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Press, 22 July 1986, Page 10

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Troops search More than 1000 troops scoured an island in the southern Philippines yesterday in search of a Swiss businessman and a Filipino abducted by suspected Muslim separatists. — Zamboanga. Two for trial Two Austrians and two Hungarians who helped hide the Nazi war criminal, Joseph Mengele, in Brazil until his reported death seven years ago will be tried soon on charges of having concealed a fugitive. — Sao Paulo. Bikini first Women will wear bikinis in public in China for the first time at a bodybuilding contest this November in spite of some strong opposition. Lo Zhuoyu, an honorary member of the International Body-Building Committee, said it was a condition of China's entry into the committee last November that bikinis be used in contests. — Peking. Too glossy Two unemployed signwriters mistakenly destroyed fifteenth century wall paintings when they were sent to redecorate a Welsh church, says the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments. Lynn Hughes, a writer researching a book on the Carmarthen region of south Wales, said that he found a primitive and faded depiction of Death as a skeleton holding a spear was “reincarnated” in bright gloss paint “A monk was outlined in black and an angel had been given terrible staring eyes,” he said. — London.