New Nation, 15 April 1974

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    Masthead
    22 1 NEW NATION JsiNGAPORE Monday evening, April 15, 1974 No. 999 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 NEwS^TION SINGAPORE MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1974
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  • Article
    WORLD CUP: HERE'S YOUR DREAM COME TRUE...
    228 1 Just imagine sitting in the stadium together with IM,9M wildly cheering spectator! In Munich watching the world's finest soccer stars fight it out for the much-coveted World Cup. Stars like Johan Cruyff, one of the world's deadliest strikers and the most expensive. Gerd
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    Man robbed
    35 1 Pour men armed with knives held up a trishaw rider, Tan Tien Tin, 61, In a house at Onan Road and robbed him of cash and valuables worth $2500 at 8.30 p.m. yesterday.
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    CAR PARK DRAMA: MAN SHOT
    288 1  -  Two in car try to run down a detective Bj Bharathi Mohan A detective this morning opened Are three times when two men in a car tried to rim him down at the Orange Grove Road car park off Orchard Road. Five hours later at
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    Big Red camp in Perak
    268 1 Complete with a rifle range Ipoh, Monday A very big communist terrorist camp has been found In the Perak Jungles. Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Hamzah Abu Sam ah disclosed this yesterday and said that the camp also had a complete underground rifle rapge. The camp
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    Lock icon A probe on asylums
    253 1 Big Cairo scandal Reuter Cairo, Mem day An Egyptian Parliamentary Committee is investigating the conditions in mental hospitals here, described as "Bastilles" where sane people are incarcerated for political and personal reasons. The committee was set up after the Egyptian weekly magazine AkherSaa revealed how patients
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  • Article
    Fatal slip by woman
    53 1 An ex-Chinese wayang opera actress, Madam Llm Oiok Choon, 40, was found drowned In the Singapore Hirer at 6.45 ajn. yesterday. Police said that she slipped and fell Into the river while crossing a gang plank to see a 89year old man in a bumboat, earlier
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    Marivic is not ready for the real thing
    143 1 The baby of the visiting Bayanihan Danccrs, Mari v i c Moya, 18 (above), who dances as a bride in the show, is not yet ready for the real thing. She said she is not too eager to be tied down by
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    Drug arrests
    25 1 Mexico City, Monday. Mexican authorities announced yesterday the arrest of 26 people and the confiscation of U*****,000 worth of drugs over the weekend.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    68 1 Share prices dipped slightly in the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning In continuation of last Thursday's easier bias. BUSINESS DONE: City Oevelopments 5(0) 1.04, (6) 1.03. San Headings (1) 0.6 a (12) 0.69. OCBC (1) 7.10, (6) 7.05, (1) 7.00. UOB (1) 4.06, (3 4.04, (13)
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    Blast rips offices
    29 1 Rawalpindi, Monday An explosion yesterday wrecked the officers of the ruling Pakistan Peo«les Party In the Northtest Frontier capital of Peshawar but there were no Injuries.
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  • Article
    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 73 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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    Gur gets the top post
    353 1 Promoted to Lieutenant-General Jerusalem, Monday The Israeli government yesterday announced the appointment of MajorGeneral Mordecal (Motta) Gur as the country's new Chief of Staff as from midnight last night. The 44-year-old general, at present commander of the Northern Front including the lines facing Syria and
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    Israelis in control of Mt. Hermon
    388 1 Rockets fired in the air to show proof Jerusalem, Monday Israeli troops fired rockets in the air from the top of Mount Hermon overlooking the Syrian front yesterday to prove they held the strategic, snowcovered peak after a day nf heavy fighting. Air and
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    Missile boats keep an eye on shipping
    215 1 Tei AvJv, Monday Two Israeli-built missile patrol boats are on duty in the Gulf of Ellat, after sailing around Africa from the Mediterranean, the military in Sharm El Sheikh in Occupied Sinai disclosed. The 400-ton vessels, armed with Israeli-made Gabriel surface-to-sur-face missiles, arrived
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    $4bil. aid for Syria
    234 1 Moscow, Monday—The Soviet Union has agreed to give new economic and military aid to Syria, Pravda said yesterday. The Communist Party newspaper also denounced Israeli and American efforts to conclude partial settlements in the Middle East. The newspaper's weekly review said agreements signed on Saturday by
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article
      Rise in armed hold-ups: New warning
      441 2  -  'Watch out for their tactics' By Bharathi Mohan Police today warned the public to be on the lookout for armed robbers and their changing tactics following a rise in armed hold-ups in houses and streets over the past two weeks. On April 3 alone,
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      Motorists who put themselves in a tight spot
      170 2 This is one way of courting trouble although these motorists may not realise It. Just because there is no white line along the road, they feel it is safe to park at one side of the Rumah Bomba Circus in Queenstown. Quite
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    • Article
      Nature talk
      32 2 The Malayan Nature Society will hold a talk, A Naturalist In the Seychelles, by Dr. P.J.L. Roche of the Seychelles, at the Botany Museum. University of Singapore, at 8 p.m.
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      'Uplift the status of local artists' call
      335 2 Moore: Give them suitable priority Impresario Donald Moore has called for a more deliberate attempt to improve the status of the artist by giving a more appropriate priority to the arts. In an article published In Commentary, the University of Singapore Society publication,
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    • Article
      Lock icon BIG WELCOME FOR KERES
      471 2 LKA Grandmaster Paul Keres, who arrives today from Moscow, will be met at the airport by top junior players as well as chess officials. The Raffles Institution and St. Andrew's School teams who have byes, today, In the lnterschool finals will be there as well as
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      Yoga class
      26 2 The Young Men's Christian Association will hold yoga classes for beginners on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 7.15 p.m. from May 2.
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      Seminar
      43 2 The Metro p o 1 itan Young Men's Christian Association and the Family Planning Association will organise a seminar on Man, Woman, Marriage and Love at the Palmer Road centre, on April 27 at 2.30 p.m. and April 28 at 10 a.m.
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      Cake-making course
      42 2 The Young Men's Christian Association will hold a pastry making course on Sundays starting this week from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. A cake making and icing course will be held also on Sundays from 3.30 pjn. to 5.30 p.m.
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    • Article
      Firemen will be given big pay boost
      293 2 Singapore's firemen will soon get a big windfall In their pay packets. Members of the Singapore Fire Brigade will get pay Increases ranging from $30 to $380 according to a new wage pact. These Increases will be backdated to January 1 this year.
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    • Article
      Institute for lecturers to build up rapport
      183 2 Lecturers from Singapore's five institutions of higher learning can soon join an Institute of Educational Technology to stimulate a more effective rapport between staff and students. The Institute will function as a resource centre, equipped with the latest teaching, aids and materials to
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
      499 2 I WHAT'S ON n NEW NATION CROSSWORD NANCY COLE IN GERTRUDE STEIN'S GERTRUDE STEIN will be presented at the Regional English Language Centre at 8.15 pjn. Mr. David Annis of the University of Liverpool will speak on SURGERY OF THE PARATHYROID GLANDS at the Pathology Lecture Theatre, Outram Road Hospital
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  • LOCAL AND WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon TODAY
      172 3 UPI TODAY la Monday, April 15, the 105 th day of 1974 with 280 to follow. THE MOON is between its last quater and new phase. THE MORNING STABS are Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are March and Saturn. THOSE BORN ON THIS DATE ARE UNDER THE
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      Timber board
      77 3 Mr. Ridzwan Djaflr has been appol nt ed chairman of the Timber Industry Board for a period of one year. Mr. Ho Mun is the deputy chairman. Other members of the Board are: Messrs. Herbert Wilson, Daniel Selvaretnam, Lim Yong Wah, Lee Chee Yeng, Fong Pin Chee, Kalimuddin
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      Baby show
      27 3 The Bukit Timah Community Centre Women's Sub-committee will hold a show for badles between three months and 18 months on June 2 at 9 a.m.
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      Dutiable goods: Check on crew
      378 3  -  'Abuse of privilege* By Douglas Chan Aircraft crew members who bring in dutiable goods in excess of the quantities permitted by the Customs must now pay duty or have their goods seized. This new regulation came about foUowing reports that several flight stewards and air
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      Youth shows
      26 3 The Singapore Youth Chinese Orchestra and the Singapore Youth Choir will give two concerts at the Singapore Conference Hall on April 25 and 26.
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    • Article, Illustration
      Making that seat look a picture...
      227 3 If you happen to have a spare toilet seat around the house, don't throw it away. For with stripe of newspaper, glue, and the help of some lacquer, and a piece of glass, you can easily transform it Into a decorative mirror. This was
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      Breeding grounds
      60 3 Mosquito surveys during the first week of April showed that 76 out of 4641 residential houses and 15 out of 278 construction sites were breeding grounds. There was an Increase of 0.8 per cent In mosquito breeding In residential houses and a decrease of 0.3 per cent at
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      Lock icon EASTER TRUCE AT THE PARIS POLLS FRONT
      235 3 Paris, Monday—French presidential candidates yesterday observed an Easter truce of electioneering silence after Saturday's surprise call from four cabinet ministers and a group of majority deputies for a sole contender on the right. The move was made in a statement put out by
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      Bus crash kills 15
      52 3 New Delhi, Monday— A bus plunged Into 400 ft. deep gorge on Saturday near Qullon city In the southern Kerala state and killed 15 passengers, the Press Trust of India news agency (PTI) said. The PTI said 67 others were seriously Injured. The bus was carrying
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      Lock icon US base killing: Work of Reds theory
      198 3 Reuter Manila, Monday Philippine authorities are investigating: the possibility that the outlawed communist New People's Army (NPA) killed three American officers at the Subic Bay US Naval Base, according to a Philippines mili t a ry spokesman. The three officers were shot dead
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      Top IRA man captured
      288 3 Soldier shot dead in attack Belfast, Monday A leading member of the provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) was reported to have been captured by the British army yesterday on his way to address one of Belfast's traditional Easter parades. And In Londonderry, a soldier In plainclothes
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      Lock icon 'Lasting peace with India bright'
      258 3 Reuter Islamabad, Monday Pakistan's Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs, Mr. Azla Ahmed, said last night prospects for a durable peace with India had never been better. He said he thought that when the Indian government said It wanted to live In peace
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      First class for six
      335 3 Engineering results The following six candidates hare passed the Final Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) with First Class Honours: Chew Ah Seng, Eng Cheng Yong, Fwa Tien Fang, Hiew Kim Loi, Lee Toon Mol, Leo Ting Ping. "Hie following 17 candidates have
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      133 3 MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE LATE PRESIDENT POMPIDOU A memorial service will be held on Tuesday 16th April 1974. at 4.30 p.m.. for the late Mr. Georges POMPIDOU. President of the French Republic. The service will be conducted by the Archbishop of Singapore. Mgr. Michel OLCOMENDY. at the Cathedral of the
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      279 3 PITZI'ATIHCK'S SPECIALS FOR PERSONAL SHOPPERS FROM TODAY UNTILTHURSDAY OPEN EVERY DAY SUNDAY MONDAY-SATURDAY 8-30 AM-7 PM 9AM-SPM STERILIZED MILK $1.55 REAL FRESH 32 oz (0.946 Hr) per can 32 oz (0.946 ttr) per can STREAKY BACON DANISH 454 g $2.40 WHOLE LAMB LEGS AUST/N.Z. 454 g $2.60 BUTTER (N. z.)
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE
    • Article, Illustration
      It's just the film for all thrill-seekers...
      532 4  -  Story of one man against the whole world CINEMA IV EDGAR KOH FEAR IS THE KEY directed by Michael Tuchner, with Barry Newman and Suzy Kendall. (Capitol). ■Tm not a writer," confesses Allstair MacLean, Tm a businessman whose business Is writing." After selling
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      Colosseum secrets
      309 4 During excavation work conducted by the Rome Ancient Monuments Authority beneath the Colosseum, many new discoveries have been made, probably dating back to the 4th century A.D. They Include the cranium of a bear which the sword of a gladiator had severed at a blow, the remains of
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      No pressing problems for the women barbers
      1044 4  -  Most of the men visit them to relax and be groomed By Jennifer Schoon It is true. Men are every bit as vain and conscious about their appearances as women. And I am not saying this' simply because I've been kept waiting for
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      Vacations: What you should know about yourself
      1331 4 Let's see, you've got your reservation, your bags are packed, you're almost out the door. Now, why are you really taking this vacation? Trying to get away from your spouse? Tired of all the demands from the people you knov Got a little
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      Guess his name
      296 4 MUSICORNER The entertainer in Musicorner Poser No. 47 was 8.8. King. The following win an LP and a poster each: Mr. Tan Alk Boon, Mr. Heng Fook Seng, Mr. Tan Cheng Hock, Mr. Lim Lik Chua and Mr. Wong Teck Keng. The winners of a 45 rpm
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      It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad WORLD
      790 4 THE people of Southwell, In Nottingham shire, are keeping very quiet about it, but if the case of the kayoed cat is not a leg-pull then it is a very funny story. It began when a Southdecidedly dead at her cat sprawled
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      165 4 SET LUNCH SPECIALS MONDAY $5.00 Cream of Chicken Soup Baked Whole Chicken Leg Duchess Potatoes Vegetables, or Baked Suger Ham Potatoes Vegetables Trifle Coffee/Tee WEDNESDAY $5.25 Chicken Macaroni Soup Fried Chicken A La Moana Croquette Potetoes Vegetables, or Fried Fish. Tertar Sauce Tomato. Chips. Pees Fruit Tart Coffee/Tea FRIDAY $5.00
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Bloody end to Cambodian festive dance
      431 5 Reds step up rocket raids Phnom Penh, Monday Communist forces fired 17 rockets into Phnom Penh on Saturday and yesterday and raided a Cambodian New Year gathering, killing at least eight people and wounding 87 others in the worst such attacks in two months.
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      Lock icon Opposition plan to merge
      325 5 Seven parties out to challenge Indira Reuter New Delhi, Monday Seven of India's rightwing opposition parties yesterday announced plans to merge and present a "new, viable opposition" to the ruling Congress Party of Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi. The seven include three major groups reckoned as
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      Six drowned
      29 5 Manila, Monday Six people were drowned when two boats sailing on an Easter excursion capsized on Saturday off Quezon province, 50 miles (80 km) east of here.
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      Lock icon Selassie names the order of succession
      188 5 Reuter Addis Ababa, MondayEmperor Haile Selassie yesterday named Crown Prince Asfa Wossen's son as direct heir to the throne after his father. The Emperor said this order of succession would be duly set out in a special law and promulgated in the official gazette.
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      India visit
      28 5 Rangoon, Monday Burmese president Ne Win will pay a goodwill visit to India at the end of this month, it was officially announced here last night.
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      Lock icon Marilyn's urge to go naked
      127 5 UPI New York, Monday The late Marilyn Monroe wanted "desperately" to take off all her clothes in church and had to "clench my teeth and sit on my hands to keep" from doing so, Newsweek magazine said yesterday. In an about-to-be-published autobiography called My Story,
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      Lock icon Pope hits out at the pursuit of pleasure
      282 5 Reuter London, Monday—Pilgrims of the Christian churches mingled at Easter Sunday ceremonies In Jerusalem yesterday as the fiercest fighting since the October war raged on the Golan Heights front between Israel and Syria. Pilgrims of the Latin (Roman Catholic) and Oreek orthodox
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      Lock icon Amnesty offer in Baluchistan
      310 5 Bhutto assures protection Reuter Rawalpindi, Monday.— Pakistan Prime Minister Zulflkar All Bhutto last night declared an amnesty in Baluchistan and directed that military operations there supporting civil power will cease from May 15. This was announced in an official government statement foUowlng two days of talks
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      Lock icon DR. K DIPLOMACY GOES TO U.N.
      219 5 UPI New York, Monday. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger carried his personal diplomacy to New York yesterday, hosting a dinner in the Waldorf Astoria's presidential suite for the Vice Premier of China. Dr. Kissinger Is scheduled today to address the special General Assembly
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      Lock icon Thousands flock to Canton for the big trade fair
      264 5 Reuter Canton, Monday Thousands of foreign businessmen poured into the city yesterday for the biannual trade fair which opens today—first to be held in the huge new exhibition centre which has Just been completed. The massive glass and concrete complex, with
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      Lock icon Powell may get into Ulster politics
      237 5 Reuter London, Monday—Mr. Enoch Powell, the bestknown rebel In British politics, Is to have talks with Northern Irish Protestant leader this week in a more that could bring his return to Parliament Mr. Harry West, leader of a right-wing Protestant Unionist group, said Mr.
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      Royal death
      30 5 Rome, Monday Princess Irene of Aosta, a sister of the late King Paul of Greece and aunt of ex-King Umberto of Italy, died here today. She was 70.
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  • OPINION
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      Mt. Hermon battle raises fears
      612 6 The heavy fighting at Mount Hermon, observers are hoping, is but a prelude to peace. For even as the Israelis were firing rockets from the peak of Mount Hermon to prove that they are holding it, a Syrian delegation was presenting to Dr. Henry Kissinger
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      Wooing on the quiet
      48 6 'WHISPERS' by ispy Singapore Airlines has quietly decided to go all out to woo Australian tourists. A film describing how an Australian couple on honeymoon spend their time in Singapore has just been completed. And starring in the film are two well-known Australian stars.
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      Two jobs are better than one
      1281 6  -  Time Is hanging heavily on some hands. It could be heavier still when the concept of the fiTC-dav week catches op with ear workers, men and women alike. What to do with leisure time is a question columnist Alex Josey examines today. As more
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      Lock icon Wilson and the Press
      274 6 The Observer The fuss about the Prime Minister's 'kitchen cabinet' and the alleged involment of some of its members in land deals—whether speculative or not—may seem, as scandals go, small beer. Except for the suggestion, now being investigated by Scotland Yard, that Mr. Wilson's signature may
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      Lock icon Veteran ruler Kim still has one problem unresolved
      632 6  -  From Robert Crabbe UPI North Korean Premier Kim 11-supg turns 62 today, his 29-year struggle with the US over the future of South Korea still unresolved. The husky, broadshouldered man who led his country through the 1950-53 Korean war against America and
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    • Letters
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        Transport takeover
        205 6  -  YAP SOON HOE Secretary. Bos Services Reorganisation Committee, Singapore I refer to the article Problems of a Bus Takeover by Pang Cheng Llan (NN, Mar 22) suggesting the establishment of a second subsidiary bus company. The article stated that since the Singapore Bus Service Ltd. (8BS) is unable
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        Plants on ledges
        132 6  -  TAN BAN HUAT Public Relations Officer, Housing and Development Board. Singapore, 2. We refer to your report on some potted plants at Block 12, Jala n Tenteram. HDB has from time to time cautioned Its residents not to place potted plants on the ledges of the access
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        Impassable road
        80 6 I would like to draw the attention of the authorities to the plight of housewives, who have to cross Serangoon Garden Way dally on their way to the market Between seven and nine in the morning, this short stretch of road te almost impossible to cross as the
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        Request stop
        105 6  -  YAP SOON HOE Secretary, Bos Services Reorganisation Committee. Singapore, C. I refer to the letter by Marketing (NN,» March 27) reporting that some buses of Service No. 156 refused to stop on request. All bus drivers are required to stop and pick up passengers at bus str.ps on
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        Thanks to 'victim'
        57 6  -  WONG CHING HOE for Director, Department of Trade. Singapore, 1. I refer to Victim's letter (NN, March 22). I wish to inform him that action has been taken against the offender and he will be prosecuted in court in due course. I would like to thank Victim
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      Lock icon Common action to end the big rift
      296 6 WORLD COMMENT EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Daily Telegraph President Pompldou's memorial solemnities, by an Irony of fate, brought about something which his policies while living had frustrated—discussions between President Nixon and the European Community's leaders, all forgathered in Paris, on common action to
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      Lock icon Economic crisis in India: Indira's dilemma
      386 6 The Economist The economic crisis which is helping to make Mrs. Gandhi so vulnerable today is by no means entirely the fault of the Congress government India Is suffering from all the same Ills as other countries, only more 60. Inflation has not only
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      WORKING MUMS
      94 7 Day One of a 3-part series by Violet Oon How do workin? women cope with the pressures of bringing up a family in Singapore? Servants are difficult to find and expensive. Most wives are aware that they have to get a job to help their husbands give the
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      Neighbour to the rescue, but worries hang on...
      659 7 Imagine a situation where a working mother can depend on neither servants por relatives to look after her two young children. She does not want to stop work because it pays toe well. But being without a servant she has to v.ake
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      TWO WHO COULD NOT COPE...
      572 7 Most women fed they can cope with a job and a family but there are many who, despite good help, leave their jobs to fulfil their re s p on sibilities as mothers. Two such women are Mrs. Julie Lim, 37, and Dr. Tan (she
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      Striking up the right balance
      1292 7 FIVE HOUSEWIVES WHO WORK AT HOME AND THE OFFICE... Cik Salamah bte. Abdullah works on a permanent night shift in an electronics factory so that she can be a fulltime mother during the day. Mrs. Shirley Hoh lives with ker husband and five-month-old son and
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      279 7 Registered trade marks. Bulovq—the name for electronic accuracy In 1960, Bulova introduced the world's first electronic watch Accutron a watch with a tuning fork instead of a balance wheel, powered by a tiny battery instead of the old mainspring. It was the first watch to have a written guarantee for
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  • MOTORING AND BEHIND THE NEWS
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      The new Subaru hardtop has much to offer
      1025 8  -  It's well-designed and built to high engineering standards MOTORING Jim Wtkins Nearly three years ago I tested one of the early Subaru llGOs and well remember being Impressed by both the original thinking of the designer and the high standard of the
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      This is still the cheapest and fastest way to travel...
      659 8  -  [I MOTOR-CYCIE)] Lee Chiu San The last time I did a comparison between various means of transport in terms of time and money was three years ago. I knew that motorcycling was one of the cheapest ways of moving around,
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      Land reform the key to progress
      488 8  -  'SOUTH-EAST ASIA REPORT From Juan Gatbonton JAPAN Where should development priority be placed, on urban or rural areas? The Japanese economist H. Oshima states what might well be the axiom: "As long as there is poverty and unemployment in the countryside, more urban industries
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      WHY JAPANESE ARE SO FOND OF THE PHILIPPINES
      893 8  -  From B. Ronquillo PHILIPPINES Lt. Hiroo Onoda, a World War II Japanese soldier who survived 29 years of hiding In the jungle of Lubang Island near the mouth of Manila Bay returned to Japan last month a hero. He was flown home
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      Normalcy is a little more peace than war
      520 8  -  From R. Elegant VIETNAM The much dented Chevrolet is more like a time machine than a conventional four-wheel-ed car—not merely because It's 18 years old and Its battered springs and shock absorbers offer a ride like a careening stagecoach. Driving down to
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        Frankfurt
        170 9 In view of the Easter holidays, business activity cm the German Stock Market slowed down. However, share prices in almost all sectors showed a remarkable resistant attitude. This tone has been supported by increasing demand from foreign investors as well as the present liquid money market situation. At the
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        London
        443 9 Alter a lethargic start to the week, Monday being characterised by a very low level of turnover and a 1-point rise in the Financial Times index, equity prices surged upwards on Tuesday. Some bear closing towards the end of the account period and anticipations of reductions in base rates
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        Milan
        160 9 This week, Italian Stock Market registered an Irregular trend, with limited index fluctuations and high volume of transactions. Positive announcements concerning withholding tax on dividends and stock exchange new regulation were opposed by credit restrictions and alternatively influenced the market. Some stocks, however, showed interesting gains: RAS B.Bs, Lenerossi
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        Tokyo
        287 9 Market should remain thin, fluctuating within a small range. Strikes by the National Railway and other transport were scheduled on April 11-13. The Tokyo Stock Exchange opened at 9.30 or 30 minutes later than usual. Even at the time the oil crisis hit, we had no concern about reaching
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        Iraq Mission for Tokyo
        64 9 Baghdad, Monday—Mr. Jumaa Hashem, director general of the Iraqi Tankers Association, left yesterday for Tokyo at the head of a delegation to discuss legal and technical matters related to the purchase of five oil tankers, ordered last month from Japan. The delegation will also visit the
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        Bank interest rate up
        54 9 Ottawa, Monday The Bank of Canada said yesterday its prime interest rate will be increased by one per cent to 81 per cent from today. Bank president, Mr Gerald Bouey, said the Increase was prompted by the need to exercise control over the country's monetary supply
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      How prices react in inflationary market
      621 9 WARNING ON PROPERTY A senior bank official has .warned that it is not impossible for property prices to plunge below cost in an inflationary market. Dr. Tony Tan, assistant general manager of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd., said the pilce of properties could go down
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      $20m hotel extension to start in September
      308 9 Hotel Summit plans to start construction work on its $20 million, 322room extension in September or October, this year. Mr. Oro Escarraga, general manager of the hotel, said that the plans for a 15-storey extension haa been approved by the government. However, It
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      Lock icon CALL TO LIFT WAGE AND PRICE CURBS IN U.S.
      591 9 Washington Post Washington, Monday The Nixon Ad-' ministration has told Congress that wage and price controls had outlived their usefulness and should be lifted on April 30 on all but the petroleum and health industries. It said it would not even
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      New wardrobe for the working girl
      242 9 Not too many years ago it was considered taboo for a girl to wear pants to the office. She could show off as much of her thigh as she wished to. But cover them up? Oh no, that was something which was considered not
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      A nagging fear about becoming pregnant
      216 9 Dear Ros, I am a Malaysian girl working In Singapore. I have been here for a year and during this time I have been going steady. What worries me about this relationship Is that all my boyfriend wants everytlme we go out Is to
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      Trying to regain a lost friendship
      159 9 Dear Ros, My friend and I are trying to regain the friendship of a friend whom we "insulted" last year but he Just does not seem to be able to forgive us. We did not really mean to insult him. It was supposed to
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      Boy who feels drained of oil energy
      116 9 Deer Roe, Lately I have been feeling very sleepy and tired. It is as though all my strength has been drained out of me. I used to be very active and rugged but now I find myself doing everything In slow motion. I
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      Boyfriend dating beet friend
      115 9 Dear Ros, Recently I found out that my boyfriend has been dating my best friend. We have been going steady for three years and I don't want to lose him. What should I do? USE Dear Lisa, Yon may as well face up to whatever la
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      Woman who feels lost and cheated
      417 9 Dear Ros, Ever since my divorce, I have felt lost and cheated. I also fear that the future holds nothing for me. I am now 24. I was married when I was 17. Four years later, I learned of my husband's Infidelity and divorced
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      Frightened of being called a flirt
      231 9 Dear Ros, I have many girlfriends and I treat them all like friends because I have no intention of going steady yet. I am 20 and I feel I'm too young to be tied down. The problem is that one of these girls has
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      358 9 Supplying this service are the Oommenbank of West Germany, the Banco dl Roma of Italy, the Lloyds Bank International limited and DBB- Securities In. ternational Limited. Bonndap of stock markets for the week ending April 1L C«£ .TOURS JUMBO TOURS SIA 747 HONGKONG/ KOWLOON 8 Days $995 HONGKONG BANGKOK 8
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      36 9 Tender and profound caressing and sweet s&LAIR DU TEMPS" p DE NINA RICCI [fUv IOUTRIE (PTE) LTD. SiHGAPORL If I IPOH KIMK MALACCA v A member of the Inchcope BKd Grojfr v V A i\ J
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      Convent rout Saints
      77 10 The Singapore interschool chess cnampionshipe continue today with the first round of the finals of the Secondary Boys' section. Results of other sections in last week's games: Secondary Girls' CHIJ 5 St Andrews 0; RI 2 ROSS 2, with one game in adjudication. Primary Schools—May South 4
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      Brunswick triumph
      48 10 Sydney, Monday Results of Australian rules football matches: Victoria Brunswick 12.23 (95) bt Northcote 12.17 (89); Coburg 17.2 (122) bt Werribee 12.10 (92); Waverley 23.11 (149) bt Camberwell 14.14 (98); Franks ton 22.17 (149) bt Harraveille 18.17 (125) Box Hill 23.9 (135) bt Mordlalloc 18.14 (122).
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      Lock icon Goalie Bobby is CSC star
      294 10 Chinese Swimming Club scored a 7-4 win over Anglo Chinese School in their first match in the SASA Under-17 waterpolo tournament at Toa Payoh pool yesterday. CSC showed good team work and schemed their moves cleverly to outwit the ACS players. SCS also had effective
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      Jeremiah in polished inns of 74
      907 10  -  Kasinathan takes seven for 40 By PERCY SENEVIRATNE Jeffrey Jeremiah reinforced his claims to the Interport team with a polished 74 while Wong Hoe Sang, Steven Houghton, Chelva Rajah, P.K. Sundram and medium pace bowler Kasinathan complicated matters for the selectors in yesterday's senior
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      Sayula wins
      28 10 London, Monday.—The Mexican ketch Sayula 11 yesterday won the 27,000mile round the world yacht race on a handicap basis when it crossed the Solent finishing line.
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      Lanka in sight of Test victory
      249 10 Karachi. Monday—Sri Lanka moved within sight of their first victory over Pakistan when they were left needing 175 runs with 10 wickets standing in the second unofficial cricket Test here yesterday. Sri Lanka dismissed Pakistan for 224 in their second Innings 20 minutes before
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      Offer to Germans
      96 10 Bienne, Monday FTQ, the international gymnastics federation, announced yesterday that they had offered West Germany this year's world championships after withdrawing an invitation to Bulgaria to be hosts. FIG, who withdrew their Invitation to Bulgaria because of their refusal to guarantee visas for the South Afri- can
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      Russians 1-2-3
      116 10 Istanbul, Monday The Soviet Union swept the board last night in the women's foil final of the world youth fencing championships here. It was the first time in the history of the championships that one nation has taken all the medals in an event. Blonde Valentina Sidorova captured
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      Only 20 cars still in the Safari
      304 11 Nairobi, Monday Only 20 of the original 98 starters remained as the 22nd annual East African Safari went into the third and final leg today. With more of the torrential rains which have plagued the event so far scheduled between now and the
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      How they finished at Penang on Saturday
      365 11 Interlarkln led Into the straight but wu soon beaten. Blna hit the front with The Conqueror moving up fast Bertuah closed in The Conqueror challenged a furlong out Rina fought back. In a tight finish The Conqueror beat Blna by half a length.
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      Lock icon Player repeats Masters feat
      733 11 Bembridge equals course record Reuter Augusta, Monday Little Gary Player of South Africa, the only foreigner ever to win the Masters, yesterday duplicated his feat of 13 years ago when he fired a two-under-par 70 to overtake third-round leader Dave Stockton and win the 38th annual
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      FRASER: I NEED TIME TO FORM A TEAM
      116 11 Melbourne, Monday. Australian Davis Cup captain Neale Fraser said last night he may seek a postponement of the early Eastern Zone matches to give himself more time to form a team. Fraser told reporters the situation was "drastic", with only Bob Giltlnan
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      US baseball
      55 11 New York, Monday U.S. baseball results: Philadelphia 2 New York 1, (Ist, 11 Inns); Philadelphia 5 New York 3 (2nd), Pittsburg 8 St. Louis 4 (Ist), St. Louis 6 Pittsburgh 5 (2nd). Montreal v Chicago Postponed, rain; Cincinnati v Atlanta, postponed, rain; Los Angeles 7 Houston 2; San
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      For citizens only...
      374 11  -  National meet in May By NANCY KOH The Singapore National tennis championships will be held over two weekends on May 4-6 and 11 at the Farrer Park courts. The championships, the third event on the SLTA's calendar this year, is restricted to citizens only. The events are:
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      Uruguay show poor form in 1-0 win over Hong Kong
      325 11 Hong Kong, Monday.— Dashing centre-forward Fernando Morena gave Uruguay's national soccer team a disappointing 1-0 victory over a combined Hong Hong club side here yesterday to maintain their unbeaten record on their preWorld Cup tour. But the 22-year-old Penarol striker's
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      Nastase loses
      106 11 Monte Carlo, Monday. Andrew Pattison of Rhodesia won the men's singles title at the W.C.T. Monaco International tennis championships here yesterday when he beat Rumanian Ille Nastase 5-7, 6-3. 6-4. Nastase said after the match that he would not play on the W.C.T. circuit next year. He said
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      Make Thor a 'must' next outing
      675 11 Full marks for Sinnappen i POSi SCRIPTI by SCRUTINEER! v m J Mark down Thor as a "must follow." He will be hard to beat In his next start. Thor's third to New Continent over 6f at Penang on Saturday was a smart performance.
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      Rosemary's triumph
      142 11 London, Monday. Ireland's Rosemary Rooney won Britain's first women jockeys' International race, the Goya Inter national Stakes at Kempton Park, near here. Riding Onward Taroo, the 11-8 favourite, she won a last-furlong duel with British rider Brooke Sanders, on the 7-1 chance Prince Gourmet, to beat her by
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      358 10 ECONOMY PACKAQE LUNCH for office workers. We also esters picnic lunches. Free delivery. Golden Klat Restaurant. 1300 Block 164, Stirling Road, B'pore 3 Tel: *****7. AH KIEW AIRCONOmONINQ REFRIGERATION. Sales 6 Service. Specialist In Repairing, respraying and rental. Tel: PROMPT SERVICE! ACE STATIONERY Company caters, plan printing document copying multi-colour
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      286 10 PNEW CARS DIRECTORY Where you can buy your next new car in Singapore CHAMPION MOTORS (S) PTE. LTD. 304 Orchard Rood, Singapore 9. Tel: J*****. MODELS: 2002, 2SOO 520 I JOn CONTINENTAL MOTORS PTE. LTD., 50/52 Bencoolen St S pore 7. Tel *****7. TAN CHONC I SONS MOTOR CO. (S)
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    TALKING POINT
    49 12 AH POOK: I think I shall get myself checked by the medical computer next month. Doctors don't seem to be able to find out what's wrong with me. Bm UN: You're Just a hypochondriac. Anyway, Td rather trust my life to a human than to a machine.
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    SHE LOVES TO DANCE
    40 12 Bayanihan dancer Miss La r r i e Adamza, 19, loves the arts. She's a student in fine arts at the Far Eastern University in Manila. When she is not dancing or studying, Larrie collects stamps.
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      232 12 FRIGAST CUTLERY inspired by the future with every piece a work of art TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT Farina FRIGAST 30 YEARS' UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE rw/ 6 A Another exquisite and beautiful silver plate cutlery set designed with the loving care of prominent Danish sculptor Henning Seidelin with the usual distinction
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      786 12 SINGAPORE 5 2.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SIRUVAR POONGA A locally produced show to cater for young children. IN DIARY OF EVENTS (T). 3.35 LOVE IS A MANY SFLENDORED THING Daytime aerial on the trials and tribulations of three families In San Francisco. IM MAGAZINE ZERO ONE (r). 4.1t GENERAL
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      109 12 TIDES Today: 6.05 p.m. (1.8m). Tomorrow: 4.34 a.m. (2.1m). Wednesday: 6.18 a.m. (2m), 8.32 p.m. (2m). Thursday: 7.54 a.m. (2.1m), 9.03 p.m. (2.2m). Friday: 8.52 ajn. (2.3m), 9.30 p.m. (2.4m). Saturday: 9.36 a.m. (2.4m), 9.55 p.m. (2.5m). Sunday: 10.16 a.m. (2.5m), 10.20 p.m. (2.6m). ?J*A m (Hi! I I y
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      331 12 //]?*|(,<`_&~"@;;`})/<|+_@[]'@( YOUR LUCKY STARS if rrs your and enjoy y BIRTHDAY Born today, you are Inclined to let pressure Interfere with the quality of your work. Generally extremely careful about details, you can become so tense when pressure Is applied either the pressure of a deadline or of an Increase
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      1392 12 [i AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH 9 m« 18 THE KEY: Another of Allstalr limeLean's fast-paced thriller* made Into a film, starring Barry Newman as a lone revenger in a hostile, dangerous world and 8u*y Kendall as the woman he kidnaps In the course of his operation against a
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