REQUEST BY FISHERMEN
• GV.Z. Press Assn—Copyright > REYKJAVIK (Iceland). Icelandic fishermen are seeking a military solution to their problems. They want the United States Air Force to use machine-guns to shoot up killer whales ruining herring fishing, the Associated Press reported The fishermen of Hofn, on the south-east coast of Iceland. addressed their request to the United States Air Force unit stationed at the Keflavik N.A.T.O. base through the Icelandic Foreign Ministry.
(I They say whales are ruin--1 ing their fishing by eating ■the herring straight from nets. A Ministry official said that ; the United States Air Force lat Keflavik helped fishermen in 1954 by depth-charging ■ whales. "The whales took the hint J then,” he said, adding that ihis department was still conI sidering this latest request I This time bombs and depth 'charges are out, say the fishermen. They fear they (might kill too many herring.
Mayoralty — Mr B. Elwood hais been re-elected Mayor of Palmerston North. Labour has retained control of the Palmerston North City Council. — (P.A.).
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33665, 15 October 1974, Page 28
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168REQUEST BY FISHERMEN Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33665, 15 October 1974, Page 28
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