New Nation, 7 October 1974

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  • 22 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Monday October 7, 1974 No. 1148 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 W NI.U if'*) NATION 1 COMMENT J
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  • 506 1  -  By Douglas Chan Attention all road hogs! Stop your dangerous driving or It will be the end of the road for you. The police today reveal the Points Demerit Bystem In which you can lose your licence just by committing "m Inor offences like
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  • 71 1 Reuter New Delhi, Monday The Indian Government yesterday Invoked the tough "Defence of India" rules to deal with a "go-slow" by workers at Calcutta port. An order Issued under the rules declared all employment at the port to be essential service*. Any workers absenting himself from work
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  • 166 1 A schoolgirl and a 3£ year old man were killed on the roads within the first 18 hours of the Keep Singapore Accident Free campaign which began yesterday. Case one: Schoolgirl Chan Ee Chiew, 15, died after she fell off a moving bus in Paya Lebar Road
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 77 1 The Keep Singapore Accident Free campaign has just started. Today New Nation brings you tips on how you can drive and ride with safety on the roads of Singapore—by Now turn to Pages 12 and 13. Safety... Calling all good drivers in S'pore... SEE PAGE 5, 7' Tomrrow New Nation
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 222 2 Anthropo Joglst Mady Villard longs to be back among the Kelablt tribesmen of Sarawak. Miss Villard. 33, who Is here for a brief holiday, spoke of her trips into the wilds of Borneo which she has been making since 1971. "Aside from the horrible
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    • 23 2 An Intermediate course In Mandarin will start at the Metropolitan YMCA, Tanglln Centre, on Oct. 22. For further details, please contact *****.
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    • 23 2 A talk-cum-sllde show on candlecraft will be held at the National Library, Stamford Road, on Wednesday at 10.30 a.m. Admission is free.
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    • 303 2  -  By Douglas Chan More than 10 immigration officers have been questioned by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau In its probe into a big passport racket. Some of them were picked up at the Woodlands Checkpoint in a swoop by CPIB officers early last week. Hie
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    • 392 2 There Is good scope for an Increase In exports from Singapore and other East Asiatic countries to Europe. This is the view of Mr. Herbert van Werkhoven, a marketing expert with the Asian Productivity Organisation. He said In an Interview with New Nation: "The
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    • 82 2 The Stock Exchange of Singapore opened extremely quiet this morning. For the first 30 minutes, only Slme Darby saw action albeit a half-heart-ed one. In the next 15 minutes another seven counters recorded business done, though they tended lower. BUSINESS DONE: G. Lumber (1) 0.49}. Slme Darby
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    • 41 2 The MP for Bukit Merah, Mr. Lim Guan Hoo, will tour his constituency on Oct, 27 at 9 a.m. in conjunction with the Keep Singapore Accident Free campaign. There will be three film shows in connection with the campaign.
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    • 14 2 1 Police reported 86 accidents yesterday. Four were serious and one fatal.
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    • 167 2 Rehabilitated drug addicts who find It difficult to get Jobs can seek assistance from a special committee recently set up by the Advisory Committee of the Bt. John's Island Drug Rehabilitation Centre. The committee known as the Job-placement Committee consists of seven people
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    • 121 3 Caught in the act these are the unwelcome visitors that schools are trying to keep out. There should be stricter enforcement of the trespassing law If our schools and pupils are to be protected against vandals and mis-chief-makers. Several schools were recently damaged by vandals and only
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    • 244 3 Detectives are now taking regular rides In service No. 92 buses with a mission. They are on the trail of a gang of notorious pickpockets who have been seen operating along this route, for several weeks now. The gang's activities were reported In the New Nation 10
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    • 173 3 Ignorance and carelessness in the home are often the causes of food poisoning. A lecturer from the Pharmacy department, University of Singapore, Dr. R. Karunanlthy, said: "Many householders dont handle or store their food correctly. "Raw meat, for Instance, should not be stored In
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    • 98 4 LKA Former world chess champion Tlgran Petrosian of the Soviet Union took the lead In the Philippines grandmaster tournament after the seoond round played In yesterday. Eleven grandmasters Including some of the world's best players and four International masters are taking part In
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    • 266 4 The Singapore Bus Service Ltd. is examining the existing routes and schedules with a view to recommending more realistic time schedules for the bus services. This was disclosed today by the Minister of Btate for Communications, Mr. Chal Chong YIL at the opening of the
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    • 100 4 The Customs Department collected $9,800,618 In cess from gazetted tourist establishment* on behalf of the Tourist Promotion Board last year 32 per cent more than In 19x2. According to the Customs annual report, this amount is made up of $7,179,245 collected from 421 food and drink
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    • 170 4 PG Singapore's very First National Junior Handling Championship was a great success. The entrants were divided into sexes and then further divided Into age groups; 6 to 10 and 10 to 14. The 6 to 10 group comprising boys and girls was the first to enter
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    • 218 5 Consumers should read advertisements, especially "those with free offer claims, carefully to avoid any misunderstandings, the Consumers' Association of Singapore (CASE) advised today. "Often people merely read the portion in bold lettering and miss out certain conditions attached to the offer and given in smaller
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    • 203 5 Singapore may be scourged with greater outbreaks of deng u e haemorrhaglc fever, unless drastic action is taken now to curb the breeding of mosquitoes, warned two local doctors. An upward trend of the disease some reaching epidemic pro- portions has been reported In
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    • 160 3 b., A i EATING IS BELIEVING A*k th« Italian*. They coma Jy regular*? to Hyatt'* fata'* Pizzeria. Open every day from I 12 noon «H 11.30 p.m. NEVER ON A SUNDAY Evary evening, Pate'* Pizzeria prepare* an Italian buffat at only $7 50 par parton. Evary avaning. iignorina a tignorino.
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    • 97 3 STRIKES ACHANGE Bowl up to 2am on Saturdays and eve of holidays. Now, at Singapore's largest bowling centre Starbowl, you can bowl till the wee hours of the morning and have great fun. Refreshments and snacks to spur you on. With friendly instructors in attendance. Our revised bowling hours are:
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 277 4 American International Assurance will hold a CHINESE LUNCH at Mandarin Hotel at 1p.m. A COURSE OF QUALITY CONTROL will begin at the Hotel And Carterlng School at 7 p.m A COURSE ON SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT -THEORY AND PRACTICE will begin at the Board Room, Merlin Hotel, at 7 p.m The IDEAL
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    • 62 4 I Today: 1.39 p.m. (2.8 m). Tomorrow: 3.12 a.m. (2.2 m), 2.23 p.m. (2.6 m). Wednesday: 4.33 a.m. (2.0 m), 3.23 p.m. (2.5 m). Thursday: 6.31 a.m. (2.0 m), 4.53 p.m. (2.3 m). Friday: 7.56 a.m. (2.2 m), 6.53 p.m. (2.3 m). Saturday: 8.44 a.m. (2.4 m), 8.18 p.m. (2.5
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    • 591 4 NEW NATION MONEYWQRDS 'A' Monday Cut out and pin with other coupons. Potting instructions appear below Nam* (MrTMrsyMiss) Address Tel: bmimh* Cut along dotted lines CLIIKS FOR A-l 1. Barrier acroas a river 4. Container in which a plant 2. To a men you detest ia O'own apt to be
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 403 5 MONDAY (OCT 7) Win two SIA return tickets to Hongkong and $1000 in cash in the ROAD SAFETY CONTEST What you have to do and rules: 1. From Monday to Friday this week. New Nation will publish one question on road safety. Three possible answers to each of these questions
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    • 95 5 j* m/bap-, t§ e n I u- iWfc P? >, fciT" mmp* 4 ss ny.< THERE ARE TIMES AM) THERE ARE TIMES ROTARY IS THE RIGHT ONE DAY OR NIGHT. FOR HIM OR FOR HER-ROTARY PRECISION WATCHES ARE HARDY, RELIABLE, ATTRACTIVE. AS WIDE A PRICE RANGE AS THEIR WATCH RANGE-TO
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 210 6 United Press International Washington, Monday Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam said yesterday that the proliferation of nuclear armaments In the Pacific was the Individual security problem that most concerned Australians. Prance has recently conducted its fifth in a series of nuclear tests In the Pacific.
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    • 72 6 UPI New York, Monday—Newsweek magazine said yesterday that a number of South Koreans who cut off tnelr fingers during anti-Japanese demonstrations In Seoul last month were convicts paid by their government. The magazine in its current issue said: "The 32 men who performed the self-mutllatlon were convicts
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    • 239 6 United Press International Beirut, Monday Egyptian President Sadat said yesterday a decision to go to war against Israel Is much easier for Egypt now than it was last year but ef- forts to reach a peaceful settlement In the Middle-East should be given enough
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    • 174 6 Reuter Cairo, Monday,— Egypt yesterday displayed Its Soviet-made rockets and tanks In a celebration parade to mark the first anniversary of the October Middle East war. President Anwar Sadat took the salute as tanks and missiles rumbled past the reviewing stand in an Impressive 100mlnute
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    • 187 6 United Press International London, Monday Police mounted a nationwide manhunt yesterday for the suspected Irish Republican Army bombers who killed five people and Injured at least 65 more In attacks on two pubs frequented by soldiers In the cathedral town of Guildford. A police spokesman said the
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    • 91 6 United Press International TODAY Is Monday. Oct. 7, the 280 th day of 1974 with 85 to follow. THE MORNING STARS are Venus and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under Libra. American poet James Whltcomb Riley was born on
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    • 194 6 Port Moresby, Monday. —Riot police used tear gas yesterday to break up clashes involving 12,000 tribesmen in the highlands of Papua New Guinea but further clashes were expected today. Latest police reports say three warriors nave been killed so far in two days
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    • 116 6 Reuter Medellin, Monday About 30 people were feared dead and 20 Injured when a landslide hit a coffee workers camp near here, a Are brigade spokesman said yesterday. The landslide, caused by heavy rain which loosened a hillside near the small town of Betulia 130
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    • 47 6 Athens, Monday. Greece's civilian government has approved legislation which makes the Athens Court of Appeals competent to try people whose actions are directed against constitutional order. A constitutional decree, signed by the President, General Phaedon Glzlkis. was published in the official Gazette on Friday.
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    • 40 6 Reuter Peking, Monday China and Gabon yesterday signed an economic and technical cooperation agreement and a trade agreement. The agreements were signed by Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr. Chi Peng-fel, and his Gabonese counterpart. Mr. El Konlghl Okumba d'Okwatsegue.
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    • 21 6 Reuter Washington, Monday. Australian Prime Minister Gough Whltlam yesterday forecast the US would establish diplomatic relations with North Korea.
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    • 373 7 Reuter East Berlin, Monday Soviet Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev yesterday called for an end to the arms race and said Russia was prepared to negotiate the withdrawal of Soviet and American nuclear-armed ships from the Mediterranean. Mr. Brezhnev, addressing a mass rally on the
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    • 279 7 Reuter London, Monday Up to 3000 Chinese children are entering Britain each year and this is likely to continue at this rate for at least a decade, according to a report by the National E d u c a 11 onal Development Trust. Their numbers
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    • 107 7 Reuter Hong Kong, Monday Chinese medical doctors have rediscovered the technique of Inducing administration of a herbal preparation to patients undergoing surgical operations, Radio Peking reported yesterday. The Radio said the 17-century-old technique had been left in oblivion and was rediscovered In recent
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    • 200 7 Reuter Addis Ababa, Monday Ethiopia's military, rulers last night clamped a dusk to dawn curfew on Asmara, capital of the strife-torn northern province of Eritrea. Radio Asmara, monitored here, broadcast a statement from the military council of the north saying tha curfew had been introduced
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    • 107 7 United Press International Milan, Monday—Police ■aid four masked gunmen set a multl-mllllon dollar lire early yesterday at a warehouse belonging to a subsidiary of International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT). A pamphlet delivered later to the Milan Bureau of the Italian news agency Ansa said the fire
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    • 402 22 They will meet Hakka Club Reuter Bangkok, Monday S In g a p ore's Air Transport Worker's Union and Taiwan's Tze Chiang are drawn to meet local opposition on the opening day here of the fifth Queen's Cup football tournament. The Batu team will play Thailand's
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    • 162 22 Reuter Bydney, Monday A Rest of the World XI needed less than 24 hours to defeat Australia in a one-day charity cricket match here yesterday. Australia hit 212-8 wickets off 30 overs to which the Rest replied with 213-7 off 32.3 overs. Opener lan Redpath
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    • 102 22 New York. MondayCarlos Reutemann of Argentina won the 1974 United States Grand Prix at Watklns Olen yesterday. Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil won the world's driving championship by finishing fourth. SYDNEY: Australians Kevin Bartlett and John Goss won Australia's top motor race, the HardleFerodo 1,000 kilometres
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    • 141 22 Paris, Monday American BUlv Casper survived a disastrous start and shot a one-over-par 73 to win the Lancome golf tournament by three strokes at St. Nom la Breteche yesterday. Casper was In the bunkers four times in the first three holes as he took three
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 227 6 WEATHER London Overcast, 5245F, 11-7 C. Headline: Five dead, 54 hurt as bombs blast two Surrey pubs. Moscow Bright, 7048F. 23-9 C. Headline: Social work. <Uo De Janeiro Overcast, 81-65F, 27-18 C. Headline: US exporters agree to delay grain sale to Soviets. New York Bunny and pleasant, 74-51F, 23-10 C.
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1046 8  -  by Pang Cheng Lian Today is the eve of the first anniversary of the Yom Kipour war. Pang Cheng Lian takes an in-depth look at what the year has brought to the Middle East and what the future will hold. A year after
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    • 1170 9 MOST OF THEM ARE NOT BENEFICIAL, SAYS PROFESSOR WONG KHOO: How did the practice of folk medicine come about? PBOF. WONG: Many of them stem from the three traditional medical systems we have here that Is the Chinese system, the Malay bomoh and the Indian system of Ayurvedic
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    • Article, Illustration
      100 9  -  bv. Betty L. Khoo RECENTLY Prof. Wong Hock Boon issued o strong warning to parents not to dabble in folk medicine. He and other doctors in the hospitals have seen many cases of babies and children admitted, near death, because their parent* had administered a lethal dose of folk
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 165 9 Take 5| TAKE A BEAUTY LESSON rv I tlfflH ;;N\\NWS»S«V v\ <s*vww\v .•VSSWVK'S *ei <A 32 WELL I use CLEARASIL AMD I FIND fTt MARVELLOUS. MY DOCTOR TOLD ME IT WORKS UtCE THIS: 1. Opens 2. Fights a Dries up pimples. bacteria. pimples^ SK« -L T7 'I USE CLEARASIL gV/BRVCAY
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  • OPINION
    • 353 10 Sex crimes, It would appear, are rising as rapidly as armed robberies and other crimes of violence. Even more worrying Is the Increase In the number of attacks on young and vulnerable school girls. A few months earlier Singaporeans were Informed of the rape
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
      • 53 10 Remember those days when we would never buy any clothes or material that wasn't guaranteed to have "fast colour"? Nowadays, with the denim and faded look erase, shops In Britain are displaying clothes tags that say "colour guaranteed to run with every wash to give you that
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      • 58 10 Talk about heavy penalties for criminals. A clerk who was found guilty of embezzling money on 15 occasions was sentenced to 307 years lnprlsonment by a Thai oourt. But after noting his guilty plea the panel of Judges relented and reduced the term to 18S years. X
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    • 84 10  -  T.A MUGAN The motor vehicle lis a lethal weapon In the hands of the mentally unbalanced, the reckless and criminal minded. Any road user who does not care for the safety of other road users must not be trusted with anything that can make them more mobile
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    • 132 10  -  JOHN WILLIS Dr. Ong Leong Boon's speech as reported In the New Nation on the problems of youth interested me very much. We must agree our youth are in rebellion. A Ministry of Touth and Sports, I believe, could fill a need with the SO per cent of
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    • 195 10 T VOICE OF THE PRESS A NANYANG SIANGPAU The 10 per cent increase in the growth of loans and advances calculated on the 31st December 1973 base that individual banks and finance companies are allowed, via a Monetary Authority of Singapore directive last. June, to give to
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    • 481 10  -  MONDAY WITH EDGAR KOH EDGAR KOH United Nations: Intensive lobbying is well underway on the Korean issue and is expected to build up to a climax when debate on the item starts in the General Assembly on November 22. Now inscribed as Item 104. the
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    • 95 10  -  R. GOH Secretary, St. Andrew's Mission Hospital for Children, Singapore, 2. We refer to the New Nation report on 2«th September regarding the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. Although raising funds Is never an easy task, It was never at any stage Indicated to your reporter that the hospital
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1014 11 Women in terror How do women react in the face of danger? To And oat, New Nation talked to seven women who Uved through some truly terrifying moments when death stared them In the face. The nifty little MO to came round Devil's Bend
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    • 715 11 HARROWINft TALE OF ESCAPE FROM A HOTEL FIRE "I was gripped by mounting terror and despair as I groped my way in the pitch black, smoke filled corridor. I was completely alone and I kept thinking, this can't be happening to me. I'm
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    • 167 12/13 p SPMI) I Have you ever slopped to consider just now fast you are travelling in terms of feet and minutes? We all speak freely of 30, 40 even 100 miles per hour or -the metric equivalent, but, how often do we actually drive
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    • 767 12/13  -  SAFETY! Don't be a menace on the roads A The Keep Singapore Accident Free Campaign opened yesterday, And today we present some of the ills on our roads and how to rectify them. New Nation's motoring columnist JIM WATKINS went on a "booking
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    • 186 12/13 RAIN We get plenty of rain. It usually falls at least once every day in quantities ranging from light showers to torrential downpours. One would think that, with all this practice, Singaporean* would be among the world's best in wet weather, yet, after every storm,
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    • 751 12/13  -  NEED FOR A LOT OF GIVE AND TAKE... MOTORCYCLES by Lee Chiu San There are 84,000 motor-cycles in Singapore. Last year, 94 motor- cyclists were killed in road accidents. This is less than the figures for other road users, but it still
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    • 595 12/13 PEDESTRIANS It is doubtful whether Julius Caesar ever had to leap for his life from the path of a furiously driven chariot but it is certainly true that he knew about traffic problems. The fact that he issued a decree, about 2000 years ago, banning
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • Page 12/13 Advertisements
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  • PLEASURE
    • 506 14  -  F Cinema II Review Director fails to bring on thrills and suspense by Sonny Yap THE SERPENT directed by Henry Verneuil, with Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde and Virna Lis! (Capitol). French director Henry Verneull has done the impossible: he has
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    • 344 14 Jennifer's i j diary jj KATHRYN HUNTER, that up-and-coming, but already famous, American singer passed through Singapore last week. She was on her way to Jakarta where she is engaged for a performance. "But Singapore hasn't seen the last of me yet," said Kathryn. 'I'll
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    • 316 14 The only thing that Tap Heperl In the flesh has In common with Tap Heperl on stage is that tney are both extremely attractive. "I'm actually two different people," confided Tap, the New Zealand singer who is fast making a name for himself as
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    • 282 14 Seven years of "globeriding" has equipped Mr. Paul Pratt, (right) a British electronic engineer, with a world of experience. with more than 75,000 miles behind him, the adventurous traveller has almost realised his dream of seeing the world as cheaply as possible. And
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  • TREND
    • Article, Illustration
      288 15 A SMILE—AND SHE THINKS THE BOYS ARE INTERESTED Dear Ros: Why is it that even though I study hard, I don't seem to be getting the results expected, unlike others who seem to enjoy life, and yet succeed. Another problem la, I fantasise a lot about my career
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    • 248 15 Dear Ros: I need your help really badly because I'm afraid this problem will affect my coming examinations. When I was preparing for my exams last month, my girlfriend called and told me that she would soon be leaving for further studies In England.
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    • 132 15 My classmates keep teasing me about this boy —he Is a monitor and so am I. I have no feelings for him but whenever he walks by me, I feel all guilty and embarrassed even though we have never exchanged a single word. I
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    • 309 15 Dear Ros: I am a teenager, the easy-going type who enjoys friendship with boys. Recently, my father found a letter to me from a boy. My father, being a nar-row-minded man. said It was disgraceful to know boys at this age. How can I convince him that
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    • 276 15 Dear Ros: I am writing this letter In a rather frustrated mood. Frustrated because I (eel that young people fall In love with each other like blind men feeling their way through a forest. Having read the letter In your column, I am sure
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    • 124 15 Dear Ros: We liked each other for quite some time until recently, when she said her infatuation had faded. I remained calm and kept all my sorrows to myself. I am In lncamp training for six months and this is only the end of the first
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    • 135 15 Dear Ros: I am 20 years old and was in love with a man 15 years my senior. A few months later. I met another man with whom I had an affair. I know that was wrong of me and I regret Its hap- pening.
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    • 165 15 Dear Ros: My neighbour Is driving me up the wall. I am not speaking to him now because he la a selfish rat. I treated him kindly (I am the friendly sort) and he fell in love with me. But I took him for
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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    • 35 15 FREE BEAUTY DEMONSTRATION presented by Shiseido's Top Japanese Beauty Consultants, Misses M. Fukuya Y Tashiro at CORTINA DEPT. STORE Colombo Court Shopping Complex, North Bridge Road Date: October 7 —12,1974. Time: 10.30 am 6.30 p.m.
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  • FINANCE
    • 495 16 LONDON The Financial Times index rose strongly in the first half of the weak being boosted by market sentiments that the government returned In next week's general elections would act to reflate the economy and Improve corporate liquidity. On Wednesday afternoon, however, equities were unsettled
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    • 139 16 The Tokyo stock market has plunged sharply with a very small amount of buying orders. Foreign investors have been saying that the Tokyo market has not been declining In reasonable parallel with the New York- Dow Jones 30 Industrials. Any such sharp
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    • 154 16 FRANKFURT The uncertainty prevailing in the equity market resulted again in irregular fluctuations. Small rallies were soon stopped. It remains remarkable. though, that the present price level seems to indicate a fairly strong resistance Domestic Investors are hardly to be found on the selUnß side
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    • 169 16 Singapore is among six countries which have won a contract to build various equipment for the $75 billion oil exploration complexes in the Middle East. A local shipyard, Sembawang Engineertag (Pte.) Ltd., has been awarded the tract to build one of the two water Injection
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    • 208 16 Over 2500 employees in IS foreign banks in Singapore will enjoy a half million dollars bonanza in salary arrears. A new collective agreement for the next three years has been signed by the Singapore Bank Employees' Union with these banks. The agreement will take effect In January. The
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    • 585 16 ZURICH Owing to a lack of stimuli and persistently negative influences, the Zurich Stock Exchange continued to edge downward In line with the weaker trend on Wall Street With the exception of Insurance company shares, quotations In all sectors were lower than those a
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    • 238 16 PARIS The technical factors that we mentioned last week caused the market on Wednesday to experience a sharp rally, and gains of between five and 10 per cent were fairly general. This rally took place partly as a result of a decrease in the number of sellers
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    • 58 16 Closing prices at the Milan Stock Exchange. 4.10.74 Alitalia M50 Anlc 7M Banco Roma ***** Clga 2201 Flat ord 914 Oenerall SUM Imm. Roma 2MJM I talesmen tl ***** Italalder M9 Mlra Lanza 24M0 Mondadort 1W1 Montedison SM Motta 21M OMrettl 1000 Pirelli 771 HAS C34M SIP IMS 8Ut
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    • 70 16 United Press International Manila. Monday The sixth Asia-Pacific regional marketing conference of the International Marketing Federation (IMF) ooens today to discuss a proposal to set up a regional data bank, organisers said yesterday. Fifty delegates from Australia, India, Japan, Bouth Korea, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore and Thailand
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    • 42 16 United Press International Bong Kong, Monday Australian Deputy Prime Minister James Cairns arrived In Hong Kong yesterday en-route to China to open the largest trade exhibit ever staged by Australia In Peking from Oct. 11 to 23. •At tfrtnay Mock Mu**t
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  • MOTORING
    • 652 17 Starting today, Oct. 7, we have a great new competition for you. Straight forward and practical, designed to choose the safest driver amongst New Nation readers. It's a two-part contest, just like the last one, and we have a fabulous prize this time.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 211 17 Answer To The Business Executive's Needs For Prestige, Comfort And Economy fjS CHRYSLER ISO/ISO CHRYSLER 160 180 is a car for the man upon whose decisions others depend the business executive who's a go getter. It's a smart and impres sively styled car designed to meet the demands of the
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 355 18 ;)^+>,=--.|~^!(^{'>>]:]',*}*},\ -ANNOUNCEMENTS SPECIALIST IN ALL kinds of Bamboos, for Decorations. Beautiful "square-shaped" Diameter 1" to 6". 5 varieties. Agent for Wholesale Retail Kxports. Enquiries are welcome. Contact: Tav 81a Yong, ■>«. Mohamed Sultan Road, S pore 0. EXPERT MODEL/ CHARM training personally conducted by Joan Booty commences tomorrow. Charm course
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    • 379 18 CHUAN KEK CONSTRUCTION 200* (Block S) Qeytang Square. S'pore 14. Tal: *****0 (Day) •***** (Night) .Decoration and Renovation Specialists Indoor and Outdoor. Carpets. Wallpapers. Mosaic, Tiles, Terraszo and Parquet Teak wood Flooring, Furniture, Landscaping. Manufacturing of Iron OrlUs and Oates, Aluminium Windows It Doors. House Painting ft White Washing. Enquiries
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    • 374 18 WK ARE SMALL HOUSEHOLD removal company. We cimnot guarantee giving you the best of everything tfet we'll try our best. If you still like to give us a try, please ring *****5 and ask for Ahmad or Devan. FOR DELICATE ALUMINIUM Sliding doors/ windows. Alterations, renovations, mosaic and terrazzo tiling.
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    • 410 18 SHOULD YOU HAVE any HDB Renovation problems, consult New Luck Decor, specialised laying marble, terrazo, etc., SALES. SERVICE. REPAIRS AND INSTALLATION Of all types of Refrigerators, Alrcondltioners, Room Units, Package Units <■ Split Units. ATLAS REFRIGERATION 4 AIRCONDITIONINQ on Chartering, Sato A 1 -J n avirUfCfwM W VVOTOTSi WP Management
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    • 344 18 MENU HUAT HENQ ELECTRONIC* CO. Radio Cassette, Tape Recorders, HIFI Stereophonic Equip, T.V., Typewriters and Cameras. 570, North Bridge Road, S'pore 7. *****. TIONQ HUAT HARDWARE CO. PTE LTD. 80, Jalan Sultan, Singapore, 7. Tels: *****12 Si *****83 Dealers In all kinds of hardware, machinery, spare parts, building material*, copper
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    • 420 18 GSSSBSBSSSS^S^S?^I RENTAL SALES. Wooden furniture, refrigerators. Specialists In built-in cupboards and kitchen cabinets. Please contact 18, Tiverton Lane Singapore 9, Off Ktlllney Road. TAI LEE FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION Experienced contractor for exhibition sites, partitioning, office. showroom (i ship renovation, furniture for hotels, homes Ii offices <i exporting of furniture ii chairs.
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    • 377 18 mm ■rrrri beauty saloon Betty Choo Hair stylist special concession for school children. Tel: *****0. ■MMMM -W CHOP LEONG SENO 462. Victoria Street. Singapore 7. 1,5,7, Jalan Kubor, Singapore 7. TEL: *****1 '***** ****** •***** SOLE AGENT* "MIKADO" Propellers, "MITSUWA" Propellers. "8-LON" Rigid PVC Pipes <i Fitting Accessories. SOLE DISTRIBUTORS:
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 358 19 REQUIRES OENERAL CLERK. Typing essential. Minimum working experience 2 years. Qualification School Certificate. Apply P.O. Box 2960. SINGING CANARIES. Locally Bred. Lota to chooae from. Also NF-1 Super song restorer, aulck moult seeds. 39, Jalan Hukuin, *****8. COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY, developing and printing. 20* discount with free colour film. Colour outdoor
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    • 433 19 n SHOPS PON SALE or let Henry Park, Faber Hill. OoldhlU Plaza. For particulars please call Singapore Housing Management (Pte.) Ltd. Tel: *****2 i•• ■mm N«, Prtnaap Straat, (Oppoaita Cathay), S'pora 7. Tai: 333*27/ *****1/ *****1. LONDON-AUBTRALIA-5740/-, N.YORK-MONTR KAL 11.270/-. PARIS-BRUSSEL-ROME-S7SO/-AMERICA-CANADA-51,230/-, SIN.-NV.SIN.-t2.333/-. SIN.-TORONTO-SIN.-t2.300/-, Alao Spactal Low Faraa to Tailoring Services
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    • 133 19 pumai SPARKLING ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING. TV. DAY/ Night service. All Brands. Repair guaranteed. Moderate charges. Tel: S pore 4«5002 TRADE IN YOUR BLACK WHITE T.V. with us for a coloured T.V. either on cash or hire purchase. Please contact Seng Hln Tel: *****5. WHEN YOUR T.V. give you trouble, call our
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    • 468 19 INDIAN COOKERY CLAM Mrs. Majumder's for fine curry/ special food starts October. Enquire: Telephone *****3. LIM BALLET SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: MADAM LIM BENO SOON THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCINO EXAMINATIONS ALL GRADES MAJORS. Call: *****1 for further mations:Weekdays fc Sundays: 8.30 a.m. 12.00 noon Saturdays: After 2.00 p.m. 8, Ambw Road,
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    • 97 19 FOR SPECIAL CURRY Fish Head Roast Chicken. Curry Chicken. Beef. Mutton. Chlllle Prawn. Contact Luck Hall 17 Dhoby Ohaut ((Next to Cathay •Cinema) Singapore 9. Tel: *****5/ *****2 i Koshrnr Restaurant A Cocktail Lounge -FANTASTIC A UNBELIEVABLE" Super Indian Cuisine Oracloua Stiver Service World Famous for Tandoori! Chicken, Sheekh Kebab
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    • 407 19 ML";-,' I'Vi'.'n FAIRMONT, NOLOCN PREMIER or Chevrolet 1910 1973. Low mileage. *****8. ■E23Z32C] FOR COURTEOUS, PROMPT and efficient service, contact James Teo of Diamond Motors Pte. Ltd., for wide selection of Mltsulblshl Colts, etc., Tel: *****/3. THE NETHERLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY EST 1845 LIMITED w.e.f. 7th October, 1974. we are at:Suite
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    • 32 19 FOR A WIDE SELECTION Of best used cars, call at Pacific Motor Credit Pte. Ltd.. 511. Buklt Ttmah Road. m.». B'pore 10. Tel: *****1/ *****4/ *****3 (Open till 6.00 p.m. dally). •ILL
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  • SPORTS
    • 378 20  -  BUT YOUNGSTERS MUST PREPARE TO TAKE OVER FROM THE STARS MARTIAL ARTS COI.UMN Sonny Yap's The recent Metropolitan YMCA karate tournament proved that the gap between top exponents and second-liners is fast closing, said chief instructor Hidehiro Maekawa. He was commenting on the performances of new
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    • 444 21  -  By JEFFREY LOW Stocky Tan Wee Gee was the outstanding athlete at the Vigilante Corps annual athletics cham plonshlps at Toa Payoh yesterday. Wee Gee a 20-year-old non-commissioned officer from the VC District Five, was awarded the Best Performance trophy In the men's section for his
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    • 244 21  -  By Lee Chlu San Newcomers to the sport swept most of the prizes at the skilled Driving Test organised by the Singapore Motor Sports Club in the Police Academy yesterday. Vincent Won*, who has been on the motor sport acene for less than a year, won
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    • 64 21 Paris, Monday Italian Cesare Sottl. 1972 world powerboat racing champion, was killed yesterday during the French Powerboat Grand Prix when his craft hit a bridge in the Seine River here. Sottl, 36, was ejected on Impact Into a security net on the narrow Allee des Cygnes
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    • 351 23 Honest Guard took charge at the 3f, leading into the straight with Sputnik closing in. Storms Lash and Santa Rajah moved up. Honest Guard was soon beaten. Storms Lash hit the front and ran on gamely to beat Santa Rajah
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    • 512 23 POST SCRIPT by Scrutineer V I Sir Carrick (Rod Staples), an Australian six year old gelding by Princelone, gave a tip-top sprinting exhibition to win the King's Gold Cup over 6f from a strong field at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Sir Carrick equalled the course
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    • 167 23 Reuter Paris, Monday. Allet France became the undisputed queen of European racing with a superb victory In the Prix de l'Arc de Trlomphe. the world's richest horse race, yesterday. Her Jockey. Yves Saint Martin, launched a devastating challenge as the field turned for home and within
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 61 20 *1 M M H i i 12 by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson falsi V/V 71 i M Sw II 49 LfTHAL 6A3 *00*3 /HOH 7Mf UMUVt/gP iAMP... I s T K<T 5 s libers' x rli' Ll by Frank O'Neal Mr a 1 > m M ArM fc£i Wi
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 67 21 PAN WEST INTRODUCES m THE MERCEDES BENZ OF INVESTMENT-CAST CLUBS No back edge drag. 3D configuration and gyroscopic perfect balance. mum A great improvement over 13 of the top selling cast-clubs designed by Phil Skovnonski, the eminent U.S. golf club designer. 3 PAN WEST PTE ITD UIC Building Tel: 220-2214
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 243 22 £WEW CAlf* DIRECTORY Where you cm buy your next new car In Singapore IbmaCT3 OTV SpWM. CITY MOT OH# PT*. LTD., 28 Cavanagh Rout Singapore L Tel: *****6/*****3 n Light and Heavy Duty Trucks From Pay load 1 Ton--BTons Also ,TWD 20 Logging Trucks. SAN MOTOR CO. (PTEJ LTQ.. 27.
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 548 22 AT THE CINEMA with SONNY YAP THE EXORCIST: The controversial fllm version of William Peter Blatty's best seller is destined to be a horror masterpiece. Directed superbly by William Pried kin with top trade performances from Linda Blair as Regan, ■lien Burstyn as the actress mother, Jason lllller as Father
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    • 296 22 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ■■ilil lllil liflVllilil iiumm ammmu ana aiißH aiimii ama am iiiiih aiii anaUß *>■■■■ a ACROSS 1 Part of a derrick 5 Ankle bones 10 Matches for 2 Down et al.: Abbr. 14 Fictional dog 15 Mythical hunter 16 Opera feature 17 Seal a bargain 19 City
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 93 23 m T 1 m. f f Stiff 1 M I 'frHlll P if fffj IJ IH w "o t «< V".-: s it hi': > if 4 ■f National t\ 4 "c/o Sg« •a^ National C 9" l S^°| vQ lioo< t» d oV)S V* v cv V®, 0 e
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  • 293 24 There are certain airlines guerrillas won't hijack. They would stay clear of many European airlines service is so bad. They would also not pull the gun on SIA service is so good it might soften them. The European airlines I have travelled on have never failed to
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  • 33 24 S'PORE GIRL and she's pretty as a picture wmpin m\i i— i.yi Sapiah Ahmad, 19, loves to model and go shopping. She was crowned Texas Instrument Queen last year. Picture by JERRY SEH.
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  • 59 24 AH FOOK: No matter how strong you are, vicious rumours, left unchecked, can knock you down mercilessly. The UOB's case Is a glaring example. M£l LIN: Quess what? I noticed the bank lately began to splash advertisements on the cinema and television screens a thing it seldom did
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 534 24 SINGAPORE S 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by VEEDUM NAADUM (T) A magazine series. 3 30 DIARY OF EVENT8 (T) 3.35 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING S.SS MAGAZINE ZERO ONE (R) 4.10 GENERAL HOSPITAL 4.55 INTERMIS8ION 0.05 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by TORCHY A juvenile puppet show. (M TODAY'S PRICES OF
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    • 442 24 I LUCKY STARS IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have a fondness for the arts music, painting, literature, etc. which. If It Is not matched by a talent for one or another of these creative outlets, may cause you more sadness than Joy. On the other hand, should it
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    • 63 24 SHOW of the DAY... BONANZA (8.30 over Channel Five): Today's episode Is entitled Journey To Terror. This colour programme begins with Little Joe's visit to the barren farm of an old friend. But this courtesy call takes an ominous turn when a desperado picks the farm for his hideout. Caught
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