New Nation, 6 February 1974

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    Masthead
    23 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, February 6, 1974 No. 941 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 20/74 NE\S!^TION SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1974
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon My ten-day nightmare in the sea...
    1315 1  -  Fisherman tells of his ordeal with friend By Douglas Chan A 50-year-old fisherman who was given up for dead after a boat carrying him and seven others caught fire and sank in the Straits of Malacca last December returned yesterday to his family in
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    101 1 In quiet trading prices were easier on the Btock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. BUSINESS DONE: San Holdings (20) 0.91, (2) 0.90*, (1) 0.90. Far East Hotels (1) 1.20. 0.C.8.C. (1) 8.80. United Overseas Bank (1) 5.10. North Borneo Timber (1) 7.10.
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    Letter bomb
    27 1 Lima, Wednesday.—A litter bomb apparently posted In Mexico exploded In the Cuban Embassy In Peru Injuring a female embassy official, the embassy disclosed here yesterday.
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    HISTORY COMES ALIVE IN NEW NATION
    62 1 History comes alive in the New Nation today. Making of the Singaporean is a mammoth project that will seek to bring to Singaporeans a sense of our exciting past. Through lively anecdotes, profiles and reconstruction of major historical events, we will trace the growth
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    TEARFUL WAIT
    357 1 While two crew members of a local Ashing vessel, SMF 467, returned to a joyous reunion with their families yesterday after missing for almost two months the wives and children of the other six fishermen feared dead waited in anguish for their loved ones. One of them Is
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    Lock icon Russia visit for Nixon this year...
    492 1 Dr. Kissinger to pave the way Reuter Washington, Wednesday Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger will fly to Moscow late next month for talks to prepare the way for President Nixon's projected visit to the Soviet Union this year, the White House announced yesterday.
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    OUR ROADS
    13 1 Police reported 94 accidents yesterday. Five were serious and one fatal.
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    Laju hijackers still waiting for word
    386 1 Mission in Tokyo contacting Pyongyang By New Nation reporters. The North Korean mission in Tokyo is contacting its government in Pyongyang for instructions following the decision by the Laju hijackers to pick North Korea to help negotiate their departure from Singapore, a UPI report
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  • Article
    Kidnappers flee with half-naked girl
    193 1 Berkeley, Wednesday Publisher William Randolph Hearst's granddaughter was dragged, naked from the waist up, from her apartment here and shoved screaming into the boot of a car last night by three kidnappers who fired at bystanders. Her fiance, Steven Weed, 26, and a neighbour who
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    Man robbed of car
    39 1 Two men. armed with revolvers, held up a businessman Kwek Slong Cheng. 45. at Upper Thomson Road 6} m.s. at 11.30 p.m. yesterday. They forced him to get out of his car and drove off.
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  • Article
    'No new forgery ring'
    130 1 No new ring Involved In making counterfeit notes in operating In Singapore, according to Kilice spokesman Asst. ipt Ng Woon. Poh. Police today said that the fake US$l2 million seized in Australia may be the remnants of the forged currency which was printed and distri- buted
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Flyover at Causeway
      165 2 This artist's impression shows how the Johor end of the Causeway will look when work to widen the present threelane carriageway is completed. The new look carriageway will have six lanes, each 3.6 metres wide Two lanes will be for outgoing vehicles, two for Incoming vehicles and
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      Dealers fear cutback in oil supply
      202 2  -  Warning by a petrol firm By Sunny Wee Some petrol dealers fear they may suffer a 15 per cent cutback of their monthly petroleum supply following their decision not to operate on Sunday. These dealers have been warned by an oil firm that the
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      'Change to simpler life to beat rising prices'
      378 2  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal A change to a simpler way of life is necessary to combat inflation and poverty, according to an Ecafe official. Dr. M.S. Jillani, Regional Adviser on Social Development Planning, Ecafe, said: "It is a painful realisation that the
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    • Article
      Attract Arab tourists call
      265 2 Singapore may have to think of some ways to attract the Arab tourists to be good customers of the new hotels and shopping centres. This was stated by Dr. S. Y. Lee, an economist with the University of Singapore, at a forum on the oil crisis
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      A ministry stint for principals
      317 2  -  'Shared exercise* By Teresa Ooi The Ministry of Education has asked principals of all schools and junior colleges to volunteer for a short term attachment at the Ministry. Under the scheme, principals are expected to spend two mornings or afternoons a week at the Ministry
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      SPCA: Open zoo ideal
      195 2 The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals fully supports the open environment concept of the Singapore Zoological Gardens. In an official release, the SPCA said: "If, as a result of a few animal escapes, the zoo allows itself to degenerate into an old-style menagerie
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      Advice on US tax
      69 2 Mr. John McAuley, a US Internal Revenue Service representative, will arrive here next Tuesday to assist American citizens residing in Singapore with their 1973 tax returns. He will conduct two seminars at the American library Resource Centre at the US Embassy In Hill Street on Feb.
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      A 'bird-watcher wins contest
      126 2 Engineer Mr. Fong Keng Thong found his "bird-watchipg" pastime unusually rewarding when he won the first prize in the Belle of the Week contest. Mr. Pong who works with the Telecommunications Authority of Singapore said: "1 was stunned when informed about winning the contest I tried
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      Extra big prizes to be won in our contest
      226 2 New Nation's grand finals of the Belle of the Week contest is now on. There will be extra big prizes for you at the end of two weeks. Let as take a look at what yom can win. The reader wh»
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      It's Phoon again
      32 2 Professor Phoon Wai On has been re-elected president of the Society of Occupational Medicine. The secretary, Dr. Chew Pin Kee, and treasurer. Dr. Chau Sik Ting, have also reelected.
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      Liza's the last Belle for grand finals...
      147 2 For twice beauty contest winner Liza Thng (above) being Belle of the Week is still unexpected. Liza, 19, a receptionist in a Swedish Arm, said: "My friends urged me to Join but I didn't think I stood much of a chance. I was
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      Lock icon Quick draw Jahi shows how he handled gunman
      676 3  -  He gets reward for devotion to duty By Bharathi Mohan Sgt. Mo h a mmed Jahi bin Abdul Rahman, 39, owes his life to his quick draw. But every time he recalls his dramatic shootout with a gunman last year, he still
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      Motorbikes take over
      246 3 Many car owners are buying motorcycles as supplementary means of transport in the face of rising petrol prices and parking fees. A spokesman for Boon Slew, importers of Honda motorcycles, said: "Shortly after the last rise in petrol prices, we sold bikes to a stock broker, a
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      Petrosian takes step forward
      255 3  -  Semi-final berth in sight f CHESS) BY LIM KOK ANN Former world chess champion Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet Union won the 9th game of his match against Lajos Portisch of Hungary last night in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Petrosian now leads by 2-0 and will
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      227 2 The two exclusive collections are now here! Hem chritt pkhce ISSIi I mmm■ JBfc i Never before exhibited in Singapore I /SSSk UMb 400 rare and exquisite masterpieces I worth over two million dollars! §lr There's a truly magnificent collection of genuine Also not to be missedantique Persian paintings. m
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      273 2 NEW NATION CROSSWORD H ■■■■■■I ACROSS 1 Measuring tools. 7 Stockyard animals. 13 River Into Chesapeake Bay. 14 Naval officer. 16 One Phrase. 17 Crocodile river. 18 Gentleman's gentleman. 19 Diminutive of Eleanor. 21 Cautionary road sign. 22 Name in Arthurian legend. 23 Homeric enchantress. 24 Social worker Jacob. 25
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE
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      The Carry On films still popular
      777 4  -  A ready made audience here BY EDGAR KOH CARRY ON MATRON directed by Gerald Thomas, with Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Charles Hawtrey, Barbara Windor and Terry Scott (Jurong Drivein). After 23 productions since 1958, the success of the Carry On series has
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      An easy poser for you
      300 4 MIISICHNKI Do you know the name of the singer on the right? Well, here Is a clue: His first record Diana swept millions off their feet. New Nation's exciting Musicorner contest is easy to enter and win. All you have to do for today's contest
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      Lock icon Top star Cary is a dazzling 70 now
      858 4  -  No nostalgia or sentiment at celebration By Ivor Davis Melbourne Herald Recently Archibald Leach celebrated his 70th birthday with as little fuss and bother as he could muster. Leach of course is the real name of slick suave superstar Cary Grant who
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      How a hotel turns out those grand meals
      825 4  -  Bjr Gene Teo Staring in front of us, on the buffet table was the cold meat dish attractively decorated, with layers of ham. roast beef, bacon, tomatoes, asparagus and olives impeccably piled in neat rows with fringes of celeryThere were all the
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      Lock icon Georgy Girl comes storming back
      515 4 Melbourne Herald The singer the English call simply Georgy Girl crept into London recently expecting to have been forgotten by her former fans after being away for almost three years. Instead she had TV producers and night club owners clamouring for her services and the
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      King of banned records...
      394 4  -  New LP under close scrutiny POPS BY JEAN LI King of the bizzare, Alice Cooper, must surely deserve an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for having the most number of records banned by various countries than any other artist. His latest LP, Muscle Of
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      160 4 Dining out (f-lnabetban rmii t Ss ii! n '4* s? Businessman's lunch International Cuisine Smorgasbord lunch, Mon Thur MISS TERESA KHOO entertains THUR/FRI/SAT from 7.30 p.m. V Palm I Court s Dine by candle-light in tropical surroundings Nightly from 7.30 p.m. Malayan Show nm in the para Ballroom W Nightly
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      78 4 SINGAPORE 1 (1) Helen Wheels: Paul McCartney and Wines 2 (4) Sorrow: David Bowie 3 (5) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Elton John 4 (2) Top of the World: Carpenters 5 (8) Leave Me Alone (Buby Red Dress): Helen Beddy 6 (3) The Most Beautiful Girl: Charlie Bich 7 (7) You
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    • Miscellaneous
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      69 4 •J:im 1 (7) Tiger Feet: Mud 2 (5) Teenage Rampage: Sweet 3 (4) Dance With The Devil: Coiy Powell 4 (2) You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me: New Seekers 5 (6) Radar Love: Golden Earrings 6 (1) The Show Must Go On: Leo Sayer 7 (11) Solitaire: Andy Williams
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      80 4 1 (3) You're Sixteen: Rlngo Starr. 2 (7) The Way We Were: Bar bra Streisand 3 (5) Americans: Byron MacGregor 4 (1) Show And Tell: A 1 Wilson 5 (6) Love's Theme: Love Unlimited Orchestra 6 (2) Smokin' in The Boy's Room: Brownsville Station. 7 (10) Let Me Be There:
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon EEC against joint stand by oil users
      448 5 Rejects proposal by US UPI, Reuter Brussels, Wednesday The European Common Market has agreed to oppose the creation of new international institution to govern co-opera-tion between oil consumers. According to informed sources the foreign ministers of the EEC have decided on this position
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      Lock icon Violence breaks out again in troubled Gujarat
      174 5 Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday Widespread violence broke out again yesterday in the troubled Indian State of Gujarat, where last month at least 43 people were killed in food and antigovernment riots. Police opened fire on demonstrators In four Gujarat! towns, and at least
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      Lock icon Spratly dispute now hots up
      378 5 China claim groundless: Saigon Saigon, Wednesday South Vietnam and China appeared to move a step closer to another confrontation in the South China Sea after last month's battle between the two countries over the Paracel Islands. The South Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Issued a strongly worded
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      65 entries for Limit Show
      566 5 FROM TMK DOG HOUSE ■V PQ The Singapore Kennel Club Limit Show which will be held on Sunday has attracted 65 entries which is just about the right number for this type of. show. Among the entries are three Cairn Terriers, a breed which we
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      Clearing the wrecks
      70 5 Hamburg, Wednesday. A West German ship ping and salvage firm said yesterday it had drawn up a contract with the Suez Canal Authority for clearing 10 wrecked ships from the waterway. A spokesman for Ulrlch Harms Gmbh of Hamburg said the firm was now awaiting ap proval
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      SPECIALIST DOCTORS MAY QUIT UK FOR EUROPE
      166 5 London, Wednesday.— Britain's specialist doctors are up In arms over their pay and conditions and may soon start migrating to continental Europe where they could earn twice as much, it was claimed yesterday. Dr. Derek Stevenson, secretary of the British Medical Association which
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      Lock icon 'Israel may start air strikes to stop Syrian attacks'
      456 5 UPI, Reuter Tel Aviv, Wednesday Israel accused Syria of opening artillery fire on the rugged Golan Heights for the 10th day running today, but said the firing was light The accusation comes Just as it was understood here that the US
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      US and British plan for Diego Garcia
      129 5 London, Wednesday The United States and Britain have agreed In principle to expand anchorage, airfield and other facilities on the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. This was announced yesterday by Deputy Foreign Secretary Julian Amery in the House of
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      'War in Southern Africa if Rhodesia fails'
      191 5 Dar Eas Salaam. Wednesday British Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home has warned that there could be war In Southern Africa if attempts to achieve a negotiated settlement over Rhodesia fall. He also stressed that Britain would take no part in such a conflict
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      Whitlam has fruitful talks in Burma
      142 5 Rangoon, Wednesday. Australian Prime Minister Mr. Gough Whitlam has held "very fruitful" talks with his Burmese counterpart Mr. Ne Win on bilateral relations between their two countries, Informed sources said. The two leaders yesterday also discussed the energy crisis, Indochina, financing of underdeveloped countries
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      New health plan
      61 5 Washington, Wednesday President Nixon announced yesterday he would send Congress this week a new health plan to provide comprehensive medical coverage through private insurance for the American people. In a statement to the American Hospital Association, Mr. Nixon said the new plan would be financed chiefly by
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      Lock icon Why Heykal lost his job
      152 5 Reuter Cairo, Wednesday President Sadat removed Egypt's best-known journalist from his job because "a State within a State" had been created within his newspaper, sources close to the Government said last night. In what observers took to be the view the authorities wished to make
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      53 5 Dog for adoption This week's dog for adoption is twoyear old Blackie, a very affectionate pet who is fond of children. She lost her previous home when her owners went abroad. She is al9o a good watchdog. If yon wish to adopt her, call at the SPCA, Orchard Road, or
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  • OPINION
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      Imported and local inflation
      444 6 Optimists who are ever looking for that silver lining have argued that the energy crisis has done the world a service by compelling it to reduce wastage of energy and to accelerate the search for substitutes for oil, at present the main source of the world's
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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        Part of show
        90 6 Ladles, do think twice before you decide to attend one of those avante garde shows where the members of the audience are expected to participate with the actors on stage. Fair-haired Barbara Kozaronek who went to see one such Japanese production in Warsaw had her clothes ripped
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        Ready to print
        58 6 Here's what I call a helpful publication. The Demographic Express. a monthly brought out by the non-profit institution, International Programmes of the Population Reference Bureau Inc. in the United States, is purposely printed only one side of superior quality paoer so as "to facilitate direct use of
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      Seeing the Jade Princess
      790 6  -  As part of its efforts to win friends and influence governments, the Chinese Government has sent an exhibition of Chinese archaeolojrical finds on a tour of Western Europe and North America. Today, columnist Dick Wilson, writes on his impressions of the exhibition in London, lasting four
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      Lock icon West Germans are hit by the 'krislauf'
      1149 6  -  By Joe Alex Morris Jr. Los Angeles Times The real dog days in Germany come not in summer, but now, between the Christmas holidays and the onset of the last frenetic "karneval" celebrations which end with the beginning of Lent. Usually, the weather
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      Lock icon Phnom Penh—the beseiged city
      595 6  - Phnom Penh —the beseiged city By Elizabeth Becker Washington Post "I am not myself any more maybe I should 1e a v e," a young French teacher said. Neither rockets nor artillery shells have landed near her home yet; still, she is nervous and depressed. For Cambodians, Phnom Penh has
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      Lock icon Japanese and Asians
      676 6 EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Japan Times Outpourings of bitter an ti-Japanese 8 en t i ments that greeted Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in Bangkok and Jakarta on his recent tour of So u th E ast Asia shook Japan out of any complacent view regarding the region
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      Lock icon K.L. is a new metropolis
      411 6 The Straits Times (Malaysia) Kuala Lumpur 4i now a changed metropolis, virtually tripled in sue or territory, with half as many people. The Federal Government no longer has only "squatter rights" and when administration is fully transferred from the State, it will be in complete
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      MODERN SINGAPORE
      2441 7  -  BEGINNING A NEW NATION EXCLUSIVE Take a peep into the past with the New Nation every Wednesday every week... The 'child' of Raffles begins to grow... MAKINft OF THF BY PAKIR SINGH A nation that does not know its past cannot have a soul. On the other hand,
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      83 7 FOR CONVENIENT PARKING, DROP IN AT OUR NEW SHOP AT SPECIALISTS' CENTRE the decision maker J Six; typical top executive, full of ambition and enthusiasm in whatever he does. Given to serious thinking. \Keeps himself abreast of the times. Discerning in his taste for clothing. 'Makes his suits at Meiwam's
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon The Rose Mary affair raises moral issue in the US
      572 8  -  How far should a secretary go poser ART BUCHWALD Los Angeles Times The Rose Mary Woods tape incident has raised a great moral Issue In this country how far should a secretary go to protect her boss? I posed this
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      Lock icon Moscow promises to prod Syria...
      732 8  -  Fahmy gets reassurance during recent visit EGYPT From Jim Hoagland Washington Post Egypt has received firm Russian assurances that -Moscow will exert influence on Syria to reach a disengagement agreement with Israel and to participate in the Geneva peace conference, highly placed Egyptian officials said
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      Lock icon Pakistan gets ready for 30-nation second Muslim summit
      747 8  -  PAKISTAN Prom Leslie Murphy Reuter Leaders of the Muslim world will gather In Lahore for a summit conference this month Intended to demonstrate Islamic unity and political muscle. The 30-nation second Islamic summit the first was in Rabat, Morocco in 1969 take*
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      Lock icon ICGS team bogged down in Vietnam quagmire
      783 8  -  VIETNAM From Arthur Higbee United Press International Communist shells exploded on a South Vletnamese Government base one day late last year. When the shelling stopped, an Indonesian officer in the nearby compound of the fournation international truce team tried to round up his
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    • Article
      Evers is the big tourist draw in this small town
      1050 8  -  U.S. By Mary Lee By Mary Lee who is now in the US on a World Press Institute Fellowship. It was a six-hour drive from Houston to Fayette, Mississippi. For a town of 2000 people, Fayette has quite a few
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      Lock icon APARTHEID IS ERODING IN S. AFRICA
      657 8  -  SOUTH AFRICA From Peter Younghusband Washington Post Over the past week the South African government has bowed to 6tark economic realities that have been crowding In on its racial policy for several years. Three dramatic changes have occurred: Black nurses have been accepted to
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  • TREND
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      Daughter of Dewi for school in UK...
      188 9 Dewi Soekarno, the beautiful widow of the former Indonesian dictator, has been op a skiing holiday with their daughter Kart i k a at Gstaad in Switzerland, the playground of millionaires. During the holiday Dewi and her new husband, Spanish banker, Francisco Paess
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      Lock icon Clothes kids can romp in
      332 9 Mothers take great pains in choosing party gear for their little ones but often pay scant attention to what they wear everyday. Which is a lopsided way of thinking. A party dress Is worn once in a long while and, at the rate at which
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      Day I turned handyman and built my children's bunks
      935 9  -  Neighbours horrified to see me lugging huge stones around Trish Sheppard Last week I built a set of bunks. When I say that I built them I do admit to a little help from my friends but even still I feel,
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      A moustached pin-up...
      132 9 One used to be able to identify the villain in a movie. He would be the one sporting a moustache, the thinner the moustache, the more villainous, the man. But not anymore not since clean-cut Rock Hudson and dreamboat Paul Newman, among many other actors, started sprouting
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      Serve a tasty tea-loaf for those coffee morning parties
      471 9 EATING IN They call it a tealoaf. But nowadays so many women hold coffee-mo r n i n g s where they feel that they ought to serve up a snack that a tea- loaf may be Just the thing. You
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      Personal grooming course conducted by AEB
      67 9 If you feel in need of some personal grooming, why not Join the 10-week course the Adult Education Board is conducting, starting on Feb. 24. The cost is $20 per stu- dent and the course will cover skin care and makeup, poise and charm
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  • FINANCE
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      Growth forecast for mini computers
      402 9  -  By Lee Yew Meng There is great potential for mini computers catering to the needs of small to medium sized firms in Singapore, according to Mr. Johnny Moo, managing director of Automated Systems. Speaking at a press preview of the DEC Datafalr, a four-day exhl-bltlon-cum-seminar
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK PRICES
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        New York
        383 9 Stock prices closed lower yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading was very light. "Everyone is sitting on his hands. That's the hallmark of this market," said Larry Wachtel, analyst for Bache and Co. Mr. Wachtel said the midsession upswing was a predictable round of bargain hunting
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        Paris
        203 9 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday Paribas 179.40 —.70 Indochlne 210 —1.50 FXjnder 385 —3 Prin temps 112.90 —2.90 OGE 424 —6 Bull 62 —1.20 Royal Dutch 167.20 —.30 Mlchelln 120« —15 Thomson 228 —7 CTP 207 —4.10 Rhone 140.10 —2 90 Air 305.10 —8.90 BSN 1073 —27 philips 61
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        Sydney
        202 9 Closing prices at 11.30 a.m. (Australian time). AOD nil 12 Allstate 08} 10 Anted 03} 05 Aurora 11 15 Do opts 00} 014 Au&t Ant 09 10 Bamboo 03 04 Beach 28 32 Bridge 16 17 Cleveland 40 43 Eastmet 08 09 Endeavour 28 29 Find 20c opt 04}
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        Tokyo
        122 9 Prices edged up on the Stock Market yesterday morning. However, prices moved lower reflecting a drop on Wall Street and Prime MShlster Kakuei Tanaka's tough attitude toward the price problem, which he made clear at Monday's conference with business leaders. Share prices however, turned upward centering on blue chips,
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        Zurich
        83 9 This service comes from the Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prlc«( i (in francs) on the Zurich 8tock Exchange yesterday UBS 3M0 —60 SBC 3500 —75 Credit Suisse 3300 —60 Swissair B 545 —11 Swiss Relnsur. 2360 +30 Wtaterthur B. 1850 —10 Zfcirich Insur 6700 Juvena B. 2250 +10
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      Lock icon DEMAND FOR SILVER PUSHES GOLD TO A NEW HIGH
      245 9 Reuter London, Wednesday.— The British pound weakened against the US dollar in late trading yesterday on the news of Britain's Impending nationwide coal strike. The dollar gained against several other major European currencies and gold surged ahead. The price of gold
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      40 traders for Visonics display
      135 9 Some 40 manufacturers and distributors of electronic and photographic equipment are expected to take part in an audio-visual exhibition later this year. Called Vlsconlcs '74, the five-day display will be staged at the Singapore Conference Hall from April 19 to 23. According to Mr. J-P.
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      $750,000 target for exhibition
      58 9 P1 ess e y Singapore, which is currently exhibiting business equipment at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, has sold more than $134,000 worth of business, engineering and security equipment. Enquiries worth $260,000 have also been received, said a company spokesman. The company expects to sell equipment
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      MARKET MOVEMENTS
      214 9 Again, trading was dull on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Share prices continued to drift lower on a broad front In light trading blue chips suffered higher losses than other industrials which were fractionally easier. Finance counters fared no better. Over-sea-Chinese Banking Corporation fell J5 cents to
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      Lock icon STOP PRICE-RIGGING, WARNS TANAKA
      263 9 UPI Tokyo, Wednesday. Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka warned business leaders on Monday he will impose stiff restrictions, including "forcible Inspection" of their records. If they do not put an immediate stop to price rigging. Mr. Tanaka, speaking to 80 business and economic leaders and his Cabinet
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      Second course by the Exchange
      66 9 The Stock Exchange of Singapore is organising a second introductory course on securities and Investing for the general public. The course will be held at Hyatt Hotel on March 16 and 23 from 2.15 p.m. to 6 p.m. for a fee of $30 per person.
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      Dow Jones
      35 9 New York, Wednesday The Dow Jones dosing range of stock averages: 30 Industrials {>19.77 (off 0 85), 20 transport 180.32 (up 0.70), 15 utilities 92.47 (off PMWE) and 65 stocks 262 20 unchanged.
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      Lock icon Raelene: I'll quit if I can't run in Canada
      167 10 Reuter Melbourne, Wednesday Australian woman sprinter Raelene Boyle, double sprint gold medallist at the Christchurch Commonwealth Games, threatened to quit athletics yesterday if she is not allowed to run in Canada. Last Saturday, Raelene, 22, was invited to run in the
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      Asean TT may be off again
      132 10 Jakarta, Wednesday The first Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) table tennis tournament may be postponed again because of lack of response, according to an Indonesian Table Tennis Federation (PTMSI) official. Mr. Willy Warroka, PTMSI's SecretaryGeneral said yesterday that so far only Malaysia
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      Lock icon Queenstown boys keep their title
      694 10  -  By Nancy Koh Queen stown Secondary Technical, maintained a clean record when they scored another 5-0 win in the finals of the .Pasir Panjang Boys "A" championship yesterday. Their piayers gave Gan Eng Seng a thrashing in straight sets to retain their district title for
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      Ilie is 'Man of the Year'
      373 10 New York, Wednesday. Ilie Nastase was honoured yesterday as the "Man of the Year." The Romanian received long coveted recognition as the world's top player by winning the "Player of the Year'' award. sponsored by Martini and Rossi and voted upon by writers in
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      Ishibashi scores points victory
      199 10 Toky6, Wednesday Japan's middleweight boxing champion Flash Ish 1 b a shi outpunched Bra z 1 l's welterweight champion Edmundo Leite last night to score a unanimous points win in a 10-round bout. The fight was a preliminary to a title match between world Junior middleweight
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      Splendid gallop by Miss Argentry at Ipoh
      701 11 From BLUE PETER: Ipoh, Wednesday Miss Argentry did an outstanding gallop at Ipoh this morning. Ridden by apprentice Djulkifly Ahmad, the five-year-old Argentry mare went over 3f in 36 4/5 in yielding going. Belmondo (apprentice Mike Lam) showed improvement in a 3f run
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      US woman jockey honoured
      154 11 Philadelphia, Wednesday. Woman jockey Mary Bacon, who once rode in three races before rushing off to give birth to a daughter, was named last night as the Most Courageous Athlete of the Year by the Philadelphia S p or t swriters Association. Mrs. Bacon, whose incredible
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      Lock icon Off to a flying start...
      121 11 More than 900 boys get off to a flying start in the Anglo-Chinese School cross-country run at McRitchie Reservoir yesterday. The event was divid ed into three sections Pre-University, Secondary and Lower-Secondary. The pre-university division was won by Tan Tang Huat who clocked 16mln 55sec.
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      Leeds two from record
      478 11 They beat Arsenal to stretch unbeaten run to 28 games London, Wednesday—A three-goal spell In six minutes yesterday brought English soccer giants Leeds United a 3-1 win over Arsenal and stretched their unbeaten run since the start of the First Division season to 28 games. Leeds
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      Six Singapore karatekas for Aussie tournament
      550 11  -  f MflßTlfll ARTS [by Sonny Yap Six Singapore karetekas are all set for battle with an AllAustralian field in an international karate championships to be held at Melbourne on February 18. The exponents all second dan blackbelts hail from the Chinese Young Men's Christian
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      Ajax men in row over World Cup pay
      165 11 Amsterdam, Wednesday Nine Ajax Amsterdam soccer players have threatened to withdraw from Holland's World Cup squad because of a row over their cash rewards for playing In this year's finals. The players' spokesman, Ruud Krol, said the amount offered by the Dutch
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      Bedford won't quit
      88 11 London, Wednesday British athlete David Bedford, world 10,000 metres record holder, does not intend to retire despite falling to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Oames. Speaking to reporters after his return from New Zealand Bedford said his defeat at the Commonwealth Games had not made
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      Tony makes peace with Kalli
      543 11 Port of Spain, Wednesday England vice-cap-taln Tony Grelg made his peace with Alvin Kalli charran at the start of the third day of the first cricket Test here yesterday when, In front of a packed house at Queen's Park Oval he shook hands with the
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    130 12 TODAY is Wednesday, Feb. 6. the 37th day of 1974 with 328 to follow. THE MOON is full. THE MORNING STAR is Venus. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury. Mars. Jupiter and 8aturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. The English actor Sir Henry Irving
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    39 12 AH FOOK: The chef de mission of our Com mon wealth Games team gave no excuses for their poor performance. And quite rightly, too. MEI UN: But he said the obvious: To train harder. Shouldn't we always?
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