Cable Items In Brief

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31773, 2 September 1968, Page 13

Cable Items In Brief

Eyre In Ottawa

Mr D. J. Eyre, New Zealand’s High Commissioner in Canada, has arrived in Ottawa to take up his post. A former Cabinet Minister, he first entered Parliament in 1949, and retired from politics in 1966. Mr Eyre has succeeded Sir Leon Gotz as High Commissioner.—Ottawa, September 1. Nixon Favoured

British gambiers greeted Vice-President Hubert Humphrey’s nomination as the Democratic Presidential candidate by making his rival Republican, Mr Richard Nixon, a much firmer favourite. Ladbroke’s the London bookmakers say that £5OOO was staked with them on Mr Nixon on Friday, including one bet of £3500 sterling ($7500), and that his price has hardened from 7-4 on to 2-1 on. No bets were received for Mr Humphrey this week and his odds receded to 11-8 against.— London, September 1.

Harsh Message Governor Philip Hoff and other members of the Vermont delegation to the Democratic Party’s convention have sent a telegram to the Mayor of Chicago (Mr Richard Daley) saying: “We are pleased to be liberated from your streets as well as from the amphitheatre.” The telegram, the latest in a deluge of protests against alleged police brutality in Chicago, was sent when the Vermont delegation reached New York on its way home. It also said' “We do not believe the people of Chicago, or of this country, will long endure the police state you imposed on the freedom-loving Americans who came to your city to demonstrate the democratic process.”—Burlington, September 1. Militant Audience

A cinema manager in Maidstone, Kent, who ordered his patrons to leave, collected from them as they went two sub-machine-guns, six revolvers, one bazooka rocket launcher, seven water pistols and four pea shooters. The manager, Mr Michael Maynard, said last night: “We are

screening ‘Custer of the West’ and the kids are bringing in all kinds of toy guns. They seem to like taking pot shots at the Indians.”—Maidstone, September 1. Luxury Flight Munching apples en route, An-An, the 11-year-old giant male panda, flew in luxury from the Soviet capital for an elaborately planned meeting with the reluctant Chi-Chi in the London Zoo. The middle-aged pandas met two years ago in Moscow, but Chi-Chi scorned An-An’s advances. Soviet and British zoo officials now hope they will produce the first baby panda to be born in Europe—or better still twins, one for each country.—London, September 1.

Imposition A New York television station, WPIX-TV, superimposed a Nazi swastika on two of its newscasts of police rounding up demonstrators in Chicago during the Democratic Party’s national convention. The station’s news director (Mr Lee Nelson) said later: “The station's switchboard was jammed with calls after each showing, 80 per cent of the callers complimenting us for using the symbol in this manner. Only about 10 per cent said we should be ashamed of ourselves."—New York, September 1. Archaeological Find A joint British-American archaeological expedition off Taranto, Italy, has found the remains of a Roman ship, believed to have been lost about 1900 years ago in the lonian Sea. The vessel’s cargo was 18 marble sarcophagi, according to the expedition members.— Taranto, September 1.

Change Of Command

Rear-Admiral Abraham Botzer, who today assumed command of the Israeli Navy, warned the fleet it must absorb new weapons but must be prepared for war with the present armament. Admiral Botzer, who is 38, took over from Rear-Admiral Shlomo Erel, who, in his final order to the Navy, said: “I now believe more than ever that

the fate of Israel, its growth and security are linked by a strong bond to the sea." —Tel Aviv, September 1. Project Abandoned The Canadian Government has abandoned ttfe construction of the Queen Elizabeth II Observatory in British Columbia, on the ground that the s22m project “cannot be justified in this period of retrenchment and financial difficulties.” The observatory, on Mount Kobau was to commemorate the Queen’s 1964 visit to Canada, and s4jm had already been spent on it. —Ottawa, September 1.

New Name Sought Papua-New Guinea's most influential political party today presented a bill in the House of Assembly to provide for the use of a single name for the territory, and suggested “Niugini," submitted by a Papuan primary schoolgirl in a newspaper competition. The motion was adjourned to the next meeting of the House.—Port Moresby, September 1.

Unexpected Welcome

Mrs Giuseppina Milano, who is 65, had not seen three of her four sisters since they left the village of Roccadi Neto, in the south of Italy. 49 years ago, so when she arrived at Kennedy Airport, New York, yesterday, they brought their families to greet her, 34 nieces and nephews, 45 grandnieces and grand-nephews, a son and the three sisters. It took 14 cars to bring the family to the reunion.—New York, September 1. Prejudice Alleged For 12 years Mrs Doris Smith thrilled crowds all over the world as she roared round a “wall-of-death" on a powerful motor-cycle. But now she cannot impress British driving-test examiners, who have failed her 16 times. Tonight she announced her intention of protesting to the Minister of Transport about the "prejudice" of the examiners. "They all seem to know I was on the wall of death and hold it against me," said Mrs Smith, who is 53 and now a bus conductress. —Loudon, September 1.