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Press, 18 May 1984, Page 6

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Chilean car ban Chile’s military Government has decided to ban the use of private vehicles in Santiago during the night as a result of bomb explosions in Chilean cities. An official statement quoted by the semi-official news agency, Orbe, said that the ban, which has been used before, would be in force from tomorrow from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. indefinitely. The bomb attacks followed the approval by the 10-year-old military junta of tough new antiterrorist laws.—Santiago. Writer dies Irwin Shaw, an American dramatist, short-story writer, and a best-selling novelist, has died. He was 71. “The Young Lions” became a highly successful movie, and television mini-series were made from Shaw’s novels, “Two Weeks in Another Town” and, “Rich Man, Poor Man.” Other books included “The Troubled Air,” “The Face of Israel,” “Mixed Company,” “Lucy Crown,” “Tip on a Dead — Jockey,” “Love on a Dark Street,” “Beggarman Thief’ and, “Evening in Byzantium.” — Klosters, Switzerland.

‘To Russia with Two Americans have launched a “love” campaign to try to persuade the Soviet Union to go back on its decision to withdraw from the Los Angeles Olympics. Eugene Smith and Barry Lang, who live in the small Oregon town of Ashland, want Americans to send letters and telegrams to the Soviets urging them to have a change of heart. The title of their campaign is “To Russia with Love,’” based on the title of the James Bond film of the sixties. Mr Smith plans to go to Moscow this week with several hundred letters he has already received, and which he wants to be handed over to the Soviet authorities.—Ashland. Gay has tumour The father of the singer, Marvin Gaye, jun., will undergo surgery to remove a brain tumour discovered by doctors testing his competency to stand trial for his son’s murder, his lawyer says. The surgery on Marvin Pentz Gay, sen., was scheduled for today morning. Gay, aged 70, a retired minister, is charged with shooting his 44-year-old son dead on March 31.—Los Angeles.