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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33944, 10 September 1975, Page 17

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Israel devalues The Israeli pound has been devalued by 2 per cent — to 6.36 to the United States dollar. A special Government committee was empowered early this year to devalue the currency up to a maximum of 2 per cent every 30 days if necessary. The pound was devalued from 6.12 to the dollar to 6.24 a month ago. — Jerusalem. i Fresh disaster

Urgently needed anti-snake venom has been flown to the north-east Indian city of Patna, the capital of the State of Bihar, where about 30,000 people have been marooned by fresh floods. — New Delhi. Pornographic aid The French Minister of Economy and Finance (Mr Jean-Pierre Fourcade) is considering imposing a tax on pornography to help to balance the Budget. Agence France-Presse reports. The taxation has not yet been defined, but Mr Fourcade says that it would provide substantial income, "and would also bring more morality to the street scene.” — Pans. Odd time capsule A group of artists in Lewiston, New York, has filled a 1968 Oldsmobile stationwaggon with sandshoes, books, watches, and “stuff that meant different things to different people," then covered the car with four inches of polyurethene foam (and two inches of tar, and iburied it for safekeeping. i “We hope that when it is unearthed on September 7, [2OOO, it will reveal to the citizens of the future those features of American life that reflect our present culture,” they said. — Lewiston. Fatal collision Thirteen people were killed and 32 injured in a collision between a bus and a heavy truck at Kuala Kubu Baru, in the Malaysian state of Selangor, about 25 miles south of Kuala Lumpur. — Kuala Lumpur. Hoy scout tally | The number of boy scouts (throughout the world last year was 14,002,487, an increase of 6.8 per cent over • (the last census, carried out • lin 1972, the youth organisation’s centra! office in Geneva reports. — Geneva.