New Nation, 2 January 1974

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  • 22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, January 2, 1974 No. 912 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 NEwIiATION SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2, 1974
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  • 888 1  -  Police warn of five zones in Singapore with a very high accident rate By Bharathi Mohan The grim results are out. A total of 376 people died on our roads in 1973. And the figure may rise say police, as some of the more seriously injured
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  • 154 1 In selective trading, prices were easier on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. BUSINESS DONE: City Development (4) 185. (2) 1.82, (2) 1.83, (1) 1.84. San Holdings (12) 0.82, (2) 0.824. Motor and General Underwriters (1) 2.40, (1) 2.43, (1) 2.42.
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  • 13 1 Police reported 95 accidents yesterday. Tlhree were serious and one fatal.
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  • 74 1 Sugar Industry of Singapore, the sole supplier here, will release 20 per cent more than Its usual quota to Its 150 dealers from today to meet demand during the coming Chinese New Year. This is also to counter profiteering by shopkeepers. In December, SIS also
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  • 312 1 Here are the official results of the Belle o fthe Week contest which han from Dec. 17 to Dec. 22. Hie panel of judges decided on the following order of beauty, with points upon a possible maximums of 1M in brackets: Friday's belle (73.5), Monday's belle (7W),
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  • 179 1 United Press International London, Wednesday Thousands of British workers opened the New Year yesterday with a 40 per cent cut in their pay packets and little hope for the immediate future In this energy-starved nation. Government spokesmen said more than 640.000 workers flooded state employment
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  • 364 1  -  60 cents more for a glass of beer By Sunny Wee Prices of liquor at some hotels, nightclubs and bars increased by 20 cents to $1 per half peg from yesterday. A random check by New Nation on various hotels and liquor establishments
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  • 227 1 The fourth increase since last April Reuter Jakarta, Wednesday Indonesia yesterday raised the price of its crude oil by 80 per cent, from US$6 to US$lO.BO (from about $15 to $27) a barrel. A government spokesman. giving details of the price rise announced
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  • 214 1 Washington, Wednesday A Democratic Congressman has charged that President Nixon is unable to deal effectively with the fuel crisis because of massive contributions to his 1972 reelection campaign from the oil Industry. Congressman Mr. Les A*pin said In a statement he had complied a
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  • 46 1 Eight people were made homeless when fire partly destroyed two semi detached terrace houses in Westlake Avenue off Thomson Road at 9.45 a.m. today. The amount of damage was not known. Police were still Investigating late this morning. No one was Injured.
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  • 74 1 New York, Wednesday A slightly shame faced White House announced In Ban Clemente yesterday that President Nixon had acted Illegally In appointing his wife, Pat. to an unpaid government position two days ago. The position was temporary chairman of a new 25-member National Voluntary Services Advisory
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  • 15 1 More than 500,000 students went back to school today after seven weeks' vacation.
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  • 215 1 A young Indonesian sailor became the first murder victim of the New Year when he was fatally stabbed in the Bunga Tanjong joget hall in the New World amusement park last night. Emor Nlco Nelwan, 24 vu rushed to the hospital where he died
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 287 2  -  'Help to cut down crime rate' By Sunny Wee The Community Security Force would have an important role to play in the coming Chinese New Year festive season when the crime rate is expected to rise. This was stated by Mr. Lim
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    • 118 2 Four hundred students of Hwa Chong Junior College began their first semester today at someone else's premises. Since their $3.4 million college in Buklt Timah is only expected to be completed in another three months time, the students and some 100 teachers and staff members reported
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    • 48 2 The Associated Board of the Royal School of Music will hold Its written examination In Singapore on March 1 and March 2 for the SeventhDay Adventist candidates. Entry forms are available at the Ministry of Education until January 18, excluding weekends and public holidays.
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    • 291 2 New Year honours Two Singapore workers were named in the Queen Elizabeth New Year Honours List announced yesterday. They are a social worker and a language specialist. Miss Norina Staples, the matron of the Salvation Army Girls' Home, was made a Member of the British
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    • 24 2 The Terelec Association of the Telecommunications Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Telephone Board will hold a walkathon for charity on Jan. 13.
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    • 25 2 The Canberra Community Centre will hold a New Year get together party and dance, at its Naval Base premises on Saturday at 8 p.m.
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    • 148 2 This is one game where size does not count. And you can see from the forlorn look of the biggest boy that he has already given up in this blowing-the balloon contest The trio were among 150 children who attended the New Year party
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    • 155 2 The Educational Publications Bureau will expand its operations by producing periodicals and lighter reading materialr for children. This was announced by Mr. Yeo Choo Kok, general manager of the bureau recently. Mr. Yeo said that the bureau would also be rewriting stories from foreign
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    • 28 2 The NTUC Sports and Games Council will hold a party for 300 underprivileged children at the NTUC holiday resort at Changl on Bunday at 11 a.m.
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    • 391 2 10-month count More industrial accidents occurred during »the first 10 months of last year than for the whole of the previous year. There were 10.749 industrial mishaps reported to the Ministry of Labour during the period January to October in 1973 as against 10,675
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    • 227 2 Sturdy, wooden picnic benches cumtables have now been set up along Changi beach as part of the government's plans to convert the site into a multi million dollar tourist resort and holiday centre. These benches-cum-tables were placed a few days ago and spaced out
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    • 174 2 There were 34,479 people on the "live" register of the Ministry of Labour as at the end of October last year. This is a drop of 553 people as compared to the previous month. According to the Ministry's monthly report for October, during the
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    • 45 2 Dr. B. K. Sen, chairman of the Singapore Sports Council. will host a get-together of officials of the Singapore National Olympic Council, the National Sports Association, the People's Association and the Singapore Schools Council, at 6.30 p.m. tomorrow at the VIP Lounge, National Stadium.
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    • 282 3 Congenital heart disease was the second most common cause of death among infants from 1964 to 1970. It also appears to have superceded pneumr.nia as a leading cause of infant mortality in the paediatric wards. This was disclosed in an article in the latest issue of
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    • 186 3 Jewellers here expect the price of gold ornaments to go up before the Chinese New Year. "Hie rise is expected to be between $10 and $20 a tael (Chinese ounce) following Increased activity In the world bullion markets. At the moment, the retail
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    • 23 3 Pakistan International Airlines' Singapore manager, Mr. Taj Abbas Azad, is back in Singapore after attending a PIA regional conference in Karachi.
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    • 112 3 Blffl® ©Lf New Nation's latest Belle of the Week winper, Maryrose de Turville, 21 (left), is no stranger to the beauty contest world. She was one of the 14 finalists in the Miss United Kingdom contest last year. And she was the runner-up in the Singapore Miss Press
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    • 332 3 110,000 on the roads There is now a boom in car sales in Singapore and statistics show a 22 per cent Jump ip ownership since 1971. And out of over 110,000 private cars here, 38,000 or 22 per cent are In households with more than
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    • 18 3 The Embassy of Pakistan will be closed on Friday and Saturday because of Hari Raya Haji.
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    • 148 3 Hardluck Jamilah. That's what she thought she was until yesterday when she won the Belle of the Week readers' contest. Said a delighted Jamilah blnte Latif (above): "This is my first try and I won a prize. Do you know I entered countless times for
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    • 258 3 Call by social council A centralised programme assessment centre to cater for the disabled could be set up to root out "selfcentred" attitudes that seem to prevail in welfare organisations. This centre was suggested in the editorial of the latest RAPPORT, the newsletter of the Singapore Council
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 444 3 f s CINEMA POSER INM SU/NEW RATION CONTEST Last Friday's poser showed Liza Mlnnelll In a scene from Cabaret. The first 10 correct entries opened by the Editor yesterday evening were from: Mrs. Monica Perelra (housewife), of 97 Pine Close; Miss Soh Geok LI an (typist), of 218 Lorong Halwa;
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    • 265 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 9 Pertaining to desire. 10 Mendacity. 11 Harmonies. 12 Costume for Coppella. 13 Blunders. 14 Chair. 21 Devil's devotees. 24 Muse of music. 25 Marooned. 26 Stumbles. 27 Order of Greek architecture. 28 Biblical miracle food. 30 a song to sing O!" 31 Irritates. 32 Pleasure gardens.
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  • 943 4  -  IN PERSON Conducted by Jennifer Schoon The Hothouse Rock contest, one of the audience participation items at the Dale Carnegie Rock Chapter's 7th annual charity ball, sept waves of hilarity all round the Marco Polo ballroom. Nine coupies were lined up
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  • 499 4 nod TM DOG HOUSE km This year promises to be a very eventful year for the Singapore Kennel Club. There will be three Championship shows. The first will be staged on March 31 at the Exhibition Hall. National Stadium Complex at Kallang. Mr. Ken
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 233 5 Hong Kong, Wednesday China today revealed a series of new senior military appointments as a result of transfers involving the commanders of several key military regions. The moves were announced in a New China News Agency report monitored here on "gettogethers" held between
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    • 28 5 Peking, Wednesday A delegation of Chinese surgeons specialising in the reattaching of severed limbs left China yesterday for a visit to Canada and the United States.
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    • 92 5 A policeman guards the wreckage of the Italian airlines Fokker 28 which crasneu in a fog on landing near Turin airport, Italy, yesterday. A t".tal of 38 people of the 42 on board were killed. The plane was on a flight from the Sardinian city of
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    • 328 5 Reuter London, Wednesday Government troubleshooter William Whitelaw, former top trade unionist Vic Feather and football star Bobby Charlton received high awards in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's honours list today. Mr. Whitelaw, who brought peace hopes to Northern Ireland, was made a companion of honour (C.H.)
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    • 534 5 ...as Israel polls show a swing Reuter Geneva, Wednesday The slight swing to the right in Israel's general elections could slow down the pace of negotiations in Geneva for disengagemejit of Egyptian and Israeli forces on the Suez front, in the view of observers
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    • 310 5 Reason for bank takeover Islamabad. Wednesday —The Pakistan Government took a "revolutionary step" to strengthen the economy yesterday when It nationalised the country's banks. Finance Minister Mr. Mubashir Hasan said. In a broadcast from Karachi yesterday he assured depositors their money was safe and promised
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    • 243 5 Dublin, Wednesday— Security forces in the Irish Republic will make a determined bid to break the outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the new year. This was the clear implication in Premier Liam Cosgrave's message to the newly-formed Northern Ireland executive on Monday.
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    • 201 5 Row over Confucius Reuter Taipeh, Wednesday President Chiang KaiShek yesterday bitterly attacked a Chinese communist political campaign involving criticism of Confucius, the most famous sage of China. "The Chinese com munists are now doing everything possible to discredit Confucius on the c.ne hand, and on the
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    • 66 5 Rome. Wednesday Miss Judith Todd, daughter of former Southern Rhodesia Premier Garfield Todd, was married culetly in the chapel of the English college here yesterday. Her groom was widower Richard Acton. 32-year-old banker heir to Lord Acton who witnessed the ceremony with Mrs. Garfield Todd. The ceremony
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    • 127 5 Kuchlng, Wednesday The confirmed death toll from Sarawak's worst ever maritime tragedy has risen to 84, while 29 people are still unaccounted for after the sinking of the passenger vessel last Thursday. The vessel, Pulao Kidjang. sank In rough seas off the west coast of
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    • 25 5 Karachi. Wednesday— The two-way repatriation of about 200.000 people between Pakistan and Bangladesh has passed the halfway stage, according to a United Nations official.
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    • 238 5 United Press International Perth, Wednesday— When shapely university philosophy graduate Geraldine Fitzgerald removthe top of her bikini while sunbathing at Perth's City Beach last week, she started a topless craze on metropolitan beaches. Geraldine, 24, sunbathed topless for a reason—she is helping the Blackstone
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    • 38 5 Mexico City, Wednesday Mexican police destroyed drugs worth US $800 million < about $2000 million» and detained 2,992 drug pushers last year. They also seized 673 cars, two launches and 40 planes connected with the drug trade.
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  • OPINION
    • 442 6 The only other thing flying faster than the Kohoutek comet must be the price of oil. The oil states of the Middle East and North Africa, which currently supply 90 per cent of the world's oil export, appear to be determined to break
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 67 6 A girlfriend of mine will never forget her first baby. Her husband wanted a boy very much. He phoned her at the hospital shortly ater she had delivered to ask if she was alright and enquire after the sex t»f their baby. She will never forget his
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      • 48 6 Singapore is apparently not the only country faced with a lack of good response to the Police Force's recruitment exercise. In Hong Kong large billboards like cinema posters—are prominently displayed at various strategic road Junctions with the words: "Earn $1000 a month. Join the Police Force."
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      • 124 6 Remember the adage "the customer is always right?" Well, a salesman has Just found out that strict observation of this saying can be counterproductive. Trying to impress the shipping executive he was meeting for the first time, the salesman began by complimenting his prospective customer on his
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    • 865 6  -  Alter intensive fighting and lobbying, India has Anally succeeded in obtaining a Commercial Co-operation Agreement from the European Economic Community. It is the EEC's first cooperation agreement. and not only does it set out the trade concessions which India is to enjoy from the Community;
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    • 374 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other newspapers are saying: DEVELOP REGIONAL TOURISM Over the recent years Singapore's tourist Industry has been progressing very well, with the result that the number of tourists visiting Singapore has gone up to 1,000,000 this year, and it Is believed that
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    • Letters
      • 342 6 I refer to the letter by Service No. 80 (NN. 2i.12.73), under the heading Unused Bus Stop, and I would like to draw the relevant authorities' attention to the following points before they act on the suggestions of Service No. 80. I am of the opinion that the
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      • 58 6  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relation Officer. Ministry of National Development. Singapore, 2. Please refer to the letter by SAB 9230 (NN. 10.12.73) captioned Road Like Plasters. It is proposed to resurface the stretch of Tampines Road referred to on completion of the laving c.f water mam and cables
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      • 79 6 More fuel can be saved if only the bus system can be Improved. Many bus drivers do not stop to picts. up passengers. As a result people are compelled to make use of their own cars. The Government 1* calling upon the public to conserve oil.
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      • 350 6  -  KLANG SCOUT I was in the group of about 20 scouts from the 4th Klang Troop which toured Singapore recently. We must admit that we enjr.yed our stay In the Republic. The people we met were warm and friendly and the food just right. We were put
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    • 860 6  -  By Ted Szule Washington Post The eruption of the Spanish Civil War was triggered by the murder, on July 12, 1936, of Jose Calvo Sotelo, the leader of the right -wing "Spanish Renovaction" bloc in the Cortes (Parliament), by policemen of the Republican
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    • 349 6  -  By Robert S.Elegant Los Angeles Times The moderate forces of Premier Chou En-lai have launched a vigorous co un terattack against the "extreme leftists" who have been seeking to undermine the moderates' position. Still In Arm control of the central organs of governmental and Communist
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      652 7 IT IS ALL SO HUSH HUSH Howard Hughes, the shadowy billionaire who has not been seen in public for two decades, has vowed not to appear in court again for fear of spending the remainder of his life in litigation. Last month Hughes moved to the Sanadu Hotel at
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    • 1117 7  -  By Leroy Aarons Washington Post Nearly seven years ago, in the dead of night, flat on his back on a stretcher in his privately hired railroad train, Howard Hughes slipped into Las Vegas. Four years later almost to the day, just as quietly, just
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    • 153 7 He came, he saw, he conquered this was true not only of Howard Hugh e s' business transactions but also ills romantic ones. As a film magnate he scouted for feminine talent both In face and figure. He always held out the promise that he
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    • 809 7  -  By Trish Sheppard Whatever we do, we in Australia will be affected by the oil crisis. Even if we manage to maintain the laughable facade of open-handedness there is no chance of us not beipg sucked into the huge, horrible, interna tion whirlpool.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 72 7 FOR CONVENIENT FORKING. DROP IN AT OUR NEW SHOP AT SPECIALISTS' CENTRE All Melwani's Men's Shop branches will remain open on Friday, 4 ft Jan. Announcing the arrival of Duty-Free Bally Shoes. Prices starting from $45.00 BALLY of Switzerland \mw.n> N X B IVI g The Shop With Wtel&ams ext**
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    • 92 7 Our bottle is both round and pointy. Some say our whisky is too. We put our whisky in a special shaped bottle. It's squarish, but rounded. Very handy when you want to grab a drink on a dark night. No mistakes. You know you've got hold of the Langs even
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS AND SHOWBIZ
    • 561 8  -  ART BUCHWALD President Nixon is preparing to disclose that he and his wife will leave their home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, to the American people. The house, known as the White House, is one of the largest in Washington, and is considered
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    • 473 8  -  PAKISTAN From W. Drummond Los Angeles Times Raja Trldiv Roy is the only member of the Pakistani cabinet who could get away with publishing a book of short stories about love affairs with foreign women. The amorous encounters from Karachi to Honolulu are all described
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    • 350 8  -  US. From Ivor Davis Tough guy Eddie Cannizzaro, who used to be the right arm of a Mafia boss, swears he has turned over a new leaf. In fact, say neighbours "he's a pussycat." But Cannizzaro, now 50, who says he's retired
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    • 543 8  -  rap nil By Jean Li And so it's here! 1974 and the usual review of last year's nitty gritty of the music business. And I can't find a better word than SENSATIONAL to describe it. Indeed it was. No doubt the most talked about
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    • 799 8  -  Big target set in fifth five-year plan INDIA From H.Krishnan United Press International By investing U5572,000 million in the next five years, the Indian Government planners hope to abolish poverty by 1985 from this country of more than half a billion people. They further hope
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    • 221 8  -  From Vincent Buist The Soviet Union Is designing a 370.0C0 ton planned series of superwith the aim of cutting in on the lucrative foreign currency chaiter market, as well as handling its own exports of crude. The decision to g". ahead with
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    • 316 8  -  From Graham Eceles Melbourne Herald It is hard to imagine roly-poly Harry Secombe ever being anything but just that. Secombe lovers and Secombe-haters everywhere have, for years, poked good-natured fun at the corpulent comedian's expansive figure. But times are changing and so is big Harry.
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    • 348 8 The boys of the New Generation have learnt to bridge the generation gap after three months of playing to middle-aged audiences on board a ship. Nick Stravens (organist) James Beins, drummer), Edward Yong (bass), and Peter Gwee (lead guitar), are now recovering their shore
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    • 364 8  -  THEATRE BY VIOLET OON Jazz forms the theme of this month's Music for Everyone concert to be staged at the Victoria Theatre on Sunday at 5 p.m. The artists who will appear are the Simpliclus Cheong Trio, the Richard Ortega Quintet, guest artist Winston
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 17 8 SINGAPORE 1 (2) Top Of The World: Carpenters 2. (1) A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall: Brian Ferry
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    • 134 8 3 (4) Photojr a ph: Ringo Starr 4 (5) Sorrow: David Bowie 5 (6) Helen Wheels: Paul McCartney Wings 6 (3) Paper Roses: Marie Osmond 7 (7) The Most Beautiful Girl: Charlie Rich 8 (9) Merry X'mas: Slade 9 (8) When I Fall In Love: Donny Osmond 10 (10) Goodbye
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  • TREND
    • 232 9 Now that a woman is faced with a ho d g e-podge of fashion styles with no discernable single fashion trend predominant yet, she can dress with confident individuality. Of course, whatever style is hottest on the the fashion scene, a woman who has any dress
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    • 938 9  -  MARY LEE A saltfish out Of the porridge is how I sometimes feel when I enter a ritzy place in a provincial town in middle America. The nightout to which I am referring was to have dinner and watch a local
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    • 381 9  -  EATING IN LU LIN I could eat chicken rice every day! I love the flavour of the rice and the succulent and tender chicken. But I'll be darned if I know how the vendors cook it! And they aren't about to part
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    • 356 9 A pretty little dinner plate and a large supply of cleansing creams and skin fresheners will be part of Caroline Oxton's kit when she joins a "Darkest Africa" expedition soon. Caroline, a 30-year-old brunette, will be one of nine women in a 140strong expeditionary force
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    • 241 9 The Melbourne Herald Set a trap to catch a thief. In an emergency even a mousetrap will do, as Belgrade police demonstrated successfully recently. When Belgrade art dealer Marko Rlstlc, 57, complained to the police that banknotes kept on disappearing from a locked cash box in
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  • FINANCE
    • 499 9 New York, Wednesday Investors went away from the New York Stock Exchange with lighter wallets in 1973, and signs are this year might not be much better. The year produced a depressing array of statistics. The Dow Jones Industrial average slid 169.21 points.
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    • 138 9 Country for UAC United Asbestos Cement (UAC) has acquired a five per cent stake in West Country Sendirian Berhad through the purchase of 1,950,003 $1 shares at par, paid in full by cash. UAC said that the basis for arriving at the
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    • Article, Illustration
      280 9 Mr. Choh Lian Pen?, has been appointed general manager of Esso Chemicals in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. He succeeds Mr. D.S. Lall. who will be leaving for Exxon Chemicals Co. Inc.. New York, where he will take up an appointment with the company's headquarters, Paramins department. Mr. Choh will
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    • 202 9 OVERSEAS STOCK PRICES Closing prices at 11.30 ajn. (Australian time). AOD 09 12 Allstate 08 09 Amad 02 03 Aurora 08 16 Do opts 00ft 01 A ust Ant 12 14 Bamboo 01 04ft Beach 43 Bridge 14 15 Patrick 09ft 10 Cleveland 31 34 East met 00 07
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    • 325 9 UPI New York, Wednesday The Conference Board, an independent business and economic research institution, said yesterday the government may have overestimated the petroleum shortage in the United States by as much as 1.3 million barrels per day. The board's energy information centre said it
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    • 44 9 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate has reported an unaudited pre-tax profit of $260,556 for the half-year ended September 1973 as against a loss of $32,091 previously. Company secretary, Mr T. Ramanathan, attributed the better results to improvement in production and maiketing conditions.
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  • SPORTS
    • 955 10 Washington, Wednesday The tennis war is now five years old. The initials sometimes change, but the antagonists remain the same the Pros against the Amateurs. The Pros are the people who want to run professional tennis as a
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    • 980 10 But Clarke is carried off the pitch London, Wednesday The Leeds United machine rolled to an all-time record yesterday as they drew 1-1 at home with Tottenham Hotspur to advance their start of the season's unbeaten streak to 24 games. Shattering a standard established
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    • 267 10 Dir. 1 Arsenal 0 Newcastle 1 Coventry 1 Burnley 1 Derby 1 B'ham 1 Ipswich 3 Everton 0 Leeds 1 Spurs 1 L'pool 1 L'cester 1 Man. C. 0 Stoke 0 QPR 3 Man Utd 0 S field 1 Chelsea 2 West Ham 4 Norwich 2 Wolves 2
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    • 117 10 Wellington, Wednesday Wellington led the New Zealand Plunket Shield cricket championship with 52 points after their third-round win oyer Otago yesterday. Canterbury, with a surprise win over Auckland, 4 moved into second place with 36 points and Auckland dropped to third place with 32.
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    • 346 11 By Blue Peter Picture House IV and Armful (A. Wadi) from trainer Colin Tulloh's stable were matched in a splendid trial at Bukit Timah this morning. Breaking from the 4f the pair steadily clapped on the pace to run the last 3f in 36. There was little
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    • 42 11 Perth, Wednesday Two local horses beat top stayers from the Eastern States to carry off the Asloo,ooo Perth Cup at the Ascot race course yesterday. West Australan horse Allegation won from Kabooqi with the Victoria stayer Phar Ace third.
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    • 1334 11 Y [SUE ROUNDUP By BLUE PETER Ipoh trainer Mansor Matban has entered a strong team of horses for the Singapore Turf Club January Meeting which begins on Saturday and should saddle his share of winners. Double Adios II goes over a bit of distance again and
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    • 298 11 By Scrutineer Auric Stable, whose horses won $207,550 in the 1973 season have their sight set on some of the rich classics and the owners title this season. They are going into the new racing season with a "new look" string, spearheaded by
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    • 412 11  -  mm ARTS by Sonny Yap Chinese pugilists are now studying the possibility of staging a national tournament for all martial arts schools here. This dream project has been much talked about since the return of the national team from the recent Third South East
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    • 175 11 Cape Town, Wednesday.—After starting the day on 4-47. Western Province staged a great ilghtback to total 249 all out and then grabbed five Transvaal second Innings wickets for 109 runs at the close of play on the second day of their "A" section Currie Cup
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    • 25 11 London, Wednesday. Results of Rugby League matches: Division One Leigh 5 Castleford 5. Division Two Batley 7 Swinton 11; Bradford 50 Blackpool 3.
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    • 208 11 Bombay, Wednesday.— The Indian Cricket Board of Control yesterday announced a 14-man party to tour Sri Lanka later this month. The team gives an indication of the selectors' thoughts for the Test series in England later this year. Absentees include the Moslem trio who
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    • 64 11 Kltwe (Zambia), Wednesday. The MCC touring team were resuming their first innings against a Zamblan invitation XI yesterday '77 runs behind with five wickets down. After dismissing the Zamblan side on Monday for 158. they lost five wickets for 81 runs In reply. In Lusaka
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    • 41 11 Hasting, Wednesday— Jan Timman, the 22-year-old Dutch Master, forged Into the lead in the Premier tournament at the Has ting's chess congress yesterday. Timman gained an impressive fifth round victory In 45 moves against the Yugoslav Grandmaster Svetozar Oligoric.
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    • 22 11 New York, Wednesday —Buffalo Sabres beat Red Wings 5-3 In Detroit last night in the only national ice hockey match.
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    • 375 11 Melbourne, Wednesday Nine years ago veteran Australian tennis coach Vic Edwards predicted that 1974 would be Evonne Goolagong's year. The new year was but a few hours old when the bouncy 22-year-old Aboriginal champion smashed her way through American Chris Evert to win her first
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    • 129 12 TODAY Is Wednesday. January 2, the second day of 1974 with 363 to follow. THE MOON Is between its first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING STAR Is Mercury. THE EVENING STARS are Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. British
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    • 41 12 AH FOOK: I don't blame RTS for not wishing viewers a Happy New Year yesterday. Perhaps there is nothing to be happy about. MEI LIN: Stop being so pessimistic. There's always a silver lining on the dark clouds.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 834 12 SINGAPORE S 3.H OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by TUMP LAN MINGGU. A magazine series presented in Malay JJK DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.30 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING: Daytime serial on the trials and tribulations of three families In San Francisco. 3.50 PERSEMBAHAN KU: A light musical programme featuring Rashld
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    • 723 12 A C Y M /X One belle appears on this pace every week from Monday to Friday. Cut alone the dotted line and keep today's belle with yon. When you have got the five belles of the week on Friday you must get Saturday's New Nation which will carry an
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    • 1348 12 c AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS: From Walt Disney Productions, a musical fantasy starring Angela Lansbury as an amateur witch In quest of a magical spell. Three Cockney waifs and a quack professor Join her In one zany adventure after another Including a trip to the
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