New Nation, 16 April 1975

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday April 16, 1975 No. *308 Price 20 cents M.C.(P) 489/75 WEDNESDAY. APRIL 16. 1975
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  • Article, Illustration
    Tarzan boy of Pulau Ubin
    525 1  -  By Peter Ong He Is two-and-a-half years old and he Is uncanny. Villagers of Pulau Übin call him Tarzan Boy. And for good reason. He U Hazali bin Maruf. friend and mentor of wild monkeys on the island. Hazali even ■hares his food with them.
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    Lock icon Blood bath
    288 1 One million may be executed if Saigon falls to the Reds, says Schlesinger Reuter Washington, Wednesday US Defence Secretary James Schlesinger said yesterday that as many as one million South Vietnamese might be executed If Saigon falls to the communists. Mr. Bchleslnger told members of the House of
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      23 1 INSIDE: EXAM SPECIAL FOR SCHOOLS STOCK MARKET P. 2 WHAT'S ON, TIDES P. 4 WEATHER P. 6 CINEMAS P. 18 COMICS P. 19
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      JTC will deal with the crocs in Jurong
      160 2 The Jurong Town Corporation Is prepared to deal with the potential danger posed by crocodile* In the Chinese and Japanese gardens. There had been numerous sightings of the reptiles even as far back as 1970. As a result, the JTC has arranged
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      A gang is crippled by police
      216 2 Six held and four on the run By Bharathl Mohan Folice have crippled .a secret society which was trying to establish power in the new Woodlands Housing Estate. Altogether, six members of the G1 Leng Hor gang were arrested by detectives from the Buklt
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      Dancing is all that Kee Juan wants
      245 2 "If I could dance on stage for the rest of my life, I would be the happiest person on earth." This is the dream of Peter Han Kee Juan, 17, the lead dancer In the Rogers and Hammersteln muslcale, Carousel/ The son 'of
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      Record turnout at big show
      384 2 FROM THE 00G HOUSE BY PO When you are at a dog show trying to watch two rings simultaneously and keeping an eye on the clock to meet a deadline, it is impossible to give an adequate coverage of what is going on. The last
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      184 2 Share prices continued t-» Improve when the Stock Exchange of Singapore opened this morning. Bank stocks were actively sought higher, particular D3.S. Buklt Sembawang was temporarily suspended following the company's announcement of a capital repayment of SO centa Cer share to all shareaiders subject to approval by
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      OUR ROADS
      10 2 Police reported 84 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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      'Quit notice too short'
      256 3  -  Tenants of Dorset and Durham estates unhappy By Wang Look Fung Residents of Durham and Dorset Estates have complained that the Housing and Development Board gave them insufficient notice to vacate their flats. They were told by the HDB last week to move out by the
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      Old lane known only to few...
      134 3 This is the road known chiefly to the postman and the police. According to residents of Lorong Pulai, passers-by along busy Bras Basah Road always fall to notice the old narrow lane. This is not surprising as the alley Is only big enough to
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      S'poreans offered a summer course in Japan
      161 4 About 40 Asian student*, including six from Singapore, will be selected for summer course scholarships at Sophia University, Japan. The course, which Is designed to "provide a balanced picture of Asia and the relationships among the countries," Is the first to be organised
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      The woes and fears of taxi-drivers
      470 4 The new 'squeeze-us -off-the-roads' rules Taxi-drivers here are driven to neardespair by the many recently enforced traffic regulations. And they fear they may be squeezed off the roads soon if some thing is not done. This was pointed out by the chairman of the
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      Body found
      25 4 Marine Police yesterday recovered the body of Seah Kim, Huat, 10, who was drowned on Monday while swimming at the sea off Ponggol.
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      SHUTTLE BUSES: LIST OF ROUTES
      276 4 Directions on bus routes Into the city area will be provided at fringe area bus stops when the area licensing scheme comes into effect In June this year. The directions will be mainly descriptions of routes that shuttle buses will take into the Central Business
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      Tougher parking problem soon
      135 4 Motorists who are already flndinf it difficult to park their vehicles in certain areas will have an even harder time when the Central Business District (CBD) scheme is enforced from June 1. At present, there are 144,137 ears and station wagons to about 82.000 parking lots,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      383 4 122SE The Singapore Science Centre In conjunction y"h the Science and Industry Quiz 1975 organising committee of the Bclence Council of SE SfdBTS students at the science Centre lecture hall from 2.30 p.m. to 4 pjn. Adslon Is free. live local artists are holding an EXHIBITION with the theme on
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon 'Big Red assault on Saigon in a week'
      285 5 UPI Reuter Saigon, Wednesday Communist units probed Saigon's defen s i v e perimeter yesterday as unconfirmed reports of a major build-up to the east and west fed fears that a major assault on the capital was about to be launched. Military
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      Lock icon Deadlock on agenda for oil talks
      194 5 Reuter Paris, Wednesday Talks for a world energy conference collapsed today, officials said. The end of the first dialogue between major oil producer and consumer nations followed 10 days of protracted negotiations. The 10-sided conference collapsed after failing to agree on an agenda for
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      Lock icon Dick Conte dies
      54 5 Reuter Los Angeles, Wednesday.—Richard Conte, the actor who spent most of his film career playing gangsters and sadistic villains, died In hospital yesterday. He was 01. Conte was admitted to the medical centre at the University of California here In critical condition on April 3 after suffering
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      Lock icon Cutback
      24 5 United Press International Bonn, Wednesday. West Germany's ailing Volkswagen car company yesterday announced a 25.000-man cutback In Its labour force. n n it-
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      Lock icon Lisbon govt takes over
      131 5 United Press International Lisbon, Wednesday The government last night nationalised Portugal's basic industries and Introduced a system of price controls In an effort to bring the nation's labour movement under control. Prime Minister Vasco Goncalves said all transportation lines, electricity companies and firms Involved in the
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      Lock icon PLANS TO RESUME TALKS IN GENEVA
      376 6 Reuter Cairo, Wednesday President Anwar Sadat said here yesterday that preparations were being made to reconvene the Middle East peace conference in Geneva. Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy was currently holding consultations with both the United States and the Soviet Union over the date of
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      Lock icon Accord ends the wine war
      100 6 Reuter Luxembourg, Wednesday Common Market Farm Ministers reached agreement last night putting an end to the wine war between France and Italy, EEC officials said. The accord, under which several million hectolitres of surplus wine will be distilled Into industrial alcohol at Community expense, will-
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      118 6 United Press International Hew York, Wednesday A young Florida housewife was charged with murder by setting fire to her husband after surprising him in bed with a house guest last weekend, police said today. Judith Jackson, 28, was recovering from burns and smoke inhalation suffered when she
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      Lock icon US: our full weight is behind the allies
      384 6 United Press International New York, Wednesday Defence Secretary James R. Schleslnger said last night that the United States will continue to play Its role in supporting Its allies despite setbacks In Southeast Asia. He warned that an attack by either east or
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      Lock icon Arab bid for the Garden
      151 6 Reuter New York, Wednesday Arab oil Interest want to bay Madison Square Garden New Y or k's famous indoor sports arena—bat the Garden's top man says it is not for sale to them. Mr. Donald Train#, real estate consultant far the Garden said two groups
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      Lock icon Drinkers hit out at tax hike
      223 6 Reuter Glasgow, Wednesday Dismayed drinkers poured more scorn than whisky In the bars of Scotland last night. They had Just heard that their national beverage had been drastically increased in price by the Budget proposals announced in London. 'Td like to drown the Chancellor
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      Lock icon Manila claim on Sabah
      91 6 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Wed. Malaysian Minister for Information and Special Functions for Foreign Affairs, Tenglcu Ahmad Rlthauddeen, told the Senate yesterday that the Philippines government had not dropped its claim to the East Malaysian state of Sabah. The minister who was replying to a member's question
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      Lock icon TODAY
      84 6 United Press International TODAY is Wednesday, April 16, the 106 th day of 1975 with 259 to follow. THE MOON Lb approaching its first quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS Are Venus and Saturn. Those bom this date are under the sign of
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      Lock icon Mandate for Sikkim, India merger
      166 6 Reuter New Delhi. Wednesday —The people of Sikkim have given a massive mandate to their government in favour of merging their tiny Himalayan kingdom with India, it was reported here yesterdav. The Press Trust of India (PTI) agency said In a report from Oangtok, the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      223 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Rain likea. 48-40F, 9-4 C. Headle: Reds three miles from Phnom Penh refugees jam main road to city Saigon troops holding Xuan Loc. San Francisco Showers, 48-36F, 9-2 C. Headline: Demos balk at Ford plan to evacuate Vietnamese. Tokyo Cloudy, 7054F, 21-12 C. Headline: Senate Panel
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      428 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a trusting, tfarm-heart-ed Individual who may be more Inclined to rush Into clcse personal relationship* than Is wise. Although with your reason you know that firm, fast friendships are built only with time and effort, you ore often taken
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Getting ahead at the start
      774 7  -  Many grab the first job offered By Florence Tan For most students, leaving school and going on to And employment is a dire step which definitely calls for guidance. Many youths, anxious to get started, grab the first Job offered much to their dissatisfaction later
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  • OPINION
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      No bouquet budget in Britain
      392 8 With the country's economic difficulties plainly visible to all, it is doubtful that anyone in Britain had expected Chancellor Healey's 4th budget in just a little over a year, to be a painless one. So convinced were the British that new taxes would be levied
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
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        Bet on the golf course
        74 8 A golfing friend had a fright at the BIOC last week. He agreed to a two, two, four wager with his threesome, (one a stranger), thinking It was the usual two golf balls for each round and four for the game. When the time for
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        Killed for mis-fit
        70 8 Did you see that story last week about the man who stabbed two tailors because they had not made his pants the way he liked? He was only doing what many would like to do to their tailors If the murderous feelings expressed by some of my
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      Sorry, full up
      120 8  -  CHARLES TAN Commuters in Havelock Road and Commonwealth Drive have to depend entirely on bus 198 to get to and from work The 198 buses are packed every morning by the time they reach Commonwealth Drive, and the drivers refuse to stop to pick up more passengers.
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      Review police methods
      246 8  -  ff VOICE OF THE PRESS SIN CHEW JIT POH This year's anticrime campaign will begin on June 1. The theme is informing and identifying the criminals to the police. There are many reasons why some victims of crime fall to report to the police in time or
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      IT'S A BAD TIME FOR THE-ISMS
      609 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON It seems to be a tho r o ughly bad year for those -isms which are usually believed to rule the affairs of East Asia. First or all, the free forces of Vletnam e s e capitalism (not
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      To work 'n back
      86 8  -  M.S. VASUDEVAN NAIR I take this opportunity to write on behalf of those working In Kim Seng Road and the Great World Park areas who have been offered Housing Board flats In Telok Blangah Drive. Not a single bus runs from Kim Seng Road or River
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      £ costs more here
      67 8  - costs more here F. K. Would the authorities kindly let me know the exchange rate for one English pound (£1). On April 9 I bought a 40-pence British postal order at Farrer Road post office and was charged $3.20 for It. This means the exchange rate Is el*ht dollars to
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      Awaiting
      45 8  -  TAN BAN HUAT Public Relations Officer, Housing and Development Board, Singapore, 2. This Is In reply to the letter by Waiting (NN, 27.3.75). Your correspondent is requested to furnish his registration number to the board's sales office so that we can advise him accordingly.
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  • FEATURE
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      KENNEDY KILLING: A NEW PROBE LIKELY
      802 9  -  From Robert Andrews A growing web of unrelated disclosures, events land allegations could cause a reopening of the investigation into Jchn F. Kennedy's assassination. There's a spreading stain of suspicion that Kennedy might have been the victim of a plot involving the Central Intelligence
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
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      CORIOLANUS
      2870 10/11 A man tortured by conflicts within himself... Heroic, hut he fails miserably as a politician and as a diplomat There are five strands of conflict in this play, all tightly woven together to form the plot New Nation today presents the first of a two-part study of Corlolanus, one
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      Lock icon LONDON'S GLOBE
      615 10/11 British Information Services The Globe Theatre stands on the south bank of London's River Thames. It was at the Qlobe that Hamlet rfnd Julius Caesar were first p e r f or med, and Shakespeare himself was one of the principal actors there. The original Globe Theatre was
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  • PLEASURE
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      Top grossers give lift to Hollywood
      477 12  -  CINEMA BY EDGAR KOH On which movies did you spend your money last year? From the list of 1974 top-grossers, Hollywood seems to be back in popularity with Singaporeans after the lunatic runaway spree by the five French Crazy Boys the previous year. No
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      ROCKS AND BALLADS FROM MAGGIE
      541 12  -  POPS IV JEAN LI MAGGIE BELL: SUICIDE SAL (POLYDOR): It Is a pity, Indeed, that Maggie Bell's talents should go almost unnoticed by a majority of roc/: audience. After her dazzling solo album, Queen of the Night, she still has diffl- c u 1 ty
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      Baby is not set to say bye, bye
      158 12 Two newcomers on the scene There Is little change In the London pop music charts this week with Bye Bye Baby by Scotland's Bay City Rollers maintaining the No. 1 position. There's A Whole Lot Of Loving by Guys and Dolls takes
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      208 12 SINGAPORE •Jwl NEW YORK 1 (1) Lady Marmalade: La Belle 2 (2) Bnookeroo/No No Song: Bingo Starr 2 (4) I'm Btone In Lore With You: Johnny Mathls 4 (4) Pick Up The Pieces: Average White Band 5 (9) Philadelphia Freedom: Elton John C (S) January: Pilot 7 (2) What Am
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  • TREND
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      Lock icon My foot! So Carrie sits pretty
      97 13 Even the best shod feet can got tired tramping round the miles and miles of corridors In a department store. That's why Carrie is having a sit-down and feet-up breather before padding round some more. It's also a surefire way to draw attention to
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      Lock icon Snaring him with style
      377 13  -  IT'S DONE IN MAN-CATCHER FASHION Peggy Massin Reuter The slender sil-houette-look Is back and the full blown chemise has faded out. The new flgureflttlng fashion—unanimously endorsed after 10 days of autumn and winter ready-to-wear collections—calls for diets and girdles next autumn. The new look is a
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      Lock icon WHO'S GAME TO PLAY?
      319 13 Shop Around If you like company but don't care too much for puocrawling sessions try playing games. Not the coy come-on or femme fa tale tyfce to score with that removing target of the evening, but parlour games. Yes, parlour games are getting popular again, according
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  • FINANCE
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      US investors move in...
      319 14 NEW YORK The stock market reached another new 1975 high yesterday as cash-laden investors, seeing a brighter economic picture, pushed prices higher in the ninth heaviest trading session in New York Stock Exchange history. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 8.13 points to 815.06 its highest
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      Dow Jones
      34 14 Dow Jones drains stock averages on New York Stock Exchange yesterday: SO Industrials 818 08 (up •.13), 20 transport 100.71 (up 1.13), IB utilities 70.34 (off 0.03), 06 stock* 240.14 (up 1.90).
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      PARIS
      74 14 Closing prices In francs on Parte Bourse yesterday: Part baa 173 +3 Fonder 357 +.50 Prtntempa 91.10 +.50 COE 336 +8 Bull 35 00 —.20 Royal Dutch 145.60 +.10 Mlchelln 1140 Thomson 198.10 +1.60 CFP 135 +1.80 Rhone 143 unch. Air 364 —.50 BSN 594 unch. Philips 48 unch.
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      SYDNEY
      90 14 Price* at 11.30 a-i n. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Allstate nil 10 Beach 17 1« Bridge 00 10 Cleveland nil S3 Endeavour 14 10 Pllnd 30c Opt 034 Inter Mln M MVfc 03 Kambalda 00 Vi OL Kath Inv 100 104 Kla Ora IB It
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      Lock icon Prices drift after rally
      184 14 TOKYO DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd. The Tokyo stock market drifted lower on« aimless trading despite a favourable tone at the outset. Encouraged by the sharp overnight advance In the New York stocks, and the government's decision to cut the official discount rate by 0.5 p.c. shares
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      ZURICH
      89 14 Thll service Is from thhe Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices In Swiss franca on the Zurich Stock Exchange ye&terdsy: CBS B. 3005 35 UBS R. SBC 533 Credit Suisse 2690 20 Swissair B 4M 4 Swiss Relnsur. 2100 io Wtaterthur B. I960 io Zurich In pur. 7060 60
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      Guthrie earns $18.2m
      155 14 Guthrie has turned in better than expected results last year, according to the company's preliminary announcement yesterday. Pre-tax pronts at $18.2 million were 28.7 per cent higher than those of 1973. And this profit growth came with only 23 per cent in- crease in turnover to $225
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      Market report
      173 14 Share prices rose hiflter in steady trading in the Singapore stock market yesterday- Almost all traded counters advanced. The price climb was the second in a row this week encouraged by persistent gains in overseas markets in spite of the dismal picture on the Indochina front. The opening
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      488 14 In the image of asia The Regent of Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE A/RUNES A yrcat way to fly NEW NATION Win two tickets to the Merdeka Cup semi-finals and Final, two SIA return oir ticket# to Kuala Lumpur and four niahts at The Regent of Kuala Lumpur. All you hove to
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      848 16 United Press International Miami Beach (Florida), Wednesday World heavyweight champion Muhammad All challenged George Foreman yesterday to a three-round exhibition match as part of the former champion's television fight against five fighters on April 26. All said 11 Foreman "can prove worthy" during the
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      707 16  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Several years ago I predicted that there were so many computers In operation in the United States that there would soon be a data famine In the country. I said that, unless new methods were developed to produce data,
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      All getting fit for 'National'
      819 17  -  SQUASH RACKETS by Eric Cooper When the National championships begin on Saturday at Holland Road, Raffles Institution, Police Academy and SICC simultaneously, I am sure the plajters participating will take to the courts fitter than for any previous tournament. Stories of early morning runs, of
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      158 17 Reuter Monfego Bay (Jamaica), Wednesday Allrounder Collls King hit 14 fours and a six In an unbeaten 103 In 129 minutes as Barbados easily held off Jamaica to ensure a draw In their final Shell Shield match at Jarrett Park yesterday. Although King kept the
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      223 17 United Press International London, Wednesday Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, yesterday called for an end to political discrimination in sport. prince Philip, presiding over the Central Council of Physical Recreation's annual general meeting In London, said, "I think it is unacceptable that eilitlcs
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      Anderson to be technical adviser for super-league
      306 18  -  By JEFFREY LOW Everton coach Ray Anderson has confirmed that he will arrive In Singapore next month to become technical adviser to the F.A. of Singapore. In a telephone conversation with FAS deputy chairman N. Oanesan early yesterday morning, tne 32-year-old former manager
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      520 18  -  By C.K. YONG A goal by Du Rahman sent Group "A* leaders, Geylang Serai Vocational closer to the Post-secondary soccer title when they beat Victoria 1-0 at Farrer Park yesterday. Suffering their second defeat in six matches so far, fifth-positioned Victoria went out
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      Niki wins
      32 18 London, Wednesday— Nikl Lauda of Austria drove a new Ferralri to a narrow victory ahead of Brazil's Emerson Flttlpaldl In the International Trophy race for Formula One cars at Sllverstone.
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      96 19 The Singapore Badminton Association Junior lnter-club team championships begin tonight at the SBA Hall at 7.30. A total of 19 clubs will be participating in the five-day tournament with 10 of them playing the first round this evening. The date for the final has
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      127 19 million for Merdeka soccer Reuter Kuala Lumpur Wednesday The Football Association of Malaysia will spend at least $500,000 to hold the 18th Merdeka football tournament here from July 29 to August 17, FAM secretary Datuk Kwok Kin Keng said yesterday. Datuk Kwok said the association had Invited Bangladesh, Burma, Ctembodla,
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      S. Koreans for US
      71 19 Seoul. Wednesday A 10-member South Korean contingent. Including leading world players Lea Ailesa and Chung Hytto-Sook. will compete K the US international open table tennis championships In Houston from May 22 to 25. Lee and Chung led the South Korean team who won the Cbctollllon Cup
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      Easy win
      35 19 London. Wednesday No Alimony Justified his rating as 6-5 favourite by striding away to a comfortable victory here yesterday In the Ladbroke Craven Stakes, the first classic trial of the English Flat season.
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      624 19 Reuter Gothenburg, Wednesday Scottish manager Willie Ormond yesterday left skipper Billy Bremner and the four other Leeds players out of his line-up to play Sweden In a friendly soccer international here today. Rangers' Sandy Jarrilne takes over as captain and the omission of the
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      Narrow win for Orient
      58 19 London, Wednesday British football results: English Division 2 Orient 1 Bristol City ft. Division 3 Plymouth 1 Colchester. 0. Division 4 Northampton 1 Torquay 1; Newport 2 Reading 2; Scunthorpe I Brentford 2: Workington 1 Hartlepool 1. Scottish Division 1 Alrdrieonlans 5 Dunfermline 2. Division 2
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      386 18 AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN: The scene shifts to South-east Asia as Bond (Roger Moore) tracks Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) who Is feared throughout the es{ilonage world as a proesslonal assassin with a very ostentations hand weapon. Lido: 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.15. PHANTOM OF
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    33 20 AH FOOK: I had a wonderful Sunday watching TV. How about you? MEI LIN: I was bored to death having to waste six hours of my time watching nine repeat programmes.
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