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Died. Yusof bin Ishak, 60, Singapore journalist who served as his city-state's first President after it gained independence from Britain in 1963 and from the 14-state Federation of Malaysia two years later; of a heart attack; in Singapore. Founder of the newspaper Utitsan Melayu, which was in the vanguard of the struggle for independence, Yusof was rewarded with the largely ceremonial presidency, serving alongside Prime Minister Lee Kuan...
...Cattle Bin. No one has yet proved that a conspiracy really exists. "The basic problem here is paranoia," insists Lawyer Norman Brisson, whose firm represents one of the young defendants. "I don't believe our kids have ever met a Weatherman." Other citizens have begun to wonder if the letters and explosives may not be just sick pranks. Since one device had "school" written on it, many young people agree with a self-styled radical student: "That was a joke. The school is run like a cattle bin. We've got to change it, and if we have...
...were he. I'd probably crack up laughing or take her away to a loony bin...
More satisfactory results are being obtained by muscle transposition. In an operation developed by Dr. Leonard Ru bin of Hempstead, N.Y., the temporalis muscle, which runs from the temple to the jawbone, is split into three sections. These are then separated and connected to the patient's eye, mouth and cheek. After considerable practice before a mirror, a patient can learn to use the transposed muscle to control winking or smiling. The operation returns a near-normal appearance to the face at rest...
Under Said Bin Taimur, the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, which lies on the southeast corner of the Arabian peninsula, remained one of the most stagnant societies on earth. The 60-year-old Sultan decreed long ago that his 600,000 subjects should not own automobiles or attend cinemas. In the capital, Muscat, the city gates are closed at sundown, when the cannon booms. People must carry lanterns at night; flashlights are banned as too blinding...