers, should be paid a wage Instead of being caned, according to a child psychologist. Dr. Joseph Neville, a Liverpool consultant, believes that the money should also be paid as an incentive to those who
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      Business is trimmed
      38 9 A barber, Mr. Frank Horn, spends half his day cutting grass as a school groundsman in Lincolnshire because* the trendy long hair fashion has trimmed his business. "Many barbers are feeling the draught," he said.
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      Naughty Noddy
      35 9 The Noddy books by Enid Blyton have been removed from Hertfordshire County libraries. The reason: Noddy, a favourite with children for years, is regarded by the authorities as "an objectionable, bad-mannered little fellow."
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      Of all the nerve
      31 9 A thief stole property worth £82 (about $500) from a cottage on the Isle of Wight. Before leaving, he left behind a government "Protect Your Home" leaflet.
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      Time's up
      27 9 Village clock winder, George Meredith, 68, of Knipton, in Leicestershire, has been made redundant after 30 years because the clock is being converted to electricity.
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      Colour that man!
      74 9 The husband of a young wife who had been "mugged" in New York and attacked by youths with knives in London equipped her with "guardian sprays", which emit a dye rendering an attacker harmless and readily identifiable to the police. Mrs. Pat Gibbons, a 24-year-old secretary, admitted
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      Stop that snore
      55 9 Wives whose husbands snore should try putting sticking plaster from one cheek to the other going under his chin like a strap, according to an article in the Nursing Times. But if it does not work, says the article, tell him to sleep on his side. That
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      Cheesed-off mice...
      61 9 Mr. John Casey, head of a British mouse-trap company, said mice do not like cheese and they eat it only if they are starving. "You need a tasty bait to catch a mouse," .he said. "Meat, sugar or flour are the trick." Mr. Leslie Howe, a public health
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      Loyal colours
      29 9 Some male football fans In Britain are having their hair dyed the colours of their club. Hair stylists charge £6 (about $4O) for a combination of colours.
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      64 10 SEE AND HEAR THE ICY HIMAL AYAS SLIDE SOUND SHOW Don't nuss it! The incredible true story of explorer photographer HELFRIED WEYER. 40ft. wide screen 3 LEICA CAMERAS* 6 PRADOVIT PROJECTORS MAGNIFICENT STEREOPHONIC SOUND ONE NIGHT ONLY 8.00 p.m. 30th. April, 1973 at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Tickets of
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      56 10 BENTUK 5 ft ®.5 'M, i'/Jd* yj J BENTUK f 1 i y "at.-./ r *lv 'V' y, ■V M| •r 2f test! Beta mmmm fast! Mi»» man'* BENTUK 63 BENTUK 68 DESIGN 55 with fin* iMtcMnp and Saw?**—lo. DESIGN 13 in brown «wd> with clastic gar* Hzm; S —10.
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      52 11 MARGARETS BEAUTY SALON serves you with Experienced Personnels For Your Hair-Do fr Manicure Facial Bridal Make Up Beautiware Cosmetics Fashion Hair-Wigs. Miss Ena Oh (London Trained) —facial Pat fir Teresa Hair-Do Attaodenco Miss JOLLY TAN (London Trained) Body Massage THE GALLERY 2nd Floor, Shop No. 6 Battery Road. Singapore 1.
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      430 11 TW^iswhat travel should be. J* v. «f^sr V i/ WHAT AN ECONOMY SEAT SHOULD BL TWA's unique twin seat is available on all flights from the Far East. When nobody's sitting next to you, you fold the middle down into a side table. You also get an adjustable back support,
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      416 12 Advertisement GARDEN NEWS CALATHEAS Marantas last week, and today their Calathea cousins. The former are reasonably easy to grow, the latter more difficult but well worth it for their very striking foliage, on the principle, no doubt, that it is harder work wooing a pretty girl but more rewarding if
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      267 12 NEW NATION CROSSWORD emm HMHII mmmm aiiiHiuu Mmmm HHBM 8 Put in new actors. 9 Nonsense. 10 Pester--11 Noted odist. 12 Punta del 15 Sends a certain way. 18 Sign up. 23 RimskyKorsakov opera. 24 Staggering. 25 Have a meal. 26 Testing place. 29 Harness part. 32 Act out--33 Letter.
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      United Engineers set to reach greater heights this year
      356 13  -  By Lee Yew Meng United Engineers looks set to reach greater heights in the current year if its 1972's performance is any indication. The year's unaudited pretax profit of $6.7 million was 23 per cent better than in 1971. The financial
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      2002 13 INDUSTRIALS 1971/1972 4 wks Stock Closing Price Last Week's TurnHigh Low ago Buyers Sellers Sale or Over 6.30 1.38 4.10 Acma 3.10 3.26 3.30 -0.20 17 4.50 1.20 2.74 Adhesive Tape 1.80 1.88 1.88 -0.20 17 6.70 1.98 5.80 Ajinomoto 5.40 5.90 1.55 4.04 A lean 3.38
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      Bonn aid pledge to ADB
      166 13 Manila. Saturday.—West German State Secretary Dr. Karl-Helnz Sohn said yesterday his government would aim to keen the German capital market open to the Asian Development Bank. Dr. Sohn told the bank's meeting that apart from the task of reconstructing the war-torn countries in South East
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      Prices continue to ease on lack of buying support
      607 13 Prices continued to ease throughout the week on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore. Over commitments to banks are claimed to have been one of the causes for persistent declines. Many Investors who used share certificates as collateral have been
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      APPOINTMENTS
      145 13 The Chase Manhattan Bank has promoted Miss Lau Aie Teck and Mr. Robert Quek, two of its Singapore staff members, to the corporate rank of assistant treasurers. Both Miss Lau and Mr. Quek are assistant managers, credit and marketing division and have completed their advanced courses in credit analysis
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      New advertising tie-up in KL
      42 13 Art Friend Advertising Corporation has teamed up with one of Japan's advertising giants, Hakuhodo, to form a new agency in Kuala Lumpur. Hakuhodo is the second largest advertising agency in Japan with a billing of $480 million.
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        357 13 United Press International Prices on the New York Stock Exchange closed sharply and broadly lower yesterday in light trading. The loss was the worst of the year. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial average had slumped 15.57 to 922.19. the 1973 low. Standard and Poors 500
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        198 13 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday: Parisbas 236.50 237.50) Indochlne 240 (234) Fonder 435 438) Printemp6 148.50 (139.10) CGE 485 (482.80) Bull 68.80 70) Royal Dutch 181.10 (193.40) Michelin 3188 (2174) Thomson 244.50 (242) CRP 226.85 (218.50) Rhone 185.50 (184.10) Air 400 (396) Philips 87 (86.10) Suez 392 (391.50) Citroen
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        198 13 Kyodo Prices on the Tokyo Stock Market continued to firm up in a shortened morning session yesterday, with the Dow-Jone average recovering the yen 4,500 level for the first time in four days. Despite the general strike that started at midnight on Thursday, the market opened higher on the
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        78 13 This service Is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (in Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. -t-35 UBS 4115 SBC 3700 Credit Suisse 3580 30 Swissair B. 650 Swiss Reinsurance 2400 —10 Winterthur B. 1810 —20 Zurich Insurance 7875 Juvena B. 2350 Nestle B. 3870
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        Dow Jones averages
        34 13 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 923.19 (off 15.57), 20 transport 183.23 (off 2.97). 15 utilities 100.85 (off 0.77), 65 stocks 288.93 (off 4.38).
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      528 14 SHIPPING CERTIFICATE COURSE Obtain a recognised Certificate in Shipping by passing the L.CC. Examination in the Proctice, Economics and Law of Shipping. Conducted by professionally qualified and experienced Lecturer in Shipping Subjects. Beginner* class commencing Monday 30th April at 6.15 p.m. Enrol early at: SHIPTRADE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT 5338, 2nd floor,
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      461 14 EXPERIENCED SECURITY GUARDS Requirements: (1) Singapore Citizens (2) Between 20 yrs. and 50 yrs. (3) At least Primary 6 education and be oble to speak and write English (4) Ex-police or military personnel (5) Willing to do 12hours shift and occept any transfer*. COMMENCING SALARY WILL BE AT LEAST ABOVE
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      516 14 REQUIRE TUTOR TO TIACH Physics, Mathematics Chemistry to secondary level students. Tel: *****8 S'pore. EXPERIENCED UNDERGRADUATE offers tuition in all subjects at all levels. Call S'pore *****1 before 9 p.m. w.yy.v..*' -v. •vw A m SERVICING ALL KINDS TELEVISION, TAPC-RECORDERS, Amplifiers, Television for rental. Reasonable chorees day/night service. Phone: *****
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      534 14 BEFORE YOU TRAVEL LEARN TMI LANGUAGE Longuoge classes, all levels, French, German, Japanese, Marv dorin, Indonesian, English, Italian, Spanish conducted regularly using the latest audio visual aids and language teaching techniques. INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE SUPREME MOUSE (Mi Fleer), PENANG ROAD, SINGAPORE TEL: *****/*****. TRAVEL AS A V.I.P. TRAVEL GEICWEE TAIWAN
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      673 14 fTfi L* a. *S< TT s 'I A well known subsidiary company within The Straits Times Qroup RiUire* DIRECT SELLING SALES MANAGERS TO OPERATE IN SINGAPORE WEST MALAYSIA. Applications are Invited from suitably qualified Men and Women who meet the following requirements: Minimum of 2 years experience obtained within a
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    SASA invite to Aussie coach
    238 15  -  By Nancy Koh The Singapore Amateur Swimming Association has Invited Australian Olympic diving coach, Mr. Frank Murphy to tone up our SEAP games trainees July. A letter was sent to Mr. Murphy last night following an urgent meeting of SASA officials after American diving coach
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    Iran beats Japan
    125 15 Teheran, Saturday.—lran won the Asian youth soccer tournament, for the first time when they beat Japan 2-0 In the final here yesterday after leading 1-0 at half time. Iran's triumph was a repeat of their victory over Japan In the opening match of the tournament. Towering skipper
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    Draw for Charity Day golf tourney
    2260 15 Draw and starting times for the SICC Open Day golf competition at the New and Island Course on Tuesday.. •A' Division (New Course) Ist TEE. 7.30 ajn. N. Sutcllffe, J Van De Velde, W. Cleugh; 7.36 Ong Choon Bee, C.R. Selby, Chen Yew Ping;
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    586 15  -  THE SQUASH RACKET WITH ERIC COOPER An unheralded but most welcome visitor to Singapore arrived earlier this week and hopefullv will remain for a few more days. Sauash afflclonados will Immediately recognise the name AFTAB JAWAID, undeniably one of the greatest players ever and one who
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    Records crash at Balestier Hill
    1612 15  -  By Angelina Asher It was a day of records at the Balestier Hill Technical School's ftlnth Annual Athletic Meet held at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre yesterday. Fifteen new records were established in the Triple Jump, Long Jump, High Jump, Discus, Javelin, 100 metres, 200
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    Sport is under the spotlight
    85 15 Port of Spain, Trinidad, Saturday The Trinidad and Tobago Cabinet last night announced the appointment of a commission to investigate the organisation, promotion, administration and control of cricket at all levels. The Cabinet has also appointed a second commission to investigate all other sports in
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    UK soccer
    20 15 DIVISION THREE Wrexham 5 Port Vale o DIVISION FOUR Colchester Utd. 2 Chester 3 Doncaster 0 Barnsley 0
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    11 15 United Press International CENTRAL LEAGUE Yomiuri IS Chnnichi C
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    Tudor Image set for win
    881 16 By Scrutineer Tudor Image has finally come right and should prove a trifle too smart for the opposition in the Class 6 Division 1 6f (Race Five) at Penang this afternoon. The Ragtime four-year-old broke the ice with a smart win last month over the
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    TODAY'S PENANG CARD
    1700 16 WFTTtMM 2,5 CLASS 6 > DIV 3 B F mmllSMm ($5,000 $3,500 to winner) 1 ***** WATANIA COMMANDO a (Tahnia) Mansor 10 9.0 1) SF J. Johnson 11 2 ***** BATTLE ROYAL a (Augean) Daniels 7 8.13 2) Harbrldge 13 3 ***** HALLAND II a (BK Chua)
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    TODAY'S BEST BETS
    171 16 SCRUTINEER EPSOM JEEP BLUE PETER CALL BOY POINTER MAKUDA Race 1 W. COMMANDO ProfrMrire RATIFY W. C—imando C. MARKET W. Commando ARROW HEAD Battle Royal THREE RINGS T. Brightness W. COMMANDO Ratify Race t HAROM GEEKATE8S HAROM HAROM GREY CHARM HAROM Geekayess Harem Geekayea Geekayem Geekayess Geekayess
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      24 16 HOROLOGICAL SPECIALIST CENTRE Also obtainable: CYMA, OMEGA, BAUME MERCIER Geneva Co. Pte. Ltd. 1. OVERSEAS UNION SHOPPING CENTRE COLLYER QUAY SINGAPORE. 1. TEL: *****1
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      477 16 5 Siippm 12.56 Opening and Sesame Street 1.56 Saturday Matinee: Because They're Young, starring Dick Clark, Michael Callan, Tuesday Weld, Victoria Shaw 3.35 Get Set: Boxing, Judo, Welghtlifting 4.40 Qunsmoke: Lady from San Louis 6.30 Suara Adek-Adek (M—Rpt) 6.50 Sandlwara: Retak Tangan (Malay Drama—Rpt) 6.30 News In Brief 6.36 What's
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      80 16 SHORT RIBS m a UK A SNIFFY m is By Frank O'Neal "THATS TvAE LA9T i WAsIB War MEXICAN Crttu/ mm Q s'a m U)UATS Til MATTER 5 Tat r TEg? j U /please...OON'T let 'er} \START, I'M SO TißEb^y BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I'v\ V COIN 1 10 GivE
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      430 16 Trust your BORN TODAY, you are Inclined —at least during your young adulthood —to care too much for your own pleasure, too little tor your own security. So, you may know periods of considerable privations during those years you are getting started In your career. Even so, you- will have
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      Mallaig should prove too good for his rivals in Race Four
      817 17 By Blue Peter Mallaig should outstay his rivals in the Class 5 Division 1— Bif handicap (Race Four) at Penang tomorrow. The three-year-old New Zealand gelding by Henry's Choice, sire of Penang Gold Cup winner Royal Mark, completed a
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      137 17 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER MAKUDA MARKSMAN lUcr 1 BUMPER CROP ».U'„, KM BALDWIN ANTELAMI Bumper Crop Giant Power Giant Power Giant POWOT UJ-.O. Race C AMSTERDAM Steady AMSTERDAM Very Active b=±^m AMSTERDAM Steady AMSTERDAM Very Aotlve Kace S REPLICA Influential O. COMMAND Influential G. COMMAND Replica INFLUENTIAL OlWfO—Md
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      11560 18 MfnM| 2.00 Class 6 Div. 1 81 ftUUU ($5500 $3850 to winner) 1 22ISS BAIJWIN s (Navies) Tflk 4 IJ Lin 16 THINDI <14 MM) 31-4-73 Penang 8-0 7F <P. K. Leong) CI. 6 Div. 1: IM. NMmJ 8-1; and. Ckvtr Andy 8-8 cmrr. »-l; 4th. Antelaml 8-6-Sh.hd-S'a-l.
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