New Nation, 12 March 1978
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Advertisement45 1978-03-12 1 Ties with China soon: Suharto Story in Page 5 V? Wl mmmhi<f3l!p' s4 >9^l 1 -v A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME Page 10 Spitterbugs... why the guy in coat V tie? Page 7 of How J Pag 28 cam e age e m m y45 words
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Advertisement8 1978-03-12 1 Sequel to famous novel stirs passions Page 48 words
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Advertisement33 1978-03-12 1 From Ivan with love Page 20 uilMgy J J mm l i "*i- s Jfc*X- flKr v:?f' &j fxcm JNDER y .ft «1 L- -.fi-* A L-«r.*r a iritr: PA' < 4 MARCH 197833 words
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Advertisement26 1978-03-12 1 ORIS Children* Watches Your child deserves good ORIS watch J Fully Guaranteed 'Make Chinese a must for Sintah students' Page 2 Coming upinstant cocktails Page 726 words
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134 1978-03-12 2 mHE SENIOR Minister of State (Foreign Affairs). Mr. Rahim Ishak, last night called on developed Commonwealth Countries to reduce tariffs and enter into preferential trading arrangements with developing Commonwealth members. Developed countries could also Improve twoway trade if they remove non-tariff barriers, he134 words
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Article, Illustration330 1978-03-12 2 rpHE Nanyang Unl- verslty Students' Union has called for the Chinese language to be made a compulsory subject for University of Singapore students from the non-C h 1 n e s e stream. The union did not specifically say that Chinese be made a330 words
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Article153 1978-03-12 2 Employers win have to pay much more for their Injured worker* to be treated In hospital under the Workmen's Compensation Act. The Government has made substantial Increases In the maximum rates for various hospital fees and surgical appliances for workers treated under the Act which153 words
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Article33 1978-03-12 2 AFP MALAYSIA'S national flag carrier, Malaysian Airline System (MAS) will Introduce its Boeing 707 services from April 10 to Hong Kong and Manila to replace the current Boeing 737 operations. —AFP.AFP - 33 words
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115 1978-03-12 2 rrtHE JURONO Town 1 Corporation has extended Its housing scheme for single persons In Jurong to Include skilled non-cltlzen families. This is to ease the great difficulty faced by non-cltlzen industrial workers In obtaining accommodation at reasonable rates, especially those who are married115 words
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Article84 1978-03-12 2 fITHE SOVIET Deputy L For elgn Minister, Mr N. P. Firyubin, left Singapore yesterday with high praise for Singapore's housing and industrial projects. Here on a four-day Erlvate visit, Mr Firyuln said he was satisfied with his talks with the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan84 words
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86 1978-03-12 2 AP JAPAN will extend technical cooperation Impartially to all nations that seek assistance, a Japanese Industrial leader told the Asean-Mld-dle East Investment conference In Kuala Lumpur on Friday. Mr Yugoro Komatsu. president of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said he realised manyAP - 86 words
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181 1978-03-12 2 PRIME Minister Robert Muldoon yesterday strongly criticised Japan's "blind self-in-terest" in international trade and said there was a considerable element of "commercial imperialIsm" in Japanese activities In the Pacific basin since the war. To some extent this had enabled Japan to achieve, by peaceful means, what181 words
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Article48 1978-03-12 2 AP A LAOTIAN domestic airline crashed outside Vientiane on March 8. killing 33 passengers and "crewmen, aviation sources in Bangkok said yesterday. The sources said there were "about five" survivors in the crash of the DC-3 aircraft, 45 kilometres from Vientiane, the Laotian capital.—AP.AP - 48 words
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Article66 1978-03-12 2 75 per cent of the 321,608 voters in Kelantan went to the polls yesterday to elect a new state government, months ahead of nation-wide elections. Voting proceeded smoothly in all 486 polling stations. No incidents were reported up to late evening. Maximum security was Imposed66 words
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THE WORLD YESTERDAY
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Article67 1978-03-12 2 AFP POLICE seized two truckloads of heroinproducing chemicals last w<?ek In the notorious Golden Triangle area of Chiang Mai province, 580 km north of Bangkok. The trucks were believed to have been bound for poppy-growing border areas, and were found to be carrying large quantities of sodaAFP - 67 words
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Article73 1978-03-12 2 AFP JOHAN NE S BjelkePetersen, premier of the east Australian state of Queensland, now on a visit to Japan, has reiterated that his state welcomes Japanese immigrants. He also hopes his State will become a stable supplier of natural resources to Japan. Cabinet Secretary Mr Shintaro Abe, whoAFP - 73 words
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Article70 1978-03-12 2 AP SOUTH Korea has made a bid to join the 19-nation Antarctic treaty to try to explore and develop mineral and marine resources in the region, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. A spokesman said it appeared difficult for Seoul to win membership In the treaty as five communistAP - 70 words
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Article47 1978-03-12 2 UPI THE King and Queen of Malaysia arrived yesterday aboard the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth II for a 24-hour visit to Manila. The Malaysian royal couple are to stay as house guests of President and Mrs Marcos at Malacanang during their brief stay. UPIUPI - 47 words
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Article44 1978-03-12 2 AFP RADIO Phnom Penh yesterday Implicitly confirmed the disappearance of former Information Minister Hu Nlm who was last seen in public in September 1978. The radio said the Ministry of Information was now run by Mrs. Yun Yath who is also Minis-AFP - 44 words
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Article80 1978-03-12 2 UPI A VIETNAMESE leader has congratulated Mr Teng Hslao-plng for his election &s chairman of an advisory body to China's National People's Congress, the Vietnam News Agency reported. Pledging that the Vietnamese want to "preserve and defend the friendly solidarity between Vietnam and China and make itUPI - 80 words
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Article44 1978-03-12 2 AP COMMUNIST insurgents abducted about 24 villagers In Burlram Province in northeast Thailand last Wednesday, Bangkok police said. An escapee said the armed insurgents went to the village, 300 kilometres northeast of Bangkok and forced the villagers to accompany them. AP.AP - 44 words
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Article50 1978-03-12 2 AFP SOVIET leader Leonid Brezhnev and Alexel Kosygin will visit India this winter, according to yesterday's edition of the New Delhi newspaper. The Statesman. The report said the Soviet government wanted to make sure its Influence in southern and south-eastern Asia would not be undercut by Chinese initiatives.AFP - 50 words
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Article41 1978-03-12 2 AFP THE "Vietnamese army has reintegrated a fairly high number of soldiers and officers of the former South Vietnamese army, reliable sources reported in Bangkok. Recently arrived Vietnamese refugees reported this trend continued, especially in regions bordering C.ambodla. AFP.AFP - 41 words
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Article55 1978-03-12 2 Reuter CITIBANK, America's second largest bank, has decided not to make balance of payments loans to the South African government or any of its enterprises, a bank spokesman said in New York yesterday. Instead Citicorp is limiting its credit, selectively, to constructive private sector activities that create JobsReuter - 55 words
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Advertisement67 1978-03-12 2 wsa if u ict feip:±Lr«i®i V iJ'iSi li'sH H ♦t TIIT V Igl Ht-iV- -S*» NMfP'V'aM^H r. n .*».> FLOWER ARRANGEMENT COURSE WESTERN STYLE Time: 13.3.1978 18.3.1978 RIBBON FLOWER COURSE Time: 20.3.1978 11.4.1978 2.30 p.m. 6. Courses wilt be conducted by Japanese Flower Designers. For Further Details, Call Personally or67 words
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Advertisement424 1978-03-12 3 Gome view the ultimate in luxurious living at Cairnhill Plaza... And then decide if you would like to stay on. Permanently. (Our Sates Office at Hotel Merlin will be open this weekend, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Call *****33. Showroom apartments open 7 days a week. Call *****57.) Be a424 words
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Article353 1978-03-12 4 Case tells coffeeshop owners /X)FFEE shops will still make a net profit of about nine to 12 cents a cup of coffee if they agree to a five cents reduction, according to the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case). In a press statement Case said the353 words
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Article, Illustration89 1978-03-12 4 NATURE abounds In beauty. But it is all lost on this boy. He appears obsessed with the statue. In the same way, gamblers miss the beauties of life by their obsession. believes German sculptor. Arthur SchulzeBngles. "It is so overpowering that they even overlook the beauty89 words
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77 1978-03-12 4 rpHE Nicaraguan army are searching for a beautiful young woman lawyer suspected o. uavi.g lerfd National Guard Chief of Staff General Reynaldo Perez Vega to his death. General Vega was assassinated by Sandlnlst National Liberation Front guerillas on Wednesday night In a house where77 words
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253 1978-03-12 4 AFP UPI rE American commitment to guarantee the strength and security of Israel remains "one of the fundamental aspects of US Middle East policy," President Carter told Israeli Defence Minister Ezer Welzman at a 70-mlnute meeting at the White House In Washington on Friday. AAFP; UPI - 253 words
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Article182 1978-03-12 4 Reuter UPI rpHE powerful AFL-CIO X labour organisation has threatened to take the Carter administration to court If it prevents striking coal miners from getting food stamps government coupons entitling poor people to buy food at discount prices. Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland said onReuter; UPI - 182 words
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Article90 1978-03-12 4 A FLIGHT engineer who was killed while trying to hijack a China Airlines Boeing 737 from Taiwan to Hong Kong carried a written plan for the hijack. The plan was found on his body by Hong Kong police and sent to Taipei authorities, according to the90 words
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Article221 1978-03-12 4 11TUTHERING Heights, Tt that classic English novel of volcanic passions, now has a sequel and a furore has erupted over the temerity of the woman writer who dared to take up where Emily Bronte left off. Return to Wuthering Heights by Anna L'Estrange has been greeted221 words
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Advertisement189 1978-03-12 4 APPOINTMENTS BOSCH We are looking for a dynamic man who Is willing to face a challenging career as:TECHNICAL SALES ADVISER/EXECUTIVE Duties provide technical expertise to customers advise on the Company's automotive range of products provide technical training to distributors' personnel this is a Singapore based position but travelling regularly throughout189 words
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Miscellaneous389 1978-03-12 4 In and around town I PHILIPPINE food fair and cultural show. Catholic Young Men's Association, Bras Basah Road, till 5 p.m. Today only. TALK CUM DEMONSTRATION In Holcklen on magic show by magician Mr Tan Thong Leng. Kampong San Teng community centre, 8 p.m. Admission free. CHILDREN'S CHINESE COSTUME CONTEST:389 words
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Article324 1978-03-12 5 Ties with China soon —Suharto But govt will still keep close watch on PKI Reuter PRESIDENT Suhar- to said yesterday Indonesia was preparing to re-establish diplomatic relations with China ajid that there was no obstacle whatsoever for friendship and cooperation with communist Indochina. The China announcement, before the 920strong IndonesianReuter - 324 words
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Article121 1978-03-12 5 Reuter MR Harold Brown. U8 defence Secretary, on Friday hinted that America might consider not using the controversial neutron bomb In Europe in exchange for Bovlet weapons restraint. He told a press conference In Washington this was one possibility being discussed with Nato allies during talksReuter - 121 words
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Article258 1978-03-12 5 Agencies FtESIDENT V a 1 e r y Olssard d'Estalng that he will make a lastminute appeal to the nation on television on Saturday for the defeat of the favoured left In France's legislative elections which begins dayOpinion .polls have consistently Pr e d i c tedAgencies - 258 words
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Article167 1978-03-12 5 Reuter AP A SENIOR Chinese leader begins a fourday visit to the Philippines today to stress the importance Peking places on its relations with Asian neighbours. The visit of vice-pre-mier Li Hslen nien, who will be accompanied by foreign minister Huang Hua. has not yetReuter; AP - 167 words
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295 1978-03-12 5 4 TANTALISING tele- phone call In September 1973 started the amazing story of the cloning of a human. David Rorvlk, author of a yet unpublished book purportedly about the first cloning of a human, says he received the call when he was In295 words
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238 1978-03-12 5 rLIPINO op p o sition leader Benigno Aquino, a former senator and newspaperman In prison for the past five and a half years, was allowed to campaign for votes on national television on Friday night by courtesy of President Ferdinand Marcos. The238 words
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Advertisement141 1978-03-12 5 The cold truth of (lie matter. Its a 1(H)/ health food </ M* I T Pollen li s patented cold process retains full natural goodness of bee collected pollen It's a unique food supplement made trom bee-t olici lei! pollen Its ru h in health vitamins, mineral-. protein. active en/vmcs141 words
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Article252 1978-03-12 6 COMMENT Householders who find It difficult or expensive to have the repairman over for the occasional fault In their electrical fixtures and appliances or plumbing would welcome the suggestion last week by the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Social Affairs), Mr Chan Chee Seng, that community centres252 words
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712 1978-03-12 6 G.R. Lane - SENDING incriminating postcards to Red officials who have harassed journalists and trade representatives has become a weapon of revenge for those who claim they have been victimised while on foreign assignments. And certainly the system has had some spectacular successes. The postcard every Communist officialFatures International - 712 words
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461 1978-03-12 6 Guardian ALE sex hormo- nes may be the reason why up to the age of 50, men are far more prone to coronary heart disease than women, according to a new study by two London doctors. The widespread theory that in women the femaleGuardian - 461 words
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Advertisement159 1978-03-12 6 TOMORROW'S TECHNOLOGY. YESTERDAY'S TRADITION. SEIKO. THE QUALITY WATCH OF TODAY. Seiko started out making watches with uncompromising ideals /> like pride in workmanship and dedication a high standard excellence. As our technical knowledge end expertise grew, we SI developed a micro Jfc technology far ahead its We became the leading159 words
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Miscellaneous0 1978-03-12 6 *<:-*-:/<(<@`&]_.&<|>^/>."?}`>.0 words
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Article221 1978-03-12 7 If you ask me... I AGREE with An-glc <8N March 5, if You Ask Me) that firecrackers are essential for Chinese New Year because they are so much a part of Chinese custom. The authorities could allow crackers on auspicious occasions e.g. Chinese New Year, Christmas.221 words
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Article, Illustration269 1978-03-12 7 GLORIA CHANDY - GLORIA CHANDY IT IS rather surprls- ing that some eager Investor hasn't taken advantage of the famous complaint that there Is nothing to do in Singapore besides go to the movies or a shopping complex. An amusement park a very good one it would have to be269 words
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Article181 1978-03-12 7 Apart from the obvious reasons why people exercise (to lose weight, to stay fit and trim) there are several other reasons, states Donald Norfolk in his book. Executive Stress, why you should. Not only does exercise build up stamina, it also reduces the level of181 words
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Article166 1978-03-12 7 A FRIEND and I stop- ped a taxi on Orchard Road, on the right-most traffic lane, close to the Junction of Paterson Road. The cabbie asked where we wanted to go and agreed to take us when we said we were heading for Kim Seng Road. As166 words
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165 1978-03-12 7 from the YMCA Sceneshlfters have predicted a "calamity" come the end of May. There's to be a showdown with Calamity Jane at the Vic, the club wrote me. with a wild herd of cowboys and Indians adept at gags and songs rather than guns165 words
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475 1978-03-12 7 Ursula Pereira - IF YOU have something to say which yoa -think oar readers woald like to know why not pat It on Paper and send It to as. We welcome contributors to this eolamn. Articles can be on any subject bat shoald preferably be opinion pieces of •boat475 words
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Article, Illustration530 1978-03-12 7 Instant coffee... instant noodles... and now instant cocktails, a Japanese invention Los Angeles Times IT WAS only a mat--1 ter of time before the instant meal would be preceded by an Instant cocktail and aocompanled with an Instant wine or beer. The drink-from-a-mix era la here, rustLos Angeles Times - 530 words
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Article, Illustration349 1978-03-12 8 WHEN we stare at a human face we never remain fixated op exactly the same spot for any length of time. The picture above shows the eye movements made by a man while staring for three minutes at a photograph of a349 words
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319 1978-03-12 8 Desmond Morris - manwatching By Desmond Morris IT IS worth carrying out a simple test on yourself to see Just how left-sided or rlght-slded you are. You will, of course, know In which hand you hold a pen; but how far does this319 words
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Article, Illustration1067 1978-03-12 8 WHICH COULD GIVE YOU ONE THING IN COMMON WITH THESE A GREAT deal of human behaviour Is asymmetrical. Laterality Is demonstrated whenever an action demands more from one side of the body than the other. Every time we wave, wink, clap, shake a flat, cock1,067 words
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Advertisement484 1978-03-12 9 CHUPA CHUPS FLAVOUR CONTEST Aafc e i m 3RD PRIZES: Pop Car S XV 2NDV> PRIZESrS Zodiac Watch Chopper Bicycle 25 w STH PRIZES: ssasj""' 500 V_ 6TH PRIZES: Base Ball Trainer 500 7TH PRIZES: Chnpa Chaps Clip Board File 4TH PRIZES: Chupa Chups Track Suit PRIZES: 5.000 CHUPA CONSOLATION484 words
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Article, Illustration1471 1978-03-12 10 / 11 ARMED with fins, snorkel and mask, I A arrive at the pool and am Introduced to Egon Berg, trainer and referee for the Underwaterball team of DUC-Cologne. There are 17 players present: Nine from Cologne, eight from the Underwater Club Porz, who turn out to be the German1,471 words
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Miscellaneous914 1978-03-12 12 5?1 1? iTil Four 12-page TV pullout PICK OF THE WEEK THE YELLOW ROLLS-ROYCE (Night Movie) on Saturday, Ch. 5 at 10.50 p.m. in COLOUR Contrived but ever so smoothly handled, this slick drama involves a trio of owners of the Rolls, focusing on how romance plays a part in914 words
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Miscellaneous387 1978-03-12 12 d iV i that puis no punches. NEW SERIES: MY OLD MAN on Wednesday, Ch. 5 at 10.55 p.m. in COLOUR Fans of British comedy can still enjoy this brand of humour when Clive Dunn, last seen (and heard) in Dad's Army and Jokers Wild, takes over from Eric Sykes.387 words
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Advertisement204 1978-03-12 13 lop of the fate Burggrof 2849 with Electronic Signal Search b even greater now. m < r Graetz of West Germany offers you a colour TV set that's top of its class. With 2649, you not only get the traditional features which make Graetz so special today, but also the204 words
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Miscellaneous1115 1978-03-12 13 MONDAY 1 Colourent Colour T.V. Specialists. 3.00 PM. Open 3.03 NALLA ILLAM (r) 3.30 Diary of Events (T) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee: The Visit (Pt 1). A woman who is said to be the richest in the world returns to her home town. She offers the townspeople a huge sum of1,115 words
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Advertisement88 1978-03-12 14 4\ m I KV-2000ES Sony's 20" (51.8 cm) New Trinitron colour tv system with 60% brighter and sharper plus instant picture make him the best colour tv system in town. warranty #24 months' cover for tree labour •24 months' cover tor all parts •24 months' cover for the picture tube88 words
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Miscellaneous987 1978-03-12 14 WEDNESDAY Low rental rates which reduces annually, P.M. Open Star Performance Diary of Events (M) BONANZA: Thornton's Account Intermission Open ELECTRIC COMPANY NEWS IN BRIEF WILD, WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS: Armies of Ants RAMPAIAN SUKAN NEWS AND PARLIAMENTARY REPORT (M) MUSIC AT HAREWOOD: James Galway and Marisa Robles i MOST987 words
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Advertisement135 1978-03-12 15 Braun micron. It means more than a close shave. You don't go over the same patch of beard time and again H closer shave with the Braun micron. The thin micron (oil gets The secret lies in the closer to your skin. thinness of this new foil which gets close135 words
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Miscellaneous1114 1978-03-12 15 FRIDAY J r Jlifl© Rent now and buy it later if you like it. 3.00 P.M. Open 3.03 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES: The Thanksgiving Spirit 3.30 Diary of Events (C) 3.35 EIGHT HEROES OP SHOU LIN (r) 4.30 Intermission. 6.05 Open 4.08 LASSIE 4.30 NEWS IN BRIEF 6.35 WARNA WARNI (r) 7.051,114 words
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Advertisement376 1978-03-12 16 BUZZ k OFF R.DILAJNG DO YOU LOVE ME? Do You Love Me by R.D. Laing, an entertainment in conversation and verse is an astonishing, funny, savage and entertaining book. It explores all the resonances of that painful question 'Do you really love me?'. A wise and witty book. From Penguin376 words
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Miscellaneous195 1978-03-12 16 I ft Ml '/ii al® 32 •R m F BROGON and MgL C#b6oN lO M&WE s A, 53L-_ .r»' ifc I W£rtT ID THE LO64L MtVvftPAPei? TO 0E WTKCV/evvep 1 v u\ I M nm c. CECAUSE AU- 1 HAWE ID DO IS TURD AROUfUD AWD tUE tUOCJLQUT BfCCCTH« AJIMMCGE195 words
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Advertisement567 1978-03-12 17 / 18 This month is a special month for Pelicans, which have always offered an unrivalled roll-call of outstanding authors. Top names who not only know their subject well, but who can write well too. Above all, writers who stimulate and entertain as well as inform J.K. Galbraith, H.J. Eysenck, Edward de567 words
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Miscellaneous192 1978-03-12 17 / 18 msmi •> I ml t t ill r 4 0> 701 I V >T7 Sf i a PDR>C/ THIS BABY WILL \VS A UOT OF GET VA WHERE VA MONEY, BUT IT& WANNA GO...FAST/ H A SUPER* LOOKING CAR/ v 1 Vv J THINK O TH PRESTIGE... YA'LL OWE MORE192 words
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Miscellaneous51 1978-03-12 17 / 18 bafleV i BUNCHA WISE GViSf beetle R IV£ MADE STEW ft? OFTEN/ I'LL BET I CAN DO |T WITH) MV BiBB CLOSED m SOME BREAD CRUMBS FOR BODY BUT WHERB'S. TAB MAIN f COURSE? k A TOUCH OF SUGAR IS TME £EC)?£T SKEAr PBSSBRX, COOK'IB COUPLE of Wise GiliS. m51 words
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Miscellaneous82 1978-03-12 17 / 18 > s>; ill r r oO O HERE YOU ARE, MY DEAR/ IP >OU'LL DRJNK THIS DOWN, THOSE SRjrSNOJ HAVE WILL CLEAR DP IN NO TIME.' HMVvwi IF SHE DIDNY HAVE THAT LITTLE gEARP AND THAT AWFUL OVERBITE... GOTCHA.' m -kL 1 4#' K'£ v f -i 1 52£, m82 words
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Advertisement405 1978-03-12 19 Spring Snow: Yukio Mishima In November 1970, Yukio Mishima committted suicide. His last years were devoted to the completion of a tetralogy. The Sea of Fertility, of which Spring Snow is the first volume. It is a tragic and beautiful story of a doomed love affair and nowhere has Mishima's405 words
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Advertisement118 1978-03-12 19 NEW 3D from Penguin W® r\i n LiJLIIM JLi. LUCIENNE LANSON This book is written for all women regardless of age, social position, educational level or sexual'inclination. Here, at last is clear, accurate and sympathetic information from a gynaecologist speaking woman to woman in a book that will enable every118 words
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Miscellaneous409 1978-03-12 19 GARTH >OU HAVE MY WORD ABOUT HXJR SPANISH LfIDV, DON ALVARHOO NOW DO yOU SUMUHDMK? YOU ARE RIGHT, JOHN TAKE TWO MEN AND SEARCH BELOW DECK I UKE IT NOT/ THE SPANIARD 16 BUYING TIME FOR SOME PIECE OF KNAVERY.' 9! AZSi! I t a w It to l"*5? vi409 words
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Article, Illustration775 1978-03-12 20 How I found IT in the movies HUMOUR Paik Choo /\NE of my lifelong "preoccupations has been the subject of early memory.- Whenever I want to conjure up my life between puberty and Sunday Nation, I have a blackout. Because that's775 words
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Article160 1978-03-12 20 THE Singapore Tourist Pr o m o t lon Board wants the public to suggest a name for its hawker centre now under construction. Enlaw Yourself? READER'S letter to the Straits Times on Thursday complaining about some happenings at Thalpusam: "It will be a sad thing if this160 words
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285 1978-03-12 20 CKT - Off the Record by CKT you might put the selling of classical LPs 1 here with the rest of Singapore's vanishing trades. Fewer and fewer record shops are keen on stocking the classics, which must mean fewer and fewer customers In285 words
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Advertisement64 1978-03-12 20 DATOtI RAJAH inCATRT CABARTT NITC CLUB Gay World, Geylaod Road, (Car Park) Tel: *****6, *****19 Wicjantic wiayJVite-M ffc W Va v a V. V 1 >? v» m §<m ja> 21 5*2 IKW ia s? k t 1 K mt *v/« m r/> 4 n.v Bs Cm i s i64 words
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Article, Illustration431 1978-03-12 21 First of 5 parts by part-time cartoonist Ivan Fernandez BLIMEY! It isn't half bad to be in swinging old London. If l had apprehensions about the Dlace or about finding suitably interesting material to keep this column going lor a year,431 words
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1140 1978-03-12 21 By Chloe I HAVE this fantastic article on packing for a trip." I read it aloud. "We are going to be just as organised. Here are the suitcases and there are your clothes. Opt busy.'* Tuan disapneared as the1,140 words
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Advertisement139 1978-03-12 21 tale to tell? Here's a chance to tell it. And to a much wider audience than you'd ever have thought possible. Sunday Nation is running a weekly travellers' column written by our readers. It can be a travelogue type story or just a little incident or your most unforgettable or139 words
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Article, Illustration368 1978-03-12 22 So she was generous with insults Express AUREN BACALL lives In New York. London Is her first love, but she cannot work there, or take her dog Blenheim. So New York it is, in a rambling apartment filled with momentoes of her colourful life.Express - 368 words
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Article, Illustration319 1978-03-12 22 Edgar Koh - JJ4 By Edgar Koh TF THE PRINCE 1 AND THE PAUPER (coming to Odeon) looks familiar, It Is because some of Richard Lester's Three and Four Musketeers crowd are swashbuckling In it. Oliver Reed, for one, still wields his sabre m an ever ready-to-duel soldier of319 words
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Advertisement217 1978-03-12 22 6 days/Singapore-Manila-Singapore. Departures every Saturday. 6 days/Singapore Manila Baguio Manila Singapore. Departures every Friday. Tour prices include return air-fare, transportation, accommodation, transfers and sight-seeing, meals as specifiedln itinerary, Philippine Airlines offers you two great bW-cost package tours. Two 6-day fun-filled choicest Capture the essence of the Philippines in our well-planned,217 words
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682 1978-03-12 23 XUAN XONG - The Book Page MYTHS FOR A WILDERNESS. By Ee Tiang Hong. Third collection of poetry. Heinemann, 1976. 61 pp, hardcover $11, paperback $4. REVIEWED BY XUAN XONG YOU can always tell the maturer poets of Singapore and Malaysia from the later ones. There is no pushing682 words
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Article, Illustration732 1978-03-12 23 Alex Josey - SPECIAL CUEST. By Aziz Ishak. Oxford University Press, 1977. 210 pp, $20. By Alex Josey TN SOME ways this Is i rather sad book. It Is a most difflciilt book for an old friend to review. Year* ago732 words
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Article, Illustration392 1978-03-12 23 Sarojini Kumarasamy - LOVE LETTERS. By Antonia Fraser. Penguin, 1977. 247pp, 80p. By Sarojini Kumarasamy rrHIS is an anthoA logy displaying the myriad nature of love and lovers. Lady Fraser's primary aim of collecting these love letters Is to "give delight to all comers, the love and unloved,392 words
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Miscellaneous297 1978-03-12 23 ~/^<@@;%*\;,)%`!}$}|$)/+[&&&/.| |X>R years Mrs Sydney, .T the wealthiest dowager in New York City, had vainly tried to outwit you. As you selected a cigar from the tray held by the Sydney butler, a wicked gleam came Into your hostess's eye. It was time for playing stump-the-detectlve... "John DeMott, Paul Houk,297 words
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Article248 1978-03-12 24 Joyce Tan - NETBALL Joyce Tan rE national netball team is planning a tour of New South Wales In June as part of their preparations for next year's World Cup netball championships in Trinidad and Tobago. But the SWNA need money to make the tour a reality.248 words
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Article, Illustration504 1978-03-12 24 INSIDE TRACK r WOULD seem from reports this past week that the financial state of Singapore's soccer clubs Is not too good, 111 spite of the fact that the Football Association of Singapore are giving them subsidies and paying the referees' allowances and booking fees504 words
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Article, Illustration306 1978-03-12 25 Tan Kim Seng - ATHLETICS Tan Kim Seng pVERGREEN track star C. Kunalan and young Richard Seow started the track and field season In impressive fashion at the National Stadium last weekend. Kunalan ran on easy 100 metres In 10.8 seconds. He said after the race: "Last306 words
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239 1978-03-12 25 Gerry Chan - BADMINTON Gerry Chan THE unorthodox method of seeding players In this year's All England championships has taken many by surprise. Under International rules the defending champion and runnerup are normally given the top two seedlngs. But the All England organisers. Instead of seeding Flemming239 words
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356 1978-03-12 26 Brian Miller - Brian Miller pißLfl' Sports Club brought back memories of past giory when they beat Singapore Cricket Club to win the Singapore Women's Hockey Assoclatlop's double knockout tournament last weekThe club, pioneers of women's hocxey in Singapore, were tne dominant torce In the356 words
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Article, Illustration324 1978-03-12 26 Lim Kok Ann - Lim Kok Ann WORLD chess champion Anatoly Karpov has certainly kept the promise he made when he became champion in 1975 —that he would take part In competitions as often as his commitments allow. He has done this well that he was recently awarded, for the324 words
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Article, Illustration489 1978-03-12 26 WORLD SOCCER TOHAN NEESKENS, J Barcelona's Dutch star midfielder, Is the player most English club managers would like to sign after the World Cup final rounds In Argentina. Leslie Vernon, soccer writer of the London dally. The Sun, posed the question: who Is the European489 words
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Article299 1978-03-12 26 Tony Koh - BASKETBALL Tony Koh THE Basketball Association of Singapore are inviting nine foreign countries for this year's Pesta Sukan Invitational championships from Sept 1 to Sept 10. The BAS have decided to invite teams from Ilong Kong, Malaysia, South Korea. Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia299 words
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Article, Illustration1971 1978-03-12 27 Bill Madden - By Bill Madden UPI lit IKE O'HARA, presldent of the now defunct International Track Association. perhaps best described the state ol amateurism In track and field when he explained why his professional track venture failed. "Quite simply," said O Hara. "we found thatUPI - 1,971 words
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Article, Illustration846 1978-03-12 28 Ronald Atkin - By Ronald Atkin Observer JANUARY will be remembered fondly by his bank manager as the month Jimmy Connors won £100,000 ($420,000). But It will be marked by Connors's lnc reasing number of well-wish-ers as the time when the penny dropped. For James Scott Connors, legendaryObserver - 846 words
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Article, Illustration77 1978-03-12 28 Don J. Leary - PROPER WEIGHT CAN PREVENT T ELBOW By Don J. Leary BtftM (Uy Club. Newport Beach C* 1. Two major causes of tennis elbow are a. Improper stroking b. Poor muscle strength 2. Use a 3 to 4pound dumbell or even a household iron. Place arm on a1977 Los Angeles Times - 77 words
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Article, Illustration708 1978-03-12 28 Alfred Tong - TBMIS TALK Alfred Tong HE IS only 16 (17 In early June), but he played with a maturity far beyond his years." Apart from an occasional show of temper In the final when he muttered angrily at a cameraman busily clicking away at the sidelines,708 words
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Article, Illustration1243 1978-03-12 29 Eric Batty - By Eric Batty IN THE last Issue of Fifa News, press secretary Rene Courte of Luxembourg who has been the Public Relations man lor Fifa for almost 20 years, wrote suggesting that a new method for deciding the qualifying rounds might have to1,243 words
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Article, Illustration734 1978-03-12 29 Brian Glanvllle - By I Brian Glanvllle IPS WITH such a strong Group One in Buenos Aires, with such clear favourites in the other three qualifying sections, the 1978 World Cup soccer finals draw has been much less kind to the hosts, Argentina, than to the three seededIPS - 734 words
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Article821 1978-03-12 30 Peter Lo - Peter Lo nnHERE were no up- seta as Police Lions and Tigers leapt to top positions In the B and C grades, respectively. With V. Go pal leading, and A- Ibrahim back In action, the Lions convincingly defeated PBRC 5-0 The BCC team, one point behind,821 words
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Article874 1978-03-12 30 DARK LANE, who made an impressive debut when third to Yulee at Kuala Lumpur last month, followed up that form to score an easy twolength win in Race 4 at Bukit Tlmah yesterday. Ridden by Ron Hutchinson. the three-year-old by John Splendid started hot favourite and874 words
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Article221 1978-03-12 30 For the EXPATS UPI •PHE retired nlneA time world motorcycling champion, Mike Hallwood, has entered the Australian Grand Prix in his bid to make a comeback to the sport. A spokesman for the organisers of the AOP said on Thursday Hallwood, 37, will rideUPI - 221 words
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Article142 1978-03-12 30 AP rE Milwaukee Bucks are getting rich on overtime. The young Bucks have played eight games this season that have gone beyond the regulation 48 minutes and they have won seven, the latest a *****5 double overtime decision over the New York Knlcks on Wednesday night.AP - 142 words
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Article115 1978-03-12 30 AFP Alain guilbert, the crack French number eight forward who played in both testa against the All Blacks last year, Is among five 1 nt e r n a t 1 on al rugby players to so far confirm their place in an invitation World XV. OrganisersAFP - 115 words
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Article75 1978-03-12 30 Reuter PINA. RODNINA and Alexander Zaltsev of the Soviet Union won the pairs event gold medal at the world figure skating championships in Ottawa, Canada, on Wednesday. Becond were Manuela Mager and Uwe Bewersdorff of East Germany, followed by Tal Babilonla and Randy Gardner of theReuter - 75 words
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Article270 1978-03-12 31 A Above Par Rtca 8 Arctic Call 9 Amoy t Aatrophal Actnaa V 1 Armayi 7 B Bahagia IV Race 4 B. Frtende 4 Bora H 4 Big Guna Boom Town Charlie I Bravo Lad 11 t Buraadla t c Carontl Raca I Charming Smllo I Clnoma X270 words
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274 1978-03-12 31 By Scrutineer fALA SEASON, who has shown his appreciation for the long Buklt Timah home stretch, should make a sound bet ip the Class 4 Division 2 1200 m (Race 3) today, second day of the Singapore extra meeting. Gala Season was274 words
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2982 1978-03-12 31 2.30 CLASS 6, DIV 1 ■BJH ($9,000-$4,300 to wlnnw 1100m r) 1 2828 ACM IWHM| I 0000 Ctm 4(143Fraa <aaa V (Shaw) TuUoh 4 ST (MUM) 1200m SP Qil< II (ClMf) Bougour* 3 56 (dC+2.5) 1200m raMn (Caulflald) TuUoh 4 56 (dc+3.3)2,982 words
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Article109 1978-03-12 31 1 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER FAIRWAY BLUEGRASS Race 1 Actress President Award Actress Fendraggon'a Charm Pendraggon's Charm Actress President Award Actress Race 2 Softly Spoken Kong Hul Honest Gnard Engadlno Softly Spoken Boom Town Charlie Softly S petal Boom Town Charlie Race S Gala Season Tone Hong Swift VaJoar Expressway109 words
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Article, Illustration273 1978-03-12 32 SPORTS NATION QUAH Kim Song's late match winner against Kedah on Friday night may well be the most Important goal scored for Singapore In the preliminary round of the North Zone tournament this season. If Kedah had managed to snatch a draw, Singapore would have fallenPICTURES BY JERRY SEH - 273 words
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Article49 1978-03-12 32 UPI PONY-TAILED Tracy Austin pulled off the upaet of the women's tennis circuit this season on Friday night, when she ended Martina NavratUova'c 37-match winning streak on the last point of a third-set tiebreaker, 6-3, 2-6, 7-®, In the quarterfinals of the Maureen Connolly Blinker tournament.—UPl.UPI - 49 words
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Article46 1978-03-12 32 Reuter THE United States gained a virtually unbeatable 3-0 lead over Australia in New Haven, Connecticut, on Friday night when Jimmy Connors biat John Newcombe 6-4, 6-4 and Roscoe Tanner beat Tony Roche 6-4, 6-2 In the Ninth World Cup tennis tournament.—Reuter.Reuter - 46 words
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Article49 1978-03-12 32 UPI STEVE CAUTHEN drew a fire-day riding suspension in Arcadia, California, on Friday when the board of stewards penalised him for "not making the proper effort to keep his mount straight, causing Interference shortly before the start" of Thursday's second race, when he was aboard Upper Edge.—UPLUPI - 49 words
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421 1978-03-12 32 Ernest Frida - Ernest Frida rTEO Chin Seng, the overall leader of the Singapore Oolf Association circuit does not win the $10,000 Role* Masters, it will be because of Chang Chung Fa. The stocky Chin Seng, an assistant professional with the Singapore island Country Club,421 words
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Advertisement103 1978-03-12 25 THE NEW sn AT NEWSSTANDS NOW! A magazine everyone in the family will fight to read. Don't miss this new, glossy Galaxie i' you v (kissiih) us !>y Hot t-.' S ;v! ,<it > tnj uiii be intssituj: A. w 'it UJj > Sior ml-l- H"' 'tf iff' #i? v103 words
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Miscellaneous122 1978-03-12 32 Sports Diary CRICKET: /Malaysian Cricket Association In-ter-State League (South Zone) Singapore Negri Sembllan (Police Academy grounds. 10.30 a.m.). HOCKEY: Singapore Recreation Club Mixed slx-a-slde tournament (SRC Padang, 9 ajn.). GOLF: BGA local circuit Rolex Masters (SICC Course 8 ajn.). BOWLING: Sunbeam Home Appliances 2-5-8 Pin Tap tournament (Jackie's Bowl System122 words
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