New Nation, 3 July 1978

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    18 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Monday, July 3, 1978 No. 2300 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 MONDAY, JULY 3. 1978
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    More jobs drive by NTUC
    360 1  -  By Ivan Lim Leaders of NTUC affiliate unions have stepped up a nationwide education programme to help create Jobs in the next 10 years. They Include: THE Singapore Bank Officers' Assoc! ation which will examine how it can modernise the banking sector. It will held
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    Lock icon Egypt: Our terms for talks
    230 1 UPI UPI and Reuter Cairo, Monday Foreign Mi n 1 s ter Ibrahim Kamel says Egypt will attend a proposed London conference with the United States and Israel If the Jewish state reacts positively to a peace plan the Cairo government Is preparing at present.
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    Lock icon Scrapped: US plan to sell bombers to Taiwan
    147 1 NYT Washington, Monday— The Carter administration. in another move to improve ties with China, has scrapped a plan to sell 60 F-4 fighter-bom-bers to Taiwan, officials said yesterday. The officials said the decision to cancel the proposed US$5OO million ($ll5O million) deal
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    Lock icon Violence again at Narita
    41 1 Folic* battle with radieal demonstrators as a new wave of violence erupts in Tokyo's Narlta Airport. The radicals, however, failed to dlsrapt airport operations. Police said M of the demonstrators were arrested yesterday. UPI picture. UPI picture
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      31 1 INSIDE Niacon to Carter: Be tough to Russia Page 7 America's highest paid woman Page 6 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Crossword Money words 12; Stars 14; Oomics 16; What's On 19.
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    STOCK MARKET
    258 2 After opening higher, share prices skidded under Rroflt-taklng during the rst hour of trading today at the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Profit-taking was, however, well absorbed. In Slme Darby's case, the counter opened at $2.98, fell to $2.04 before settling at $2.96, up one cent. BUSINEBB DINE: First
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    Record number of bonus issues
    246 2  -  By Lee Yew Meng A total of 30 bonus Issues and five rights Issues was announced by public listed companies in the first half of this year, In what Is believed to be a record In the history of the Singapore stock market. This works
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    10 IROs want to join union
    119 2 More than 10 of the NTUC'a SO Industrial relations officers have applied to Join the Singapore'• Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union. The rest are expected to do so soon. BMIIWU will then seek the NTUC's "recognition" to represent the EROs a step which many
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    Bus feeder services
    50 2 There will be two new bus feeder services from tomorrow No 109 from Nanyang University to the Jurong Interchange, and No 210 from Kent Ridge campus to the Commonwealth Avenue terminal. The services will operate from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., except on Bundays and public holidays.
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    Annie is on her way to Mexico
    284 2 Miss SingaporeUniverse, Annie Lee, who was stranded In Los Angeles on Saturday, is now on her way to Mexico for the world beauty pageant. This morning her fiance Michael Lee said he had received a trunk call from the local organisers. Miss Orient
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    PNS: Fewer absentees now
    231 2 The Police National Service (PNB) Provost Unit handles about 100 cases of absenteeism a month. Although this figure seems high, It Is only less than one per cent of the 48,000 strong force, the Vigilante, official publication of the VC, said. "This percentage is alVlgllante, can
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    CPF silent on hike report
    166 2 The Central Provident Fund Board was this morning unable to confirm press reports of an Impending rise In CPF contributions by up to half per cent. Last Saturday, Business Times said the Government Is expected to announce an Increase In CPF contribution within the next
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    Camp
    18 2 The Mountbatten community centre will hold a recreational camp at Punggol on July 15 and 1 6
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      63 2 SOS It alwayi help* to talk to someone. Samaritans of Slnfapore exists to help those in despair or satctdal. Blng *****44. Introduces The 'cTWCROQUARTZ HyCO_/ Comes with an attractive 1 leather-type wallet y Calendar display Day of the week Calculation Stopwatch Below $80 Date calculation Long Life battery t it*
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      93 2 f Big Sweep andlbtol BIG BWEEP drawn at Penang on Saturday: First: ***** Second: ***** Third: ***** Starters: Nos 5229S ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****. Consolation: Nos ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****. BIG SWEEP drawn at Penang on Sunday: First: ***** Second: ***** Third:
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    Two main setbacks to Sabs service
    598 3 The Singapore Airport Bus Service (Sabs) was beset with teething trouble when It began operation on Saturday. The problems stemmed mainly from two factors. First, many arrivals at airport were unaware that a bus service was available. As a result, they formed a long
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    A cool ride —but a bit too long
    323 3  -  By Judith Hale Air conditioning, piped music, comfortable seats with ample leg-room, a pleasant driver these were the Ingredients that made for an enjoyable $2 ride on a Sabs bus from the airport to nine hotels in the city. My one reservation
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    Travel agents prefer one association
    467 3 Travel agents are generally In favour of having one body to represent the trade Instead of two as Is now the case. 81x travel agents Interviewed said one body would give the trade a stronger voice when seeking representations with the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board
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    Skipping champ to give demos
    84 3 World rope skipping champion Katauml Suzuki will arrive here on July 15 to give demonstrations at schools, community centres and shopping complexes. A former accountant, he holds the record of non-stop skipping for five hours and 11 minutes and chalked over 48,000 skips. Mr Buzukl,
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      73 3 DRAGON SHOWCASE PRODUCTIONS presents The World's Most Popular Female Vocal Trio THE SUPREMES' MARY WILSON x WW. Karen Jackson and Kaaren kagland FOR ONE DAY ONLY!!! Venue: HYATT HOTEL CRYSTAL BALLROOM Date Wednesday sth July 1978 Time Theatre Show 6.30 p.m. $25.00 inclDinner Show 9.00 p.m. $85.00 inclFor reservations HYATT
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    Rotarians can take it!
    487 4  -  They laugh and smile when minister calls them 'elitist* By Ting Hi Keng Rotarians showed that they can take criticism at an Installation dinner last Saturday. They laughed when Mr Ooh Chok Tong. the Senior Minister of State (Finance), called them an elitist group who "do
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    Income's new bonus move
    81 4 Policy holders of Income, the NTUC insurance co-operative, may receive bonuses at shorter Intervals than the usual three years. This was announced by general manager Mr Tan Kin Lian, at Income's annual meeting at the Trade Union house here yesterday. He said the bonus rate might
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    1200 dancers for PA festival
    210 4 A total of 109 teams, Involving 1211 dancers from community centres, schools, dance institutions and cultural organisations have submitted names of their representatives for the People's Association's first national dance festival next month. The latest issue of the Ministry of Culture's publication, The Mirror, says
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    Scholar Adelia gets a kiss from mum
    236 4 It was a big moment for Adelia Yeo and six other President scholars at the Istana last Saturday.' After receiving the award from President Sheares, Adelia was congratulated by her mother, Mrs Nelly Yeo with a kiss on the cheek. Interviewed on the
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    Children's art made into a book
    185 4 The Ministry of Culture has published a book of paintings by Singapore children, called Children's Art In Singapore. Aimed at stimulating the development of children'* art, and according recognition to their works, the hard-cover book has 40 paintings in full colour and 60 black-and-whites
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    Campaigners who break into tears to win votes of kampung women
    786 4  -  r M AI AN SI AN v 111 HONS 'iv By Ismail Kassim, Sonny Wee Alor Star, Monday The fight In Kedah is focused on its two most northerly constltuencies of Padang Terap and Kubang Pasu. Over there, It
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    Photo show
    37 4 Colour slides and prints accepted for the Fifth International Students' Photographic Salon 77-78 will be displayed at the National Museum's art gallery from Saturday to Monday between 10.30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Admission is free.
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    Film date
    47 4 Mr Phua Bah Lee, 8 e n 1 o r Parliamentary Secretary (Defence) and MP for Tam pines, will attend a film entitled Colt 38 8peclal Squad at the Oalaxy Theatre on Friday at 9.30 p.m. Proceeds will go to the Tamplnes Constituency Sports Association.,
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    Lock icon Sealift: China may act...
    154 5 AFP Peking, Monday China may take new retaliatory action against Vietnam, falling any breakthrough In deadlocked talks on repatriating overseas Chinese, diplomatic circles said on Saturday. The rift between the two countries has widened further with the entry of Vietnam into the eastern bloc economic alliance,
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    Lock icon Kathy the highest paid US woman
    117 5 AP New York, Monday Katharine Graham (above), publisher and board chairman of the Washington Post, was named the most highly paid woman In America In a Fortune magazine survey. Mrs Graham, who Inherited the post from her late husband, earned US$3OO,OOO ($690,000) last year
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    Lock icon Cold shoulder for South Yemen
    337 5 16 Arab states freeze ties following killings World Focus Reuter Cairo, Monday Sixteen Arab states "froze" diplomatic relations with South Yemen yesterday. Its Marxist leaders were accused by neighbouring North Yemen of plotting the death of the North Yemeni President Ahmad Hussaln alGhashml, killed by
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    Lock icon Saudis using mercenaries charge by the Russians
    138 5 Reuter Moscow, Monday—Tass said yesterday Saudi Arabia was hiring mercenaries to work against the Marxist rulers of South Yemen. The official Soviet news agency said In a dispatch from Cairo the Saudis "obviously fear the emergence near their southern frontiers of an independent,
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    Lock icon Charles vs the Church
    307 5 Reuter London, Monday—Britain's Prince Charles has pluhged Into open conflict with the Catholic Church through remarks apparently criticising its doctrine. Catholic Archbl shop Thomas Winning yesterday accused the 29-year-old, heir to the throne, of advocating a woolly attitude towards Christianity. The row began with a speech
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    Lock icon Fighting dies down in Beirut
    109 5 Reuter AFP Beirut, Monday Savage fighting between Syrian troops and right wing Lebanese militia men here died down late last night after Syrian President Hafez AlAssad ordered his forces to cease fire. The heavy artillery and rocket batteries which had blasted the rightist positions in
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    Lock icon Refugees off HK
    54 5 Reuter Hong Kong, Monday Local marine police yesterday Intercepted a Junk with 16 Vietnamese refugees on bo turd off an outlaying island here, a government spokesman said. The arrivals yesterday brought to 1246 the number of Vietnamese refugees who have reached Hong Kong since the beginning of
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    Lock icon Peking visit
    29 5 Reuter Hong Kong Monday Papua New Guinea Foretarn Minister Kb la Olewale arrived in Peking yesterday for a "friendly visit" the New China News Agency reported* Reuter.
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    Lock icon Law suit warning over N-plant decision
    212 6 UPI Concord (New Hampshire). Monday.—Bunders of the Seabrook nuclear power plant will decide next week whether to appeal against a Federal order halting Its construction. but Governor Meldrlm Thomson has warned of a possible multl-mllllon dollar lawsuit over the "asinine decision." The Nuclear Regulatory
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    Lock icon Bid to heal India rift
    369 6 World Focus Vajpayee offers his services AP Reuter New Delhi, Monday India's External Affairs Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, yesterday prop osed to quit the government and devote full time to strengthening the splintered ruling Janata Party. Mr Vajpayee told reporters he had made the
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    Lock icon Korchnoi in Manila for 'easy match'
    239 6 UPI Manila, Monday So v 1 et expatriate Viktor Korchnoi arrived in Manila yesterday hoping he will have an easy match against world chess champ lon Anatoly Karpov. "I'd like to have such an easy match as the flight," Korchnoi told reporters on his
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    Lock icon TODAY
    110 6 UPI TODAY Is M on d ay. July 3, the 184 th day of 1978 with 181 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. American author John Mason Brown was born on July 3, 1900. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1819, the
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    The Odd Corner
    47 6  -  D.J. A car salesman died of a heart attack within minutes of going into a nudist camp for the first time. The naked body of the man, who was 57, was found in the open-air swimming pool at the club, at Hertfordshire, England. DJ.
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      485 6 WEATHER New York Partly cloudy. 27-17 C. Headline: Fighting breaks out- In Lebanese capital, at least 22 killed. London Cloudy with rain, 19-13 C. Headline: Roman Catholic leader raps Prince Charles. ■tome —Sunny, 28 14C. Headline: Test of strength In presidential election. Paris—Cloudy with possible showers. 17-12 C. Headline: Public
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    Lock icon Nixon to Carter: Be tough
    490 7 World Focus UPI Hyden (Kentucky), Monday Mr Richard Nixon yesterday told a stamping crowd of 4000 in the Cumberland Mountains America's leaders should cool their public rhetoric and toughen their bargaining with the Soviets. In a sometimes emotional, 42-mlnute address at the new Richard M.
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    Lock icon 'Jakarta gets arms aid offers'
    117 7 UPI Jakarta, Monday. France la prepared to provide military and technical assistance to Indonesia to help it bolster its armed forces, news reports said on Saturday. The Ant a r a news agency also reported Britain. Soviet Union and Australia have contacted the Indonesia government
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    Lock icon The White House's 'Wizards of Oz'
    282 7 UPI Washlngton, Monday. A delegate to the United Nations conference on disarmament and a strong supporter of President Carter in 1976 has charged Mr Carter's top aides of undercutting the conference to appeasfe hard-lin-ers In the Senate. In an interview with US News and
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    Lock icon Threat to Britain's phone links
    137 7 AP London, Monday Britain's 123,000 post cfflce engineers began a ban on overtmle yesterday that threatened some communications links with foreign countries and Inevitably meant difficulties for British telephone users. The ban may Interfere with live TV coverage of the British Open Golf Championship which
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    Lock icon HK's big success in drug battle
    78 7 Reuter Hong Kong, Monday— Hong Kong has achieved one of the world's highest curing rate of drug addicts by acupuncture and electro-stimulation (AES) treatment, a government spokesman said yesterday. He quoted the princi- pal investigator of the AES pilot scheme as saying one major
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    Lock icon Psychology teaching
    70 7 Reuter Hong Kong, Monday China hat resumed the teaching of psychology suspended for many years due to Interference by the purged "gang of .four" radicals and their supporters, the New China News Agency reported yesterday. A meeting of Chinese Erofessors and teachers 1 psychology held recently In the
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      37 7 THE HITACHI TEAM »A is Coming! See the Winner of the Japan Soccer League 1976 in action against NATIONAL TEAM OFSINGAPORE ON JULY 29TH 1978 AT THE NATIONAL STADIUM S u 4* t V w-t> r--90tm 'tM
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    Hanoi's Russian option
    399 8 The lines of conflict and alignment In Indo-Chlna are being very clearly drawn. Last week, Hanoi's link with Moscow grew In strength and substance while Its rift with Peking and Phnom Penh appeared lrreconclllable. Even as Vietnam was admitted as the 10th full member of the Soviet-dominated
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
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      Losing her balance
      76 8 A figure conscious miss. In an attempt to lose weight, is living on a diet of greens. After a skimpy meal of salad, she ordered a calorie laden sweet. When her friends showed their surprise, she reasoned: "Just think how many more calories I'd consume if I
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      Under the spell
      41 8 A mother explained that she used the dictionary to look up the spelling of words she had forgotten. Protested her Primary One son: "Then why do you scold me when I forget how to spell during my exams?"
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    AND NOW FOR N. W. C. TO RELAX
    637 8  -  fr MONDAY I t|T 1 WITH TAN BAH BAH TAN BAH BAH After the word "offsetting" made its first appearance in the annual National Wages Council recommendations, the 1n 1M a 1 Interest many Singaporeans had in this wonderful scheme of getting
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    Lock icon Brahms through my stomach
    803 8  -  Conductor tells of his China experience By Seiji Ozawa Conductor of ths Boston Symphony Orchestra. UPI Peklnc When I arrived at Peking Airport, I was worried. I was worried about the language difficulties, but even more important, I was worried that because I'm Oriental a Japanese
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    Pray tell, which god do you worship?
    639 9 liugh Baker's album L.V Every village In the New Territories seems to have its quota of one or more temples, but not many of these are to be found much more than a stone's throw away from the settlements. This one In the
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    Lock icon Scramble for cheap trans-Atlantic flights
    706 9 NYT New York: At long last the season that Britain's Laker Airways has been waiting for during the last seven years is here. Now it's the passengers' turn to wait, in the long lines that have been forming at Laker ticket outlets on both sides
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      36 9 a The choicest cut of U.S. beef, brown and crisp outside, red and juicy inside, so tender it melts in your mouth. Served with befced jacket potato and fresh tossed green ssied. Lunch time sc S
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      274 9 Crossu/ord ACROSS 1 Stand or board 5 Low point 10 Adriatic seaport 14 81nger 15 Form of oxygen 16 In the center of 17 Virginia—18 Exploded 19 Observe 20 Sources of hangovers 23 Drink 24 Debt paper 25 Black tourmaline 29 Leaned SI Women's—34 Graph 35 Glass section 36 A
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  • trend EDITED BY JUDITH HOLMBERG
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      Lock icon Splinters of stars
      233 10 / 11  -  Story by Ting Hi Keng Move them In the light and diamonds come alive, bathed in their brilliance and magnificence. No wonder people once thought they were splinters of stars or crystallised dewdrops. Made out of nothing more romantic than carbon, diamonds become the hardest and purest
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      Lock icon His full breasts embarrass him
      377 10 / 11 Hormones and disease can cause swelling Doc's Casebook J SLCK "Although I'm a male my breasts are quite full and this embarrasses me, especially when I go swimming with my friends. I've noticed that the right side Is bigger than the left. What Is the
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      Life at 40 is a pain in the neck, side and back
      608 10 / 11  -  SQAPj [box Tr—J Toro Life begins at 40. It's the prime of your life, you've found your niche, they tell you ad nauseum. Don't you believe it. It's not all that rumour would have It. When the weather
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      Lock icon Ads want to know how to talk to a working woman
      693 10 / 11 NYT New York: Do you talk to a working woman any differently than a housewife? asks San- ford Buchsbaum, senior vice-president of advertising for Revlon. It's a question that is roiling the marketing marketplace. The advertising community has come
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      Army man leaves his guns For career in make-up
      431 10 / 11  -  By Rav Dhaliwal From mortars and guns to women's make-up and perfumes... It was a long way to go all the more so because Mr Williams Garvin. with his rough-and-tough past lp the army, knew practically nothing about women's cosmetics. His
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      Will eating carrots really help you see better?
      322 10 / 11 f 3 Column 7 A Eating carrot* will Improve your eyesight and wearing someone else's (lane* will damage your eyes, right? Wrong. An American oph th a Imologist. Ur John Eden, has written a book called The Eye Book which debunks many
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    Lock icon How US tax bid will hit S'pore
    1323 12  -  One way out is to sign double tax accord now By John Tan Business Times New York: Washington D.C. may be on the other side of the globe from Singapore but recently, few places In the world have been of as great a
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      542 12 QJJA'AZi c: NEW MAIN MMIfWIMS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss): Address: N.R.I.C. No: Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW along dotted linos CLI/ES FOR GN 1 1. Eat end drink according to o system 2. You'd expect on experienced
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      529 12 I Moneywords results No entrant submitted a solution which correspond In all respects with the set of answers held by the Judges to be the most apt In the New Nation Moneywords Contest GL. Six entrants submitted a solution which differed at three points from the solution which the judges
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    Mother tongue: What it means to S'pore
    1272 13  -  By N.W. Goh By N.W. Goh, Research Fellow, Chinese Language Centre, Nanyang University It Is generally believed that a good knowledge of one's mother tongue will enable the person to appreciate and Inherit subsequently the good traditional values In his ethnical culture, which
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    Lock icon Recession not in sight says US Treasury
    142 14 f Business News and Views iL=- UPI Washington, Monday— The Carter administration does not believe the United States faces a recession Oils year or next, Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal »ald on Friday. "None of the Indicators that would point to a recession Is
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    Lock icon SYDNEY
    123 14 Reuter Prices st U3O a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI 163 163 ADC 13 nil Ampoi Pet 83 64 ANI 160 163 APM 116 111 Bank NSW nil 606 Brambles 173 173 BHP 733 736 Bora] 333 336 CBA 340 343 CSR 396 300 CIO
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    Concern over trend in interest rates
    464 14 LONDON The equity and gilt markets were unsettled at the start of the new account on Monday. This was largely due to economic uncertainties In general, and concern about the trend In short-term interest rates not only In the United States but also In
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    Lock icon Sales hit by US ethics law says Textron exec
    303 14 UPI New York, Monday Imposing American ethics on foreign agents working for US companies la causing a serious decline In overseas sales, the new chairman of Textron Inc. said In an Interview published yesterday. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. which attempts
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    Lock icon Prices are lower on balance
    313 14 ZURICH Union Bank of Switzerland Price levels on the Zurich Stock Exchange declined somewhat on balance during last week in continued light trading. It seems that hopes for an early end of the Investment ban are no longer Justified in view of the renewed strong
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    Lock icon $: Bank steps in
    94 14 Bank steps in Reuter Tokyo, Monday The Bank of Japan stepped in to support the dollar on the Tokyo foreign exchange market this mornin* after the hardpressed American currency fell to a postWorld War Two low of 202.80 yen, dealers said. The amount of dollar buying by the Central Bank
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      77 14 Trade Commissioner's Showroom, Australian High Commission, 25 Napier Road, Singapore 10. Hours: 12 noon 7 pm See the latest Australian equipment to move, stack and store goods. It includes hoists, girder trolleys, conveyor belting, overhead conveyors, tier racks, pallets, weighing systems and equipment, conveyor chains, nuclear density gauges. Products that
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      401 14 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, yon possess all extraordinary amount of family pride. You will do much that you would not ordinarily do simply to please your loved ones. In the same way, you expect a great deal of family member* for In your view, each
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    Surprises, surprises
    598 15  -  That's the just arrived Honda CX 500 and it will boggle your mind Motorcycling Lee Chiu San Honda has always had a reputation for being one of the top motorcycles. It was the first to bring motorcycling to the masses in the 1960s and It also made the
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    THE MAZDA 323 -A MAXI AND MINI CAR
    667 15  -  Motoring l»v Roderick Pestana Since the Mazda 323 was introduced late last year more and more of these cars are being seen on the roads. The reason for this is obvious the moment you see the car. The Masda 323 has a
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      108 15 Motorists: Here's Singapore's best buy in car stereo combinations MITSUBISHI A ATP-4213G *3 xn\mr 180 KHr 14Q BO 100 3480 AM j This 4-track, 2-channel Mitsubishi cassette car stereo has an AM radio with automatic tuning. Automatic tape reverse for continuous listening pleasure. Switches from tape to radio, radio to
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
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      Lock icon Coutinho the technocrat
      965 16 The Pele Exclusive By Courtesy of Pepal Cola I do not apologise for repeating what I wrote early in the tournament, that Brazil reminded me of school pupils who changed teachers in mid-term and could not grasp the methods their new teacher (meaning Coutinho) was trying to
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      THREE JUNIORS IN HUNT FOR EU CUP
      737 17 WEEKEND GOLF by LIM KEE CHAN Three Junior golfers were among the eight qualifiers for the Singapore I si a n d Country Club Eu Tong Seng Cup Invitation Trophy competition at the Island Course yesterday. They were: Jacob Ong (handicap 14) from
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      Lock icon Borg finds the going heavy
      695 17 ...as he struggles to make it three in a row j^^fennis Reuter London, Monday Bjom Borg of Sweden is finding the going extremely heavy as he attempts to become the first man in more than 40 years to win three successive s 1 n g
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      Lock icon Nasty ban lifted
      128 17 Reuter London. Monday. Temperamental Rumanian tennis star Ille Nastase had a threat of suspension for bad behaviour lifted temporarily by the Men's Intern a 11 o nal Professional Tennis Council (Mlpta). Nastase was accused of a "persistent pattern of bad behaviour" by the council, who brought the
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      Lock icon Barbara breaks world 200m mark
      251 17 Reuter East Berlin, Monday —The East German national swimming championships yesterday produced their first world record with a women's 200-metre freestyle time of 1 min 59.045 ec from Barbara Kranse. It was o.22sec faster than the two-year-old mark set at the Montreal Olympics by East
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      Lock icon Neeskens wants to stay with Barcelona
      296 18 K9 Soccer UPI Reuter Madrid, Monday Barcelona's Dutch midfielder Johan Neeskens said yesterday that despite rumours the club wants to transfer him, he wants to stay with Barcelona. "I do not live in the shadow of Cruyff and I do not understand why they
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      Lock icon Watch these two young stars
      565 18  -  Tuck Seng, 15, the sprinter and Aral, 18, the stayer Athletics By PHILIP TAN Two y o un g st ers with the potential to go far emerged from the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's Fourth Age Group championships at the National Stadium yesterday. They are
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      Serjit out of Indon Open
      225 18  -  By SURESH NAIR National middle-dis-tance champion SerJlt Singh, down with a bout of flu, has opted out of Singapore's eontigent leaving tomorrow night for the fourday Indonesian Open track and field meet starting on Thursday. SerJlt, holder of the National records for the BMm and
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      Charlie's Angel is worth following
      501 18  -  RACING with Brian Miller Charlie's An% e 1, who broke the Ice with a stylish win at the Penang Pro-Am meeting on Saturday, looks a money-spin-ner in the making. Stick with him whenever he goes over the sprint. This three year old daughter of Go
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      Farrer Park steal a point from soldiers
      412 18 I Soccer Armed Forces, who boast of having one of the most versatile forward lines among the Division One teams In the National soccer league, were cut down to size by Farrer Park United who held them to a 1-1 draw at Jalan
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      38 16 ANDY CAPP SHORT RIBS U-lEVEKX *Nt» WAS 3RK LOVED. EVER WANTED IP J HELP X?U MAKE "WE KING LAUGMT WILL YOU LOVE ME by Frank O Neal COULDNT 1 JUST /VNV SOUL -TO VIL.7* NORBERT by George Fett
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      369 17 SPPL SMGAPORE PAPER PROOUCTS LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE) 315 Alexandra Road Singapore 3 NOTICE OF ANNOAI CENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thot the Twenty Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 315 Alexandra Road, Singapore 3, on 24th July 1978 at 12
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      72 18 a u u i SALES SALES SALES Due to overwhelming response, sales further extended for another two weeks only So hurry! Wide range of sporting equipment available. AMF Head Puma Adidas Admiral Panther KawaSaki etc etc. Jehangir Sports J 31 38 Third Floor P i nins u I a SHoppipq
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      Galbraith on S'pore TV
      338 19 Harvard man interviews PM The difficulties of Singapore, a state where land Is scarce and Its oniy resource is people, will be analysed In one of the episodes of aniew TV series. The Age of Uncertainty. The 15-part series, to be hosted by Harvard professor John
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      Jazz fans to jam at Dutch Club
      125 19 The Dutch Club will be "Jasslng" up Its bar with a Jam session tomorrow. No, the bar will not be thick with treacle but with the sound of lass: The first secretary of the Royal Netherlands Embassy, Mr Heln Princen, a lover of
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      Paddington Bear aims to win hearts
      321 19  -  By Judith Holmberg Paddlngton Bear, Michael Bond's delightful hero of several children's books, makes his first appearance on TV tonight over Ch. 8 at 6.25 p.m. Paddlngton, as all followers of his adventures know, Is enquiring, always well-meaning but woefully clumsy and ac-cident-prone. He
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      Shift in slots for two shows
      107 19 The Tony Randall Show, a situation comedy starring Randall ss Judge Walter Franklin, has been shifted from its early Friday evening slot to Monday nights at 10.45 starting today. Also moving out of the Friday schedule is the series In Search Of, which explores
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      105 19 CONCERT by Dunman Secondary Bchooi to celebrate Its 15th unnlversary. Vi c toria Theatre, A p.m. Admission $3, $2 and $1. On till tomorrow. TRADE FAIR AND CARNIVAL by the BAF Reservists' Association. Junction of Rochore Road and North Bridge Road, 7 pm. to 11 p.m. Admission 20 cents for
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      196 19 Tomorrow!® FM stereo 6.00 AM Opening Announcements and Programme Summary 6.05 Morning Prelude with Pepe Jaramlllo: Pepe and The Tijuana Sound. 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Morning Concert: Symphony No. 2 In E Minor (Rachm anlnov). London Phil Orch./Boult; Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 (Rachmanlnov), Elisabeth 8oderatrom, Vladimir Ashkenazy; Hungarian Dances
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      87 19 RUGBY: National Schools tournament Lower Secondary finals: Raffles Institution v St Andrew's (5 p.m.) Third placing: Anglo-Chinese v Monies' Hill (3.30 p.m.) both matches at 8CC Padang. HOCKEY: Premier League—Ceylon Sports Club v Jansenltes (Bales tier Road), Singapore Airlines v Schools (SRC Padang). SOCCER: National Under 18 tournament—Geylang West y
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      428 19 THE GOODBYE GIRL: Another of Nell Slmon'a lively plays performed to perfection by Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss and nominee Marsha Mason. A most unusual love story unwinds within a most unusual situation. Lido: 1.45. 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. STAR WARS: The world's number one box office hit Stars
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    59 20 AH FOOK: It Is a good Idea to take two samples of a drug supervisee's urine. The second sample can be used for a re test should there be a dispute over the result from the first. MEI LIN: Every supervisee will demand a retest now. This will
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      775 20 MMUd AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 Enter JE LEFUNKEN 3.H OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by STAR PEBFORMANCE: The Room. 3.30 DIARY OP EVENTS (T). 3.35 AFTERNOON MATINEE: Daisy Kenyon. (See Top Show* of the Day). 4.25 INTERMIBBION. 6 05 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HAROLD LLOYD'S WORLD OF COMEDY. 6.St NEWB IN BRIEF.
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      238 20 AFTERNOON MATINEE: Daisy Kenyon (Ch. 5, 3.35 p.m.). This love triangle, about two men of different backgrounds who find themselves deeply In love with the same woman, gets bogged down in the second half in typical soap-opera histrionics. Cast includes Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warwick and Martha
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