New Nation, 8 November 1973

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  • 21 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, November 8, 19/3 No. 866 Price 15 cents M.C. (P) 33/73. SINGAPORE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1973
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  • 505 1 Call for cars cut and more public transport Reuter Paris, Thursday As the Arab oil crisis deepened, international economic experts yesterday offered the western industrial nations a long-term plan for dealing with world fuel scarcity. The energy-saving programme outlined by the 23-nation Organisation
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  • 63 1 Santiago. Thursday. Chilean army troops sealed off the former Cuban Embassy in Santiago yesterday with Swedish Ambassador Mr. Harald Edelstam and a number of exiles from the September 11 military coup inside. The ambassador said two of his drivers and a Swedish citizen, Mrs. Bobl Sourander, were
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  • 438 1 15 p.c. cut in heating supplies ordered Reuter Washington, Thursday President Nixon last night ordered a 15 percent cat In supplies of heating oil for homes, offices and businesses this winter and warned rationing of heating oil and petrol might be necessary
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  • 455 1 Damascus Thursday Arab countries have decided to Impose a full economic boycott against PORTUGAL for its alleged hostility to the Arab cause during the Middle East war, diplomatic sources said here yesterday. Until yesterday, the only countries subjected to a full Arab oil embargo have been
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  • 212 1 Reuter Tei Aviv, Thursday Israel has charged that Egypt is getting r*ady for a resumption of the hostilities in the Middle East. "We have indications that Egypt, is making preparations for a resumption of the fighting." senior army spokesman Machman Kami told journalists here
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  • 36 1 Dacca, Thursday People living along the 2,400 km (1,500 miles) Bay of Bengal coastal belt were alerted yesterday against the danger of a cyclone building up southwest of Chlttagong, Bengladesh weather officials reported.
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  • 20 1 Moscow. Thursday Siberian miners have found a 232-carat diamond, equalling the largest diamond ever found in the Soviet Union.
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  • 239 1 Found —a Da Vinci... Rome Thursday An Italian art expert said here yesterday that a painting found In a dusty attic in eastern Italy was a 15th Century oil by Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci. The painting waa found by Signor Mariano Bordonl, a cheese merchant, while he was modernising
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  • 473 1 Congress sets 90-day limit in historic Bill UPI, Reuter Washington, Thursday Congress yesterday overrode President Nixon's veto of a Bill curbing his powers to wage an undeclared, prolonged war, dealing him a major defeat amid his Middle East and Watergate crises. First the House of
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  • 418 1 To brief Golda on Cairo talks Tel Aviv, Thursday Two American envoys flew unexpectedly to Israel yesterday after an apparently f'r u i t f u 1 meeting in Cairo between Preside nt Sadat and US Secretary of State IJ)r. Henry Kissinger at which Middle Flast
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  • 164 1 Prices were fairly steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes. Overseas Union Trust was listed this morning. BUSINESS DONE: Overse.is Union Trust (1) 2.50, (56 2.70, (7) 2.80, (1) 2.71, (53 2.65, (1) 2.7 fi, (1) 2.67, (1) 2.66, (1) 2.63, (I)
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  • 10 1 Police reported 96 accidents yesterday. Three were serious.
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  • 220 1 Reuter Washington. Thursday The White House has cat eg o rically denied suggestions that President Nixon was under going psychiatric treatment to help him overcome pressures generated by the Watergate scandal and other foreign and domestic issues. "Absolutely not," declared presidential Press Secretary Ronald
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 353 2 If there is anything that will make Filipino boxing promoter Mr. Lope Sarreal remember Singapore, it is the honesty of taxidriver Mr. Chow Wee. For Mr. Chow, 35, of Beo Crescent, returned hla travelling bag containing cheques worth over $2000, plane tickets, cash and
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    • 370 2  -  'Possible disease? warning By Sonny Wee, Judith Holmberg irhe Singapore Kennel Club has warned that the entire dog population In Singapore is being threatened by smuggled pedigrees from Peninsular Malaysia. A spokesman said: "Any (log smuggled in could have rabies as well as otner
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    • 36 2 The Asian Women's Welfare Association will hold Its annual sale of work In aid of the Students' Welfare Scheme at Rum ah Malaysia in Oallop Road on Batorday from 9.30 ajn. to 12.30 pm.
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    • 306 2  -  Call by merchants By Ivan Lim The Government and the National Trades Union Congress may soon be asked to Investigate the Increase in the price of pork. According to a spokesman of the Singapore Pork Merchants' Association the investigating team could comprise representatives from the
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    • 147 2 Several tenants in Kampong Chantek Bahru, Buklt Tlmah, have received payments ranging from $6,000 to $12,000 as compensation by their landlord for quitting his premises. The landlord's lawyers said: "Many of the cases have been settled as the tenants have accepted the terms
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    • 176 2 School principals will have to complete all administrative work like the collection of fees and registration of pupils during the December holidays before schools re-open next year. Arrangement of timetables must also be completed before term starts. According to the Singapore Teachers' Union,
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    • 169 2 There were 2,842 licensed food establishments last year, one-third of which were in the central urban district, according to the "Ministry of the Environment's first annual report. Of these just under half were eating houses and 488 were restaurants. There were 198 coffeeshops,
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    • 284 2  -  Brain damage, death likely By Anne-Marie Nalpon Severe Jaundice in newborn babies can cause brain damage and in some cases, DEATH. Prof. Wong Hock Boon of the University of Singapore in an Interview with New Nation said: "As many babies in Singapore get the disease, mothers
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    • 124 2 Assistant Professor Ng Hong Chong has been appointed the new chairman of Nanyang University's Department of Accountancy. He succeeds Prof. Liu Kung-kwel who is retiring at the end of the year. Prof. Ng, a third batch graduate of Nantah, had lectured in the Accountancy
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    • 240 2 The New Nation Belle of the Week contest offers winners big, big prises every week. Let us take a leek at what yon can win In the BWJJt OF THE WEEK eentest. The reader who sends In the entry that comes cls—t to what the
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    • 251 2 Raffles Village, the tourist attraction which is like a page from Singapore's history will also soon be a thing of the past. Right now, a giant crane and oxy-acetylene flames are ripping the conglomeration of attap huts apart. The rickshaws, bullock carts, crocodile pond and a
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    • 103 3 Drug abusers should be encouraged to think and act positively. Mr. Lee Kim Slang, vice-president of SANA, said: "Everyone should try to do something positive for them. Parents and teachers should tell them of the dangers of drug abuse. Mr. Lee was speaking
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    • 19 3 The Calrnhill Community Centre will begin yoga class for beginners at Its premises tomorrow at 6 p.m.
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    • 236 3  -  Police nab 200 suspects By Wee Beng Huat More than 200 secret society suspects were arrested by the police during the past month. And nearly half were found to be longhaired youths. Several of those arrested were wanted by the police for gang fights
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    • 29 3 The Singapore Art and Crafts Education Society will hold its sth On-the-Spot Crafts Competition at the Baharuddin Vocational Institute at Stirling Road on Saturday at 2 p.m.
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    • 237 3 Action after reports The Housing apd Development Board has installed doors at ground floor staircases of Hats in Balestier Estate f o 1 lowing reports of vandalism. The reports were made by the purchasers of the newly built flats, who claimed that, the floors
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    • 221 3  -  By Violet Oon The Moscow Chamber Orchestra distinguished itself as a group of musicians capable of perceiving the subtleties of a composer's work —but, sadly, the National Theatre, at which the group performed last night, distinguished Itself as being incapable of conveying anything but
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 89 2 Mi m 7j November 5-19 At Cullinan Jewellers see the collection of novel and original forms of Jade Jewellery. This unique event is in the Republic for only two weeks. Make a point of looking in at The Orchard, Orchard Road. These rare jade items make splendid gifts, being for
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 168 3 Reuter London, Thursday British police warned last night that an Arab extremist organisation was believed ready to begin sending a new wave of letter bombs to people in Britain and other European countries. The warning, Issued after a top-level conference at Scotland Yard police headquarters,
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    • 544 3 We'll hit back much harder, Reds told UPI, Reuter Saigon, Thursday The South Vietnamese Air Force yesterday blasted Viet Cong installations around the largest communist -held town in the southern provinces of South Vietnam, and a government military spokesman warned that every communist ceasefire
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    • 311 3 'Work of a madman* United Press International Los Angeles, Thursday Nine people were found shot to death yesterday in a rural house In a mass execution apparently connected with the burglary of a country store. The slayings took place in Victor, 70 miles northeast of San
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    • 83 3 Reuter, UPI Captain Mark Phillips (above) cancelled a private lunrti appointment yesterday a week before his marriage to Princess Anne because he was unwell. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "He has a slight stomach upset It's nothing much." Asked if it could be
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    • 68 3 New York, ThursdayHospitals In New York city y«rterd*y d—Mea»y stepped up the release of con v a 1 esclng patients to ease the strain on hospital facilities and personnel caused by a strike of non-medical employees. The three-day strike by 30,000 members of the Drug and Hospital
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    • 26 3 Paris, Thursday French fruit and vegetable retailers will stop buying produce today In protest against government price controls which they (ear will squeeze their profits.
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    • 249 3 Reuter Srinagar, ThursdayPolice fired teargas shells to try to break up groups of students who attacked a government office and set fire to a women's college here yesterday. About 200 students, many shouting pro-Pa-kistani slogans, were demonstrating against a function at which the college was
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    • 27 3 Hong Kong, Thursday —Dr. Slaka Stevens, president of Sierra Leone, yesterday met with Chinese Chairman Mao Tse Tung, the New China News Agency (NCNA) reported.
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    • 274 3 United Press International Moscow. Thursday The Soviet Union put its military might on display In Red Square yesterday to mark 56 years of communism, unveiling a new small tank that can be parachuted from the air. Western military excerts said the tsjik, a trim
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  • 571 4 "EWKRYBODY loves music. For some It may be strictly pops, for others It may be soul music, then there are the Jazz fans and for the more appreciative ears it Is the classics. But no matter the difference in taste, all music lovers appreciate sounds
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 943 5  -  SOUTH-EAST ASIA REPORT From T.W. Lippman Washington Post The Joint Military Commission through which the Saigon Government and the Viet Cong are supposed to carry out the military provisions of the Paris ceasefire agreement has slipped into almost complete paralysis. Participants in
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    • 534 5  -  From Ronnie Muntu INDONESIA karta on October 10 to convey their strongest misgivings about what they termed "preoccupa- tion on the part of the authorities with the long hair Issue" Muslim Tampubulon, chairman of the Institute's student senate, asked the legislators: "Why pick
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    • 641 5  -  CINEMA BY EDGAR KOH THE CRAZY BOYS AT THE SUPERMARKET (Cathay). The Chariots have become rather awkward celebrities in France and elsewhere, something of an anarchical quartet, though individually, they don't even measure up to being pocket Chaplins. In their latest pandemonium of
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 379 5 Poser No. 123 Last Saturday's poser showed Lana Turner in a scene from Madame X. There were only five correct entries. They were from Miss. Tan Lee Cheng (general assistant), of 74C Boon Tlong Road; Mr. Woo Klan Chong (company secretary), of 29B Tlong Poh Ho ad; Mr. Robert Martin
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    • 308 5 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Small craft. 8 Make (a person) get up. 15 Short song. 16 Ear. 17 Chic hair ribbon. 18 Speak with difficulty. 19 Pastorale. 20 Quiet! 22 Branch: Sp. 23 Than: Ger. 25 Thine: Fr 27 Med. sch. course. 28 European trade combine. 33 Pub servings.
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  • OPINION
    • 411 6 The South Vietnamese landscape continues to be scarred by hostilities. The latest is the shelling of Blen Hoa, South Vietnam's second largest airfield and the Thleu government has promptly warned that it could herald an all-out communist offensive. There have been other incidents which seem
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 49 6 Many Singaporeans still have a heart In an advertisement for a film a photograph of a man was captioned "this man has lost his passport." It added "do not help him" When this advertisement appeared in New Nation, our switchboard was swamped with calls offering assistance.
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      • 87 6 Now, for a change, Mr. Tan Kong Eng. manag-ing-director of Singapore Bus Services Ltd., does not have to defend his bus drivers but accuse other motorists of careless and reckless driving. For the other day his Mercedes which was parked at the City Hall car park was
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      • 99 6 Children can be hilariously funny. In a recent study in the USA, a group of children were asked to write the meaning of love. Here are some of their definitions Deborah (lo years): "Love is hard to do to people you dont particularly like." Lynn (7 years): Love
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    • 1083 6  -  It h at* araeh tn tabu fat. Me* Kill know that Then who •offer Una Mac mrwel*kt arc often an trying to desperately ■take tktawlra lighter. Bat as any fat |Ma wlB teO yea. It la ao joke trying to loae weisht Oar
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 360 6 0 What other Newspaper* are laying SURPLUS IN US EXTERNAL TRADE As the world's attention 1s focusing on the Middle-East ceasefire and the oil crisis, the UR. Commerce Department announced on October 26 that there was a favourable balance of as much as US$873 million in
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      • 262 6 US-WESTERN EUROPE RELATIONS The Middle East war has led to a worsening of relations between the United States and Western Europe because of their conflicting policies. The United States Is almost a party to the war. For domestic reasons, the United States Is compelled to help Israel
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    • 917 6  -  Acceleration of land reform programme From Bernandino Ronquillo President F e r d inand E. Marcos may be open to criticism in Manila's bourgeois circles that he is pampering the tenant farmers under the land reform programme. But he has good reasons for laying down a
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 620 7 SE-D-D-iah! (Attention!) The voice of the drill instructor thundered across the hot tar-covered parade square. In a split second, a hundred booted legs crashed to the (round with a loud thump. Silence. Then the voice of the Instructor came again. A little hoarse
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    • 764 7  -  Oar men in blue have lived up to the expectations of the public. On the home front there have been notable successes against top notch criminals. Overseas some of them pitted their skills against officers from renowned countries like the US and Britain in
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    • 653 7 In a well-kept office on the fourth floor of the Police He a d q u a rters at Pearl's Hill, a stout bespectacled man sits behind a pile of papers. An Insignia on his shoulder Indicates that he bs a Deputy Superintendent.
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
    • Article, Illustration
      3206 8 Glory of Darius and causes of bis downfall... "ttttt The Persian impira was one of Hie largest in the ancient world. And its greatest ruler was Damn. Ha built up a strong administration and devised various ways of keeping a check on his enemies. As the Persian empire flourished
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  • FINANCE
    • 224 9 »l W mixed on tic stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, The market opened fairly steady bat doe to profittaking many counter* eased while wut industrials, properties, hotels ciooe* firm. Profits were taken in Singapore Eidai, Perak Car Wde, Gammon SouthEast Asia, Industrial Electronics and Engineering and Min Ngai.
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    • 374 9 A four-day conference on French Industrial equipment and engineering in Singapore was officially opened here this morning by the French Ambassador. Mr. Marcel Flory. The seminar, sponsored by Mr. Flory, Is organised by the Trade Section of the French Embassy on behalf of
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    • 45 9 Hong Kong,, Thursday The Chinese currency renminbi yesterday is devalued against the Hong Kong dollar by about one per cent. The Bank of China announced the new renminbi quotation is 38.14 yuan to HKSIOO. The previous rate was 37.76 yuan to HK$lOO.
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 316 9 Bargain hunters helped the New York Stock Exchange score a modest rebound yesterday In moderate trading, after seven consecutive declines. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 7.00 to 920.08, The average of 30 blue chips had been more than 10 points ahead much of the day, but faded
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      • 199 9 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday. Paribas 215.50 (218.50) Foncier 390.10 (394) Prlntemps 131.80 (131.10) COB 427 (427) Bull 52.20 54.80) Royal Dutch 160 (157.30) Michelin 1750 (1767) Thomson 260.40 (255) CFP 205.10 (204) Rhone 162.80 (162.50) Air 276 (274.80) BSN-Danone 1306 (1292) Philips 64 62.40) Suez 331 (333) Citroen
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      • 245 9 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). A baleen 09 11 Do opto 02 02 AOD 06 06ft Allstate 09 10 Amad 03 04 Aurora OS nil Do opts 00 Vi 01 Vi Aust Ant 13 14 Bamboo 04 nil Beach 30 nil Bounty Oil 00 Vi 01 Bridge
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      • 33 9 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 920.08 (up 7.00), 20 transport 180.83 (up 7.12), 15 utilities 97.20 (up 0.25), 65 stocks 283.36 (up 4.05).
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      • 84 9 This service Is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (In Swiss francs) on Zurich fttock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4030 —10 BBC 3700 —60 Credit Suisse 3616 —10 Swissair B. 696 +1 Swiss Reinsur. 3460 —30 Wlnterthur B. 1940 10 —60 Zurich Incur. 6660 J u vena B.
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    • Article, Illustration
      100 9 *|R. Brian Hoyle, managing director of Hagley Hoyle, entered business when an Army induction medical revealed he couldn't hear a thing without his glasses. This led to his selling whisky in India and, by a natural progress, to his establishing a creative boutique in Singapore. Mr. Hoyle is now
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  • TREND
    • 482 9  -  TNE GIRL WHO KNOWS MANY A MAN'S PROBLEMS MICHELLE ON TNI JOB BETTY L. KHOO When a man goes to a lady barber for the first time, he sits bolt upright in his chair, scared stiff that he's going to get scalped. So said Michelle Wong, a
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    • 462 9 COLOURFUL DECOR PIECES TALKING 1 SHOP J You don't have to spend thousands of dollars re-decorating your daughter's room to give it an individual stamp. Here are a few in- expensive small items which can transform a drab, characterless room Into something special. They are
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    • 411 9 Melbourne Herald Bhe had long given up baking her own bread since it was so much more comfortable to buy it ready-made at the state shop In the village, but the large, oldfashioned oven In the kitchen of her farmhouse near Maribor, Slovenia, was still
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    • 57 9 Melbourne Herald Charlady Bridget Smith and her husband Fred have been invited to Princess Anne's wedding. Mr* Smith, SO, works for Oaptain Mark Phillips' parents at Great Somerford In Wiltshire. H rm really thrilled to bits," she said, "but I haven't decided yet what to wear
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  • SPORTS
    • 480 10  -  Opponents fielded a National player, they claim By Nancy Koh "The "missing link" in a tournament ruling has created confusion in the Inter-B us i n e s s Houses badminton championship which begap last night. The ruling, which bars National players from participation, does not state specifically
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    • 98 10 Perth, Thursday.—Graham McKenzie, one of Australia's greatest fast bowlers, will return to the West Australian side for the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria starting next Friday. He was named last night in place of the injured Jim Hubble, suffering from a troublesome ankle. McKenzie has taken
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    • 233 10  -  By Sonny Yap Three time amateur bantamweight champion Brian Isaac, has left Singapore for good. The 34-year-old boxer with a 19-year ring career here is making his new home in Australia. He left two days ago for Darwin to join his wife and
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    • 462 10 London, Thursday AJ a x Amsterdam and Benflca Lisbon, two of Europe's greatest soccer clubs, were both knocked out of the European Cup last night. Ajax, European champions for the past three years, made their exit in Bulgaria where CSKA Sofia won the
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    • 205 10 Seoul, Thursday—The coach of the Australian World Cup soccer team warned that his squad may have to contend with a war of nerves prior to Saturday's elimination match with South Korea. Rale Raslc complained plans for opening workouts for the match were postponed on
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    • 20 10 London, Thursday— Birmingham beat Newcastle 1-0 in their FA. League Cup third round replay at Newcastle last night.
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    • 473 10 The visiting West German shooting team gave a spectacular performance scoring 289 points out of a possible 300 In a friendly shoot at the Rifle Range yesterday. Their skeet specialist, 25 year old wilhelm Elbrecht, Impressed with a straight 75 birds to be the top scorer
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    • 298 10 Bangkok, Thursday— Tailand yesterday sakl they would boycott the Asian Games Federation council meeting in Teheran this month if a debate on the "Two China" issue was not Included In the agenda. The new Thai Cabinet decided against sending a delegation to Teheran for the meeting
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    • 76 10 Tokyo, Thursday. Leading American money winner Kathy Whltworth of Texas will compete in Japan's richest women's golf tournament starting on November 30. The sponsors said yesterday 23 ranking players of the Women's PGA will play in the U8550.000 tournament at the Sodeguara Country Club in Chlba.
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    • 70 10 London. Thursday. John Conteh, the British, Commonwealth and European light-heavy-weight boxing champion, has withdrawn from his fight here next Tuesday against American Mike Quarry because of a hand Injury. Chris Finnegan, former Rritish champion, will take Conteh's place in the contest. Conteh damaged his left hand while
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    • 211 11 Manila. Thursday South Korea slammed toe Philippines 15-5, 15-2, 15-4 to remain the only unbeaten men's team in the Asian zone volleyball champlonshlos here yesterday. It was the third straight win for the world class Koreans and the first setback in tore* games
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    • 54 11 New Delhi, Thursday— Chandu Borde, who played In 55 Test matches for India, has announced his retirement from first class cricket. Borde, 39, last played for India against Australia in the 1909-70 season. He scored 3064 runs In Tests at an average of 36.21, took 43 wickets
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    • 348 11 From Mae Peter in Kuala Lumpur Barney Buck did a winning gallop in heavy going at Kuala Lumpur this morning. With apprentice Henry Heng astride, the four-year-old by El Cid sprinted smartly over 3f in 39-3/5, finishing with plenty In hand. Massganda again caught
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    • 57 11 London. Thursday. Six Pakistani players are among the eight seeds announced for the British Amateur Squash Rackets championship to be played here from December 13 to 22. They are Zaman (seeded No. 1), Hldayat Jehan (No. 2), Mohlbullah Khan (No. 3), Mohammed Saleem (No. 5), Sajjad Muneer
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    • 22 11 Honolulu, Thursday. Erbito Salavarria won a unanimous 12-round decision from Enrique Torres on Tuesday night at the Honolulu International Centre.
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    • 874 11  -  Lane: Champion Mitchell hard to beat BOWIiNG with Jeffrey Low Bowling fans can expect to see a lot of high-sco ring games when the World Cup gets underway at Jackie's System 460 on November 21-25. World Cup tournament director Paul Lane who arrived
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    • 1415 11 Saturday CL 2 Div. 4—6f 0293 Burn brae Boy 9.00 13 06 The Great Matador 8.13 2 00 High Dawn 8.11 10 3298 Apple Twist 8.11 12 3043 Altruistic 8.10 3 8776 Lambaian 8.10 IS 9040 Light Burden 8.10 7 08 Regal Star 8.10 5
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    • 265 11 SATURDAY RACE ONE: 2DO CL 4 Dit. 8 6f Intellectual, Prince Winalot, Ak Hostess, Dermawan, Power Plus. RACE TWO: 2.30 Cl. 4 Div. 7 -6f Aequitas, Karateka, Prakie View, Atomic Power, Cocksure, Expectations, Ontario, Trial Blazer. RACE THREE: -3.«0 CL 4 Div. 6 6f HOngkong Hero, Armful, Msejeeress, Vsruna,
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    • 271 11 London, Thursday Patti Hogan, the fiery American International, stormed off the court highly critical of the crowd after losing her second round match against Britain's Glynis Coles in the third-leg Dewar Cup indoor tennis tournament at Billingham yesterday. "I don't know why It is, but when
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    • 30 11 8a n Re mo (Italy), Thursday—Elio Calcabrinl of Italy last night won the vacant European middleweight boxing title here when he outpointed Britain's Bunny Sterling over 15 rounds.
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    • 118 11 Sydney, -Thuraday. Twenty seven hours without food and a crash course of pills carried top seed John Newcombe through his second round singles match In the Custom Credit Australian Indoor tennis championships here last night Newcombe, suffering a severe gastric complaint since winning a tournament In
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    • 121 12 Today is Thursday, November 8. the 312th day of 1973 with 53 to follow. THE MOON is approaching its full phase. THE MORNING STAR is Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. British astronomer E
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    • 59 12 AH FOOK: What a letdown for the driver whose station wagon slid into the big hole during yesterday's road cave-in! MEI LIN: That's not the only hole in our roads. With the monsoon rain causing considerable damage, motorists would now have to keep their eyes ON the road
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    • 155 12 Give yourself or your loved one a different kind of present. A gift of good grooming, poise and social grace with a beauty course at the Elsa Yeo Model Centre. Elsa Yeo's special Deportment and Grooming Course is designed to help every girl in all aspects of good grooming, social
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 884 12 SINGAPORE S IN OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE— Their Right Choice, with English subtitles: Part I or a Cantonese fllm 4.10 ART APPRECIATION, featuring Modern Architecture (C—Rpt). 4JSS GENERAL HOSPITAL: Daytime serial starring John Bernadlne as Dr. Steve Hardy, and Emily McLaughan. Stories Involving the staff, the doctors 'and
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    • 797 12 LUCKY STAR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are conservative by nature, both in your career and in your family life. Dignified in your approach to life, you dress quietly, speak softly, and gear most of what you do to fulfil definite needs rather than to Indulge mere wishes. You are lavish
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    • 275 12 THE CMTEST NITI IKM.H HUES t VIOLET SOH is today's Belle of the Week contestant (Thursday, Nov. 8, 1973). A beauty consultant, she hopes to open a salon soon. She loves to travel. —Picture by JERRY SEH. BELLS One belle appears on this pare every week from Monday to Friday.
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    • 867 12 AT THE CINEMA HORROR ON -BNAPE ISLAND: Grisly goingson are encountered by two fishermen on an Island which yields a horrific number of mutilated corpses and a girl who has gone berserk. The obliging Dennis Price, a museum curator who knows all about Phoenician weaponry, then attempts an explanation of
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