New Nation, 18 May 1974

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    22 1 NEW NATION I SINGAPORE Saturday evening, May 18, 1974 No. 1028 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 SINGAPORE SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1974
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    Civil servants are all happy, but...
    726 1 Mixed reaction to pay recommendations Civil servants sure gene rally satisfied with this year's National Wages Council tr edo m m e ndations but not private sector employees. This was the reaction today to a random sampling of public reac- tlon to the NWC
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    Tonight—moment of truth for S'pore
    428 1  - Tonight —moment of truth for S'pore KICK OFF TIME IS 7 P.M. It has to be a win or nothing—and the Pahang team is no pushover By Jeffrey Low Singapore will be seized by soccer .fever tonight as our national team clash with Pahang in a crucial Malaysia Cup match
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    Walker: It will be harder than Selangor
    130 1 Mr. Mike Walker, the Singapore coach, says: "Today's came will be harder than the one against Selangor. Both teams have something to fight (or a semifinal berth. I expect a lot of excitement. "We can beat Pahang, especially at home. Bat we hope
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    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 109 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious.
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    Singapore's line-up...
    310 1 LIM CfflEW PENG. 24, goalkeeper, returned to national side after Lee Bee Seng showed no Improvement. Has a deceptively lazy style and Is full of determination. Was regular keeper for national side from 1968 to 1972. UM WEE BENG, 20, fullback, Youth International. Second appearance for national team
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    Hassan: It will be attack all the way
    153 1 Ene 1 k Mohammed Hassan, 27, the Pahang coach, says: "Our intention is to win because we want to prove to Singapore that we can beat them on their home ground. We want to be the only team to beat them at
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    The Pahang line-up...
    438 1 HAMZAH HUSSIN, 26. midfielder, 48 caps for Malaysia. Small bat has an abundance or stamina as a rowing schemer. This Is his first season for Pahang after he came from Kelantan. His experience has been the atrongpolnt In the Pahang team. RAMLI MAHMUD, 23. centre-back. A good
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Talks on KL, S'pore fares hike
      237 2 SUursDore flriin** Is discussing with its Malaysian counterpart on the rate of Increase oI fares between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. However, an agreement on the rate of Increase will have to be approved by the two governments. BTfA and thf IMIUIMI Airlines System have
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      Tai chi show
      27 2 A tal chi chuan demonstration by Mr. George Ho Kok Chew will be held at the Cairnhill Community Centre on Monday at 8 pm.
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      Unlicensed stalls in Sungei Road
      294 2 Unlicensed stall-hold-ers have taken over Singapore's famed "thieves markets" at Sungei Road. Along the Roehore Canal stretch of Sungei Road where 26 licenced stalls were demolished recently to make way for the widening of the canal, more than 50 unllcenced ones have moved In with
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      Film show
      20 2 The American Libraij Resource Centre will screen Twelve Angry Men at its premises on Wednesday at 8 pm.
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      A WRONG STEP...
      173 2 A frantic father who rushed to save his three children in the Aljunled Road fire was injured when l:e slipped and fell into a drain yesterday. He wu carried away In an ambulance with leg and head injuries (see picture). Just before he left the fire scene,
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      Lean year ahead, warns PSA
      505 2 'Growth in cargo handling may decline* Although 1973 had been a successful year for the Port of Singapore Authority, there may be a decline in the growth of cargo throughput this year. The p e s s 1 mlstlc note was sounded in the PSA's
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      Neptune Sapphire at sea again
      248 2 Vessel is now 'as good as new' Neptune Sapphire—the ship which split into two off South Africa while on her maiden voyage last August has joined the fleet of vessels owned by Neptune Orient Lines. The 15,000-ton semicontainer vessel, refitted with a new bow, Is
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      'Venture into school co-ops' call
      241 2 The Parliamentary Secretary (Education), Mr. Ahmad Mattar, today urged the teachers' cooperative society to venture Into school cooperatives to sell textbooks, sports equipment and uniforms. Students, he said, provide a base for the development of future co-operative movement and schools offer great potential for such
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      Wanted: The oldest typewriter...
      148 2 The Stage Club is looking for the oldest typewriter In Singapore lor its next play, Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. The producer of the play, Mrs. Sally Tunnlcllffe, said: "It Is set in 1881 and one scene is a newspaper office, so we need a
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      Dengue kills 3
      68 2 Dengue haemorrhagic fever has claimed three lives since the beginning of this year. The Ministry of the Environment said that there were 17 cases In April, bringing the total since the beginning of thU year to 103. It also stated that mosquito breeding was found in 2.1
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      First trip abroad for local food producers
      189 2 A team of local food manufacturers leave today for their first overseas trade mission. The 12-man delegation representing the Singapore Food Manufacturers' Association will visit Thailand Hong Kong and Taiwan during their two-week tour. The delegation will be studying the latest manufacturing techniques
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      Tamil talk
      30 2 The central adult section of the National library will hold a literary talk In Tamil by Mr. Perunslthiran In the library's lecture hall next Saturday at 6.30 pjn.
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      271 2 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 6 Shoe part 7 Everything 8 Ballpark snack 9 Enclosures 10 Warm period 11 Pennine* 12 Field of ice IS Bye 19 Floating 21 Army prog. 24 Twist of hair 25 Want 28 Refuge 27 Presidential nickname 29 Popular garnish 30 Billy one 31 Cosy places 33
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Labour tipped to win in Aussie election
      216 3 Sydney. Saturday A record eight million Australians head for the polls today to try and pick a Prime Minister who can successfully apply an inflation torniQuet to Australia's economic problems. According to political observers, opinion polls and the oddsmakers, Labour Prime Minister, Go
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      Lock icon 25 killed in wave of terror blasts
      544 3 Irish shopping crowd hit Reuter Dublin, Saturday Twenty-five people were killed by car bombs In Dublin and a border town in the Irish Republic last night in the worst single day of violence since the present Irish trouble erupted five years ago. Immediately
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      Lock icon London talks now with the guerrillas
      197 3 Reuter Lisbon, Saturday. Portuguese and African nationalist rep re sentatives will sit down in London next Saturday to work out a ceasefire in Portuguese Guinea, It was officially announced here yesterday. This is the first big breakthrough in the search for a political solution
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      In Peking
      25 3 Peking, Saturday Archbishop Makarios, President of Cyprus, arrived here by air last night at the start of a week-long official visit to China,
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      Jackie a hit at party for Harriman
      190 3 Washington, Saturday. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was the hit of one of Washington's big social events of the year this week, a party for old Democratic lion W. Averell Harriman. Mrs. Onassis joined leading Democrats from the Roosevelt, Truman. Kennedy and Johnson years at
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      Lock icon Maalot massacre toll now 28
      384 3 Israeli revenge raids go on Reuter Tel Aviv, Saturday The death toll in the guerrilla attack on the Northern Israeli town of Maalot now stands at 28, including 21 school children held hostage by the commandos. The secretary of the Municipal Council of Safed the
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      Suspense as poll campaign ends
      129 3 Paris, Saturday The French presidential election campaign ended yesterday, leaving Socialist Francois Mitterand and Conservative Valery Giscard D'Estaing with near even chances of becoming President on Sunday. The ballot promises to produce the closest result in presidential history and an atmosphere of deep suspense and
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      Frugality and free trade pledge by Bonn
      264 3 Bonn, Saturday. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt committed his new government to free trade and frugality yesterday and advised West O e r many's European Common Market partners to do the same. Parliamentary deput'es of his own Social Democratic Party and of its coalition partner,
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      Expelled
      24 3 Paris, Saturday. France yesterday expelled two Polish diplomats who were caught redhanded by counterespionage agents while apparently trying to recruit a French spy.
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      731 3 WORLD WEATHER London Cloudy, 6454F, 18-12 C. Headline: Dayan commandos raid terror base. Paris Cloudy, 0852F, 20-11 C. Headline: Israeli air raid over Lebanon. Moscow Bright, 6341F, 17-SC. Headline: Israeli jets in reprisal, raid Palestinian areas of Lebanon Kissinger presses peace drive. San Frandsoo—Mostly sunny and cloudy, 6042P. 15-SC. Headline:
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  • FIVE FRIENDLY YEARS
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      AIRLINE OF FRIENDSHIP
      462 4 (Oi tk« stli Aaatorsary «f tflra Optaiag tf Mmtw-SiagaHre AJrwnfict) LmsM StNvtrsUv, Rtgtawl Mmgir of Aerofltf (Met Airlim) far Statfc-East Asia Mi Aaitratts CmnmhU: On May 19th this year Aeroflot Soviet Airlines celebrates fifth anniversary of the inaugurational flight on air-route Moscow-Singapore, on route which promotes better
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      IS THERE A FUTURE FUR AIRSHIPS?
      438 4 With airships very much in die news at the moment, we sum up the vigorous debate on this question which has been under way for yean in the USSR. And it isn't just a question of words. Airships have been designed by enthusiasts in
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      AN ORDINARY FLIGHT
      1296 4  -  Natas uUt afeaart the TIM 44 Superstate passenger airliier. By V. Peskov For the TU-144 with our ade number this is a 29th flight in a month. Professor Alexei Tupolev, the general designer, said in an interview with us: "before starting regular wvice any aircraft of a
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      AEROFLOT TODAY
      407 4 (Facts and Figures) February 9 is Aeroflot's birthday —in 1923 on that day a regular air route, the first in the USSR, was opened. It linked Moscow with Nizhny Novgorod (now Gorky). Since then 775. million passengers and over 20 million tons of cargoes have been carried. At
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      WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT NOISY AIRPORTS!
      825 4  -  By Mikhail Segal The graceful airliners on the glossy coven of advertfaement brochures appear to be an embodiment of speed wedded to comfort. The humming of engines induces a pleasurable excitement in the passenger when he sits in the cosy hall of an
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  • FINANCE
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      THE SHARE MARKET
      1955 5 WJ3/M74 Hi«k Lam 4*ks. uimjoia Stock UAL3 CMag ■■yen Sdkn Lmt Sat* WMfc-l «rWeek's Tm»0*er 2.70 l.as 2.75 2.00 1.03 2.74 2.OB 1.28 2.75 A cm* Adhesive Tape Ajlnomoto 2.31 1.04 1.00 +0.14 Unch. 0 1 3.14 2.30 2.85 1.70 2.20 1.01 1.36 1.15 1.40 0.65 ft
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      Lock icon U.S. FIRMS WARN JAMAICA AGAINST RAISING BAUXITE EXPORT TAX
      368 5 United Press International New York, Saturday Six American aluminum companies have warned the Jamaican Government that it is risking its huge bauxite ore market by unilaterally increasing the export tax and royalty on bauxite and aluminium. Lawyers for the companies said
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      Lock icon Further slump in US economy
      236 5 United Press International Washington, Saturday The economy slumped further and Inflation rose faster in the first three months this year than Government economists first thought Revised figures on the Gross National Product <GNP) scheduled for release yesterday by the Commerce Department show that US economic
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      Tea mission
      28 5 Colombo. Saturday A Government trade delegation leave* for Pakistan today to negotiate bigger tea sales to Pakistan. one at the major buyers of Sri Teifta tea.
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      Lock icon Response good, for trade fair
      142 5 United Press International Taipeh, Saturday About 8000 Chinese business executives and technical personnel have applied for tickets to the first exhibit to be staged at the new United States Trade Centre In Taipeh. American officials said yesterday. "The response has been absolutely fantastic," said Mr.
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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        New York
        442 5 A further increase In the Prime lending rate to another record high, and gloomy economic statistics from the Government sent stocks into a tailspin on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday Trading was moderate. The Commerce Department reported that the Cross National Product ieil at a revised 6.3
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        Dow Jones
        36 5 Ttw Dow Jcam rS44 of Stocks on the New Toifc Stock Krohang* jt«terd*r *30 Industrials OtJS (off 10J0), 30 tranaxxt lfllt (off 2.40). 1» utfttttss TB.7S (off 0J0). and M stocks 261.43 (off CM).
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        Paris
        204 5 Ctaatag prioss (In francs) reatarday; Partes ISS +140 Indochina US +14 no* m +e JO prlntempa 96 +5 10 COB 366 +18 Bull S3 +3 90 Royal Dutch 160 —JO MlcbeUn 995 +66 Thomson 216 +12 OTP 170 +8.90 Phone 137.90 +10.80 AIR 292 +13 BBN 939 +34 philips
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        Tokyo
        319 5 The stock market continued upward in high gear, fuelled by speculative investors. The Dow Jones average recovered the y4700 level in the year's busiest trading. Buying was centred on speculative and largecapital stocks. The morning session opened bullish under the lead of steels and shippings. NYK, Kawasaki Shipping and
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        Zurich
        84 5 This service comes from the Union Bank oI Switzerland. Closing prices (ln francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday UBS 3225 —50 SBC 551 8 Credit Suisse 2630 —35 Swissair B. 490 +8 Swiss Reinsur. 1965 —25 Wtnterthur B. 1780 +30 Zurich Incur. 5520 —30 Juvena B 1810 —30
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      Firmer ground at the market during week
      419 5  -  BUYERS PUSH UP PRICES ACROSS A BROAD FRONT By Rav K. Dhaliwal The Stock Exchange of Singapore gained firmer ground thig week with buyers stepping out and pushing up prices across a broad front. The market first showed some signs of recovery early
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      Would you like to win a colour TV set?
      76 5 Here is some exciting news for ail drivers. Prizes worth $16,000 are being offered in tfce New Nation-Vauxhall Viva Economy Test Contest which starts on Monday. Top prize is a colour TV set. Every week winners of the qualifying rounds will
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      214 5 iriSULdTIOM KEEPS HOUSES COOL 4MD saves vnai energy \o\d lbaS inreVo^ Sin voS ne£ S>>S o eop %gS*s2g' eT A\T\6 ted^nt\SUtnV gS« «*>"» 2*f/ In view of the energy crisis. The Goveinmen! ret" > put out a statement urging architects and developers in Singapore to seiect suitable insulation matenals which
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  • OPINION
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      No Gaullist for the presidency
      466 6 The only thing that appears to be certain as 31 million French voters prepare to elect the successor of President Pompidou tomorrow is that the results will be a very close one. On the eve of the presidential election that has been fought mainly on
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    • "WHISPERS" by Ispy
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        Age of his marriage
        58 6 This marriage looks headed for the rocks. A colleague who asked her friend how long he had been married, was told that he could not remember. "Walt a minute though," he added as an afterthought, "it was about the time I bought my car and I
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        'Ach was' stopped
        76 6 Here's a follow-up to a colleague's column in which she said that the Germans say "ach so" for "I see." Another German tells me that sometimes "Ach was" (pronounced "ah was") is also use with the same meaning. His country's ambassador to Jakarta soon learnt to stop
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      Many views on the Indian Ocean
      1026 6  -  Since the United States uiiwwtfi it* Intention to expand it* naval facilities at Diego Garcia, the Indian Ocean has become the centre of an international controversy. On the one side is the US, argptng that a build ap of its forces in the area
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      GOING TO THE POLLS AT MACKELLAR
      1090 6 Election fever has struck and unfortunately I seem to have a very bad attack. It's unfortunate because symptoms are a gross consumption of time, apd enough pressure to give me tension headaches and a pain In the guts. We live in the electorate of
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      Lock icon Chinese communists laugh at whatever is funny
      960 6  -  By Martin A Ragaway Los Angeles Times The train to Canton from Lowu was clean and comfortable. The seats were upholstered, lace curtains decorated the wide picture windows. and pretty Chinese girls were busy running tea up and down the aisles. Along with
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      Lock icon Bangkok's soaring crime rate
      496 6 WMiID COMMENT EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Bangkok Post The recent outbreak of violent crimes must be of concern to every right-thinking person in Thailand. A glance through any newspaper, any day. tells a sickening story of muggings, kidnappings, cold-blooded shootings and knifing*....a chronicle that Increases like
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
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      DISCOVERING THE RHINE
      826 7 The changing scenery of four countries How long have you been promising yourself an inland waterway holiday, the only drawback being the hard work and responsibility of navigating the boat? Why not book with KD German Rhine Line, combining a tour ot continental Europe and your holiday
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      SATURDAY SMILES...
      560 7 RECRUITS are being "conned" into Britain's police forces by advertising drives bordering on fraud, a police chief has claimed. They are lured, said Inspector Donald MacLean. chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, by glossy advertisements promising high salaries and good working conditions. But many married constables are still
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      Lock icon Souveniring —the thrill game at American hotels
      711 7  -  By Jack Cannon Melbourne Herald I used to believe that Australians, particularly Australian women, were the world champions at "souveniring," the innocent name we five to the game of pinching products from pubs. Bat according to a report Just Issued by the hotel
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      Lock icon Now Lawrence has caught on with the young
      1042 8  -  HE 18 THE W NOVELIST IN AMERICA TODAY By Leslie Hanscom Los Angeles Times The wind bioweth where it listeth, rearranging literary reputations as it goes, shifting the positions of who's out and who's in. At the moment, no formerly neglected writer
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      THE BEST SELLERS
      144 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 comSled from sales records reflects to some degree e reading taste of the Singapore public with regard to general books, that is, non-text
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      COVER OF THE WEEK
      169 8 The Weekend Man, Richard Wright's superb first novel, immediately placed him In the company of Brian Moore, Robertson Da vies, and Mordecai Riehler among contemporary Canadian novelists. His second novel shows again that the pleasures and insights his fiction offers are in no sense regional or
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      Udorn for Satish
      163 8  -  by ROBERT YEO Largely, his town has boomed to feed the needs of the U.S. military. Main street probably nailed together yesterday, looks. that way; only the Udorn Hotel is solid amid the makeshifts of converted hotels, massage parlours, pizza houses and bars. Road to the base
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      Lock icon Portrait of a great writer
      334 8  -  CRANKBHAWS TOLSTOY* MAKES NOVELIST MORE UNDERSTANDABLE "TOLSTOY: THE MAKINC OF A NOVELIST" by Edward Crsnkshsw (Viking S hi d i o books: U5516.95. Illustrated). Reviewed by Robert Kirsch. Robert Kirsch Los Angeles Times It Is the preacher Toistoy, past middle age, who "buttonholed the world,
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      Oey and Pang are way ahead
      591 8  -  CHESS ST LIM KOK ANN Oey Liang Hien and Pang Kwok Leong left the field far behind In tying for the first place in the national chess championship held at the Robina Department Store. They scored 12 points In 15 games, followed at a
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      Second set to mark big scout meeting
      288 8  -  STAMPS ■Y ANDREW LAU The General Post Office will issue its second "lower face value" set of commemorative stamps this year on June 9, to mark the ninth Asia Pacific Scout Conference. The stamps are in two demomlnatlons of 10 cents and 75
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      Lock icon Ezra Pound was a mentor to famous poets
      564 8 HE HELPED SHAPE THEIR HAPPY CAREERS Los Angeles Times Ezra Pound was a man who moved among and helped shape the careers of many of the greatest poets and writers of the 20th century. His own poetry was acknowledged as being among
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      PAPERBACKS
      368 8 BURMESE DAYS, by George Orwell (Penguin), 272 pages. One of George Orwell's earliest novels. Burmese Days was first published In 1934. It Is a passionately felt Indictment of imperialism as he experienced it as a Burma police officer. Fiory, a timber merchant. has educated himself to a point of
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      Your midnight date with suspense...
      851 9  -  A show that's worth staying up for SIGHT SOUND «T EDGAR KOH Bringing powerful and s us p en s ef ul shocks into the living room tonight, the ps y c ho emotional thriller Games (Midnight Movie Gh. 5. 11.20 p.m.) would be worth
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      Sculptor with own style
      425 9  -  Trying out aluminium casting now ART Br GENE TEO Art, for sculptor Michael Ong, is a series of experiments. "But many artists prefer to play it safe and produce works that they know their audience wants." he said. Their growth Is stunted however." His sculptures, therefore,
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      A master of song and symphony...
      553 9  -  CLASSICS BY YEO HAN SCHUBEBT: Symphony No. 4 in C minor (lYagic) and Symphony No. Sin B flat. Flayed by the Menuhin Orchestra conducted by Tehndi Menuhen (EMI-ASD 2478). Franz Peter Schubert was born in Vienna in 1797 and died there in 1828—aged only
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      1882 play that's still topical
      364 9  -  Work of master craftsman THEATRE RY VIOLET OON A brilliant classic play An Enemy of the People by that master craftsman, Henrik Ibsen, is the Stage Club's choice for its next production from Monday to June 1 at the Cultural Centre. It la as relevant
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      Lock icon Develop a system when you are entertaining your friends
      1551 9  -  EATING-IN By Arthur Schwartz Los Angeles Times I like eating In. It's not that I can't afford to eat out or don't like to &ne occasionally In luxurious surroundings with waiters and captains catering to my pleasures. It's Just that rarely
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      307 7 The Singapore Tamils' SCIENCE CENTRE AND recent paintings by 14 Death Benefit Assoc 1a- EXHIBITIONS the Slg- leading Singapore and tlon will hold A VA- lap Community Centre's Malaysian artists. is BIETY SHOW to cele- hail at 6.40 p.m. being held at the Alpha brate Its 10th anniver- SALON JUDGING
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      67 8 RIP KIRBY by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson MORE FREE TICKETS AND WINE PROM THE MANAGEMENT, SHI. ISN'T THIS ALL MARVELOUS* > I'M BEGIN NINO TO WONDER. PESMONP. I PHEAPFIH.LV SORRY... REAUV. i LV 91 t 3C W. m I mj I 5 1 I j SHORT RIBS by Frank
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      4 9 WEOfNESEttY Pilau pd Chicken
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      Nakamura keeps 2-stroke lead
      229 10 Tokyo, Saturday Japan's Toru Nakamura yesterday maintained his lead, carding a three-under-par 89 (or a twoday total of IS3 In the 20 million yen Dunlop golf tournament at Ichihara yesterday. Graham Marsh of Australia, who had a flve-under-par 87 for a total of 135, moved up
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      Back Sentak Suria for another win
      254 10 By SCRUTINEER Up and coming Sentak Suria, who routed his rivals in three of his last four starts, is strongly fancied to chalk up another win in Race 8 at Bukit Timah tomorrow. The English four-year-old by Tit for Tat n struck winning form
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      Purple Destiny looks pick of Liem's string
      310 10 By BLUE PETER Mr. &L. Liem (Agasam Stable and Tjakra Stable) has several fancied runners at Bukit Timah today. Pick of his powerful string appears to be Purple Destiny in Race 8. The son of Sarenthesis has improved tremendously since his debut on
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      All-Stars routed
      61 10 Seoul, Saturday. An Asian Ail-Star basketball team were overwhelmed by the South Korean national side 105-51 In the south-western provincial Chonju City last night In the first of their scheduled three goodwill matches In South Korea. The team, comprising five players each from the Philippines and Taiwan, arrived
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      Bt. Timah card for Sunday
      4542 10 wrn ■HI 1.45 ClaM 5 Dtv 1 6F ilia am (98,000 95,000 to winn«r) 1 0041 Whw wt% Ltmwl a (Merncold) Heddle 4 8 0 (-M4) 81 15 4151 Kim 1 IOm 8 (Sine Sine) E Donnelly 4 8.10 14) 8/ f 5 4 2242
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      Aussies blame WTT for Cup defeat
      579 10 Melbourne, Saturday. The demands of the World Team Tennis organisation were responsible for Australia's defeat In the Davis Cup eastern zone final, Australia's team captain. Meale Fraser, said yesterday. Australia was beaten 3-2 by India this week and eliminated from this year's competition. Fraser
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      Tennis team entertained
      56 10 Hons Kong, Saturday Hie Chinese Tennis Association yesterday dare a reception in Peking in honour of a visitton Pakistan tennis team, the New China News Agency reported. The Pakistani group, led by Mr. Mohammad rarooq. honourary secretary of the Pakistan Lawn Tennis Association, flew into Peking for
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      SATURDAY SELECTIONS
      153 10 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETES EPSOM JEEP DANTE *»—r I Wlllllfa Lldf Rohanl Retaal Wood cote Lady Black Hornet Midas Touch Kue X Gor>enf Game Prince Gopeng Expectations Gapsng Squeegee t Osae Pi lam Oopsng Race S D oncotic Blend Jackpot Lw— Danish Don Jack pot Balkan Chevalier TrMar Balkan
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      149 10 SCRUTINEER EPSOM JEEP DANTE Kaoa NenuU Romantic Mood S liken Sky Kim Kim Kim Kim New Breed Kim Kim New Breed Race X flMii Affair Dum Dum Carreaey Note Magic Lamp Global Affair Thunderer Eipada Thunderer be* I Treaar d'Or Scarlet Mandarin Major Step Treoor d'Or Treior d'Or
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      Derby aim to settle old score
      570 11  -  Mackay 'challenge' to Everton By JEFFREY LOW What soccer is all about will be demonstrated with new vigour tomorrow night when Derby take on Everton at the Natioanl Stadium at 8 p.m. This pledge was given yesterday by Derby's colourful manager Dave Mackay as
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      Lock icon Controlling the ball... Singapore in their final workout at National Stadium yesterday before they take on Pahang today. Mike Walker (left—in dark shirt, white shorts) show the players the way to do it.
      38 11 Controlling the ball... Singapore in their final workout at National Stadium yesterday before they take on Pahang today. Mike Walker (left —in dark shirt, white shorts) show the players the way to do it. Picture by SULAIMAN ISMAIL
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      Scots are confident
      404 11 Lorimer is recalled London, Saturday Scotland are confident they can beat England In their British soccer championship match In Glasgow today and then go on to a successful run In the World Cup finals. The Scots, who suffered a shock 1-0 defeat against Northern Ireland a week
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      Chinese shuttlers lead 4-1
      505 11 15,000 watch them in warm-up for 7-nation meet Bangkok. Saturday China's touring badminton team yesterday established a 4-1 lead over Thailand after the first of the scheduled two-day exhibition series. A capacity crowd of 15,000 spectators watched them In action at the Hua Mark Indoor stadium,
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      Points win
      26 11 London, Saturday. European bantamweight champion Johnny Clark survived a ninth round knockdown to beat Italian Lulgi Tessarin in a non-title 10-round fight last night.
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      A LEGGY WELCOME FOR BEST IN S.A.
      119 11 Johannesburg, Saturday.—British soccer star George Best was given a leggy welcome by a group of musical show chorus girls when he arrived here yesterday to nlav for a South African First Division club. The controversial player, who Is still on Manchester United's books,
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      Gavaskar and Solkar earn Indians a draw
      366 11 London, Saturday Sunll Gavask&r and Eknath Solkar put on 187 without being parted to earn the Indian cricketers an honourable draw at Manchester yesterday after Lancashire had scored a massive 511 against them Gavaskar made 104 not out and Solkar 05 not out
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      Soviets are champs
      54 11 London, Saturday—The Soviet Union won the team competition In the European judo championships last night but only after Britain had forced them into a fight off after a spectacular final. The first match between the five-man teams was drawn two wins and one draw each with each
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      Bayern crush Atletico 4-0 for Cup
      302 11 Brussels, Saturday Bayern Munich attacking like an express train from start to finish crushed Atletico Madrid 4-0 here last night to become West Germany's first-ever European Cup winners. In the first final replay In th« 19-year history of the tournament Bayern lived up to
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    TODAY
    109 12 TODAY Is Saturday. May 18, the 138th day of 1974 with 227 to follow. THE MOON -la approaching its new phase. THE MORNING STABS are Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. American missionary
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      1540 12 All yoir weekeH viewing aitf listening TV RADIO SATURDAY L 95 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SESAME STREET 2.95 SATURDAY MATINEE Escapade In Japan: .Adventures of two youngsters, one an American and one a Japanese, as they search for the American bo>'s parents whom he was supposed to meet when his
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      798 12 with EDGAR KOH THEATRE OF BLOOD: Vincent Price, plays a vengeful Shakespearean actor who plots the death of eight drama critics who, be believes, have spitefully denied him an Actor of the Year award; Diana Rlgg portrays his faithful and able daughter-in-crime. Others in the cast are Diana Dors, Jack
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