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Press, 16 August 1976, Page 6

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Cathedral protest Vandals have smeared slogans on the Roman Catholic cathedral in Wverzburg, Germany to protest against the death of a 23-year-old woman during an exorcism rite. “God is dead. The Devil: lives,” said one of the slo-i gans painted on the front of; the 11th century St Kilian’s j Cathedral, which has been: placed under police guard.: Anneliese Michel, a 23-year-i old education student who; claimed she was possessed by the Devil, died of star-: vation and dehydration last; July 1 during an exorcism; rite performed by two priests at her home in nearby Klingenberg. Several persons have filed complaints against Bishop Josef Stangl for authorising the Church rite aimed at ridding Miss Michel of the Devil. Physicians had diagnosed her illness as epilepsy, with frequent convulsive attacks. — Wverzburg. Huge fraud probe Scotland Yard detectives; are questioning 27 persons; about what they believe may be one of the biggest interI national fraud networks the world has seen. Detectives believe rich businessmen may have been induced to hand over money after being persuaded that the gang had for sale nearly 300 kilograms of gold buried by Nazi officers at the end of World ! 'War 11. In week-end dawn] (raids London detectives de-1 Itained four men and two] (women, bringing the total! (now being questioned to 27.! including some West Germans. No charges have been brought.—London. India 'at strongest’ The Indian Prime Minister (Mrs Indira Gandhi), celebrating the twenty-ninth anniversary of Indian indepedence yesterday, said that the country had never been as strong as it had become since last year’s state-of-emergency clamp - down. Giving the traditional Indepence Day speech from the ramparts of the Moghul Red Fort, she referred to big economic gains during the 13-month-old interna] emergency, and said the nation was now moving ahead again.— New Delhi. Riot at circuit A number of policemen were injured when teenagers ran amok at the Silverstone racing circuit in Northamptonshire, during Saturday night. A marquee was burned to the ground, and several caravans and toilets damaged, after scores of youths, camping during the two-day John Player motor-cycle grand prix, returned from the local pubs. The Northamptonshire police were called to the scene only to be met by crowds of rioting youths, who stoned them.—Northampton. Calm on freighter The United States Coast Guard has reported that all is calm on a Britishregistered freighter on which Chinese crewmembers staged a demonstration that sparked rumours of mutiny. A spokes-

man for Canadian Pacific, Ltd, owner of the vessel, said the dissident crewmembers would be dismissed and sent back to their homes in Hong Kong. It was not clear what provoked a demonstration on Thursday night in which the Chinese crewmembers barricaded themselves on the mess deck of the freighter J. V. Clyne.— San Diego. Town isolated

j A Jakarta newspaper re(ports that Indonesian troops (have encircled a strategic (area in the remote province of Irian Java to prevent anti-Govemment rebels from receiving amts supplies from abroad. The independent daily, "Sinar Harapan,” says that Schotjon, in the northern part of the province near the border with Papua New Guinea, has become the main operation area for the rebels. The newspaper I quoted the local military 'commander (Colonel Ismail) las saying that the town was (being sealed off by the troops (because the rebels were believed to be expecting arms supplies there.—Jakarta. IF ife at liberty Mrs Susan Rabkin, a pregnant British woman detained by the South African security police for two weeks, has been released on bail of $20,000. Her journalist hus’band, David, and a university lecturer, Mr Jeremy Cronin, have been ordered to (remain in custody. No forjmal charges have been laid (against them.—Cape Town I Leaders held

( Some leading black i Africans have been gaoied, (without charges, in South Africa in the wake of the African riots. They include; Mrs Winnie Mandela, whose husband, Nelson, leader of the banned African National Congress, is already in gaol; the Rev. Mangalso Mkatswa, secretary of the Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference; Mr Dan Mokwen, of that conference’s staff: and Mr Samson Ndou, a former A.N.C. leader. — Johannesburg. Suspense story John Henry Young was strung up on a road sign by (hitchhikers and left to hang (by the neck. Motorists driving along a highway in rural Arkansas left him to swing for about 20 minutes before anyone called the police. Young, a 40-year-old black man who was in satisfactory condition in hospital at the week-end told the police that he had picked up two white men on Thursday night, and that they had hung him up after he had refused to buy them a drink. — Tyronza, Arizona. Hirohito grieves Emperor Hirohito of Japan said yesterday on the thirtyfirst anniversary of the end of World War Two that his heart still ached with the thought of those who died in ths war, and their bereaved families. He made the statement at a Government-spon-sored memorial service for the 3,100,000 Japanese — military and civilian — who lost their lives during the war.—Tokyo.