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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33942, 8 September 1975, Page 13

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Fifth time lucky A 22-year-old senior at I Jackson State University, I Miss Helen Ford, has won the eighth “Miss Black America" contest on her fifth itry.-—Gary. Indiana. Xuclear pact | France hopes to sign a nuclear co-operation agreement with Iraq next week, the Prime Minister (Mr Jacques Chirac) has said — I Paris. Bangladesh arrests The Bangladesh Govern |ment has announced the arrest of three more members of Parliament who once held high posts in the former I regime of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.—Dacca. American saint Pope Paul will proclaim Elizabeth Ann Seton the first American saint of the Roman Catholic Church on September 14 The Church has named the date a special women’s day. During the ceremony four women will describe four stages in the (life of Mother Seton's life—as a young girl, a wife, a (widow, and the founder of a religious order.—Rome. ] Electric car project The United States House of Representatives has approved a SUSI6Om programme to develop and build electric ,cars —once the rage in the (United States, at the turn of the century. The five-year programme mav pave the way for widespread use of (electric cars to save oil. — Washington. j Indian opening The United States Senate (set a historical precedent on | Friday when it began its session with a prayer delivered by an American Inidian holy man and given in (traditional Sioux language. The prayer was given by Fool’s Crow, chief of the (Oglala Sioux Indian tribe ]The prayer was interpreted Ito the Senators bv Virgil Kills Straight, another member of the tribe.—Washington. I Bacteriologist dies I Dr Alice C. Evans, a i pioneer bacteriologist who (discovered the relationship between two organisms in cattle that caused a painful fever in humans, has died at the age of 94 in Alexandra. Virginia, after a stroke — Alexandria. Electronic barman A computer capable of doing away with your friendlv (neighbourhood barman will (be marketed soon by the newly formed American (Beverage Control, Inc. Called (“the most sophisticated and precise mixed-drink dispenser and register in the whole (world” by its inventor, Mr (Joseph Shannon, the bar (computer will sell for 15U515,700. — Kent (Ohio). Elephants protected Uganda has banned all elephant hunting. Radio Uganda has said because of the soaring prices paid for (ivory in the last few years, poachers have been active throughout East Africa. Some <>fficials fear that unless Governments take immediate laction to curb poaching, the world's last great elephant [herds will be wiped out within a decade.—Nairobi. Journalists to go The leading French newspaper, the “Figaro,” plans lo sack 70 journalists and 45 other employees as part ol an economy plan, a spokesman for the newspaper ha said. The newspaper is expected to lose $400,000 thi* vear.—Paris.