New Nation, 17 June 1975

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    Masthead
    19 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Tuesday June 17, 1975 No. 1361 Price 20 cents M.C.(P) 489/75 lil KkV TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1975
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  • Article
    Typhoon threat to Asian Cup...
    393 1  -  The games may be put off from day to day By Jeffrey Low Hong Kong;, Tuesday A typhoon is threatening to disrupt the Asian Cup soccer tournament here before It has even started. The Hong Kong weather bureau late last night reported that a typhoon
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  • Article
    Lock icon Tit-for-tat by Turks
    48 1 UPI Ankara, Tuesday Turkey may close U.S. intelligence gathering bases on the Black Sea opposite the Soviet Union's coastline, government sources said last night. They said Turkey's National Defence Council and Cabinet discussed the measure as an answer to the U.S. arms embargo against Turkey.
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    Lock icon Poison gas clouds...
    239 1 Reuter Bonn, Tuesday Thousands of people were evacuated from Munich's eastern outskirts last night when clouds of poison gas belched from blazing railway wagons loaded with fertiliser. Firemen said at least 40 people were taken to hospital after being overcome by fumes from nitrophosphate fertiliser. A 150-metre
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    IT'S CHINA NEXT FOR THE CHAMP
    354 1 Kuala Lumpur. Tuesday Muhammad All will visit China after his July 1 world heavyweight title bout against Joe Bugner at the Merdeka Stadium. The visit Is at the Invitation of Chairman Mao Tie-Tung. the world heavyweight champion disclosed after his run at the Turf
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    Lock icon Arms grab
    34 1 Reuter Belfast, Tuesday. Armed and masked men burst into an Ulster Defence Regiment (U.D.R.) armoury and escaped yesterday with a haul of rifles and machine guns in Northern Ireland's biggest arms raid.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      127 2 Prices extended yesterday's easier trend at the stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. They mo red In lethargic fashion—with speculative Interest reduced to a trickle. National Iron unsecured loan stock has announced Its Interest payment for the half year ended June 1975. BUSINESS DONE: First Section: S.
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      Esso awards
      56 2 Two Polytechnic students. Messrs. Ma Yoke Long and Yeo En« Tec It, have been awarded Edso Marine Scholars hips, which Include provisions for training on board the company's tankers, reimbursement for tuition fees, books and uniforms and a monthly allowance. The Marine and Supply Manager of Esso. Mr.
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      OUR ROADS
      10 2 Police reported 92 accidents yesterday. Six were serious.
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      The sick smell of rot...
      435 2  -  Beach off Track 13 in Punggol now being used to dump dead poultry By Richard Lim Farmers in Punggol are using the beach off Track 13 as a dumping ground for their diseased and dead fowls. And they have been getting away with it. Fisherfolk
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    • Article
      HOTELS MAKE NEW 'HELP US' CALL TO THE GOVT
      481 2 Hotel operating costs have spiralled dramatically by 30 per cent over the past two years. Despite the Increased rates of guest rooms and the hiring rentals of public areas since January, hotels are barely keeping their heads above water. These circumstances
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    • Article
      A three-fold rise in the number of CSS users
      279 2 But peak-hours fare is still too high Commuter response to the City Shuttle Service has risen by more than three times since the introduction of remedial measures to save the scheme last Thursday. A spokesman from the Registry of Vehicles said
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    • Article
      Talk on Islam
      43 2 Mr. Hussain Najadl, chairman and managing director of Arab Investments for Asia Ltd. will speak on Contemporary Islam In the Business World at the King Faisal Muslim Lecture Hall, Muslim Missionary Society, Lorong 12, Geylang, on Thursday at 8 p.m.
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    • Article
      Man killed in gang attack
      156 2 A 25-year-old labourer was battered to death In a gang attack at the Jurong Central Fish Market yesterday. The victim, identified as Chin Foon Fooi, was assaulted by four men as he was leaving the market with a basket of flsh at 6 a.m. Eye
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      Picnic
      35 2 The Canberra community centre will organise a picnic at the Kota Tinggi waterfalls on June 29 from 7.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. The cost is $10 a person. Those interested can ring tel: *****2.
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    • Article
      Ali may give show an extra punch...
      344 3  -  By Nancy Koh The secret's out: The Supremes are expecting a special guest Muhammad All at their final show at Shangri-La Hotel tonight. Road manager Pedro Ferrer, who in private life is Mary Wilson's husband, leaked the news to New Nation yesterday. He
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      2686 placed in various jobs
      119 3 The Ministry of Labour's Employment Service has placed 2686 people in various Jobs in the first four months of this year. A large number of the placements were made for posts of clerks, drivers, labourers, factory workers, bus conductresses, office attendants, gardeners, school servants, park
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      JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE...
      231 3  -  J.J. To find a sound and keep it after the original singing group has broken up Is often music's unconquerable peak, as the wrecks of so many great singing teams testify. The Bupremes, minus Diana Ross, are still supreme. Tne same old magic that
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      TWO IS GEK LIAN'S 'HOT' NUMBER
      222 4 Two Is really a lucky number for Miss Tan Gek Llan (above). She has Just won two medals aa the meet outstanding student la the second year examination for the Bachelor ot Arts degree. Last year. Gek Llan also won two medals for being
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      Lock icon Chaos and panic in big blaze
      177 4 Fire swept a paint and a metal works factory in the Kallang industrial estate this morning, causing chaos and panic among workers in the area. Damage is estimated at over $200,000. More than 80 workers in the Kansai United Paint Company, off Jalan Lembah
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      'Give youths more facilities' call
      230 4 A social worker today called for the provision of sufficient facilities to cater for the needs of youths In hlghrlse housing estates. Speaking at the Youth-In-Action seminar at the International YMCA Centre, Miss Rosalind Kong of the Singapore Children'* Society said it was important to
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      Orphans
      31 4 The Hello Support Group club will hud an excursion for the boys of the D&rul Ihsan Orphanage on Sunday. They will visit the Chinese and Japanese Oardens and Jurong Hilltop.
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      Society's leaders to meet
      105 4 Thirty leaders of the Red Cross societies from the five ASEAN countries will meet here for three days from Saturday to Monday In the first conference of its kind in this region. Dr. W.R. Rasanayagam, chairman of the local Red Cross Society, said the oblectlves of
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      71pc playing it safe...
      375 4 Facts and figures on birth control in S'pore About 71 per cent married couples In Singapore are practising birth control, according to Dr. L.S. Sodhy, a delegate from the Southeast Asia Regional Cooperation in Family and Population Planning. He also pointed out that the number of
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      143 3 howdoypu get on with NoiirfU/ stomach 9: m ■A ,va m s •3 i MM lr.' Ml Are you compatible, ordoes it disagree with you? It's not always possible, even for a doctor, to give the proper attention to bis stomach. A very busy surgery, emergency calls, perhaps a hurried
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      335 4 WHAT'S ON THE SUPREME S, Motown chart-busters of international repute, will perform at the ShangriLa Hotel's ballroom at 9.30 p.m. An art exhibition of CON T E MPORARY FRENCH PAINTINGS, by 37 internationally renowned artists, is currently on at the National Museum till 5 p.m. It is Jointly presented by
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Now K backs the CIA
      295 5 'It is vital to US foreign policy' Reuter Washington, Tuesday US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger defended the Central Intelligence Agency yesterday as essential to American policy and said he hoped it would not be damaged by current investigations. Dr. Kissinger told a luncheon of
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      Lock icon Callaghan agrees to Amin talks
      301 5 But not under duress, he says Reuter London, Tuesday—British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan yesterday indicated willingness to go to Uganda for talks with President Idi Amln about future relations if two detained Britons are treated humanely. Mr. Callaghan, in a statement to Parliament refused to
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      Lock icon BIGGEST GATHERING OF THE 'WEAKER' SEX
      395 5 United Press International Mexico City, Tuesday The biggest global gathering of its kind gets under way here on Thursday when the world conference of the International Women's Year convenes, with possibly as many as 10,000 women attending the official and unofficial meetings. Some of
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      Lock icon Imelda with her prize
      49 5 Mrs. Imelda Marcos (above), wife of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, with the peace prize she received yesterday In Tokyo from the Kajlma Institute of International Peace for "her past contributions to world peace by promoting friendly relations among various countries."—UPl radio picture. UPI radio picture
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      Lock icon ISRAELIS SHELL VILLAGES
      219 6 Reuter Beirut, Tuesday Israeli gunners pounded villages In South Lebanon yesterday in artillery bombardments before dawn and after dusk. Local residents reported that shells fell last night on Rashayah ElFoukhar. Khralbeh, MaJldlyeh and Halta. Two helicopters were seen dropping flares over the area. Earlier yesterday, a military
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      Lock icon Rabin: We will go on trying
      81 6 Reuter Tel Aviv, Tuesday Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, returning last night from talks in Washington, said Israel would continue diplomatic contacts towards an interim agreeemnt with Egypt. But Israel had learnt its lesson from the failure of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's last peace
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      Lock icon 'Flaw was kept a secret'
      141 6 Reuter Washington Tuesday The US Air Force has known for years about the defect which caused one of its tumbo C-5A transports to crash last April while evacuating South Vietnamese orDhans from Salmon. Senator William Proxmire said yesterday. The Wisconsin Democrat told reporters he has
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      Lock icon Brez elected
      32 6 United Press International Moscow, Tuesday Communist Party leader Leonid I. Brezhnev was elected unanimously to a local legislature and other Moscow candidates fared almost as well, Moscow newspapers said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Attacker offered Miki a knife
      212 6 Invited him to kill himself Tokyo, Tuesday. A rightwing extremist with a record of 55 arrests offered Prime Minister Takeo Miki a knife and invited him to commit suicide yesterday. Then he punched the bespectacled Prime Minister twice In the face, knocking him to the
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      Lock icon Award
      37 6 United Press International Chicago, Tuesday The American Bar Association yesterday named Leon Jaworskl. the lawyer whose special prosecution force convicted several high government officials In connection with the Watergate scandal, to receive the Association's highest award.
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      Lock icon Why Indira is staying put
      514 6 It's in deference to colleagues' wishes Reuter and UPI New Delhi, Tuesday Prime Minister Indira Oandhi offered to step down after being found guilty last week of corrupt electoral practices, a Congress Party leader said yesterday. Mr. Zail Singh, who is Chief Minister of the
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      Lock icon Cuban 'yes'
      32 6 UPI Washington, Tuesday The Cuban government has agreed to return a US$2 million ($4.4 million) ransom obtained by skyjackers in 1972 from an American airline, Sen. George McGovern said yesterday.
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      Lock icon TODAY
      139 6 United Press International TODAY is Tuesday. June 17, the 168 th day of 1975 with 197 to follow. THE MOON Is between its first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury. Mars and Jupiter. The evening stars are Venus and Saturn. Those born on this date are
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      71 6 Reuter Asuncion, Tuesday A Paraguayan football referee shot dead a player who attacked him after being sent off the field and was in turn killed by a relative of the victim, police said yesterday. The Incident occurred during a match In coronet Nogado, 300 kms r 190
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      Lock icon Control of papers by state
      131 6 Reuter Dacca. Tuesday The Bangladesh government yesterday closed down 16 of the country's 20 daily newspapers and took control of the last pri-vately-owned dallies. Two of the remaining dally papers, the Bangladesh Observer and Dalnik Bangla, were already controlled by the government, and a separate
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      143 5 in this month's issue LIVING WITHTYOUR HOBBIES REFLECTING TASTE CHARACTER BAMBOO, WOOD OF THE ORIENT SAN MARINO SIMPLICITY IS THE KEYNOTE •THREE STOREYED ELEGANCE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT PLUS many Other interesting feature*. available at your news-stand Distributor: CROWN MAIL PTE. LTD.. 415-A, Jalan Besar Singapore 8. Tel: *****21 33-9 CawftMd Spot
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      169 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Cloudy, 78-65F, 25-18 C. Headline Rabin sees snags standing in way of talks on Sinai. San Francisco Cloudy, 74-55F, 23-13 C. Headline: Deadly exchange of Mideast Are. Tokyo Sunny, 7966F, 26-19 C. HeadlineBasis exists for Sinai settlement, Rabin says. Moscow Cloudy, 60-54F, 19-12 C. Headline: Powerful
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon The 'quai jais or bad boys of San Francisco
      1926 7  -  The shadow world of Chinatown hides a struggle by the. Fongs and Chengs that could explode into an open battle From Al Martinez Los Angeles Times The Chinatown restaurant was crowded. Walter David Fong, a young member of the Los Angeles
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  • OPINION
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      The uncertain hand of Mr. Pramoj
      363 8 So far, Mr. Kukrit PrameJ, the Thai Prime Minister, has adopted a paternalistic approach towards militant workers and students and he has succeeded in defusing tension in Bangkok. An outright confrontation between police and strikers was prevented a few days ago. But. Mr. PramoJ,
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      You gotta have faith if you want to get cured
      96 8 [whispers s B p y Y j The credulousness of some people astonishes. One friend keeps biting a certain kind of grass whenever he sees clouds gather. Keeps away the rain, he says. And he claims hundred per cent success
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      A WEEKEND ON AN ISLAND RETREAT
      531 8  -  TUESDAY WITH LU LIN REUTENS LU LIN REUTENS It was to be a runaway weekend; two days at a hideout on an island with a mile of sea between us and all that enslaved our lives during the other 363. Two glorious days fret;
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      Reap the benefits of the 'tree of life'
      393 8  -  T.A. MUGAN The report in the New Nation of May 30 under the heading "Coconut prices shoot up by 300 p.c." due to the felling of these trees is distressing news for several reasons. The Malay kelapa, for coconut, originating from kalpa,
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      Lock icon It's not all right
      265 8 World Comment Bangkok Post Th e Rockefeller Commission on the Central Intelligence Agency has come up with a report which talks about wiretaps, suicides, assassination plans, flies on American suspects, mail intercepts, and secret uses of powerful drugs. Then the commission says that the CIA is
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  • FEATURE
    • Article, Illustration
      WHEN YOU CANNOT COPE ANY MORE WITH STRESS...
      1161 9  -  in this, the second of a two-part article, two persons who have suffered nervous breakdowns and who have undergone psychiatric treatment, tell of their agonising experiences. by Lu Lin Reutens Everyone of us is a potential psychiatric patient. If put under sufficient
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    • Article
      Grotesque dimensions of US, Soviet nuclear arsenals
      742 9  -  By Julian Kerr World expenditure on arms last year totalled more than US$2lO,OOO million ($462,000 million) roughly equal to the entire income of the poorer half of mankind, according to the author itative Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). SIPRI Is an Independent
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      338 9 YOUR LUCKY STAR IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are an exceedingly strong individual where your emotional and mental makeup is concerned. TOMORROW... GEMINI (May 21June 20) An unexpected situation in the morning may make it impossible for you to Eroceed as planned. fake your excuses quickly and tactfully.
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      Wizard Wong
      1906 10/11  -  A total break from the shuttle body SPORTS GALLERY by 1 m w Ismail Kassim The man who has made his name synonymous with badminton now refuses to talk about the game at all. He professes he knows nobbing about badminton. "I am no longer Interested In It."
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      543 10/11 AK-2 NEW NATION T f Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting instucfions appear below Name (Mr /Mrs /Miss) CLUES BELOW mmm tmmm mmm mmm (.'lit ,|l(|tU| «H»tI»•(I lull's «H CLUES FOR AK-2 1. It is used in a camera 2. It might be the job of certain men
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  • PLEASURE
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      Solid, throbbing brass sounds
      318 12  -  By Jennifer Schoon Travel, money and pleasure with the order occasionally reversed are what members of the Experience Band are after. And so far they have managed to achieve all three with reasonable ease. The eight-piece all Filipino group truly live up to the name Experience
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    • Article
      Lock icon Stardom dream comes true
      648 12  -  Inseparable brothers who triple-dated By Emily Fisher Washington Post In nine months, the Hudson Brothers—Bill, 25, Mark, 24, Brett, 22 have acquired fame and wealth, and new troubles with their new stardom. A year ago, they might have been any ambitious and starving rock trio on
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      'SHOWMANSHIP OF THE SUPREMES'
      466 12 Melody Makers by Rajosky You can stop looking for the successors to the mantle of talent worn by Shirley Bassey ail these years. Three lively, talented and attractive young women, all black, and calling themselves The Three Degrees display in INTERNATIONAL (CBS/ SONY) why they have
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      37 12 •J l! L'-it m Join us at the SAFARI BAR (Ground Floor) 1100 am -lam Happy Hours from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pnv Music Songs by MUS&HAS for your relaxation. MERLIN HOTEL Golden Mile, Beach Road, Singapore
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      503 12 AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD: Dynamatlon, a process combining animation, live action and blue-backing trick photography on a motion-picture frame reduces Kathryn Grant Into a three-Inch high Oriental princess to be Eicked up and romanced by Kerwln Mathew who plays the title role In
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  • TREND
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      Will Margaux bring back eyebrows?
      431 13  -  B.L.K. The first thing that struck me when I saw Margaux Hemingway— hailed as the superstar model of today and featured on the cover of Time magazine, June 16 was her Margaux had broken all current rules on makeup. She had heavy, almost shaggy eyebrows
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      When you have men friends around, who needs the girls?
      533 13  -  SHANTA As a child, I preferred playing cowboys and Indians with my boy cousins than dolls and houses with my little sister, I was always the Indian or the baddy because I could run faster than any of the boys
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      76 13 NATURE CRYSTALIZES LOVE IN DIAMONDS S. R H. DE SILVA PROVIDES THE SETTING A diamond is as beautiful as its cutting. A beautiful diamond is as desirable as its setting. Isn't it the same for most other jewels and loves? When you are ready, consult S.P.H de Silva, the mastercraftsman
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      363 14 There is muse on your records you have probably never fieard The average listener spends over twee .is much on records as he does on his entire music system Anu then never gets to hear many ol the sounds on his records In njiist systems, the .peakcrs limit the sounds
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      Quality clothes for the discerning male
      575 14 A twice weekly advertisement feature HHHE males of this 1 country cannot help but be fashionable. Unlike their Western counter- parts who have to make do with clothes oil the rack, locals can afford to pop Into the hundreds of tailor shops around and
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  • FINANCE
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      Lock icon OPEC ready to bargain
      378 15 United Press International Libreville, Tuesday The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is ready to bargain with the West .over the size of the next oil price increase op Oct. 1, OPEC officials said yesterday. The officials, interviewed lrx the aftermath of the OPEC ministerial meeting here
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      Market report
      226 15 Trading slumped to one of the lowest levels in months yesterday, with turnover way below the one million shares mark. This was a sharp drop of more than 50 per cent when compared with the daily average of 2.08 million shares last week. Valuewise, the fall was more
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      Lock icon OIL SEARCH PACT
      184 15 Reuter Cairo, Tuesday—Egypt yesterday signed a multimillion dollar agreement with Japan to search for oil In the eastern desert and forecast that Egypt's total production would reach one million barrels a day by 1980. Egypt is at present only a modest producer of oil. But Petroleum Minister
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        163 15 New York, Tuesday The stock market, gaining steadily throughout the day, closed sharply higher yesterday despite a lack of significant news. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was slow. Of the 1,810 issues crossing the tape, 922 advanced and 501 declined. Volume totalled 16,660,000 shares, compared with
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        Dow Jones
        34 15 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 834.56 (tip 10.09). 30 transport 167.16 (off 0.37). 15 Utilities 82.60 (up 0.70). 65 stocks 255.88 (up 2.10).
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        185 15 DBS Daiwa Securities International Ltd While stock prices went higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, turnover was light. The morning session opened bullish centring on small-lot buying of Incentive and speculative Issues. T.SE. New Index: 328.85 (up 1.05). T.S.E. 225 stocks average: 4,506.20 (up 13.78). AJkncmoto 341 l C.
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        PARIS
        103 15 Closing prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribas 165.50 —2 30 Fonder 344 -f4 Printemps 83 —1 GCE 314 —.90 Bull 30.70 —.05 Royal Dutch 14*7 80 -f 1.40 Mlchelln 996 —5 Thomson 187.10 —2.80 CFP 140 —.90 Rhone 131.50 —.50 Air 350.50 —1.60 BSN 485 —10 Philips 41.10
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        SYDNEY
        231 15 Closing prices at 11.34 a.m. (Australian time) today on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Allstate nil 00 Reach 26 28 Bridge 09 09% Cleveland 26 30 Endeavour 14 15 FUnd 20C Opt 02 Vi 03 Inter Mln 04 05 Kambalda 00 V4 01 KaUi Inv 90 94 Kla Ora 12
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        ZURICH
        79 15 Zurich Stock Exchange closing prices yesterday: UBS B. 2960 —10 UBS R. 422 3 SBC 420 Credit Suisse 2790 5 Swismlr B. 432 Swiss Relnsur. 2070 —30 Wlnterthur B. 1740 -f 50 Zurich Insur. 6100 25 Juvena B. 520 --20 Nestle B 3235 —15 I liter food B. 2890
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      Lock icon Sterling drops
      35 15 Reuter London, Tuesday Sterling lost ground on foreign exchange markets yesterday, overshadowed by continued concern at Britain's high inflation rate. The pound dropped to 2.2765 dollars In London compared with 2.2830 on Friday.
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      Lock icon Deficit
      36 15 Reuter Tokyo Tuesday—japan had a deficit on its balance of payments In May. with the visible trade surplus of US$645 million ($1419 million) recorded in April shrinking to zero, according to preliminary figures released yesterday.
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      234 16 ORIENTAL ARTS CRAFTS Happy Coats children's pyJiimas. Ideal for tourist shops Wholesale retail Hsu frothers, 87. Hill Street, S'pore *****1. IRENE YAP DRESSMAKING, 21A, I,or. 12 Oeylang Tel: *****4. make to measure latest fashion dresses. Workmanship guaranteed. For Salt SHARP CALCULATORS $25. 3band radio cassette $99. Audlopak cartridges $2 C-60
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      212 16 CLASSIFIED advertisements GET RESULTS EVERT DAT OF THE WEEK AUSTRALIAN IMPORTED 'THOMAS' picture tubes One year warranty. Size: 19" to 25" ex- stocks, reasonable prices. Contact agent: Maslnga Trading 1 (Pte) Ltd., tel: *****26/ *****96 SIMORO DAY/ NIGHT SERVICE. Any make. T V./ Refrigerators/ alrcondltloner. Moderate charges. Repair guaranteed. Tel:
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      230 16 Wbert t» Eat THE BANANA LEAF Apolo Restaurant tel: *****2, 24 Cuff Road, (along K.K. market) for your fish-head Supreme, Fried chicken, prawns, crabs, mutton cooked In genuine Indian spicy taste Ample parking. GREAT RESTAURANT (2nd Floor, Oc*an Building Shopping C«nlr«) FOR QUICK LUNCH OR DINNER ALSO CATERS FOR ALL
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      320 16 NOTICES OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME We, Drew Napier of 30-35 Chartered Bank Chambers, Battery Road, Singapore, hereby give notice that in consequence of our clients' intended purchase of the motor tug "WAKABA MARU NO. 1" we have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships, under Sec=
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      IA take point lead in Div. 1 hockey
      303 17 Indian Association are leading In the Singapore Hockey Association first division league competition with six points from five matches. They have so far beaten Singapore Recreation Club 2-0, Combined Schools 2-0, drawn with Police and Ceylon Sports Club and lost to K.
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      Lock icon England tipped to beat Australia
      473 17 Reuter London, Tuesday The bookmakers yesterday issued Australia a final humiliation after their disappointing weekend by making them third favourites to win the World Cricket Cup out of the i'our teams rem a i ning in the competition. The bookies' odds reflect the optimism here
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      Lock icon Boycott hits unbeaten century
      282 17 Reuter London. Tuesday Geoff Boycott. England's master batsman who declared himself unavailable for International duty this summer, hammered an unbeaten century in the county cricket champlonshlo match at Scarborough yesterday. Boycott dominated York s h tr e'B innings against Middlesex with 175 not out. reaching his
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      Metro YMCA to pick team for Seoul
      410 17  -  MARTIAL ARTS by Sonny Yap Leading taekwondo exponents of the Metropolitan Young Men's Christian Association will soon have a chance for national selections to the Second World TKD championship at Seoul in August. But first they must clear a hurdle: the second MYMCA
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      TT tour
      35 17 Hong Kong, Tuesday The "August First" table tennis team of the Chinese People's Liberation Army left Peking by train yesterday on a friendly visit to North Korea, the New China News Agency reported.
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      Lock icon Leeds to appeal against ban in Europe
      266 17 Reuter UPI Leeds, Tuesday English first division club Leeds United announced yesterday that they would appeal against the suspension imposed on them by the European football Union (UEFA) for violent behaviour by some of their supporters at the European Cup Final. UEFA barred
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      Top player award
      44 17 A Sportsman trophy will be awarded to the best foobtaller on August 30 in conjunction with the Business Houses Football Association Silver Jubilee celebrations. The Association may also decide to award a special prize for the best team in the league.
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      Albert's brilliant 208 in bank's bowls
      240 17 Albert Mok of Secretariat Department bowled a brilliant 208 game in the Moscow Narodny Bank's bowling tournament at Star Bowl yesterday, but flopped on his other three games (166, 147, 151) for a 672 series to miss capturing the lead. Teng Leong Chye of
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      Lock icon Surprises in the Wimbledon seedings
      777 18 Reuter London, Tuesday Defending champions Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert of the United States predictable filled the top places In the seeding lists. Issued yesterday, for the Wimbledon tennis champion ships, which start next Monday. For the first time, the men's list has been based
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      Lock icon Top seeds fall in Player's tennis
      461 18 Reuter Nottingham, Tuesday— John Feaver, 23-year-old Briton, pulled off his best win for a couple of years when he put New Z e a 1 a nd international Onny Parun out of the first round in the John Player £45,000 (*****,500) tennis tournament here
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      Kemosabe shows sparkling form
      835 19 Bo jangles gives Moses Lee a splendid double RACING with Scrutineer Kemosabe's chances in the $40,000 King's Gold Cup must be rated highly after his bold showing in the Cup Trial at Kuala Lumpur last Sunday. Kemosabe turned in a sparkling performance to finish second to
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      HOW THEY FINISHED AT KL ON SUNDAY
      504 19 Fort Knox set the pace leading to the home turn, with Preston, Silver Gift 1 and Ever Winner closing in. Silver Gift raced past Fort Knox at the < distance, and then ran on gamely to win by a length from Imagine. Fort
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      Lock icon Racing suspended
      134 19 Reuter Paris, Tuesday All flat racing In Paris has been suspended after about 100 stable lads demanding more pay formed a human barricade across the elegant Chantilly course and fought a pitched battle with police. Their action Just after the first race forced the cancellation of the rest
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      Agaricus shows striking form
      166 19 By BLUE PETER Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Agaricus, King's Oold Cup candidate, showed striking form on a yielding track here this morning. Racing on the outside of two unnumbered horses Agaricus reeled off 3f in 37. Noble Action with i Moses Lee up was full of I
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      KO win
      27 19 Tokyo, Tuesday—Japan e8 e featherweight boxer Royal Kobayashl knocked out South Korea's Ryu Hwa-Ryong In the 4th round of a scheduled 10-round nontitle fight yesterday.
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      206 17 NEW NATION CROSSWORD riii all Ml iIBHI as ssa composer 50 Used car sign 52 Book of the Bible: Abbr. 55 Concord 67 Plant of the aster family 59 Goddess who loved Endymlon 60 Lacking symmetry 61 Important document 62 Lamb's mother 63 City In Thurlngla DOWN 1 Work 2
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    Worry wise
    232 20  -  The LAST word Dick West It's difficult now to realise that worrying was once a fairly specialised form of mental anguish. As recently as 20 years ago a worrier could pretty much single out particular cause for anxiety and dwell on it at length. It was well worth
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    Talking Point
    34 20 MEI LIN: That little kiss on the cheek has really floored AH hasn't it? AH FOOK: Well, you can't please everybody. But All will if he makes sure Bugner kisses the canvas.
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      896 20 TV AND RADIO C SINGAPORE 5 3.00 P.M. OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS (E) (r) followed by FAMILY TIME: A magazine series which Includes talk-cum demonstration on tie and dye by Tay Hock Seng, a preview of the Singapore Armed Forces' Display and a weekly quiz 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (E) 3.35 MAGAZINE
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      52 20 Show off the day MEDICAL CENTRE <8.40 p.m. Ch. 5) in colour: The Hostile Heart— Katie Holght, assistant to the Director of Social servics at the Medical Centre, is Involved in retting an orphan adopted. Howe v e r, Dr. Gannon discovers that the boy has a heart problem which
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