New Nation, 19 July 1974

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  • 23 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, July 19, 1974 No. 1080 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 20/74 NEW^TION SINGAPORE. FRIDAY )ULY 19, 1974
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  • 810 1 We're prepared to face any eventuality if crisis is not settled by then: Turkey Reuter, UPI London, Friday World diplomatic activity continued at a hectic pace last night over the Cyprus crisis as Turkey built up troop reinforcements along its Mediterranean coast facing the island. Turkish
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  • 26 1 Reuter I/Ondan, Friday Abandonment of a controversial plan to build a third international airport for London was announced by the government yesterday. —Renter
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  • 211 1 Reuter Ankara, Friday Turkey yesterday extended its continental shelf in the disputed Aegean Sea over a large area where Greece claims sovereignity. The official (azette published a map indicating Turkey was expandini its shell westwards to cover about another million hectares (2.5 million acrert towards the median
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  • 576 1 Pledge to hold democratic elections within a year Reuter London, Friday Mr. Nicholas Sampson. the new President of Cyprus, said in a television interview last night that he was personally responsible for engineering Monday's military coup. He was asked by a British Independent Television
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  • 90 1 An army Land Rover patroLs the streets in Nicosia (left) after the lifting of the curfew yesterday. Nicosia airport was open yesterday with "no restrictions" for the first time since the coup on Monday, and two aircraft took off from London for the island republic. Despite
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  • 46 1 Reuter Mexico City, Friday A powerful earthquake yesterday rocked all of Mexico's central provinces, including Mexico City, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Officials said the quake caused panic in towns and villages near the epicentre, 140 km southeast of here.
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  • 26 1 Police in a two-hour raid on bars in the Joo Chlat, and Oeylang area arrested 46 people. Including seven girls below 17 years old.
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  • 205 1 New Zealand Defence Minister, Mr. Arthur Faulkner, will have discussions with Defence Minister Dr. Goh Keng Swee and Foreign Minister Mr. S. Rajaratnam. when he arrives in Singapore tomorrow for a four-day visit. The discussions will Include mutual assistance projects between Singapore and New
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  • 135 1 Share prices were steady at overnight levels on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. BUSINESS DONE: Wearnes (5) 2.38, (5) 2.37. City Development (1) 1.25. (1) 1.26, (1) 1.24. San Holdings (16) 0.91, (8) 0.90J, (1) 0.90. F.E. Hotels (2) 0.95, (1) 0 94 U. 0.8.
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  • 10 1 Police reported 97 accidents yesterday. Two were serious.
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  • 349 1 Clampdown plan by Aussie govt. Reuter Canberra, Friday The Australian Goverpment will clamp down on the stock market following charges by a Parliamentary committee yesterday of corruption and mapipulatlon during the 1968-1370 mining boom. A Senate committee which spent four years gathering evidence and preparing an 800-page
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  • 170 1 United Press International Moscow, Friday Cosmonauts Colm Pavel Popovich and Lt Col. Yuri Artyukhin prepared for their descend to earth today after a 16-day space flight which they termed successful in every way. Soviet authorities have not said when and where their Boyuz-14 capsule will descend.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 246 2  -  By Bharathi Mohan For this couple hope of seeing their son alive was dashed last night when police informed them that he was dead. They had been waiting anxiously for the past two days—since their son V. Sugumaran 22, slipped and fell Into the
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    • 49 2 The Tuas Village Community Centre will organise a carnival on Aug. 3 and 4 to celebrate National Day and to raise funds for its activities and youth group. The MP for Jurong, Mr. Ho Kah Leong, will open the function on Aug. 3 at l p.m.
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    • 849 2  -  Index shows steep upt rend has been checked By Rav K. Dhaliwal Prices of rood and other basic consumer goods and services have stabilised in the first half of this year. The steep uptrend of last year has been checked though
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    • 51 2 The Buklt Merah Community Centre will hold three new courses starting In September at its Jalan Buklt Merah premises. The courses will be on feather-ribbon flowermaking from Sept. 1 at 3 p.m., frult-carvlng from Sept. 5 at 7 p.m., and copper relief from Sept. 5 at 7
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    • 382 2 New Ministry plan The Ministry of Education Is to implement two measures in an effort to lower prices of textbooks and stationery for students. Firstly, the Ministry will encourage and assist In the setting up c.f consumer co-operative societies In the bigger schools. In the other
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    • 419 2 Canine Clinic by PG A reader wrote to nie the other day saying that her cat had started to cough and sneeze. She thought It was no more then a common cold and asked for my advice. I Dhoned her Immediately i nd
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    • 46 2 The Central Young People's Service of the National Library will hold a programme, Love and the Poet, at Its meeting room tomorrow at 3 p.m. The speaker is Mr. Chandran Nair. A film. The Sonnets: Shakespeare's Moods of Love,' will be screened.
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    • 216 2 The Indian Fine Arts Society of Singapore has lined up a week-long activities to celebrate its silver jubilee. The celebrations will start with a variety show under the patronage of the Minister for Communications, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. at the. National Theatre tomorrow evening.
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    • 314 2 The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education. Mr. Ahmad Mattar, will open the third annual conference of the International Association of School Librarianship on July 27. The conference will be held at the Apollo Hotel from July 27 to 30, and will be
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    • 179 2 Finance firms in Singapore have raised their fixed deposit interest rates by one to two per cent following the government move to increase the liquidity of funds. Banks have already raised their prime rate by two to ll 1 per cent,, their deposit
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    • 357 3  -  Bookings to keep Singapore yards busy for 3 years By Sunny Wee Singapore shipyards received more than $300 million worth of orders for the construction of oil rigs last year. A random survey of various shipyards by New Nation revealed that all
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    • 77 3 The Adult Education Board will hold three new courscs next month. The firfet will be a 13sersion course on practical photography (stage 2) at the Cultural Centre, Canning Rise, /rom Aug. 13 at 7 p.m.; the second a 12-session bridal make-up course at St. Joseph's Institution, Bras
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    • 238 3 Construction starts Construction work on Singapore's mil-lion-dollar art gallery at the National Museum is making good progress. The first phase of the $1.18 million Art Gallery the first in Singapore is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Work on a sophisticatec theatrette in
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    • 28 3 The YMCA will begin a water-skiing cqurse for beginners on Aug. 3. It will be held at Ponggol every Saturday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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    • 288 3 The Ministry of the Environment is carrying out a survey to detect new sources of cholera and typhoid. This is necessary as there has not been a decrease In the number of cases despite Improved environmental conditions. The endemlclty of the diseases may be
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    • 145 3 The University of Singapore Students' Union will hold a carnival on Sunday to raise funds for participants of the Biennial Inter varsity Games (BIG) in Hong Kong next month. The carnival will be held at the Bukit Timah campus from 9 a.m. to
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    • 103 3 These 10 girls will take to the catwalk tomorrow to see who wins the title of the University of Singapore Freshie Queen 1974. The girls are the finalists in the contest, which is a highlight of the Orientation Ball to be held at Hyatt Hotel's
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    • 143 3 A leading Singapore pop group, The October Cherries, have been told to cut their hair short or they will not be allowed to continue their weeklong tour of Kota Kinabalu. The Cherries Peter Diaz, S. Jay, B. Khan and S. L. T. Benn
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    • 312 3 'They are instigating others to resign' The Amalgamated Union of Public Employees has warned its members of individuals who are instigating them to resign from the union over its decision to increase membership fees. A pamphlet published recently by tlie union, which represents government employees,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 264 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD !Si mm, SB ACROSS 1 Bolivian city 6 High point 10 Dad 14 Davy Crockett's last stand 15 Duo 16 Confess 17 F.DJl.'s summer island 19 Spare 20 Recipe abbr. 21 Speaks wildly 22 Dory equipment w nnr 24 Villain in "Oliver Twist" 25 Dissenting 26 Having
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 546 4  -  it EDGAR KOH Continuing its programme of first-run Aims otherwise unavailable on the commercial circuit here, the Singapore Film Society will show a recently made British feature, BLEAK MOMENTS, at the Cultural Centre on Simday. This is Mike Leigh's first film, written by himself and
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    • 278 4  -  By Lau Liat Hoe Defying death and terrifying his neighbours, the "beast" took a full step out of the 11th fljor of his flat at Far East Mansion in Kim Yam Road yesterday afternoon. For Mr. Charles Montee, 40, (above) from West Germany,
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    • 264 4 Jennifer's dim MR. AHMAD JAAR, a self-taught pianist, has Just been employed by the Mandarin Hotel to entertain diners at the Belvedere for a fortnight. A great lover of sentimental music, Jaar only ventures into pop music when asked for. After several
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    • 531 4  -  EATING OUT with Violet Oon When I want a delicious meal that will not leave me feeling like a glut, I always opt for Teochew muay, a rice porridge accompanied by dishes with set characteristics. Unlike the Cantonese version the rice Is not cooked
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    • 515 4  -  ART BUCHWALD If nothing else, President Nixon's trip to the Soviet Union showed the United States how the Russians could pull the plug on the American TV networks. Several nights ago, while the American TV correspondents were trying to report on dissidents in the Bovlet
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    • 443 4  -  THE JAPANESE ARE WELCOME U.s. From Dick Williams United Press International Hundreds of Japanese tourists will line the Sarade route In Agana, uam tomorrow as Guamanians celebrate the 30th anniversary of their liberation from occupation troops of the Imperial Japanese Army. They'll snap photos of the
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    • 536 4  -  High cost of living NEPAL From Charles Lambelin Reuter Hippies, those longhaired heralds of a new life-style in the 1960s are being edged out of Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, once one of their favourite havens. Fewer hippies than ever are to be seen in the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 56 4 VICTORIA CHICKEN RICE 551.30 per person Special MUTTON SOUP IN-POT Available: VICTORIA Restaurant Victoria Hotel (Pte) Ltd. (Behind Odeon Theatre) 87, Victoria Street, Singapore 7. Tel: *****. UK *****962 93, WHAMPOA WEST. BUC34,S£RAN6OON RD. Daily Business Hours: 12 noon 2 a.m. Sunday: 12 noon 12 midnight No Parking Problams. fc-Ti
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 303 5 Reuter Cairo, Friday Egypt and Jordan yesterday agreed that the Palestine Liberat i on Organisation (PLO) should attend the Geneva Middle East peace conference "at the appropriate stage" as an independent body. Agreement on the principle, a major step for Jordan, was announced after King Hussein
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    • 52 5 UPI Geneva, Friday. Tourism In Switzerland, the country's third biggest industry, is suffering a severe setback this year because of inflation and the weakness of foreign currencies, tourist officials said. They said they expect the number of foreign tourists to drop this summer by 30 per cent
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    • 53 5 Reuter Prague Friday A would-be rapist chose unwisely when he picked ud a pretty 19-year-oid hitch-hiker near Bratislava. the Prague daily Zemedekke Noviny reported yesterday. His intended victim was a Czechoslovak judo internationalist. She resisted his advances by brer king his arm and then knc eking
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    • 406 5 'He was angry over leaks from the Pentagon* Reuter, UPI Washington, Friday President Nixon, furious at leaks to the Press of sensitive information in 1971, ordered lie detector tests on 400 or 500 government officials "to scare bastards," according to a new
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    • 233 5 United Press International New Delhi, Friday India has received a letter from Pakistan Foreign Minister Aziz Ahmed asking for "a satisfactory nuclear guarantee" before talks resume on normalising diplomatic relations between the two nations. Indian Foreign Office spokesman A. N. Haksar said yesterday. Mr.
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    • 34 5 United Press International Hong Kong. Friday Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai has sent a message of congratulation to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau on his re-election, the New China News Agency reported today.
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    • 78 5 Miss Universe 1974 aspirants having a social gathering at a poolslde of a Manila hotel yesterday. They are Miss Tsangridou Andri of Cyprus, Miss Nicoline Broecdix of Holland, unidentified, Thloro Thiam of Senegal, Miss Yvonne Constelloe of Ireland. Miss Lepa Cleopa of Greece and Miss Deborah
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    • 30 5 United Press International Madrid. Friday—Kingdesignate Juan Carlos, standing in for ailing Chief of State Francisco Franco, for the first time presided yesterday over ceremonies marking Spain's National Day.
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    • 224 5 United Press International London, Friday. A bomb blast that splattered the historic Tower of London with death and carnage provoked parliamentary calls yesterday for the return of the death penalty. But home Secretary, Mr. Roy Jenkins, rejected these appeals when the
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    • 170 5 United Press International Washington, Friday A committee of the Natl on a 1 Academy of sciences yesterday urged scientists to defer research leading to creation of hybrid genes because of serious concern that the results may be biologically hazardous to man. The panel said some experiments
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    • 362 5 United Press International Saigon, Friday.—Viet Cong forces have kidnapped 110 children and other civilians and taken them behind communist lines. Reports reaching Saigon yesterday said all of them were seized by the Viet Cong on Tuesday, the third day of renewed communist nationwide
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    • 98 5 Reuter Jakarta, Friday Indonesia will Impose heavier punishments on foreign vessels violating its territorial waters, the Attorney General, Ma-jor-General All warned yesterday. The present fines of between US$l2OO anc' US$24OO ($3OOO and $6000) for every vessel fishing illegally in Indonesian waters were considered too light
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  • OPINION
    • 459 6 Seventeen years after taking in its first batch of students, the Nanyang University is apparently still groping for a positive Identity. It is, as its founders had hoped, the only Chinese university in South-East Asia, but it has obviously not lived up to the high aspirations
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 43 6 There will always be a scapegoat for any failure. When a friend's marriage ended in the divorce court, his mother insisted that it was because he had used Mack Ink (Instead of the usual gold) for his wedding Invitation cards.
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      • 111 6 Such is the power of the printed word! Lee Chlu San. our motorcycling columnist, wrote an article a week ago predicting a rise in the sale of motorcycles in Singapore following the curb on vehicular traffic. He had come to this conclusion after talking to some motorcycle
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    • 1139 6  -  Speculation of Who should succeed Chair* man Mao. writes Pang Cheng I Jan, appears to be premature. Of greater urgency, the argues, Is the question: Who will become China's next Prime Minister? That the Chinese Premier Choo En-lal has been a poor health in
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    • 484 6  -  From John Goshko Washington Post West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and French President V a 1 e r y Oiscard d'Estaing have agreed that the European Economic Community should put its first emphasis in the months ahead on resolving the myriad economic difficulties besetting
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 268 6 What other newtpapers are taping: THE QUESTION OF GIVING LOANS TO BUMIFUTRAS. The Bank Negara has relaxed the credit restriction on banks and financial Institutions In this country to enable them to give more loans to Bumlputra individuals and firms, and other small-time borrowers. With the latest directive
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      • 498 6 PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE TURNOVER OF FEMALE FACTORY WORKERS Mrs. S.H. Lau, a senior research officer with the National Productivity Board, points out In a report that the higher labour turnover and female participation In factories, the lower will be the productivity, a conclusion drawn from an
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    • Letters
      • 59 6  -  SALLY CHIN Will the authorities concerned kindly erect a bus shelter for the Upper Thomson Road/Peck San Teng bus stop? The white line at Upper Thomson Road/Jalan Pemlmpin junction should be lengthened with the double yellow lines re-painted. Traffic Police should often patrol this junction where indiscriminate
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      • 191 6  -  YAP SOON HOE Secretary, Bus Services Reorganisation Committee, Singapore, 6. We refer to the letter by University Undergrads (NN, 10.7.74) drawing our attention to the poor services provided by Service No. 101, particularly on the morning July 2. The inconvenience caused them is much regretted. The Singapore
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      • 145 6  -  K.A.L. May I take this opportunity to commend the scheme put forth by the Road Transport Action Committee to ease traffic congestion in the city areas during peak hours. It is a praiseworthy step in the right direction and merits public support and appreciation. The scheme involves the
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      • 200 6 Commenting on the numerous complaints on the Improper display of service numbers and their routes by SBS buses, officials of the BSRC have repeatedly assured the public through their replies in the Press "that the SBS is required to display clearly the service number and destination In
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      • 200 6  -  RANDHIR SINGH for Registrar of Vehicles, Singapore 7. I refer to a report on page 2 of your Issue of July 16 under the heading Licensing of Busmen: A Good Start. In para 8 of the report It is stated that "SBS will display the registration number
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      • 150 6  -  SEOW KENG HWA Secretary, Singapore Change Alley Merchants' Association, Singapore, 1. We refer to Ispy's story, A Bargain Watch in the 25th June, 1974 issue of New Nation. All our members are greatly concerned about this story as it has much to do with their creditability. An
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 2685 7  -  MONEY USED TO BUY SILENCE McCord spills the beans and exposes a new scandal implicating Nixon even further After months of patient digging, Woodward and Bernstein, the two Washington Post reporters who have done the most to reveal the truth about the Watergate affair, had established the
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  • SHOPPING
    • 600 8 pHE other day, I 1 was shoppipg iround with a friend for some furniture for his new flat when we came across what must be the bargain of the year, fcnd he of course, lid not waste time in grabbing the bedroom set consisting of
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  • TREND AND FINANCE
    • 851 9  -  A new mum struggles with that 'bundle of joy' SYLVIA LEOW Motherhood does not come easily. To me It was great expectations going funk in more ways than one. It all started at that moment of giving birth to my first son, long awaited after years of marriage.
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    • 82 9 Down-to-earth solution Melbourne Herald One of the world's toughest cities is going to have the world's tiniest cops. The Chicago police department has announced that minimum size requirements for recruits will be dropped to a height of 5' 4" (1.5 m) and weight 120 lbs. (54.4 kg.) Previous minimum standards
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    • 529 9 f FEMALE I I FRONT J I have this unbearable love-hate relationship with startellers, crystal -ball gazers, card-readers and palm-gleaners. I love them because they seem to satisfy —at least while my facile memory holds their words afresh that deep longing to be informed
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    • 477 9 c DOC V I Bicycling is a healthy past-time for children as well as adults and ample evidence of this hobby is available during the evening In many of the housing estates. Particularly popular are the high rise machines (the type with high handle-bars and
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    • 222 9 FASHION CABLES Reuter Rome, Friday Today Is the last day of Italian couture collections for Autumn and Winter, and trousers for women are yet to be seen. For the first time since 1948 trousers are not being shown, even for sportswear or in such variations as
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    • 213 9 Market sentiments improved yesterday on the Singapore stock market and share price* rose marginally for the first time this week. It is believed the better baying support was sparked off by Finance Minister's report that the Republic's industrial activity has done well daring the first quarter of this
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    • 131 9 Reuter Washington. Friday.— An Interest free loan of US$B3 million ($207 million) to help India with expansion of the Raj as than Canal Irrigation project was announced yesterday by the World Bank's soft loan affiliate, the International Deve--1 op m en t Association (IDA). The
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 354 9 Early bargain hunting, which pushed prices sharply higher, faded late In the day. leaving the stock market with a slight gain in moderate trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume amounted to 13,980,000 shares, compared with 11.320,000 traded on Wednesday. Prices were slightly higher in moderate
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      • 39 9 United Press International The Dow Jones stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday were: 30 industrials 788.19 (up 4.22), 20 tnuuport 180.82 (up 2.80), 15 utilities 68.06 (up 0.32) and 65 stocks 238.08 run 1.93).
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      • 267 9 Prices turned substantially lower with the DJA dipping below the Y 4500 level in light trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The morning session witnessed a minor setback on small-lot selling with no incentive to buy. Except for Toshiba Ceramics, Nippon Signal and Hino Motors, at market orders were
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      • 82 9 This service comes from the Un'on Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (in francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yeelerday. UBS 2840 30 SBC 508 4- 3 Credit Suisse 2595 5 Swissair B. 488 4 Swiss Relnsur 1890 Wlnterthur B. 1420 10 Zurich Insur. 5890 —100 Juvena B. 1475 25
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    • 258 9  -  By Lee Yew Meng Haw Par Brothers International has announced that Its subsidiary, Mandarin Textiles of Hong Kong has made a breakthrough in the world of high fashlon. Haw Par's trading and Industrial director, Mr. R.A.H. Brand, confirmed that an agreement
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    • 177 9 Reuter Kuwait. Friday The Kuwait Government announced lastnight that ithad decided to sell the major portion of the state's share of It* "participation" oil back to British Petroleum and the American Gulf Oil Corporation. Finance and Oil Minister Mr. Abdel-Rabman Al-Atlqi said the two companies
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  • SPORTS
    • 364 10  -  Behind that magnificent frame is a shy, dedicated sportsman By C.K. YONG He poses majestically, showing off his rippling body. An awesome display of muscular power. Gasps. Applause. Meet Hashim Salim, Mr. Singapore 1974 the man who for the first time in bodybuilding history beat Mr.
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    • 350 10 Reuter, UPI Rome, Friday.—Ferruccio Valcareggi has decided to give up his post as trainer of the Italian soccer team after their early elimination from the World Cup by Poland, Rome's top circulation newspaper II Messaggero said yesterday. The paper quoted Valcareggi as saying in his first
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    • 67 10 London. Friday—Welsh International wing threequarter Gerald Davis will be on the London Welsh Rugby Union side which leaves London this weekend for a fivematch tour of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Davles, who turned down an opportunity to join the British Lions In South Africa as a
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    • 48 10 Saigon, Friday A 17member South Vietnamese team will be sent to thi« year's Asian Games in Teheran in September. official sources said yesterday. The team will include 12 competitors and five officials, and will take part in swimming, lawn tennis, table tennis and shooting events.
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    • 649 10 Paceman Snow wrecks Hants Reuter London, Friday The Pakistani cricketers overwhelmed Nottinghamshire by an Innings and 49 runs yesterday to win a day and a half to spare in the three-day match at Nottingham. It was the touring team's fifth victory In seven games against English
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    • 18 10 Labour Ministry beat Foreign Affairs 1-0 in a friendly soccer match at Kallang yesterday. Samsuri scored.
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    • 851 10 UPI, Reuter New York, Friday.— "I usually let my husband win family fights," Carol Polls said after being presented with her license to become the first woman boxing judge in New York State's history. "It's easier that way."
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    • 231 10 Reuter Brands Hatch. Friday. —Tom Pryce, a 25-year-old Welshman in his first season as a Formula One Driver, was fastest in the opening practice sf-jion here yesterday for tomorrow's British Grand Prix motor race. Pryce, driving an American-built Shadow, lapped the 4.25 km (2.65mile)
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    • 335 11 By SCRUTINEER Better Prosperity looks a good thing in Race 6 at Bukit Tlmah tomorrow. The Zahedan three-year-old started favourite first up In March. Although he was un-» placed he gave promising display to finish fifth to Entertainment VIII over Bf. Better Prosperity showed
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    • 354 11 By BLUE PETER Visiting jockey Kevin Mitchell has been engaged to partner Ivan Allan's up-and-coming stayer Sentak Suria in the $36,000 Queen Elizabeth n Cup next weekend. The four-year-old by Tit For Tat II has already won five races this season. He was promoted after
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    • 1095 11  -  with Lim Kee Chan Three non members are making a strong challenge for the Singapore Island Country Club Open Invitation competition for the Eu Tong Sen Cup. They are Mike Jopllng (Sembawang), Chen Tew Ping (Seletar) and Llm Teng Kok (Changl) who
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    • 308 11 Reuter Malmo, Friday. Britain's Tony Jacklin led by one stroke from defending champion Bob Charles of New Zealand at the end of the first round of the £30,000 Scandinavian Open golf championship at Bokskogen here yesterday. But Jacklin. who went round in a two-under par-70,
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    • 231 11 United Press International New York, Friday—The United States Golf Association announced yesterday that Malaysia will not host the 1974 men's and women's world amateur team championships because of their policy prohibiting entry into the country by representatives of South Africa. The site has been
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    • 594 11 United Press International New York, Friday Hank Aaron is beginning to really feel his age. His back and his leg have been giving him trouble and he's sitting out more Karnes than he had Intended. Aaron never really wanted to be
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  • BACK PAGE
    • 120 12 Fashionable, Balbir Kaur, 18, seems lost in thought. Letting out a long held secret, she said: "I always dream of visiting other countries to gain new experiences. Given the chance I would like to go to cities such as New York, London, Paris and Tokyo. "These are
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    • 171 12 TODAY is Friday, July 19. the 200 th day of 1974 with 165 to follow. THE MOON Is new. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STAR Is Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. Samuel Colt, American inventor of
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    • 89 12 VH FOOK: Now that the International Amateur Athletic Fed e r a tion has amended its rules, China will be able to participate In the Asian Games at Teheran in September. We should be able to see the Chinese athletes in action against other Asians apd gauge the
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 949 12 3.99 OPENING ANNCTS. followed by FOR THE FAMILY (C) A magazine series 3.35 OIABY OF EVENTS (C) 3.4* LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOUBED THING 4.95 HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE Long Live Woman: Part 2 of a Cantonese feature film. 5.99 INTERMISSION 5.55 OPENING ANNCTS followed by GEORGE George Goss Camping: Situation comedy
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    • 718 12 YOUR LUCKY STAR IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today you are a highly impressionable individual and are very easily influenced by trings outside yourself. You will have to ;earn to fight against those who would guide you with theJr own but not your interests at heart, for unless you do,
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    • 1197 12 AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH SYMPHONY OF DEATH: Lino Ventura as a man marked for death first by British Intelligence, then by the KOB; caught In between he fights for survival In this tense espionage thriller directed by Claude Pinoteau, co-starring Lea Massarl. Orchard: 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.15. DIRTY
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