Cable news in brief

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33493, 26 March 1974, Page 11

Cable news in brief

I Saigon devaluation | South Vietnam to'day devalued the piastre from 590 to 605 for one United States [dollar. It was the second devaluation this month, and the fourth this year. — Saigon, March 25. Threat to Corsica The Corsican autonomists who claimed responsibility for the blast that severely damaged a French Caravell’e airliner in Badia last Friday have threatened to strike again. The previously unknown group, Paoli Justice -named- after the Corsican “freedom” fighter, Pascal Paoli — has sent a fresh letter to a local paper, saying: “Paoli justice will be relentless, and strike its enemies.”—Bastia. March 25.

\\ eapolit an incident

Mrs Adele del Vecchio, aged 74, a pensioner, clutched [a 5000-lire banknote tn her hand as she crossed the Piazza Nicola Amore in Naples yesterday to buy some coffee. Two youths on a motor-cycle blocked her path, one snatching the money and shoving her to the ground. The pair then sped off. The’ old lady burst into tears, col-1 lapsed, and was dead on ! arrival at hospital.—Naples, March 25. More front Mercury Scientists at the Jet Pro-i pulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, say that! second series of picture transmissions from the, Mariner ’0 Mercu-y probe i show part of the outline of the planet. “We are now seeing a small white half disc, but we still cannot [ make out any details of the: surface,” a J.P.L. spokesman; said as research workers examined the new series of 36 photographs taken from' a distance of about 2.8 million miles from the planet j through powerful television cameras.—Pasadena, March 25. Argentine unrest Two policemen were shot dead yesterday by Marxist guerrillas, and fire-bombs-were thrown at a phar-[ maceutical laboratory as political unrest continued in Argentina.—Beunos Aires 1 March 25. Bar as bridge An architect, Mr John Gibbs, plans to build a' new bar across the border of England and Scotland to take advantage of the different opening and closing times. The project is a feature of a motel-and-leisure development planned for Laberton Toll, north of Ber-wick-upon-Tweed.—London, March 25.

(re It Geological find

The mummified body of man estimated to be abo 4000 years old has be-

found in perfect condition by an archaeological expedition in the Calingasta zone, near the West Argentine city of San Juan —San Juan, March 25. Airport contract The Plessey Company of Great Britain has announced that it has won a contract worth SNZ4.6Bm to : nstall a complete electronic and communications system at Cairo Airport.—London, March 25. IT eight darnp-doun Mrs Shirley Turner, whose Jaws were clamped together to help her to diet, has kst 170 pounds since November. Mrs Turner, aged 36, weighed 17 stone 9 pounds when shi ibegan her all-liquid diet. Thv iclamp will be removed when [she reaches the “bikini weight” of nine stone and a half. Priests protest Two thousand Buddhist priests and several hundred civilians demonstrated in Phnom Penh yesterday, in protest against the capture 'and destruction of the ancient Royal capital of [Oudong by Red Khmers [Oudong is the birthplace of i the supreme leader of the iMohanikav Order, one of the .principal Buddhist groups in i Cambodia Witnesses have I reported that during the taking of the town, Red Khmer 'troops savagely murdered ifive Buddhist bonzes, and ■ then dismembered their bodies.—Phnom Penh, March 25. Spending spree

King Hussein of Jordan ended a week-long holiday in Palm Beach, Florida by buying SNZ67O worth of American toys for his children. The King had spent the week as the guest of Mr James Kimberly, heir to the Kimberly-Clarke fortune — Palm Beach, March 25.