New Nation, 2 May 1973

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, May 2, 1973 No. 704 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1973
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  • 10 1 Police reported 78 accidents yesterday. None was serious.
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  • 181 1 The market opened quiet and sluggish with price movements mixed. A mild rally was staged with Intermittent signs of profittaking. BUSINESS DONE: Gula Perak (1) 0.92, (1) 0.93. Fraser and Neave (1) 8.40, (1) 8.50. Ben and Co. (1) 3.90, (1) 4.10, (1) 4.00, (1) 3.80. J.C.-MP.H.
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  • 340 1 FBI at the White Bouse Reuter Washington, Wednesday A seventh member of President Nixon's administration has resigned over the Watergate bugging scandal. He is Mr. Gordon Strachan, a former assistant to Mr. H.R. Haldeman. Mr. Haldeman resigned on Monday as President Nixon's Chief of Staff.
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  • 66 1 Dublin, Tuesday. The provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) last night called for a complete boycott of Northern Ireland's local elections on May 30. The IRA's Dublin leadership said in a statement: "Participation In these elections will not assist the struggle for freedom but will simply
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  • 41 1 The CID yesterday arrested a youth in connection with the murder of Tan Yap Poh, 19, in Bencoolen Street on Sunday. He was among six secret society members arrested in a series of raids in the Tiong Bahru area.
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  • 25 1 Kuwait, Wednesday The Kuwaiti National Assembly ordered today that the skirts of girl students on the campus should in future cover the knee.
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  • 978 1  -  Pay dispute with pilots may disrupt the smooth take-off of 747s By Francis Rozario The Singapore Airline Pilots' Association (SIAPA) is seriously concerned about what it claims as the "arrogant attitude" of SIA management towards good industrial relations. This may disrupt the "smooth takeoff" of the
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  • 53 1 Manila, Wednesday—President Marcos said today a new labour code would be announced soon to overhaul existing labour and social legislation. In a nationwide May Day speech the President said that to Improve con. ditions of workers and farmers "we must have a dynamic economy that la oriented
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  • 50 1 Madrid, Wednesday, Communist demonstrators last night stabbed a police Inspector to death and Injured six other policemen, two of them seriously, in a clash In Madrid, police said. The Incident was the gravest of a series resulting from outlawed May Day street demonstrations reported from the capital.
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  • 346 1  -  By Sunny Wee The Minister of Finance Mr. Hon Sui Sen, said the urgent task facing South-East Asian countries including Singapore today is the build up of managerial manpower to support industrial development. Speaking at the opening of the American Management
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  • 220 1 New York, Wednesday Three gunmen held 200 terrified children aged between 10 and 14 years captive for about two hours in a school in Peoria, Illinois, yesterday before freeing them unharmed and then shooting it out with police. One gunman was killed by
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 327 2 A visit to KL too The Australian Defence Minister, Mr. Lance Barnard, will be in Singapore from Friday to Sunday to have wide-ranging talks with the Republic's leaders. He will meet the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and the acting Minister for Defence,
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  • 278 2 Nanyang University is now reaching out to serve the needs of society in addition to its teaching function under a new policy approved by the fourth Nantah Council recently. The University's arts, science and commerce colleges will offer their services, including know-how and facilities,
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  • 154 2 Singapore will be offering 47 scholarships covering 16 courses as part of its 1973/74 ASEAN Training Award programme. Selected nationals of ASEAN countries may pursue courses ranging from poultry farming to hotel housekeeping management and. police training. Courses offered under the Colombo Plan
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  • 34 2 Mr. John Issacs has been elected president of the Singapore Book Publishers Associat'on. Other officials are Messrs. Raymond Yuen (vice-president?), Loh Mun Wai (Secretary), S. Gopinathan (assistant secretary), N. T. Nalr (treasurer)
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  • 34 2 The MacPherson Citizens' Consultative Committee will hold a Chinese film show, the Village of Crouching Tiger, at the Hollywood Theatre on May 27 at 8.30 a.m. in aid of its development fund.
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  • 371 2 20 in the last four months By Wee Beng Hu&t The use ef guns by robbers Is now on the increase. During the last four months there were more than 20 armed robberies, according to police reports. On two occasions, the robbers opened fire and wounded
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 397 2 I HRPPEfimGS wh t a O t d s ay on The Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. S. W. Barker, will open the SINGAPORE YOUTH FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND DANCE District n at the Anglo-Chinese School in Barker Road at 7 pjn. Dr. R. O. Heald. a member
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    • 54 2 Tides Today: 10.20 p.m. (2.8 m). Tomorrow: 11.20 a.m. (2.7 m), 10.55 p.m. (2.9 m). Friday: 12.12 p.m. (2.7 m), 11.33 p.m. (3m). Saturday: 1.07 p.m. (2.6 m). Sunday: 12.13 a.m. (3m), 2.02 p.m. (2.5 m). Monday: 12.57 a.m. (2.9 m), 2.58 p.m. (2.4 m). Tuesday: 1.44 a.m. (2.8 m),
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    • 128 2 SGKEBS 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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  • 391 3  -  Thanks to Singaporeans with a heart* By Wee Beng Huat Singaporeans can always be relied on for their support to the unfortunate Judging by the public response ti\e Ng orphans drew when their widowed mother was killed by lightning two weeks ago. Their total
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  • 96 3 Setting off on their "life of married bliss" are Mr. and Mrs. Chandran Nair (left), the happy couple who were married on Monday. At the wedding reception and buffet dinner hosted by the couple at the Sea View Hotel yesterday, Mrs. Ivy Nair, 26, the
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  • 19 3 Red Cross Children's Home will hold a w&Jcathon and fancy dress competition on May 13 at 7.30 ajn.
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  • 269 3 The Government is considering re-writing the Co-operatives Societies Act, according to official sources. The task is expected to take some time—possibly about a year. An official source said: "The Government will first have to study the existing Act thoroughly, as well as a report prepared
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  • 363 3  -  By Violet Oon Guitarist Jean-Pierre Jumez gaYe an interesting recital on Monday night, at times technically breathtaking but not always musically satisfying. I have noticed that classical guitarists visiting Singapore often stick roughly to the same programmes consisting of a standard repertoire but Jumez brought
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  • 145 3 The Singapore Dental Association Is planning a dental health programme to uplift the standard of oral hygiene In the Republic. According to the first edition of the SDA newsletter released recently, the Association will distribute educational material on dental health and proper techniques of tooth-brush-ing to
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 276 3 K '~vr# m. Quiz object No. 257 No correct entries w ftil Last Friday's quiz photograph showed a lampshade. For the second time running, there were no correct answers. The winners of Saturday's quiz, the results of which will be published tomorrow, will receive tripled prizes. Do you know what
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    • 98 3 weather! Temperatures in the world cities yesterday: Hong Kong 30-26 C Bangkok 36-2fiC Manila 36-24 C Taipeh 32-26 C Kuala Lumpur 33-24 C Jakarta 33-26 C Seoul 16-14 C Naha 28-22 C TOkyo 22-13 C London 13- 9C Paris 10- 6C Moscow 15-11 C New York 17-10 C San Francisco
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  • In Person
    • 535 4 A RARE and unusual treat like a Vishu (Hindu New Year) and Easter dinner and Variety Show deserved only one response a huge turnout of over 400 from the Singapore Indian Association which thought this up to bring their different ethnic members together. MR. C.
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  • 418 4 From the DOG HOUSE By PG It has come to the knowledge of the Singapore Kennel Club that there is a definite and growing abuse In the sale and transfer of pedigree dogs. It Is felt that the public should be warned before purchasing a pedigree dog
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  • Article, Illustration
    64 4 If Snow looks forlorn, it is because she lost her happy home of one and a half years when her owners went abroad recently. She is affectionate and loves children. She is also a good watchdog. Spayed and anti-distempered, Snow is looking for a new home. If you
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 58 4 Now the SPCA gets 5c for each h Ken-L Ration > <<r, 7s? Help the SPCA by turning in your Ken-L Ration labels to their office in Orchard Road. Help your dog to a healthy, active life with the wholesome, balanced food that's in every can of Ken-L Ration Ken
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  • 124 5 It isn't every day that a little girl gets a chance to pilot a plane, and when the opportunity came her way little Stephanie Sim just know how to "start." it. Mummy, school teacher Mrs. Teresa Sim, had forgotten to put in the coin but everything
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  • 511 5  -  Study shows a dire shortage of facilities By Sunny Wee A study of the Prison Industries has revealed that there is a dire shortage of proper facilities and that the vocational training given is outdated. The study showed that prison inmates felt they were being
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  • 371 5 Meeting today to discuss plans The University of Singapore plans to integrate two of its courses on building technology and estate manage ment, in a move to check "the fine division of professional labour" in the building industry. This will be brought about by
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  • 222 5  -  By Teresa Ooi The Ministry of Education is tightening its system of reviewing books for primary and secondary schools. Highly placed Ministry sources said that a more stringent method of book reviewing Is now being worked out to eliminate as far as possible errors
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  • 43 5 Mr. Fredrlk Schreok, 60, a career diplomat, has been appointed the first Finnish Ambassador to Singapore. Mr. Schreok, who joined the .diplomatic service in 1939, has been Ambassador to India since October, 1968. He will continue To reside at New Delhi.
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  • 341 5  -  By Bharathi Mohan Shopkeepers in the Serangoon Road and Lavender Street areas fear that a group of secret society members, believed to be operating in the vicinity, may resort to physical violence after failing in several attempts to burn down a number
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1465 6  -  From Don Oberdorfer Washington Post JAPAM Late last September, Japanese Premier Mr. Kakuel Tanaka stepped off an airliner in Peking to begin a new era in relations between the two great powers of East Asia. In this part of the world and much
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    • 369 6 Reuter AUSTRALIA Like most people, Carla Caranny, 21, was upset by rising food prices. But unlike most people, Carla did something about it. Now she and 55 friends pay about half-price for many of their provisions. She organised them into the "alternative society food
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    • 566 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying: COMMON ASEAN INTERESTS The Sixth ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting which ended at Pattaya, Thailand, discussed among other things the establishment of a central secretariat in Jakarta, and the threat posed by Japan's synthetic rubber. Although the meeting
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    • 571 6  -  From Tom Stevenson Washington Post THE U.S. Weeds can take a lot of the pleasure out of gardening. It is often impossible to accomplish very much without spending a lot of time getting rid of them. They slow down the growth of newly planted trees
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  • 208 7 Nairobi, Wednesday President Amin yesterday proclaimed victory in his war of economic independence in Uganda and said he was now thinking of a "General Amin Operation" to help liberate Africa. In a May Day message over Radio Uganda, the General recalled his decisions
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  • 178 7 UPI, Reuter New York, Wednesday. —Three gunmen escaped with US$5OO,OOO ($1.25 million) worth of diamonds after raiding the Air India warehouse at Kennedy International Airport here last night. A police spokesman said the the men entered the warehouse and ordered staff on duty to
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  • 20 7 Belfast, Wednesday—The Northern Ireland High Court yesterday ordered the extradition of a youth to face a double murder charge.
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  • 117 7 Canberra, Wednesday France faced the possibility of "global economic sanctions" because of its nuclear testing programme, the president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Mr. Bob Hawke, said here last night. Mr. Hawke said he hoped the French "would now come to their senses"
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  • 478 7 'Rhodesia too silent' London, Wednesday Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, warned yesterday that there would be a "really bloody mess in Rhodesia" unless there was a settlement of the independence dispute. He told a luncheon meeting of the Diplomatic and Commonwealth Writers
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  • 403 7 Cairo, Wednesday. President Sadat yesterday reaffirmed his country's determination to recover its territories lost to Israel and warned the Soviet Union not to be deceived by America's peace plan for the Middle East. The Egyptian leader told thousands of Egyptian workers at a
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  • 70 7 A State dinner at the White House was held last night before West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and President Nixon concluded their two days of talks in Washington on measures being taken to end the cold war in Europe and deal with the Soviet Union on
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  • 29 7 Jerusalem, WednesdayIsraeli security forces have uncovered a number of arms caches and made several arrests in the occupied West Bank of Jordan, police sources said here yesterday.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 99 7 ASIA MOTOR CO. (PTE.) LTD. From thr world s moil crmttwe aulomakrr Tovo Kotyo Co Ltd Hiroshima Japan SINGAPORE proudly announce the opening of their spacious new three-storey building at No. 1 Kampong Ampat (Off Macpherson Road) Singapore. on 2nd MAY 1973 For customers' convenience this new building will house
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  • 470 8 The Government has not let the workers down. Certainly the recommendations of the National Wages Council are not going to bring smiles to all sections of the work force but it would be true to assert that the majority, especially those in the lower income
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  • 73 8 SMS®' by ISPY A company in Arab Street which Imports dates from the Middle East Insisted that Its products be spelt out In capital letters In all advertisements. Reason: It Is the only company listed In the yellow pages of the telephone directory under "dates."
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  • 852 8  -  DICK WILSON "Even their cooks play golf." The speaker is an Asian diplomat in a South-East Asian capital. "They" are the local Japanese community. Japan's problems of building relationships of trust and goodwill in South-East Asia
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  • Letters
    • 259 8  -  A. M. CHUA I am a regular bus commuter and have much to say about the bus services. It Is well known that bus services No. 82 and 83 are very popular. But the drivers have been most Inconsiderate. Very often, I have to jump onto moving
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    • 504 8  -  K.R.L. WONSANITH Ambassador of the Khmer Republic, Singapore 10. I refer to a long article from Harlsh Chandola in Hanoi headlined Face to Face with Sihanouk which was published in NN, April 12. In this article, Mr. Chandola stated that 90 percent of Cambodia with 5.5 million
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    • 64 8  -  CORINNA DIEU Public Relations Officer, Housing Development Board, > Singapore 2. We write to inform Concerned (NN April 19) that the application of the former HDB provision shop (located at the junction of Tlong Poh Road/Eng Hoon Street) to use its premises as a transport office has
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    • 104 8 Recently at 6 p.m. I tried to find Singapore from the 17th floor of a hotel at Katong. The only landmarks to be seen were the tops of one or two of the tallest buildings in the Orchard Road area; a few buildings along the waterfront
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    • 69 8  -  CORINNA DIEU Public Relations Officer, Housing Development Board, Singapore, 2. Our Area Officers conducted an inspection of the 12th storey in Block 85-C, Toa Payoh and found no evidence of sub-letting. Mr. E. L. Phuah (NN, April 14) is kindly requested to contact our Executive Estates
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    • 98 8 I read attentively your article headlined Top Hotel Training Urged (NN. April 24). it was reported that: "Right now a hotel executive, Mr. Thach On from Cambodia, who has just completed a three-year hotel training course in Paris, is now doing his practical training at the hotel."
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 1013 9  -  The need for feeling in the world of machines CONCLUDING THE SERIES BY PAKIR SINGH AND ISMAIL KASSIM Modernisation is the password in the labour movement these days. Labour leaders have realised that their movement must not be left behind the changes that are taking place
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  • 1165 9 At every available opportunity, N T U C leaders never fail to refer to the November 1969 seminar Modernisation of the Labour Movement as the turning point in the fortunes of the trade union movement in Singapore. This is not
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • SHOWBIZ
    • 412 10  -  They're staging Tom Jones By Violet Oon Tom Jones, the play based on Henry Fielding's bawdy and rollicking novel, will be staged by WARTS (The Woodlands and Rowcroft Theatrical Society) from Thursday to Saturday at the Gibraltar Theatre at 7.45 p.m. This clever comedy is by
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    • 542 10  -  HITCHCOCK THEME SINCE THE 1920s 3y Tom Shales Washington Post Alfred Hitchcock has been trying to tell us something, mainly that we don't stand a chance. No matter how well-order-ed our little universe, no matter how firm the ground may seem beneath our feet, we
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    • 364 10  -  NEW FACES AND SQNGS By Betty L. Khoo A breath of Hawaii is wafting our way again. Bringing the aloha spirit of the islands are the Young Hawaiians. There'll be some fresh faces, new costuming and some new numbers. But even if the faces
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    • 445 10  -  WITH MARY LEE EMERSON, LAKE and Palmer and the Rolling Stones came out tops in the recent 22nd annual Japanese pop and rock poll. The Stones collected the awards for top group and male vocalist (Mick, of course) while Keith Emerson was voted tops
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 322 10 roi» ui THE raps Dawn two girls arid a singing dynamo called Tony Orlando this week achieve the rare distinction of being top of both the British and United States charts. Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree ousts Tennessee bombshell Vicki Lawrence in the US list to
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  • TREND
    • 794 11  -  ENDURANCE OF BOREDOM HAS A LIMIT TRISH SHEPPARD Has taking on a job left you feeling that you are a certain candidate for a heartattack or an ulcer? If 50... unlax. That's the word from Dr. David Macourt, a lecturer In Obstetrics and
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    • 165 11 How does your social events wardrobe look? Do you have a section for semi formats (like official functions) and totally uninhibited styles for friendly functions? It s all very well to dress completely differently if you can afford it. Most of us seem like we can afford it,
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    • 577 11  -  From George Getze When a man goes to the doctor he is given a medicine for his complaint. But when a woman goes, she is likely to get a tranquilizer or some other moodmodifying drug. One result of this, according to Dr.
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    • 206 11 The savage art of political satire is alive ana well in the U.S latest on the bookstalls is Kissinger The Adventures of Superkraut by Charles Ashman. The book cover shows mild-mannered bespectacled Henry ripping open his business shirt to reveal his secret K uniform. The sales
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    • 359 11  -  antiques MAGGI KOH If you look at Queen Vict or i a's drawing room at Osborne, once shared with her beloved Albert and preserved as it was exactly to this very day, you will see how crowded it is. Every table has several objects
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    • 187 11 New York, Wednesday Martha Mitchell is once more stunning the country with her frank telephone calls to reporters. The 54-year-old chatterbox wife of Nixon's former confidante and attorney-general, John Mitchell, says the Nixon administration is trying to pin on her husband the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 338 12 Further development of Singapore's port is necessary to cope with rising imports and shipping actl(m svcafdz ivlty said Dr. Lee Soo Ann, senior economics lecturer at the Singapore University. Bpeaking on the Port and the Consumer at the Port of Singapore Authority symposium
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    • 33 12 Tokyo, Wednesday—Japan yesterday wiped out her debt for food supplied her by the United States in the post-war occupation era, with a lump sum payment of US$l75 million ($437.5 million).
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    • 409 12 Reuter London, Wednesday Rolls Royce Motors failed to attract apy foreign buyers yesterday when put up for sale to the highest bidder. A number of ofTers were delivered to the London office of N.M. Rothschilds, the merchant bankers acting for Rolls.
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    • 144 12 Reuter Bonn, Wednesday West Germany is experiencing a British investment boom and there are no signs of the sterling Invasion letting up. When early British hopes of joining the European Common Market were dashed in 1957 by President de Gaulle's veto, British industry
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    • 160 12 New York, Wednesday. International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. yesterday announced Its earnings for the first quarter of 1973 were the highest for any comparable Quarter In the company's history. Consolidated net Income, before extraordinary items, for the quarter reached a record high of U*****.6
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    • 41 12 New York, Wednesday— Exxon USA yesterday cut its prices on heavy fuel oil products an average of 11 cents (UJ3.) a barrel. The President's recent suspension of tariffs on heavy fuel oil allowed the decrease, Exxon said.
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    • 95 12 Miss Betty Wong, 25, has to learn the finer points of airline operations as a BOAC passenger services officer. Her duties at the airport require that she has the ready answers to the many questions from arriving and departing passengers. Thus she has
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    • 581 12 CERTAIN CORPORATE PURCHASES ARE JUST 'WINDOW DRESSINGS' New York, Wednesday About two score companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange have bought up almost five million shares of their own stock in recent months. Why did they do it? Its not an
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    • 285 12 New York, Wednesday.— Scientists have announced development of new electronic" equipment for reliable detection of hidden fatique cracks in steel bridges such as those that led to collapse of the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant. West Virginia, on December 15. 1967. In the
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    • 83 12 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday—Hie 19 developed countries yesterday failed to reach agreement on the amount of investment of the International Development Association (IDA), a soft loan affiliate o( the World Bank. A spokesman said some of the contributing nations told the one-day IDA meeting here they had not
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    • 197 12 United Press International New York, Wednesday A new form of nylon called by the tradename Tajmir is being hailed in some textile circles as th? longsoughtr bridge between synthetic and natural fibres. A patent on Tajmir was obtained in March by Dr. Carl
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 256 12 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). Abaleen 12 13 Do Opts 05 05} AOD 09 13 Allstate 12 14 Amad 05 06 Aurora 10 12 Do Opts Nil 03 A list Ant 16 18 Bamboo 05 09 Beach 30 Nil Bounty Oil 00} 01 Bridge 16 17 Castlereagh
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      • 51 12 Closing prices (in yen) yesterday. Nippon Steel Hitachi 205 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind 182 Nippon Kokan IHI 180 Mitsui Shipbuilding 269 Toray 211 Ricoh 391 TDK Electronics 977 Japan Mail Steamship 222 New Japan Securities 285 Nippon Kangyo Kakumaru Securities 280 Sanyo Securities 290 Sanyo Vending Machine 880 Wako Securities
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      • 76 12 This service Is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (in Swiss francs) on Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4100 —15 SBC 3695 —5 Credit Suisse 3570 —10 Swissair B. 613ex —37 Swiss 2400 Reinsurance Winterthur B. 1810 Zurich Insurance 8000 +23 Juvena B. 2380 +30 Nestle B.
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      • 393 12 The stock market made a sharp recovery from earlier losses on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Then levelled off to close mixed to slightly lower. Trading was only moderate by the close. At the closing bell, the widely watched Dow Jones industrial average showed a loss of
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      • 34 12 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday 30 industrials 921.21 (off 0.22), 20 transport 183.30 (off 0.89), IS utilities 107.27 (up 0.07), 65 stocks 288.96 (off 0.34).
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    • 495 13 DIST. 16 LUCKY HILL, New 2-storey terrace house, 4 bedrooms, $153,000 Dist. 14 Jolon Jaffar, semi-detached, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, .3,2100 sq. ft. $56,500. Dist. 13 Sennett Estate, corner flot, 3 bedrooms, $78,500 Kor-lim Landed Property Agency S'pore Tel: *****7. TWO-STOREY SEMI-DETACHED BUNGALOW FABER HILL Furnished—4 bedrooms with lorge garden
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    • 501 13 WC AM GROWING COOPER LABORATORIES (Manufacturer of Fine Pharmaceutical Dental Products) ore expanding rapidly and require the following additional staff for the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur offices. (i) Storekeeper Cambridge School Certificate or equivalent with at least 3 years experience in a related trading organisation. (ii) Store Qerfc—Good Secondary education
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  • 518 14 Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday. When the average driver has a flat, he slows down and changes the wheel. When the same happens to Brazil's Emerson Fittipaldi, he grits his teeth and keeps a leaden foot on the gas. Fittipaldi, at 28 the youngest driver to hold
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  • 363 14 The first round of the Singapore Island Country Club Seletar and Fatimah Trophies will be played over the Buklt course on Thursday. The draw: SELETAR TROPHY let Tee. 1.15 pjn. B. Chambers (11). li Deul (18); IJI B. Lim (18). E. Newman (17). C. Loong (21);
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  • 27 14 CENTRAL LEAGUE Hanshin 3 Chunlchl 1 Yomiuri 4 Taiyo 2 (PACIFIC LEAGUE Nankai 6 Kintetsu 5 Nlttaku 2 Hankyu 0 Lotte 4 Taihelyo 1
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  • 51 14 Tun Myint getting out of trouble with a food chip in yesterday's Singapore Island Country Club Open Day tournament at both the Island and new locations. Schoolboy Jimmy Stewart won the title with a one-over par-71 and received his prise of a return air trip to Bangkok by Cathay Pacific
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  • 346 14 Bonn, Wednesday. South Africa, the holders, West Germany and Indonesia justified their seedlngs by reaching the quar-ter-finals of the Federation Cup, the women's world team tennis championships, at Bad Homburg yesterday. All three countries scored 3-0 victories in their second round matches South Africa beating Belglum,
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  • 1159 14  -  Athletes get step-up nod from officials IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD with NANCY KOH Singapore Amateur Athletic Association officials and National Sports Promotion Board coaches have given our women track-and-field athletes the "thumbs up" for their vigorous training for the Seventh SEAP Games in September. According
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  • 115 14 Paris, Wednesday. The South African Currie Cup rugby champions, Transvaal, yesterday rounded off a highly successful French tour with an exportless 22-10 victory over the University of Paris. This put their flnal tally for the tour at four wins out of Ave matches, their only defeat being against
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  • 38 14 The PUB Recreation Club held the much fancied Vigilante Corps to a scoreless draw in their Government Services Football League match yesterday. Although the VC had three internationals they could not penetrate PUB's sturdy defence.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 376 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD a M [7 swimming pool. 10 Argyle manufacturer. 11 Elec. units. 12 Pitting. 13 Sea birds 18 Attires. 23 Biblical peak. 25 Firm. 28 Plain people. 29 Jeanne 30 Mine: Fr. 31 Vegetables. 32 Landing craft, for short. 33 Brightly colored fish 34 Musical finale 38 Peels
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  • 345 15 Follow the horses marked with a Mona Lisa led into the straight but was soon beaten. Baldwin took over the running, with Facets and UFO making up ground from the rear. Baldwin ran on well under the whip to win by two lengths from Facets. Third
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  • 386 15 By Blue Peter Firebrand did a winning gallop on a fast track at Bukit Timah this morning. Ridden by Des Coleman the Gold Sovereign flve-year-old beat Nineteenth September II and Grecian Temple in a 3f trial in 36 3/5. Jet Dragon went better than Negri Express
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  • 161 15 The ANZUK individual badminton championships were held from April 25 to 28 at the Punjab gymnasium, Nee Soon Barracks. About 120 entries were received for events and the finals were held last Saturday. The ANZUK Air Commander, Air Commodore D. Hurditch, was present at the finals, and
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  • 63 15 Budapest, Wednesday. Vasas Budapest beat Honvey Budapest 4-3 after extra time to win the Hungarian soccer Cup yesterday. Vasas led 2-1 at half-time but Honved pulled up to a 3-3 draw after the end of regular time. Vasas will play in next year's European N Cup of
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  • 852 15  -  SOCCER SCENE WITH JEFFREY LOW The final stages of this year's Inter Constituency tournament may be played in a grand way at the Kallang National Stadium. Plans are already a foot that the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final may be staged at the new stadium
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  • 317 15 Belfast, Wednesday —The Northern Ireland soccer selectors yesterday ignored George Best when naming the squad for the British championship series which begins on May 12. Best, 27, walked out on Manchester United seven months ago and announced he had quit soccer. However last week Best said
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    • 143 16 Law student Hans-Ralner von Oroote Is a young man in a hurry. He doesn't like to miss a minute of his lectures. So when he hustles from one to another at sprawling Cologne University he does it on roller skate. But his novel transport
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    • 366 16  -  By Dick West We owe a lot to our brains, you and I. Brains are what keep us from having nervous breakdowns. Each human brain Is equipped with an automatic toplostat that Is embedded In the occipital lobe somewhere north northeast of the medulla
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    • 90 16 The year for sports which Miss Rumini Raoef developed from a tender age was steadily nurtured over the years and she is now a keeper for the National Women's soccer team. Rumi found time in between to develop other talent too. At 20, she is now a
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    • 93 16 AH FOOK: What a relief. The NWC has come out with the most equitable wage guidelines our Republic can accommodate. MEI LIN: I had always said everything will come unto the deserving in good time. Only let's watch the Implementation. Women take over... Little German girls who want
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    • 671 16 When rules are cast aside By Ranjeet Singh It comes on weekly with a thump and a thud. And thousands crowd their goggle boxes as Mighty Ton wrangles and twists with the Farmer in an arm lock. It's wrestling, or "Texas Raslin"
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    • 149 16 TODAY Is Wednesday. May 2, the 122 nd day of 1973 with 243 to follow: THE MOON: New. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Venus and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. Singer-actor Bing Crosby was born on May
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    • 367 16 TV JnriV*> 'O^jOOl nrrti i irr yyivr w yk XI M IUUU nf* KJLJLP w W sk^l 5 Singapore Opening and Sakapur Sireh (M) Diary of Events (M) Where the Heart Is Persembahan Ku featuring: Jlnah Kassim (Rpt) Days of Our Lives Close Opening and Lucky Dip What Others Say
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    • 450 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN TODAY, you are a pleasant person, given to highly contagious moods of merriment and joy. That others enjoy your company should go without saying, for you have a kr ack for holstering the spirits of even the saddest individual as well
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