New Nation, 23 August 1975

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Saturday August 23, 1975 No. 1418 Price 20 cents MC (P) 1118/75 SATURDAY, AUCUST 23, 1975
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  • Article
    Lock icon Aspirin peril that faces the pregnant
    403 1 A greater risk of underweight babies with heavy bleeding of mother during birth Reuter London. Saturday Pregnant women who take aspirin regularly are more likely to have a stillborn child or a complicated delivery, a hospital study said yesterday. Their babies face a greater
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    Lock icon Aussie-Viet ties...
    31 1 United Press International Hong Kong, Saturday Australia and the new communist government in South Vietnam have dt elded to establish diplomatic relations, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported yesterday.
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    AMAH CHOPS HER WAY TO LOOT AS A SCARED SHARON LOOKS 0N...
    393 1  -  .By Rav K. Dhaliwal Little Sharon Wong watched In terror as her amah smashed a gaping hole with a chopper In her parents' padlocked bedroom door, crawled In and broke open two drawers. The amah, who had been
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article
      Solving the problem of illiteracy
      206 2  -  Transfer the weaker students' By Teresa Ooi Mr. Ong Soo Chuan, Parliamentary Secretary (Foreign Affairs), this morning suggested that under the restructured education system, the weaker students should complete their primary schooling in the language they are most proficient in. He strongly felt that if
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    • Article
      Don't idle, youths told
      193 2 A good number of our boys and girls are wasting their time In coffeehouses while others are i»««wg at home "bumming off" their parents, said Mr. J J*. Ooncelcao, MP for Katong. He added that there are many young people who are too self-indulg-ent and weak
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    • Article
      Flyover: Call to motorists
      55 2 Motorist* are advised to avoid the Adam Road/ rarrer Road and Buklt Tlmah/Dunearn Road 1 unctions from 10 p.m. today to 8 a.m. tomorrow. The Public Works Department will be completing cons t r u ctlon work on a flyover at this Junction and the area
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    • Article
      Sessions off
      47 2 Enclk Othman Wok, Minister for Social Affairs and MP for Paslr Panjang. will not hold his usual meet-the-peo-ple session on Mondays from Aug. 25 to Sept. 1. Sessions will resume from Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. at the Paslr Panjang PAP branch. 3 Alexandra Lane.
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    • Article
      Speech day
      31 2 Hajl Sha'ari Tadin. Senior Parliamentary Secretary. Ministry of Culture, will be guest of honour at Monk's Hill Secondary Schcol annual speech and prise-giving day at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
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    • Article
      OUR ROADS
      10 2 Police reported 91 accidents yesterday. Nine tore serious.
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    • Article, Illustration
      They're all set for a Cup final date...
      237 2 They are all set to see the final of the Malaysia Cup match to be held In Kuala Lumpur next week. While most football fans have to stand In exasperating long queues for tickets and run around to get their travel and
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    • Article
      Lung cancer in old men most common
      249 2 89p.c. smokers, says report Primary lung cancer has been found to be most common in men over 60 years old in Singapore. This was revealed in a study on 80 patients with primary lung cancer at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital during the
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    • Article, Illustration
      Star of the Disney cast visit to zoo is Anusha
      162 3 It was nothing short of an Invasion when the cast of Disney on Parade romped through the Singapore Zoological Gardens yesterday. Everyone wanted to get In on the act, but Apusha the elephant managed to steal the limelight from even
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    • Article
      Fleecing tourists: Shops warned
      198 3 'Letters to Commercial Crimes Branch* The Tourist Promotion Board has warned several shops against fleecing of tourists. This action follows complaints from tourists who said they were cheated when buying goods. A reliable source said copies of the letters have been sent to the Commercial Crimes
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    • Article
      Three share lead
      80 3 Internatlonal Master Manuel Aaron of India and H. Suradiradja of Indonesia now share the lead with Singapore's Giam Choo Kwee in the Asian Masters Chess Championship. In yesterday's resum- Ed games, Aaron beat Tan to total 3y 2 points. Mascarinas beat Woo and Shaw beat NataraJan to
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    • Miscellaneous
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      18 2 Forecast Singapore's weather outlook from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. today Occasional light rain in the early afternoon.
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      254 2 iiiLuaiik Dr. Wong Soon Chong, lecturer In the Government and Public Administration Department of the Nanyang university, will speak on PUBLIC RELATIONS at the National Library at 3 p.m. A BODY BUILDING AND MISS PASIR PANJANG CONTEST will be held at the Paslr PanJang community centre at 7.30 p.m. Queenstown
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      207 3 SUPERSMOOTH THE ALL-NEW XE-l FROM MINOLTA r r taken all the tried and proven features of the famous SR-T series and added an outstanding electronic automatic exposure system control, developed from Minolta's top X-1 model, plus a smooth new vertical plane shutter, specially developed by Minolta and Leitz cfhgineers. The
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • Article
      Lock icon PATTENT KILLER
      289 4 Full scale hunt for a suspect who tried to kill his victims with paralysing drug United Press International New York, Saturday The Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun a full-scale hunt for a killer suspected of deliberately using a paralysing drug on at least 15 patients, two of
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    • Article
      Lock icon Guerrillas attack missile ship
      214 4 Start of an expected onslaught Reuter Buenos Aires, Saturday An Argentine Navy missile -launching frigate under construction near the city of La Plata was blown up yesterday by leftwing urban guerrillas to mark the third anniversary of the so-c ailed Trelew Massacre. But police seized and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Rescue ships head for Timor...
      194 4 United Press International Macao, Saturday.—Rescue ships headed toward Portuguese Timor today where grenade and mortar fire rocked the capital gripped by civil war, leaving "bodies all over the place." Two Australian destroyers, the HMA3 Vampire and the HMAS Vendetta, were ordered to sail from Western
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      Lock icon Goodwill visit
      72 4 Reuter Islamabad, Saturday Mrs. Nusrat Bhutto, the wife of Pakistan's Prime Minister, will lead a deleBktlon to the Soviet nlon for a 10-day goodwill visit beginning on Aug. 26. It was announced here yesterday. The visit takes place at the Invitation of the Soviet government and is apparently
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      Lock icon Elvis 'in no danger'
      113 4 United Press International Washington, Saturday —Elvis Presley (above) "does not have any serious or life-threatening illness," but tests will be made to find out why he became so exhausted he had to cancel his Las Vegas engagement after three days, the singer's doctor said yesterday. The
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    • Article
      Lock icon 15 more die
      58 4 Reuter New Delhi, Saturday— At least 15 more deaths were reported yesterday as torrential monsoon rains and floods swamped new areas of India. Officials said in the western desert state of Rajasthan unusually heavy rains had flooded 217 villages. The latest casualties take the monsoon death toll
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    • Article
      Lock icon Entry only by visas
      53 4 Reuter Calcutta, Saturday. Foreign nationals would not be allowed to enter Bangladesh without visas Issued on behalf of the new regime, airline officials said here yesterday. Airlines had been instructed not to carry passengers with visas Issued before the military-back-ed coup, spokesmen for Indian Airlines and
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      Lock icon Back to Liz
      35 4 Reuter Geneva, Saturday Actor Richard Burton yesterday confirmed that he and his ex-wife Elizabeth Taylor are together again, 14 months after she divorced him but did not say whether they will remarry.
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      Lock icon Secret love soldier is a married man
      151 4 Reuter Vienna, Saturday. An Austrian corporal who smuggled an Israeli girl soldier Into a United Nations emergency force camp on the Golan Heights was married, his Austrian wife told newspapers here yesterday. The corporal. Ernst Btelnbauer, 25. was discharged from the UN force
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    • Article
      Lock icon Test pitch arrests
      65 4 Reuter London, Saturday.—A man and woman were arrested yesterday In connection with sabotage of a cricket pitch which ruined this week's Aus-tralia-England match. Police would not reveal their Identities, but lawyer James Saunders told reporters they were Peter Chappell and Mrs. Oeraldine Hughes, two members of the
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    • Article
      Lock icon US aid if Israel is attacked?
      382 5 Dr K considering signing pact Reuter Alexandria, Saturday The United States 2nd Israel are con?mplatlng a written agreement on possible US assistance in the event that Israel is attacked by the Soviet Union, informed sources said yesterday. The agreement would be part of the
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      Lock icon CLOSER TO ACCORD
      277 5 Reuter Alexandria, Saturday Egypt and Israel last night moved closer to ap interim peace agreement after talks here between US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Dr. Kissinger said he was reasonably hopeful his latest efforts to bring about an accord would
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      Lock icon Syria and Jordan in link-up against Tel Aviv
      153 5 Reuter Damascus. Saturday Syria and Jordan yesterday announced they had formed a Supreme Command Council to direct political and military action against Israel. The council, headed by President Hafez Al-Assad and King Hussein, will develop plans to co-ordi-nate the armed forces of
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      Lock icon Two killed
      27 5 Reuter Belfast, Saturday Two peop'e died and 12 were injured last night In a bomb attack on a bar in the cathedral city of Armagh.
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      Lock icon Exchange of views...
      35 5 Dr. Kissinger holding talks with President Sadat yesterday evening at the presidential rest house at Mamoara. Earlier Mr. Badat and Dr. Kissinger embraced each other warmly when they met. UP radio picture
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    • Article
      Lock icon TODAY
      122 5 United Press International TODAY Is Saturday, Aug. 23, the 235 th day of 1975 with 130 to follow. THE MOON is between Its full phase and last quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury and Venus. Those born on this date are
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      53 5 United Press International A teacher is not being cruel when he uses ar battery-operated cattle prod on 11-year-olds, a Judge in Ottawa, Illinois, has ruled. But he said the court did not condone this method of discipline after listening to Prank Roland complaining about being sacked for
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    • Miscellaneous
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      534 4 Saturday rip-v^i Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: AT-6 w 1 Cut olong dotted linn J CLUES FOR AT-6 1. Doesn't let out of one's possession 2. The extra expense o# which might in some coses be begrudged 3. Trench dug
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      119 5 mom M/f?£7/l/£7 /7J#//V SO//L IST ANNIVERSARY 20-GAME SINGLES TOURNAMENT Date: 31st August 1975 at 10.00 a.m. Prizes sponsored by CHAMPION 1 SIA SINGLE RETURN TICKET TO BANGKOK AND 1 TROPHY 2ND POSITION: 1 fcsiA SINGLE RETURN HOLIDAY TICKET TO MEDAN/LAKE TOBA AND 1 TROPHY 3RD POSITION: I#C E 7-DAY WEST
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      166 5 WORLD WEATHER New York—Rain clearing. 82-67F, 28-19 C. Headline: US relaxes ban against trading with the Cubans. San Francisco Fair, 66-53F, 19-12 C. Headline: Alioto uses emergency SDwers to end police, remen's strikes. Tokyo—Cloudy, 86-79F, 30-26 C. Headline: Portugal President predicts Goncalves government to end soon. Rome—Sunny, 85-55F, 29-ISC. Headline:
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  • OPINION
    • Article
      Call it what you may, it is still illegal...
      470 6 Desplte> the enactment in 1972 of clause 46 (5) to amend the Employment Act and limit the payment of annual 4 bonuses and annual wage supplements, plus all ex-gratia payments, many employers have been coughing out more than legally permitted. Some
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      UNITY OF WISDOM AND POLITICS...
      548 6  -  SATURDAY GUEST CHAN HENG CHEE CHAN HENG CHEE Some poet, philosopher or soothsayer of the past Is sup p o sed to have remarked that" he cared not who made the laws of the nation if he but knew who wrote its songs. I would
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    • Article
      'Unfair to majority'
      297 6 We refer to New Nation's Aug. 18 editorial headlined The Sterile Who Are Fruitful. We are voicing the views of a significant group of parents who are conscientiously practising family planning. We firmly subscribe to the concept of a twochild family as Singapore la a very small
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      Lock icon Foreign policy problem
      197 6 World Comment —-Jk The Times (London) 12J.75 In recent months US Investigators have disclosed that such companies as Exxon, Stxtl. Gulf. Mobil, Northrop and numerous others have spent millions of dollars in recent years paying government officials and politicians in such assorted countries as Gabon. South Korea.
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    • Article
      Short of details
      45 6  -  LAWRENCE LOH PRO Ministry of Labour, Singapore, 1. Pleas* refer to B.W.'s letter entitled Short of NWC pay (NN 31.7.75) Your correspondent is requested to get In touch with me as more Inform- ation is required before we can advise him accordingly.
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      12 6 MAIL BAG WRITE TO TNE EDITOR. NEW NATION, LOCKED 0A615. SINGAPORE 1.
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  • Weekend Nation
    • ART BUCHWALD/ S'PORE NOTEBOOK
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        Lock icon WHEN LOVLOST SAID 'NO' TO AMERICAN AID
        590 7  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Many people are still not too clear about what exactly Is happening with the gold reserves in the United States. It appears from what the President has said, and what the Secretary of the Treasury has tried to
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        First plane landed at Farrer Park
        256 7  -  Sfrore Notebook by Judith Holmberg Singaporeans saw their first aeroplane in lDll—eight years after the Wright brothers took to the air. The little plane took off and landed at the Old Race course In Farrer Park and gave breath-taking performance to astounded watchers. Nothing
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    • SIGHT & SOUND/ THEATRE
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        HE WAS A BUILDER OF BUILDERS...
        654 8  -  SIGHT SOUND IT EDGAR KOH Television Singapore will telecast next week a documentary on Le Corbusier in the series Museum Without Walls (Wednesday Ch. 5, 9.45 p.m.) coincldentally marking the 10th anniversary of the Swissborn French architect. When he died while swimming on the
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        They're all youngsters but they certainly pack a mighty wallop
        474 8  -  THEATRE BY VIOLET OON All six finalists in the 1975 Primary School Band Competition will be performing in the Young Musicians' Society concert, The Sounds of Young Bands, at the Conference Hall on Aug. 28 and 29. The school's performance,
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        $omething about singing that quickly changed her mind
        383 8  -  By Jennifer Schoon To sing in a nightclub, Wah Ling had to first overcome her inhibitions and the conservative idea that entertainment was Just not right for nice girls. But she was quickly brought around, when she discovered the salary singers were
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    • BOOKS / CHESS
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        BALINAS AND NARANJA OUT
        557 9  -  CHESS ■YJ LIM KOK ANN Due to unforeseen circumstances, international chess masters R. Balinas and R. Naranja of the Philippines withdrew from the Asian Masters To u r n ament which now comprises 14 players. Fortunately, the average rating of the players still qualities for a
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        Lock icon Winding path of film director Bergman
        673 9  -  By Tom Donnelly Los Angeles Times "When I'm writing and shooting a 111 m I'm inside some sort of protective shell," says Ingmar Bergmap. "I harciy analyse what I'm doing or why I'm doing it. I rationalise afterwards. But what my motives really were,
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        Lock icon Revealing the odder side of London...
        600 9  -  By Gregory Jensen United Press International In Loncon's Pimlico Gardens is a togaclad statue of the first man ever killed by a train. In Bayswater is a twostorey house four feet wide. Southwark has a four-dial clock with one dial vindictively painted black. In
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      • Article
        Money
        47 9  -  Sakina Yusof Chettiars lend it Nonyas spend it Smokers burn it Lovers spurn it Thrifty save it Misers crave it Forgers fake it Taxes take it Smugglers hoard it Amahs board it Millionaires leave it Heirs receive it Travellers lose it Me? I use it! MONEY
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      Lock icon The making of a superfight
      688 10/11 United Press International The Philip pines hopes to parley a US$4 million (about $10 million) investment for the Oct. 1 title flght between Muhammad All and Joe Frazier into a priceless publicity bonanza. Selected as site of the bout is the 30,000-seat Philippine Coliseum in
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      Lock icon ALI EXPOSES HIS MANY FACES...
      1828 10/11 k K I could be educated I would not fight again' In just about six weeks time, boxing's modern legend, Muhammad Ali will take on the challenge of loe Frazier In Manila. New Nation today presents a special indepth interview which All recently save to
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      143 12 ENCHIMANSMb 35 A, PRESIDENT SHOPPING CENTRE, SER ANGOON ROAD, SINGAPORE 8. NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL OFFER. SK" 20% r„T 15 T-SHIRTS (FROM HONG KONG) 'U /o DISCOUNT HURRY WHILE STOCK LAST! AT: JADE'S FASHION STORE, NO. 2-23, SECOND FLOOR. PENINSULA SHOPPING COMPLEX SINGAPORE, 6. TEL: 3901S METRO POLE SUPER GROUP, (GARMENT
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  • shopping
    • Article, Illustration
      On becoming a well-dressed male
      764 12 A twice weekly advertisement feature IT Is so difficult these days to see a really well-groom-ed guy around. Expensively dressed-up chaps are a dlme-a- dozen but It does pot generally follow that the male who splashes most on his clothes will turn out the best-dressed.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      1608 14 Weekend Kaiion tv/bap, SINGAPORE 5 SATURDAY 1.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SESAME STREET 2.00 SATURDAY MATINEE: Hut and mis. <See Top Shows of the Weekend) 3.20 INTER-CONSTI-TUENCY FOOTBALL COMPETITION: Kampong Ubl vs Farrer Park (r) recorded highlights of the match for the third and fourth placing in the tournament. Commentaries
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      313 14 TOP SHOWS of the WEEKEND SATURDAY MATINEE (2.00 over Channel Five): His and Hers. As a solution to their cop- stant squabbles, an a u t h o r-explorer and his exasperated wife decide to divide their home into two halves one for her and the other for him. This
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  • FINANCE
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      Prices dip after a good start
      258 15  -  MARKET ROUND-UP by Lee Yew Meng Share prices moved lower on the week at the Singapore stock market after a surprisingly good start. It was not that the light at the end of the dark tunnel had finally shone through. But rather, the higher
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      Top-flight shares in London show good form
      157 15 London, Saturday. Top flight shares were in sparkling form yesterday with the Financial Times industrial index up over 10 points by midafternoon at just under 315. Under the weight of sizeable buying orders dealers hoisted prices throughout the lists with double-flgure gains appearing
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        381 15 An oversold stock market, aided by bargain hunters, snapped a four-session losing streak yesterday with Its best rally In more than a month on the New York Stock Exchange. But analysts said the rise was not particularly significant because trading was slow. The Dow Jones industrial average, a
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        Dow Jones
        33 15 Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 804.76 (up 13.07), 20 transport IM.M (up 1.19), IS utilities 75.43 (up 0.25), 69 stocks 242.87 (up 3.01).
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        276 15 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd Stock prices went lower Turnover remained light. The morning session opened only slightly lower reflecting yesterday's recovery toward t-tae end of the afternoon and due to the lesser decline of the New York market. After opening, some electrlcals strengthened, and Komatsu, Wacol and Kao were
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        PARIS
        73 15 Closing prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Parlbes 169 —.50 Foncler 358 +7 Prlntemps SI +.70 Bull 33.10 +.10 Royal Dutch 1ST +.50 Mlchelln 1150 +30 COE 399 unch. Thomson 316 +4 CFP 137.50 +3 Rhone 133 +1 Air 333 exrlght —37.50 BSN 509 +14 Philips 39.80 +.70 Sues
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        ZURICH
        71 15 Clos'ng prices on the Zurich Stock Exchange ye»UBS B. 2965 5 UBS R. 428 SBC 416 Credit Suisse 2770 10 Swissair B. 386 Swiss Relnsur. 2120 —10 WlnUrthur B. 1710 10 Zurich Insur. 6300 —25 Juvena B. 436 —10 Nestle B 3115 Interfood B. 2000 Clba-Oelgy B. 1460 —10
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      Lock icon Loans: Big Ford plan
      176 15 United Press International Nr.v York, Saturday.— President Ford Is considering a plan to create a semi-public corporation to lend billions of dollars to private Industry to spur development of synthetic fuels that could ease an energy shortage, It was disclosed. Press Secretary Ron Nessen said the
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      Some food for thought...
      395 15  -  T The Consumer by Rav K. Dhaliwal Some eating houses take even the slightest opportunity to make a quick buck even at the expense of losing a customer and having its name tarnished. This trend seems to have picked up of late, if the number of
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    • Obituary
      Untitled
      30 16 MRS. MANIAMMA ABRAHAM wife of Captain Abraham George passed away peacefully on 23/8/75. Cortege leaves 41, Carlisle Road at 3 pm, 23/8/75 tor Mar Thoma Church and then to C.C.K.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      543 15 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those privately shy persons who by maturity should have built up such a veneer of learned overt behaviour that only those aware of your past history or on Intimate terms with your basic character will realise how
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      130 17 Reuter West Berlin, Saturday Guy D r u t of France set a new world record of 13.0 seconds for the men's 110 metres hurdles at an International athletics meet here last night. Drut shaved onetenth of a second off the old record he had
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      231 17 Reuter Melbourne, Saturday— Australian Ken Hiscoe will meet Pakistani Mohlbullah Khan in the Australian Open squash final tomorrow after the shock defeat here last night of top seed Geoff Hunt and second seed Qamar Zaman. Hunt, the former B"i--tish Open title holder, was knocked out
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      33 17 Kansas City, Saturday —Bruce Furniss broke Ills own world record In the men's 200 metres freestyle at the U8 outdoor swimming championships last night with a time of 1:50.37.
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      184 17 Reuter London, Saturday Batsman Bob Woolmer and fast bowler Mike Hendrlck could And themselves back In the England team when the selectors name their lineup tomorrow for the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia. England's chances of regaining the Ashes faded when the third
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      FOLLOW JOCKEY MURRAY
      309 18  -  By BLUE PETER It should pay to follow South Australian jockey John Murray at Buklt Timah today. He has several fancied mounts. Including Speedy Gondale in Race 4, Red Topper in Race 6 and Dewi. II in Race 7. Speedy Gondale, late Prince Winalot, was running on
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      3114 18 rn 2.15 CLASS 5 DIV 2-6F 121 ($6,500 35,950 to wlnn«r) < 3021 Maurttai tfa a (CON) Ahmad 9 0 (ud+8) M hmal 10 X .130S UmH Oatang II a (Hlng Hlng) Oaman a 8 9 (dd+4) .*V NaMtan 7 s WMI
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      133 18 SCRUTINEER CALL BOY EP80M JEEP BLUE PETER Raoa 1: Grey Castle National Flag Imablate Grey Castle Buckqoren Must Bet Grey Castle National Flag Km* S: Bojanflem First Generation Claiborne Art Movement Bo Jangles Expectations Claiborne Safaga IM* >: Inflation Brandy Ginger Brandy Ginger Madaiby Man of Mars Belmondo Belmondo
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      150 18 Reuter Liege, Saturday Frenchman Daniel Morelon, 31, raced to a 7th world amateur sprint title at the World track cycling championships yesterday. Morelon, who has been In eight finals since 1964 and lost only one, came back losing the first leg of this final to
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      2-2 draw
      21 18 London. Saturday. Results of yesterday's English League soccer matches: Division Four Tranmere 2 Doncaster 2; Stockport 1 Northampton 3.
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      Champagne for Cup
      327 18 RACING with Scrutineer i 4 With most of the "star s" withdrawn Chaiqparne II has a great chance of winning the 9f Pesta Sukan Cup (Race 6) at Buklt Tlmah tomorrow. last year he ran a good second to Yangtze Klang II In the pesta Bukan Cup
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      Six for Sri Lanka
      545 19  -  They leave tomorrow for Thomas Cup assignment By BRIAN MILLER A Singapore squad of six players leave tomorrow for Sri Lanka for their first round match In the Thomas Cup Asian western zone. The six who will represent Singapore against Sri Lanka are Ng Chor Yau,
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      Wah Chin sad and confused at being dropped
      346 19 Possibly the most dejected and confused sportsman In Singapore today is Lee Wah Chin, the reigning National doubles badminton champion, writes BBIAN MILLEB. After IS months of hard training with the Thomas Cup squad, he suddenly found himself dropped from the lineup
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      Junie too good for primary rivals
      479 19 Eleven-year-old Junle Sng, of Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, was the star of the Singapore Primary Schools swimming championships at the Toa Payoh pool yesterday. Competing in the 100 metres freestyle for "B" girls, Junle easily pulled away from her rivals to win
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      S'pore Police tipped for victory
      235 19 Singapore Police are fancied to beat their counterparts from Brunei in their first boxing match «t the Police Academy, Thomson Road tonight) at 7.30 p.m. Btars In the Singapore team are, M. Selveekam and K. Krlshnan, who took the welter and lightmiddle titles respectively at
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      Top-form Farrer set to win again
      605 20  -  By Jeffrey Low Farrer Park United, inspired by their 3-2 upset over Toa Payoh United last week, are likely to score their second win this season when they meet Upper Se ran goon in the League Division 1 soccer match at FarreT Park tomorrow.
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      FIXTURES
      118 20 Today'* fixtures (all matches at 4.30 p.m.): Division 2 Ponggol v Wharapoa at Wood bridge Hospital; Balestier United v Changl United at Balestier Road; Kakl Bnkit Chai Chee v Ulu Pandan at Geylang Stadium. Division 3 Paslr Panjang v Calrnhlll at Gillman Barracks. Tomorrow (all matches at 4.30 p.m.);
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      S'pore trounced
      55 20 Auckland, Saturday— The England women's netball team made a good start to the fourth world championships defeating Singapore 67-12 here yesterday, England's goal shooter Judl Heath continued the good form she showed In practice matches earlier this week and scored 56 of her side's Kls. Pat Calne scored
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      Jittra storms into lead in singles
      540 20  -  By BRIAN MILLER K. Jlttradej of Thailand stormed in to take the lead In the men's ■ingles with a brilliant 666 series in the Singapore International bowling championships at Jaekles Orchard. Jittrade) seems to have found his mark and with his fiery bowling he
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      288 17 NEW NATION CROSSWORD s mil. mnmu* mm MA ill Muum ammm 5 Mar.'s nickname 0 High homes 7 Very important workers 8 An appeasing morsel 9 Scottish slope 10 Esteem 11 The select few 12 Valleys 13 Use strength 18 Second person 22 Hogan dwellers 24 Lyric 26 Dickens heroine
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      472 17 AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH THE OF MUSIC: A re -run of the sentimental Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Orchard: I*ls, 4.30, 8.30. CONFESSIONS Or A WINDOW CL E A NEB: Young Tlmathy Lea (Robin Askwlth), starts out to make his mark as a window cleaner. Starring Anthony Booth and
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