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THE GUARDIAN' Friday April 23 1371 County's battle to keep coast Scathing attack on Government by Feather By JOHN KERR Mr Vic Feather, enci'dl secretary of the Trades Union Congress, produced a si rttinn condemnation Government policy yesterday at the Scottish TIC in Aberdeen with the claim that revision of the social services would mean the family of a convicted criminal prison would be better off than the family of a worker on strike. nucili WA iciirck He told the congress that 'he essence of the Industrial By ROSALIND MORRIS County Durham yesterday began a battle to regain its coastline. Cnder the proposals in the White Paper on local government reform, the county will lose about 60 square miles of the East coast to the new Tyne-Wear Metropolitan arei and to an enlarged Teesside. It will also lose South Tyne-side urban districts, including Washington and its new town. The reduced Co.

Durham would have a population of 505,000 compared with its present ing at 5 per cent Instead of less than 3 per cent, prices would not be rising at their present rate. The soaring cost of living would be checked and people Resting on the first day of the Spring Flower Show at Harrogate. tions Bill, which thev had just debated, was concerned not with industry' but with power 'I he title a a- -iHh a nusnome that the (lie. ern'iient ought to be th contraontioni of the IJe-i nptions Act. It part of a fofiierted Conser- attack on the union move-no 'it th" power of the pe to combat the ei ononur po.vtr exercised to.

management and (Jo-. ernment. 'I ip I.or of the l' i -j- Mr Barber. Ii.nl lipen h.i'i.id the attack to mlnulm t.i ii'ionns which lit tiut people on strike might nut g'-t "'payment of overpaid t.i week bv week dining a strike Keen Sir Keith ii.id been brought in to eii-ur" that tin- amount of any -trike i.iv nrn to an employee dmir.g a -toppi'gc of work would lie deducted from supplementary benefits avail- am." to tin family. Political excuses What this really mean-." Mr Feather -aid, when you get clown to it and poke about a bit.

is that a striker's wife and family will reieive less supple-1 mentary benefits than the wife and family of any cnnvirted cninin.il who is in pri-on I That, In- suggested, just about i -iimmecl tip the Cnvornmont's i evaluation of the working people of the country. Mr Feather -aid of Mr Barber's statement on wanes and inflation on Wednesday that the '(Internment should "stop inventing' political excuses to i over up the barren nakedness of their economic policies." The root of the trouble which h.id brought Britain to the edge of a reces-mn was not wages but lack of growth in the economy, the economy was- grow Barbirolli appeal The cellist. Pablo Casals, is the Iate-t addition to the list of sponsors cf the Barbirolli Appeal, which was Pollution in rivers 'much reduced' launched recently to help the careers of young muMCians. In a letter of acceptance written on his behalf. Casals's wife Marta wrote: "Maestro Casals is very happy that the memory cf Sir John Barbirolli vviil be' honoured hv establishing a scholar-hip fund for young musician-.

We trust that the appeal will he successful." 1 a Vaughan lllianis. widow of Pr Ralph Vaughan-Willianis. ha- donated an antique repeater watch which will be sold at a special auction for the appeal. Chess A detailed survey of rivers carried out recently would probably show that the umount'of pollution has been reduced, the chief otlicer of the Thames Conservancy. Mr H.

Fish, said ve-terday. He told an environmental health session of the li'ival Society of Health con-grc-s at Eastbourne that the of the survey should be aval. able soon a popular f.illa tli it of tile re. cr- in Brit.i.n Acre heavily polluted and being rc.isinglv polluted, that indu-try a- wholly to blame, and that conticii of pollut.on be simply hy p'ci-is liting and pcnali-mg anyone who caused it he said. TV man refuses to reply on IRA The search for a British Fischer after loss of ship The charterers of the Scottish coaster.

Lairds-field, which capsized and 1 1 ill the Tees estuary with the Jos- of lier crew of 10, were severely (ensured bv a tourt of inquiry in Iondon Brjid and o. of (ilasow, the chartei-er-. were ordered to contribute towards the costs of the inquiry, Mr Sheen, UC the Wrecks Commissioner, hi his report that Hie Laird-field sailed from Middlesbrough cm February 1.17(1. with a full cargo cif steel plates and hollow steel columns for two ports in the Irish Republic. Within an hour, she rolled over and capsij-d suddenly and without Mr Sheen, who was assisted bv luu assessors, the loss oi the --hip "was caused hy the l.il.illy inadequate stability re-uilmg frcmi the improper loading and stowage of her i argo Master died This u.is contributed to the wronvilul acts or clef.

ml! of the i barterer-, her owner-. Him lis aiul Laird Linos I. Id and then managing owner. Mr ('. Wright who nidered contribute iTMi toward the inquiry csi-1- and her master.

I apt.nn liobcrt I'urvi- who lo-t In- life in the -a-ter Negligence alleged against the chief olluer of the I.dird-li"id. Mr Kenneth Campbell, who also died. was no! e-talili-hed Delivering the court's unanimous report, Mr Sheen said the charterers were negligent In giving orders which they coulrl foresee might lead the ship and her crew into il. inner. Nor did they give the master the Information needed to make the necessary stability i ilculations.

aptain Purvis f.i.lecl to make proper to determine calculation I.aird.sfield's stability or. if un.ible to ma ake -iii cal, ilia f.i led 111 I lie tn coinmiiri.i ate nvvnct's marine iper ititendenl I he faded to Pi iv i.Io the .1,1 i information Mr Sheen saul the -hip maintained and the i ii' of 10 included tlree el' tied and experienced iTs I'llO of 'eel weir put on he hollow si' culiiinti-the iharlerei.s wanted to llicm lirforc znmi; npriver to We-t to the p. r.n- I'o person with a rn.h-ni' 'itarv knovtlede of ship talilit or practKal evpericiue luadinj cargoes, it defied on-en-e pl.ile 111 to load at or abm small ves-el. Mr Maximum profit I lieiv i lie no i iti. i-m o' Ml Steven Ur.ud (of and Co) for of making the m.ixi-ic.iiii profit out of this dimmer venture, but tin- vv.i,s the -I ed which spran; she nts whuh led to th.s 1'ho court not accept tli.it Hi.

ii.i i calls to ve to apt.iin Purv nn ,1 a- to bow the to be If intended gve di-c ri tiin. tin ily have dene 1 If P.irv s'it'i, "I i e. a- he was trem it cc.or.l ddlesbrin: it w- p.s-- tl.at he might have i cTii In- en that the r-t be loaded the the charterers wanted 1 I would be at work, Mr Feather said that Mr i Barber was doing nothing to stimulate growth because the Government was being overcautious. Why did he not plough back into the economy some of the balance of payments surplus, now running at about 600 millions a year? "There is a growing Mr Feather said, "that the Chancellor I- sitting on this surplus, -o that the (iot ernment i.en pay the admission charge to enter the Common Market" If tin- was so. It meant that the (internment had already firmlv decided on entry and that they were prepared to inflict rising prices and rising unemployment on the people of Britain in order to get into Kurope.

The congress had approved hy a maturity vote a resolution reaffirming opposition to entry to Kurope and calling i 'or a national plebiscite before decision was made by the Government. The Government's pro-po-ed legislation on indu--trial relations was militantly opposed in the ciebate on a compromise re-olution which called for repeal of the Bill and recommended that "unions should not resistor" Mr Hugh Wvper. of Glasgow and District Trade Coun-c il. said This i- a backdoor attempt to impose on the trade union movement, the acceptance an income- policy vt Inch does not deal with many other a-perts nf Hie problems confronting the- pre-ent true it could I be ti.sed bv the Government in its attempt to hold back wages In a card vote Mr Wyper's amendment was approved hv votes to 447. the BBC interviewer interviewed two men who admitted they were members of the IRA.

One of them spoke in considerable detail about the IK A. which he described had been in action in Belfast 1'olice say that man was Martin, but they were not able to arrest the second man Mr Falk was called a wit ncs- for the prosecution, and Mr Mutton produced a written direction from the Attorney General stating that no prosecution would bo against Mr l'alk When asked bv Mr Mutton if he could identify anvone in court as the person who took part in the television programme, Falk replied: "I will re-pectfulh beg permission not to answer that question Mr Patrick Maxwell, one the magistrates, deiicled to adjourn the ca-e until Tuedav without making any decision whether Falk should answer the questions Martin was remanded in custody until Tuesdav. sider the salarv of f2(Vl a vear adequate compensation When the muncil 1 the job. however, there wcie onlv two applications both from people outside the area and it looked as though the tradition would have to Now Mr Waines decided to carry' on at a new s.d.uy of f3B5 a year nlus 'i0 expense- I did not want to -ee the tradition usss into historv Mr Waines. of Green I me liipon "I'ut apart from "iv two week-' 1 was to work everv night, and it vvas ruining my socal hen tioho lv el-c coii! 1 be found and 1 wa- offered the new salary.

I decided to carry on. 1 find the iob By our Correspondent Bv LEONARD BARDEN No. 1137 Students a high sick risk' group population of S24.00O. At a meeting in Durham yesterday, the county, council unanimously approved a lengthy and detailed document setting out its case for reclaiming almost all the areas to be allocated to the proposed new authority Greater affinities This report, which has been I prepared by a special com- nuttee. will now go to Mr Peter Walker.

Secretary of State for the Environment, who asked I for objections to the White Paper to be sent to him by the end of nect month. The council hopes that by getting its 12.000-I word report to the Minister this month it will have more chance i of success. i The council argues that in the areas it is reclaiming there are greater affinities with Durham than with Teesside, Tynosido. Yvearside. or the North Riding.

The main aim to regain Washington new -wn and the coastal areas of Easington and Seaham, which would bring back Peterlee new town. Except for the South ne-1 side council areas of Blaydon. Whtckham. Felling, Hebburn, .1 arrow, and Boldon. the county council is asking the Minister to give back everything he has proposed to take away from it.

Alderman G. Knowles. the chairman of the county council, said yesterday that the council already had the support of most of the areas. famiiiax. Kecne and the Italian masters Manotti and Bnuzl scored 6.

with Cafferty, LHtle. wood. RadcTicic. myself, and R. Kc-rtoszegi on 5J.

The most entcruuiuig game at Hammersmith was when Uttie-wood met 13-year-old David Ooodman. ihe Ixindon undcr-14 diampion. David is probably not a new Kiseber or Penrose, but he payed credit-ably and forced l.ittlevvood the man whom Boi-vmnik calls: "Little Tal." to use all his tactical skills in a rousuif king hunt David (Unodman-John l.itllewood Huv Ixipoz, Berlin Defence I P-K4 P-K4 2 X-KB3 -QBJ 3 B-N5 4 Bx. The Exchange variation loses a move for White here compared with the nonmal 3 P-IJR3 4 X. so 4 0-0 oc 4 P-l4 are preferable.

4 QP 5 0-0 B-KXS 6 l'-KK3? Weakening the King's -ide and giving Black a target. 1'rvo stock plan in such position! is p.y.5 followed by R-Kl and yX-Qi'-Bl-XS or K3 6 B-R4 7 P-Q3 B-Q3 8 K-Kl Q-K2 9 B-K3 P-KR3 10 QX-Q-' P-KX4. Black has a strong attacking positicvn, and must soon open up the KK or KN file. II P-KX3 P-NS II PxP NjA'P 13 K-X2 0-0-0 14 OK2 KBA 1 An unnecesarv r.sky move which enables White to organise his defences. KK or or R-BI were all better.

13 PxP QR-BX N-K4 BUCK undereslimatcst this resourre he cannot explcwt the attacK by his bishop on Uie white queen. 16 K-Kl X-BJ 18 Q-Kl X-NS 19 N-K4 Q2 0 XxB ch PxN 21 BxQRP? An adventure which decentralises White bishop and. more impor- his queen Ray Keene. who bis Deer, coacfr.ng David Ooodman. commented here.

"The vo.mg Penrose would never have captured that pawn come to think of it. r.e.ther would the ounj Kecne 21 P-B4 22 U-Rj B3 cb 23 KX1 XxBPi: 'Little Tal" The re-t is ease to Black sacrifices both rooks, bir fcr-ccs tne wh.tc king into a ng iM ol promenade 24 KxX KiP ch 25 NxJt tSt ch 26 K-Xl RxP eh 27 XxR QxN ck 2 K-Bl Q-BS ch 2 K-Xl Q-KS ch 3U K-R2 Q-B7 rh 31 KR3 B-B2! If now 32 QR KM B-K3 ch 33 R-X4 P-R4 32 K-X4 B-K3 eh 33 K5 Q-B5 34 K-VS Q-N4 ch 35 K-R7 B-B4 ck 3 K-RS Q-X3 37 ReslKBS. I 1 If 1 Brewers toast Red revolution Bv our own Reporter TIIF. KKI) Revolution is doing well in Britain, much lo the delight of capitalism. To he more precise, one particular segment of capitalism the brewers who have adopte the slogan "Join (he It id Revolution fur their new beer.

The slogan has been reaching commercial viewers while those con-nous of a Ihirsl on the London I nder-ground have been urged hy huge pictures of t'astra. and Khrushchev to support the revolutionary cause of drinking Walnev's new beer. Watncv Red. Watncy's was a bit worried about the political implications when the campaign was conceived and rganlsed a commercial advertisement show and several seminars on the project. The last of the seminars was conducted by a psychologist specifically probing for possible political trip-wires.

He found none. I think a couple of peoAple said that even if a political consideration came into the minds of people seeing the advertising, thev could not hold il In the mind fur long, because the whole thing was so obviously a joke." said Mr Michael t'uii-nington. the assistant product research manager. Perhaps this whole thing is an indication of the British people's sense of humour." It is als an indication of certain section's business acumen. Demand is Increasing very substantially," said a Watncv 's man.

1,000 to be idle A thousand men will be off when a Br.t.sh Aluminium plant in Falkirk closes down for a week starting on May 1 eniov talking to the people who come to watc he ceremony. I think it is a fair wage a-the job carries a verv big responsibility. The tradition reputed to have never been missed since it started 1 .000 years ago Mr Waines will al-o now be able to pax- a denutx to take over he has to have a night off Alderman Rov Beaumont, chairman of the lommtttiv -aid offered Mr Wa.ne- the ri-e -we thought it was realist, wage for condition-and we did not think it ihe of no-: which fell within the -cope of any wages We are very pleased that he is carrying on" A BBC television reporter has until Tuesday to consider whether he should answer quest ions about a television programme in which, i is alleged, two members of the I It A were interviewed. He is Mr Bernard l'alk of the 24 Hour- programme. He was called tn at Bellas magistrate-' vesterdav when Patrick I i Martin CM), a tiler, of I Avenue, Duniiuirrt tliree ch.ivgos of being a member of the IB A and appear "Hi the programme in in promote the activities of tin- 1KA The i barges were brought under the Special Towers Act that the case should be heard by two magistrates Mr Patrick Maxwell and Mr Mills, who were on the hem csterday.

Mr Bn.m Mutton. QC1 for the n. said that the case arose out of a Mined interview trans-I nutted in L'4 Hours on January If He -aid In that interview We would not be able to control all pollution with.n the foreseeable future, but were making creditable progress Our river pollution control was con-iderably better than that of any "other highly-developed country in the world, he said. Mailv people reacted to the shortcomings of the system by arguing that river use much more widely their power- pro-edition But cspcrionce showed that. with iiurea-uig tec hmilog.c al complexity.

-ati-lactory pro-gre-s in control was not Iikelv to he made without effective cooperation understanding between the people or bodies re-pon-ible diluent di-charges and the river and I -euerage authorities. Reporter anx-iety prone, t-ladCi and competitive, so that minot illnes- if it interferes with a-demic work di-ablmg. while major line m.iv. it it depr.ve-.i) appropriate intellect o' opportunity, be a The few fact- available bout the sexual behaviour of -indents could he taken tn the older genet at ton is reassuring A surxev he had conducted of girl student taking oral contraceptives had shown that 31 per cent had had intercourse with only one partner, and 7S per cent with fewer than three men. He added that 73 per cent of the girls had stated that, given the opportunity, they would eventually like to marry their present partner The use of cannabis was no doubt greater than generally-appreciated surveys which showed that 40 per cent of students had at some time smoked or been offered it were probably an underestimate ord out of the 3.000 at the two factories The 1 verpooi -tr ker-, who are members of the AFF meet the sxirpark tsday lreadx 300 Tole.los have been hen work a- off ere 1 or.

a rota system the at C'oventrx bee. oi lack of 150O bcif es. the -bop stewards re: ci-ed and la.lcs! or str ke act.on which -pread lo involve y.000 worker-, ip the Coventry plant This affected all models and will cause a loss of production oi 500 vehicles dailv. I I 15 our own SUlclcV. arc jus! a- prune the under-js and to the ovcriios th group- a told the Kov.il high risk doctot Society of Health d'ngrc-s Dr A I) ir.cvl.ca; olluer.

lidding I niveisitv Health Sen saul fiat lo tind ibis high con-saltation rate at an age when expe. good health u.is sobering. Most of the common diseases were- seen among students, but there was an important dillerence with them, that trivia! di-eases like hay fever could be an occupational disability for a student rev for finals. The student himself might con-ider tin- risk more intense than his medical adviser, but this should not he dismissed as neurosis, for it was often the genuine sign of ocvupationa! stro-s Student life stressful I The horn of plenty Car workers strike iritk i- troiTi 3 gaire I'duT-en vear- Sarajevo to lilacs (to move I would like to drive a.vay ihe roos on the scventn by I I'J. out Wn.te a--es-od ttie kn.h: move as a cics-i-ive Black plav 1 Solution No.

1136: 1 Q-Bl It 1 Kxli c) Kfi. or -f K4 B-X3. or if K-lvg B-B3 The two most glamorous names world Ltles, Spa-SsJcy and t-ischcr. wore teenage psTiXtigiss. a- vvas our own multiple national champion Penrose, while the English team which held the strong West Germans to a 9j- 10 result earlier in Uie-ruouUuii iho youngest we have ever had.

Such a 'cackgrotind gives every encouragement: to schoolboys to play in senior tournaments, and a le.v of ihem have already shown enough talent to suggest'masters tie maKing. ljk year Anthony Miles was Midland Open a. anc Jnnjtaan speeiman nnisned second in a tield of at Islington at the same age The new- Fischer sr rvow he appear- mo-l l.lcl fir-r tv noi-ctxi in one of the weekend system events. Ka-'er i- the pes period fcr these concrcs-cs. whose ma-ft-rooTung rcp'-ilaritv reflects the ol -si and t.ics reqjired to then' The sv.

-v stern, a beiuecn a and an is a k.nd of vhes-c bingo Or.e of tv La-rcr is bv tne Borough of Hamn-rrs the Thames X'lley Che-- leagjc. vcith ideal rrsav ng in Hanunorsmith Tcn Had Experienced masters usucliv win these events, and the leading names in the 96-piaytr field wore mostly to 22 countries. AJK HlvIAN WAIN'ES oi A Kipon. Yorkshire, has been given A 100 per cent ti-e so that a 1.000-year old tradition will not die Mr aged 43. a lo ai government otlicer.

ha-bec hornbliuver at It oon for the past three e.ii 1 lie has con of 1 vc bv ,1: e--iug -i "i' ,1 ii and the tun i.tv marKci to blow four on th horn to trie tie go ng to have up the post, as it vv.is he did not The str of men the jig section of the plant at Wood-end. Spoke. h.o! I c' pr.tr when 9oi) workers went on strike Vng to a rk teta lffer At where the d.s-pute -topped product. on o- the 1 hsidy at Woo.ier.d and car Spoke Hal. i Avenue, the layoff had reached 1 rtiH) yesterday th further prospects of at lea-t another L'OO being laid off by the vreek- BHlevBry Monday by The Scottish International Airline Scheduled jet services.