New Nation, 20 July 1973

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  • 19 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, July 20, 1973 No. 772 Price 15 cents NEV^j&TION SINGAPORE FRIDAY. JULY 20, 1978
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  • 45 1 Miss Teat Slew Tim, 19, of Buklt Merah View, died at 3.45 this morning after being admitted to the Outram Road hospital with severe body Injuries. Police said Miss Yeat was knocked down by a car at Buklt Merah Hill yesterday morning.
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  • 13 1 Police reported 96 accidents yesterday. Ten were serious and one fatal.
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  • 473 1 Bad weather conditions blamed Reuter Paris, Friday The first of the French nuclear tests In the South Pacific was postponed at the last minute yesterday, due to bad weather. The state radio quoting a FTench news agency dispatch from Tahiti, said all had been
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  • 290 1 Libyans march on Cairo. Friday More than 30.000 Libyans, demanding complete union with Egypt pushed through the port city of Benghazi and headed for the Egyptian frontier yesterday still determined to demons trate in the heart of Cairo. "The people are enthusiastic and determined to carry
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  • 95 1 The share market was dull for the first 45 minutes this morning. Prices were easier. Tin, oil palms and properties were largely neglected. BUSINESS DONE: Sanyo (4) 3.10. Slme Darby (11) 6.00. Malayan Credit (1) 3.48, (3) 3.46. Development Bank of Singapore (1) 5.15. Oula Perak (2)
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  • 59 1 Hong Kong, Friday—An alleged 'callgirl racket boss, nicknamed The Godfather, was hacked to death and hurled 80 feet from a multi-storey building in a gang war over girls yesterday, police said. Five men, who were inside the apartment house in Wanchal with the victim, Lau Wah, 58, during
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  • 102 1 A timber company, Singapore Plywood Co. Ltd. was today fined $2000 by the First Magistrate's Court for a pollution offence. The company was alleged to have failed to comply with notices from the Anti-Pollution Unit of the Ministry of Environment to stop the emission
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  • 459 1  -  Youths now mix MX pills with liquor to get 'high* By Wee Seng Huat and Pang Guek Cheng Government hospitals have discovered a new and fatalistic trend among youths who are experimenting with a mixture of MX pills and alcohol. On an average about five youths
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  • 106 1 Peking, Friday The exile Cambodian Government of Prince Sihanouk today charged that the United States was planning the invasion of Cambodia by South Vietnamese and Thai forces. A spokesman for the Peking-based government said the recent visit to South Vietnam and Cambodia by the
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  • 32 1 Colombo, Friday A Bill approved by Parliament on Wednesday night, to convert the privately-owned Associated Newspapers of Ceylon. the Island's largest newspaper group. Into a public company will become law today
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  • 206 1 Call to form one United Press International Manila, Friday Thailand and the Philippines are pressing for the creation of a body which will mediate problems amopg members of the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (Asean), Philippine Foreign Secretary Mr. Carlos Romulo said last night. "We feel
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  • 27 1 Bonn, Friday.—A 46-year-old lawyer, a 30-year-old woman and her nine-year-old daughter fled from East Germany to the West early yesterday by swimming the River Elbe together.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 332 2 Seap souvenir touts Black marketeers are cashing in on the sale of the SEAP Games souvenir coin. This $5 silver piece can now be bought irom under the counter for $15 without any queueing. And if the transaction Is done across the Causeway the com
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    • 190 2 Current problems in general medical practice will be discussed at a conference of general practitioners to be held in Singapore from August 31 to September 5. The Minister for Health, Mr. Chua* Slan ®hin, will open the conference on August 31 at 6.30 p.m. at the
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    • 31 2 The Young People's Service c.f the National Library will hold a forum in Chinese on the educa tional system here at the library's meeting room tomorrow at 2.30 p.m.
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    • 105 2 The National Productivity Board, in conjunction with the Ministry of Labour, will soon conduct regular productivity surveys for the manufacturing industry in Jurong. The beard has already sent questionaires to several firms and requested them to return the completed forms by Aug. 3 to its Research Unit,
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    • 217 2 Little Marion Teo heard so much fuss over the missing panther that she decided to do something about it. With the help from five other friends from Marymount Kindergarten, she took up the brush and splashed merrily on the canvas until such an animal took shape.
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    • 236 3 16 more centres The government will build another 16 hawker centres at a total cost of $9 million by the end of this year. Disclosing this, a Ministry of the Environment spokesman said: "This is provided in the estimates for our current fiscal year. The centres,
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    • 58 3 The University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies will conduct a seven-lecture course on Cc.3t Accounting for the public at the university's Nissen Hut 8 on Aug. 14 at 7.30 p.m. The course conducted by Mr. Trevor Wilklns, a lecturer of the university's School of Accountancy will Introduce
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    • 92 3 Outram Road General Hospital today* appealed to relatives and friends of Kamariah binte M oh d. J a n i, 23 (above) to contact the sister-in-charge of Ward 48. Kamariah, a Malaysian, was brought to the hospital on June 14 by her brother-in-law. She
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    • 229 3 Only 48 new cases of leprosy have been reported in the past six months the lowest level in years. Last year a total of 148 cases were registered. Generally the majority of cases were concentrated in the age group of 15-35 years, although the youngest case this
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    • 147 3 The Chinese YMCA today .started a three-day camp for 25 pupils of the Raeburn Park School at its Tanglin Centre. A varied and interest lng programme of games, competitions and excur sions has been drawn up for the children. They will be taken on
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    • 42 3 The Minister of State (Communications), Dr. Ang KcA Peng, will present long service certificates and watches to retiring PSA employees at a reception to be held in the Port Authority Recreation Club, Buklt Chermln Road, on Monday at 4.30 p.m.
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    • 281 7 S'pore may be in it A Disneyland executive last night hinted on the possibility of Singapore's participation in an International village to be built in the sprawling DisneyWorld. Mr. Frank Forsyth, Disneyland's senior staff assistant for marketing said the project would aim to promote international understanding
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    • 64 7 The Singapore Bank Officers Association won a secret ballot to represent officers of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank recently. Ninety per cent of the staff officers voted for the union. It Is also asking for recognition for twc. other categories of workers in the bank. The Issue
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    • 145 7 Police Assistant Comlssioner Percy Milton Pennefather, 50, has retired after serving 28 years In the force. Mr. Pennefather, who celebrated his 50th brlthday last Monday, will be going into the "travel business." He joined the force in December 1945 and was once
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    • 33 7 The Minister for Communications Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, will speak at the Methodist Girls' Schorl Pounder's Day service and graduation ceremony at the School's Shaw Auditorium next Wednesday at 8.30 a.m.
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    • 125 7 The record lor the fastest building in Singapore is being established. By this evening, three concrete silos will have shot up to a height of 75 feet in just three days. Pan Malaysia Cement Work (Singapore) began construction in their plant In
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 258 2 Drive a Toyota Celica and you're a winner. Celica has all the winning style of a sports car. The long bonnet, power vents, fast back, wide tracks, twin lamps. Together they put most other 1600s out of style. Inside, the Celica has the finest finish you'll ever see in a
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 405 2 Poser No. 29 First 10 who knew The Deserter Last Monday's poser showed a scene from The f i ,0 correct en- f CINEMA POSER 1 tries opened by the Edi- I KVAM SU/NEV NATION CONTEST I tor yesterday evening were from: Mr. Lee Kam Fatt (medical officer), of the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 263 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 11 Flain. 12 Fice. 13 Scorch. 15 Implement for mending. 20 Pope John's predecessor. 23 Line drawing. 25 Shylock's daughter. 27 Berb's neighbor. 29 Fortune-tellers. 31 Period. 33 Mire's companion. io Stirred up. 37 Groups of eight. 38 Repeats by rote. 39 Obliteration. 40 Telephone. 42 Be
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  • IN PERSON
    • 479 4  -  IN PERSON Conducted by Jennifer Schoon It was a festive event for the staff and students of the University of Singapore. The University of Singapore Students' Union was having Its annual Rag and Flag Day. Colourful floats lined the road outside the Administration Block. Relaxed and
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    • 321 4 cnnine CLinic by PG Dear PG, I always read your column with great Interest but I think you are over-stressing the need to consult a veterinary surgeon for all complaints. Anyone who has been breeding dogs for a long time must know how to treat
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 276 5 'Vital in Vietnam' Saigon, Friday. Canadian Ambassador Mr Michel Gauvin, leader of his country's delegation to the International Control Commission said yesterday the key to peace in South Vietnam was in the hands of China and the Soviet Union. The aggressive and outspoken diplomat was giving his
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    • 82 5 Los Angeles, FridayElizabeth Taylor (above) left for Rome yesterday to Join her husband Richard Burton and presumably patch up a much-publicised separation that began on July 3. Asked whether she was bound for a reunion or reconciliation, Miss Taylor responded: "All I can say is
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    • 175 5 United Press International Hong Kong, Friday Chinese scientists recently carried out an autopsy on a 2100-year-old female corpse and found that its internal organs were fairly well preserved, the New China News Agency (NCNA) reported yesterday. The agency said the main diseases of the corpse could be identified
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    • 439 5 Senate team chief sums up Washington, Friday The seeds of Watergate were sowed by men of financial, political and governmental power who "undertook to nullify the laws of man and the laws of God," to reap a "very temporary political advantage," Senator Sam J. Ervin said
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    • 243 5 Reuter Rome Friday, The kidnappers of Paul Getty m, grandson of the US oil magnate, have asked for a 300 million lire (about $1.17 million) ransom, the Giornale d'ltalia newspaper re* ported yesterday. The rightwing Rome evening newspaper added that the kidnappers had also said they would
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    • 69 5 Karachi, Friday. Royalist forces loyal to deposed King Mohammed Zahlr still hold the king's palace in Kabul, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), quoting "reports from across the border" said here. The APP report from the Baluchistan, capital of Quetta, said General Umar Noorzal, commandant of
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    • 218 5 Reuter Athens, Friday—Sixty Greek officers and politicians—including ex-Pre-mier Cons tan tine Karamanlis were last night charged with plotting to overthrow the present army backed government, informed sources said. The charges were contained in a 70-page indictment issued by an officer of the military judiciary, Mr.
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    • 220 5 United Press International Washington, Friday President Nixon will draft a reply this weekend to the Senate Watergate Committee's request for tapes of his conversations with former aides Implicated in the scandal, the White House said yesterday. But press secretary, Mr. Ronald Zlegler, gave no indication
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • SHOPPING
    • 532 6 A bought a new house. You are all excited doing the place up to be as comfor table apd homely as possible. The furniture has been ordered, the furnishings are on their way but before you put all these in, be sure that the floor and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 282 7 NEW YORK? (why not spend the night in bed?) Most flights from Singapore to New York, via Europe or the Pacific, have one thing in common: you spend at least one night on board the aircraft,trying to sleep. But with the SAS Trans Asian Express you'll spend the night comfortably
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 62 7 DR. KILOARE by Kmi Bald M M 2S 1 91 r I mm I s a .v b]t John Prentice and Fred. Otefcnnson 2 n iiST^ PfSMOMO Mvues The AOO TCST i an i ii J A4t ferr-j™ ?rr m tuJL^ ~u m ~v tea); 11 a r m *r*i
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  • OPINION
    • 380 8 Colonel Gaddafi has constantly displayed a penchant for the bizarre. His latest is a Libyan "long march" to Cairo that may well leave leaders of the Arab world red-faced and angry. The march of 30,000 Libyans is ostensibly designed to force the merger of Libya
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 53 8 One hears of the kidnappings of ml.lionalres, their wives or their children. But have you ever heard of an elephant being, kidnapped? Well, one was, in the Vleng Pa Pao district of Thailand. Furthermore, the kidnapper is demanding a ransom of 20,000 ,baht (about *****0) for the return
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      • 58 8 One editor thought his newsdesk had been caught napping when he saw the headline "Doctor kena Oantung" (doctor was hung) in a Malay paper. "Why did we miss the story?" he wanted to know. A check with the Malay paper, however, revealed that the report was about
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    • 1154 8  -  Other countries have grave* of unknown heroes where vlaftttng dignitaries place the customary wreaths as a mark of respect, in Israel, they have the Tad Vaahem. A complex built to commemorate the six million Jews who died as a result of the Nads' extermination policy, Yad
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    • Letters
      • 131 8  -  C. K. TSENG Your educational broadsheet on China was very good! Congratulations! However, In the third Instalment under Chiang Kai-shek please note that President Chiang came from a middle class merchant family. He was far off from wealthy. Chairman Mao came from a landlord's family and he
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      • 76 8  -  SOON TUAN TEE We refer to the letter by Pedagogue on SubStandard Textbooks in your issue of June 6 and wish to state that all textbooks which are allowed to be used in Government and Govern-ment-aided schools have been reviewed by this Ministry. With regard to the
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      • 143 8  -  TAN KIN MEE At. Public Relations Officer, Public Utilities Board, Singapore, 6- I refer to the letter by Hopeful (NN, 4.7.73) regarding water concession for households sharing a common water meter but living In different premises. I wish to advise that according to Clause 2 (2) and
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      • 97 8  -  L.T. LOO There are too many unlicensed dogs running around my estate, Hoover Park and lately they have become a nuisance. They are a danger especially to small children and recently one of the children was bitten on the leg by one of the dogs. They are giving
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      • 126 8  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development. Singapore, t I refer to the letter captioned Impressions of a Tourist by Visitor (NN, 26.6.73). Car parking facilities for residents of Blocks 202, 203 and 204, Toa Payoh North are available In the car parks between
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      • 97 8 It is high time the traffic authorities and the Division Police realise the parking offences committed daily at Owen Road (stretch c.f road from junction of Race Course Road/Owen Road to Dorset Road) such as parking opposite white line, parking on no parking side and double parking.
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      • 109 8  -  JOHN SOON Congratulations for your initiative in printing for the first time a descriDtion of television programmes in today's New Nation. It has been my experience and I am sure that of many other TV viewers to wait up late at night for a certain programme and
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    • 609 8  -  By Joseph Galloway United Press International An old Afghani folk saying has it that there are three scarce items at the root of all the bloody tribal wars that have raged in Afghanistan for more than 2000 years: women, gold and land. The
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 412 9 There is a charming temple at the south end of Shenton Way. The Nanyang Kheh Community Guild which is responsible for its maintenance calls it the Foo Teck Tze temple. The Singapore street directory guide refers to it in Hokkien as HO TEK SU Temple.
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    • 645 9  -  The sailor who took on the role of Protector ©ur heritage New Nitici CMtiiics its ■MAkllf UMM M wwwlJ wwi 169 vR wlliyvpviw litttfic a wi ciltiral PRESENTED BY RAY TYRES The Ministry of Labour and Welfare building grew out of the Chinese protectorate which stood for 44
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    • 740 9  -  Always on the alert for that SOS CHARITY BOX .—By V.O. Whenever I attend functions like sports meets Junrairs or the National Day parade, I have found members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade keeping a watchful eye on the crowd. It has always given me
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 227 9 CHEVROLET A quality product of GENERAL MOTORS Chevrolet 350. Some people shouldn't own one. T. Some people shouldn't own a Chevrolet 350 because roof and large door areas for easy, composed access, it's too much automobile for them. It's too big and In short, a very civilized automobile, whether you
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  • FINANCE
    • 290 10 Most local shipyards feel the present pace of training programmes for their employees is adequate even though 36.000 skilled technicians would be needed in the shipbuilding industry by 1980. This figure was provided by the president of the Singapore Association of Shipbuilders and Repairers, Mr.
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    • 32 10 Central Securities (Holdings) has subscribed for cash 20,000 shares of $1 each at par in the capital of Central Management Services, representing 100 per cent of the latter's present paid-up bapital.
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    • 232 10 The Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago is opening a branch in Singapore This was announced by Mr. David B. Sterrett, the manager of the bank, who said: "We will operate an Asian Currency Unit conducting offshore financing, make medium
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    • 129 10 Kep on g Plantations' unaudited pre-tax profits for the half year to March 1973 rose to $3,566,000 as against $3,514,000 for the corresponding period last year. Total rubber crop harvested during the sixmonth period was 8,792,438 lb a drop of 16.2 per cent. The downturn
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 373 10 The stock market, confused over Phase IV and concerned about rising interest rates, closed slightly higher yesterday. Trading was active. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 1.28 at 906.68. Advances led declines 809 to 635 among the 1789 issues crossing the tape. Turnover amounted to 18,650,000 shares,
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      • 210 10 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday. Paribas 217.50 (218) Indochine 242.50 (242) Foncier 392 (392.20) Printemps 125.40 (126.90) CGE 471.10 (472.10) Bull 65 (64.20) Royal Dutch 172.50 (169.50) Michelin 1800 (1805) Thomson 243 241.60) CFP 223.50 (223.10) Rhone 164 (165) Air 365 (368) Philips 77.90 (76.65) Suez 370 (360) Citroen
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      • 253 10 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). A baleen 09 12 Do opts 04 04% Allstate 12 nil Amad 05 06 Aurora 14 traded Do opts 02 02% Aust Ant 17 18 Bamboo nil 05 Beach nil 25 Bounty Oil 00% 01 Bridge 15 18 Castlereagh 06 061 Cleveland
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      • 78 10 This service is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (in Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4040 —20 SBC 3660 —5 Credit Suisse 3620 —25 Swissair B. 594 9 Swiss Reinsurance 2450 —10 Winterthur B. 1860 Zurich Insurance 7200 Juvena B. 2560 —40 Nestle
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      • 35 10 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday 30 Industrials 906.68 (up 1.28 h 20 transport 164.46 (off 0.35), 15 utilities 101.23 (up 0.3), 65 stocks 276.61 (up 0.12).
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      • 51 10 Closing prices (in yen) yesterday. Nippon Steel 193 Toray Ind. 255 Misshin Steel 152 Kuraray 221 Japan Mall Steamship 295 Hitachi 254 Mitsui Toastsu Chemical Inc. 134 TDK Electronics 1050 Mitsui Petrochemical Ind. 260 Carolina 108 Csaka Titanium 115 Tokyo Senpaku 112 Miyairi Valve Mfg. 126 Fujikura Rubber Works
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    • 130 10 Prices were barely steady in selective tracing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. The market opened firm bat prices began to deline after a while. Under mounting selling pressure many counters lost ground as trading came to a close. The heavy weights however, maintained their prices, a
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 640 10  -  ART BUCHWALD The United States is having a very difficult time trying to figure out how to celebrate its 200 th anniversary. Many Ideas have been suggested for the bicentennial but few have interested the American people. The President's commission on the anniversary is
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    • 686 10  -  ASIAN DIARY By Ismail Kassim SINGAPORE One small step towards a new way of life was taken yesterday when the NTUC Welcome consumers co-operative super market was opened for business at Toa Payoh. The NTUC has made a wise selection
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    • 355 10  -  From J. Penberthy Reuter JAPAN China's Chairman Mao has delivered to his Peking residence, once each month, one bottle of Johnny Walker scotch, says a British importer long established in the trade in Asia. For this minor indulgence, ideology is apparently deferred the Chairman
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    • 247 10 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying: THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS IN DANGER OF BECOMING AN AREA OF CONFLICT. The Pacific Ocean is now In danger of becoming an area of conflict as a result of the decision by France to carry out the nuclear test
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  • TREND
    • Article, Illustration
      76 11 It's a food thing that coffee house waitresses —people who are on their feet round-the-Olpck—are not shod in the fonr-lnch vamp shoes currently fashionable. After a few hours they would have had to spend the rest of their working hours hobbling painfully around. It was noticed that the
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    • 634 11  -  The female front BY SABRIN A "Breaking up is so hard to do," go the words of an everpopular song. And how true they are. Take the friend of mine who believed that she and her boyfriend would stay together forever, so much so that
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    • 149 11 It is always a problem disposing of picnic litter. There you are with a pile of fruit peel, leftover curry cans, bottles and soiled papferplates and no dust bin around. Digging a hole In the sand and burying It is most unsatisfactory. As soon as you
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    • 51 11 Merseyside has appointed a Jolly spinster to plan Its future. Audrey Lees, a 46-year-old Lancashire lass, has lived on Merseyside most of her life. Now she is supreme planning officer for the area's new metropolitan council. She is the first woman to hold such a post In
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    • 222 11  -  By Betty L. Khoo We seem to have the stock image that Israeli fashions are styled on the lines of military dresses and battle jackets. But a lock round the local boutiques, which lately have been stocking a lot of Israeli clothes, shows that
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  • SPORTS
    • 638 12  -  Iff UP WITH LIM CHAN JaBw a nt Singh (handicap 9) apd Lauw Yang Choon (8), both of the Singapore Island Country Club are expected to provide the highlights in the quarter-finals of the Eu Tong Sep Cup Open invitation handicap competition over the Island course
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    • 264 13 From Blue Peter in Kuala Lumpur Class One newcomer Real Natural showed ability in a trial with Rush Again this morning. Galloping from the hall-mile they ran 3f in 38 1/5 in soft going with Real Natural (Buang) going well on the bit at the
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    • 73 13 New York, Friday.—Baseball results: American League —Baltimore 5 Oakland 2; Boston 6 Chicago 1; Cleveland 10 California 8 (11 inns.); Milwaukee 3 Texas 0; Detroit 14 Kansas City 4. National League: Pittsburgh 3 Los Angeles 2; Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 3; New York 12 Atlanta 2; Montreal 1 Houston
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    • 28 13 Paris, Friday. Frenchman Claude Toilet won the 16th and longest stage of the 20-lap Tour de France yesterday and Spaniard Luis Ocana maintained his overall lead.
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    • 19 13 Ramat Oan. Israel, Friday. —Uruguay beat Israel 2-1 in a friendly international soccer match here last night.
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    • 431 13 Reuter London, Friday Asif Iqbal, Kent's Pakistani alirounder, brightened a dull afternoon with a magnificent innings of 113 not out against the West Indian cricketers at Canterbury yesterday. Asif reached his 100 in only 95 minutes with two sixes and 15 fours and as a result
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    • 832 13  -  By Angelyn Asher St. Michael's became champions in the Primary Schools athletics championships which ended at Dover Road yesterday. St. Michael's registered a total of 501/5 points while runners-up Balestier Hill West scored 39 1/6. Balestler Hill West, who provided tough challenges to St.
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    • 178 13 Sng Tong Hoe is expected to win the "B" division title in the Anglo-Chinese Primary School annual swimming meet at Barker Road tomorrow, starting at 9 a.m. Sng, 11, who represented Singapore in last year's Asian Age Oroup championships at Jakarta, had already established
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    • 24 13 St. Louis, Friday.—Bob Goalby shot a flve-under-par 65 yesterday to take the first round lead In the U8)120.000 St Louis golf tournament.
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    • 235 13  -  By Dennis Chia Singapore's "ambassador" to the United States for eight months, wonder horse Jumbo Jet, returned home last night. The Pavot gelding appeared a little thinner than the last time I saw him but according to Ivan Allan Jr., trainer and part owner
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    • 182 13 Athens, Friday Britain's greater strength in depth gave them an eight-point lead after the first day of their two-day men's athletics meeting against Belgium and Greece at the Karaiskakis Stadium near here last night. Britain and Greece each won four of the 10 events last
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      53 14 What this smiling lass loves best is a beautiful day with just a hint of romance to set her cheeks a glow. Nancy Ang, 21, is a secretary. She likes being photographed, and you can be sure the sun will always be shining for the right exposure. Picture
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    • 99 14 TODAY is Friday, July 20, the 201 st day of 19/3 with 164 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand explorer who was the first man to conquer Mount Everest, was born on July 20, 1019. ON THIS
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    • 29 14 AH FOOK: Even the weather is working against the French. MEI LIN: Now that they've called off their first test, I hope the bad weather conditions continue.
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    • 2159 14 ■>,W v RADIO 3.00 Opening followed by For the Family (C) 3.30 Diary of Event* (C) 3.40 Where the Heart Is 4.00 Housewives' Matinee Three Dolls Go To Hong Kong (Mandarin film. Pt. 2 Rpt) 4.40 Animals In Captivity 4.50 Close 6.00 Opening followed by In tan (M) 6.15 Vienna
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    • 402 14 I LUCKY STAR IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have a firmness of mind that sets you determinedly along any given path until, without swerving from the direction you ve chosen, you reach your ultimate goal When you are In pursuit of your aim, you have very little sense
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  • GO RACING Fields, probable riders & form . at . a . glance
    • 865 15 By Blue Peter Nataraj II should outstay his rivals in the Class 5 Division 2 handicap at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The four-year-old by Sunset Hue (Sire of greatest Australian money spinnei Ounsynd) put up a creditable showing in his
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    • 145 15 SCRUTINEER EP80M JEEP BLUE PETER MARKSMAN MAKUDA R*M l R. MOOD Double Agent R. MOOD Doable Agent D. AGENT Romantic Mood R. MOOD Double Agent D. AGENT Ectopk Race 2 WEILY Royal Ovation R. OVATION Shanghai Girl R. OVATION Old and Bold WEILY Old and Bold R.
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