New Nation, 20 April 1974

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  • 21 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, April 20, 1074 No. 1004 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 SINGAPORE SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1974
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  • 209 1 Ankara, Saturday Kurdish rebels have declared an all-out war against the Iraqi Government, according to a radio broadcast monitored in Eastern Turkey. The broadcast over Voice of Kurdistan radio on Thursday accused the Baghdad regime of the cold-blooded execution of 11 prominent Kurdish figures. As a result,
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  • 855 1  -  'But NTUC enterprises can help out' By Sunny Wee The outlook for Singapore is grim, but the NTUC through its various enterprises can make things more bearable for the people. This analysis came totoday from Dr. Goh Keng Swee, the Deputy Prime Minister and
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  • 42 1 Colombo. Saturday. Sri Lanka's government has decided to ban all meetings and demonstrations planned for tomorrow by the rightwing opposition United National Party (UNP) and to confiscate the property of all those who defy the ban. government sources said.
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  • 356 1 Damascus, Saturday Syria said yesterday its ground and air defences shot down 16 Israeli planes as fighting continued to escalate along the embattled Golan Heights front. Earlier, a military spokesman said seven Israeli jets were downed in pitched dog fights over South Lebanon and strategic
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  • 158 1 Police today warned they would take severe action against motorists caught making U-turns at unauthorised points along the roads. The warning came after several accidents were caused by motorists making unauthorised Uturns at road junctions and street corners. Police spokesman DSP Yeow Yew Toong said:
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  • 13 1 Police reported 72 accidents yesterday. Two were serious and two fatal.
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  • 406 1  -  Commuters furious By Morris John Traffic Jams occur daily along Singapore's main roads during the morning and evening rush hours but this is no ordinary Jam. For In this case, it involved only buses and what was more surprising, it took place during peak
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  • 211 1 Reuter Cairo, Saturday Eleven people were killed and 27 others injured in the resulting gun battle when a group including students and leftwingers burst into the Egyptian Military Technical College on Thursday. No motive for the attack was given, but a statement by the
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  • 40 1 Calling all soccer fans. You can win a trip to the World Cup finals in Munich. Make sure you ret your copy of Monday's New Nation for full details of this easy-to-win contest with the dream prize.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 382 2  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal "Gather round my table men and I will tell you a story of love, war and bloodshed long, long ago." The shrill voice echoed in Chinatown's gather ing darkness (above). The plunderers on horseback came like lightning and
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    • 399 2  -  Training drive by ministry By Florence Tan The Ministry of Education has drawn up an intensive trailing programme to help career teachers cope with problem children in schools. In a circular to all secondary schools and junior colleges, the Ministry asks principals to appoint
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    • 194 2 About two thirds of the $300 worth of missing uniforms belonging to the National Police Cadet Corps Units in several schools have been recovered. This came about after several circulars were sent out to the various school units asking them to return all outstanding items and to
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    • 225 2 The Indian Government is studying an application by the Singapore Marine Products Workers' Union seeking permission for its members to fish in Indian territorial waters. In a reply to the union, the Indian High Commission said that "the matter is receiving consideration and a further
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    • 26 2 The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Band will perform at the Mac Rite hie Reservoir Park on Sunday from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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    • 214 3 Bosom friends, Sheila Wee (left) and Diana Wong believe in togetherness all the way. At the recent final examinations of the University of Singapore, they kept each other company by scoring first class honours. Shelia is the first person since 1968 to score a First Class
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    • 164 3 The People's Association plans to recruit 4000 young members by next month in its latest drive to get more people to join community centres. According to PA spokesman Mr. Cheong Teck Yong, the campaign, which began a few weeks ago, has met with
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    • 46 3 A telecommunications officer, Encik Hashim bin Johari, 37, of Jalan Eunos lost his wallet while delivering telegrams last week. Among the articles in his wallet were his identity card, driving licence and a motor-cycle insurance certificate. Encik Johari can be contacted at tel. *****6.
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    • 304 3 The gradual uptrend in market prices persisted this week with prices of several food items escalating further. Leafy vegetables found prominent place on the list of price increase. Over the past week, chye slm and kal lan rose In price by another 10 cents
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    • 19 3 The Singapore Sports Council has adopted the logo design by Mr. Robert Wee, of Baharuddln Vocational Institute.
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    • 397 3  -  'Increases 6 months overdue' By Douglas Chan Prices of motorcycles here are expected to increase by 10 to 15 per cent within the next few days following higher production costs. This would mean that the smaller machines (up to 100 cc) may cost
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    • 306 3 Plans to increase the supply Singapore will face a serious shortage of dental surgeons in the coming years, the outgoing president of the Singapore Dental Association warned last night. Dr. Wong Yew Chong said the supply of dental surgeons will not be able to match
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 1002 3 AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH FEAR IS THE KEY: Another of Alistalr MacLean's fast-paced thrillers made Into a film, starring Barry Newman as a lone revenger in a hostile, dangerous world and Suzy Kendall as the woman he kidnaps in the course of his operation against a gang of
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    • 249 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 German count 5 Say it is so 9 Musical pauses 14 "A rivederci 15 Middling 16 Consumed 17 Fit for the gods 19 Fresh raisin 20 Simply fabulous 2 culpa (my fault) 23 Knot again 24 Brimmed over 26 Bother: Slang 28 Miss Cinders 30
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 568 4 Khir: It's also harmful to environment Reuter New York, Saturday Malaysian Minister With out Portfolio Khir Joharl criticised yesterday the production of .synthetic rubber as a wasteful use of oil, a "scarce and precious commodity." Natural rubber was readily and abundantly available, could be
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    • 356 4 Reuter London. Saturday—Dr. Abserrahman Khene, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), yesterday accused the big multinational oil companies of making record profits at the expense of consumers. Algeria n-born Dr. Khene. said that the oil companies were now making profits of
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    • 143 4 Lahore, Saturday Prime Minister Bhutto said last night he would visit China next month and also planned to go to Bangladesh. He told a Press conference here that he believed the time had come for consultations with the Chinese leaders because of several important developments
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    • 250 4 Prisoners shoot their way out Reuter Rio De Janeiro, Saturday Forty-three prisoners yesterday shot their way out of a Rio prison and troops armed with sub-machine guns and using bloodhounds had recaptured 20 of them by last night. The police chief said they were still searching
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    • 229 4 Reuter Hong Kong, Saturday. China is likely to insist on Britain scrapping Taiwan's air rights here before permitting British Airways to fly into China via Hong Kong, a leading Hong Kong newspaper reported today. A front-page story in the Hong Kong Standard from its London
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    • 171 4 Reuter Sydney, Saturday— Australian Premier Gough Whitlam will make his film acting debut today with a oneline appearance in the Barry McKenzle film, Bazza Holds His Own. He will take part in a scene to be shot on location at Sydney's International Airport. Australian satirist Barry Humphries
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    • 150 4 Bonn, Saturday The Volkswagen automobile combine and its subsidiary Audl-Nsu will suspend production in most of their plants In Wolfsburg for up to two weeks from Monday in a move that will affect 65,000 workers. A Volkswagen spokesman said this was necessary to
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    • 253 4 New York. Saturday Sixteen members of the Attica brigade, a national students' organisation, yesterday seized the Statue of Liberty and vowed to stay at the landmark for at least 24 hours to protest President Nixon's policies. Cliff Kornfleld, a spokesman for the group, said a
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    • 278 4 PRIZEWORDS Your entry coupon for Prixewords is published below. This is what you must do to compete for the big prizes that must be won: Clip together all six (Monday to Prixewords boards each of which must show clearly all the words you have formed with the
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    • 148 4 Phnom Penh. Saturday.—Communist troops smashed through the southern fiank of a government unit 18 miles north of here yesterday, threatening to isolate a government force fighting tr. recapture Oudong. Military sources said the rebels broke through the government flank in an area just
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  • FINANCE
    • 1872 5 INDUSTRIALS 1973/1974 Higk Low 2.70 2.17 136 1.18 2.75 2.75 3.14 2.30 170 1.25 2.20 1.54 1.01 0.70 135 1.10 3.70 3.38 2.46 1.73 1.60 1.50 5.70 4.80 2.13 1.85 1 30 0.95 4.60 3.88 2.44 2.04 4.76 3.52 1 30 0.87 3.32 2.50 3 90 3.52
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    • 440 5 United Press International Tokyo, Saturday Narita airport under construction 36 miles east of Tokyo since 1969 has become a US$6OO million ($l5OO million) headache. No-one is guessing when the new airport, already more than one year behind schedule, will open. Weeds as
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    • 200 5 The Japan Trade Centre (Jetro) has set ud a Ship Machinery Division to help meet the demands for technological expertise In the local shipbuilding Industry. The division, which offers expertise In all aspects of marine technology, was formerly based In Bangkok and moved to
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    • 35 5 Bonn, Saturday—West Germany is seeking the co-operation of Britain. France and the United States In a tax probe to find out what profits the major International oil companies made during the energy crisis.
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    • 227 5 The Minister for Finance, Mr. Hon Sul Sen, together with two government officials, will represent Singapore at the seventh annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank In Kuala Lumpur. The two officials are the deputy secretary of the Revenue Division, Mr. Lim
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    • 212 5 Reuter Tokyo, Saturday. International money markets and particularly the European currency markets—have per to rmed reasonably well In acting as an Intermediary between consumers and oil-pro-ducing nations, international monetary experts concluded here. But Dr. Otmar Emmlnger, chairman of Working Party Three of the Organisation
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    • 359 5  -  By Lee Yew Meng It was another agonising week on the Singapore stock market with continuous erosion of share prices. The week started badly with sellers predominating taking the Straits Times industrial index down to a new record low of 237.37
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    • 28 5 Chubb Singapore Pte. Ltd. has introduced a new automatic crime deterrent the Mark IV--24 35mm. surveillance camera. The camera weighs just under 20 lbs.
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 378 5 Stock prices fell sharply In very light trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday as profit taking prompted by gloomy first quarter economic statistics, and by the spread of the 101-per cent prime lending rate ended a three-session rally. Trading slowed to 10,710,000 shares from the previous
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      • 39 5 The Dow Jones range of stocks on the New York Slock Exchange yesterday were: 30 Industrials 865.77 (off 10.02), 20 transport 185 43 (cff 2.67), 15 utilities 87.07 (cff 0 54), and 65 stocks 270.21 (off 3.11).
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      • 296 5 The Tokyo market continued firm with swelled volume due to the expectation of an easy money policy as a background. The Dow-Jones average marked a new high for this year. In line with the ad vance of specified str.iks, some blue chips—belonging to motors, highpriced light electricals, pharmaceuticals, food
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      • 79 5 Thl:' service comes from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (In francs) on the Zur'ch Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS 3460 —15 SBC 3000 -t-10 Credit Suisse 2975 —5 Swissair B. 518 —2 Swiss Relnsur. 2060 —30 Winterthur B. 1790 +5 Zurich Insur. 6250 Juvena B. 1940 10 Nestle
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  • OPINION
    • 567 6 The report from car dealers that sales are picking up again must be disconcerting news to the Government. After only a two-month slump caused by tax disincentives introduced on January 1 this year, business according to the Singapore Motor Traders Association is almost back
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    • 114 6 'WHISPERS' by ispy The music department in any university faces a common problem: The shortage of space. A colleague's friend who studied music at the University of Pennsylvania recalled this incident. One fine day he had to answer the call of nature. He paused outside the
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    • 1056 6  -  Edgar Koh, our columnist today, was a Judge last week at the Sooth-east Asia Beat Five amateur cine competition. He was pleasantly surprised to find a high standard of production in most of the films, nothing of the sort of "home-mo-vies" he had expected to
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    • 317 6 China has taken a great leap into international civil aviation. Peking's new air agreement with Japan is a key step in a planned worldwide network of routes by plans of China's flag carrier, the Civil Aviation Adminlstration of China (CAAC), according to
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    • 674 6  -  From A. Farrell Reuter An article issued by the World Health Organ isation (WHO) has hit out at the modern craze for "health foods" which it describes as a nonsensical fad, preying on fear and superstition. "Nutritional quackery is the biggest
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    • 676 6  -  SAM JAMESON The Los Angeles Times Sixty-five years ago a Japan less than a halfcentury removed from feudalism built a miniature version of the Palace of Versailles for its crown prince. Now the palace has been refurbished and turned into a state guesthouse. The
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 398 6 What other newspapers are saying: U.N. DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE The 13th annual conference of the U.N. Disarmament Committee has opened in Vienna. Delegates from 25 member nations are taking part in the conference. An international conference of this kind should have attracted people's attention. But it draws
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      • 144 6 RESTRICTION ON EXPORT OF VEGETABLES, FISH. The Mentri Besar of Johore has hinted that the Government may introduce legislation to restrict the exportation c.f vegetables and fish to neighbouring countries. This proposal should be welcomed. The increase in prices has greatly affected the local poor people. The most
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      • 219 6 CHOOSE SECURITY RATHER THAN HIGHER RETURN. There have been many cases over the years of tontine operators absconding with the subsers' monies. In a recent case that has come to light, about 100 tontine subscribers have been swindled of a sum totalling $70,000 or $80,000. It is
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
    • 1262 7 What makes it the Golden Isles A tourist hub of the South Pacific, an important shipping centre and the cross roads of the trans-Pacific air services, Fiji is blessed with picturesque scenery, exploitable natural resources, an attractive c 1 i m a te and, above all, a population
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    • 708 7  -  By Philip McCombs Washington Post The m o un tain ranges that cover much of Eastern Cambodia come down to the sea at Kompong Som and meet the clear blue waters and white sand beaches of the Gulf of Thailand. The result is an
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    • 634 7  - Patagonia —the 'mini Switzerland' Pioneer country where you can hunt, shoot, fish and ski By Andrew Tarnowski Reuter Hunting, shooting and fishing and some pretty fair skiing are helping to open up the vast empty regions of Patagonia, Argentina, to the outside world. A land of limitless plains dominated to
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    • 456 7 MARRIAGE turned a young and innocent Jewish girl into a "sort of battery hen," the High Court Family Division in London was told. For her husband only had sex when he wanted children and in eight years she had five babies. A decree nisi was granted to Mrs.
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    • 183 8 This is the story of a nation on the move. It is a story which must, because it casts a fresh image of an extraordinary people, be studied by anyone who is curious about the sources of European culture, arte, and sciences. In this book, we
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    • 815 8 LEVERTOV'S RESISTANCE POETRY During the length of America's Vietnam in volvement still not ended, because the new budget asks for US$l.4 billion in military aid for President Thieu many of those who saw the deceit in our justifications for napalm, defoliation and mass-bomb-ing, first felt the shame
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    • 240 8 Following is the MPH Best Sellers List for the week ending last Thursday, with the positions of the previous week in brackets. The list compiled from sales records reflects to some degree the reading taste of the Singapore public with regard to general books, that is, non-text
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    • 336 8 OUR MAN IN HAVANA, by Graham Greene, (Penguin), 220 pages Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman, was short of money. His daughter had reached an expensive age so he accepted Hawthorne's offer of $300-plus a month and became Agent *****/5, M.l.6's man in Havana. To keep the Job, Wormold pretends
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    • 723 8 SUGGESTIONS AXE FINE FOR PEOPLE WITH A POTFUL OF MONEY The Washington Post YOU CAN PROFIT FROM A MONETARY CRISIS. By Harry Browne (MacMillan, 397 pp. US$8.95) reviewed by Philip Creer. In 1970 Harry Browne wrote a book called "How you can profit from the coming
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    • 872 8  -  He plays Singapore seniors tomorrow CHESS BY LIM KOK ANN Grandmaster Paul Keres, now visiting Singapore, was guest of honour at a dinner given by the Singapore Chess Club, the day he arrived. Among the distinguished guests were Mr. E.W. Barker, Minister for Law and National
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    • 554 8  -  STAMPS KY ANDREW LAU Britain will issue a set of four stamps to mark the 200 th Anniversary of the Fire Prevention (Metropolis) Act of 1774 on April 24. This Act was passed after the great fires of London In
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    • 958 8  -  SOME SPECIAL PROBLEMS NOW FOR THE IRISH POET'S SON -By Earl Lau Los Angeles Times As befits a man who was among the major literary figures of the 20th century, William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet and play- wright, has been the subject of considerable
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    • 84 8  -  by CHUNG YEE CHONG many nights now I've heard the dogs bark an infinite cry into lonely distances seen a sky heavy with trees to sense a solitude beyond the streetlights many nights now I've seen random images of rain across window panes felt the cold of
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    • 419 9  -  It s to prepare the group for overseas trip THEATRE BY VIOLET OON The Singapore Youth Choir will give a concert of Sacred Songs at the Trinity Theological College Chapel tomorrow at 10 a.m. This is one of the highlights of the three day c
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    • 781 9 EATING-IN Don't think of eggs just as breakfast food. Serve them for lunch, too, or supper or for a party. A platter of rice garnished with egg wedges and topped with a sauce of chopped eggs, Garbanzo beans and Pimento makes a
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    • 481 9 ART Reuter The best of Australian aboriginal sacred art has been snapped up cheaply and shipped to lucrative markets abroad, according to an Australian woman expert. Mrs. Sandra Holmes, a collector and scholar of art and anthropological pieces, says angrily: "The guts have been ripped out
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    • 650 9  -  CLASSICS BY YEO HAN BRAHMS: SYMPHONY No. 4 IN E MINOR, OP. 98 played by the Chicago Symphony Orc he stra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini. The E Minor was first performed In 1885 and was for many years regarded as "too
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    • 1023 9 Browne no longer a faceless song-writer POP Arms folded across a high school Jacket, songwriter-per-f ormer Jackson Browne sinks into an easy chair in his Los Angeles home and considers his craft. "The (recording) medium Is Incredibly difficult. You've got to have the freedom to make
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  • SPORTS
    • 62 10 OOPS! Noryadi Aris of Com e x (white jersey) grimaces as she crashes into Hampshire goalkeeper Rohana Shaffie in a friendly women's football match at Jalan Besar Stadium last night The girls showed plenty of enthusiasm and energy but little scoring power. So the match ended
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    • 29 10 Vienna, Saturday. Eva Stuart of Sweden was the only seed to fall on the opening day of the singles competition at the European badminton championships here yesterday.
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    • 655 10 ...despite violent stomach upset Madrid, Saturday Jerry Heard increased his lead to five strokes with a third-round 70 in the Spanish Open Golf championship at La Manga yesterday despite a violent stomach upset which almost forced him to withdraw. The 26-year-old American, who held a
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    • 153 10 As the interschool chess team championship (Secondary boys) finals reach the half-way stage, players have become more cautious. In key matches, several games went the full distance and have to be adjudicated. Results: Sec. Boys Group A—ACS (I) V/z RI (I) Yz, with three games
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    • 458 10 New York. SaturdayPeter Oosterhuis of England gave his American rivals a putting lesson while streaking to a record 63 and a threestroke lead at the halfway mark of the Monsanta Open at Pensacola. The 24-year-old London pro had a two-round total of nine-under-par 133. His closest
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    • 653 10 London, Saturday A key factor in the forthcoming English cricket season will be the need to build up a team capable of defending the Ashes in Australia next winter. The omens are not good, for England have played two disturbing series against the West
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    • 23 10 Duisburg (Germany), Saturday. MSV Duisburg yesterday defeated Rotweiss Essen 1-0 in a match of the West German First Division soccer championship.
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    • 347 10  -  UN'S WORLD by Nancy Koh Singapore Women Netball Association have invited Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea to play in the Pesta Sukan here in August. SWNA hope the two foreign teams will join local clubs in a Netball Carnival tentatively
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    • 748 11  -  Big win is best 'revenge' By JEFFREY LOW Our national soccer team will have to beat Trengganu tomorrow with skill and flair and not by questionable unfair means. Some may find It hard to heed this advice especially when memories of that bloody 2-1
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    • 415 11 Chief wants to quit Montevideo, Saturday —Criticism of Uruguay's World Cup build-up threatened to boil over last night when the President of the National Football Federation resigned and then reversed his decision only hours later. Fermin Sorhueta resigned his post as Federation President because he said he was
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    • 43 11 Seoul, Saturday Iranian national men's basketball squad, on a tour for a series of goodwill matches against South Korean teams, scored its first win when it beat a selection from Industry and Military teams 79-70 yesterday in South Eastern Kwangju City.
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    • 147 11 London, Saturday Bristol Rovers made certain of promotion from the Third Division of the English football League when they drew 0-0 at Southend last night. Rovers, under pressure for most of the game, had to thank their stout defence for the point which assured them of
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    • 115 11 New York, Saturday Record home-run hitter Henry Aaron got a single in the seventh inning on Thursday night, his first hit of the season which was not a home run. The single came In his 24th official at bat. Aaron has three home runs this season and
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    • 298 11 RUNNERS and riders for today's Penang amateur races: MARA Class 4 SJF (catcbweights 11.10): Ballad Irish Coffee (O-V. Sea ton); Klmberiey Lady Robyn Mandrake Miss Skeeter (DM. Brown); Mr. Chips (A.M.P. Leaver); Putra (P.C. Krygsman); Saffron (Chan Ewe Leong); Spray Twinkle Blade (J. Havan); Webster MARA Classes
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    • 714 11  -  Catherine tops in Secondary By Nancy Koh Chow Yoke Lan was named champion athlete at the Katong Convent meet at East Coast Road yesterday. Yoke Lan scored 30 points from victories in the shot put. javelin and 100 m hurdles events, she came in second
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    • 416 11 London, Saturday. Britain will be without their top five players for the Davis Cup European zone "B" third round tennis match against Egypt or Bulgaria from May 2-4. Roger Taylor, Mark Cox, Gerald Battrick and Graham Stillwell have alreacy declared themselves unavailable and
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    • 51 11 Singapore Sepak Takraw Association officials: Chairman HJ. Yaacob Mohamad; vice chairman Buang Omar Junid, Sardl Shariff and Sallm Sulaiman; secretary Yusof Wanjor; sports secretary Nordln ULsut; treasurer Daud Tamri; committee members Magiar Slmen, Branson Edmund, Re jab Ismail, Shaari Ngaimin, Arshad, Ahmad Dewan, B. Steven, Kadir Taib and Daud
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    • 255 11 Johannesburg, Saturday.—Third seed Tony Roche of Australia joined a long line of overseas players to bow out of the World Championship Tennis tournament here when he was beaten 6-1, 7-6 by unseeded Rhodesian Andrew Pattison In the second round last night. Roche's defeat meant that only
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    • 277 11 Zurich. Saturday. Manila boxing promoter Lope Sarreal, organiser of next week's world flyweight title fight here between defending champion Chartchal Chlonol of Thailand and Switzerland's Fritz Chervet. said yesterday he had received an offer for the winner to meet Miguel Canto of Mexico.
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    • 94 11 Lawrence, (Kansas), Saturday. Bruce Jenner, former Graceland college star, shattered the decathlon record and defending champion Phil Ndoo, Eastern New Mexico, set a new standard for the six-mile run In opening the Kansas relays. Jenner tied for first in the 100 m high hurdles and won the
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    • 64 11 Dr. Victor Wee was elected president of the Singapore Karate Association. Other officials are: Vice-presidents Lam Kok Keong, Poo Siang Juan; secretary Mdm. Chow Moh Hoong; assistant secretary Robert Phua; treasurer Robert Lim Kwang Yam; assistant treasurer Lim Kim Lee; committee members Loh Kong Wing, Yap Cheng Hoe,
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