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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34021, 10 December 1975, Page 21

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Conscription order All Jordanian youths aged 18 after January 1 next Mill have to do military service for two years. School pupils and undergraduates will be eligible for a suspension of their conscription. — .Amman. Safe nr rif al The Portuguese fishingi boat Alcatraz, which sailed from Luanda on November 10 with three Portuguese ; refugees from Angola and two Angolan sailors aboard, has reached the port of Salvador. Brazil. The 100-ton j boat had spent several days adrift in mid-Atlantic before 'being spotted by a Brazilian Air Force aircraft. — Salvajdor. Investments in Egypt Foreign investments tn ' Egypt in the last five years are estimated at between s7ooom and sBooom the semi-official newspaper, “Al Ahram,” reports, quoting the I Minister of Finance (Mr (Ahmed Abu Ismail i, who I said that such investments ' would be exempt from taxes I on commercial and industrial (Profits for between five and (eight years. — Cairo. London blast An explosion which rocked North London early in the morning was caused by a gas leak, the police say. Two people, including a policeman, were injured in the blast, which set alight a partly-constructed building opposite Wood Green Underground station. — London.

Commander killed An insurgent sniper shot dead a Philippines Army battalion commander while the latter was inspecting fortifications in the Patikul sector of Jolo Island, 600 miles south of ManilaManila. Soviet road toll The Soviet Government, reacting to an increasing number of road accidents in i which 20 people were killed lin Moscow alone last w eek has ordered speed limits to Ibe cut sharply in all cities 'and towns. In addition, new ! drivers must post signs on their cars, announcing their ; inexperience and the maximum speed at which they can drive. The speed limit in j populated areas will be reduced from 50 to 35 miles 'an hour from January I I next. — Moscow

Okinawa tragedy ! Three United States ma- ! lines have been killed, and seven others seriously wounded, in an explosion at : a shooting range near Naha i Okinawa, during disposal of i unserviceable ammunition. I— Naha. Club accused An all-white pop group which plays black "soul” music has alleged that it was barred from performing at a club near Nottingham, and a complaint from the Birmingham-based group, Muscles, is being investigated by the Race Relations Board. The group’s manager, John Tully, told reporters: “I was told' by the club that the management insisted on having a soul group made up of black people.” — London Chaplin honoured The Shah of Iran has awarded the former film star. Sir Charles Chaplin, a Royal decoration — the Taj (Crown) — for his services to humanity. The award coincided with the end of the fourth Intemr.tionaJ Film Festival in Teheran, during which the Golden Ibex Statue, the grand prize, was given to the Italian director, Linda Wertmuller. for her work, “Swept Away.” Empress Farah personally presented Miss Wertmuller with her nri7A —Tphpran