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Monday 1st U F O S In New Z e a l a n d r P i c t u r e s of U F O S taken from a freighter a i r c r a f t south of W e l l i n g t o n , N e w Z e a l a n d , on the 30th D e c e m b e r were shown on t ele - I v i s i o n around the w o r l d to-day.1 T h e f i lm c l e a r l y s h o w e d a number of o b j e c t s in the s k y a n d c l o s e - u p s of o n e of them. R a d a r reports from W e l l i n g t o n and the > e r r a t i c b e h a v i o u r of the o b j e c t s ruled out s u g g e s t i o n s that they were e i t h e r s i g h t i n g s of the moon or a r e f l e c t i o n of one of the planets. Sir Bernard L o v e l l , a d i s t i n g u i s h e d a s t r o nomer, s a i d " I t h i n k i t i s d e p l o r a b l e that w h e n e v e r p e o p l e s e e s o m e t h i n g in the h e a v e n they d o n ' t r e c o g n i s e , they t h i n k it h a s some fantastic o r i g i n " . _ O i l tanker d i s a s t e r A G r e e k owned s u p e r - t a n k e r A n d r o s P a t r i a w a s abandoned after a fire. With most of h e r c r e w d e a d , the tanker s p i l l e d o i l off the NW coast of S p a i n . Snow c o v e r e d Britain T h e death t o l l grew a s hundreds of people were trapped in drifts up to 15 feet deep. T h e minimum temperature w a s 29 d e g . F below f r e e z i n g p o i n t . T h e s n o w covered the w h o l e o f G r e a t B r i t a i n for the f i r st time since 1963.
Tuesday 2nd Georgi Markov inquest A n i n q u e s t d e c i d e d that a metal p e l l e t c o n t a i n i n g p o i s o n t w i c e a s deadly a s c o b r a venom k i l l e d M r . Georgi M a r k o v , the B u l g a r ian d e f e c t o r . T h e poison w a s r i c i n d e r i v e d from the s e e d of the c a s t o r o i l p l a n t . Vietnam invades Cambodia V i e t n a m e s e troops launched an i n v a s i o n of C a m b o d i a w i t h t h r u s t s a l o n g a 2 0 0 - m i l e w i d e front. C a m b o d i a n P r e s i d e n t , K h i e u S a m p h a n , s a i d that the S o v i e t U n i o n and t h e Warsaw P a c t c o u n t r i e s were s u p p o r t i n g the Vietnamese drive. Iran f o r c e s down L o n d o n bound p l a n e Iranian fighters forced a B o e i n g 707 to land in T a b r i z . T h e a i r l i n e r w a s c a r r y i n g 39 B r i t i s h and Irish a i r h o s t e s s e s home t o L o n d o n . T h e y b a d been s t r a n d e d in Teheran for 10 d a y s b e c a u s e o f a s t r i k e by Iran A i r workers.
Wednesday 3rd Lorry d ri ver s strike 15,000 lorry d r i v e r s went on s t r i k e in support of 2 2 per c e n t pay c l a i m . T h e Road H a u l a g e A s s o c i a t i o n w a s s u r p r i s e d a t the sudden m i l i t a n c y of the lorry d r i v e r s , and i s s e r i o u s l y w o r r i e d about the c o n s e q u e n c e s . Ice deaths T h r e e men from K e n t i s h Town d i e d when they f e l l through i c e on a pond in H a m p stead Heathi T e s t result A u s t r a l i a w i n s 3rd T e s t by 103 runs a t M e l b o u r n e C r i c k e t ground. M i k e B r e a r l y , looses h i s first test a s E n g l a n d C a p t a i n .
Thursday 4th Sea damages D e v o n v i l l a g e s 300 v i l l a g e r s from the S . D e v o n r e s o r t s of Torcross and Beesands were evacuated this e v e n i n g a s force 9 g a l e s produced w a v e s , some c a r r y i n g l a r g e b o u l d e r s , w h i c h s m a s h - J
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ed through w a l l s a n d w i n d o w s . S e v e r a l homes were c o m p l e t e l y d e s t r o y e d . Birmingham smallpox report A n o f f i c i a l enquiry d e c i d e d that a woman \medical photographer died from s m a l l p o x , in B i r m i n g h a m , a s a d i r e c t r e s u l t of a b u s e of s a f e t y procedures in a U n i v e r s i t y m e d i c a l s c h o o l laboratory. T h e report w a s leaked to the press by Mr. C l i v e J e n k i n s , leader of the A s s o c i a tion of S c i e n t i f i c , T e c h n i c a l and M a n a g e r i a l S t a f f s , the union r e p r e s e n t i n g m e d i c a l technicians. T h e report s a i d that B i r m i n g h a m U n i v e r s i t y had no means of c h e c k i n g that proper safety procedures w e r e being f o l l o w e d . R e s e a r c h work at B r i t a i n ' s o n l y r e m a i n ing s m a l l p o x laboratory a t S t . M a r y ' s h o s pital M e d i c a l s c h o o l , London i s almost certain to be ended b e c a u s e of fears about safety.
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF FOR JANUARY Saturday 6th
U F O lands in Krugersdorp F o r m e r South A f r i c a n n u r s e , M r s . Meagen Q u e z e t , c l a i m s to have encountered a pink U F O . S h e s a i d it landed near h e r home in K r u g e r s d o r p . J o h a n n e s b u r g , and a s q u a d of strange d a r k - s k i n n e d l i t t l e men got o u t . Mr. H i l t o n d i e s C o n r a d H i l t o n , the hotel magnate w h o learned the b u s i n e s s c a r r y i n g bags from a r a i l w a y s t a t i o n to a s m a l l inn that h i s N o r w e g i a n - i m m i g r a nt father ran in San A n t o n i o , N e w M e x i c o , d i e d in C a l i f o r n i a , aged 9 1 . One of M r . H i l t o n ' s motts w a s : " B e b i g , think b i g . A c t b i g . Dream b i g . " C u t - b a c k s in research condemned Sir George K e n y o n , C h a i r m a n of M a n c h e s ter U n i v e r s i t y C o u n c i l s a i d , " A t a time when i n d u s t r i a l regeneration i s a t o p p r i o r ity the country c a n n o t afford to be d e p r i v e d of the m a s s i v e c o n t r i b u t i o n w h i c h u n i v e r s i t i e s c a n a n d do make in t h i s a r e a . " U n i v e r s i t i e s a n d industry were v i t a l to one another and t o the e c o n o m i c strength of the c o u n t r y . " T h e a u t h o r i t i e s and informed p u b l i c must a c c e p t that postgraduate research i s a n e s s e n t i a l element and that industry in o u r country w i l l o n l y c o n t i n u e to e x i s t if it a l s o f i n d s and m a i n t a i n s n e w s t a n d a r d s of q u a l i t y and s e r v i c e .
Friday 5th
Computer a n a l y s i s of m u s i c P r o f . R i c h a r d V o s s , o f the I B M r e s e a r c h centre at Y o r k t o w n H e i g h t s , N e w York c l a i m s that he h a s d i s c o v e r e d the p r e c i s e r e l a t i o n s h i p of m u s i c a l notes that m a k e s the d i f f e r e n c e between good m u s i c and b a d , i r r e s p e c t i v e of w h a t type of m u s i c i t i s . H e h a s e x p e r i m e n t e d w i t h every type o f m u s i c from B a c h to R o c k a n d h a s found the a n s w e r to the a n c i e n t q u e s t i o n " W h a t d o e s music imitate?" A c c o r d i n g to h i s theory, it imitates our s u b c o n s c i o u s l o n g i n g to o b s e r v e the p r o c e s s of c h a n g e . J u s t a s w e admire a fast moving story in a n o v e l , s o in good m u s i c the notes must be u n p r e d i c t a b l e but c l o s e l y - r e l a t e d . T h e a c h i e v e m e n t s of s u c c e s s f u l m u s i c a l c o m p o s e r s through the ages and perhaps a l s o of good story t e l l e r s i s to h a v e d i s c o v ered s u b c o n c i o u s l y t h e s e s u b t l e s e q u e n c e s .
Sunday 7th Petrol £ 5 for 3 g a l l o n s L o n g q u e u e s formed o u t s i d e the few petrol s t a t i o n s open y e s t e r d a y , and a t o n e garage in M a n c h e s t e r m o t o r i s t s w i l l i n g l y p a i d £5 for a t h r e e - g a l l o n " r a t i o n " - about double the u s u a l p r i c e . P o r t s shut to lorries P i c k e t i n g s t r i k e r s s u c c e e d e d in c l o s i n g ' most of the c o u n t r y ' s ports to l o r r i e s c o n fronting M r . C a l l a g h a n ' s Government w i t h the most s e r i o u s i n d u s t r i a l c r i s i s s i n c e t h e M i n e r ' s s t r i k e w h i c h c a u s e d the d o w n f a l l of the Heath Government in 1 9 7 4 .
Monday 8th Shell and E s s o men a c c e p t deal Immediate threat of a fuel c r i s i s r e c e d e d with the vote by S h e l l a n d E s s o tanker d r i v ers to a c c e p t p a y r i s e s of 1 3 to 15 per c e n t . O i l T a n k e r Inferno A French tanker, Betelgeuse, unloading 120,000 tons o f c r u d e o i l at the G u l f O i l terminal in Bantry B a y , E i r e , w a s ripped apart by a s e r i e s of e x p l o s i o n s and 50 people were feared d e a d .
Frozen Books Metric s y s t e m attacked T h o u s a n d s of p r i c e l e s s b o o k s damaged P r o f . D a v i d F . B a r t l e t t of the U n i v e r s i t y when a burst pipe flooded t h e T a y l o r I n s t i of C o l o r a d o at the a n n u a l meeting of the tute, O x f o r d , have been s t o r e d in a deep A m e r i c a a s s o c . for the A d v a n c e m e n t of freeze. . S c i e n c e . H e s a i d that n o v i c e s were s e d u c e d T h e c h i e f l i b r a r i a n s a i d , " T h i s keeps the into a c c e p t i n g the metric s y s t e m by the b e - s i t u a t i o n dormant and w e c a n take them out lief that they w o u l d grasp i t if they c o u l d at l e i s u r e to dry them i n laboratory c o n d i t master the 7 b a s i c u n i t s : T h e metre, the i o n s . We c o u l d not have d e a l t w i t h a l l of k i l o g r a m m e , the s e c o n d , the ampere, the them a t once b e c a u s e they need careful k e l v i n , the c a n d e l a and the m o l e . ventilation." B u t l u r k i n g u n p l e a s a n t l y around the c o r n er were more u n i t s , d e r i v e d from the I m p e r i a l s y s t e m , e.-g. v o l t , j o u l e and p a s c a l , a ' a o a t a b l e of 14 p r e f i x e s : mi H i , c e n t i , k i l o , e t c . " O n e i s a w a s h in a s e a of p r e f i x e s a n d t h e I T V football monopoly b l o c k e d The £5 m i l l i o n I T V deal for e x c l u s i v e names of dead p h y s i c i s t s " .
Tuesday 9th
c o v e r a g e of a l l F o o t b a l l L e a g u e m at c he s for the next 3 y e a r s h a s been b l o c k e d , at l e a s t t e m p o r a r i l y , by the D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l of F a i r Trading. Jeremy T h o r p e The Jeremy Thorpe trial i s to start at the Old Bailey on April 30th. It is expected to last for 3 months. Wig Inferno A woman w h o s a y s a w a i t e r s e t fire t o h e r w i g w h i l e t r y i n g to light a flambe s t e a k D i a n e i s s u i n g H o l i d a y Inns h o t e l s . She s e e k s p e r s o n a l injury damages of $5,000 (£2,500) and $200 for h e r brunette wig. She s a i d the w i g , her natural h a i r , forehead and e y e b r o w s w e r e s c o r c h e d by the flames a n d t h a t s h e s t i l l s u f f e r s p h y s i c a l effects of the " e m b a r r a s s i n g a n d p a i n f u l incident."
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Ko rch n oi l o s e s rights P r e s i d e n t B r e z h n e v h a s s i g n e d an order s t r i p p i n g the S o v i e t c h e s s grandmaster, V i k t o r K o r c h n o i , of h i s c i t i z e n s h i p . T h e d e c i s i o n f o l l o w s K o r c h n o i ' s defeat l a s t October in h i s c h a l l e n g e for A n a t o l y K a r p o v ' s world t i t l e . E n g l a n d retain A s h e s E n g l a n d won the fourth t e s t by 9 3 runs and g a i n e d a 3-1 lead in the s i x - m a t c h s e r i e s . T o - d a y ' s v i c t o r y e n s u r e s that E n g l a n d w i l l return home with the A s h e s . M i k e B r e a r l e y s a i d that i t w a s t h e " b e s t fight back in a T e s t that h e ' d e v e r p l a y e d in.
Friday 12th
B r i t i s h A i r w a y s p i l o t s strike H u n d r e d s of B r i t i s h A i r w a y ' s f l i g h t s w e r e c a n c e l l e d to-day b e c a u s e of a 24-hour unoff i c i a l s t r i k e by s h o r t - h a u l p i l o t s . T h e y s a i d it w a s b e c a u s e a long-haul crew " I s e e no c h a o s " - C a l l a g h a n operated a long-haul T r i Star on the s h o r t Mr. C a l l a g h a n f l e w back from h i s v i s i t to h a u l L o n d o n to P a r i s s e r v i c e on T u e s d a y the C a r i b b e a n and d e n i e d that B r i t a i n w a s • last w e e k . f a c i n g " m o u n t i n g c h a o s " and ruled out the Water s u p p l i e s cut immediate d e c l a r a t i o n of a State of E m e r Water s u p p l i e s and s e w e r a g e s e r v i c e s gency. c o v e r i n g 750,000 p e o p l e in c e n t r a l L a n c a T e x a c o deal e n d s petrol c r i s i s s h i r e w e r e h i t by an u n o f f i c i a l s t r i k e of T e x a c o s h o p s t e w a r d s d e c i d e d to r e c o m about 400 North West Water A u t h o r i t y mend a c c e p t a n c e of a 13 to 1 5 per c e n t pay workers. r i s e by the f i r m ' s t a n k e r d r i v e r s . P e o p l e in O l d h a m , A s h t o n - u n d e r - L y n e , ICI c a l l s for a c t i o n Rossendale, Bury, Rochdale, Bolton and N e a r l y two m i l l i o n w o o e r s f a c e lay-offs the s u r r o u n d i n g areas were t o ld that from next week b e c a u s e of the lorry d r i v e r s ' to-day they must not take baths, f l u s h l a v a t o r i e s or w a s h t h e i r c a r s . d i s p u t e a n d the d i s r u p t i v e e f f e c t s of f l y i n g pickets. ICI, B r i t a i n ' s b i g g e s t m a n u f a c t u r i n g c o m pany, s a i d y e s t e r d a y i t w i l l be v i r t u a l l y h a l t e d next w e e k u n l e s s the d r i v e r s ' s t r i k e T o r i e s hit out at ' d i t h e r i n g' C a l l a g h a n is settled q u i c k l y . Top Tories c r i t i c i s e d Mr. C a l l a g h a n ' s Snooker shot k i l l s man h a n d l i n g of the i n d u s t r i a l c r i s i s and h i s A n i n q u e s t heard how R a y m o n d P r i e s t l e y c r e d i b i l i t y a s the man to c u r b m i l i t a n t of M e l b o u r n e tried the s n o o k e r shot of a l i f e t i m e . H e s u s p e n d e d h i m s e l f u p s i d e down union power. Mr. St John«€tevas s a i d , " W e have a Prima over the t a b l e , h a n g i n g by h i s legs from the M i n i s t e r w h o turns h i s back on the g r o w i n g rafters. S a d l y he s l i p p e d , c r a s h e d head food s h o r t a g e s , the p l i g h t of the farmers, f i r s t on the c o n c r e t e floor a n d d i e d . the m o t o r i s t s , and the commuters, and the Beer c o n s u m p t i o n i n c r e a s i n g threat of m a s s i v e l a y - o f f s . " A s p o k e s m a n for the B r e w e r s S o c i e t y s a i d " I f the Government i s unable or u n w i l l that the a v e r a g e c o n s u m p t i o n of beer in B r i ing to take the d e c i s i v e a c t i o n w h i c h t h i s tain i s 208 p i n t s per person per y e a r . grave s i t u a t i o n demands let i t g i v e w a y to t h o s e w h o are prepared to a c t ... T h i s i s a f a i l e d Government of f a i l e d men". " Nation on p r e c i p i c e " - H e a l e y Shah hands over in Iran T h e lorry s t r i k e w a s made o f f i c i a l t o d a y . T h e Shah a p p o i n t e d a nine-man regency Supermarkets report that s t o c k s w i l l run out c o u n c i l to run Iran w h i l e h e l e a v e s the by the middle of next w e e k u n l e s s p i c k e t s c o u n t r y , probably for a h o l i d a y in U . S . A . release their grip. The S h a h ' s main opponent, A y a t o l l a h A s the Bank of E n g l a n d w a s forced to K h o m e i n , s a i d in a P a r i s i n t e r v i e w that h e support S t e r l i n g , M r . H e a l e y , the C h a n c e l l o r e x p e c t e d an I s l a m i c State to be e s t a b l i s h e d of the E x c h e q u e r , , warned the u n i o n s that in Iran w i t h i n a few d a y s , and he w o u l d be they were " m o v i n g towards the p r e c i p i c e " the r u l e r . by p u s h i n g for e x c e s s i v e pay c l a i m s . F u l l Emergency d e c l a r e d in U l s t e r T h e Government, t h i s e v e n i n g , d e c l a r e d a State of Emergency in Northern Ireland T e s t - t u b e baby because of the d e c i s i o n by the p r o v i n c e ' s T h e w o r l d ' s s e c o n d t e s t - t u b e baby, A l a s tanker d r i v e r s to c o n t i n u e t h e i r u n o f f i c i a l itair Montgomery,- w a s born to-day. strike.
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A l a s t a i r , w e i g h i n g 5 l b . 12 o z . , w a s born normally to 3 2 - y e a r - o l d c o o k e r y t e a c h e r G r a c e Montgomery at S t o b h i l l H o s p i t a l , Glasgow. Mr. P a t r i c k j S t e p t o e performed the i m p l a n t . H e w a s the g y n a e c o l o g i s t w h o s e work l e d t o the birth of the f i r s t test-tube baby, L o u i s e Brown l a s t J u l y . Syri a and Iraq to become a s i n g l e state P l a n s have been made for S y r i a and Iraq 'to become a s i n g l e s t a t e under one l e a d e r . D i p l o m a t s s a i d that the merger had been agreed in p r i n c i p l e a n d that d e t a i l s w o u l d be w o r k e d out in t a l k s between S y r i a n P r e s i d ent Ahmed H a s s a n A l - B a k r in D a m a s c u s next w e e k . I Sex a t t a c k s in B r i s t o l G i r l s a t B r i s t o l U n i v e r s i t y h a v e been w a r n e d not to go out a l o n e a t night f o l l o w i n g a s e r i e s of s e x a t t a c k s . P o i s o n g a s c l o u d mystery A b l a c k c l o u d of hydrogen s u l p h i d e [ s w e p t sixty miles across Scotland. A spokesman at G l a s g o w weather centre s a i d : " I c a n ' t understand why it d r i f t e d from the e a s t to! the w e s t . Wind c o n d i t i o n s a t the | time w o u l d not ihave a l l o w e d for t h i s . "
Monday 15th B r i t a i n ' s heart transplant T h e f i r st B r i t i s h heart t r a n s p l a n t for more ithan f i v e y e a r s w a s performed a t P a p w o r t h Hospital, Cambridgeshire. C h a r l e s M c H u g h , a 4 4 - y e a r - o l d father of 'two teenage d a u g h t e r s , w a s s a i d to be d o i n g fine. T h e heart donor w a s a 2 3 - y e a r o l d j o u r n a l i s t w h o w a s injured i n a c a r c r a s h l a s t w e e k . H e w a s kept a l i v e for f i v e d a y s o n l y with the help of a l i f e - s u p p o r t m a c h i n e . H i s parents a c c e p t e d that there w a s no h o p e . T h e operation on Mr. M c H u g h f o l l o w s the l i f t i n g of an informal Government ban on heart t r a n s p l a n t s . E x p e r t s in A m e r i c a s a y • that heart-swop p a t i e n t s ' c h a n c e s of s u r v i - • v a l are comparable w i t h t h o s e of k i d n e y transplant patients.
Tuesday 16th N a t i o n a l rail s t r i k e Many L o n d o n commuters s t a y e d a t home to-day. T h e national rail s t r i k e disrupted the w h o l e c o u n t r y . Worse e f f e c t s appeared to be in the north of E n g l a n d . In L o n d o n the morning rush hour l a s t e d from 6 am to 10 a m . Many underground t r a i n s w e r e c a n c e l l e d , p r i m a r i l y b e c a u s e staff c o u l d not reach t h e t r a i n d e p o t s . Shah l e a v e s Iran R e j o i c i n g erupted in Iran at the ne w s that the S h a h , w h o h a s ruled for 37 y e a r s , had left the c o u n t r y . T h e S h a h , carry ing a c a s k e t of Iraniah , s o i l , w a s g i v e n a red carpet w e l c o m e when Ihe a r r i v e d in A s w a n , Upper E g y p t . £ 4 m i l l i o n bank fraud T h e E n g l i s h investment a d v i s e r of C r e d it L y o n n a i s , one of F r a n c e ' s t o p b a n k s w a s s a i d to have d i s a p p e a r e d after a £4.4 m i l l ion fraud had been uncovered a t the bank. Cannabis T h e Home Secretary h a s been p r e s e n t e d w i t h p r o p o s a l s to make c u t s in c a n n a b i s p e n a l t i e s . P r o f e s s o r J . G r a h a m , of the U n i v e r s i t y of Wales s a i d that on c o n s i d e r a t i o n , there w a s no c o m p e l l i n g e v i d e n c e that o c c a s i o n a l moderate u s e of c a n n a b i s w a s l i k e l y to h a v e d e t r i m e n t a l effects on i n d i v i d u a l iusers.