New Nation, 23 March 1976

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  • 21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday March 23, 1976 No. 1595 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 r NEW NATION L comment;
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  • 361 1 Pilot killed in crashdive into Kodama's home Agencies Tokyo, Tuesday A light aircraft this morning crashed Into the house of Yoshlo Kodama, key figure in the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's b r 1 b ery scandal In Japan, and police launched a probe to find out whether it was
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  • 184 1 Reuter UPI Dallas, Tuesday US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, app a r ently with Rhodesia In mind, last night warned Cuba against any further military actions in Southern Africa. In a major foreign speech, Dr. Kissinger said: "We have issued these warnings before. I
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  • 57 1 Ticket* for the Singa-pore-Peril* Malaysia Cup tie this Sunday at the National Stadium are on sale at the following centres: C.K. Tang. Winston's, Metro Golden Mile, Holiday Tours, BATA Premier Store, Sporting Sam, Mike's Golf Centre, FAS Clubhouse and National Stadium. Ticket* are priced at $3
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  • 353 1 ...if the situation worsens Ipoh, Tuesday Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman is ready to return to politics "to save UMNO and the Government if the situation in the co un try worsens," the Penang newspaper The Star reported. He said this In reply to
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  • 121 1 Police have started a big crackdown on shoplifters following a "high" Incidence of thefts In the shopping complexes in the central business area. A police spokesman said so far this year, 24 people were arrested and produced In court after reports were made to
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    • 45 1 GERMANY'S •EST m J—P FUST IN FASHION □bermain Rfgntered Trade Mark goes talent scouting Page 19 225 promoted inspectors -Pago 4 Suharto replies to Hanoi —Page 5 e IN THE OTHER PAGES: Clnemu 2; Money word* 10; Crossword 17; Stars 18; Comics 19. If MB
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 208 2 Singapore workers under responsible and dedicated union leaders can achieve higher productivity If they want to, said Mr. Low Guan Onn, managing director of Jurong Shipyard. Speaking at the launch ing ceremony of the 91,600 tonne tanker, Palmstar Cherry at Jur ong today Mr.
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  • 63 2 The mobile collection unit of the Hawkers Department will collect hawker licence feet for April to June 197* at the following centres: Upper Serangoon Road Market (today), Llm Tua Tow market (tomorrow). Geylanf Serai market (Thursday and Friday) and Serangoon Oardens market (Saturday). Collection times are 9.30 a.m.
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  • 179 2  -  Bid by Goodwood By Peter Ong The Goodwood Group of Hotels Is believed to be negotiating to buy over Hotel Summit In Mount Elizabeth Road. This is the second round of negotiations between the two parties. The first round reportedly ended in deadlock. A senior official of the
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  • 317 2  -  VIOLET OON It is rare to see genuine folk dances and songs away from the village square and in the concert hall. All too often, folk groups go slightly Broadway in their bid to make their programmes M laterestlng >r for International consumption. So it
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  • 117 2 AT THE END OF A RACE DAY AT BUKIT TIMAH The excitement is over and thousands of torn bettinf slips and newspaper race guides litter the frounds of the Singapore Turf Club in Bukit Timah. Only small groans of people remain at the end of another race day
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  • 62 2 Cathay Pacific Airways may introduce its first all-cargo Boeing 707 connecting SlngaKre with Bangkok, ipeh, Seoul and Hong Kong from July 7. According to the airline's managing director. Mr. Duncan Bluck, the thrice-weekly freighter service which It subject to govern men* approval, will not affect the airline's existing
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  • 25 2 The II etro p o 1 Itan YMCA will conduct a two session sailing course for beginners on Saturday and Sunday at Ponggol Point
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  • 122 2 Prices staged a mild recovery at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes this morning. The upward reaction to the sharp falls yesterday, however, lacked strength. At press time, the Initial gains were trimmed by profit-taking. BUSINESS DONE: First Section 8. DARBY (3) 3.26. (3)
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  • 57 2 The Singapore Institute of Management will conduct courses on Product Management Systems on April 12 and 13, and Productivity Bonus Bcheme on May 31 at Its conference room in Thong TecK Building from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The course fees are $300 for members and $350
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  • 56 2 Tall, shapely, talented and pretty dancers. If you think you fit this category, you are wanted by the Neptune Theatre Restaurant which Is looking for 15 Singaporeans for training u dancers witn their troupe. "We want to get more dancers ao that we can prodvoe quality shows."
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    • 534 2 AT THE CINEMA II MAME: The Inimitable Lucille Ball in the title role of thla musical as a swinger, a liver, a doer and a wonderful woman with a generous heart who follows trends and behaves with bizarre and loving Intensity In the full enjoyment of life which she shares
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  • 8 2 Police reported 78 accidents yesterday. Three were serious.
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  • 252 3  -  ...thanks to licensing by the ministry By Peter Ong All 200-odd petrol kiosks and dealers have been licensed by the Ministry of Finance's Department of Trade and this has resulted In easy availability of dlesel oil. Taxi drivers, lorry and bus owner* said they
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  • 106 3 Shopping for the stars that's her job Mary Park (above) knows the secrets of many American show business personalities their vital statistics. For she is the executive buyer and "personalised shopper" for Jim Nabors, (television's Oomer Pyle), Carol Burnett, Eydle Oorme, Jackie O'Shannon and Barry Oordy, the president of Motown
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  • 349 3  -  By Teresa Ooi The Ministry of Education has "verbally" instructed all primary schools that pupils should not spit into drains during their daily teeth-brushing exercise. Instead, schools should provide buckets to be shared by groups of pupils and the waste contents flushed down the toilets.
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  • 133 3 Seven hundred new members were recruited alnce the Pioneer Industries Employees' Union (PIEU) and the Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation (SILO) launched their membership drive last month. Nine new branches were established Ave by PIEU and four by SILO. They now have a total of 420
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  • 238 3  -  By Wang Look Fung The Singapore Institute of Architects Building Centre, aimed at "gearing the building industries into more organised and co-ordi-nated activities" will be open from April 1. Located on the podium deck of the Outram Park Complex near the Institute premises and the Professional
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  • 53 3 The Singapore Institute of Management will conduct a three-day course on Modern Approaches To Integrated Personnel Strategies at Its conference room In Thong Te c k Building. Scotts Road, from April 5 to 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The course fee is $380 for members and
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  • 105 3 A new Outhrie Hour series Is expected to be launched around this Christmas. It will be based on roughly the same lines as the 13-week series which ended recently on Television Singapore. On July 1 last year Outhrie Trading (S) Pte. Ltd.. sponsors of the
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    • 121 3 Heres health! Have a Cynar~the famous Italian aperitif liqueur made from the health giving artichoke. n (pronounced CHEE-NAR) Cynar, Italy's bittersweet aperitif liqueur, is made from the artichoke. Scientific tests have shown that the artichoke is conducive to good health. It improves the appetite, aids digestion and can have a
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  • 224 4  -  By Douglas Chan Two hundred and twenty-five Special Constabulary parttime national servicemen have been made Inspectors in one of the biggest promotion exercises in the Police Force. According to police spokesman Mr. Teo Han Wue, the 225 officers were promoted with effect from this month. It
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  • 139 4 AP Jakarta, Tuesday Governors of central banks In South-east Asian countries began a four-day meeting on the tourist Island of Ball yesterday to discuss International monetary problems. Inflation and economic recession. Indonesian Finance Minister All Wardhana said In his opening address, "The worst of the 1974 recession
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  • 204 4  -  By Lee Yew Meng Singapore Airlines Is taking delivery of Its ."fifth Boeing 747 at the end of the month. The aircraft is due to arrive here on April I. BIA has the option to purchase two more such planes. The financing
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  • 276 4  -  By Susie Soh Peter Nero must certainly be one of the most entertaining pianists to have performed in Singapore. Local fans were treated to an unfbrSttable evening at e "Peter Nero—Live In Concert" show at Hyatt Hotel last night. Not only wa* he a
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  • 658 4 IN PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY Some taxi drivers are making "a small fortune" since the Introduction of the Area Licensing Scheme, according to two Members of Parliament. Dr. Ong Leong Boon (Kim Seng) and Mr. Ivan Baptist (Potong Paalr) told ,ihe House last week that the
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  • 189 5 Reuter Mcscow, Tuesday—The Soviet Union and the U8 have successfully transmitted test messages via a new satellite "hot line" set up to replace the existing land line between the White House and the Kremlin, the American embassy said here yesterday. Tne original hot line
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  • 113 5 UPI Washington. Tuesday President Ford has read Mr. Richard Nixon's 80-page report on his trip to China and found it "very interesting and useful" although it contained "no startling new information," a White House spokesman said yesterday. Press Secretary Ron Nessen said Mr. Nixon prepared two copies
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  • 343 5 Suharto replies to Hanoi Reuter UPI Tokyo, Tuesday Communist Indochina does not appear to fully understand the real intention of ASEAN, according to Indonesian President Suharto. In an interview with correspondents of the Japan Broadcasting Corporatln (NHK) televls- Ed here last night. President Suharto said If
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  • 209 5 Danger in Europe UPI Washington, Tuesday Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said yesterday communist parties rising to power in Western Europe would 81 re n g then neutralist forces Inside America. Dr. Kissinger told a State Department banquet: "The advent of communist parties to power.
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  • 235 5 Reuter Washington, Tuesday Ronald Reagan and George Wallace made last minute, campaign appearrances yesterday, hoping to stave off defeat in todays North Carolina Primary which would probably end their presidential hopes. But political experts are convinced President Ford will win the Republican race in the southern state
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  • 218 5 UPI Moscow, Tuesday. Rightwlng pressures In the US election campaign are forcing some Washington politicians to make "strange speeches" about SovietAmerican relations, the Communist Party dally Pravda said on Sunday. Who those politicians are,-the newspaper did not say, but It appeared to be referring to President FOrd
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  • 168 5 PLEA TO THIRD WORLD Reuter New York, Tuesday— The New US Ambassador to the United Nations. Mr. William Scranton, yesterday advocated reconciliation between America and the Third World. But he also said some of those countries had become "really very objectionable and very untruthful" In their
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  • 70 5 UPI Bonn, Tuesday Foreign Minister HansDlctrlch Oenscher In an Interview released yesterday criticised Rhodesia n Premier lan Smith's stand: towards the country's black majority population as "Incomprehensible, Irresponsible and dangerous." The Foreign Minister said Mr. Smith also was acting in "an Irresponsible way" against fel-low-Rhodesia ns In
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  • 373 6 United Nations, Tuesday The Palestine Libration Organisation (PLO) was yesterday given a seat at the Security Council table for a debate in which it will cross swords with Israel over unrest in the West Bank and Israeli occupied Jerusalem. The Council agreed to
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  • 94 6 Reuter United Nations, Tuesday—Secretary General Kurt Waldheim yesterday announced the composition of a high-level UN economic aid mission due to arrive in Mozambique on April a. The mission will orS anise a programme of nanclal, economic and technical assistance to help compensate Mozambique for the
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  • 53 6 Reuter London, Tuesday. Thirty tablets of the drug Thalidomide, which caused hundreds of children to be born deformed In the early *****, were handed over to a chemist's shop In southern England yesterday, the first day of a local campaign urging people to return old medicines. The tablets were
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  • 164 6 Reuter London, Tuesday Britain has warned Rhodeslan Premier lan Smith he was on the path of "death and destruction" and offered a two-stage plan for legal independence based on elections for majority rule within two years. Foreign Secretary James Callaghan unveiled a new detailed
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  • 214 6 Salisbury, Tuesday The chairman of the ruling Rhodeslan Front Party, Mr. Das Frost, last night reacted angrily to Britain's terms for re-entering the Rhodeslan constitutional dispute. "What Is he offering us? Absolutely nothing. They (the British) are a bankrupt government and they seem bankrupt in their
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  • 39 6 Jaclde Onassis rets a Jamaican serenade as she arrives in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on Bunday for a two-week vacation. She is accomlanied by her son, ohn Kennedy Jr. and friends. UPI radio UPI radio picture
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  • 192 6 Reuter Moscow, Tuesday. The Soviet Union yesterday angrily denied that it broke promises to Egypt on arms supplies and said President Sadat grossly distorted the facts. A commentary by the Soviet government news agency Tass said it was a "false thesis" that the Boviet Union failed to
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  • 160 6 UPI TODAY is Tuesday. March 23, the 83rd day of 1976 with 283 to follow. THE MOON is between Its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury and Venue. THE EVENING STARS are Mars, Jupiter and Baturn. Those born on this date are under the sign
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  • 64 6 Reuter Bonn Tuesday A high-ranking British diplomat who accidentally locked himself into the British Embassy's top secret cipher room here telexed a coded message for help to the Foreign Office In London. After Initial scepticism and an exchange of telex messages, the Foreign Office realised It was
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  • 176 6 Reuter Habron. (Occupied West Bank), Tuesday Israeli troops again clashed violently with students here yesterday as tension continued over a Jewish settlement outside this occupied Arab town on the West Bank of Jordan. In Jerusalem sources at the Hadassah Hospital said an 11-year-old boy shot
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  • 40 6 Reuter Hamburg, Tuesday A housewife was killed after her scarf and pearl necklace got caught In a kitchen mixer, police here said yesterday. The 59-year-old woman received a fatal head wound when she fell to the floor. Reuter.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 186 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Sunny, 20-4 C. Headline: Beirut leftists seize Holiday Inn In heavy assault. San Prancisco Cloudy, 16-7 C. Headline: Jurors tell what swayed them.. London Mostly dry, 7-2 C. Headline: Yard smash IRA Lavender Hill mob. Rio de Janeiro Rain, 37-23 C. Headline: Leftist Muslims out the
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  • 402 7 Bloodiest day in Beirut Reuter Beirut, Tuesday Day long battles between, right and left wing factions left at least 100 people dead In Beirut yesterday, the bloodiest 24 hours in nearly a year of civil strife. Rlghtwlng Falangists, supporting President Suleiman Franjieh, resumed their artillery
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  • 150 7 Reuter Beirut, Tuesday. Several foreign embassies yesterday protested to the Lebanese authorities and warring factions about Indiscriminate bombardment In Beirut's worst ever violence on Bunday night and yesterday, diplomatic sources said. French Vice Consul Guy Barloulet was seriously Injured when a mortar shell exploded outside his
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  • 36 7 Shot! By the camera, that is* These leftist Beirut gunmen pose for photographs in the lobby of the battlescarred Holiday Inn. UPI radio f A UPI radio picture
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  • 124 7 Reuter Damascus, Tuesday Syria views proposals put forward by Lebanese Pr e 81 d ent Suleiman Franjleh yesterday as a positive step towards relaxation, official sources said last night. Commenting on a proposal by which the Lebanese Parliament may soon be able to elect a successor to
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  • 137 7 Reuter London, Tuesday William Hamilton, Britain's foremost antiroyalist politician, yesterday demanded that Queen Elizabeth's sister Princess Margaret should be struck off the public payroll. He complained the 45-year-old Princess, who last week announced the break-up of her marriage to photographer Earl of Snowdon. spent
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  • 184 7 Reuter Bangkok, Tuesday Cambodians have elected their iirst legislature since the Khmer Rouge victory last year after geperal elections last Saturday held "in an atmosphere of great unity," Radio Phnom Penh said yesterday. It listed the 204 men and 46 women who will. In theory at
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  • 49 7 Reuter Hong Kong, TuesdayJapanese diplomats stationed In eastern Asia yesterday ended a three day meeting here on political developments In their region. A spokesman for the Japanese Consulate General here said the meeting was a routine yearly one but he could not disclose what was discussed.
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  • 110 7 Reuter Manila, Tuesday. President Marcoa yesterday created an Energy Development Board to coordinate the Phlllppines's efforts towards self- sufficiency In energy. The Presidential Palace said Mr. Marcoa had named National OU Company chairman Geronlmo Velasco as head of the board. A presidential decree said
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  • 486 8 It Is both refreshing and troublesome that we have to pause once in a while to ask ourselves: Who are we? Where are we going as a people? To pragmatic Singaporeans, cultural identity is a matter that comes after the more pressing issues of
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  • 97 8 m v 'l I WHISPERS fS> |spy I When a foreign company set up office here some years ago. it needed Information about Its main rival In order to gauge Its own position and prospects. The price of commercial intelligence being what It was. the
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  • 1059 8 Los Angeles Times Beirut, Tuesday Nothing much happened in the Lebanese crisis, but this in itself helped to emphasise the sheer unreality of it all. The sltuaUon: Suleiman Franjleh who la either president or expresldent sits in his hillside presidential palace, surrounded by the
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  • 353 8 r, VOICE OF THE PRESS L A PRAVDA The situation In the Indian Ocean in becoming a key Issue in International relations today. The Instability In that region has been caused by the Imperialists' claim to "specific positions" In the Indian Ocean. The
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  • 99 8 FINANCIAL TIMES Finally, Mr. (James) Callagham (the British Foreign Secretary) can Just offer Brltain'a good offlcea In the negotiations which would be needed to bring about an orderly transfer of power (from the white minority in Rhodesia to the black majority). It ia this last point
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  • 59 8 The Scheme B No. 2 and 888 service No. 196 are the only two bus services Unking Jalan Buklt Merah to Shenton Way/Robinson Road. Scheme b la always packed. Residents .of Jalan Buklt Merah would be grateful if SBB would divert the bus routes of Services No.
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  • 58 8 The Buklt Batok Adult Education Centre ha* lessons only for three hours everyday. The morning session Is from 8.30 to 11.30 a.m. and the afternoon session from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Sometimes, we are even let oft 10 minutes early. Three hours are too short a
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  • 652 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times A great deal has been written about Henry Kissinger's temper. Every day you pick up the paper and discover the Secretary of State is angry about something. Last week I was reading the front page at breakfast and my wife asked
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  • 921 9  -  Studies show the alcohol abuser can learn to drink moderately By Ursula Vila The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, Tuesday Dr. Roger E. Vogler la the first to admit he has stirred up a controversy in a cocktall glass: he believes and claims to have proof that an
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  • 748 10/11 Asian Diary VIGIL ON THE TRAFFICKERS FROM THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE Poppy planters In the Golden Triangle in Northeast Burma and Northern Thailand will harvest 400 to 700 tonnes of opium this year. A large proportion will find its way to Europe, with some lost en route
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  • 662 10/11 Implementation of Indonesia's development plans will go ahead at full steam for the next fiscal year. This was made clear last month by Indonesian Finance Minister All Wardhana during the parliamentary debate on the draft budget. In response to parliamentary queries, Mr. Wardhana
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  • 583 10/11 THREE MILLION PEOPLE ARE NOW OUT OF WORK FOR THE FIRST TIME Kawasaki, Tuesday Kyoko Kikuchi is a trained computer keypuncher. She Is experienced and eager to work. And she is unemployed. Along with Yoshlo Hirata and perhaps three million or more other Japanese, Miss
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  • Page 10/11 Miscellaneous
    • 553 10/11 [®EH32:»5 C\ BY-2 NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out ond pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETT! RS ACROSS USING CLUKS ■CLOW along dotted lir CLUIS FOR BY> 2 1. b hard to win emonf top-ranking players 2. Dull end uninteresting 3.
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  • trend
    • 212 12 Young, local designer Dick Lee goes high fashion In his new collection featured here. lfi-year-old Dick, who used to design clothes for younger teens, believes that girls from their late teens onwards should aim to look smart. And that doesn't mean smothering your girlish
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    • 995 12 Washington Post By now, fashion's 1076 centre of erotica was supposed to have shifted from the bosom to the hips. A subtle move that was scheduled to end, once and for all, the all-Amerlcan obsession with
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    • 864 13 Lonely Saturday nights are preferable to blind dates. I should know. I have been alternating between lonely Saturday nights and blind Saturday dates. This is the (ate of those who refuse to tie the nuptial strings. Two weeks ago, my
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    • 86 13 The highly successful Hong Kong Ready-to-Wear Festival has now become a "road-show". It opened In Los Angeles last Thursday. It will move on to New York and later In the year to Sydney where it will be staged at the grand Opera House. The fashion shows were presented
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    • 330 13 r f Cook- In L Washington Post Eggs are a necessary part of our diet but your family may be sick of having them boiled, fried or scrambled. Why not disguise them In some exotic new dish which will thrill your
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    • GRAPEVINE by Vanessa
      • 107 13 The French may be resisting the Invasion of the American language with all their might bat they put up no resist ance whatever to the invasion of American home- made croissants. Frenchmen, according to a Router report, are now eagerly nibbling bake-it-yoar-self Texan croissant for breakfast instead
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      • 115 13 If you have managed to dupe your wife into thinking that a sauna or steam bath is indispensable for your good health and vitality, then don't let hec read what Datuk Dr. Plllay, Medical Director of the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, has to say
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      • 92 13 Slew Keng introduced her boyfriend to Mel Lee. Mel Lee subsequently told Slew Keng that Ah Seng had said seme nasty things about her. Slew Keng eras naturally furious and broke off with Ah Seng. So Ah Seng started dating Mel Lee. On one of their
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      • 129 13 The French army will soon have either the most dashing uniforms In the world or the most absurd. That's because the French army has asked six of France's top dress designers to submit ideas for new uniforms in a competition run by them. Louis Feraud,
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      • 110 13 You'd think a woman who can pass as double for Queen Elisabeth would get (rightly or wrongly) a lot of royal privileges. Instead the woman 47-year-old Mrs. Jeanette Charles says she has bean discrimlnateu against because of her looks. She wnnts to become a legitimate
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      • 128 13 I wouldn't trust a lot of hairdressers with my hair—let alone my personal problems. But apparently a lot of people In Miami spill their problems under the hairdryer so much so that hairdressers, they say, oiten spend as much time finding out what's Inside a clients
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      • 109 13 Mothers always tell their young daughters: "Don't get picked op by strange men who offer job a ride." But nowadays they may start telling their sons not to get picked up by strange women even If she Is a real-life princess. According to a Renter
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    • 133 13 Remember the bubbly teenager who wag first runner-up at the Miss Singapore—Miss World contest last September. Well, she Jacqueline Stuart is now a sophisticated young woman excitedly readying herself for the Miss Asia contest in Manila in May. When Jacqueline, a receptionist, was chosen as first runner-up,
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    • 880 14 IMCH yeaf, just about this time of the season, new shoes are introduced in the local market. Just a little too late for the annual festive seasons, but then there is a time lag bsfore the vogue in the world's top fashion centres reach
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  • 106 15 Success story of electrical firm FINANCIAL DATA For the y«or «ndod Die 31 1974 million*) 1971 1972 1973 1974 1973 Fixed assets after depreciation Investments Net current assets 4.62 4.89 565 7.34 1.88 2.41 10.50 0.745 1.5 1~98 Total assets employod 5.36 6.39 7.64
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  • 274 15  -  by Lee Yew Meng Profits of Matsushita E1 ectr i c (M) improved steadily by 15.5 times from a mere $251,000 in 1968 to $3.9 million in 1974. As for last year's results the 1975 annual report should be out In May Matsushita should advance further, Judging from
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 218 15 Investors showed Interest In what "Jaws" did to MCA Inc. But little else drew their attention yesterday as prices finished Irregularly higher In slow trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which finished unchanged on Friday, squeezed out a gain of 2.44 points
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    • 35 15 Closing Dow Jones average* on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 982 23 (up 2.44); 20 transport 204.87 (up 0.32); 19 utilities 86.98 (up 0.13); 85 stocks 300 06 (up 0.63).
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    • 235 15 Expecting a Rood market in April, the market opened higher centring on automobiles and their parts makers' The strength of the market was sustained all day long, although It faded out a little at the dosing. Brokerage houses were one of most active participants in the market. Domestic financial
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    • 75 15 Closing price* (In francs) on the Pari* Bourse yesterday: Psribas 180+1 Ponder S31 unch. Prlntemps 67 +1.60 Bull 38 20 —0 10 Royal Dutch 316 —8 90 Mlchelln 1437 —8 C OI 343 —3 Thomson 343 —1 CPP 131 +0.90 Rhone 103.50 0.60 Air 379 +1.50 B8N 880 +5
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    • 83 15 Closing pricc (In Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday tJBfl B 3585 10 UBS R 537 1 SBC 464 1 Credit Bullae 2715 5 Swissair B. 670 1 iwtss Retnsur. 3090 5 Wlnterthur B. 1800 10 Zurich Ineur. 6375 +3# Juvena B 455 6 Nestle B 3505
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  • 71 15 Tokyo, Tuesday Senior executives of Japan Airlines (JAL), Pan American World Airways (PAN AM) and Northwest Orient Airlines (NWA) yesterday agreed on an average three per cent Increase In group lour fares on the Faclflc route, a JAL spokesman said yesterday. The three airlines, whch
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  • 152 15 UPI Brussels, Tuesday. The European Common Market yesterday signed agreements extending li ***** million (MXXJ million) In bank loans to Italy and Ireland to help the two countries solve their balance of payments problems. The loans will be offered by about 300 Rurope an
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  • 63 15 Reuter London, Tuesday Roll* Royce Motors, the British luxury carmaker. Increased Its exports last year by £11 million ($55 million) to £33 million ($lB5 million), the company said today. In a preliminary statement the company said it boosted pre-tax profits in 1975 by more than £800.000 ($4
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  • 258 15 E —3 Business News and Views Reuter Brussels, Tuesday— The Belgian franc recovered strongly on foreign exchange markets yesterday as last week's currency tide began to tarn against the speculators. The Belgian franc, pinned to its floor against the mark in
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  • 404 16  -  Champagne II can be a lively outsider ON THE TRACK u it h Brian Miller Trainer Ivan Allan's Derby hope, Suspicion, worked with great heart at Buklt Timah this morning. After going once round on the sand he was switched to the grass where he ran
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  • 112 16 Reuter Moscow, Tuesday—Organisers of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games are hoping to restore the 50-km walk and add two events to the women's athletics programme. The two new women's events would be the 3000 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. Although It would be new
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  • 716 16  -  By BLUE PETER Auric Stabie's brilliant stayer Tien An Mun who captured both the Singapore and Perak Derby last season aims to create racing history by being the first horse to win three derbies on the Malaysian Singapore Turf. The well-bred six-year-old
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  • 382 17  -  By BRIAN MILLER A total of 10 secondary schools representing five districts will compete for honour In the National Schools hockey championships (boys) commencing tomorrow. The teams, representing the cream of their respective districts, were selected on their performances In the recently concluded Intra-District#
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  • 125 17 Reuter London, Tuesday The legendary name of Britain's Jaguar car five times winner of the Le Mans 24 hours race during the 1950's will again be seen on the European motor racing circuit this year after a break of 13 years. Two British Leyland Works
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  • 61 17 Athens, Tuesday Soviet Olympic champion runner valery Borzov arrived yesterday with other members of the Soviet Olympic team for a 20-day stay In Greece. Borzov, world female discus champion Falna Melnlk and 1972 Olympic champion In men's decathlon Nlcolal Avllov were among the Soviet athletes who came
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  • 212 18 AP Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Leonardo "Skip" Gulnto, chairman of the Asian Golf Circuit, expressed regret yesterday over Malaysia's displeasure with the dates set for the Malaysian Open, starting on Thursday. The to u r n a ment dates were fixed at
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  • 197 18 Reuter Cape Town, Tuesday— The touring International Wanderers cricket team yesterday took Just over an hour to finish bowling out the South African Multi-Racial XI for 69 runs and win their fourday match by 185 runs. About 200 people turned up at the Newlands ground
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  • 496 18  -  By PHILIP TAN Fly-half Mohammed Talb has been named skipper of the Singapore team to play in the first Hong Kong Invitational Seven-a-Slde Rugby tournament on March 28. WJ>. Tlbene Is the vicecaptain with Neil Altken manager of the ninemember squad. At a
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  • 54 18 United Press International Saneremo, Tuesday Cycling superstar Eddy Merckx of Belgium yesterday won the MllanSanremo race for the seventh time in 11 years. It was the first time in the 67-year-old history of the race, Arst major event of the international cycling season, that one contender
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  • 435 18  -  By BRIAN MILLER St. Joseph's Institution, previously regarded as badminton pushovers, silenced their critics when they hahded St. Andrew's School a 5-0 trouncing In the second round of the National School badminton championships at Buklt Ho Swee yesterday. With this win the Josephiana, who
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  • 399 19 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday The FA of Selangor are deeply perturbed over the Malaysia Cup match against Malacca last Sunday at Kubu Stadium In which National captain Soh Chin Aun was sent off. Chin Aun was given marching orders by referee H. 8. Dhillon of Singapore
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  • 309 19  -  By PHILIP TAN The Singapore Police force will be Bending a contingent of 81 sportsmen and live officials for the annual Inter-Force games with their Malaysian counterparts from March 24 to 27. Malaysian Police, who are the organisers, have decided to hold the vari ous games In
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  • 640 19  -  'Still room to strengthen National team' SOCCER SCENE by Jeffrey Low National soccer adviser Trevor Hartley feels that the National side can be strengthened in certa 1 n departments and Intends to scout talent for Inclusion in the squad. After watching the Singapore team In three
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  • 319 19 Reuter Frankfurt, Tuesday The We»t German football Federation yesterday banned seven First Division soccer players for the rest of the year for taking bribes to lose a crucial match five years ago. A statement Issued by the federation here yesterday said the
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  • 239 19 Reuter Madrid, Tuesday. Bpain will once again field a team of highlypaid professionals in a qualifying match this week for the Montreal Olympic soccer tournament, despite loud protests both at home and abroad. With the National federation bluntly denying that Spain have broken any
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  • 43 20 MEI UN: One-third of the student population of the American School are Involved in drugs! How did the situation get so bad? AH FOOK: It shows what can happen In our owp schools If the authorities slacken in their anti-drug campaign.
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    • 219 20 Today's top shows EDWARD THE SEVENTH: The Peacemaker. (Ch. 5, 8.35 p.m. In colour) Edward ascends the throne at a time when England's popularity abroad Is at a low ebb. He makes attempts to form an alliance with Germany but this falls through, stirring up Prance and Russia, and further
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