New Nation, 27 November 1974

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday November 27, 1974 No. 1191 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1974
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  • Article
    Lock icon Mystery of Giscard's night out...
    321 1 Reuter Paris, Wednesday President V a 1 e r y G i s c a rd d'Estaing may be failing to meet his responsibilities as President because of the private life he leads, a front-page article in the influential newspaper Le Monde said yesterday. It
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    Lock icon Miss World resigns
    193 1 United Press International London, Wednesday Helen Morgan, an unmarried mother elected Miss World beauty queen four days ago, has resigned io a blaze of controversy over her baby and alleged involvement in a divorce action, the Daily Mirror said in today's edition. Miss Morgan, a 22year old
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    Lock icon Big strikes in Japan today
    224 1 United Press International Tokyo, Wednesday More than half a million railway and postal workers were scheduled to stage nation-wide strikes today and tomorrow p a r a 1 y s i ng commuter, freight and mail traffic throughout Japan. Th 1 r t y t
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    Singapore's top sports personality of 1974
    51 1 Who is Singapore's top sports star of 1974? Who deserves our accolade of Sports Personality of the Year? The choice will be left to New Nation readers, who will begin voting on Dec. 1. Follow the New Nation for more details on this exciting
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      A dying girl's last words
      223 2 These scrawlings on the wall were the last testament of pretty 20 year old Lew Swee Keng. The 26 Chinese characters were written with a ball pen on the corridor wall at the top floor of a block of flats at Marine Terrace and addressed
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      Women urged to be more active
      257 2 Women must play a more active role in international organisations like the Colombo Plan if they want equality. This Is the view of the only two woman delegates at the Colombo Plan Information Officers' Conference now on at the Regional English Language Centre. Miss
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      104 2 Share prices continue to drift downwards on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. BUSINESS DONE: Faber Union Loan (2) 0.63. 0.C.8.C. (9) 3.56, (1) 3.58. (4) 3.54. U. 0.8. (1) 1.85. (5) 1.84, (2) 1.83, (1) 1.82. S. Darby (12) 1.70, (1) 1.71, (5) 1.69, (20)
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      Facts about your car
      51 2 A talk-cum-fllmshow on "Some facts about your car" will be held at the Queenstown Branch Library on Friday at 7.30 p.m. It will be presented by Mr. Lawrence Seet and Mr. Soh Eng San, both members of the Institute of Motor Industry. Singapore Centre. Admission Is
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      OUR ROADS
      13 2 Police reported 86 accidents yesterday. Three were serious and four fatal.
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      The costly light fingers at stores
      410 3 Department stores are losing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise monthly not only to shoplifters but also to their staff through pilfering. Though management of stores interviewed disclosed that the Incidence of pilfering among staff was very small when compared with shoplifting, they admitted
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      Review of annual youth festival
      147 3 The Ministry of Education has set up a committee to review the annua'. Youth Festival. This follows an article in the Teachers Rostrum. bulletin published by the Educational Publication Bureau, which said that the "examination syndrome" had crept into the festival. A New Nation study
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      EXORCIST NETS OVER $500,000
      289 4 The Exorcist after its 61st screening day has earned more than $500,000. It has smashed all box office records for English language Alms shown in Singapore. Up to Monday, the picture has already netted $542,000, after deduction of entertainment duty. The acting advertising and publicity manager
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      MP's date
      40 4 Mr. Ong Soo Chuan, the MP for Nee Soon Constituency and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will officiate at a kindergarten graduation ceremony and exhibition at the Nee Soon community centre today at 7 p.m.
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      Singapore stand on Cambodia
      606 4  -  by I Edgar Koh United Nations, Wednesday Permanent representative Tommy Koh yesterday stated Singapore's stand on the Khmer questiop during the first day of debate in the General Assembly on who should represent Cambodia in the United Nations, an issue that is emerging as the most
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      Same judging system in US, England
      324 4 FROM THE DOC HOUSE BY PG Sometime ago, I mentioned the fact that at the next Championship Show to be staged by the Singapore Kennel Club on Sunday, Dec. 15, in the exhibition hall of the National Stadium at Kallang there will be two
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      Lock icon Accidents that keep the PWD so busy
      162 5 This is one type of accident that Is constantly keeping the Public Works Department on their toes—repairing damaged read dividers and signs. And what is Infuriating according to some of the workers. Is that most of the culprits are not caught. "They just
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      Police warn: Be vigilant
      306 5 Police today issued its pre-festive season "Be vigilant" warning to Singaporeans as its officers stepped up security measures to deal with the expected rise in crimes. Officers from the various divisions nave been mobilised to intensify patrols in the housing estates. Road blocks have been set
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      A drop at creches
      469 19 Regular attendance at the Government's creches dropped by about 11 per cent during the first 10 months of the year, as compared to the same period last year. Statistics supplied by the Social Welfare Department Indicate that regular attendance fell from 2970 Detween January and October
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      292 4 SS The Member of Parliament for Sembawang, Mr. Teong Eng Slong, will officiate at the BALLOTING for sale of 420 units of three-room flats in Sembawang Road at 3 p.m. The chairman of Mobil Oil (8) Pte. Ltd., Mr. J R. O'Nell, will speak on oil Industry prospects at the
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      79 5 IF YOUR \\S WAISTLINE IS 1 WHERE IT OUGHT TO BE.. YOU BELONG IN 4 The new shirlshapes from Arrow s French collection that show a man's body to best advantage. Without stinting on the quality of the tailoring or the fabric. Only Brigade has strategic back darts placed "just
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Big cut in US budget plan
      292 6 Reuter UPI Washington, Wednesday President Ford urging Americans to share the miseries of austerity yesterday called for budget cuts totalling US$46OO million (about $10,580 million as part of his fight against inflation and economic slump. Most of the proposed reductions, including US$4OO million (about
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      Lock icon 'HIJACKERS WILL BE EXECUTED'
      270 6 UPI Reuter Beirut, Wednesday Angry members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation will execute the four Arab hijackers of a British Jetliner if they are turned over by Tunisia, PLO sources said yesterday. The sources said the hijacking of a British Airways VCIO, In which a West
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      Lock icon A crisis alert for bombs in Britain...
      197 6 United Press International London, Wednesday Police yesterday put bomb Jittery Britons on crisis alert against a feared new wave of Irish Republican Army bombing that could hit them anywhere from airports and railroad terminals to pubs and mail boxes. A clamour grew in
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      The Odd Corner
      60 6 A vicar has shocked his congregation by announcing that he has been a secret Buddhist for the last seven years. The Rev. Tony Weedon, a 44-year-old married man, has also admitted he was living "with a new lady friend." He has decided to leave his parishes in
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      Lock icon Fire at mail terminal
      33 6 UPI Toronto, Wednesday A US$2 million ($4.6 million) pre-dawn fire yesterday heavily damaged Canada's busiest mail terminal here. Postal authorities took immediate steps to avoid a Christmas mall tie-up.
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      Lock icon Woman held
      29 6 UPI Hong Kong, Wednesday—A 20-year-old Thai woman was arrested yesterday at Kal Tak AlrEort after morphine and eroln worth HK5420.000 (about $210,000) was found In her luggage.
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      Lock icon Dr. K has four meetings with Mao men
      160 6 United Press International Peking, Wednesday The US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger held day-long talks yesterday with Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-Ping and Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan-Hua. The US officials who participated In the highlevel talks Included Mr. Donald Rumsfeld, Assistant to
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      Lock icon TODAY
      147 6 United Press International TODAY is Wednesday, Nov. 27, the 331 st day of 1974 with 34 to follow. THE MOON Is approaching its full phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Venus and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      213 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Fair, 3428P, 1-mlnus 2C. Headline: Ford selects a manager to head energy agency. San Francisco Fair, 63-41F, 17-SC. Headline: Tanaka takes blame for party discord. Tokyo—Cloudy, 61-41F, 18-SC. Headline: Tanaka announces decision to resign. Paris Variable, 5044F, 10-7 C. Headline: National Assembly abortion debate opens. London
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      104 7 Only British Airways offers you all this to Australia. -.British airways I Brisbane. 3non-stopVClo's a week. Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday. Sydney. 2 747 s every week. Monday, Thursday. i m A,/. Perth. 3 non-stop 747's a week. Monday Wednesday, Thursday. British airways Hruish airwavs We'll take more care of you. Melbourne.
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Kuwait: We're not rich
      959 8  -  From Jim Hoagland "We are not rich," Kuwait's Minister of of Finance and Oil Mr. Abdel Rahman A 1 Atiqi, often tells diplomats who have the cheek to ask him about the US$7 billion ($14.1 billion) this nation of one million people is earning from oil
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      Consumerism
      1432 9 LAST week i\ seminar 011 Vnith and Consumerism was held at the XYLTI. One of the papers submitted on the topic was by Mr. Kirpal Singh, a research scholar f rom the English Department of the I niversity of Singapore. New Nation today produces extracts from his thought provoking
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      440 8 When you fly TWA. to America or Europe, well save you money on places to stay And places to go. »_.i ft. \m A 4 t/r m k& K v. m TWAs done a lot to make traveling less expensive. That goes for hotels, restaurants, theaters, and so or tor
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      96 9 SPBOOO Ultraviolet Recording Spectrophotometer. Laboratory pH meters. Pye Unicom instruments one now sold and serviced solely by Philips. Among other professional equipment, we are now the Singapore suppliers of the following Pye Unicam instruments: SPI9OO Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometers SPIOOO Infrared Spectrophotometers SPBOOO Ultraviolet Recording Spectrophotometers Laboratory pH meters Please direct
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  • OPINION
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      Threat of a nuclear holocaust
      340 10 The spirit of detente appears to be making its dent in the field of nuclear armaments. Barely four months after the US and USSR had agreed to limit their anti-ballistic missile systems to one each and to ban underground nuclear tests over 150 kilotons after
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      Uninvited guest
      148 10 I WHISPERS IS B p y r I Here's a warning to those people who believe that a lock in the door is enough to keep the burglars at bay. A friend who had had too much to drink, pressed the wrong button in the lift and dropped
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      WHERE MAO AND CHIANG AGREE
      596 10  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON The rel a 11onship between the respective leadership elites in Peking and Taipei remains clouded and mysterious. Commentators are driven to wild conjecture, usually without convincing evidence one way or the other. It is possible, for example, to argue
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      The twoway riders
      228 10 In supporting the views expressed by your correspondent in your paper on Nov. 22 on the subject of "two-way cyclists," I would like to add that cyclists are not the only culprits who flout the traffic laws by travelling in the wrong direction in a one-way street.
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    • Article
      TAS reply to Ispy
      77 10  -  ROSA THAM (Miss) Public Relations Officer, Telecommunication Authority of Singapore, Singapore, 2. I refer to the report on the TAS by Ispy INN. 29.10.74). The Authority regrets the Inconveniences Incurred to your colleagues. With regard to the telephone removal and Installation, I shall be grateful If
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      Books for our children
      206 10 SIN CHEW JIT POH v VOICE OF THE PRESS is I The first set of Children's supplementary readers series in Chinese planned by the Education Ministry has already been published. It Is said that the Education Ministry's aim in publishing this series Is to overcome the
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  • FEATURE
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      Lock icon Every normal person can live to be 100
      928 11  -  By Dan L. Thrapp Los Angeles Times Every normal person ought to live to be 100, and if he does not, it is because there is something wrong with the way he manages his life, according to a longevity expert. Dr. Josef
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
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      Accused of treason during World War II but never brought to trial
      1330 12/13 Ezra Pound was accused by the US government of treason during World War 11. One of the most influential figures of the 20th century literary scene, Pound made propaganda broadcasts during the war from Italy, appealing for support
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      EZERA POUND
      1240 12/13 The problems and the dilemma of the modern artist... Very often the poetry of Pound is compared to that of T.S. Eliot. They do almost deal with the same theme, that of the degeneration of modern civilisation. Though Pound concentrates more on the problems and the dilemma of
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      147 12/13 THAT GIRLS RESPOND TO Continental w as 8 0Df» 0C 5 V. jWfa SEE A WIDE RANGE AT Sf CORTINA DEPARTMENTAL STORE «h|o COLOMBO COURT SHOPPING COMPLEX SINGAPORE 6 TEL *****0 OPEN DAILY: 10,30AM-9.30 PM (MON TO SAT) 10.30AM-6.30PM ISUN) CURTAIN CENTRE We have the widest range of imported curtain
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  • PLEASURE
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      Orgy of racial violence...
      508 14  -  y Cinema Review bv Sonny Yap THE McMASTERS directed by Alf KJel!in, with Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine, Nancy Kwap and Jack Palance (coming to Odeon). Any film on the American South during the post-Civil War period Is bound to erupt Into an orgy of
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      Bad Company on way to superstar status
      278 14  -  POPS BY JEAN LI Success has not come to new band, Bad Company, in measured paces. Rather, it has come very quickly. Too quickly, in fact, to the liking of their severest critics. But Bad Company is not bothered by it because it
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      Arabic on the air...
      311 14 Jennifer's IL diary jj Do you want to learn to speak Arabic? Here's your chance. The Arab Republic of Egypt Broadcasting in Cairo broadcasts Arabic lessons to South-East Asia on short wave Medium Sound Broadcast 16.74 and ***** kilocycles. For first stage lessons you can tune
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      40 14 of the stars H'bpKind THI ATRE RtSTAURANT NITfCLUB ORCHID LANTERN ROOM PRESENTS ANOTHER Show of the year! LES ELEGrANTS SHOW Palm I Court lhi> nut si nuiiful garden restaurant a la rartt* dinner go trhvrv ihv Italian# gtt Tel: *****
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      370 14 sembled a new version of Slim Chance after the original outfit split up In the middle of this year. Meanwhile, Blue Weaver, the pyrotechnic keyboards player with early Stra was. nas Joined Mott The Hoonle. Aui'noi Steven Oalnes Is writing a biography of Alice Cooper with full assistance from Cooper's
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  • TREND
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      Spare a Xmas thought
      363 15  -  Shop Around -^i KARTINA When was the last time you put a few cents in for charity? If you can't remember, Join the club of people who are by no means uncharitable or pennypinching, but who have yet to contribute to others In need. "Look after
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      Bliss is a thatched hut in fabled Bali
      769 15  -  I MEET A MAN WHO TURNED DREAM INTO REALITY TRISH SHEPPARD Everybody dreams of living in a thatch hut on an idyllic island far from the pressures of 20th century. On a recent trip to Bali I visited a map who had
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  • FINANCE
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      A boost to container trade soon
      237 16  -  By Lee Yew Meng Container services between Japan and ports along Malacca Straits will assume greater importance in the near future, according to Ben Line's Japanese represent ative, Mr. Takazo ligaki. Mr. ligaki, who was here recently, attributed this to the high level of
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      Lock icon New low
      26 16 Reuter London, Wednesday Sterling fell to a new low on the London money market today while share prices picked up on the stock exchange.
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      Lock icon Aid pledge to hard-hit car industry
      198 16 Reuter Paris, Wednesday President Vale r y Olscard d'Estaing last night promised unprecedented state aid for France's re-cession-hit car industry to lift the country out of its economic gloom. Amid continuing labour unrest and rising unemployment, the President, in a nation-wide television broadcast, also
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      Lock icon A bid for oil price unity
      164 16 United Press International Vienna. Wednesday The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) met yesterday to try and restore oil price unity among ita 13 members. OPEC's Economic Commission would draft nflr price proposals for 1975 and study recommendations for a better system of pricing
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      Orders for oil rigs worth $200 mil
      191 16 Far East Levingston Shipbuilding, the Republic's leading oil-rig maker, has received orders totalling $200 million. These orders are for oil rigs which have to be delivered by 1977. They Include four drill-ships, two Jack-ups, two tenders and one semi submersible drilling rig. FELS
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        210 16 New York, Wednesday. —The stock market, aided by some favourable news, closed higher yesterday in moderately active trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Stanoard and Poor's 500-stock index was up 0.64 at 69.47. Advances led declines 795 tn 544 among the 1,803 Issues crossing thr> tape. Turnover
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        Dow Jones
        36 16 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 6X7.26 (up 5.32), 20 transport 146 82 (up 0 85), 15 utilities 66.94 (up 0.70), 65 stocks 200.35 (up 1.63).
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        TOKYO
        203 16 Share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange staged a moderate rally to stretch their gaining streak to three days. After pushing up 157 yen in two straight sessions ,the market opened mixed on cautions sentiment with renewed buyings in hidden assets and fiscal spendings on expectation of a change
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        PARIS
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        SYDNEY
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        ZURICH
        67 16 Zurich Stock Exchange closing prices yesterday: UBS 2495 5 SBC 425 3 Credit Suisse 2110 —10 Swissair B. 394 4 Swiss Relnsur 1725 5 Wlnterthur B. 1370 —3a Zurich Insur. 6000 Juvena B. 750 Ne-.tle B 2345 Interfood B. 2050 —50 Clba-Oelgy B. 1285 10 Baby Roche 7275 —28
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      Lock icon Limit to period for action
      207 16 Reuter Brussels, Wednesday Common Market justice ministers yesterday limited the period for action against business firms breaking the rules of free competition. The period varies between three and five years depending on the kind of infringement. The limit concerns mainly breaches of free competition in
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      Market report
      233 16 Bears took to the floor in droves yesterday, knocking down many counters to new lows. They were firmly in control all the way. The nervous selling was evident right from the opening bell. And nothing appeared able to stop the selling tide which reached its height in the
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      Lock icon 75,000 Danes call on PM to quit
      150 16 Reuter Copenhagen, Wednesday Some 75,000 Danes demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Poul Hartling marched on Chr istiansborg Palace here yesterday at the climax of a nationwide protest against rising unemployment. Earlier an estimated 10.000 to 15,000 engineering. construction and dock workers went
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  • SPORTS
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      Dearth of topclass Aussie athletes
      287 17 Sydney, Wednesday In the past 20 years. Australia has produced some of the world's fastest sprinters and distance runners. The flying spikes of athletes such as John Landy, Marjorle Jackson, Ron Clarke, Herb Elliott, Pam Kllborn and Ralph Doubell have shattered an array of world
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      They've got the crowds in a whirl!
      1168 20  -  Ludmila the beauty and champ—but Olga's the star SOVIET GYMNASTS ARE COMING TO SINGAPORE NEXT MONTH By BOB MACDONALD Ludmila Turlscheva is more beautiful than Olga Korbut. She is shapelier, longer legged, more womanly. She is also a better gymnast and she has
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      SNOOKER FAMILY 'SECRET'
      165 21 Eddie Charlton, Australian and international snooker champion and his wife, Gloria, believe a programme of disci p 1 i n e and relaxation is the secret of happy family life. With three children, aged between 21 and 12, the Charltons are a united family group, despite the
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      Jacob the top seed in 'Met'
      701 22  -  SQUASH RACKETS Hill is not defending his title by Eric Cooper The Metropolitan YMCA will hold their annual squash champ i on s h 1 ps from Saturday at Palmer Road. Starting from scratch four years ago, the MYMCA have built up an enthusiastic
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      Lock icon Congress on modern sport
      104 22 Reuter Moscow, Wednesday— An International congress on sport In the modern society opened officially here yesterday with over 900 delegates from 45 countries participating. The five-day congress, held under the auspices of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, will examine the whole range of
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      Olympism —its meaning and its aims
      452 22  -  By S.S. DHILLON 01 ymp i s m promotes and developes the fine physical and moral qualities of man. Through amateur sport, the Olympic Movement brings together the athletes of the world in a great quadrennial festival of sports, hoping to create international respect
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      Lock icon 'Inflation' threat to boxing
      595 23 The danger of big purses United Press International New York, Wednesday "Muhammad All says he Is keeping boxing alive, but actually he's destroying It." How's tnat again? Harry Markson, former g resident of Madison quare Garden boxing grinned. "You gotta understand," Harry said, "What I mean
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      Lock icon Leaping Lucy saves in time
      75 23 Lucy Chow, the Singapore Bank Employees "A" team coalkeeper makes a good save from Seow Kwee Eng of the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees during the NTUC netball matcb at the National Stadium yesterday. Using long passes and accurate shooting, the Bankers dominated play throughout
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      22 23 London, Wednesday Captain Mark Phillip*, husband of Princess Anne yesterday, received an award as Kritaln's Equestrian Sports Personality of the Year.
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      162 23 By BLUE PETEB Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday Shinta with* apprentice M.C. Lam astride, showed striking form In a 3f gallop In 37 2/5 on the sand track here this morning. The going remained ■oft and only a few horses went fast on the sand. Amalatip went easily
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      98 23 Reuter Auckland. Wednesday Brian Fairtie, Onny Parun and Jeffrey and Russell Simpson were named as the New Zealand lawn tennis team (or the Davis Cup tie against South Vietnam here this weekend. The South Vietnamese team are due to arrive this afternoon. Falrlle and Parun have
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      1-0 victory
      56 23 London, Wednesday. Results of last night's football matches: English F. A. Cup (Ist rd)— Hereford U 1 Ollllngham 0; Swansea City 1 Kettering Town 1. First m round replays Cambridge U 3 Hltchln 0; Maidstone U 2 Nuneaton 0; Preston 5 Blyth Spartans 1, Leather head 2 Bishops
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      267 21 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ammu h nam aai aaBBBB ai mmmmmmu ■am a aaaaa ai ***** 8888 ACROSS 1 Golf stroke 5 Bubble 9 Karate hits 14 And elsewhere: Abbr. 15 account (not under any circumstances) 16 Homer hitter Hank 17 City In Sicily 18 Revolutionary War battle 20 Humorously, the
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      119 22 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom teW MOW ABOUT TWtS COMBI^CT it! TH&N SAVJJ a?M\Uk, m m Wm i? 3 8 1 n Si IS RIP KIRBY >W CONSHMTOR3 PR£PME TO I£AVE OCACK T&W /SIAMP... by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson •39%! m m. cs? •11 s f™» «"\Kw .WS.
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      58 23 the most talked about night spot in town tM t., P Bands. Golden Million Orchestra led by Wong Hi-Jacks! Vocalists. Chen Chin Pei WANG-HUA Lee Chia Loo Sia Kai Ching Ling Seow Tim Sum lunch 11 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (music/songs) Restaurant 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (music/'songs) Nite
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      454 23 AT THE CINEMA «T. THE EXORCIST: The controversial film version of William Peter Blatty's best seller Is destined to be a horror masterpiece. Directed superbly by William Frledkln with top grade performances from Linda Blair as Regan, Ellen Burstyn as the actress mother, Jason Miller as Father Karras. Max von
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    28 24 S'PORE GIRL and she's pretty as a picture Marian Burt Bashir, 19, is an iceskating enthusiast who is also keen on modelling. Pic- tur e by SULAIMAN ISMAIL
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    198 24  -  /SmSSj^ By JJ. Workers today are being pampered, declared Mr. Woh Ler in his sup e rluxurious office yesterday. Lolling around h1 s wall-to-wall carpeted room, he added: "Why should they want cool comfort? Look at me. I don't Insist on an alr- conditloned office. I need
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    53 24 AH FOOK: Things will never be the same. How can the dead rest in peace if the customary music cannot be piayed during funeral processions? MEI LIN: This prohibition may seem harsh to you, but it does mean that the living can now rest in peace and quiet
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      570 24 V asm SINGAPORE S 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS folr lowed by TATAPAN MINGGUAN (M) 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.35 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING 4.00 PERSEMBAHAN KU (M) (r) 4.15 GENERAL HOSPITAL Stories Involving the staff, doctors and patients of a busy metropolitan hospital. Starring John Bernadine as Dr.
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      484 24 SHOW of the Pay WEDNESDAY DOCUMENTARY (9.45 over Channel Five). Tonight's episode in the series, World At War, is entitled The Bomb. It brings us back to August 6, 1945, when a B-29 bomber dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima (a second bomi) was dropped four days later
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