New Nation, 25 June 1975

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday June 25, 1975 No. 1368 Price 20 cents M.C.(P) 489/75 j NEW (0) NATION ■comment;
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Crash: 110 dead
    659 1 Plane lands short of the runway, plows into peak-hour traffic and then bursts into fireball Reuter UPI New York, Wednesday An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed during rush hour traffic on a major New York highway last night killing at least 110 people. The plane, coming in
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      21 1 MONEYWORQS P. 17 STOCK MARKET P. 2 WHAT'S ON, TIDES P. 4 WEATHER P. 6 COMICS P. 18 CINEMAS P. TS
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      96 1 For the best •jeans shirts jackets AVAILABLE AT ALL AUTHORISED DEALERS LOME and that second need Love is the first need In a happy marriage. Love today and beyond today. When yog get down to the business of living happily ever after. The second need is therefore Security. Which comes
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article
      Academy for Customs
      415 2  -  Upgrading operational skills of officers and enhancing their productivity By Douglas Chan The Customs Department Is planning to set up an academy to provide training in upgrading the operational skills of officers aimed at en h a n clng their productivity. The setting up of an academy
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      115 2 Prices were hovering at overnight closing levels at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first trading session this morning. Sime Darby was sought two cents higher at $2.71 at press time after dropping to $2.67 at one stage. BUSINESS DONE: First Section S. Darby (8) 2.69,
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      Electronics
      35 2 The Department of Extra mural Studies, University of Singapore will hold a 28-lecture course In Industrial Electronics at Nissen Hut 2, every Monday and Thursday from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.. starting July 3.
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      OUR ROADS
      13 2 Police reported 96 accidents yesterday. Four were serious and one fatal.
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    • Article
      Tell-tale signs
      469 2 FROM THE DOC HOUSE BY PG Many people would have you believe that dog owners come to look like their pets. Personally, I can give that no credence since my ears are not long enough and I have insufficient hair to be likened to a Cocker Spaniel. On
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      Extortion spun on luck...
      238 3  -  Boys hit diners at Beach Road By Bharathi Mohan A group of boys are "extorting" money from hunddreds of diners at popular eating stalls and shops in the Beach Road area by selling "good luck" papers to them. These boys approach the diners after they order
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    • Article
      Code of conduct for teachers
      274 3 Members of the Singapore Chinese School Teachers' Union have approved a code of conduct to be submitted for incorporation into a common code for all teachers of the four language streams by the Ministry of Education. It has been published in the union's Journal of
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      ELEPHANT GAME...
      125 3 It Is trying to keep up with a fullgrown three tonne elephant, especially when you are only a baby yourself. So Komali, the zoo's baby elephant stretched out her trunk and grabbed Anusha's tall, to make sure she was not left behind. Little did she know however, that
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      It's not a cruel life after all...
      479 4  -  A new home now for the stray pup Muffy who was dumped in a rubbish bin and had acid thrown over her side By Rav K. Dhaliwal Muffy, the stray puppy which suffered a cruel acid attack two months ago, has recovered and
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    • Article
      100pc drop in new cars registered
      342 4 Taxes, new traffic rules main reasons In the last three months the number of new cars on the roads has dropped by more than 100 per cent compared with the figure for the same period last year. The March to May period this year
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      New course
      37 4 The Department of Extra-mural Studies, University of Singapore, will hold a 12-lecture course In Computer for Management at the Singapore Polytechnic every Wednesday and Friday from 7.30 pm. to 9.30 p.m. starting on July 2.
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      Stamp show cancelled
      87 4 The proposed first International stamp exhibition in Singapore scheduled for November has been called off. The organisers (the Postal Service Department, Singapore Stamp Club and the Singapore Philatelic Society) did not give any reason, but it is believed the cancellation is due to lack of funds. The
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      Rider killed
      23 4 A motorcyclist, Koh Kwee Kow, 41, was killed when his machine collided with a parked bus at Jalan Jurong KechU yesterday.
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      4 2 NEW NATION TBL: *****1.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      271 4 WHAT'S ON Dr. Chao Tzee Cheng, a forensic pathologist will give a TALK ON CANCER, in Mandarin at Kallang community centre at 8 p.m., There will be a FORUM ON MARRIAGE AND FAMILY PLANNING In Mandarin, at the Bras Basah community centre at 8 p.m. Mr. Kirpal Singh, a research
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon High death toll in Cambodia...
      359 5 Kissinger tells of estimates received since the communists took over Reuter Atlanta, Wednesday Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger said yesterday that a terrible toll had been Inflicted upon the population of Cambodia by the new communist authorities v;ho took power two months ago. In
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      Lock icon Warriors' clash broken up
      154 5 United Press International Port Moresby, Wednesday Police used tear gas yesterday to break up a tribal battle when more than 500 warriors clashed on the banks of the Chimbu river In the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The clash occurred just outside Kundlawa, the main town
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      Lock icon Five killed
      30 5 Reuter El Aalun, Wednesday— Five Spanish soldiers were killed yesterday when a mine exploded under their Jeep near the frontier post of Tah In the disputed Spanish Sahara.
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      Lock icon CONTACTS NAMED BY MAFIA
      193 5 Reuter Washington, Wednesday Reputed Mafia leader John Roselll today named government officials he dealt with in alleged CIA plots to kill Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro. Roselll. one-time associate of A 1 Capone. testified at a closed session of the Senate select committee on intelligence amid
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      Lock icon Phone taps by CIA
      223 5 Figures published Reuter Washington, Monday The Justice Department yesterday made available figures for six years of electronic surveillance undertaken for reason* of national security and foreign intelligence. Yielding to congressional prodding. Attorney General Edward Levi gave the figures—covering 1969 to 1974 and showing a sharp upward
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      Lock icon Floods toll
      30 5 Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday. —Monsoon floods in the south western coastal state of Kerala have killed 10 people in four days and forced the evacuation of 35,000 others.
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      Lock icon Honour for Concorde
      58 5 Reuter London, Wednesday British Airways are paying musical tribute to the Anglo-French Concorde airliner by commissioning a special march in its honour. The first public performance of the Concorde March, composed by Robert Parnon, will be at London's Royal Festival Hall on July 5. It will be
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      Lock icon 'Get out' threat
      469 6 Opposition plan to oust Indira Reuter UPI New Delhi, Wednesday Indian opposition parties last night threatened a nationwide campaign of passive resistance to drive Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from office. Five non-communist parties made the threat after Mrs. Oandhl's political future was placed In doubt by her
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      Lock icon TODAY
      124 6 United Press International TODAY Is Wednesday, June 25, the 176 th day of 1975 with 189 to follow; THE MOON Is between Its full phase and last quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Juolter. THE EVENING STARS are Venus and Saturn. Those born on this date are
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      The Odd Corner
      77 6  -  D.J. Beveral famous people are being asked to be "good eggs" by agreeing to be pelted with bad eggs. They will be bombarded with bad eggs and rotten vegetables while sitting in ancient stocks at the Midsummer Fair of the Central Council for the Disabled In London
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      It's no game to Barry the champ
      152 6 Barry Silberg is obviously not taking his ease inside this room. But then what is Barry, all rigged out in running gear, doing? He is skipping rope. What kind of man skips rope when people come to visit him? Well, they are not
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      Lock icon £4600 snuff bottle
      49 6 Reuter London, Wednesday An 18th century Chinese enamelled glass snuff bottle of the Chlen Lung period fetched a world auction record for a snuff bottle of £4600 ($24,840) at Sotheby's auction rooms today. The previous record was £3100 ($16,740) at Christie's auction rooms here In 1971.
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      Lock icon Amin's new deadline
      311 6 'Gen. Blair was rude' Reuter Nairobi, Wednesday— President Idi Amin of Uganda yesterday sent a second message to Britain's Queen Elizabeth demanding that British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan must visit Uganda before July 4 or British lecturer Denis Hills will be executed. The Uganda leader blamed the
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      185 5 n: 0B mvani's How can tha aualitia* of tha naw Gab GS4OIA ba conrayadf Nat ta mA, Ti umm M naw apaakar, tnara'a nothing far it but ta go alang to daabr. Ho wM tal you ftaa# that tha GS4OIA corriaa o M«on yaar fuorantoo Thou, «o auggaet you mo
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      208 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Warm, 89-72F, 32-22 C. Headline: A US-Soviet ban on weather use for war la near. San Francisco Cloudy. 63-52F, 17-11 C. Headline: White House accused by CIA prober. Paris Variable, 7059F, 21-15 C. Headline: Partial unemployment accord signed by all unions. London 3unny, 7361F, 23-16 C.
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      585 6 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you sure a kind-hearted, generous Individual who takes great enjoyment from an association with people at large. When It comes to associations on a one-to-one basis, however, you are not nearly so receptive, In fact, you far prefer the group to
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon All set to make history
      1019 7  -  Rendezvous in space will be a triumph for diplomacy and technology By Walter Bagley Reuter The world will watch Americans and Russians meet in space next month in a historic experiment that should prove to be a triumph for technology and diplomacy. It will be
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      TAKING A 'REAL' TRIP ON A TICKET CIA
      598 7  -  Art Buchwald Most Americans are willing to put up with all the shenanigans of the CIA in the name of national security. As a matter of fact, the only Item In the Rockefeller Commission's report that seemed to disturb anybody was the
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  • OPINION
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      Towards a greater vision of life
      372 8 The latest note in the growing chorus of public exhortations to the young to work for the long-term good of the nation was sounded over the weekend by Dr. Chiang Hai Ding, our youthful Member of Parliament for Ulu Pandan. Addressing a residents' association
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      All in the family
      132 8 [♦WHISPERS ISPY^ A buslnessm an and his four children will constitute the municipal government of a Caribbean capital for the next three years because nobody else sought the job. Mr. George Karam and his children. Peter. Jackie. Kathleen and Nadla, are set to be Installed today
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      Learner drivers: 18 months more to go
      167 8  -  RANDHIR SINGH I refer to the report The End of the Road for 1000 *Li* riders (NN, 16.5.75) and to the letter from PDL (NN 30.5.75). I wish to clarify the statement in the report that "At least 1000 learner motor cyclists will
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      Women seek status
      228 8 jgpjp&t SIN CHEW I JIT POH The UN International Women's Conference, opened two days ago 1n Mexico City to concur with the International Women's Year (1975), Is being attended by more than 2500 delegates from both developed and developing countries. As the participating countries are of different
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      THE 18 MILLION IN A CHINESE PUZZLE
      604 8  -  [WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON One of the most interesting aspects of the Slno-West-ern detente is the way in which the Chinese themselves have began to talk to one another. In contrast to the 1950s and *****, it Is now almost commonplace
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      Road for repairing
      83 8 For the last few years Jalan Tarl Lilin off Jalan Kayu has been in a bad condition. The surface 1b badly broken up by rain and 011 dark nights, because there are no street lights, It Is positively dangerous for traffic. It Is scandalous that we should
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  • FEATURE
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      Shopping for charity
      213 9  -  People by Violet Oon If you love to shop for antiques and already have a house full of them, why not do it now for charity like Mrs. Roberto de Cardona, wife of the Italian Ambassador, is doing? She finds it an opportunity to "indulge in my
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      GRAND WEDDING FOR ENVOY'S DAUGHTER
      274 9 The Indonesian community in Singapore is determined to make the wedding of their Ambassador's daughter, Miss Rukdaryanti Hendraningrat, on July 10, a memorable one. It will be the first time that a Javanese style royal nuptial ceremony will be held here The two-month long preparations
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      No waste of time
      70 9 Lt Gen. Ibnu Sutowo, 61, the president of Pertamina, the state-owned Indonesian oil company, had five hours to kill while in transit in Singapore on his way home from Europe, last Sunday but did not see them go to waste. He hopped from his Jet to
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      Customs chief
      38 9 The Comptroller of Customs, Mr. Lim Thean 800. Is now in the United States on a three-week official visit. From the US he will fly to Brussels. He will be back In Singapore early next month.
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      Goodbye after 20 years...
      253 9 There will be a big gap in theatre life in Singapore when Mrs. Eileen Smith (right), the producer of the musical hits, The Sound of Music, The King and I and The Wizard of Oz leaves for good on July 3. Her husband Rev Christopher Smith
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
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      Sweden
      2422 10/11 A THOUSAND MILES OF RUGGED LAND Adverse soil, but it produces 90 pc of food it requires New Nation today brJnfß you the first of a two-part feature on Sweden —one of the most prosperous countries in the world, with an average income exceeded only by the US and
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      TIMBER INDUSTRY IS BIG BUSINESS...
      712 10/11 Forest occupies 56 per cent of the total area of Sweden. Most of the trees are coniferous —44 per cent are Norwegian Spruce and 40 per cent Scots Pine which cover most of central Norrland and east Smaland. TIMBER: In Norrland parallel rivers flow Into
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  • PLEASURE
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      Lock icon Rosemary gets visits from great composers
      438 12  -  By Robert Musel United Press International No one minds playing second fiddle to Beethoven. Mrs. Rosemary Brown said she had business with the great composer that was more urgent at the moment than news of a major challenge to her alleged psychic powers. Sometime
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      ELTON ROARS TO THE TOP WITH ALBUM
      182 12 The London pop charts have descended into another of their periodic ruts this week with little change in the listings and nothing jiew of interest it) sight. Far more Interesting, In fact, than the singles charts are the listings for albums where Elton
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      Young's third solo piece a superlative effort
      500 12  -  POPS by Peter Ong JESSE COLIN YOUNG: SONGBIRD (WARNER BROS): On the threshold of his 12th > year as a recording artiste, it is indeed unfortunate that Jesse Colin Young has not found the recognition he deserves here. He is a songwriter of
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      98 12 SINGAPORE 1 (1) Before The Next Teardrop Falls: Freddy Fender 2 (3) Rainy Day People: Gordon Lightfoot 3 (6) Sing Baby Sing: The Stylistics 4 (2) Don't Tell Me Goodnight: Lobo 5 (4) He Don't Love You Like I Love You: Tony Orlando and Dawn 6 (5) Only Yesterday: Carpenters
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      129 12 Heaven: Showaddywaddy 3 (5) I'm Not In Love: 10CC 4 (4) The Proud One: Osmonds 5 (6) Sine Baby Sine: StyUstlcs 6 (10) Listen To What The Man Said: Wings 7 (17) The Hustle: Van McCoy 8 (8) The Way We Were: Gladys Knight and the Pips 9 (7) Send
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  • TREND edited by BETTY L. KH00
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      Lock icon Things to brighten up a single girl's pad
      437 13 Shop Around A single girl's life is not always made up of swashbuckling heroes and a lot of swing—ask any girl. Any girl who is single—and living on her own. If you have visions of 1001 nights of frolicking fun, you're out
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      Lock icon A capsule that's the last step to woman becoming a man's equal
      737 13 It has been developed by Dr. Coutlnho, a Brazilian scientist and it prevents pregnancy as well as menstruation. He considers the stopping of menstruation as a good thing because he says that the menstrual flow and tts side
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      Lock icon HOUSEWIVES TAKE ON A NEW ROLE...
      226 13 Reuter In China, housewives now do not depend on the income of their husbands, so claimed a New China News Agency report. This is because practically all women are working in cities and towns, except those who are old or sick or can no
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  • FINANCE
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      People in business
      308 14 Cathay Pacific Airways has set up a regional office here under the control of Mr. John Olsen, gen e ral manager, South-east Asia. Jebsen and Jessen group of companies has appointed MR. PANG HICK LOONG as its director of personnel, public relations and coordination. MR. H.R. MACLEOD,
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        206 14 The heavily traded ctock market climbed yesterday to Its highest level In 14 months although the Treasury's report the nation had a record U5515.39 billion ($33.7 billion) budget deficit in May put the brakes on a strong rally. Standard and Poor's 500 Stock Index, a broader Indicator than
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        Dow Jones
        34 14 Do* Jonea closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 869.06 (up 4.23); 30 transport 168.10 (up 0.29); IB utilities 87.07 (up 0.57): 65 stocks 264.79 (up 1.17).
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        163 14 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd. Stock prices w e n t higher on the TSE Turnover Increased slightly, at 180 million shares. Closing prices In yen yesterday: AJlnomoto 348 C. I tah 398 1 Dow a Mining 168 3 Hitachi 166 2 Japan Mall St 334 5 Komatsu 386 17
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        PARIS
        74 14 Closing prices In fnuics on the Pails Bourse yesterday: Parltoas 164 —180 Fonder 335 +3 Prlntemps 78 —3.30 COB ***** —3.30 Bull 30.50 unch. Royal Dutch 150.80 +1.40 Mlchelln 976 —4 Thomson 183 —1 CFP 140.50 30 Rhone 130 —1.50 Air 343 —1 BSN 458 —3 Philips 40.60 .30
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        SYDNEY
        233 14 Closing prices at 11.30 a.m. (Australian time) today on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Allstate 03 nil Beach 26 27 Bridge 00 10 Cleveland 27 29 Endeavour 13 14 Pllnd 20C Opt 0214 03 Inter Min nil 04 Vi Kambelda 0001 Kath Inv 85 00 Kla Ora 12 18 Mid
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        ZURICH
        75 14 Zurich Stock Exchange closing prices yesterday: UBS B. 2055 5 UBS R. 446 10 SBC 420 5 Credit 8ulsse 274S Swissair B. 439 3 Swiss Relnsur 3050 10 Wlnterthur B. 1680 _4 Zurich Insur. 6050 25 Juvena B. 470 Nestle B. 3225 20 Interfood B. 2625 25 Clba-Oelgy B.
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      July 15 ends agreed rates?
      235 14  -  By Lee Yew Meng Banks will be allowed to quote their own Interest rates on advances and loans from" July 15, reliable sources said today. Up to the present time, the cartel rates Imposed by the Association of Banks in Singa- pore in consultation with
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      Lock icon Dollar dips sharply
      53 14 Reuter PARIS, Wednesday The dollar, Influenced by the persistent weakness of sterling, lost ground sharply against the French franc on the Paris Foreign Exchange yesterday to close at 3.9905/9925 francs, dealers said. The US currency had earlier been quoted at four francs-or Just above, as dealers reported
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      Lock icon No help
      25 14 United Press International Washington, Wednesday—American taxpayers will no longer help finance the advertising of cigarettes in foreign countries, Agriculture Department officials said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Inflation pledge
      170 14 Reuter London, Wednesday The British Government yesterday promised definite action to curb inflation before the end of July, as sterling slumped under renewed pressure on foreign exchange markets. At the close of trading, the pound's depreciation since 1971 against the currencies of Britain's main trading partners was again
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      Market report
      221 14 Share prices continued to decline at the Singapore stock market yesterday for the second straight day. The finance sector saw heavier than usual trading activity, with the more popular stocks Incurring fairly substantial falls. United Overseas Bank suffered the heaviest decline of 20 cents to finish at $3.36
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      Lock icon Schmidt hits at Japan, Italy, Britain
      342 14 Reuter Bonn, Wednesday West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt complained in an interview published yesterday that the economic policies of Britain. Italy and Japan were inadequately coordinated with those of other countries. Bemoaning the lack of synchronised measures to tackle inflation, Mr. Schmidt told the
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      Lock icon A kiss for the new champ
      77 17 Lou Graham, the new US Open golf champion, gets a congratu.atory kiss from his wife, Patsy, with daughter Louanne on the right. Graham came through with a storming finish to tie with John MahafTey after the fourth round and won the plpyoff by two
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      920 17  -  SQUASH bv Eric Cooper Qamar Zaman, rated World No. 1 since his win in the British Open, Gogi Alauddin, ranked No. 3, and Mohibullah Khan, British amateur champion in 1974-75 and No. 5 in world rankings, were in Singapore last Friday en route to
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      203 17 Reuter Adelaide, Wednesday All five Pakistani players advanced through the second round of the international squash tournament here last night. Fourth-seeded Hlddy Jahan easily defeated Australian Bill Reedman but fell foul of the referee who told him that if he continued to argue, he would forfeit the
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      418 18  -  By BRIAN MILLER They won no medals. Nor any title. But what they did win was the biggest prize of all—the respect and admiration of all who saw them play Our National soccer team were accorded a hero's welcome when they returned from Hong Kong
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      All Regency, Boston Kid impress in smart trial
      443 18 ON THE TRACK with Blue Peter Top-ranking Melbourne Jockey John Stocker arrived here on Monday. He hopes to ride at the Buklt Tlmah meeting. Stocker, who can ride at 8.0, was here two years ago. He partnered Firebrand in the Queen Elizabeth
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      Retrieved ran in Irish St Leger
      257 18 Retrieved, a Class 2 newcomer entered for the Buklt Tlmah meeting, Is a stayer. A four-year-old Irish gelding by Mossborough out of Caliante, Retrieved was a winner over 12f last year and he also ran In the Irish St. Leger. He had only one
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      56 18 Reuter Brisbane, Wednesday— Lord Mayor Clen Jones said on return from a world tour yesterday that he was optimistic that Brisbane will stage the 1982 Commonwealth Games despite strong opposition from other countries, particularly England. Alderman Jones, who visited Europe. Britain and Asia, said the English city of
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      Another six qualify for Seoul
      311 18  -  By PHILIP TAN Day Two of the Asian Age-Group selection trials at Toa Payoh yesterday saw only six swimmers qualify for the Beoul meet. Three bettered the "A" and three the "B" qualifying marks. Sasa announced that they will pay half the fares of swimmers
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      Ali plans 'my best ever show'
      331 19  -  reporting on the Big Fight Lim Kee Chan Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali will put on his best exhibition of boxing when he fights British challenger Joe Bugner in their 15-round title fight at the Merdeka Stadium here on July 1.
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      429 19 Reuter New York, Wednesday —Boxing promoter Don King, said yesterday he hoped to persuade World heavyweight champion Muhammad All not to retire. But if All were serious In his Intention, the ever-resourceful King added, he would Immediately begin to plan an elimination
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      126 19 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. World heavyweight champion Muhammed All said yesterday coins to China "would be a bi S experience" but it does not matter that the Chinese would not grant him a visa. It ain't nothing I sotta do," he said when asked
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      248 19 Reuter London, Wednesday Lancashire took over from Hampshire at the top of the cbunty championship table with a 10wlcket victory over Derbyshire yesterday. Hampshire lost by 61 runs to Leicestershire star opener Barry Richards went In at No 6 because of a groin injury,
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      283 19 Reuter London. Wednesday.— Byron Bertram. 22-year-old South African, demolished the title hopes of seventh seed Stan Smith when he beat the tall American 0-1, 0-2, 0-1 In the first round of the Wimbledon tennis championships yesterday. Smith, of South Carolina. champion here In 1972 and with
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      538 17 Wednesday NEW NATION Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting mstuctions appeor below Name (Mr /Mrs /Miss) FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS CLUES BELOW till (lolled lines mmm mmm mam» m CLUES FOR AL-3 1. Tiny opening* in the tkin 2. Very hungry people will make inroads into food
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      57 18 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom m, m Bfsl fA m m •wi AJi '*> fi SHORT RIBS by Frank O Neal MANY COVA£ THIS WAV VE(?V PAST MANY WHAT? BUFFAU2 CATTLE. WHAT? tyHJB! GOPHCRSf \h IH 2^^ 0 US a? a d^ssy Si 'OhmX NORBERT v?* by George Fett
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      531 19 AT THE CINEMA 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 picked up and romanced to by Kerwin Mathew who plays the title role In a tale
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    117 20 The LAST word London's Old Bailey turned into a "gambling den" last week when a Jury was taught how to cheat at cards. Pretty Playboy Club girl Kathryn Tallon set up a blackjack table in front of the jurors and demonstrated the "Biarritz shuffle" with two packs
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    44 20 MEI LIN: Women are in trouble. Mrs. Gandhi has had a setback in the Supreme Court. Queen Elizabeth may lose her court if a Labour MP has his way. AH F O O K How nice, all this in International Women's Year.
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      48 20 Show of the day... DISCOVERY: (9.45 p.m. on Ch. 5 in colour): Down Among The Dead Men This programme focuses on Calvin Wells, the flamboyant former gynaecologist who, since the war, has devoted his life to uncovering the secrets of the past, establishing a reputation in medical anthropology.
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