Cable news in brief

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33806, 1 April 1975, Page 15

Cable news in brief

Kissinger to stay President Ford has asked the Secretary of State (Dr Henry Kissinger) to remain in his post throughout the present Presidential term, and Dr Kissinger has agreed, the White House has announced. Administration sources and several newspapers had speculated that Dr Kissinger, disgruntled at events which had undermined his diplomatic efforts in Indo-; China and the Middle East,; was thinking of resigning.—Palm Springs (California),! March 31.

Dallas prohibition A new city ordinance against nudity has gone into effect in Dallas, Texas, and one of its first effects has been to force bookstoreowners to paste a white label across the cover of the magazine, “Newsweek,’ which showed a picture of a Vietnamese mother carrying a nude child with genitals showing. The ordinance, which took effect on Friday, prohibits the display of “sexually explicit material.” According to the new law, pictures of human genitals and buttocks cannot be displayed where a person under 17 might see them unless they are "completely or opaquely” covered up A spokesman for the city council said that the law was not concerned with obscenity or pornography. “We are just trying to regulate nudity, regardless of whether it’s obscene or not,” he said. — Dallas. March 31. Mrs Eisenhower Mrs Mamie Eisenhower, showing continued improvement, is today listed as in very good condition by doctors treating her at the Fort Gordon Army Medical Centre in Georgia. The widow of the former President, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, has been in hospi-. tai since last Tuesday,! suffering from intestinal bleeding. — Fort Gordon, March 31.

Vt’tf Premier Mr William Neilson, aged 49, w-as today sworn in as’ Tasmania’s new Premier. Mr Neilson, who until today was Deputy Premier and AttorneyGeneral, takes over from Mr Eric Reece, who has retired after 28 years as a member; of Tasmania’s House of| Assembly and a total of more; than 13 years as Premier. Mr Reece stepped down as a result of a state Labour Party conference decision last month, establishing 65 as the retiring age for Tasmanian A.L.P. politicians. — Hobart, March 31.

j Dem ir el's hope [ The Turkish Prime Minis-: ’ ter-designate, Mr Suleyman , Demirel, has almost coni- ! pleted the assembly of ai • new right-of-Centre Adminis-j tration. in the hope of ending Turkey’s long political ! crisis. After a three-hour meeting with President Koruturk, Mr Demirel said - that he would present a Government list for the President’s approval tornorrow. If this is accepted, Mr Demirel will again become Prime Minister — four years after the Army forced him! to resign, because of a wave; of strikes and unrest, in 1971. — Ankara, March 31. ; Amin decree President Amin of Uganda has warned all his Ministers: and senior Government! officials that if they do not! attend prayers he will take! drastic action against them. According to Radio Uganda, the General, singling out specific Ministers, said: “It: is a top priority to pray. Should a Minister be on ' holiday he must spend at least half-an-hour or even an 1 hour, in church praying, on a day of prayer. They should I not wait until they are : officially called on to’repre- 1 sent the Government at J church services.” — London, ' ■ March 31. 11

Base established The Japanese Himalayan expedition of six climbers" to the 21,884 ft Bauddha Peak established a base camp at 11,480 feet on March 21, according to a message received in Katmandu. The team plans to climb the peak by the end of May. — Katmandu. March 31.