New Nation, 25 September 1973

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  • 19 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, September 25, 1973 No. 829 Price 15 cents NE\^Ption SINGAPORE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1973
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  • 193 1 United Press International Tokyo, Tuesday A violent rain storm that triggered scores of landslides brought death, floods and destruction to a wide area of Northern Japan on Sunday. Police said about 60 people are dead or missing In the southern part of Japan's northern
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  • 35 1 Buenos Aires, Tuesday. —The Peronlst Governmen yesterday outlawed Argentina'* most active guerrilla organisation, the Marxist People's Revolutionary Army (KRP). Provisional President Raul Lastlrl signed a decree banning all activities of the organisation.
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  • 13 1 Police reported 83 accidents yesterday. Four were serious and one fatal.
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  • 444 1  -  Cats may have been the cause By Wee Beng Huat A fight between two alley cats is believed to have started a fire which rendered 240 people homeless in Petain Road early today. Residents told the police that one of the cats tripped over a
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  • 64 1 Paris, Tuesday. Cartler, the Paris Jewellers, yesterday offered US$2 million ($4.6 million) to buy the 69carat diamond given to Elizabeth Taylor by Richard Burton. A Cartier spokesman said it was a public offer and that Miss Taylor had not yet been contacted personally. The diamond, presented to
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  • 72 1 London, Tuesday. The number of Commonwealth citizens allowed Into Britain to settle here during the first six months after the Immigration act took effect dropped by 25 per cent over the same period last J *a' total Of 13,477 Commonwealth cltlsens entered Britain to settle here
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  • 269 1 Houston, Tuesday The Skylab 2 astronauts today neared the end of man's longest voyage In space and braced for a Pacific Ocean splashdown tomorrow) 5.50 a.m. Singapore time) in their crippled Apollo ferry ship Just ahead of a hurricane. Alan Bean, Owen Garriott
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  • 462 1  -  All suspected of having gang connections By Bharathi Mohan More than 20 boys below the age of 15 were rounded up for having suspected secret society connections in a series of police raids during the past month. They were among 300 secret society suspects
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  • 146 1 Reuter Bangkok, Tuesday A new breed of soccer player has taken tfce field in Thailand —the elephant. More than 1000 people turned up yesterday to watch a game In the Muan* district of Chon Burl Province. 80 miles (95 kms) south of Bang- kok,
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  • 307 1  -  By Morris John The government is carrying out tests on Imported fish—canned and fresh for mercury which has caused several deaths in Japan recently. The Ministry of the Environment, It is understood. is now analysing samples to detect such industrial pollutants in fish, known
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  • 283 1 Washington, Tuesday Nine European countries will build a space laboratory expected to be manned by West Europe's first spaceman and three Americans under an agreement signed with the United States yesterday. The laboratory will be launched in about 1980 by an American rocket The laboratory, ex-
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  • 27 1 New Delhi, Tuesday.— Thirty five Bengalis crossed from Pakistan to India yesterday in the Punjab as the first stage of their repatriation to Bangladesh.
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  • 127 1 Prices were fairly steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. BUSINESS DONE: Cold Storage (1) 5.65. Development Bank of 8-ngapore (3) 4.70, (4) 4.72, (3) 4.74, (1) 4.78, (J) 4.80 United Overseas Bank (1) 6.95, (5) 6.90, (1) 6.85. Malayan
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  • 117 1 Buenos Aires. Tuesday —Argentine kidnappers are demanding a record US$3.5 million (about $8.05 million) ransom for the release of British executive David Heywood, police sources said last night. The sources said Mr. Heywood. seized by six armed men outside his suburban home here on Friday, was believed
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 123 2 The Communications Minister, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, has restricted the employment of any person to carry out surveys of Singapore ships without proper approval with effect from this month. This new ruling Is Introduced under the Merchant Shipping (Organisations Approved for the Survey
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    • 61 2 Tickets for the Singapore Red Cross Society's charity dinner and fashion show Sparkle Tokyo at the ShangriLa Hotel on Oct. 6, are available at Red Cross House In Penang Lane. Guests of honour will he President Sheares and his wife. Two matinee shows at the same venue will
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    • 49 2 The Ministry of Health Is calling for tenders for the supply of fresh fish to the various government hospitals for the period November to June next year. Tender forms and further particulars may be obtained from the Ministry at Palmer Road. Closing date is Wednesday.
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    • 296 2 A shopping spree ended in death for a two-year-old Vietnamese girl at Scotts Road yesterday. The girl, Christina Phan Mel Lin, together with her neighbours Madam Chan Slew Jee, 42, and her daughter Angellne Ng. 14, were crossing the rend when tragedy struck.
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    • 290 2  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal A writers association is to be set up here by the National Book Development Council and the Singapore Book Publishers Association, according to informed sources. The association, which will be Inaugurated early next year, will provide local authors and
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    • 274 2  -  Teacher shortage By Ivan Lim Technical ipstitutions in Singapore are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit local people into their teaching staff because of the stiff competition from industries. As a result they have to take in personnel from overseas universities or colleges. Ngee Ann Technical
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    • 217 2 The Government has appointed 11 officers to assist In conducting a census on agriculture which will begin on Nov. 1. The month-long census the first of Its kind in Singapore Is aimed at gathering information on agricultural production, socio-economic conditions of the farming community, degree of
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    • 36 2 The Minister for Social Affairs, Encik Othman Wok and his wife, Cik Dah, will be the guests of honour at the Singapore Institute of Personnel Management's annual dinner at Shangri-La Hotel on Oct. 5.
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    • 340 3  -  Teachers expected to opt for more pay By Sunny Wee, Judith Holmberg The majority of education officers are expected to opt for reduced medical leave in return for cash. Teachers and principals contacted in a random survey, said they were In favour of forgoing part
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    • 209 3 The Government has collected about $130,000 in fines for environment pollution and mosquitobreeding since the beginning of the year. More than $90,000 of the total figure comprised fines for environment pollution the offences ranged from smoky chimneys and burning of wood wastes to emission
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    • 341 3 Haggling at varsity The University of Singapore Academic Staff Union is claiming a seven to eight per cent annual pay rise in its current wage talks with the University Council. The Council, has counter-proposed with a set of salary scales which, a source said, had
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    • 47 3 The Centre for Applied Behavioural Science will conduct a four-session course on Employee Recruitment and Selection, at Its Stevens Road pretolses starting on Oct. z2 from 9.30 am. to 12.30 p.m. Fee for the course is $70 for Chinese YMCA members and $80 for nonmembers.
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    • 34 3 The YMCA will conduct a six-session course In fruit and vegetable carving at its Orchard Road premises every Wednesday from 7.30 pjn. to 9 p.m., starting on Oct. 3. The fee is $30.
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    • 232 3 It was a very iired Trini Lopez (above) who Hew into Singapore yesterday for a two-night performance here. The pop folk singer, well known (or hits like La Bamba, Lemon Tree and If I had a Hammer, said: "Right now I am mind I
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    • 171 3 The Chinese Physician Association will hold its annual general meeting on October 21. A new 40-man executive committee will be elected at the meeting. The association has more than 400 members. The association secretary, Mr. Ngoh Eng Kok. Is expected to be reelected
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    • 49 3 The Coral Princess Is due to arrive here on Thursdav with 480 Japanese undergraduates and lecturers for a two-day visit. The aim of the visit 1s to allow the students to have first-hand Information on Singapore and to foster goodwill between the youths of the two countries.
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    • 248 3  -  Women swindled By Douglas Chan Police are looking for a sinseh-cum-fortune teller who is alleged to have seduced several of his female clients and swindled them of over $50,000. Most of the victims are believed to be bar waitresses, seamstresses and housewives. According to
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    • 37 3 The director of the People's Association, Mr.» Lee Wai Kok, will speak' on the activities of the Association, at the Rotary Club of Singapore District 330 meeting at the Mandarin Hotel, tomorrow at 1 p.m.
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    • 32 3 Taiwan's trade re presentatlve, Mr. Peter B.T. Chang, and his wife will host a reception to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Double Tenth at the Hyatt Hotel on October 10.
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    • 157 3 The Church of St Joseph's (Portuguese Mission) in Victoria Street has taken, a lively Interest in deaths. According to the church's newsletter, the problem lies in finding 5 ky out the dead body, not in dying. "At present, 60 per cent or more
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 326 2 Poser No. M CINEMA POSER aouw su/nev lUTto* corresr Last Thursday's poser showed John Wayne In a scene from Rio Lobo. There were only five correct entries. They were from: Mr. Roland Lee (clerk), of 56G Henderson Crescent C.K. Tan (student), of 139E Tronoh Road; Mr. Tay Tiang Huat (billing
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 284 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD an 9 Beloved, In Cannes. 10 Poetic contraction. 11 South American ostrich. 12 Moment. 13 Sedate. 19 White water. 21 African city. 26 Daytime TV show. 27 Ditch. 28 Host. 29 Nothing: Fr. 30 Alert watchman. 31 Judge. 33 Tree covering. 35 Sea swallow. 36 Buffalo's county.
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  • IN PERSON
    • 421 4  -  IN PERSON Conducted by Jennifer Schoon ON GUARD, sword tips touching, the fencers waited keenly hoping the opponent would make a slip which would allow a forward lunge and thrust to strike a vulnerable spot, thus gaining a point. The Vigilante Corps was holding
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1146 4 Now a need for birth control schemes SPORE '73 The thrre-day seminar on labour/management cooperation in population and family planning activities jointly organised by the Singapore Manufacturers' Association, the Singapore Employers' Federation, the National Employers' Council, the National Trades Union Congress, the Ministry of Labour,
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    • 544 4 If our current birth rate of 1.8 per cent continues Singapore's population will double to 4.3 million in 39 years' time. Dr. Margaret Loh. executive secretary of the Family Planning and Population Board said this at the recent seminar on labour/management co-operation in
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    • 681 4  -  By Sunny Wee The PAP objectives of democratic socialism have never changed although the party policies have changed during the past 15 years to suit contemporary situations, according to Enclk Rahlm Ishak, Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs). Encik Rahlm says this
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 190 5 Beirut, Tuesday. Israeli troops are massing along the Syrian and Lebanese borders, Palestinian guerrilla sources said In Beirut yesterday. Two Israeli warplanes were seen flying over south Lebanon near Sldon and Nabattlyem before withdrawing. The sources also said other Israeli planes flew over guerrilla
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    • 490 5 Dr. K: Our special obligation Reuter New York, Tuesday The new US Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, said yesterday the United States was ready to use its influence towards an accommodation in such disputes as the Middle East. In his first address
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    • 277 5 'Based on realities' Reuter Sydney, Tuesday Defence Minister Lance Barnard today forshadowed a return to a "fortress Australia" concept In Australia's defence training policy. Replying in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald to recent criticism of defence cuts by the Labour government, Mr. Barnard said the defence
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    • 120 5 Reuter London, Tuesday The Chinese concert pianist Fou Ts'ong is to marry Miss Hi Jong Hyun from South Korea in London today, it was learned yesterday. The 39-year-old pianist married Zamira Menuhln, the daughter of celebrated violinist Yehudi Menuhln. in i960. But the
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    • 18 5 Caracas, Tuesday. The Venezuelan government has recognised Chile's new military regime, the Foreign Ministry announced here yesterday.
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    • Article, Illustration
      50 5 Chippewa Indian Adam Nordwall sits on the front of a jet engine and raises his lance in triumph on arrival at Rome Airport. Nordwall, of San Francisco, came to turn the tables on Christopher Columbus by "discovering" Italy and claiming all the territory UPI UPI radio picture
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    • 275 5 Reuter Saigon, Tuesday The survivors of a South Vietnamese ranger battalion, possibly accompanied by some wives and children, were trekIn g to safety today through mountainous terrain after communist forces drove them from a remote Central Highlands border base. Military sources estimated It could take the
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    • 341 5 Reuter London, Tuesday. The British people were bluntly warned yesterday that by 1985 their country could be one of the poorest In Europe unless they stripped acting as if Britain were still a mighty power. The warning by Lord Rothschild,
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    • 256 5 United Press International Belgrade, Tuesday Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin warned yesterday the Soviet Union would resist any attemps at the European Security Conference in Geneva to drive a wedge between the communist countries of eastern Europe, political sources said. Speaking at a luncheon on the first
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    • 223 5 Reuter La Paz, Tuesday. The Bolivian Government announced yesterday that it had detained nearly 100 political and trade union leaders in connection with a leftwing plot to overthrow it by means of a general strike and armed insurrection with support from Chile. Bank and insurance workers went
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    • 190 5 Reuter New York, Tuesday Libyan Oil Minister, Mr. Izziddin Mabrouk says that major oil-producing countries will shut down their fields 11 the Western oil companies attempt a boycott of Libyan oil, the New York Times reported yesterday. In an interview with the Times In Vienna, Mr. Mabrouk
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    • 282 5 Hunt testifies at bugging inquiry Reuter Washington, Tuesday —Imprisoned Watergate burglar Howard Hunt said yesterday he forged a cable at the urging of former White House aide Charles Colson purporting to show that President John Kennedy approved the assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh
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    • 245 5 United Press International Washington, Tuesday A multi-millionaire land investor has told federal prosecutors Investigating p o 111 i c a 1 kickbacks that he funnelled as much as US$lOO,OOO ($230,000) in cash to Vice-President Agnew and other Maryland political figures, the Washington StarNews reported yesterday.
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  • OPINION
    • 542 6 The "understanding gap" between local trade union leaders and the workers, referred to by Mr. Devan Nair, secretarygeneral of the NTUC, is not an unusual phenomenon. Even parents and children suffer from the generation gap, so it should not be surprising that the older union leaders,
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    • 83 6 'WHISPERS' by ISPY Here's another example of how Singaporeans have become victims of urbanisation. A university student who had been sent to do some practical work in the "rural" areas of the Island, came back excitedly to report to his supervisor, "I never knew that pigs
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    • 1230 6  -  11m Baabas are reported te have translated and published mm *t Gerald da Cras's poms. The poet, however, is hr from happy, since the Russians apparently thought It unnecessary to obtain his pcrmtedoa first Gerald de Crus Is also unhappy for a second m
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    • 558 6 HWORU) COMMENT EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Japan Times The Joint communique issued at the end of French President Georges Pompidou's visit to China laid great stress on their determination to oppose hegemony of any kind. This can be interpreted as an implied slap against the American and
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    • 968 6  -  By H.D.S. Greenway Washington Post With the advent of the monsoon season In Cambodia having blunted the re be J offensive, relieved Cambodians say. "Gen. Water can hold Phnom Penh for us until December." i The annual monsoon flooding of the Mekong River,
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    • 627 6  -  By David Lamb Los Angeles Times Australia is moving slowly towards a negotiated solution to one of its thorniest governmental pr o Wems —how to make workable the often hostile relationship between Federal and State Parliaments. On one side is the Labour Government of
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 107 7 New Nation recently held a tea party at which the winners of the short story contest were presented with their prizes. Everyone said the prize-giving evening was a success but what was more important is that all present said the contest was a big success.
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    • Article, Illustration
      1982 7  -  By H. K. Leong M e n g was the youngest of Sam Sum's children. The family lived in Mui Nee's old house, the one with the drain In front, and reached from the road by a wooden bridge. When the tide rose and the rains came, just around
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    • 2810 7  -  By Danny Tan The night wind howled. The sky was dark. That night, not even a little star glistened above. In a little lane, a young man of about 20. walked on as fast as he could. "Only a couple of 100 yards more to go," he
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    • 229 7 This is what Dr. C.L. Chua, a University of Singapore lecturer and one of the judges, has to say about the stories we received. Open category More stories were serious rather than humorous; many dealt with abnormal people, relationships and situations. This tendency peril ap
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  • TREND
    • 259 8 Melbourne Herald Biba, London'! first new department store for 30 years, has caught everyone's imagination. It s an astonishing temple of art deco where the thirties have burst back to life. At a time when the boutique revolution has the big department ■tores
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    • Article, Illustration
      1039 8  -  WOMEN HERE HAVE LESS FEARS ABOUT GROWING OLD THAN ELSEWHERE BETTY L. KHOO Women in their forties pow have exalted company. There are the ageing but still beautiful and glamorous— Elizabeth Taylor, Christina Ford, Debbie Reynolds among others. But this Is scant consolation for the women who
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    • 205 8  -  YOGA TAN CHUNG LEE Last week, after the review of the record, Yoga for Health, Music City (Hup Hup) and I received numerous calls from readers who wanted to buy the album, but found it was not available yet as mentioned. I must
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  • FINANCE
    • 370 8  -  COMPANY PROFILE By Lee Yew Meng Tong Meng industries began to embark on a planned programme of reorganisation last year to check its declining financial strength. Except for 1969, it has been running at a loss. This move to steer the company
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    • Article, Illustration
      272 8 The Asia B un k a Kaikan Dosokai (Asia Culture Association) has awarded scholarships to two Singaporeans to train In Japan. They are Mr. Soon Woon Pow, a technical officer with the PWD, and Mr. Lee Yoke Hal, a civil design draftsman attached to the PUB. Both have
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 531 8 Stock prices posted their fourth consecutive broad advance yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange on the Impetus of hopes that the Federal reserves tight money policies would be eased. Trading was active. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones industrial average had gained 8.81 to 936.71. This
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      • 272 8 Closing prices at 11.30 am (Australian time). A baleen 11 12 DO opts nil 01 Vi Do opts 02 ft 03 AOD 07 nil Allstate 08 09 AM AD nil OS Aurora 08 10 Do opts nil Ollfc A ust Ant 15 16 Bamboo 04 OS Beach 20 26
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      • 209 8 Closing prices (In francs) yesterday. Pari baa 223.50 (221.50) Jndochlne 262.70 (268) Fonder 396 (396) Prin temps 120 (118.50) CQE 421.50 420) Bull 57.20 (58) Royal Dutch 170.10 (170) Mlchelln 1799 (1761) Thomson 2M.80 (254.80) OTP 208.80 (208) Rhone 157.60 (157.50) Air 273.50 (272) BSN 1285 (1240) Philips 88.40
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      • 54 8 Closing price# (In yen) yesterday Nippon Steel 163 Nlkko Securities 369 Xsblbara Sangyo 26C Mitsubishi Heavy Ind 905 Hitacm 313 Nippon Mining 334 Mitsui Shipbulld 409 Japan Mail Steamship 251 Toshiba 143 Mitral Petrochemi 328 Yamalchi Securities 436 Nll®ata Sogo Bank 3M Hitachi Sales 305 Kasuga Electric 330 Kaljima
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      • 33 8 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange: 30 industrials 932.27 (up 8.81), 20 transport 172.62 (up 128). 15 utilities 100.84 (up 0.48) and 65 stocks 284.27 (up 2,34).
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      • 77 8 ThU service Is from the union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (in Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 3850 —6 SBC 3360 Credit Suisse 3355 +6 Swissair B. 810 Swiss Reinsurance 2385 —8 Wlnterthur B. 1930 —10 Zurich Insurance Juvena B. 2510 16 Nestle B. 3898
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    • 136 8 Reuter Frankfurt, Tuesday.— The French franc held steady above its joint European "float" floor against the mark yesterday and for the first time since the Dutch revaluation eight days ago did not need support from the West German central bank, dealers said. The French currency
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    • 248 8 Prices drifted lower on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterThe market opened fairly steady bat remained hesitant for the first hoar before easing down towards the close in spite of a mild rally late in the afternoon. The Stock Exchange has grouped all the banking, insurance and investment
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  • SHOPPING
    • 786 9 JUST about every- one loves food. That is food that is well cooked. No one likes food just to fill the stomach. Food must be enjoyed. They must not only have tempting aromas but must also be flavoursome. That's why wherever you And good food, you
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    • 302 9 There is muse on your records you hove probably heard The average listener spends over twice as much on records as he does on his entire music system Ana then never gets to hear many ot the sounds on hts records in most systems the speakers limit the sounds to
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  • SPORTS
    • 109 10 This eleven will not be scoring any goals! They are members of the Organising Committee for the World Cup soccer finals to be staged in West Germany next year. They are (from left): Haas Lang, deDUty director of the Organising Committee. Herbert Grassle (responsible
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    • 607 10  -  f \m SCENE by Jeffrey Low The F.A. Youth Committee have derided to make a thorough check on footballers' credentials In the quarterfinals of the Youth tournament at Jalan Besar this weekend. The step is being taken to prevent clubs from fielding over-aged or
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    • 146 10 Havana, Tuesday Vassili Alexeiev, the Soviet Olympic champion, won the world weightlifting championships here last night with a total of 402.5 kilos (8871b). Rudolf Mang of West Cfermany was second with 400 kilos (881 Vi lb), and E. Patishev of the Soviet Union, third with 392.5
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    • 199 10 Jakarta, Tuesday Former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad All will go ahead with his fight against Dutchman Rudi Lubbers here on October 20, Indonesian promoter Raden Sumantrl announced yesterday. Sumantrl told a Press conference All would arrive In Jakarta on October 8
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    • 165 10 Philadelphia, Tuesday. —Billie Jean King said yesterday she only played Bobby Riggs because of "principle" and reiterated that she does not plan to grant a rematch. Mrs. King, here to promote the newly formed World Tennis League, said she did not think she wanted
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    • 169 10 London, Tuesday—British rußby writers agreed yesterday that though the Japanese team were beaten in their opening tour match on Saturday they put up a creditable performance. The nrst ever Japanese team to visit Britain were beaten 23-11 by East Glamorgan in a smallt player in steady rain
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    • 333 10 Seap sprinter Ong Yoke Phee will be back in action in the Inter- Varsity College Games. He represents Polytechnic at athletics which will be held at Farrer Park on Saturday. Also in action will be hurdler Maurice Alphonso and sprinter Edmund Pereira, both from
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    • 55 10 Paris, Tuesday.—Dahlia, the former favourite, will be withdrawn from the Prix De L'arc De Trlomphe, Eurc.ye's richest horse race, trainer Maurice Zilber said here yesterday. Dahlia was bumped In Sunday's Prix Vermeille at Longchamp, slipped and pulled muscles in her near hind leg. "She will not run again
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    • 452 11 By Blue Peter General Trong Ill's slashing win in the Sultan's Gold Vase on Sunday proved two points. One is that there is a need for a review in the handicapping system, especially in big races. Racegoers were surprised when the weights for
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    • 340 11 Gomanwyn closed in at the 4f to lead Into the straight, with Raffles Stalwart and Satisfactory moving up. Running on strongly Gomanwyn came away from his field to romp home by seven lengths. Second was Rafffles Stalwart, with Satisfactory third. Belle Erin led
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    • 1003 11  -  From Ian Mackay London, Tuesday In terms of statistics you have got far more chance of being murdered in Britain than you have of becoming a football pools jackpot winner. Four weeks ago wine shop manager Fred Campbell, 59, from Reddish In Cheshire, overcome odds of
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    • 104 11 New York, Tuesday Results of yesterday's baseball games: National League Pittsburgh 8 Montreal 3 (Ist game); Pittsburgh 7 Montreal 4 (2nd game); Atlanta 10 Houston 2; Los Angeles 6 Cincinnati 4; Philadelphia 9 Chicago 7; New York 5 St Louis 2; San Diego 11 San Francisco 9. American
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    • 44 11 New York, TuesdayTen teenage girls claimed yesterday to have set a new world record for the 50-mile women's relay swimming event. Ronald Williams, swimming coach of the group, said the girls, swimming in tag-team fashion, covered the distance on Sunday in 19:28:36.
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    • 124 11 New York, TuesdayHubert Green, although not one of the better known names on the pro golf tour, has earned the distinction of becoming the 10th player this year to surpass US$lOO,OOO In earnings. By winning the US$2O,OOO first prize in the B.C. Open at Endi- cott.
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    • 253 11 Osaka, Tuesday Japan's popular Hisako "Chako" Hlguchl fired a course record three-under-par 71 here to win the first Lacoste Cup women's golf tournament yesterday. She finished with a 54-hole total of 225 to beat American girls Donna Caooni Young and Nonl Schneider by seven
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    • 55 11 Los Angeles, Tuesday— Jim Connors of Los Angeles beat Tom Okker of the Netherlands 7-5, 7-6. to win the men's singles championship In the Pacific Southwest Open tennis tournament. Czechoslo v akians Jan Kodes and Vladimir Zednlk won the men's doubles titles by beating Connors and Ille
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    • 48 12 AH FOOK: The suggestion that shipbuilders come to an agreement among themselves not to "steal" workers from one another is a good one. MEI LIN: I feel that unless a worker is tied down by a contract, the agreement among the bosses would come to nought.
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    • 144 12 TODAY Is Tuesday, September 25, the 268th day of 1973 with 97 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. American author William Faulkner was born on Sept. 25, 1897. ON THIS DAT IN HISTORY: In 1513, Spanish explorer Balboa became the first known
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    • 44 12 Taiwan's television star Miss Kwok Chai Yin, 22, likes photography, travelling and driving fast cars. She took part in a charity show at Cay World Stadium recently and plans to return to Singapore soon. Picture by soon. Picture by MICHAEL KWAN.
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    • 1021 12 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by FOB THE FAMILY; A magazine series presented in English 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (E) 3.35 WHERE THE HEART IS: A serial revolving round the affections, conflicts and tensions found in the close-knit relationships of the Hathaway family. Diana Van DeVlls. James Mitchell, Louise
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    • 1705 12 LUCKY STAR IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are an extremely congenial Individual who has always got along well with peo81e of every sort, you ave your favourites, of course, preferring those whose Interests and abilities more or less match your own—but, favourite or not, any given person can
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    • 109 12 OR. KILDARE by Ken Bald wrr thf f about \ZLJV IIMONEY, 1 NEVER AND THIS MAS GOT ENOUGH OPERATION ON HuMAN INTEREST TV.' ARE )OU TO ZOO* PEG6/ SERIOUS MR. /new UP TO THE NOLL* (—<TOP OF THE 0«RT. THE ANSWER WILL. PROBABLy BE NO. PR. GILLESPIE MAKES THAT DECISION.
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    • 243 12 New York Sunny 75-58F, 24-14 C. Headline: Agnew's counsel moving to block US jury Inquiry. San Francisco Cloudy 63-54F, 17-12 C. Headline: Peron leading In election. London Sunny 6452F, 18-11 C. Headline: Fiesta as Peron storms to power. Moscow Cloudy 4328F, 6-minus 2C. Headline: The trainllng of masters. Borne— Cloudy
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