New Nation, 25 April 1974

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  • 23 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, April 25, 1974 No. 1008 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 20/74 NEW^TION SINCAPORE THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1974
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  • 461 1  -  'Victim mistaken for robber 5 By Bharathi Mohan A 49-year-old timber merchant, mistaken for a robber, was killed by a shotgun blast as he was returning to his Changi Road home early today. The shc.t fired through the glass windows of his brother's house kUled
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  • 64 1 Colombo, Thursday A pro-government weekly newspaper yesterday claimed the American Embassy and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were behind a plot to topple the administration of Prime Minister Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike. The newspaper Nation said it was "aware that those moves of the Uninational Party
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  • 64 1 Children, you can win a cash prize by writing letters to us. Your letters can be on any topic, but must not exceed 50 words. For every lettei published in out weekly For The Young page, New Nation will pay $10. The contest is open
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  • 517 1  -  By Douglas Chan, Sunny Wee, Morris John The Public Utilities Board today warned householders not to meddle with electrical appliances following four deaths from electrocution in the past 24 hours. The first incident took place in a house in Marsiiing Drive
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  • 131 1 United Press International Wolverhampton, Thursday. Boxing fanatic Brian Brown had a simple explanation for giving his newborn daughter the names of 25 world heavyweight boxing champions. He said he will take Maria Sullivan Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries Hart Burns Johnson Willard Dempsey Tunney Schmeling Sharkey Camera Baer Braddock
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  • 181 1 The pose is familiar. The way he holds the clarinet reminds you of someone. But oh, the hat Give up? This is Acker Bilk, 45, who is now In Singapore proving he is no stranger on our shore. It is hard to recognise
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  • 212 1 Ipoh, Thursday Two grenades were lobbed at the Tawas new village police station which is close to the main trunk road in the Tasek industrial area last night. One of the grenades exploded. Some splinters caus- Ed slight damage to the building. No one was injured.
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  • 495 1 'Talks with college raid man' Cairo, Thursday Egypt last night charged that the attack pn a military engineering school here last Thursday was part of a plot to overthrow President Sadat and said the ringleader had had a long private meeting with Libyan leader
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  • 301 1 Envoy walks out of meeting in protest New York, Thursday The United Nations Security Council last night censured Israel for the April 12 reprisal raid on six Lebanese villages but also condemned all acts of violence that resulted in the loss of innocent lives.
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  • 89 1 Prices generally dipped slightly In selective trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. BUSINESS DONE: San Hold. (1) 0.65, (10) 065*, (1) 0.66. 0.C.8.C. (3) 6.60, (3) 6.55. City Dev. (2) 1.03. U. 0.3. (4 3.52, (9 3.50. S. Darby (1) 3.42, (20) 3.40. (4
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  • 13 1 Police reported 88 accidents yesterday. Two were serious and one fatal.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 154 2  -  By Jennifer Schoon Showcase models are supposed to be life-like but these two at the Bata display window yesterday were real-life. And eye-poppers, too. For unlike other models of wax or plastic the two did the unexpected they moved. And as the legs went
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    • 278 2  -  Ministry sets up a new body By Florence Tan Students with problems related to school work, social and personal problems will soon find a willing listener, friend and counsellor at the newlyestablished Dialogue Centre. The New Nation understands that about 30 volunteers
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    • 421 2 Statistics for 1948 to 1971 A total of 4,304 people died in traffic accidents in Singapore between 1948 and 1971 and the death rate in terms of race composition is higher in Malays and Indians than among the Chinese. Jn fact, the
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    • 169 2 The Port of Singapore Authority is invest! gating the grounding of a So-mali-registered vessel, Sun Sang, at the Quarantine Anchorage yesterday. The 4000-ton freighter was 3tuck in the mud and rocks off Kusu Island for over nine hours before it was freed
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    • 1685 2 The University of Singapore has announced the results of the Final Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts held in March. The following candidates have passedAlwlyah bee Hajl Merged Yocsoff (Miss), Aw Bee Yan (Miss), Aw Toke Ghee Ayamplilay Rathi Devi (Miss)! Bahadur Shanti
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    • 133 2 The Rotary Club (East) will hold an essay competition for secondary school students in the eastern district. The competition, open to all students in Secondary three and four classes, will be held on May 11 at the St. Patrick's Secondary School. School principals are
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    • 30 2 Labour Minister, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, will be guest of honour at a Vesak celebration at the Singapore Conference Hall, Shenton Way, on May 6 at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 246 2 Officials of the Central Council of Malay Organisations are visiting kampungs throughout the Republic to inform Malays of the types of services available to them. This Is part of an overall project known as Maju Padu designed to help them to help themselves
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    • 44 2 Members of the Australian and New Zealand communities observed ANZAC Day by laying wreaths at the Kranji War Memorial this morning. A special evening service will be held at the St. Andrew's Cathedral at 5.15 p.m. Members of the public are welcome.
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    • 388 3  -  'Cut power by 10 p.c.' By Rav K. Dhaliwal A 10 per cent cut in electrical consumption can save Singapore about $16 million in foreign exchange. This was pointed out by Mr. Sebastian Yeo, superintending engineer (commercial) of the Public Utilities Board, at
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    • 39 3 The YMCA Physical Education Department will conduct a yoga class for beginners under Miss Phyllis Leong beginning on May 2. The six-month course will be held every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7.15 p.m.
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    • 218 3  -  By Richard Lim The yo-yo may be just a toy to most of us but to Mexican Mr. Salvador Valdes, 35, it is serious business. He has carved himself a very profitable career out of this little toy and has been spinning round the world giving
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    • 43 3 Fairchild Singapore Pte. Ltd. is organising a fun fair, variety show and social dance to commemorate its fifth anniversary on May 5. Mr. Phey Yew Kok. MP for Boon Teck, and general secretary of 3ILO, will officiate at the opening ceremony.
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    • 298 3  -  Teachers have doubts By Teresa Ooi Staggered school hours will not help reduce traffic congestion, according to several teachers. Some teachers feel that such a move may even create additional problems. They were commenting on a suggestion made recently by the chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers'
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    • 128 3 The Singapore Teachers' Union is having a special programme at the Teachers' Centre on Tuesday to celebrate May Day. "The fight against inflation" is this year's celebrations theme with emphasis on the Importance of being thrifty and of making a conscious effort to save.
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    • 33 3 Dr. Pan Soo Yeng has been elected president of the Hong Kong University Alumni Association. Other officials include secretary, Mr. Raymond K.H. Cheung and treasurer Dr. Teo Choo Keng.
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    • 35 3 The Parliamentary Secretary of the Environment Ministry, Mr. Chor Yeok Big, will open the District IV Music and Dance Presentation at the Nanyang Girls' High School Hall, King's Road, tomorrow at 7.30 pjn.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 276 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD HMBiHUN mumu dIIHIIH muma ACROSS 1 Beards of grain 5 Daphnis' girl 10 Shopper's vehicle 14 Exclamation of contempt 15 Ages and ages 16 First man 17 Aesopian items 19 Church part 20 U.N. Building sight 21 Copy writers 22 Reasonable 23 Liquid meas. 24 Compass pt.
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE
    • 489 4  -  By Jennifer Schoon Ar\ error in judgment, or a second's distraction and Enalin (her real name is Chin) would probably be an attractive corpse, instead of the charming, laughing, bubblyeyed 20-year-old she now is. For nightly she faces death at her husband's hands. She
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    • 284 4 Merc diary CHAN RATS Retail Store, w ell- for their tailoring, will present something entirely different next month a jewellery show featuring David Mor- ris and his collection of fine jewels. Mr. Morris is a renowned jeweller with showrooms at Harrods, reputed to be the
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    • 302 4 MUSICORNER The entertainer In Musicorner Poser No. 55 was Alan Osmond. TUCK APRIL ti, 1974. The following win an LP and a poster each: Master Mak Chee Wah, Miss Patricia Lee Tuen Sum, Miss Tan Beng 81m, Master Ng Quee Hock and Mr. Tan Lam
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  • FOR THE YOUNG
    • 608 4 Country File Burma's area is 261,789 square miles. The total population is about 30 million. t ßurma is truly an isolated country. On north are the snowbound mountains of Tibet where even the passes are well over 1000 ft. high. On the west are
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    • 107 4 ChUdreri, you can win a cash prize by writing "W®™ j 4 us Yo p write on any theme but each letter must not be longer than 50 words Eveiy letter that is published will win $10. This contest is open to all children in primary
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    • 318 4 He was called Smith, and was 12 years old. So far smallpox, gaolfever and the hangman's rope hadn't been quick enough to get him, but they might any day. He lived in the mazy slums round St. Paul's and was a pick-pocket. One day an
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    • 463 4 Nature corner Eagles are members of the hawk family and they are the fiercest among birds of prey. They are found in every part of the world except in the Antarctica. They make their nest, called eyrie, on rocky mountain crags, or high up on
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    • 249 4 The great conquerors Genghis Khan was a great Mongol warrior whose name stirred fear in the hearts of kings. He led his tough armies to victory after victory and paved the way for the establishment of Mongol rule in China. Genghis Khan
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 150 4 Know your Singapore Try to answer the following questions. The answers are given at the end of the list. 1. When did Singapore become a Crown colony separate from the rest of the Straits Settlements? 2. What does PSC stand for? 3. How old must a citizen be before he
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 354 5 Recommendation by lawyers Washington, Thursday Congressional lawyers probing the possible impeachment of President Nixon will recommend today that most of the charges against him be dropped, a senior Republican member of Congress said yesterday. The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee is investigating some
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    • 164 5 Reuter Washington, Thursday. The US Senate overcoming an unusual strong show of opposition, yesterday approved promotions for two air force generals Implicated in the unauthorised bombing raids of North Vietnam in early 1972. More than a third of the Senate voted against promotions for Generals
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    • 321 5 Reuter Washington, Thursday President Nixon yesterday asked Congress for US$5lBO million ($12,950 million) in foreign economic and mi- litary aid, including US$25O million ($625 million) to help Egypt repair damage caused in the 1967 and 1973 wars with Israel. The proposed aid for Egypt the first
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    • 199 5 Reuter Los Angeles, Thursday Bud Abbott, the straight-man in the film comedy team of Bud Abbot and Lou Costello, died at his home here yesterday, aged 75. Tall and debonair to his partner's bumbling fat man act, Abbott made 30 films with Costello
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    • 285 5 Opposition pledge Reuter Canberra, Thursday. The opposition Liberal and Country parties have reaffirmed support for American access to defence bases and Installations and are willing tr. recommit Australian soldiers to South East Asia, it was announced yesterday. The opposition spokesman on defence, Dr. Jim Forbes,
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    • 375 5 Bali crash victims United Press International Denpasar, Thursday Indonesian Army rangers scaled a sheer mountainside yesterday and located 43 burned and dismembered bodies of the 107 people killed when a Pan American j e t liner crashed on Monday. But commanders at the Tinga Tinga
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    • 324 5 Reuter Ankara, Thursday. Iraqi jets went into action on Tuesday and early yesterday in the mountains of northern Iraq in support of government armoured units trying to rescue a 600strong garrison besieged by Kurdish rebels since last month, according to Turkish
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    • 59 5 New Delhi, Thursday— The Indian Parliament yesterday took up the issue of reported smuggling of uranium from a northeast Indian mine into Pakistan and China. Ruling Congress, communist and socialist members asked the Government for a statement on Press reports yesterday that police had arrested five people on
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    • 29 5 Moscow, Thursday Dissident sources said yesterday that Soviet authorities had arrested two elderly Russian Orthodox priests hi what could signal a new official campaign against the church.
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    • 251 5 Reuter London, Thursday Some 12,000 British car workers at Cowley, spurred on by angry wives and the possibility of a domestic sex strike, returned to work yesterday at a strike-bound factory. The men streamed back to a British Leyland assembly plant which had
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    • 30 5 Vienna, Thursday Austrians will go to the polls on June 23 to choose a new Head of State following the death early yesterday of President Franz Jonas, 74.
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    • 246 5 San Francisco, Thursday Police yesterday said they had received a new communique from the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) quoting Patricia Hearst as saying she was not forced to participate in an April 15 bank robbery here in which she was photographed holding a
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  • OPINION
    • 554 6 The move by the US Senate foreign relations committee to require the White Houftf to get specific Congressional approval for the building of a naval base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean does not necessarily mean that there will be any radical change
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    • 87 6 'WHISPERS' by ispy Sailors are notoriously superstitious. Take for example, the captain of a modern container ship which called at Singapore on its maiden voyage recently. Despite the efficient 48 miles range radar, automatic pilot, and other modern electronic gad- gets installed in his ship, he still
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    • 996 6  -  Today columnist Fakir Singh creates a fictional character called Raja. Bat the fiction is simply a means of telling the harsh trath about man—his ego which blinds him to himself. Raju can be anybody. It could be Pakir himself. With sensitivity, he describes Raju at
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    • 322 6 Reuter Yugoslavia has embarked on a new experiment Intended to provide a stable government to succeed President Tito. If the 81-year-old president steps down or dies, his successor will be drawn from a nineman collective presidency. There should therefore be a smooth transition.
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    • 890 6  -  By Anne Tomforde Hitler's former deputy Rudolf Hess marks his 80th birthday tomorrow with little hope that he will ever taste freedom again. A recent spate of publicity in West Germany and Britain calling for his release after 28 years in the Spandau allied
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    • 520 6 Sensational leakages in Japanese press Los Angeles Times Last July, shortly before he stepped aown as Secretary of State, William Rogers visited Japan and declared in private tnat Japan could not be trusted to keep a secret. "At least, that was a fact at the time
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 271 6 What other newspapers are saying: CO-OPERATE TO STAMP OUT CRIME The recent killing of Mr. Goh Eng Kwee, a National and Iron Steel Mills foreman, by robbers as he rushed to the aid of his neighbours who had just been robbed by his killers, has brought out
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      • 133 6 WHO NEEDS WHOM? Is It true that the Central Council of Malay Cultural Organisations is no longer relevant to today's society? We do not think so. and feel that if there are any who think this is true it is because they are Incapable of serious thinking and
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      • 402 6 According to the latest consumer price Indices released by the Department of Statistics, there has been a staggering increase of 41% In the consumer price Index for the 16-month period from November 1972 to February 1974. Unlike other countries, the authorities In Singapore have taken the
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 3024 7  -  There were no proper measures to check the high crime rate Making of the Modern Singaporean From 1829 to 1831 S'pore was gripped by bloody stories of killings and thefts By Pakir Singh Just 10 years after its foundation, Singapore had established a reputation
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS AND FINANCE
    • 772 8  - Exit —the 'gods' of tea estates ASIAN DIARY The British planters are now a dying breed in Sri Lanka By Sylvana Foa United Press International SRI LANKA "Those 5,000 pluckers on my estate all think of me as God," said the burly British tea planter, flicking a fly from his
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    • 421 8  -  From W. Drummond Los Angeles Times PAKISTAN Pakistan has succeeded in shutting the door on any extensive immigration of the estimated 400,000 non-Bengali Muslims now living as outcastes in Bangladesh. The apparent success of Islamabad in having its way on the Bihari issue became clear recently
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    • 507 8 'Do not alienate from labour' United Press International CHINA The message was clear when workers at the Peking Machinery Works presented hammers to all 17 newly elected m e m be rs of the plant's Communist Party committee. "Physically not alienated from labour,"
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    • 546 8 ADB MEETING OPENS Kuala Lumpur, Thursday The Malay slan Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, suggested a new plan for development assistance at the opening of the seventh meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) here this morning. "As a regional institution, the bank needs
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    • 122 8 Reuter Brussels, Thursday The Common Market's negotiations for trade and aid arrangements with 44 developing countries are at a standstill. Informed EEC sources said yesterday. Community Ministers have yet to decide what concessions the EEC should offer in farm goods' trade and how much
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    • 230 8 Share prices sank farther on the stock market yesterday as they came ander heavy selling pressure. Losses were widespread. The biggest drop was borne by Hong Leong which fell by 85 cents to 12.10 on a solitary deal. North Borneo Timber dipped by 70 cents to $6.10 and
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    • 285 8 Reuter New York, Thursday.— UN Secretary General, Dr. Kurt Waldheim, called yesterday for immediate financial and other aid for the countries worst hit by recent violent economic changes and natural disasters. He also called for greater efforts to reach significant commodities'
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    • 115 8 Reuter Paris, Thursday Korean Airlines, the South Korean national airline, is negotiating the purchase of six shorthaul European airbus planes, the aircraft manufacturers here said yesterday. The plane, which can carry up to 280 passengers and 20 tons of freight, will be usetj on
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    • 69 8 Washington, Thursday, President Nixon met his top economic advisers on Tuesday to discuss inflation, lagging production and tax-cut proposals, but aides said Mr. Nixon still feels there is no chance of a recession this year. Mr. Nixon called the session to review "the entire economic situation," a White
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    • 262 8 Cycle and Carriage Ltd. is to enter into a Joint venture with Newman Industries Ltd. (Bristol), a public company manufacturing engineering equipment. Negotiations with the firm in Britain have already been concluded and the new company is in the process of being incorporated. Cycle and
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    • 77 8 Air Siam Asia's fastestgrowing airline, jets to a headstart in the 1974 air travel market race with better-than-expect-ed profits from its first quarter operations. In an announcement the airline's president and managing director, Mr. Virachai Vannukul, said preliminary figures show that the" airline earned a
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    • 58 8 Washington, Thursday —The United States yesterday raised its discount (bank) rate from IV2 per cent to eight per cent. The new rate, the highest on record, becomes effective today. This is the first increase in the discount rate since August 14, last year, when
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 508 8 Climbing interest rates and Inflation fears pummelled stock prices for the second consecutive session on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Trading was moderate. Closing volume totalled 16,010,000 shares, compared with 14,110,000 changing hands in the previous session. The record-equalling 10% per cent prim?, lending rate continued to
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      • 38 8 The Dow Jones range of stocks on the New Yorfc Stock Exchange yesterday were: 30 Industrials 841.44 (off 13.61), 20 transport 179.01 (off 3.52). 15 utilities 81.26 (off 1.34), and 65 stocks 260 63 (off 4.46).
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      • 385 8 Buying concentrated on shippings, failing to activate the general market. Blue chips were dull, affected by sharp losses on the New York Stock Exchange. The market closed slightly lower. In the morning session, Nippon Yusen shot up to a new-high, supported by expected dividend increase stemming from payment of
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      • 108 8 This service comes from the Union Bank of land. SwltaerClosing prices (In franosi on tne Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS 3420 —20 SBC Credit Suisse 597 2925 (Split) —15 Swissair B. 524 4.4 Wlnterthur B. 1780 —10 Zurich Insur. 6200 —25 Juvena B. 1925 —15 Nestle B. 3605 —10
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 61 8 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom RIP KIRBY by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson SHORT RIBS by Frank O'Neal SSn 5-" r T1 1... < sc- --3X3- (OHSO*\ ft? Call rr A ONISAM N vs c MPlNSauT fnu.movm NORBERT by George Fett CNCLt CHARLEY, f [El XW.f, V T"| I
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  • TREND
    • 336 9 TALKING SHOP Bathrooms are seldom the pride of many. More often than not, they make many mothers scream In agony. "Blue murder" the child may yell, "It wasn't a very neat place to begin with, anyway." "Very true," mothers may agree, (secretly, of course),
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    • 1275 9  -  LIU ON THE JOB By Violet Oon "l am a die-hard romantic and I suppose that's what accounts for the enjoyment I get out of my job," said Miss Lili Kho, who is creating a family tradition by following in her mother's footsteps
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    • 112 9 —Melbourne Herald Schoolchildren know they could get cancer from smoking but it's not stopping them from taking up the habit. That's the gloomy finding from Canada's first national survey into smoking habits among elementary and secondary schoolchildren. The survey studied 78,000 students across the country. It
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    • 480 9 KATONG SHOPPING CENTRE ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE pOOD music sooth- es and calms the nerves. It transports you into a world of your own that takes you far from the woes and cares of daily living. But more than that, it lifts you into a realm that is
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  • SPORTS
    • 52 10 Chris Toone, in first slip, is poised to gather a shot from Hong Kong opener Peter Davies as wicketkeeper Keith Saunders looks on in the one-day match against SCC which ended in a draw on the Padang yesterday. Picture by PHILIP LIM. Picture by
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    • 760 10  -  By PERCY SENEVIRATNE The two one-day matches that the Hong Kong cricket team have played appear to have exposed certain chinks in their armour that Singapore skipper Robin Tessensohn will, no doubt, exploit in the threeday Interport match that starts on the Padang tomorrow.
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    • 278 10 Monza. Thursday—The Monza 1000 kilometres motor race today promises to be a thrilling duel between Italy's Alfa Romeos and the French Matras with the outcome wide open. Few people are daring to predict the result with the Alfas and Matras very close In practice
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    • 586 10  -  'Principle breached' BOWIaNG with Jeffrey Low International Bowling Club have withdrawn from the curr en t Inter-Centre league competition for undisclosed reasons. The pullout midway through the competition could jeopardise the smooth running of the league as fixtures would have to be revissed, the points table re-adjusted
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    • 751 10  -  Kam Fai is Best Performer in Secondary Two By NANCY KOH Queen stown Secondary Technical School had their own method of competition for their annual athletics championships yesterday. They discarded the usual three-tiered system of grouping competitors according to age. Istead, the athletes reE
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    • 1494 11 From HUGH McILVANNEY Rio de Janeirofi Thursday And still the kings depart. Brazilians, who were alread mentioning the names of Pele, Uerson and Tostao as if fingering bullet holes that had been shot through their hopes for the tenth World Cup
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    • 414 11 Tokyo, Thursday South African Gary Player and American Arnold Palmer will be among 129 competitors In the 15th 28,000,000 yen Cliunlchl International Invitation golf tournament starting tomorrow. Player who earlier this month won his second Masters title at Augusta, Georgia, said on his arrival In
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    • 555 11 Madrid, Thursday—A depleted Atletico Madrid swept Scottish champions Celtic off their feet In the return semi-final of the European soccer Cup match here last night to win 2-0. Atletico's victory takes them to the European cup final against Bayern Munich of West Germany
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    • 476 11 Liverpool beaten at home London, Thursday Leeds United won the English Football League championship when Liverpool, their only surviving challengers for the title, were defeated i-0 at home by Arsenal last night. Liverpool, last season's champions, lost their last chance of overtaking Leeds by last night's
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    • 524 11 Indians hold out for a draw London, Thursday— The Indian cricketers drew with D.H. Robins' XI here yesterday in the first match of their tour of England after John Jameson had scored a second century for the home side. Jameson added 111 yesterday to the 110
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    • 59 11 New York, Thursday.— Results of the major baseball matches: American League Cleveland 2 Oakland 1; Kansas 5 Boston 2; Baltimore 4 California 3 (10 inns); Minnesota 1 Detroit 0 (10 inns); Chicago 3 Milwaukee 2. National League Cincinnati 5 Chicago 3; St. Louis 8 Houston 2; Los
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    • 22 11 Hong Kong, Thursday A Chinese gymnastics team left Peking yesterday to visit the Arab countries; Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Iraq.
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  • 61 12 Miss Rosy Tan, 18, a clerk, treasures her off-days. That's when she takes her mind off her office work and really lets her hair down. And she does this by going dancing or to the movies. Sunday means waking up a little later and, in the
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  • 43 12 AH FOOK: Imagine women going on a sex strike to pressurise their striking husbands to go back to work. It's not fair. WEI UN: Whether it's fair or not, the women in England have succeeded and it's good for the country.
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    • 894 12 RADIO 3.66 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS 3.13 HOUSEWIVES MATINEE—Forget Me Not: Part 1 of a Mandarin film (r) 3.55 ART APPRECIATION (C) (r) 4.1* GENERAL HOSPITAL Daytime serial starring John Bernadine as Dr. Steve Hardy and Emily McLaughan. Stories involving the staff, the doctors and the patients in a busy metropolitan hospital.
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    • 825 12 AT THE CINEMA EDGAR KOH THE SEVEN-IJPS: Roy Scheider takes over from Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood as a relentless cop, head of a dirtytricks squad which comes into a llfe-and-death struggle with the Mafia in mean New York; a fast-paced suspense thriller —even the compulsory car chase is exciting.
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    • 309 12 Models from the Joan Booty Academy will will present a series of CHOREOGRAPHED FASHION SHOWS at the Cockpit Hotel's French Restaurant and Japanese Garden Coffee House- beginning at 9 p.m. The GOOD-AS-NEW BOUTIQUE at the Singapore Association for Retarded Children, Margaret Drive, will open until "5 pjn. The St. Andrew's
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