New Nation, 16 August 1977

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    22 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday, August 16, 1977 No. 2029 Price 25 cents M C (P) 262/1/77 r j NEW (£0) NATION COMMENT
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    Lock icon The great escape
    572 1 Reuter Rome, Tuesday Leading Nazi war criminal Herbert Kappler escaped from a Rome military hospital yesterday, apparently hidden in a large suitcase dragged out by his wife. Kappler, 70, was serving a life term for war crimes, including the notorious murder of 335 Roman civilians, many of
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    Lock icon DEATH FALL DRAMA
    54 1 The last desperate moments as Ella Patterson tries to hang on to her husband, Joe (picture right) before he breaks free and leaps to his death from a Portland bridge into the Colombia River in Oregon, US. The bridge drama happened yesterday. Police are still searching for
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    Patients want better facilities says Toh
    291 1  -  By Wanh Look Fung More middle income patients are demanding Class A and B beds in government hospitals, said Dr. Toh Chin Chye. This is because they realise that government hospitals are being reequipped with a wider range of supportive and diag no s
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    ASEAN and EEC to meet again at the fair
    409 2  -  By Gerry de Silva The second ASEAN-E u ropean Economic Community meeting on Investments will take place during the ASEAN Trade Fair In Manila next year. According to Mr. E. Custodio, the Philippine Embassy's com mercial Attache here, this is one
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    Initiative must come from region – Fukuda
    180 2 Initiative must come from region Fukuda Japan will encourage investments in the ASEAN region but the initiative must come from members of the organls a 11 on, themselves, Mr. Takco Fukuda said yesterday. Addressing a press conference at the end of his two-day visit, the Japanese Prime Minister said Investments
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    STOCK MARKET
    234 2 Share prices eased marginally on liquidation accounts during the first 45 minutes of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. M. Credit fell six cents to $1.09 following Its poor 1977 corporate results which saw group pre-tax profits reduced to $469,000 as against $5.2 million previously. Commodities
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    Speech day
    30 2 Mr. Tang See Chlm, MP for Chua Chu Kang. will attend the Buklt PanJ a n g Government High School annual speech day on Saturday at 9 a.m.
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    Seminar
    28 2 Mr. Chal Chong Yli. Senior Minister of State (Education), will open the National Art Education Seminar, at the Catholic Junior College, on Aug. 30, at 9 a.m.
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      673 2 AT THE CINEMA KILLER FROM THE CUCKOO'S NEST: A wrongfully accused murderer is placed in a mental institution. While there he masters the art of "out of body travel" from a fellow inmate. When he is proved innocent later and released he uses this strange power to seek vengeance for
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    Missing pilot: Father makes appeal
    287 3  -  'Search for him...my son is still alive* By Richard Ho The father of missing pilot Michael Lim Kok Kian yesterday appealed to the authorities to conduct a fresh search for his son. Mr. Lim, a retired executive in his 50s, believes his son is still
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    It's party time for Rupa
    91 3 It was the grandeur of the preity silk-clad firure that caught two year old Rupa Bhattacharya's attention. Ice-cream in mouth, she swept a long upward glance at the mannequin. Her Interest, however, was only momentary and she soon sauntered away to look for things more
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    Way to the top—by a tennis champ
    341 3 Apart from all the usual things, like training, talent and discipline. there are two other things you need to become a first class tennis player a ticket out of Singapore and money. So says 20-year-old Mahader Hassan in the current issue of Fanfare,
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    Know your crossing rules
    191 4 Many motorists and pedestrians are still uncertain of the new road crossing rules. The police have received numerous telephone calls asking for clarification of the rules in certain situations. Last week New Nation explained one such situation. Today we illustrate and explain two more situations: ABOVE:
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    HDB steps up work on coast
    288 4  -  By Wang Look Fung The Housing Board's resettlement department has stepped up clearance of the east coast area. This was disclosed by the head of the department, Mr. Llm Hoon Yong, In an Interview. The department Is concentrating on the eastern corridor because of
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    Ending up 'in the red'
    99 4 A bos-stop bench In Beach Road yesterday made several people see red on the seats of their pants and skirts. like bill collector William Tan (above), for Instance. He was sitting on the bench when he "felt something sticky on his hands." He got np
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    Go fishing, locals urged
    285 4 Local people should be en c o u r aged to take up fishing on a part-time basis to avoid over-depen-dence on imported fish. They may also be encouraged to take up fishing as a recreation. This proposal was made in a report by the Siglap
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    Exhibition
    28 4 Enclk Ahmad Haleem, MP for Telok Blangah, will open the District V Art and Crafts Exhibition at the Queenstown branch library on Aug. 24 at 5 p.m.
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    Dinner
    35 4 A dinner will be held at the Serangoon Garden Way taxi stand on Ang. 28 at 7.30 p.m. to celebrate National Day. Dr. Lau Teik Soon, MP to? Serangoon Gardens, will be the guest-of-honour.
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    Parade
    32 4 Dr. Tan Eng Liang, the Senior Minister of State (National Development), will review the Boys' Brigade annual parade at the PDF headquarters. Beach Road camp, on Aug. 28 at 4 p.m.
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    NPB course
    26 4 The National Productivity Board will conduct a course on financial planning and control for family business at Its premises from today to Aug. 30.
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    I will be coming back, says Tien Jit
    120 4 Singapore footballer Lim Tien Jit left for the United States this morning with a promise: "111 be back for sure." Tien Jit, who will be doing Anal year in business economics at the Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana, said: "I'm really
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    Lock icon China back in the fray
    346 5 Big power struggle for influence Reuter Beirut, Tuesday China has reentered the big power struggle for influence in the Horn of Africa with an offer of military supplies to Somalia, involved in a border war with Sovietbacked Ethiopia, reliable African sources said yesterday. The sources
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    Lock icon It's a Khmer Rouge ruse: Thailand
    209 5 AFP Bangkok; Tuesday Cambodia is creating incidents along the Thai-Khmer border to divert the attention of the Cambodian people from i nt e rnal problems, the Thai Supreme Command said yesterday. Radio Thailand said the statement from the information office of the Command warned
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    Lock icon A home for pigeons
    55 5 Reuter Palliano (Italy), Tuesday.—A wealthy Italian bird lover has offered a home io the pigeons of Venice and Siena, where thousands have been killed for fouling historic buildings. Mr. Antonello RufTo dl Calabria, who owns an estate near Rome, said he would be happy to have
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    Lock icon Tribute to three million
    160 5 Tokyo, Tuesday Emperor Hirohito paid "a hearty tribute" to 3.1 million Japanese killed in World War Two as he led the nation observing the 32nd anniversary of Japan's surrender yesterday. The 76-year-old emperor said in a nation-ally-televised ceremony in Tokyo "my heart still pains when I
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    Lock icon Mrs. B's poll win challenged
    204 5 Reuter Colombo, Tuesday Petitions challenging the elections of former Prime Minister Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike and her son Anura, on the grounds of general bribery, undue influence and making false statements were filed in the Supreme Court here yesterday. Petitions were also filed against the election
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    Ah Fook and Mei Lin
    105 6 M«i Lin: We are very lucky to have calm seas and beautiful beaches Ah Fook: If you don tgo into the water, what's the use of all that? Y£M he lonqjma .A /S u y^- u -shenml yonq W7X If &03 Mei Lin: Kita amat
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    Lock icon Cotton ban hits Cairo, Moscow ties
    180 6 Reuter Moscow, Tuesday President Anwar Sadat's decision to halt Egypt cotton exports to the Soviet Union has reduced the chances of any reconciliation between the former allies, observers said here yesterday. They said the use of tratle to exert political pressure Is a tactic
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    Lock icon US ahead of Russia in arms race, says Turner
    290 6 UPI Washington, Tuesday Central Intelligence Agency Director Stansfleld Turner has told Congress the United States was "well ahead" of the Soviet Union In military technology while China is 15 to 20 years behind the Russians. Admiral Turner gave this assessment to
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    Lock icon 'China stable'
    62 6 Reuter Wellington, Tuesday— China went through a difficult time last year but has now entered a period of stability and healthy d e v e lopment, Chinese Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade. Kir. Chal Shu-fan said. Mr. Chal arrived here yesterday on a six-day visit during which he
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    Lock icon 'Son of Sam' indicted for murder
    194 6 Reuter New York, Tuesday A grand jury yesterday Indicted David Berkowitz, the voune Do«tal worker who police believe Ls the muitipie killer known as "Son of Sam," for the murder of a 20-year-o d Brooklyn woman on July 31. Berkowitz, 24, was officially charged
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    Lock icon TODAY
    109 6 UPI TODAY ls Tuesday. Aug. 16, the 228 th day of 1977 with 137 to follow. THE MOON is moving from its new phase to its first quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Venus, Mars. Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STAR ls Mercury. Those born on this date are under
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    Lock icon The Odd Corner
    39 6 Reuter Moscow, Tuesday An egg with nine yolks has been laid by a hen in Kirghizia, Soviet Central Asia, Tass News Agency reported yesterday. It was 14 centimetres long and weighed 420 grammes. Taw said. Renter.
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    Lock icon PLO to step up raids inside Israel
    467 6 Reuter Beirut, Tuesday The Palest inian commando movement yesterday announced_ It would step up military operations inside Israel in retaliation against what it sees as Israeli plans to annex tfce West Bank of the River Jordan and the Qaza Strip. The statement came
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      194 6 WORLD WEATHER Paris Sunny, 23-16 C. Headline: Corslcans rally for autonomy. London Cloudy, 1721C. Headline: Spanish hotel workers strike hits Britons. Rome Sunny, 1731C. Headline: Andreottl Schmidt meeting called early at German request. Moscow Overcast. 10 16C. Pravda's headline: Summer farming. Tokyo Rain, 24-20 C. Headline: Controversy flares after £treet
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    Lock icon Next stop Frankfurt
    54 7 British favourites in the London-Sydney rally arrived in Amsterdam yesterday on their way to Frankfurt. In the car is Mr. A.W. Cowan, left, Mr. CM. Malkin and centre. Mr. M. Board. With them are two charming Singapore Airlines hostesses. The rally is being sponsored by SIA. UPI
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    Lock icon Decision welcomed
    62 7 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday Japanese power companies yesterday welcomed the Australian gavernment's decision to authorise the mining and export of its huge uranium reserves. Government officials said Japan, which has no uranium of its own, hoped to import 20 per cent of its needs from Australia. Host of Japan's
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    Lock icon Road crash
    30 7 UPI Celaya (Mexico), Tuesday. A tractor-trailer apparently swerved into the oncoming lane of traffic on Sunday night, killing 21 people In a head-on crash with a bus. UPI.
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    Lock icon Nyerere: I'm confused...
    212 7 About British sincerity AP Reuter Dares Salaam, Tuesday Tanzanian President Nyerere said yesterday he was "a little confused" about British sincerity to achieve black majority rule in Rhodesia. But he praised US President Carter for being sincere in his desire to see majority rule established in southern
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    Lock icon Koreans 'united' in celebrations
    142 7 AFP Tokyo, Tuesday Nearly 10,000 Korean residents In Japan with different political persuasions marked the 3 2nd anniversary of Korea's independence from colonial Japanese rule in separate mass rallies held here yesterday. The pro-Seoul union of Korean residents In Japan, Mindan, sponsored a mass rally at
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    Lock icon 'Bonn is helping Pretoria army'
    304 7 ANC produces stolen document as proof AFP Bonn, Tuesday A delegation of the banned African National Congress of South Africa yesterday produced a 90page d cum:n' which it said proved West Germany's active military cooperation with South Africa. Existence of the document, said to have
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      233 7 Try an Italian seafood dish tonight Theft's more to Italian cooking than spaghetti and pizzas Nightly, at La Taverna Downtown ue otter you genuine Italian seafood specialities' prepared by our Italian chef. rin- selection includes Cacciucco (Leghorn fish stew.) I rota alia Comasca (Baked trout) Calamari in cassuola Squid in
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      80 7 A marvellous free gtft offer from DRINKMASTER DRINKMASTER is the space-saving, timesaving way to get INSTANT steaming, hot, fresh drinks. DRINKMASTER hot water dispensers come in 2 sets: Standard (single) unit Deluxe (double) units. A wide choice of DRINKPACS available:- black or white coffee, tea, lemon tea, drinking chocolate. Soups:-
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    Meeting the Fukuda challenge
    393 8 The Japanese Prime Minister's state visit to Singapore has gone as well as can be expected of a meeting between two pragmatic peoples. Mr. Fukuda left behind the prospect of an even firmer Industrial partnership that has already made an Indelible mark on our economic life.
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Lost and found
      56 8 For a predominantly Christian nation, the Filipinos are not above taking a crack at their national religion. A colleague was cruising along Manila roads recently, during the full swing of the I Found It gospel campaign. when he saw a plethora of stickers. bags, T-shirts and labels
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      Executive crush
      73 8 A pretty young thing in an office had a crush on a senior executive. She cooed: "One must have a crush on someone in the office in order to work well; It's a sort of incentive." Well, either her idolising was more a distraction than incentive, or her
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    Aussie eyes on ASEAN giant
    594 8 "N VOICE OF THE PRESS THE AUSTRALIAN Headline: Is a new EEC being born? Suddenly, there is J strangely reminiscent air to the news coming out of the ASEAN summit meeting In Kuala Lumpur. Japan proposes a bil-lion-dollar boost to industrial develop ment within a
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    Lock icon The defiant 'wall breakers'
    565 8 UPI Bonn: Sixteen years after the communists built their wall through Berlin to close the last escape hatch from East Germany, desperate men and women still try every night to 'crash through, swim around or climb over the death strips dividing them from West Berlin and
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    Lock icon Asian women are just not ready for change
    972 9  -  Significant advances have been made in recent years but feminist movements are weak and discrimination still exists By Marianne Ohe UPI Tokyo: An American businessman who recently visited Seoul with his wife was asked by his Korean fcost: "Why do you bring
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    Singapore newspapers have the most ASEAN news
    1044 9  -  ASEAN ASIDES By Sonny Yap Not enough news about ASEAN A Filipino Journalist, armed with a pocket calculator, ploughed through a random sample of 11 ASEAN newspapers recently and said: "Not very encouraging." His one-man survey which took two days and nights showed
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    SEARCHING FOR THE CURE...
    3541 10 / 11  -  Vaccination against flu Working out new charges Singapore's medical service is noted as one of the best in this part of the world. It has lately also given rise to much controversy among both the public and those in the medical profes- sion. At the Academy
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      When little things mean too much
      662 12  -  SOAP BOX Choo Kim At the rate Singaporeans are complaining about trivial matters the longhaired model on the TAS Yellow Pages directory and the alleged banning of two pop songs by RTS, to mention but two most recent pettiness It won't be long before
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      Lock icon KEEPING IN JAPANESE STYLE THE FRENCH WAY
      473 12 Los Angeles Times Tokyo: Many foreign entrepreneurs enviously eyeing Japan's US$ll,OOO million ($27,500 million) trade surplus last year, still consider it an impenetrable market but not the overseas designers and manufacturers of women's clothing. Their trade with Japan Ls booming, up 46 per
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      A lingering fresh from the bath feeling
      316 12  -  GIRL-TALK by J. Schoon Coty have come up with a great way of keeping that fresh-from-the-bath feeling with you the whole day. They call it Cool Spell, and it comes in a body gel, body splash and spray. When you come out from
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      Lock icon Gently in jersey
      245 13 Jersey has always been associated with slinky, bare-backed evening gowns. In fact we think that they're only for a femme fatale effect. But Jersey is also for a soft, fluid, elegant and super-feminine look. This week we feature jersey at its best in full blouson styles that
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      Way to get pregnant
      378 13  -  r=====a Doc's I Casebook S.L. Libra writes: "I have a 35-day cycle which means that I probably ovulate on the 20th or 21st day after menstruation. Although we timed intercourse on my fertile day, I am still not pregnant. A friend told me that certain positions
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      209 14 yy Shock Absorbers VOUM LIFE MAV OEPCND ON THEM KONI shock absorbers reliable, durable, adiustabie and Known the world over for quality \1 WHY ARE SHOCK ABSORBERS SO IM PORTANT' because worn shock absorbers: are dangerous; they may cause death! worn shock absorbers: make braking less effective, since the wheels
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    shopping
    409 14 i A twice weekly advertisement feature L- J Shock absorbers are vital for the good running of your car. Considering their importance, you will require these or some other automotive spare parts at some time or other. You could then go to S.S. Motor Supply Pt*. Ltd. In Selegie
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    Lock icon New vessels
    33 15 r r 3 Business News and Views AFP Labuan, Tuesday. The Babah Shipbuilding, Repairing and Engineering Ltd. near here has built two cargo ships since it became fully operational In 1973.
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    PICA'S new venture
    178 15 Private Investment Company for Asia, has started its second Joint venture with a local business group. PICA, which is organised by nearly 200 international industrial and banking corporations, has acquired a 30 per cent stake in a new Singapore company called M.C. Packaging. The acquisition was made
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    $2.5mil for plant expansion
    111 15 OPO (South East Asia) is to invest another $2.5 million within the next two years to expand its plastics moulding factory in Jurong. GPQ's managing director, Mr. Brian Barnes, said this would raise the company's total capital commitments to $6} million. He said the factory which
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    Lock icon Money market
    196 15 UPI AFP Brussels, Tuesday Both the U8 dollar and the British pound strengthened in European money markets yesterday. Gold lost one dollar in London closing at U*****,125 an ounce and dropped 50 cents In Zurich to U*****.575. Activity on money markets was limited with many European centres such
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    Lock icon $330 m loss by Gollin house
    153 15 AFP Sydney, Tuesday. The international trading house Gollin has reported a loss In Australia of ASI2O mil lon ($330 million) the biggest in the country's corporate history. OolJin Holdings, the once publicly listed holding company of the group, disclosed an audited trading loss of
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    Lock icon The biggest refinery
    61 15 Reuter Teheran, Tuesday—The Abadan oil refinery in southern Iran has been expanded and it is now the world's biggest export refinery, the state owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said yesterday. New units Installed under the expansion programme would be commissioned by September 22 after tests, raising
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    Lock icon Good US crops may ease inflation
    423 15 AFP Washington, Tuesday Good grain and cotton crops in the United States this year are likely to help in the battle against US and world inflation, but they imply some big administrative problems for the government. The Department of Agriculture last week announced a
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    System Ten buyer
    63 15 International Computers Limited (ICL) has 'found its first buyer for Its new System Ten 20 days after Its Introduction here. It Is the Lim Kim Hal Electric Company. wholesalers of electrical equipment for heavy Industrial use. Its $170,000 system will be used for controlling the company's inventory
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      218 15 Stocks, aided by bargain hunters, rallied to register an Irregular gain yesterday despite Investor fear of rising interest rates. However, the trading pace was the slowest in 11 weeks. The Dow Jones industrial average, down nearly four points at the outset," recovering to Sain 3.03 points to 74.13.
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      Dow Jones
      32 15 Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 874.13 (up 3.03); transport 318.10 (off 0.78); 16 utilities 114.33 (off 0.45); AS stocks 397.15 (up 0.08).
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      Lock icon ZURICH
      83 15 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices In Swiss francs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer 2875 UBS Registered 52ft I BBC S73 I Credit Suisse 2070 1» Swissair B. 74ft 0 Swiss Reinaur. 2480 Wlnterthur B. 1880 ft Zurich Insur. 7300 —ftO Juvena B. 221 Nestle B.
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      SYDNEY
      98 15 Price* at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI 161 163 ADC 12 16 Ampol Pet 61 63 ANI 123 125 APM 116 nil Bank NSW 502 508 Brambles 152 156 BHP 572 676 Boral 210 211 CBA 285 298 CBR nil 308 CIO 300
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      277 15 DBS-Daiwa Securities Int'l Ltd. The Dow-Jones average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange broke through the 5200 yen mark for the first time In nearly four and a half years on the fifth day of Its sustained advance yesterday. The Dow Indicator of 225 selected stocks In the first section
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  • Sport starts here
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      Lock icon Chappell to call it a day
      273 16 Reuter London, Tuesday Australian test captain Greg Chappell sprang a surprise yesterday by announcing that he intended retiring from official international cricket after the fifth Test against England later this month. H3 added that he would go through with his commitment to play for
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      Szewinska gets great nod
      472 16 Helsinki, Tuesday A total of 41 competitors from 15 nations were named here yesterday in the rest of Europe team for the World Athletics Cup In Duesseldorf, West Germany, next month. The line-up was equally divided between East and West Europe, with Britain contributing the largest
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      Cuban star heads list
      142 16 Sofia, Tuesday Alberto Juantorena of Cuba heads an impressive list of Olympic stars who are included in a record entry from 89 nations in the ninth World Student Games, which begin a 12-day run here tomorrow. Juantorena, the dynamic Olympic 400 metres and 800 metres champion,
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      A tribute by top althletes
      83 16 Brussels, Tuesday A group of the world's best athletes will be taking part in a special meeting in the Heysel Stadium here today, organised in memory of Ivo Van Damme, the brilliant young Belgian who died in a car crash last December after winning two
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      Lock icon We're in world class!
      582 17  -  S'pore team score equestrian breakthrough by finishing third By BRIAN MILLER Singapore's three riders competing in the Inter -Pacific Rally in New Zealand put on a splendid performance when they took third spot in the prestigious Nation's Cup showjumping competition held in Auckland last week. Not
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      Ban on thrower after positive dope test
      217 17 Helsinki, Tuesday. Norwegian discus thrower Knutz HJeltnes has been banned from competition after a dope test for anabolic steroids showed a positive result, Mr. Arthur Gold, president of the European Athletic Association (EAA), said here yesterday. "HJeltnes was on our short list for
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      Teenage trio provide the highlight
      610 17  -  By PETER LO The first round of the Singapore Open squash got off to an exciting start last night at the Tanglin Club despite last minute rescheduling by the organisers. Rahim Oui (1), Fahlm Gul (3), recent winner of last Sunday's Malaysian Open 1977, Abdul
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      Vilas beats Gottfried
      42 17 Dublin, Tuesday Argentina's Ou i llermo Vilas won his fifth consecutive tournament last night, defeating Brian Gottfried, 6-2, 6-1, in the U*****,000 (about *****,000) tennis classic at Muirfleld Village. Vilas achieved the win in only 1 hr. 11 mln.
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      SMOKESCREEN OPENS UP IN FAST WORKOUT
      629 17  -  ON THE TRACK with Brian Miller Smokescreen, who finished down the course in his last three starts, has made splendid headway and can get off the mark when he goes over 1200 m on Saturday. At Bukit Timah this morning, Smokescreen impressed in a
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      84 19 London, Tuesday Ex-England skipper Bobby Moore and former National caretaker manager Joe Mercer were tipped yesterday to jointly manage the England soccer team following Don Revle's resignation last month. Sir Harold Thompson, president of the Foot- ball Association, said on Sunday: "The details still have
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