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6 THE GUARDIAN' Friday June 18 1971 for church silver Plight of 48 prisoners our Art Sales Correspondent Prager trial told of threats By MICHAEL PARKIN 30,000 Two matching silver flajons, made in 1591, were sold at Sotheby's yesterday for 30,000. Thev were sent in by St (Ircory's Church. Tredinaton, Warwickshire, which needs the 'money for repair- estimated at 10.000. Collect inn at the church a week, and attendances 28 at morning service. The church had to obtain permission from the courts of the Church of England before the flacons could be sold.

It was refused bv the Consistorv Court of the diocese, but granted on appeal by the Court of Arches. The flasons had been kept in the vault of a bank. By ance arrears for his three children. He had been divorced and the children were living with his former wife who had remarried. The man had been unemployed for 15 months, receiving about 5 a week dole in the first year and since then just over 4 supplementary' benefit The payments he was required to make for his three children totalled 6 a week.

A spokesman for the Department of Health and Social Security said yesterday that a ma with a maintenance order against him could not claim cupplementary benefit if his children were not living with him. But the person with whom the children wera living could claim benefit. The Supplementary Benefits Commission would advise the man to go to court and seek a variation in the maintenance order. Forty-eight men are serving sentence in Leeds prison because they could not pay debts, fines, or maintenance when they were on the dole or receiving supplementary benefits, Mr Joe Kenyon, founder of the Claimants' and Unemployed Workers' Union, said yesterday. Mr Kenyon went to the prison on Wednesday to secure the release of a chronically ill, unemployed man who had been unable to pay fines imposed on his young sons.

His union had heard that several Guardian readers were offering to send money to pay the fines. Mr Kenyon questioned visitors and discharged prisoners, one of whom gave him the figure of 4. He said a man would come out of Leeds prison tomorrow who had been imprisoned for 18 davs for failing to pay mainten The pair of flagons (above) sold for 30,000, and (below) a seventeenth-century "coconut cup," one of two dozen pieces of silver dating from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century on show for the first time in the museum at York. All 24 pieces were made in York and bear the city's assay symbol of half fleur de lys and half a full face of a crowned leopard's head. Manpowered flight as a sport tor, but he will probably have to get an export licence.

It is likely that a campaign will be started to keep them in this countrv. Highest price at yesterday's sale was 62.000 for a pair of silver wall sconces (candle holders) made in Holland in 1622 by the Master Adam van Vianen. They are elaborately ornamented with classical figures. A silver cup. partly gilded and made in London in 1551.

was sold for 36.000. It is 5 inches high and inscribed Gyve God thakes for all thyngs." The interior is engraved with a helmeted head in profile. hcavier-than-air machines driven by propeller and with a maximum wingspan of 50ft. The pilot must both propel and control the machine, and must not be younger than 14. Kach air-i raft would be allowed three flight attempts, with takc-ofT by pilot power only.

Dr Sherwin says that prizes of 250 to 500 would be enough incentive and the competitions would help to develop manpowered flight because performances could be improved by using athletes and "up currents." Most experimenters had stuck winss on their amis and tried to imitate birds, but to get enough lift with small wings they would have to flv at 80 to 1110 miles an hour. Others had tried helicopter designs, hut these needed rotor diameters of at least 50ft lie hopes to attempt flight with the "Liverpuflin," possibly next year. Nine manpowered aircraft had been flown in the past 10 years for various heights and lengths throe of them British. The Kremer prize i is jor continuous night over a figure of eight around two markers over half mitp nnnrl and the machine has to be no ic.s.s man iuh anove ground at the start and finish. Private sector and the NHS By our own Reporter They were originally for domestic use.

but a rector irave them to the church in 1638. Thev are partly gilded and 11 inches hich. Such objects are very rare, but some survive tn the Kremlin they were taken there as cifts by English ambassadors. A similar, not identical, oalr, hut more elaborately ornamented, was sold at Sotheby's in July. 1968.

for 136.000. Many people are worried that the high prices being made by such objects will tempt more and more concregations faced with heavy bills for repairs to sell. The flagons were bought yesterday by a Portuguese collec By our own Reporter be used for competition are a much more practical alternative Or Sherwin recently published what he claims to be the first hook of its kind in the world un manpowered flight. A group of his are building a manpowered aircraft, "The Liverpuflin," as a study project. He considers it feasible for a small group to build a machine of 40ft.

wingspan for less than 100, which could fly a few feet above ground for a quarter of a mile and form the basis of a sport open to many enthusiasts He says opportunities have developed over the past 10 years for building small aircraft which can be made by small groups oi individuals. He luotcs as an example an Austrian machine mult bv loseph Malliga with a of fi.jft. which was flown 400 yards by a pilot weighing 1231b. It is feasible to build a low-wing machine of 40ft. wingspan with a simple rectangular plan for that would require 0.5 horsepower to fly at an altitude of he says.

An average fit man can produce 0 5 horsepower cveltng for almost a mi mite, and an athlete can pro- v.de up to 0.73 horsepewer for the same period." I)r Sherwin has provided the Royal Aeronautical Society with tentative rules for a competition. He suggests that it should be open to fixed-wing, welcome the opportunity to debate the situation before the summer recess and believed lh.it it would be convenient for the debate to last two days. He agreed to discuss arrangements with the Opposition. A plan for making man-powered flight into a sporting pursuit has been submitted to the Hoyal Aeronautical Society Or Keith Sherwin. a lecturer.

I)r Sherwin. who teaches rieM-n in the department of meclimcal engineering at Liver, pool I niversMv, suggests that flying could become a reality for many people if the society accepts his proposal for competitions to encourage the development of small, sporting manpowered aircraft His tena-tive rules include one which ins. sis Hut a flyer must be at lejst one lout above the ground to be Mi" li kc secretary (if the MKietiv manpowered aircraft i(l We have not i o'l-uli i I'd .1 let. but mil be mi I)r Sherwin claims that the future of manpowered flight lies in making it a sporting acti-ity. He argues that to win the Krcmer competition, which offers 10,000 for flying a figure-of-eight course according to certain is out of reach to all except the most sophisticated machines produced by 1)H! teams of designer with the support nf enormous resources.

"Such aircraft are impractical machines with wmgspans more than 100ft and are too fragile for anything but controlled flights in conditions of dead calm he says "Smaller nun-lime of simpler design and sluidier construction which can from 447,000 in 1960 to 883,000 in I960. Subscription income increased even faster from 4.2 millions to 17.3 millions in the same period. The PEP study then suggests a BMA code of conduct in view of the growth of private medicine and the complexities i of conduct appropriate within a regulatory system. It stresses that any fuller studv of the problem should cover the questions of both private and NHS queues. Uncertainty about the nature of the NHS queue and what determines its movement underlies much of the concern about possible queue jumping." Optinv out of the NHS, A Review the Private Sector oi Medical Care (PEP Research Publications.

Vic toria Hall. Finaal Street, East Grecmricli, London SE 10 price oOp). Chess 1 I VP Discord in the Russians plan a comeback Nicholas Prager, who accused on three counts under the Official Secrets Act, said he gave photographs of pages from a secret RAF manual to a Czech official, a detective claimed yesterday. Detective Superintendent Ronald Sills said at Leeds Assizes that Prager, a former RAF sergeant, aged 42, spoke of the photographs in a statement made after his arrest on January 31. In it he told of Czech threats to his mother-in-law if he did not provide information about his secret work.

He described plans for meeting Czech agents and said he had received 700 from Czechoslovakia for the sale of a house. But on March 1 Prager made a second statement denying most of the contents of hc first The parts nf the statement made on January 31 dealing with secret contacts, postrarrls. and similar matters I made up from my extensive reading of thriller fiction and other literature with the help of the the second statement said. When the trial re-opened yesterday, four hours of evidence were heard in camera. Photographs Then Superintendent Sills gave evidence about Prager's interrogation by the head of West Yorkshire C1D.

Chief Superintendent Donald Craig. During the five-hour interview. Prager was shown photographs of 18 men. some of them alleged to be Czech agents. He identified four.

They were Malik, a consul at the Czech Embassy in London: Frantisk Augusta, a visa officer at the embassy; and Mirek and Taborski, who Prager said were engineers. Prager, of Austen Drive, Bramlcy. near Rotherham, Yorkshire, denies making a secret sketch of RAF equipment and handing it to Czech intelligence officers, The trial continues. wary and cautious view. In a recent interview Korchnoi take it for sranted that Fischer will beat Iirsen, and comments that Pctrosian or 1 will hae to prepare very, very hard." So the Russians are prepanns their comeback in case Fischer becomes champion in 1972 or 1075 and another country wins the world team event.

The search is on for young players who can challenge Fischer In the I980t, and already Tukmakov, Karpov. and Balashov are actual or potential grandmasters. The latest Russian hope is the 19-year-old Armenian Vahanian, who won first prize in a tournament in Yugoslavia in April, ahead of seven grandmasters including Stein. Bcnko. and Matulovic.

This week's same, one or his wins there, shows the strength of a broad mobile pawn centre even in the ending- Ccorgy Trlnfov (Bulgaria)-Rafael Vahanuui (Soviet Union) French Defence. Wlnawer variation. Vrnjacka Banja 1971 I K4 P-KJ 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 2 N-QB3 B-NJ 4 P-Ki N-K2 5 P-QR3 BxN eh 6 PxB P-OB4 7 P-QR4 QVB3 8 N-B3 Q-R4 9 Q-02 IS-Q2 10 B-Q3 P-B3 11 KPxP A critical idea for this varialion. 11 0-0 PtKP gives Black few problems, and enabled L'hlmann. the world specialist "In the French, to draw with both Fischer and Smvslov.

II NPP 13 PxP P-K4 13 B-K2? 13 P-B4 PxP 14 BxBP 0-00 15 0-0 QsBP 16 B-NS B-N5 17 Q-R6 as In Steln-Doroshkevltch. Russian championship 1970 Is the best plan, and gives White me advantage, for if 17 BxN 18 Q-R3 ch. 13 0-0-0 14 0-0 15 K-Rl N.N3 16 P-B4 If 10 QxP N-B5 17 Q-B4 B-K3 keeps the initiative for Black. 16 QxQ 17 BxQ P-K5 IK N-Nl P-Q5 19 N-R3 BxN 20 PxB P-B4 White's game Is strategically lost his extra pawn is useless while the splendid Black centre keeps White's pieces disorganised. 21 QR1 KN-K4 22 B-B4 P-Q6 23 PxP PxP 24 B-R3 R-Q5 25 B-K3 R-R3 26 P-B4 NxP 27 B-B7 NxB 28 BxK N-QN5 29 KR-K1 NxB 30 RxN BxBP 31 BxP K-Q2 32 K-V2 K-KS 33 K-N3 K4 34 B-N8 R-K5 35 P-Ro R-K6 ch 36 K-R4 P-B5 37 R7 K-Q5 38 K-N4 P-B6 31 K-N3 P-B7 dls CO 40 KxP BxP 41 B-B5 RxP ch 42 K-N3 RR7 43 Besicns After 43 B-B8 RxP 44 BxP RxP Black wini by pushing his rook's pawn.

Censure debate agreed The Opposition is putting day that the Government would A brass band enthusiust. Mr Kdward Buttress, struck a discordant note in two articles he wrote in British Mouthpiece," the newspaper he edits for brass band enthusiasts. Justice Lawton held yesterday that they were a defamatory attack on the integrity of the man who runs Britain's N'ational Brass Band Championships. Mr Kclwin Vauglian Mniris. By LEONARD HARDEN down unit inn of censure on the (uiwMinient on the handling ot th" e.

onomv. particularly in tel ition prices iiiieiiiilo. ineril The I o.nler the House. Mr Willi. mi Wi.iiel.iw.

cster- No. 1H5 Mr Morris, of Tower Bond. Branksome Park, Poole, Dorset, was awarded libel damages over the two articles against Mr Buttress, of Whallcy House, Wood Iio.id. Manchester, and the paper's printers, K. Bailev and Sons of Dursley, Gloucestershire.

Mr Mnrrii was more sophisticated and experienced in a business sense than Mr Buttress, the Judge said lie described iiuttiv-s, a former member of the Halle Orchestra, who ed'ts the journal unpaid, as blunt, forthright, and very much to the point." lie had the power to influence, impress, and convince people that bis views as to what is good for the brass bond movement are the correct ones." the Judge said. Mr Buttress, he said, used Mr proposals to change- The private sector is of very small importance in the broad issue of National Health Service financing, a report published today states. But it suggests that it may be appropriate for the British Medical Association to prepare a specific code of conduct for private practice in NHS hospitals." The report, a broadsheet from Political and Kconomie Planning, says that spending on private medical practice was about 25 millions in 1969, the last year for which figures are available. This is little more than 1 per cent of the total NHS spending. Insurance covering the costs of private medicine is typically part of arrangements made in employing key personnel.

"Two thirds of insurance funds for private medical care now come from industry." says the report, which was earned nut bv Mr Michael Lee. w.th a grant from the Department of Health and Social Security. The number of subscribers to the three largest schemes rose OBITUARY Mr James MacColl Mr James MacColl Labour MP for Widiics since 1950 and one of the parly's leading authorities on local government, died in London yeerday at the age of tiJ. He was born in Sunderland and educated at Scdbergh School Balliol College, Oxford, and Chicago University. He was called to the Bar in 1933 and first entered public life when he was conpted to the London County Council education committee in 1936.

Later he was elected to Pad-dinijtoii borough council and was' mayor from 1947 to 1949. During the war he was a conscientious objector, but served in Civil Defence. In 1959 he was appointed Mr Gaitskell Shadow spokesman on housing and local government and from 1964 to 1960 was Parliamentary Secretary of the department." In 1967 he was given oversight of immigrant housing a task for which he was particularly well qualified, having been chairman if the London Council of Social Services immigrant advisory panel. Mr Edmond Banderet Mr Edmond Faul Banderet, managing director of the Clayton Aniline Company, died suddenly while on a visit to a parent company in Basle on Tuesday. He was 5S He fust came to England in 19o2 as the company's deputy chief engineer.

Two years later he became chief engineer and a member of the management committee. In 97i9 he was appointed one of three managing directors and became sole managing director two years aso. He played a major part in the 10-mtUion rebuilding and development programme cf 1957 to 1965 which made Clayton one of the most modern dye manufacturing plants in Europe University news brass certain contest rules as pegs on which to hang a broader defamatory and indefensible attack on Mr Morris. Both articles exposed Mr Morris to contempt and ridicule. The Judge hoped that Mr Buttress would accept that this was now the end of the conflict and both men would now make their equal contributions to the brass band movement without personal quarrots or hostility.

The defendants were oidered to pay the costs of the eight-day action, evpected to cceed 2,000. Mr Morris's action against Mrs Kelyn Bray, former chairman of the Council of Brass Band Associations, which publishes "British Mouthpiece." was dismissed by consent without any order for costs. fessor A liillics He i a senior lectin er in the department. The title and sialus of reader h.is been conferred on K. Thomson (school of Dr J.

A. Woods (school of history), and Dr P. II II. Gosdcn (department of education). KEEI.E decrees will be conferred on the foiloA.ns at a ceremony on June D.UH.: Mr J.

V. Blake, retiring Vic'Chanccilor of the Lancrsiiv of Botswana. Lesotho, and Swaziland, who hold the chair ef history at Keele for 14 years until 1954 Sir Charles Wheeler, the sculptor and past president of the Roal Acadcm He is a native of Codsall. Staffordshire. Alderman Barber, a member of Stoke-on-Trent city council aid IVputy at Keele since 1962: Sir Hubert Newton, chairman of the Leek and Westbourne Buildin; So-'iety Grampian to add colour Grampian Television wtll begin broadcasting in colour en the company's tenth anniversary at the end of September.

The first stage in the convers: m. costing about 250,000, will allow networked programmes, locally originated feature films, and commercials to be shown in colour. A 623 line monochrome service will begin on July IS. there can be no crusade without White mates in three moves, against am defence (bv Giegold). When lirst published.

Oils, apparently simple problem caused havoc among solvers, one of whom even tried it for three weeks, then claimed no soluuon. Solution No. 1144: (a) 1 -Qfl 2 R4 N-B5 3 K-Bo 1 4 KxN K-K draws, since the black king stops the white pawn. 1 Q3 is also aufficlent. (b) After 1 K-K5? Kischer won by 2 BS K-B5 (if N-B6 3 B-N7 eh wins or if N-Q6 3 B5 ch wins) 3 P-R4 N-B6 (if 3 ch 4 K-N7) 4 P-R5 N-N4 B-B5 now Black is in ruR7-wans) N-B6 0 RO 7 K-N6 VB6 8 P-R7 N-K4 ch 9 K-B6 and Taimanov resigned because he pawn queens.

It may sound odd to suggest that the Soviet L'nion. which holds both the Individual and team world championships, should be planning a chess comeback: but it Is now widely recognised that Russian supremacy Is waning. Their failure on the top boards In last year's USSR v. World match coupled with the narrow win by only a single point oer Hungary in the Olympiad makes it likelv that the ageing Soviet stars will soon be inferior to younger prandniaslers in the West like Fischer, Larscn. Hort.

and Porlisch. There ts a curiously ambivalent attitude Russian commentaries on Fischer's prospects of the world title. "Official" writers connected with the Soviet Chess Federation bracket the American with other leadmc foreign contenders: before the match which 1 he lost 0-6 Taimanov wrote that Fischer plays well but not that much better than the rest of us." Spasskv and Korchnoi. who have to try to stop Fischer becoming world champion, take a more I V.MBIJIIHH. F.

II linen. Fellow of Churchill College, professor of economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, hat been clciied professor of economics from October 1, 197V. Mr J. L. neddaway, Emmanuel College, has been appointed deputy head of the department of engineering for three years from October 1, 1U71.

The following universitv lecturers have been appointed from I October 1, 11)71. for three ears: r. Axton, Christ and Sirs P. K. Beer.

Girton. Economics and politics: D. M. G. New-bory.

Churchill Education: T. O. look. St Catharine'. Law: B.

A. llepplc. Clare. Metallurgy: J. E.

Kvelts. Pembroke. Organic: and inorganic chemistry': G. SI. Sheldrick, Jesus.

Physics: J. E. Field, Magdalene, and P. Terrier. Fitzwilliam Pathology: R.

Millard. St John's Phjsiology: A. P. Hilber, Trinity. MANCHESTER Professor P.

Crowe, whose appointment as Pro-Vicc-l'han- cellcr expires on August 31, is to be succeeded bv Professor R. I r. Smith, professor of ancient I historv His appointment will be I for three ears LEEDS i Dr Bernard Shaw has been awarded a personal professorship the department of inorganic and structural chemistry. He is at present reader in the depvtment. and an international authority on transition metal complexes and orsanonietallic chemistry.

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