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The Daily Telegraph Friday November 10 1972 four Christmas cards could help conquer cancer THALIDOMIDE CASE COMMENT FREE TO ALL SAYS QC rPIIE thalidomide tragedy was comparable A to if not worse than Aberfan Mr Brian Neill for Times Newspapers Ltd said in the Bench Division yesterday This year please buy your Christmas Cards from Cancer Cards Ltd be making a real contribution towards conquering cancer as all the profits from these attractive cards go to the Cancer Research Campaign-the largest single supporter of research into all forms of cancer including leukaemia in the UK Please help us It is in the public interest that everyone including the Press but not exclusively the Press should be free to state their views in public on the plight of these children and to urge that those connected with the tragedy Send a stamped addressed envelope for an illustrated leaflet to Cancer Cards Ltd Dept CCD2 PO Box 39 Derby DEI 1QG or send 65p for a sample pack of tags wrapping paper and the 10 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Spey can be ready bv 1974 and an i RB-211 reducing by half the noise from the present whispering engines already certified as the quietest in the world can be in service a year later But Rolls-Royce say that a price must be paid even assuming the Government will subsidise most of the cost of research Not only will the he costly about £4 million for REA's Trident Ills but the extra weight of the kit on each engine will mean five fewer passengers can be carried by a three-engined airliner Tt will also use three per cent more i fuel Air fares This must have an effect on the cost of air fares and is bound to be resisted bv airlines many of which are already in financial difficulties The research programme involves £150000 on quietening the Spey and another £850 OO0 for quietening the RB-211 Another £1 million will be spent on experiments with another Rolls-Royce engine the M45S with a new invention using a variable pitch fan This experiment should lead to much quieter engines in future Mr 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essence of an article on the tragedy which the Sunday Times proposed to publish was that the law as it existed did not measure up to the sort of problem now facing the country We must regard this as an exceptional problem and an exceptional he added We must look at it from the point of the needs of the Mr Neill was replying to an application by Sir Peter Rawlinson Attorney-General for an order preventing Times Newspapers publishing the article in the Sunday Times on the ground that its publication would be a contempt of court The newspaper admits that the purpose of the proposed article is to bring pressure on Distillers Co (Biochemicals) Ltd which marketed the drug in the United Kingdom between 1958 and 1961 to make a different settlement in outstanding claims It denies the article imputes legal liability against Distillers Left conquer cancer in UneWi WesternTrust Savings Ltd SILVER WEDDING A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY Royal Silver four-fold souvenir of this happv occasion offered to you by 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