New Nation, 24 July 1976

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    20 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Saturday July 24, 1976 No. 1701 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 r -—i NEW NATION COMMENT
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    Swee Lee out
    917 1 Montreal Olympic Games 1976 A terrible pain 'like a knife' ends her Olympic debut Montreal, Saturday Singapore's Chee Swee Lee broke down In tears yesterday after she retired from her 800 metres heat with an Injured Achilles sheath. The 22-year-old Asian champion ran only 150 metres In
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    SBS feeder services to reduce overlapping
    338 1 By Rav Dhaliwal Singapore Bus Service plans to reduce overlapping of bus services with the introduction of internal feeder services in all new satellite towns. BBS general manager. Mr. Wong Hung Khim. disclosing this in an interview with New Nation, said that a well-develop-ed
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    Pahang fans desert team in hour of need
    404 1  -  "N Malaysia Cup semi-final By Jeffrey Low Kuantan, Saturday. Pahang football fans seem to have deserted their team at a time when they are most needed, and Pahang officials are worried. Block bookings for tickets in the last few days have not
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      43 1 INSIDE WIN A FREE TRIP TO TH E CUP FINAL See Page 12 Oil for anus deal plan by Iran Page 5 IN THE OTHER PAGEB: Cinemas 2; Moneywords 6; TV and Entertainment Oulde 10 and 11; Stars 13; Crossword 16; Comics 19.
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    Lock icon Ship at Tanjong Rhu on fire
    125 2 The height of the blaze on board cargo ship Aik Heong at the Singapore Slipway and Engineering Company in Tanjong Rhu at 8 p.m. yesterday as seen from Nicoll Highway. The fire lasted about half-an hour and partially damaged the 205-tonne Singaporereglstered ship. No
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    The medal tally
    130 2 Thei medal standings at press time: G 8 B total US IS 11 5 39 E. Germany 11 7 27 USSft 1* 13 8 9 9 9 31 1 found i Z z t t l W. Germany tit 5 Bulgaria t l I Japan l l
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      783 2 U AT THE CINEMA ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST: Winner of five Oscars, this controversial film revolves round life In a mental asylum. It was recently banned by the Singapore Board of Censors but- the ban was later lifted by Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, Minister for Culture. Lido: 2.30,
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    Untitled
    8 2 Police reported 24 accidents yesterday. Two were serious.
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    The new wards inevitable—MPs
    986 3 The new wards inevitable —MPs White Paper gives details of changes in electoral boundaries MPs of two of the six constituencies to be eliminated said yesterday that the re delineation of boundaries was "inevitable" as the number of voters in their constituencies was dwindling. Mr. Yeo Toon Chla (Kampong Kapor
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    Lock icon 'Degrees' cancel second show
    113 3  -  By PETER ONG The Three Degrees' second performance at the Shangri-La Hotel tomorrow night has been cancelled. A hotel sookesman said the trio—Shel!a Ferguson. Fayette Pinkey and Valerie Holiday left for Tokyo early this morning, "after receiving an urgent cable." "All we know is that they
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    21-gun salute to herald N-Day
    234 3 A 21-gun salute will herald National Day when President Sheares arrives at the National Stadium at 6 p.m. Three Alouette helicopters will lead the "V" formation flypast with the National Flag underslung. Sixty aircraft, inc'uding Skyhawks, Hunters and Strlkemasters, from the Republic of Singapore Air
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      20 3 ZDNUSSI (".AS COOKERS WASHING MACHINES HE f HIGf RAT ORS DISH WASHE RS I VEH v WHIKL IN THt WORLD
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    33 pc up in soccer gate
    219 4 Six Cup ties grossed $482,000 this year The six Malaysia Cup soccer matches played In Singapore this year grossed a total of $482,309—ab0ut 33 per cent more than last year's gate for the series. This year's collection is about $119,600 more than last year's
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    Don't give up sport — Pre-U students are told
    135 4 Don't give up sport Pre-U students are told The chairman of the Singapore Sports Council, Dr. Tan Eng Liang, has observed that a number of pre-univer-sity students tend to forego sports activities completely or cut down on participation. "Understandably, there Is more work and assignments to complete when you reach
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    Sentosa search for guns
    108 4 The Sentosa Development Corporation is looking for five coastal defence batteries used for guarding seaward approaches during the Second World War. A source said that a reward may be offered as the guns are of historical value to Fort 81loso, a tourist attraction at Sentosa. The
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    Envoy gets new job as Whitlam's private secretary
    349 4  -  By Wang Look Fung The A us t r a lian Deputy High Commissloner, Mr. Richard Butler, will leave Singapore next month to take up a new appointment as the principal private secretary to Mr. Gough Whltlam, leader of the opposition Labour
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    SAF members take out 1000 policies in four months
    366 4 Singapore Armed Forces' members have taken out nearly 1000 INCOME life insurance policies in the first four months of this year. According to Pioneer, SAF's monthly magazine, the sum assured Is $4,345,298. Last year, It said, a total or 4488 policies
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    Hong Kong Week
    79 4 Miss Singapore 1976, Linda Tham, will model at the Hong Kong Week promotion at the Hyatt Hotel from Sept. 10 to 18. The promotion organised by the Hong Kong Tourist A 8 so c i a t i on, Cathay Pacific Airways and Hyatt Hotel, will feature
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    Cowgirl outfit doesn't hide Ginny's charms
    57 4  -  The faces of ASEAN bv ALI YUSOFF Dimpled Ginny Low wears a cowgirl outfit as hostess in The Ranch Grill in The Regent of Kuala Lumpur. But if you think it makes her any less feminine, this picture proves you wrong. The 19-year-old Malaysian
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    Lock icon Oil-arms deal: $32 b plan
    353 5 Iran and US firms start talks UPI Washington, Saturday N eg o tiations are under way on a US$l3 billion ($32.5 billion) oil-arms deal between Iran and some American companies, the Washington Star reported yesterday. The newspaper said informed sources reported two American oil companies
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    Lock icon Big hunt for kidnappers
    62 5 Reuter San Francisco, Saturday Police across the United States were searching today for three wealthy young men, described as armed and dangerous, in connection with the kidnapping of a busload of Callforn.a children last week. Ttfenty-slx children and the bus driver were kidnapped and imprisoned for
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    Lock icon Pat home
    34 5 AP Long Saturday Mrs. Pat Nixon, wife of former President Nixon, left the hospital yesterday for her San Clemente estate where she is to continue her recovery from a partially paralysing stroKe.—AP.
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    Air France to pay
    55 5 Paris, Saturday Air France officials said yesterday they would reimburse more than ?50 passengers for their lost luggage on the airbus jetliner hijacked by proP.lestlnlan terrorists on •Tune 27 and flown to Uganda. The plane returned to Paris Thursday after being re'eased by Ugandan authorities but
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    Lock icon Killing of envoy: 11 are quizzed
    179 5 Reuter Dublin, Saturday Irish po.ice were yesterday questioning 11 men in their hunt for the guerrillas who assassinated British Ambassadoi Christopher Ewart-Biggs bv blowing up his car on Wednesday. The men were detain ed on Thursday night In a nation-wide dragnet operated by nearly
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    Lock icon 'Walkout a show of black power'
    335 5 UPI Montreal, Saturday Jean-Claude Ganga, the man responsible for organising the African boycott of the Olympics, said yesterday the action would focus attention on the plight of blacks in South Africa. Mr. Ganga, the secretary general of the Sup reme Council for Sport in
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    Lock icon Soares government is sworn in
    181 5 Reuter Lisbon, Saturday The first Portuguese democratic government for half-a-century took office last night under the Socialist Party leader Dr. Mario Soares. Dr. Soares, new Prime Minister, was the first of the 18 -man Cabinet to take the oath In a ceremony presided over by
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    Lock icon Uganda, Rwanda at standstill
    388 6 Factories, transport grind to a halt UPI Nairobi, Saturday The East African countries of Uganda and Rwanda came to a virtual halt yesterday as an economic and diplomatic crisis in the area deepened. Most factories in both countries were closed, private cars disappeared from the roads
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    Lock icon HITCH WON'T MAR PROBE BY VIKING
    272 6 Reuter Calif ornia, Saturday Hopes rose yesterday that a mechanical hitch aboard the Viking spacecraft would not Interfere with Its quest for traces of life on Mars. A problem has hit the long, robot like arm which was due to scoop up Martian soil
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    Lock icon TODAY
    152 6 UPI TODAY Is Saturday, July 24. the 206 th day of 1976 with 160 to follow. THE MOON is approaching Its new phase. THE MORNING star is Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars, Venus and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. American
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    Lock icon Truckers fear hijacks
    108 6 Rwanda drivers waiting by their oil tanker trucks near Mombasa yesterday, refusing to travel through Uganda to deliver the much-needed fuel supplies to their country. Rwanda obtains all its petroleum supplies from Kenya, but the supplies must go through Uganda as well. In the last few weeks,
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    The Odd Corner
    31 6  -  D.J. British post office clerk Robert Currie, aged 56, has received a £100 ($440) reward for foiling a raider by hitting him with a book of stamps. D.J.
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      532 6 NEW NATION MINETNOMS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW i Cut along dotted lir CLUES CP-4 1. Items of meat such at Kv«r, kidneys, etc. 2. Mewed with good fortune. 3. Areo used
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      200 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Cloudy, mild, 26-IC. Headline: British announce plans to reduce spending In 1977. Paris Variable, 2112C. Headline: Defence of franc and battle against Inflation. Tokyo—Sunny, 31-22 C. Headline: Question Kodama again, opposition demands. London—Sunny speels, dry, 22-15 C. Headline: Size of Healey cuts stuns critics. Rome Sunny,
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    Lock icon France blasts N-bombs
    426 7 Defence Ministry officials tight-lipped on the intensity of explosion Reuter Paris, Saturday France announced yesterday it had exploded two nuclear devices at its South Pacific underground test site this month, in a programme to perfect miniature warheads. The French want these to equip their nuclear submarines with
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    Lock icon Japan studies ways to boost its aid programme
    220 7 Reuter Tokyo, Saturday Japan is studying how to boost its economic aid programme, particularly outright grants, following the completion of its war reparation payments to Southeast Asian countries, according to Foreign Ministry- officials yesterday. japan made its last reparation payment of US$l7.5
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    Lock icon CHARLES BEATS RED MINER IN POLL
    120 7 Reuter Cardiff, Saturday. Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, won an election against a communist miner yesterday for the Chancellorship of the University of Wales. The election was believed to be the first Involving a member of Britain's royal family. It was called
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    Lock icon Ford claim
    32 7 Reuter Washington. Saturday President Ford yesterday claimed the support of 1.135 delegates, or five more than he needs to defeat Governor Ronald Reagan for the Republican presidential nomination next month.
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    Lock icon A Sadat snub for Libya over threat
    154 7 Reuter Cairo, Saturday Egypt reacted coolly yesterday to a Libyan threat to sever all relations. president Sadat Ignored it and there was no official comment, although the Influential newspaper AlGomhourla said Egypt did not contemplate making the break. The 111-feeling between the two
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    Lock icon China in deep political crisis: Tass
    214 7 UPI Moscow, Saturday. China is in "deep political crisis" heightened by growing dissatisfaction among the Chinese people with Maoist policy, the Soviet news agency Tass said yesterday. Tass observer Alexei Pctrov said in an analysis of China's domestic politics a continuing series of power
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      147 7 YAMAHA SYSTEM STEREO IS-44 $875 Complete Set with Deluxe Cabinet Fill your home with music! High performance and elegant styling incorporating world famous Yamaha Natural Sound audio technology. AM/FM STEREO RECEIVER PROFESSIONALS-TYPE 2-WAY BASS REFLEX Continuous RMS Power TONEARM SPEAKERS 15 Watts x 2 (1 kHz at 8 12) Auto
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    Some earthy thoughts about Mars
    424 8 This week's landing on Mars by the Viking I spacecraft ranks as one of man's longest strides towards a clearer view of the solar system. The moment of truth might not have come as dramatically as In some science-fiction imagining of the so-called Red Planet.
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      How could the police?
      59 8 That referee from Penang at last Saturday's SingaporePanang Malaysia Cup semi-final really bugged many Singaporeans! A housewife who was at the National Stadium said when she read reports that a number of soccer fans were arrested for hurling missiles at the referee: "How could the police?
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      Lawyer on the phone
      63 8 There was a call from a lawyer's office concerning the draft of a letter prepared for a. business executive. The executive's secretary took It down in shorthand and re- ceived a bill from the lawyer's office for the time spent on the telephone. "What about my
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    Don't let the kids go away without any gifts
    143 8  -  CONCERNED Singapore 11. I attended two chUdren's story-telling competitions at different community centres recently. Generally, such competitions are good, as they encourage children to overcome their fear of speaking In public. They also promote an Interest In books, thus including in
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    Photo art exhibition
    88 8  -  DAVID P.C. TAY Honorary Secretary, The Photographic Society of Singapore. Singapore 7. I refer to your report Very Special Snapshots (NN. July 22). The gue6t exhibitor, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, has a set of about 40 slides on China which were screened on July 18 (not July 21)
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    NEED TO BOOST ASEAN REGIONAL TRADE
    434 8 SIN CHEW JIT POH v VOICE OF THE PRESS Since Asean came Into being In 1967, there has been a marked Improvement In the relations among the five member countries. However, such Improvement Is largely confined to political and diplomatic activities. As for concrete
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    Haywire drivers
    80 8  -  IJM SAY CHIN One can only assume that the completed stretch of East Coast Highway between TanJong Katong Road and Nallur Road is open to traffic as It is the only road leading to the Swimming Lagoon. If this is so. will the authorities please take action against
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    Estate's bus plea
    70 8  -  EC. TAN Will the authorities please consider rerouting SBS 3ervice 165 to go along Holland Avenue. Holland Drive. North Bouna Vista Road, out to Holland Road? Now, residents in the estate wishing to go to Upper Thomson Road have to take a 10-minute walk to the bus-stop
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    Lock icon Sting—or how the FBI cons con-men
    514 9 Los Angeles Time Washington, Saturday Tough, dedicated men backed by unprecedented amounts of federal money, electronic equipment and cooperation among once-rival law enforcement agencies are writing a new chapter in national crime fighting under the rubric of "sting" undercover operations. The fake fencing project
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    Lock icon Sex and the young: A WHO study
    359 9 UPI Geneva, Monday Girls today start their sexual activity at younger and younger ages and health experts are concerned over the serious increase in abortions and unwanted pregnancies among teenagers. But governments and society at large, not the youngsters, are to blame, according
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    TALENTIME
    821 10 / 11  -  Yearly contest which begins on Thursday will be in colour Sight Sound b v Judith Holmberg That yearly contest, where amateurs who fancy their musical talents vie for top place in the bunch, begins on Thursday. Yes, its Talentime time once again with the first preliminary going out over
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    India's two-sided mirror
    460 10 / 11  -  CINEMA *»v J. Holmberg Ever since he produced The Householder in 1963, director James Ivory's name has become synonymous with sensitive comment on life in India. His latest film, Autobiography of a Princess, which will be shown bv the Film Society. Is k further demonstration his insight
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      249 10 / 11 Sr ffltixiiit s Basement, 'juprtrnt Mouse, i*«nany Hoad, Singapore 9, M *****8/9 El Amigo group Proudly presents entertainment as its best 4' s "THE WEDDING NIGHT SHOW" Shou time Xightly at Id l.'ipm A 12 J/iprri T >ng Ling Ling t'iu* 2 great band* I HAYKLLKRS UI.ASS OXIOSS Proiidmg nun
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      1826 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE SINGAPORE 5 SATURDAY 1.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS lollowed by SE8AME STREET. 1.55 SATURDAY MATINEE: Combat Squad. A recruit Infantryman, member of a platoon, gets a chance to prove his worth when they go Into battle, and winds up a hero. 8tars John Ireland, Hal March, Lon McCalister,
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      331 10 / 11 FM STEREO SATURDAY 6.00 Opening Anncts followed by At Sunset with Iina Vered 6.30 News 6.45 At Sunset (cont'd) 7.00 Keyboard MJuslc Masters: J o h a n n Sebastian Bach-Goldberg Variations; Well Tempered Clavier; English Suites; Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring. 7.30 Light Music From The Netherlands: Featuring Dutch
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      301 10 / 11 Top shows of the weekend TOP SECONDARY SCHOOL BANDS. (Ch. Bat 4.10 p.m. in colour). Highlights of the final of the Inter-Secondary School Band Competition held on July 3 at the National Stadium. Participating are brands from the Raffles Girls' School, First Toa Payoh/East Toa Pa>oh schoois, Rattles institution, Buona
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    Lock icon Nehru: Still very much an enigma
    516 12 Bookshelf J AWAHARLAL NEHRU. A BIOGRAPHY. By Sarvepalll GopaL Volume One. 400 pages. Harvard University Press. Reviewed by Pranay Gupte. NYT HistorUChs and political scientists generally agree that Mohandas K. Gandhi, the saintly, ascetic politician whom Winston Churchill once scathingly called a "half-naked fakir,"
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    Grandmaster Hort beats all
    484 12  -  Chess by Lim Kok Ann Grandmaster Vlastimil Hort of Czechoslovakia was an honoured guest of the Singapore team when he passed through last week after playing in the Interzonal Tournament in Manila. In the 1970 Olympiads held In West Germany, we sneaked a 2-2 draw from
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      394 12 See the Cup Final FREE 10 (TEN) CHANCES TO WIN: Oiw return air ticket to Kuala Lumpur Courtesy Singapore Airlines. One grandstand ticket to the Malayala Cup Final on July 31at 1976. One night at the Regent Hotel In Kuala Lumpur plus breakfast. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO 1. Estimate
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    Wait and see...
    311 13  -  So a stalemate in market prices Market roundup *>v Lee Yew Meng A wait-and-see attitude prevailed at the Singapore stock market this week, with prices hardly changed compared with the previous week. Despite the resumption Df Big Board dealings, trading activity was more or less routine. The
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    Shoddy shoes and sandals
    420 13  -  The Consumer Business News and Views by Rav Dhaliwal What would you do if a new pair of shoes cr sandals gives way within days of buying It? The question was posed to 20 women. Fourteen said the> would take the shoes to the cobbler and
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      136 13 Prices registered few changes yesterday in slow trading on the New York Stock Exchange as Investors, showing considerable uncertainty about interest rates and inflation, retreated to the sidelines. YfcbUrday's prices followed by the altterence In Uie p.v.vious session's close: AT Si T 67* Beth Steel 42 V* V.
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      Dow Jones
      33 13 Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Slock fixchange yesterday: 30 industrial 990.01 (off 0.17); 20 transport 226.70 (up 0.04); 15 utilities 91.10 (up 0.42); 05 stock 311.10 (up 0,18).
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      205 13 DBS-Daiwa Securities Int'l Ltd Although a wait-and-see mood prevailed, bargain hunting concentrated on issues with good prospects and non-mar-gin issues. in the morning, Sanken Electric, and Mitsumi gained ground under small-lot buying. Also, foodstuffs and auto parts makers were among gainers. T.D.J. A. 4721.48 < 16.24) 76 Hi-Low 4865.55
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      PARIS
      72 13 Closing prices In francs on the Paris Bourse yesterday. Parlbas 153 —1 Fonder 30* Pr in temps 45 —0.05 Bull 34.90 —0 50 Rcyal Dutch 236 +1.20 Mlchelln 1273 —5 COE 285 unch. Thomson 186+1 CF'P 112.10 +0.60 Rhone 86.30 —0.70 AIR 340 6.50 BSN 650 unch. Philips 53.00
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      ZURICH
      75 13 Zurich Stock Exchange closing prices yesterday: UBS Beaicr 3230 UBS Registered 506 1 SBC 446 1 Credit Suisse 2625 Swissair J». o90 12 Swiss Reinsur. 2320 10 Wintei thur B. 1795 +20 Zurich Insur 6500 —2ft Juvena B. 162 1 Nestle B. 3520 10 liiterfood B. 2600 +80 Clba-Oelgy
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    Lock icon Firm gains by $
    166 13 Firm gains by UPI Brussels, Saturday The dol'ar made firm gains on major European money markets yesterday. Gold, wracked by spectacular losses with only limited recoveries over the past week, dipped a little but seemed to be stabilising. Oold closed at US$lll.l5 an ounce in Zurich, down 50 cents from
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      133 13 SSfcl ti AND TOP DISCOUNTS TOO! Rasa Sayang has a way of doing things that makes people happy. And this year we've come up again with a Special Offer from May to October. We reduce our room rates from Ms4s to Ms3o for a single and Ms6o to Ms 44
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      384 13 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those strongwilled individuals who Is as inclined to force an Issue as to face It once It has been brought out In the open. There is nothing of an intellectual nature of which you are afraid and
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      Temperate travel and your winter wardrobe...
      539 14 LA twice weekly advertisement feature i Travelling, though much cheaper these days and within the reach of most, Is still regarded as a status symbol, A recent newspaper report said record numbers of people are applying for study courses abroad, mainly in Britain and
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    Three degrees short of excellence
    313 15  -  FOPS by Peter Ong THE THREE DEGREES: A Toast Of Love (CBS): Having spoken with the Three Degrees, I returned home to review this record with full of expectations. But after repeated listening, I can only give them a rating of five and a half
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      158 15 •XICA This week's charts with last week's position in brackets. 1 (5) The Roussoa Phenomenon: Demis Roussos 2 (DA Little Bit More: Dr. Hook 3 (2) Don't Go Breaking My Heart: Elton John and Kikl Dee 4 (1) Young Hearts Run Free: Candi Staton 5 (8) Misty Pine: Dorothy Moore
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    Singapore for Asian meet
    334 16  -  BADMINTON by Brian Miller Singapore will be sending a team to compete in the Asian Badminton Confederation championships to be heid at Hyderabad in October. This was disclosed by the Singapore Badminton Association after their annual general meeting last week. In a statement, an ofllciakfor the
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    Riasco is confident
    37 16 Seoul, Saturday—World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Rigoberto Riasco of Panama started his finalstage workout yesterday, confident of victory in his scheduled title de fence against Yum DongKyun of South Korea on August 1.
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    Lock icon Top seed James in round three
    123 16 UPI West Dover, Saturday Top seeded John James of Australia and three other seeded players won their secondround singles matches In the American Express Card Mount Snow Open tennis championships on Thursday. The Mount Snow Tourney, which resumed alter a rain delay on Wednesday,
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    SICC pairs to meet Thais
    561 16 The Singapore Island Country Club pairs to meet Royal Bangkok In the Inter-port match at the New course tomorrow: Ist tee. 7.45 a m.—Ong Chew Bee (7) and Alex Ling (11); 7.51 Jamea Loh (16) capt) and Ho Tuck Shan (23); 7.57 B.K. Chew (13)
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    Nicklaus leads
    84 16 New York, Saturday Jack Nlcklaus fired a three-under-par 67 yesterday for a two-stroke lead over four other golfers, including the US Open champion Jerry Pate at the halfway stage of the Canadian Onen. Nicklaus duplicated his first round score with an erratic tour of the Essex Oolf Club
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    We must not underrate Brunei—Chia
    602 17  - We must not underrate Brunei —Chia By PHILIP TAN Singapore will not treat Brunei lightly when they meet on Monday in the opening Group B match of this year's Asian Schools Soccer tournament at the National Stadium (kick-olf 7 p.m.). Singapore coach John Chia said that Brunei, considered the weakest
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    917 17 Montreal Olympics ATHLETICS Men's shot put qualify' in* rounds: 1 A. Barisnlkov (USSR) 21.32 (Olympic record). 2 JC. Mlronov (USSR) 20.26. 3 H. Rothenburg (E. Ger> 19.92. 4 A. Feuerbach (US) 19.87. 5 J. Brabec (Czech) 19.80. 6 R. Stahlberg (Fin) 19.40. 7 R. Relchenbach (W. Oer)
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    Lock icon CHAMPS LEICS SCORE A 301-RUN WIN
    592 17 Reuter London, Saturday County champions Leicester crushed title pretenders Middlesex by 301 runs at Lord's yesterday to serve notice that they have no Intention of conceding the championship lightly. Middlesex, level with Essex at the top and looking to take over the lead yesterday,
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    TOMORROW'S PROGRAMME
    418 17 All times In Sl/igapare time. Rowing 9.30 p.m. Men's four oars with coxswain finals, 0.05 p.m. men's double sculls finals, 10.40 p.m. men's pairs without coxswain finals, li 25 p.m. men's single sculls finals, 11.40 pjn. pair oars with coxswain finals, 1.25 ajn. July 26 (our oars without
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    Royal Ovation is fancied
    379 18 Speculator and Take Me High may battle out for minor placings RACING with Scrutineer Kovul Ovation, a course specialist, is str-ongly fancied to chalk up another win in Race G, the 1800 m for Class 3 Division 2 at Kuala Lumpur today. The five year old
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    Karate meet
    35 18 The Karate-do Club of the Metropolitan YMCA will be holding their annual championships today at the Homer Cheng Auditorium. Tickets, at $1 and $2 are available from the various centres of the MYMCA.
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    149 18 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER BLUE PETER FAIRWAY 1 Shaft Hall of Fame Second To None Dukedom Second To None Inn Keeper Shaft Second TO None I Race t Senor Rapido Razor's Edge Rator's Edje Promise Promise Razor's Edge Promise Razor's Edge Star Performer Burst Thru Burst Thru Russian Tank Burst
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    Just Nice looks set for a win
    440 19 By Scrutineer Just Nice, with bang-in-form Jockey Moses Lee astride, looks a good thing in Race 4 at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The improving four-year-old by Ragtime struck his right form with an Impressive showing at Penang last month when he won from Bright
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    Girl grabs first athletics gold
    465 20 <ympiG Montreal, Saturday The spotlight switched to the showpiece sport of athletics yesterday with the first gold medal going to East Germany's Angela Voight in the women's long Jump. Mrs. Volght, a muscular 25 year old telephone mechanic, made her golden leap of 8.72 metres
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    Lock icon Walker out of 800 m
    294 20 Reuter world record holder, by over 2* metres with an Olympic record of 65.14 metres In the qualifying round of the women's Javelin. New Zealand world record holder John Walker, the man who seemed a cast-iron certainty for the i.oOO metres gold medal after his
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    Lock icon Arab guerilla in Montreal?
    249 20 Reuter The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said yesterday It was Investigating a London newspaper report that an Arab guerilla leader had slipped Into Montreal shortly before the Olympic Games opened here last Saturday. Security was also tigh toned at the Olympic village yesterday after an intruder
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    Lock icon Thai boxer beats Soviet champ
    154 20 Reuter Boxer Payao Pooltarat yesterday stood one bout away from Thailand's first Olympic medal after beating European champ 1 on Alexander Tkachenko of the Soviet Union In a second series light-flyweight (48 kilos) bout. Payao. bleeding from a cut by his right eye from the
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    Lock icon Horst flays hockey programme
    253 20 The Montreal Star's headline on Australia's sfcock 6-1 field hockey win over India: "Aussies grin and beer it." Reuter Horst Wein, coach of the Spanish hockey team beaten by Belgium after having to play yesterday Just 16 hours after beating Olympic champ 1 o ns West
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    An absurd charge, says Tass
    133 20 The Soviet news agency Tass said yesterday the suggestion by the US diving team captain that Soviet team members had offered him a "secret deal" to Influence the referees was absurd. "Certain persons here would like to disrupt a sportive friendly spirit of the Olympics,"
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    Lock icon Anat fails to make semis
    56 20 Reuter Thailand's Anat Ratanapol failed to qualify fcr the men's 100 metres athletics semi finals yesterday. With the first four In each of the four second round races qualifying for the seml-flnals, Ratanapol could only manage sixth place In 10.65 seconds In a race won
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    Lock icon Malaysia beat Canada in close match
    119 20 Reuter Malaysia defeated hosts Canada 1-0 in a Group A hockey match. The close match was won by the opportunism of Malaysia'sbbestt t forward, Poon Fook Loke. He scored from a rebound following a long corner In the 67th minute. The Canadian goalkeeper, Jim
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    Lock icon Russians get the jeers
    51 20 Reuter The Soviet water polo squad was booed yesterday when it lined up for a match against Mexico. During the game, which ended in a 4-3 victory for the Russians. the crowd cheered and clapped every Mexican goal while greeting Soviet scores with almost complete silence.
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