New Nation, 16 May 1975

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Friday May 16, 1975 No. 1334 Price 20 cents M.C.(P) 489/75 FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1975
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  • Article, Illustration
    Yong's warning
    607 1  -  Tough new measures to beat the wasteful problem of congestion By Rav Dhaliwal The government 13 determined to "crack down on the frustrating and wasteful problem of traffic congestion In the city area" the fight of which has already cost more than $7 million, the Minister for Communications,
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  • Article
    Lock icon Mayaguez sails for Singapore
    382 1 Reuter New York, Friday The Mayagufez sails into Singapore tomorrow and "the world" will be invited to Inspect the ship and its cargo and talk to the crew to prove that it is not a spy vessel. Mr. Michael McEvoy, chairman of the company which owns
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  • Article
    The Ali fight on TV...
    95 1 Kuala Lumpur, Friday —The world heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ail and Ron Lyle at Las Vegas will be telecast "live" over Television Malaysia tomorrow morning at 11. "Arrangements are In hand to have the fight telecast live," said a spokesman. "Barring accidents and other
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  • Article
    ... but not the cup final
    94 1 but not the cup final Attempts by RTB to bring a live telecast of this year's European Cup final to Singapore soccer fans have fallen through because of time difference and prohibitive costs. The final, between Leeds United of England and Bayern. Munich of West Germany, is scheduled for May
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      20 1 See Page 5 STOCK EXCHANGE P CINEMAS P. 12 WHAT'S ON. TIDES P. 4 COMICS WEATHER P MONEYWOROS P. 11
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      It's off to a slow start but the few are happy
      497 2  -  By Veronica Leng The 90 shuttle buses started operatlop at 7.30 a.m. today at the 15 fringe car parks but there were hardly any passengers. A NEW NATION team which visited the various car parks found the buses there
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      OUR ROADS
      10 2 Police reported 87 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      150 2 Yesterday's firm close on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yielded this morning under pro-fit-taking. Losses were marginal, however. BUSINESS DONE: First Bectlon 8. Darby (18) 3.18. (1) 3.20, (15) 3.16. Sett.: (1) 3.20. (2) 3.18, (3) 3.16. 8. Finance (16) 1.82, (1) 1.83, (1) 1.80, (7) 1.81.
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      SOCCER TOUTS CRIPPLED...
      452 3  -  Football fans warned: Don't buy your tickets from the gangs at stadium... By Douglas Chap Customs have crippled a syndicate of ticket touts cashing in on the current soccer fever with the arrest of the ring leader and one of his agents. The syndicate is one of
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      THE KILLERS AT HOME
      262 4 Toddlers up to two years old and people of 55 apd above were the main victims In the 70 fatal home accidents last year. The majority died from fall* and drowning. Choking was also a common cause of death for toddlers and very old people. "Where
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      Rscket in beef smuggling
      257 4  -  Speed-boats from Johore used By Peter Ong At least 450 kilograms (*****b) of fresh beef are being smuggled into Singapore from Johore every week. Informed sources said the smugglers use speedboats which land at the Punggol and Tampines beaches early In the morning. The base of
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      The end of the road for 1000 'L' riders
      176 4 At least 1000 learner motor c y clists will be driven off the road if they do not pass their highway code and riding tests by the end of this year. These riders were issued with provisional driving licences more than
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      Blood bank
      25 4 Hie Blood Transfusion Service's mobile team will hold a blood donation session at St. Mark's Hospital between 9 a.m. and noon on Sunday.
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      Charity trip
      27 4 The YMCA of Singapore will organise a trip to Kota Tlnggl waterfalls on June 1 as a fundraising project for the spastic children of Singapore.
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      126 4 Are you coiiq)atible, or does it disagree withvou? It's not always possible, even for a doctor, to give the proper attention to his stomach. A very Busy surgery, emergency calls, perhaps a hurried lunch pressure and harassment that can lead the stomach to rebel. In many other walks of life
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      297 4 WHAT'S ON The Exp e r 1 mental Theatre Club will present THREE MODERN AMERICAN FLATS at the Cultural centre at 8.30 p.m. Mr. Harry Martinez will hold a TALK AND DEMONSTRATION ON THE HAWAIIAN GUITAR at the National Library at 7 p.m. Those attending should bring their guitars along.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Marines are lifted out
      485 5 Reuter and UPI Washington, Friday About 160 US ms rines were snatched by helicopter from a tiny island yesterday after being pinned down for 15 hours by Cambodian gunfire during an air-and-sea rescue mission that freed the American freignter Mayaguez and its 39-man crew. It was
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      Lock icon Kukrit's govt. to meet on US actions
      237 5 Reuter Bangkok. Friday. The Thai Cabinet meets today on a welter of diplomatic problems expected to follow the US sea and air attack on neighbouring Cambodia. Heading the agenda will be how to handle reationa with Washington, which used the air base at
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      Lock icon ASEAN nations 'concerned'
      130 5 United Press International Kuala Lumpur, Friday. Diplomats attending the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Association of South-east Av.an Nations viewed "with grave concern" the recapture of the Mayaguez and crew by U.S. marines, an official said yesterday. Thailand's Foreign Minister C h a r 11 chal
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      Lock icon AN ASEAN SUMMIT
      105 6 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Friday Foreign Ministers of the flve-natlon Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed on a meeting of ASEAN heads of government, Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik said yesterday. Mr. Malik told reporters at a Joint Press conference by the ministers that the annual
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      Lock icon Rabin gets tough...
      245 6 'No more Israeli peace moves' Reuter Tel Aviv, Friday Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin yesterday refused to make further concessions for a Middle East settlement and said Israel must maintain tight secu- rity against any Arab attack. Mr. Rabin spoke as defonce forces were on the alert along
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      Lock icon Pledge by Shah
      55 6 Reuter Washington, Friday The Shah of Iran arrived here yesterday for a four-day visit and promised President Ford that he would co-operate with the United States in creating a new world of equality and Justice. Mr. Ford said his talks would "explore new dimensions of harmonising the
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      Lock icon Slump hits tanker operators
      244 6 Reuter London, Friday. The world-wide slump In the demand for oil has left oil companies with a massive surplus of tankers and refining facilities, Shell Oil Company chairman Sir Frank McFadzean said yesterday. Sir Frank said tanker operators would have to cancel shipyard orders for another
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      Lock icon 50 years...
      41 6 Reuter London, Friday Mrs. Ethel Richardson, 54, died as a result of injuries she received in a road accident almost 50 years ago, when she became an epileptic after her skull was fractured, an inquest in York was told.
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      Lock icon China envoy for EEC soon
      192 6 Reuter and UPI Brussels, F r 1 d a y.— China is to become the first major communist country to name an ambassador to the European Community (EEC) and open talks for a long term trade accord "in the coming months," EEC Commission Vicepresident for
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      Lock icon TODAY
      118 6 United Press International TODAY Is Friday, May 16, the 136 th day of 1975 with 229 to follow. THE MOON Is approaching Its first quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign
      United Press International  -  118 words
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      Lock icon Fock resigns as PM
      46 6 Reuter Budapest, Friday, Hungarian Prime Minister Jenoe Fock resigned yesterday after eight years in the government post, and was replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Gyoergy Lazar. The government said it had accepted Mr. Fock's request for retirement "considering his state of health."
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      53 6 Reuter riaiwl! V W Th,e ves broke Into Milan's Gallery of Modern Art last night and stole 38 modern masterpieces. 19 of which had been ren»R%«yiPOlj£L a mont ago Allowing a previous theft in February. The paintings, cream of Hlnn rvs press,onlst collection, are worth 5000 million
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      220 6 WORLD WEATHER New York—Cloudy, 5973F. 15-22 C. Headline: US forces free seized ship and its crew, land on Island, bomb Cambodia airfield American planes destroy three patrol boats. Tokyo Cloudy. 6177 F, 16-25 C. Headline: Thailand orders US to withdraw marines. San Francisco Fair, 45-67F, 7-19 C. Headline: Marines battle
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Export setback
      867 7  -  Sharp fall in prices and demand the reasons by Ismail Kassim Sharp drops in the prices of Singapore's major export items coupled with the declining demand for them have caused havoc to our export promotion drives. Official trade figures for the first two months of this year show
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      173 7 BRAND NEW AIRCONDITIONED CARS WITH RADIO CASSETTE WITH SPECIAL RATE FOR LONG TERM LEASE. Kindly contact: HAPPY CAR RENTAL TOURS PTE. LTD. Hotel Premier Nattim Hill S'pore 10. Tel: *****2. Cathay Pacific's Special Announcement Patricia Sect has great pleasure in announcing Cathay Pacific's new schedules designed especially to give you
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  • OPINION
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      Mayaguez sets Ford afloat again
      372 8 Amidst the cacophony of stridently conflicting opinions among Americans on President Ford's handling of the Mayaguez affair, relatives and friends of the two marines killed by the Khmer Rouge will inevitably ask: Was It not possible to rescue the ship and crew without resorting to
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      A poor, confused PRO
      130 8 [whispers fg> No wonder reporters prefer getting their information about w h a t's happening about education In Singapore from prinpaU; than from the Ministry Itself. Recently, a colleague asked an officer in the Ministry whether she could Interview someone about the education system in Singapore.
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      Action on exhausts
      114 8  -  TAY SOON HOE I refer to the letter. Wipe Out The Fog by Pollution Stinks (NN., 27.3.75). Action is being taken to reduce smoky exhausts from buses and taxis. In 1974, a total of 3832 buses and 420 taxis were booked by the traffic police. Besides being
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      It's all one warfare
      295 8  -  C VOICE OF THE PRESS 4 NANYANG SIANG PAU The oif-and-on Laotian war which lasted 20 years and the Cambodian war which lasted five years were In essence byproducts of the Vietnam war. Now that the Vietnam war and the Cambodian war have ended, it is
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      THE APPEAL REDS HAVE IN S-E ASIA
      584 8  -  FRIDAY WITH PANG CHENG LIAN PANG CHENG LIAN What is so appealing about the communist ideology that communism should flourish so well in this area of the world? Like democracy and socialism, communism Is essentially an Import from the temperate West. Though Mao
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      'Cover-up' rule
      106 8  -  TEO HAN WUE Public Relations Officer, Singapore Police Force. Singapore, 1. I refer to the letter. Shattering Menace, by Concerned (NN, 20.3.75). This is to Inform the writer that Rule 24 of the Road Traffic Rules, 1950 states "whenever It may be necessary to prevent the contents from
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      Crossing aids
      41 8  -  HENDRICK KOH I refer to the letter. Where to Cross, by Tay Ming Liang <NN. 24.3.75). The Roads Branch of the Public Works Department Is looking Into the feasibility of erecting signs In the vicinity of these pedestrian aids.
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  • FEATURE
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      THE BAD DEBT COLLECTORS...
      1131 9  -  by Florence Tan Some men spend half their lives avoiding them like the plague. Others view them as public enemy Number One, and yet others, in sheer exasperation, rain abuses on them in the hope of scaring them off. Yet doggedly, they carry on with their
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      202 9 For evening shopping up to 10p.m. do visit our new branch at 155, People's Park Centre, 1§! floor. CUSTOM-MADE SHIRTS for that elegant 1 ji/look W available in Swiss voile, ->/ English Sea-Island Cotton, and other latest fabrics from 1A s r\ it V Kt MalzDCinis The Maharajahs MEN S
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      450 9 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those exceedingly loyal Individuals who will stand by your friends to the end, though It may cause you considerable pain and personal loss to do so. At the same time, however, you have a highly developed sense
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  • SOCCER'S GREAT DAYS
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      Wizard of nod
      2084 10/11  -  JACK-IN-THE-BOX MAT NOOR WAS SMALL 1 BUT HE LEAPT AND DIVED AS IF ON SPRINGS by Sonny Yap Mat Noor, the most celebrated Malaya Cup player of all time, has broken his 30-year self-impos-ed silence. For the first time In hla life, the pre-war Idol la baring
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      Game against the Aussies caused such furore that the wall of the stadium broke down...
      729 10/11 THE 1928 CLASSIC Local foolbal} folklore abounds with tales of the pre war SinoMalays team. According to veteran fans, the team never lest a match to a visiting side. Their record *tf Cfect. This vu
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      536 10/11 Friday AF-5 Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting inductions appear below Nome (Mr./ Mrs /Miss) MISSING LITTERS j ACROSS I USING I CLUES BELOW 1 Cut Hotted lines CLUES FOR AF-5 1. Retain in one's grasp 2. A candle contains one 3. The emotion usually aroused by danger
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  • PLEASURE
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      For those with false teeth
      370 12  -  f Eating Out I with kN Violet Oon Teochew food Is famous for Its soups and steamed dishes. Its main characteristic is clarity of flavour. This of course depends on absolutely fresh foods. Many find It a little bland but tt Is particularly suitable for
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      Herbie tops the gag
      524 12  -  K Cinema by Edgar Koh HEEBIE RIDES AGAIN, a Walt Disney production, with Helen, Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanle Powers and Keenan Wynji (Jurong DriveIn). After appearing and having pretty much run Its course as the Love Bug, Herble Is still able to make further progress. There
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      65 12 for dining and exclusive cocktail perties Smorgasbord Lunch on Mondays Thursdays Palm I Court unique wining, dining Italian by candlelight Ballroom Verandah exotic nightly a colourful Malayan Night Show with the famous Singapore Sling* a must for every tourist Tudor Bar happy hours Teresa Khoo at the piano on Thurs,
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      424 12 AT THE CINEMA fifth offen. 81VE: Four epic weeks of the battle of Sutjeska where Tito and his partisans, many of them wounded, fought back with ferocious determination against a German encirclement which was Hitlers fifth offensive in the war In Europe, an attack that was to take a final
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  • TREND
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      Headaches may be linked to heartache
      180 13  -  Doc's Casebook A S.L. Apart from colds, doctors see more patients with headache complaints than any other trouble. Miss S and many other headache sufferers, usually consult a doctor about their problem because headaches, unlike pain elsewhere, may be associated with the brain. Headache
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    • GRAPEVINE by Vanessa
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        Handing it over to vibrators
        95 13 It's not Homtn but men who have the most luxurious hair dressing salon fn town. That's what I realised when I learned that the newly opened Senor (He) Salon not only has 12 handplcked girls to pamper clients but, while their hair is being attended
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        Quote for ail-time
        12 13 "Behind every successful man there is an astonished mother-In-law."
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        Cashing in on mother's day
        165 13 I've always thought that "Gifts for Mother's Day" adverts put out by stores were a trifle commercialised. But two psychologists In America tried to cash in on M-day (May 11), in an even bigger way. Oh they did try to be subtle. They spread the
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        An air of being somebody
        119 13 She knew he was SOMEBODY. Everyone whispered his name. Peter Townsend, with an excited and expectant air. Then she cmy colleague). was being introduced to him. She tried to search the lined but still handsome face for clues. She found none. Which wasn't surprising. It
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      Lock icon Fashionable home crafted clothes
      233 13 They remind me of wild Tahitian prints; of muu muu clad lissome Hawaiian maidens on sultry evenings; singing Pagan love songs on a moonlit beach. These are the clothes mostly long, easy and' flowing designed and hand printed by Monica and her friends (see pictures, left
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  • FINANCE
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      Market report
      194 14 The bearish cloud lifted yesterday after more than a week of cadcr trading In the Singapore stock market. The better sentiments could be attributed to positive Influences from the New York overnight market. London's and Hong Kong's also advanced yesterday. Observers were, however, doubtful about a firm recovery.
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      Lock icon US firms warned
      61 14 United Press International Washington, Friday The State Department yesterday warned American corporations operating abroad that It does not "condone" their bribery of officials of foreign governments or other Illegal activities. The warning was contained .In an official statement that said the department believed It advisable to amplify
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      Vegetables: A price dip
      189 14  -  r Market Basket by Rav Dhaliwal Prices of vegetables dropped slightly this week, after last week's Increases. Chye slm was sold at 50 cents a kati, compared with 55-60 cento a kati last week. Bayam and kang kong prices dropped from 45 cents a kati to
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      Lock icon Canton fair a failure
      61 14 Reuter Peking, Friday The biannual Canton Trade Fair closed last night with business again reported slack despite big cuts In the prices of Chlese commodities. Following last autumn's fair one of the most depressed in recent years prices were reduced, with some textiles cut by 50
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    • Markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        162 14 Blue-chip traders cashed In on recent gains when short-term Interest rates rose yesterday, driving prices sharply lower in heavy trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, ahead around Ave points at the outset, fell 9.93 points to 848.80. It was the Average's worst
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        Dow Jones
        35 14 Dow Jones closing stock, averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 848.80 (off 9.93), 30 transport 170.39 (Off 308). IS utilities 78.84 (up 0.06), 65 stocks 258.00 (Off 2 95).
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        146 14 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd. The Tokyo stock market staged a moderate rally centring on blue chips with the T.D.J, average up by 28 points. T.S.E. New Index: 332.25 (up 2.67) T.B.E. 225 stock average: 4,551.60 (up 28.97) Volume: 300 mil. Closing prices (In yen) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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        PARIS
        74 14 Closing prices In francs on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribus 174 +1 Foncler 351 +0.50 Prlntemps 96 —l COE 343.90 —1.10 Royal Dutch 147.30 +2.20 Mlchelln 1189 -f 29 Thomson 209 —1 CTP 140 50 +2.50 Rhone 141.60 —1 90 Air 365 —4 BSN 585 —6 Philips 45 unch.
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        ZURICH
        78 14 Closing prices In Swiss francs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UB8 B. 3063 10 UBS R. 410 1 SBC 430 Credit Suisse 2900 20 Swissair B. 465 1 Swiss Relnsur. 2280 10 Wlnterthur B. 2200 15 Zurich Insur. Juvena B. M0 —50 Nestle B. 3400 70 Interfood B.
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        SYDNEY
        79 14 Closing prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian tlmef) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Aberfoyle 68 75 Ampol Ex 46 48 Bank N&W 600 604 Brambles 135 130 BHP 602 606 BH South 193 200 CSR 425 428 CRA 180 185 Dunlop 65 66 Ez Ends 205 208 Ot Boulder
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      1121 16  -  TEE-UP with Lim Kee Chan BUI Bosley and Kee Bee Khlm look set tg pUttr titles' in tile Singapore Island Country Club championships. Bosley. the Republic'* No. 1 amateur, playef, has shown tremendous form into the quarterfinals in which he will play Wong Went
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      Bee Khim can also keep her crown
      305 16 Insurance Institute of Singapore championship for the Overseas Cup by four strokes from K. Tanaka when he returned a nett 64 at the Island course. Peter (handicap 1U also returned the best gross of 75 as well as winning the second nine ballsweep
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      Maloney sparkles Streaker in trial
      235 16  -  ON THE TRACK with Blue Peter I s. Penang, Friday Maloney Streaker showed good form in a 3f trial with DJebel Druse here this morning. They ran 3f In 37 3/5 in soft going with Maloney Streaker going away at the finish. Thumbs Up II
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      Acclamation should be a good bet
      238 17 Tiger Note is also fancied RACING with Scrutineer Acclamation, late Ovation 11, has regained his best TOrm, and should be a good bet In Race 6 at Penang tomorrow. Acclamation ran well last time out at Penang on March 1 when he finished second
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      137 17 SCRUTINEER CALL BOY EPSOM JEEP BLUE PETER Race 1 Halland Ship Master Ttan Chio Ship Master Ualland Tlan Chin Wlndwater Man of Mara Kmc I Sentoaa Carryanne Repulse Bay Courts way Coartsway Tyrant Tyrant Kndlean Olory Kmc 3 Uli Marleite Jasmine L1M Martene Juanlta LIU Marie ne
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      Retrieved has won over 12 furlongs
      448 17 TURF TALK by Blue Peter 1 =A Former Prime Minister T un k u Abdul Rahman has registered a new horse. Retrieved, which he owns in partnership with Sarawak millionaire Datuk Wee Hood Teck. Retrieved is a four-year-old bay Irish geld--1 n g by
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      Lock icon Big fight 'off the board' for bookies
      647 19 Reuter Las Vegas, Friday World heavyweight champion Muhammad All, making his second title defence in less than eight weeks, meets eighthranked contender Ron Lyle over 15 rounds at the Convention Centre here tonight (between 9.30 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Singapore time). All stopped
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      Lock icon Murray sets a world mark—1236 victims
      533 19 Reuter London, Friday. Former England wicketkeeper John Murray set a world record for the number of catches in a career when he dismissed his 1236 th victim yesterday. He broke the 38-year-old record held by another English wicketkeeper, Herbert Strudwlck, when he caught Somerset
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      219 19 Reuter Tokyo, Friday Ma sashi "Jumbo" Ozaki, Japan's best known golfer, qualified for the 32man field In the 30,000,000 yen first Japan Professional Golfers Association match-play championship cnly after a play-off. Ozaki and 10 others were tied for the remaining four spots with
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      Chicago beaten
      70 19 New York, Friday U.S. baseball results: American League Baltimore 3 Chicago 2; Kansas City 4 Detroit 1; Minnesota 3 Cleveland 0; New York 4 California 3; Texas 2 Milwaukee 2 (game suspended by umpires after 14 inns). National League St. Louis 7 Los Angeles 0; Houston 11 Chicago
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      Saba scouts on lookout
      254 19 A few potential stars may be seen tonight In the Singapore novices boxing finals at Police Academy at 8 o'clock. Saba have already earmarked some of the finalists as future national representatives to replace the old guards. But the novices' performances tonight, under heavy match pressure
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    35 20 AH FOOK: Arsenal take on Singapore tomorrow. Do you think our boys stand a chance? MEI LIN: The chance is always there. The question is: Do our boys know how to take it?
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