Cable news reported briefly

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33426, 7 January 1974, Page 11

Cable news reported briefly

; Firm plays cupid ’I In the midst of Britain’s! industrial troubles, one British firm has decided to give; young love a helping hand; in a bid to keep its workers happy. The slipper and handbag factory of Peter Black, in Keighley. Yorkshire, is offering a tax-free dowry of £5O to every worker about to marry who has been with the firm for more than four years, plus £25 for every additional year. The company , employs 1500 people, and al-[ ready a dozen couples are! ready to collect the dowry.: “We employ a lot of young [girls and young men, and we Hike to see them happy.” the [joint managing director. Mr Gordon Black, said. —London, Jan. 6. Murder alleged The daughter of the Peruvian Minister of Fisheries in President Velasco’s Gov-: emment was shot dead by [her husband tn a family argument this week, the Lima newspapers report. They say [that Margarita Tantalean de Roncal. aged 26, was shot dead by her husband, Miguel Roncal Rojas, an army major, who is now under arrest,! charged with murder. The; victim was the daughter of Major-General Javier Tantalean Vamni.—Lima, Jan. 6. I

Gifts on view I About 75,000 people paid 25p (38c) each to see the \ 'wedding presents given to t Princess Anne and Captain r Mark Phillips. The gifts were ( on view at St James’s Pal- , ace, and the exhibition closed j last night after about six't weeks. After expenses have[c been paid, the proceeds will Is be distributed between the' various charities with which f Princess Anne is connected, f [The couple received more t .than 2000 wedding presents:! and 10,000 letters—London, < Jan. 6. 1 I Obituary i Vincent Starrett, an Ameri- ‘ can, who was one of the[ ( world’s greatest authorities■ on the legendary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, died yes- j terday, at the age of 87. Mr Starrett was a former Chicago journalist, a war cor- < respondent in Mexico in [I 1914-1915, and a book re- ' viewer for the “Chicago Tri- : bune.” He was a member .of [J the Mystery Writers of ' America, and an original’member of the Baker Street I i Irregulars, founded in 1934.!' [Among his many books wasp [ “The Private Life of Sher-1 1 [lock Holmes.” — Chicago, 1 [Jan. 6. I !

Long arm stretched I Frank and Jack Clatworthy, aged 20, identical , twins, have always done' most things together, and today they are in adjacent hos-' pital beds with identical in- ' juries after surviving similar., crashes on the same stretch p of road returning from the ( same party. The Clatworthys.i. who live on a Somerset: farm, left the party at dif- ] ferent times, and both over- , turned their cars on the way, home. Neither knew of the other’s accident until they., found themselves in adjacent [ beds in hospital. “They have rarely surprised me, but this is unbelievable.” the twins’ mother, Mrs Frances Clat-y worthy, commented. — London, Jan. 6. Highway brawl Nearly 200 sports car drivers and motor-cyclists fought a midnight battle with petrol bombs. Japanese [ swords, and tyre chains on a main highway south of Tokyo last night. The police say that several people were | [injured and five cars wefe 'damaged in the battle, apparently a leadership struggle between rival road gangs called “circuit-zoku” (circuit I tribes). — Tokyo, Jan. 6.

Change of name The Sadler’s Wells Opera Company has decided to change its name to the English National Opera. Its director, Kenneth Robinson, says that the company, one of the two opera companies, [in London, will take the new name for the beginning of the next season, in August The change has been agreed with the Government during long and difficult negotiations. The company retained the name, “Sadler’s Wells,”! for five years after leaving Sadler Wells Theatre for the Coliseum. —London, January 6. Airport haul A daring daylight raid lasting five minutes has netted four armed bandits 8U5200.000 in cash from a Kennedy Airport freight office. The four, wearing white helmets, entered the cargo office of Alitalia Airlines.. saying that they were telephone repairmen. Inside, they drew guns and handcuffed 10 employees together, herdling them into a ladies’ room. They then went a few doors down the hall into a valuables room, removed a canvas bag containing the money, and disappeared. — New York, Jan. 6.

I Maths made easy 1 Schools in Berkley, Cali- , fornia, have the answer for,| children who are poor at |, arithmetic: electronic calcu-!' iators. The University of'! California mathematics pro- ' fesor who proposed the ' idea says that equipping;' 'backward children with ' calculators may some day be as routine a matter as giving;' a near-sighted child spectacles. The cost of the 200 calculators to be issued will be SUSI6.OOO, and school 'officials are planning special classes to teach the children - how to use them.—San Francisco, January 6. Miss Golden Globe The American actress,; Linda Meiklejohn, has been selected as Miss Golden .Globe of 1974 by the Holly-; I wood Foreign Press Associa- ’ tion. Miss Meiklejohn has ' appeared in Such films as '[“The Ballad of Josie” and '[“The New Interns,” and in ’[the television series, “Mash.” ■ —Los Angeles. Jan. 6. , Firemen charged Twelve firemen on a work- . to-rule policy who allowed a > house in Kingston, Jamaica, ■[to burn to the ground have •[been charged by the police) : I with breaking a protection-) -'of-property law.—Kingston,) ’Jan. 6.