New Nation, 24 October 1973

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  • 22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, October 24, 1973 No. 854 Price 15 cents M.C. (P) 33/73. NE^fariON SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 24, 1973
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  • 909 1 Dramatic Nixon decision to surrender 'full version* eases crisis Reuter Washington, Wednesday President Nixon, in a stunning reversal of his previous opposition, yesterday agreed to comply with a court order to surrender the Watergate tapes. In one swift move, the President thus appeared to ease
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  • 439 1 Fierce fighting on both fronts Reuter Tel Aviv, Wednesday Battles raged on land and in the air on both the Suez and Syrian fronts yesterday nearly 24 hours after a ceasefire th e or e tically went into effect between Egypt and Israel. An Israeli army spokesman
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  • 158 1 In select trading, prices were steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. BUSINESS DONE: Paber Merlin (1) 2.07, (1) 2.08. Consolidated Hotel (5) 1.58. Far East Hotel (1) 1.69. City Development (1) 2.28, (1) 2.30. Mosbert (3) 1.73, (1) 1.74,
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  • 10 1 Police reported 99 accidents yesterday. Five were serious.
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  • 233 1 Reuter United Nations, Wednesday Syria last night accepted the Security Council's call for a ceasefire in a message read to the council by Secretary General Dr. Kurt Waldhelm. The Syrian acceptance was on condition that the "other party" also accepted the Council's ceasefire resolution.
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  • 44 1 Addis Ababa, Wednesday—Ethiopia has taken the unexpected step of severing diplomatic relations with Israel, one of her oldest associates. Emperor Haile Selassie said relations would remain severed untU Israel withdrew from the Arab territories it occupied in the 1967 war.
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  • 487 1 Russia: Withdraw 0r... Reuter Moscow, Wednesday The Soviet Union has accused Israel of attacking Egypt and Syria under cover of the UN ceasefire call and warned this could lead to "the most serious consequences." A Soviet government statement last night on the new flare-up in the
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  • 153 1 Reuter Washington, Wednesday—Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger has postponed his trip to China and Japan because of continued fighting in the Middle East, the State Department said yesterday. Dr. Kissinger was due to have left Washington on Monday, stopping off in Tokyo for talks with
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  • 76 1 Cairo, Wednesday. Egyptian authorities announced the closing of Cairo Airport as of 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) last night and until further notice, the Middle East News Agency said. Egyptian Civil Aviation authorities have inform- Ed Egyptian civilian aircraft en route to Cairo of the
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  • 333 1 United Press International Tokyo, Wednesday Two large international oil companies today imposed a 30 per cent price increase on crude oil sold to Japan. Others are expected to anno un c e increases soon. Shell Oil Co. and Exxon (former Standard Oil of New
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  • 297 1 'Until Paris pact is honoured' Hong Kong, Wednesday North Vietnamese Workers' Party First Secretary Le Due Tho has rejected the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize awarded Jointly to him and US Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, the North Vietnam News Agency reported yesterday. The agency,
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  • 60 1 Stockholm, Wednesday. The 1973 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded jointly yesterday to Professor Ernst Otto Fischer, of Munich and Professor Geoffrey Wolkinson, of London. The Swedish Academy of Sciences In awarding the 510,000 kronor (about $274,000) prize, said the two men had carried out pioneering work
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  • 53 1 Kampala, Wednesday. President Amin has ordered all American or British nationals In Uganda without Identification cards to be arrested and kept in military custody. The order came after a military spokesman reported a combined force of American, British and Israeli commandoes were planning to invade Uganda "any
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  • 30 1 Belfast, Wednesday—A train was blown apart by an explosion yesterday after an anonymous warning that a bomb had been planted on It near the border town of Newry.
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  • 25 1 London, Wednesday Queen Elizabeth returned home last night after a brief visit to Australia where she formally opened Sydney's controversial new Opera House.
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  • 22 1 New Delhi, Wednesday Soviet Communist Party general secretary Leonid Brezhnev will arrive here on Nov. 26, according to government sources.
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  • 54 1 Buenos Aires, Wednesday Urban guerrillas who kidnapped Mr. Kurt Schmidt, Latin American manager of Swissair, are demanding a record US$lO million ransom for his release, sources here said. The sources said Mr. Schmidt, seized outside his home here yesterday, was In the hands of the outlawed Marxist
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  • 21 1 Brussels. Wednesday— Belgian Premier Mr. Edmond Leburton yesterday reduced his Cabinet by eight members to streamline his administration.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 536 2  -  MP assures owners of stern action By Morris John The MP for Whampoa, Dr. Augustine Tan, said today that action wouid be taken to prevent "acts of vandalism" in his constituency. He told New Nation that he would call on the Police and
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    • 124 2 A national trust fund for the preservation of monuments and supported by public donations should be set up, a local architect has suggested. Mr. E. J. Seow, who is also chairman of the technical committee of the Preservation of Monuments Board, stated
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    • 313 2 Need for exercise A local doctor yesterday emphasised the need for mental and physical exercise as one of the sixpreventive measures to ward off or at least reduce the chances of heart attacks. Dr. Albert Wee of the Singapore National Heart Association, speaking at the Joo Chi
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    • 221 2 The Ministry of Labour kas issued a simplified "letter of advice" to workers injured in industrial accidents on the procedures for claiming compensation. A Ministry spokesman said this would replace a previous notice given to workers on such claims. Certain points of procedure
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    • 23 2 The National Productivity Board will hold a course on Competency in Supervision at its Jurong premises from Nov. 5 to 23.
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    • 28 2 Dr. Lien Liang Sze will speak on Youth and Drugs at the Hungyeen Village Community Centre 9 3 A m.s. Tampines Road today at 8 p.m.
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    • 239 2 Aji American expert on the Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) system, Mr. Carrol Carter, has recommended that the time is ripe for Singapore to study the possibility of having its own subway. Mr. Carter, a special assistant to the US Secretary of Transportation. said: "There is no
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    • 357 2  -  By Wee Beng Huat Singapore's daily accident figure is still riding above the 100 mark and there is every indication that it will go up further in the days ahead. The increase in motor vehicles is just one of the reasons for this
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    • 320 3  -  'Counsellors not fully utilised* By Teresa Ooi A school principal has called for better use of drug counsellors to help fight drug abuse In schools. Brother Patrick, principal of St. Joseph's Institution said the Government had sent many people overseas to be trained as counsellors.
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    • 156 3 Rochore Community Centre has thrown open its doors to students who find it too noisy to study Hi their Housing Board flats. A spokesman for the centre said: "Students are welcome to use the facilities here for study if they wish. We have
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    • 18 3 The next Toto draw will be held at the Colombo Court foyer tomorrow at 7.45 p.m.
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    • 199 3 The Chinese Young Men's Christian Association will begin work on its second street camp pro J feet this week. A group of 10 volunteers led by Mr. Willie Ong, of the adult and youth department, will contact children in the Tanjong Pagar and Anson housing
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    • 350 3  -  By Sonny Yap Don't be surprised to see Robert Redford, Ernest Borgnlne and Jacqueline Bisset ill Singapore some time next year. For these Hollywood "greats" are due here in February to star in a $3.4 million Warner Brothers motion picture. And among the locations tentatively scheduled
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    • 43 3 The Government Is Inviting applications for ASEAN scholarships for pre-unlverslty studies leading to the General Certificate of Education "A" level, tenable at secondary schools here for next year. Each award Is worth $1200. Qnly foreign students In ASEAN countries can apply.
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    • 29 3 The Istana grounds will be open to the public on Thursday and next Monday Deepavall and Harl Ray a Puasa respectively from 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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    • 32 3 Local painter Mr. Lim Slang Hiong will hold a four-day exhibition of his works at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce from tomorrow until Sunday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
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    • 313 3 Nanyang University will set up its Chinese Language Research Centre next year. According to a source, planning is In the advanced stages and will be completed in early 1974. The source said: "The blueprint for the centre is In good shape, and the regulations have been
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 297 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 8 Number of a sort. 9 Selfish monopolizer: Phrase. 10 Be beholden (to). 11 Conn., Mass., etc. 12 Peruvian Indian. 13 Recites. 15 Hylocrltical sorrow. SO Indolent. 24 Can. prov. 25 Highlander. 27 Dessert. 29 Like some timber. 50 Poetic times. 31 Spanish painter. 32 Type of
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 423 4 That's singing Cassius Clay Sr. You just cannot help liking him from the very first handshake. Cassius Clay Sr., Muhammad All's 52-year-old father, 1s the oldest member of the fighter's entourage now in Singapore but he is the youngest at heart. Happy-go-lucky and constantly cheerful, he reminds
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    • Article, Illustration
      62 4 FINAL ROUND OF A NEW NATION EXCLUSIVE I Seconds out and on to the action in the final instalment of the story of the year on boxing idol Muhammed Ali by Deputy Sports Editor Lim Kee Chan. Along with Chief Photographer Ali Yusoff, Kee Chan toured Jakarta with the
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    • 338 4 Tony Doyle, 28, the six-foot-four 210-pounder who is a former world heavyweight contender, is eager to have a crack at Muhammad A 11... because he feels he knows all All's ring tricks. Doyle, you see, has been All's sparring partner since January this
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    • 184 4 We came In chains, we came in misery, Now all our suffering and pain is part of history. We came in chains, we must remember that, For that and that alone explains exactly where we're at. We came in chains, we came as living loot, So
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 152 5 Reuter London, Wednesday About one pregnancy In every three ends in abortion, a worldwide survey showed. The figures were disclosed at a conference in Brighton of the International Planned Parenthood (I.P.PJH.), which groups volunteer family planning associations. Canadian researcher. Dr. J. Corbett McDonald, Director
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    • 284 5 Censure move on Aussie govt by the Opposition Reuter Canberra, Wednesday Liberal Party opposition leader Bill Snedden launched a censure motion against the Whitlam Labour Government yesterday over its 1: andling of economic, defence and foreign policies. Mr. Snedden attacked the government for
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    • 161 5 Reuter New York. Wednesday. Japan and Sweden joined several African countries yesterday In condemning increased security measures in Rhodesia and called for efforts to topple the white minority government there. Japanese representative Horoshi Yokota told the UN General Assembly's Trusteeship Committee there had
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    • 33 5 Bonn, Wednesday—Representatives of a Hamburg salvage firm are to begin negotiations in Cairo tomorrow with the Suez Canal Authority on clearing the 100-mile (160 kms) waterway of wrecks, the company said.
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    • 190 5 Paris, Wednesday A political storm surrounding the state-run French Broadcasting Network climaxed yesterday in the dismissal of its chief and the removal of Information Minister Philippe Malaud. Prime Minister Pierre Messmer announced that he would ask the Cabinet today to approve the dismissal of Mr. Arthur
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    • 196 5 Reuter London. Wednesday.— After a two-hr.ur hearing, Judgment was reserved by the Privy Council Judicial Committee yesterday in an appeal by a former pupil at the King George V School at Seremban, contending that his expulsion from ihe scho..' in May. 19S8, was null
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 374 5 kl^li KVANO SU/NEV NATION CONTEST Last Friday's poser showed a scene from The Greatest Story Ever Told. The first 10 correct entries opened by the Editor yesterday evening were from: Mr. Michael Tan (accounts clerk), of 26 Silat Walk; How Sau Chee (student), of 42L, Lorong 3, Toa Payoh; Mr.
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  • OPINION
    • 460 6 Many have written and spoken on the concept of neutralisation in the past few months, but few have succeeded in dealing with the complex subject as succinctly as Mr. Adam Malik, Indonesia's Foreign Minister, in his Gandhi Memorial Lecture in Kuala Lumpur. Mr.
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    • 101 6 'WHISPERS' by ISPY Muhammad Ali's circle of fans Is wider than you think. A colleague having lunch with a friend a university graduate holding a senior position In the civil service spotted the boxing champion sitting in the hotel lobby. He dutifully Informed his companion of the
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    • 831 6  -  -1973 mar w«U be China's "Year in Europe." Complementing the exchange of visits between leaders of Europe and China has been the exhibition of Chinese archaeological treasures in Paris and London. Two Alms bj Antonloni and Felix Greene on China are showing to packed
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    • 308 6 EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Japan Times Developments in the past few days shattered the earlier optimism here that the Middle Fast war will not affect seriously the flow and cost of oil to Japan. A unilateral price raise, 17 per cent on their calculation, announced by
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    • Letters
      • 106 6  -  K.K. CHONG I would very much appreciate it if the Registrar of Marriages would let me know the proper documents I should bring along with me on the appointed date card the ROM. issues. Both my wife and I are above 21 years old. I was most
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      • 227 6 Gerald de Cruz has only described (NN, 18.10.73) his own experiences with the bus services and the deplorable state of affairs at East Coast Road. The same state of affairs, if not worse, exists in practically every other district in the Republic. I would like to
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      • 146 6 The suggestion to put newly qualified drivers on probation is very sensible and I really hope the authorities will lose no time in Implementing the suggestion of Mr. Bamanshaw and Mr. Sheares. Another way to curb the number of reckless young drivers is to raise the qualifying age
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      • 133 6 Nocturnal criminal attacks on courting couples can be minimised. If the Government Is more sympathetic to lovers. The carparks around the National Stadium used to be an Ideal lovers' haunt for city-dwellers. The large number of cars packed there every night was enough to discourage robbers.
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    • 483 6  -  By Lawrence Stern Washington Post US officials see no immediate threat to the 38,500-man American troop presence in Thailand from the student uprising that has turned into one of the bloodiest political upheavals in modern Thai history. Complaints about the use of Thai bases and
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 209 7 You will soon be able to walk from Chin Swee Road to People's Park without the problem of crossing a busy road. All you will have to do is just follow a stairway. In fact the same flight of steps will lead you to nearly anywhere
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    • 583 7  -  Your page conducted by our HDB girl Tan Chung Lee This may come as a surprise—but more peoEle are hurt In the omes than on the roads. Thus, the HDB has emphasised the urgent need for safety precautions In flats. And its
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    • 492 7 Residents in Durham Estate live with the gnawing fear that the walls of their flats might collapse any time. For all the 20 blocks of flats in the tiny estate off Cambridge Road are slowly sinking. The cracks on the ceilings and walls are
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    • 349 7 For those who enjoy the panoramic, sweeping view of Singapore's harbour from Mount Faber or Kent Ridge it wlil soon be possible for them to feast their eyes on this scene every day. Telok Blangah New Town, now taking shape, will rise on Mount Faber itself.
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    • 363 7 A despatch rider Mr Osman bin Awang, walked into the newsroom the other day looking dejected. He explained that he had just received a notice from the HDB's Resettlement Office that K a m p un g Alexandra where he is now
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • IN PERSON
    • 462 8  - Man who really takes the cake IN PERSON Conducted by Jennifer Schoon AS the freshly baked sultana muffins were lifted out of the oven a delicious aroma filled the room. MR. CHONG HENG WAN from the Hotel Catering School was conducting a class* In cake making for scone 20 ladies
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    • 502 8 FROM THE DOG HOUSE BY PG The entries for the Fourth Championship Dog Show to be staged by the Singapore Kennel Club on November 18 at the Exhibition Hall of the National Stadium at Kallang closed recently. A total of 192 dogs have
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    • 53 8 One-year-old Y&ki la this week's dog fox adoption. The affectionate black pup lost hex previous home when her owners went abroad. She Is a good watch dog. Spayed, she Is ready for adoption. If you wish to adopt her, call at the SP.C.A., 151, Orchard Road,
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  • SHOWBIZ
    • 181 8 You have met Cassidy the teen king, Cassidy the wildman, Cassidy the idol—now meet Cassidy the singer. David, now rid of the teenage kid image built around his role in the television series the Partridge family, has produced a new album full of visions. Called
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    • 228 8 Filipino composer Elisio M. Pajaro returns to Singapore, this time to conduct the University of the Philippines Chamber Ensemble on Friday at the Conference Hall. Composed of faculty members of the Strings and Chamber Music Department of the College of Music of the University of
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    • 367 8  -  Gene Teo Trio music is catching up on with diners. Even a hotel as traditional as the Goodwood is experimenting with a trio Doreen and the Boys, at the Farmers' Kitchen and the Gordon's Grill. But tradition dies hard especially if you
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    • 387 8 Los Angeles Times "I don't think I've ever been as much Influenced by a role as this one," Liv Ullmann said. "There are so many historical versions of Queen Christina—that she was a terrible whore, or that she was a lesbian, or even that she was
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 60 8 SINGAPORE 1(1) Joybringer: Manfred Mann's Earthband. 2(3) We're An American Band: Grand Funk 3(7) Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder 4(2) Lets Get It On: Marvin Gaye 5(5) Live Let Die: Wings 6 (10) Angie: Rolling Stones 7(8) Half Breed: Cher 8(6) Dancing on a Saturday Night: Barry Blue 9(4) Young Love:
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    • 121 8 LONDON 1 1 Eye Level: Simon Park Orchestra 2(2) Nutbush City Limits: Ike and Tina Turner 3(6) My Friend Stan: Slade 4(5) Laughing Gnome: David Bowie 5(9) Caroline: Status Quo 6 Daydreamer/The Puppy Sing: David Cassidy 7(4) Monster Mash: Bobby Picket and The Crypt Kickers 8(3) Ballroom Blitz:: Sweet 9(8)
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  • FINANCE
    • 248 9 Prices continued to improve on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. The market opened steady and closed slightly higher though some third line industrials were barely steady. Blue chips and second liners received side line institutional support. But the erratic price movement of low priced industrials caused concern
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    • 114 9 National Iron and Steel Mills Limited announced that Its rights Issue of $24 million 7 per cent c on v e r tlble unsecured loan stock of $1 each has been approved by Singapore Securities Industry Council and SES. The issue will be offered to existing
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    • 659 9  -  Also tin, palm oil, sawn timber, plywood and veneer By Brian Gomez Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday In eight months this year Peninsular Malaysia's natural rubber has already earned the nation more foreign exchange than it did in the whole of 1972. In the face
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    • 83 9 London, Wednesday— Britain's gross aid to developing countries this year is expected to total about £290 million ($1740 million) according to a Foreign and Commonwealth Office report yesterday. The figure Is about the same as last year. The net amount after deducting estimated
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 559 9 The stock market, in a broad decline most of yesterday went up like a shot on news President Nixon agreed to turn over his Watergate tapes for judical review. The Dow Jones industrial average, off more than 11 points in the first hour and about 7 points lower
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      • 212 9 Closing prices (In francs) yesterday. Parlbas 223.50 (223.80) Indochlne 242.10 (246) Foncier 393 (399) Prlntemps 129.80 (130) CGE 425.50 430) Bull 55.90 (56.50) Royal Dutch 166.10 (167.50) Mlchelln 1815 (1849) Thomson 253 (258) CFP 210 (212.50) Rhone 169 90 (171) Air 275 (276 50) BSN Danone 1310 (1322) Philips
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      • 242 9 Prices at 11.30 ajn. today (Australian time). Abaleen 09 11 Do opts 01% 02 AOD 08 08% Allstate 08 09 Am ad 02% 04 Aurora 07 08 Aust. Ant 12 14 Bpmboo 01 nil Beach 24 25 Bounty CHI 00 01 Bridge 14 IS Cleveland 27 nil Ccfmoj 00%
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      • 84 9 This service Is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Clcslng prices (in Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4020 +30 SBC 3700 +30 Credit Suisse 3650 +35 Swissair B. 587 +2 Swiss Relnsur. 2470 Wlnterthur B. 1900 —20 Zurich Insur. 6825 Juvena B. 2500 Nestle B.
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      • 53 9 Closing prices (in yen) yesterday. Telkoku Oil 301 Nippon Steel 159 Ojl Pulp 403 Showa Denko 135 Atsugl Nylon 213 Mitsubishi Mining and Cement 254 Wakachlku Construction 310 Electro Chemical Ind. 171 Ishlhara Sangyo B80 Ooyo Construction 284 Weston Onkl 50 The 18th Bank 320 Shokusan Jutaku Sogo 740
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      • 33 9 Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 966.51 (up 5.94), 20 transport, 181.83 (off 0.43), 15 utilities 99.50 (up 0.35), 65 stocks 293.52 (up 1.12).
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  • 385 10 ]l/f ENS WEAR offer a variety of choice that is almost comparable to women's fashions. All indications are that today's male is more conscious of good grooming and its importance in both social and business life. Singapore's rising affluence has, without doubt, contributed to
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    • 668 11  -  WHEN HIGH COSTS LEAVE YOU WITH NOTHING MUCH TO CHEW ON From Trish Sheppard The bad news this week is that the price of a packet of chewing gum has gone up from 17 cents to 24 cents. A 40 per cent increase. Now I
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    • 226 11  -  By Betty L. Khoo It's been raining so often these days that you may think swimwear should be the farthest thing away from any girl's mind. But the cheerless, wet weather is all the more reason to grab your swim gear and head for
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    • 784 11 EATING IN Washington Post The relatively poor gourmet is forced to be a more inventive cook than his wealthy counterpart. It takes ingenuity and time to make a cheap cut of meat into, a luxurious dish, but
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    • 199 12 From Scrutineer in Penan; Triple Nine showed good form in a gallop in heavy goipg at Penang this morning. Sprinting from the half-mile, he ran the last 3f in 39 4/5 sec. Mamboretta, looking fighting fit, strode out Impressively over 3f in 43 4/5. Palam, a
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    • 78 12 Jakarta. Wednesday Indonesian badminton ace Rudy Hartono will take part in the second World Invitation tournament to be held In Singapore next June, according to the president of the international badminton federation Ferry Sonneville. Hartorto. six times AllEngland champion, is studying economics at Trisaktl University.
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    • 62 12 Randwick Rugby Club, winner of the Sydney competition this year, will play two games on the Singapore Padang on Saturday. The first will be against the New Zealand Battalion followed by a game against the SCC. Randwick, known as "the Galloping Greens" because of their exciting,
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    • 280 12 Nagoya, Wednesday Lee Trevino appears to be the man to beat in the 23,700,000 yen Tokal Classic International Open Golf tournament which starts tomorrow at the Miyoshi Country Club course. In addition to Trevino. Americans Don Iverson and Bob Zender have been Invited to play in
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    • 35 12 London, Wednesday Britain's Wightman Cup player Glynls Coles, 20, beat Sharon Walsh of the US 6-4, 7-6 to reach the women's single quarter-finals of the Dewar Cup Indoor tennis tournament at Aberavon, Wales.
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    • 371 12  -  f? mm] ARTS by Sonny Yap Calling all Judokas It's time to improve and polish your techniques. This is the call made by the Singapore Judo Club in an all-out drive to bring old-timers back to the fold. All enthusiasts are welcome to enrol with
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    • 11 12 Tokyo. Wednesday Japanese Central League baseball: Hiroshima 4 Talyo 2.
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    • 240 13  -  By Jeffrey Low The Brunei F.A. have invited the Singapore Youth team to make a threematch tour from November 1 to 4. The BFA offered return air fares and to pay all other expenses during the Singapore team's stay there. The FAS Youth Committee
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    • 75 13 London, Wednesday.— Results of English football matches: League Cup 2nd round 2nd replay—Grimsby 0 Luton 2. Texaco Cup 2nd round lst-lef—Norwich 2 Motherwell 0. Div. 2—Aston Villa 2 Crystal Palace I; Bristol City 1 Swindon 0; Carlisle 1 Middlesbrough 1; Nottingham 0 Hull 0. Div. 3—Shrewsbury 1
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    • 806 13  -  What happened to Riggs? By Tony Kormheiser New York, Wednesday Whatever happened to what's-his-name? You know, that 55-year-old man was going to make sports safe for male chauvinism; that man who hustled his way into American hearts while he picked America's pockets; that man who shot
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    • 241 13 Bangkok, Wednesday— The Korean Citizen's National Bank and the Rajvithi Club of Thailand drew 1-1 In the last quarter-final match of the fourth Queen's Cup soccer tournament last night. Both goals were scored in the first half. The Korean Bank as well as Rajvithi moved
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    • 57 13 London, Wednesday. Derby County F.C. chairman Sam Longson announced that Dave Mackay, manager of Nottingham Forest, had been appointed manager in succession to Brian Clough. Earlier yesterday police went to Derby's ground after players staged a three-hour sit-in in protest at Brian Clough's dismissal. The players left
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    • 41 13 Mexico City, Wednesday Niels Fredborg of Denmark set an amateur 1000 metres time trial cycling world record at the Olympic velodrome yesterday. Fredborg, 27. clocked 1:4.49 breaking the record of 1:4.61 set by Italian Gianni Sartorl here Is 1967.
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    • 263 13  -  says MUHAMMAD ALI By Dennis Chia "Boxing is a sport that will never die. All you need is two angry men to start a fight." That came from Muhammad All, former world heavyweight boxing champion. He said: "'You don't need money to start a fight In
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    • 58 13 Nottingham, Wednesday World title contender John Conteh of Britain retained his British Commonwealth light-heavyweight boxing title when he outpointed Baby Boy Rolle of the Bahamas over 15 rounds here last night. But It was a performance that Conteh will want to forget. Conteh revealed afterwards that he
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    • 150 13 Lahore, Wednesday. Pakistani Test batsman Younis Ahmed has been banned for life from playing cricket in Pakistan because he undertook a tour of South Africa with an Invitation XI, it was announced yesterday. An announcement by the Pakistan Cricket Control Board said the ban had
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    • 50 14 AH FOOK: The announcement to put more buses on the roads to improve the service is long overdue in view of the overcrowding during peak hours. MEI LIN: The bus companies should also start a campaign to keep the buses clean. The filthy conditions at present are disgraceful.
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    • 34 14 Nothing can be more relaxing and soothing after a day's work than to dine and wine while lovely Sharon Aw sings into your heart at the Mandarin Hotel. —Picture by JERRY SEH.
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    • 100 14 TODAY la Wednesday, October, 24. the 287th day of 1973 with 68 to foUow. THE MOON Is approaching Its new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. American playwright
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 993 14 SINGAPORE 5 IN OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by TUMPUAN MINGGU: A magazine series presented In Malay 5.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.35 LOVE IS A MANY BPLENDOURED THING: Daytime serial on the trials and tribulations of three families in San Francisco (LN PERSE.MB AH AN KU: A light musical programme featuring
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    • 1704 14 LUCKY STAR IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY B°rn today, you have a natural affinity for business and finance. Although there is about you much of the dreamer, you are basically far too practical, far too mathematically minded to allow fancy ever to dominate or overcome tact. TOMORROW... SCORPIO (Oct. 23Nov. 21)
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