New Nation, 3 May 1977

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    21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday, May 3, 1977 No. 1939 Price 25 cents M C (P) 262/1/77 -~~s=\ NEW fcj) NATION COMMENT
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    Lock icon Nuclear confrontation
    537 1 Eyeball-to-eyeball battle looms at the Summit Agencies London, Tuesday The United States yesterday sought to reassure the rest of the world that its efforts to halt the spread of nuclear weapons do not conflict with the development of nuclear power industries in other countries. The assurance Riven at
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    Lock icon Carter sends Mondale to meet Vorster
    162 1 Reuter Washington, Tuesday President Carter is sending Vice President Walter Mondale to Vienna later this month for talks with South African Prime Minister John Vorster. informed administration sources said last night. Mr. Mondale, recently named by Mr. Carter to oversee US policy towards southern
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    Dinner 'slight' angers SIA pilots
    268 2  -  By Peter Ong Many pilots of Singapore Air 1 ines are furious with the company for not inviting them to the company's 30th anniversary dinner on Sunday. The pilots, some of whom are captains, alleged that they have been treated like Junior employees of the
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    Foiled—another hell-riders race
    175 2 Foiled —another hell-riders race Police taking down particulars of some motor-cyclists In a May Day crackdown in P en a n g Road and another attempt by hell-riders to race on their favourite "Orchard circuit'' Is nipped In the bud. About SO motorcyclists had gathered there at about 2 a.m.
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    WP to pick Radin Mas man tonight
    176 2 The Workers' Party will meet tonight to decide on its candidate for the Radln Mas by-election. Tomorrow Is nomination day for the byelection, which is being held to fill the parliamentary vacancy caused by the death In February of Mr. N. Oovlndasamy. The
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    Callgirls back in business on ships
    108 2 Callglrls are working again on ships anchored in the. Outer Roads. About 30 callglrls recently resumed operations on board ships, travelling to and from Clifford Pier In bumboats, according to sources. The callglrls, who operate day and night, had earlier ceased operations following a
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    STOCK MARKET
    189 2 Share prices were sought higher during the first 45 mlhutes of light trading today at the Stock Exchange of Singapore extending last Friday's gains. Ben continued to surge upward under speculative support to cross the 90-cent level for the first time since the 40 cent shares were relisted
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    Pan Honanticipation of spring
    296 2 By Violet Oon Lee Pan Hon gave a farewell recital at the Conference Hall last night before returning to Ireland, where he is leader of the Ulster Orchestra. After hearing his unforgettable performance of the Max Bruch Violin Concerto last week, I was curious how he
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    Balloting
    37 2 The Minister for Social Affairs and MP for Paslr Pan Jang, Enclk Othman Wok, will attend the balloting ceremony for Ayer Rajah Estate today at 3 p.m. at the car park between Blocks 37 and 38,
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      533 2 AT THE CINEMA KINO KONG: A Dino De Laurentil* spectacular that la a remake of the original done In the 30s. Start Jeff Bridges, Charles Orodln, Jessica Lange. Odeoo: 12.45, 3.30. 4.30 and#.3o pm. THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY: An epic war film that dramatises a historic World War II naval
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      59 2 Today: (2.7 m); 10.40 Tomorrow: (2.8 m); 11.18 Thursday: (2.8 m); 11.57 Friday (2.7 m). Saturday (3.0 m); 2.12 Sunday: (2.9 m); 3.07 Monday: (2.7 m); 4.04 10.44 a.m. p.m. (2.9 m) 1133 a.m p.m. (3.0 m), 12.25 a.m, p.m. (3.0 m). 1.19 p.m. 12.39 a.m. p.m. (2.6 m). 1.23
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      100 2 WHAT'S ON •hk best of time, an exhibition of 47 portraits done for Time magazine covers, at the National Museum art gallery, till 5 p.m. SELECTION, an exhibition of sculptures and paintings by local artists at Alpha gallery, 7 Alexandra Avenue, till 5 p.m. PAINTINGS by Johnny Johnson on display
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    How addicts planned that break-out
    334 3 Warders were caught totally off-guard The escape of 15 hardcore heroin addicts from the Telok Paku Drug Rehabilitation Centre on Sunday was well-plan-ned and carried out when prison warders least expected it immediately after dinner. This is because Inmates are locked In their dormitories after
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    Sheikh to see Lee today
    176 3 The visiting Foreign Minister 'of Bahrain, Sheikh Mohamed bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa (left) wH| meet Mr. Lee Kuan Yew today. The Bahrain leader, who arrived yesterday will also hold discussions with his Singapore counterpart, Mr. S. Rajaratnam today. Sheikh Mohamed Is accompanied on the lour-day visit
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    Don't be petty, Minister tells hawkers
    177 3 The Senior Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chal Chong YU, yesterday told a group of hawkers to be broadminded about seating arrangements for customers. They should allow customers to sit where they like even if they do not patronise their stalls. Mr. Chal,
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    Bid to lower those RTS rates
    291 3 The Joint Media Committee (JCM) will meet soon to discuss complaints by its members that Radio Television Singapore is charging "arbitrary rates" for advertisements screened during popular TV shows. It was learned yesterday that JMC inttfhds to negotiate with RTB to lower what its
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    Lock icon 'My feet are killing me'... Betty at the end of her long, long walk
    337 4 Friendly hands attend to Betty Foo's painful, blistered feet as she rests her aching, exhausted limbs. For Betty has Just finished a marathon walk round Singapore Island together with 14 other youths from the Joo Chlat
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    Give your kidneys campaign
    273 4  -  —with the personal touch By Judith Holmberg The National Kidney Foundation plans to launch a "personal touch" public education campaign in two months' time, to persuade people to donate their kidneys. The campaign will Include lectures to children at 30 secondary schools. "At each of the
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    2 S'pore jetties for South America
    126 4 Promet Pte Ltd has been awarded a $43 million contract to build two Jetties in Venezuela. This is the first time a Singapore firm has been awarded a contract for South American harbour work. One Jetty, measuring 180 m by 60m, has been completed
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    Lock icon Rithaudeen arrives in Poland
    232 4 Reuter Warsaw, Tuesday Malaysian Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithaudeen arrived here yesterday on a three-day official visit and met his Polish counterpart Emll Wojtaszek for talks believed to centre on economic cooperation. Tengku Rithaudeen, who will visit Rumania and Prance as well as Poland, said before
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    S-EA tin centre for Ipoh
    206 4 Bangkok, Tuesday Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have signed an agreement to establish a South-east Asia tin research and development centre in Ipoh. Together, the three countries produce about two-thirds of the world's tin. The agreement was signed during the 33rd annual session of the U.N.
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    Concert
    30 4 The Ministry of Culture and the National Library will organise a Concert for the Young: at 2 p.m. on May 7 at the library's lecture hall. Admission Is free.
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    Exhibition
    27 4 Mr. 8. Dhanabalan, MP for Kallang, will officiate at the opening of a dental health exhibition in Kallang community centre on May 13 at 8 p.m.
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    'Go MAS' order worries KL tour agents
    143 4 The Malaysian Government's directive to its departments and statutory boards that officials travel Malaysian Airlines System "wherever possible," has caused concern among some travel agents and airlines in Kuala Lumpur. The directive, Issued by the Treasury about three weeks ago, said all arrangements
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    Appointed
    22 4 Mr. Seah Kim Tek has been appointed Senior Assistant Controller of Immigration as from April <1, according to latest Oorernment gazette.
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    Muslims are one up
    948 5  -  ...in the city, but Golkar are expected to score heavily in rural areas Ismail Kassim The Muslim United Development Party emerged the winner with the Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party tying for second place after the counting of votes yesterday at a polling station in
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    Lock icon Polls hit flights
    225 5 Reuter Jakarta, Tuesday Airlines can celled many domestic flights for lack of passengers as Indonesians voted with enthusiasm yesterday in the country's third general election in 31 years of postcolonial history. Two domestic Garuda Airline flights, one to Bangka and another to Surabaya, took off with just
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    Lock icon Carter, Schmidt hold the key
    442 6 Success of London summit depends on how they ease tension in ties Reuter Bonn, Tuesday West German Chancellor He 1 m ut Schmidt and US President Jimmy Carter meet for the first time In office at the weekend with relations between their countries under severe
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    Lock icon Dangers of deep fat frying
    75 6 Dr. Stephen Chang, a food scientist at Rutgers University In New Jersey, has been studying composition of fats and oils used in deep fat frying and has found that if such fats and oils are exposed to high heat and oxygen over an extended period
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    Lock icon Rocking
    22 6 Reuter London, Tuesday A woman crippled by poliomyelitis yesterday claimed a new world record for an 18-day rocking chair marathon. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon US, HK talks on textile treaty
    231 6 Reuter Washington, Tuesday— The U8 and Hong Kong opened negotiations here yesterday on a renewal of their three-year textile agreement which expires on Sept SO. The main Issue is the annual US quota for Hong Kong. By far the biggest exporter of textiles to
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    Lock icon Zaire cuts Warsaw ties
    152 6 Reuter Kinshasa, Tuesday Zaire suspended diplomatic relations with East Germany yesterday, accusing the communist state of supplying arms to anti-government rebels In what amounted to "a situation of undeclared war." East German diplomats were given 48 hours to leave Zaire, which is Intensifying a campaign against
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    Lock icon Good for the teeth
    74 6 UPI London, Tuesday The British Medical Journal said yesterday an apple a day may not be as effective as salted peanuts and cheese In keeping the dentist away. Surveying the apple's reputation as "nature's toothbrush" the medical weekly said in an editorial that the fruit eaten
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    Lock icon TODAY
    132 6 UPI TODAY Is Tuesday, May 3, the 123 rd day of 1977 with 242 to follow. THE MOON is full. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Venus and Mars. THE EVENING STARS are Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. Danish-American journalist and
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    67 6 UPI Birmingham, Tuesday—Mrs. Vivien Flynn reached up to the clothesline in her baek garden to hang out her washing yesterday and plunged into a three metre hole that opened under her feet. She did not know city workers were tunneling a new sewer that passed beneath the
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    Lock icon We will help boost world economy: Fukuda
    490 6 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda sets out tomorrow for the London summit meeting of non communist industrialised countries, ready to pledge his country's role in stimulating the world economy. He will call for early conclusion of the socalled Tokyo round
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    Lock icon Flood havoc
    35 6 UPI Recife (Brazil), Tuesday Rain-swo (11 en rivers near this northeastern Brazilian city have flooded suburbs and low lying neighbourhoods, causing more than 20,000 people to flee their homes, federal authorities said yesterday.—UPl.
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      163 6 WORLD WEATHER Furl* Overcast. 124C. Headline Blcody Turkish riots. London—Sunny spells, showers aevelopng later, 48-55 C. Headline: Masons set for strike showdown. Moscow Sunshine, 20-28 i. Pravda's headline: Under the banners of labour and peace. Rome Sunny, 2311C. Tokyo Cloudy. 2517C. Headline: 7 million participate in May Day gatherings. New
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    Lock icon Cut-up body in the mail: Man on trial
    312 7 AP Chicago, Tuesday—One day early last month, postal inspectors here found Alicia Agasaoy's head in a package ad dressed to her brother in the Philippines. Then last week. Scotland Yard said one of Miss Agasaoy's toes arriv ed by mall at offices
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    Lock icon Deep-freeze cure for cancer
    416 7 Breakthrough in preserving bone marrow AP Washington, Tuesday Doctors have made a major breakthrough towards reducing the destruction of bone marrow, a primary side effect of chemical cancer therapy, by removing marrow before treatment, freezing it and later putting it back. National Cancer Institute physicians said
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    Lock icon Don't back Bhutto, military told
    169 7 UPI Islamabad, Tuesday. The retired chief of Pakistan's Air Force, Air Marshal Asghar Khan, who led the Opposition in last month's national election, ha? urged the nation's military commanders to withdraw Its support for Prime Minister Bhutto's government on the grounds It is Illegal. it
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    Lock icon 400 WOMEN AND KIDS IN AIRLIFT
    89 7 Reuter Paris, Tuesday—Prance has begun airlifting more than 400 French women and children from the Mauritanian town of Zoueratt where a French doctor and his wife were killed on Sunday by Pollsario guerillas, Informed sources said here yesterday. Dr. Rene Flchet, 38, and his
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    Lock icon Under ground robbers...
    141 7 UPI Krugeradorp (South Africa), Tuesday Bank robbers tunnelled under three shops and a narrow street to break through into the vault of the local Standard Bank at the weekend, escaping with 413.M0 rand (91.14 million) in cash and travellers cheques, a bank spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman.
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    Lock icon Cole killed
    30 7 Reuter Kalamazoo (Michigan), Tuesday.—Edward Cole, a former President of General Motors Corporation, was killed yesterday when the private plane he was piloting crashed near here. He was 67.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Rescued
    42 7 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday. The Japanese freighter Kosan Maru yesterday rescued 79 Vietnamese refugees, including 19 women and 32 children, drifting In a small fishing boat In the South China Sea, the Coast Guard quoted a report from the ship as saying.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon MILLIONS IN THE BALANCE
    308 7 Blow-out probe begins Reuter Stavanger (Norway), Tuesday Millions of dollars in liability for the damage done by a rogue North Sea oil rig hang on investigations now going on. Police said Immediately after the eight-day blow-out on the rig Bravo was plugged on Saturday, they launched
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      33 7 See the famed Bmg A Gronriahl porcelain o'lection. and a :I<*rnonstra»ion given t) tf >.■' /".raftsmen frorfT C at the •Scandinavian Festival i V .I, b 20 197 7., Shangri-la Hotel All are welcome.
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    Closer to one community
    455 8 A children's day-camp on a soccer field In MacPherson housing estate yesterday captured the spirit of the family theme In this year's May Day celebrations. There are few better ways to promote neighbourliness than bringing children and their pafents together. The camp was the first project
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    Switch to self-service
    69 8 whispers {$> IS B p y Y Said a recently married man, lamenting the pawing of hie bachelor days: "Previously. whenever I ran out of thing* like toothpaste and toothbrush, all I needed to do was crumble to my mother. "Now I hare to re member to
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    This contest will see no victors
    823 8  -  Ismail Kassim Jakarta, Tuesday The electoral performance of the Golkar, Muslim United Development Party (PPP) and the Indonesian D e m o c ratlc Party (PDI) In the general election can be roughly gauged by visiting the respective party headquarters. The Golkar's office Ls
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    Lock icon Tips on how to do business with the Arabs
    491 8 UPI New York, Tuesday The American businessman seeking to do business with the Arabs would do well to sharpen his memory. The sight of an American executive shuffling througn his briefcase for a bit of information is a source of amusement
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    Japan, ASEAN working as equals
    337 8 NEW STRAITS TIMES VOICE OF THE PRESS Headline: Mutual gain There have been no dramatic ovations, no spontaneous applause of welcome on ASEAN's slow road to acceptability and recognition by countries that matter most to the association. But this is Just as well. It has
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    Lock icon Stage is set for a flurry of diplomacy
    1200 9  -  A spectacular flurry of international diplomacy is scheduled to begin this week with an economic summit meeting of seven industrialised western nations on May 7 and 8, followed by a four-power conference involving the United States, West Germany, France and Britain, and
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    Lock icon What each country wants
    448 9 Each country attending the London economic summit has its own objectives. A breakdown shows: UPI JAPAN goes to the summit on the defensive. Ttie biggest criticism it expects is tnat it has coped with the recession by pouring ail Its energies into exports. At tne same
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    Prayer of 48 patients
    1627 10 / 11  -  EVERY year, 80 to 100 people die from chronic renal failure; their lives could have been saved if there were kidneys available for transplant. The National Kidney Foundation is fighting an uphill battle in persuading people to donate their kidneys after death. New Nation's special feature
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    Living life a day at a time is her motto
    1460 10 / 11 Living life a day at a time that's the motto followed religiously by Mrs. Doreen Tan, Singapore's first and longest living kidney transplant patient, and it is this adage which keeps her cheerful and lively with a burning interest in
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      551 10 / 11 «j Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address ■E J_L_r_ FILL IN J* _0 A MISSING E Jk LITTERS R O L ACROSS 77-rr using CLUKS JL Q| BELOW Cut along dotted tin** < CLUBS PON 11-2 1. Reflection or repetition of e
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      Lock icon STRIKING STRIPES
      131 12  -  By Jennifer Schoon Stride out In stripes and you're bound to be striking. Just t.ie thing for the office, these outfits are made from cool cotton. In solid colours, the contrasting stripes are used as effective trim. The clothes were designed by budding young designer, Spenser Lim, who
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      Lock icon The lazy celling fan
      534 12 IN AMERICA, THEY'RE REDISCOVERING... NYT New York, Tuesday The celling fan is back. It's been back for years with some decorators who used it as a decorative object. But today, with energy on the mind and the season of perspiration on-the-brow fast approaching, the lazy ceiling
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      Lock icon When romance begins to fade, fade, fade away...
      735 13 SOAP BOX Gigi The honeymoon is over. That hits home with alarming certainty as the weeks go by. And the worst part of It is that we are not even married yet. In a man woman relationship, men are very much the
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      Anything goes in necking
      271 13  -  GIRL-TALK by J. Schoon Why, anything can be a necklace. We had razor blades, little bottles filled with beads, feathers, little leather pouches. so why not Indeed something which girls have always been using anyway throughout the years... powder boxes and perfume bottles. These tiny beautiful
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      28 13 THE NEW BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF VU-T IVIWW* > Now on sale at your regular bookshop Distributed by: TIMES DISTRIBUTORS SDN. BHD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penang e Ipoh
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      197 14 People going OVERSEAS go to FOOK ON first Because we have the widest range of Winter Clothings at the most reasonable prices. FOOK ON CO. [PTE] LTD. (Department Store) 83-85 South Bridge Road, Tel: ***** BrancheSi(Open on Sundays) 347 People's Park Complex Tel: *****5 B-40 Peninsula Shopping Complex, Tel: *****
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      172 14 ■yy Shock Absorbers VOUM Ll*t MAY OEPCNO ON THiM KONI shock absorbers reliable, durable, adjustable and known the world over (or quality WHY ARE SHOCK ABSORBERS SO IMPORT ANT' because worn shock absorbers: are dangerous; they may cause death! worn shock absorbers: make braking less effective, since the wheels loose
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    shopping
    553 14 A twice weekly advertisement Feature If you are going on a holiday to Europe, Canada, United States or Japan, you will probably need suitable clothing. You will need items like warm Jackets, overcoats and pullovers. Depending on how much you can afford, you could choose wool, sheepskin, deerskin or
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    Mixed start for dollar
    128 15 Brussels, Tuesday The US dollar made a mixed start to the week on the European foreign exchange markets yesterday. Gold closed US$l above Friday's rates in Zurich at U*****,375 and rose $1.50 In London to $148,875. The dollar continued to slip in Frankfurt, closing at 2.35
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    Lock icon 'Mountains' of rice in Guyana
    332 15 r Business Neu/s and Views So much that they are blocking the highways and runway Reuter UPI Georgetown, Tuesday Guyana has piled drying rice on an airport runway and blocked off highways with it in an effort to cope with a bumper harvest, according to
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    Lock icon 'Protectionism will hit life styles'
    252 15 UPI New York, Tuesday—A US foreign trade group said yesterday increasing protectionism threatens living standards a found the world. It called on President Carter to move urgently towards liberalisation of commerce. The National Foreign Trade Council Inc., a private organisation of major US International business
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      122 15 Yesterday's prices in U8 dollars followed by the difference on the previous sesslon's close. AT and T 021 unch Beth Steel 341 —1 Caterp Tra U1 1 Chrysler nj 1 Ooca-Cola 74 unch Contl. Oil 301 unch Dow Chem 301 1 Dresser 451 1 Du Pont 130 i
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      35 15 UPI Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock 8x- change yesterday. 30 Industrial* 931.33 (up 4.32), 30 transport 336.34 (up 083), 15 utilities 109.34 (up 0.67), 68 stocks 311.30 ('ip 1.44).—un.'
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      SYDNEY
      82 15 Closing prices on the ayaney block icxcnange at 11.30 a.m. (Australian time) today: ACI 162 10S ADC 10 16 Ambol Pet 64 66 ANI ISO 136 APM 114 116 Bank NSW 460 466 Brambles 147 160 BHP 640 642 Boral 209 210 CBA 276 260 C8R 266 366 CIO
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      12 15 Reuter Closing price* on the Parts Bourne yesterday. Partbw 144.60 +150
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      81 15 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices In Swiss francs in the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS bearer 3000 —30 UBS registered 553 3 SBC 949 1 Credit Suisse 3080 —70 8wtssalr B. Ml Swiss Reinsur. 3500 —10 Wlnterthur B. 1000 30 Zurich Insur. 7430 Juvena B. 100 Nestle B.
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    How they finished at Penang on Sunday
    355 16 Al't Mascot forged ahead at the 600 m, leading Into the straight from C«ot*mundra, with Tremcnie* moving up Graduate was well up. Making his bid 200 m out Trcmeaie* raced past ATs Mascot close home to win going away by 14 lengths. Graduate
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    314 16 ON THE TRACK with Fairway Sea Charm has made splendid headway since his debut i at Kuala Lumpur last month. With Keith Watson astride, the Shifway four-year-old went better than Lone Ranger II in a flOOm tHal in 38.2 at Ipoh this morning. He
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    193 16 Reuter London. Tuesday. Rhodesian Brian Davison hit a stylish 88 in 39 overs with 11 boundaries to carry Leicestershire to a four-wicket victory over Somerset in a Benson and Hedges cricket match at Taunton yesterday. Davison made his runs out of 127 as Leicestershire scored 149
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    399 17  -  By Gerry Chan The Cosm op o lltan YMCA Archery Club are sending a team of seven archers to Bangkok to participate in a iriendly meet organised by the Electric Generating Authority (Thailand) Archery Club, from tomorrow till Monday. A spokesman for CYMCA,
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    44 17 Lausanne, Tuesday The closing date for applications to stage the 1985 Olympic summer and winter games has been extended from next September 30 to October 31. So far only Teheran, has bid for the 1984 summer games, an lOC official said.
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    587 17 Reuter Malmoe, Tuesday The major titles at the first official badminton championships, starting here today, look very' likely to be repetitions of the All-Eng-land championships held in London in March. The All-England, always regarded as the unofficial World championships, produced Flemmlng Delfs of Denmark and
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    189 17 —Reuter. London, Tuesday Surrey batsman Graham Roope turned a day of {iromise for the Australan cricketers into one of disappointment at The Oval yesterday. The Australians, playing the opening flrstclass fixture of their English tour, had Surrey struggling at 165 for five midway through the second
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    153 17 Reuter Copenhagen, Tuesday Iwenty Polish soccer fans, here tor Sunday's World Cup qualifying match between Poland and Denmark, want to deject to West Germany, diplomatic sources said last, night. The sources said the Poles were supporters, not players In the national side who
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    1114 19  -  By PHILIP TAN Swimmers, like other sportsmen need motivation, and the keen competition so evident between the seven clubs in the Sanya Samaki Cup meet which ended at the Toa Payoh pool yesterday was the sort of tonic Singapore swimming needed. This view was shared
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    565 19  -  SOCCER SCENE by Jeffrey Low Some of the old signs of our national team faltering again at the last hurdle are beginning to show again. And coach Choo Seng Quee will certainly have a hard time trying to whip up the players
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    207 19 Munich, Tuesday Franz Beckenbauer, one of West Germany's alltime soccer greats, was transferred from Bayern Munich to New York's Cosmos Club for 1.75 million marks (8$1,800,000) yesterday. Bayern chairman Wllhelm Neudecker said he agreed on the sum after the German club's original demand for 2.5
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    20 19 Armed Forces will meet Ponggol In a First Division soccer match at Jurong Stadium at 8 p.m. tonight.
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