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IwSsIfeccrniiJgXWtitcts mm Printed in London and Manchester Thursday February 10 1977 12p 4 held eomliB under TUC faces end of pay deal guilty of men The four Irishmen opphqpH in thp 'Ralrnmhp ctl Tt Wiaui atreet inai were last nigni six murders found guilty of six charges his manslaughter. Street. London, on December of murder, including the The four were found not 22j IS7- His tllree co-def en-killings of Mr Ross guilty of causing explosions in dants were found guilty of this McWhirter Professor Ham- the Portman on bombing. The jury also found 1m.w1u11.e1, ndin c.mhr 09 107 tt tho him not euiltv of uacins a EYES DOWN A pensive Don Revie, England's manager. half-time last night.

England were beaten 2-0 by Holland to allowed in on duplicate tickets after their original tickets Heathrow because of a handler's dispute. Report, page llton-Fairley, and the ex- plosives expert, Captain Roger Goad. The four were also found guilty of a number of explo-tives counts and of having taken John and Sheila The jury's verdicts, which were unanimous on each of the 25 charges against the four de- fendants, were given after they naa Deen out lor eignt Hours. The judge, Mr Justice Cantjey, win sentence the men today. The four, Joseph O'Connell (25), Edward Butler (28).

Harry Duggan (24), and Hugh Doherty (26), were not in court to hear the jury foreman read out the verdicts. At the close of the prosecution case on Monday tney tola tne court mat they would no longer take part in "this farce" and went to the cells below the court. The judge yesterday said that he would prefer the men to come into court to hear the verdicts but that he would not order them to do so. In the event, the men chose not tn come back into court. AH four men were found not guilty of five charges.

The indictment had alleged that they committed seyen murders but the jury found the four not Militants invade Soweto schools From PATRICK LAURENCE Johannesburg, February 5) leaes the Wembley pitch at the delight of 400 Dutch fans and luggage were held at 1. Picture by Ken Saunders was interpreted by many as the I imposition of a curfew on Sow eto. There was some concern as to how children could be kept jarlv jn l0ines where both parents work Rt Mainr-Oneral Dawid Kriel, the police officer in charge of not control, rejected descriptions of the warning a a curfew. We will simply be taking annd ormms vm.nri- ti.ro whn mnkino trmihlp in the streets of the township," he sait). Police would not act auto- manually against individual youths.

It would depend on what they were doing. three hours with 'the itoutn iM" -u' Vr: 'V'" "discus the latest ieJS rutu sajd urtner taks were planned. The last of the Rhodesian mission school children who crossed into Botswana 10 days ao are to be flown to Zambia 1 nuatialist mierri a camo nationalist guerrilla camp. Reports, page 2 I i 1 Rees blocks route into Britain By JOHN A crackdown on the use ot marriages of convenience as an immigrant device for gaining entry into Britain will be introduced 1 the Home Secretary. Mr Merlyn Eees, announced yesterday.

Although he gave no details in the Commons, hp is under- Act POLICE in Britain are holding four people under, the Prevention of Terrorism Act, after the renewed, spate of bombings in London and Liverpool. A couple, from a house in Stoke Newington. are still being held at Hackney police station, East London after being detained -on Tuesday night in connection with the discovery of a bomb factory in Liverpool. Meanwhile the three teachers from Londonderry who were being held in Liverpool, under the Act were' released last night. They were detained at the weekend.

The two Irishmen detained alter the discovery of the bomb factory are expected to appear in court today. Queen Alia dies in crash QUEEN ALIA, (below) the wife of King Hussein of Jordan, killed in a helicopter crash yesterday, Jordan television announced. The Queen was flying back to Amman from a visit to the Southern Jordanian town of Tafileh. Health Minister Dr Mohammad Al-Bashir, who was accompanying the Queen, was also killed. WORKERS at the Windscale plant of British Nuclear Fuels are twice as likely to suffer malignant diseases of the bone marrow as the rest of the population.

The figures are revealed in a Nuclear Radiation Protection Board report published today. 'Windscale risks, page 5. LESLIE DEWHURST, the 11-year-old New Zealand who came to London for a bone marrow transplant to save his life, is now well on the way to recovery in Hammersmith Hospital. Yesterday lie was allowed out his plastic isolation tent. Report, page 6.

SYRIA'S Ba'athist rulers could be the next Arab regime to face a popular upsurge of the kind which shook President Sadat, according to David Hirst, the Guardian correspondent recently expelled from Egypt. Hirst analyses the many problems facing Syria. Report, page. 5. Tonight's edition of Kaleidoscope is devoted to a discussion on the structural dynamics and molecular theory of ball bearings.

1 Arts, reviews 8 Books 7 Business and finance 12-14. Classified advertising .15 Crosswords 19 Guardian Women 9 Home News 4-6 Overseas News 2, 3 Parliament 6 Sports News 16, 17 TV and RADIO ..18 ENTERTAINMENTS 18 PERSONAL 19 The weather DULL and misty with rain. Details, back paee- By KEITH HARPER. 1 I-abour -Correspondent I TUC leaders yesterday began to face the real possibility that there will be no pay "policy when the second sta'e of "its voluntary wage agreement with the Govern-1 nient ends in July. They did so at a meeting of their key economic committro wl 'h spent three hours studying I the outline of the TUC's economic review and the 1 Budget recommendations to i Mr Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer.

i The meeting, which will con-! tinue next week, ended when several members of the commit-! tee. including Mr Len Murray. TUC general secretary. Mr Jack Jones, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, and Mr Hugh Scanlon. president of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, went, to the Treasury to have lunch with Mr Healey and other ministers.

The lunch had heen pre-; arranged and the item on the I agenda was the industrial strat-1 eey. hut the table talk must also have dwelt on the next stage of pay policy and what the unions will be saying to the Chancellor about the Budget. Mr Roy llattersley. Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection, cancelled another appointment to be present. Yesterday's meeting was not as unharmonious as some reports suggested.

Nevertheless Mr Murrav did say at one stage Leader comment, page 10 hat the union could options he rehearsed in a dts- cussion about how tne next stage could be framed. With growing criticism of the rigidness of the pay policy and the considerable anomalies it has created, coupled with the fact that inflation is not iiteiv to be brought much below 15 per cent by the end of the year, some union leaders are not just considering when another year of restraint can be agreed, but if- There is a great deal of loyalty towards the Labour Gov- TVJ" hift of Mr Jones is the most crucial element. But the argument now developing within the TUC is whether to 20 for a high ceiling in which all soecial cases would be dealt with, or whether to scrap controls completely, making the unions' responsibility over the past two years as the reason for doing so. The unions do not want to make their representations to the Chancellor as part of any Turn to back page, col. 4 vtCinroduced IT TI1C I I I I I 11 Members of the lYat AssDriaciun Ufiu I By LINDSAY MACKIE guilty of the murder of Robert Anthony Lloyd at the Hilton Motel explosion in London on cptpmiwr 1075.

hut oniitv nt Traitnria vi'nri fmnton October 29, 1975. They were The second blitz of London, page 11 Putnev Hieh Street on January 27. 1975, the night on which seven bombs went off in the London area. Additionally, Hugh. Dohertv, the last man to join the IRA active service unit which the Edward Butler jruiltv EZARD thought by Parliament and that a time limit might contravene the European Convention on Human Rights, Mr Rees told the Commons that it would be not desirable.

practicable or likely to serve the purpose which promoters of "le ma Ioi Among its promoters was Mr for a study of the idea took much of the heat out of last summer's bitter debate on immigrant numbers. Mr Whitelaw did not accept yesterday's statement. He urged the Government to set aside time to debate the report and to bring forward its proposals as soon as possible. He pro- Parliament, page 6 mised widespread -support for steps that must.be taken to relieve anxiety about the scale of JiAUrnt dldK1nt the heart of the problem. They did not allay fear or anxiety.

Mr Enoch Powell seized on the report's estimate which is understood to be based on Home Office advice that the country's 1.9 million-strong population of New Commonwealth and Pakistani origin will "have at least doubled by the turn of the century," after which the rate of increase is expected to slow down. Mr Powell said" this was greater than his own 1968 estimate of six-and-half per cent. Mr Rees' rejection of a register was welcomed by Liberal spokesmen. By JOHN HOOPER rranco iorcea were awamaiig Mated, tte Republican Gov- ernment decided to remove the gld in vaults of the Bank of SDain to a place of safekeen- ing. It was sent first to Carta- xena then to Odessa in the Crimea.

The gold, in coin and bars, has been valued at more Crimea, me goia, in com ana baxs, has been valued at more than 60.miUions. The decision was probably taken by Juan Neerin. then bean verrment. He obtained ame flw 1 Russians and took i nth iwa in iFrance at the end or xne Civil war. The Franco Government fre- ouentlv demanded the return of the eold.

but the Russians con- sistently argued that it had Deen usea to. finance military aia to ie ttepuDUcau lorces in aisle men formed late in 1974 in London, was found not guilty of bombing the house of Mr rotvarri woa) n- wii-m bomb on the platform at Alder- snot ra.iway station in Decern ber 1974. The jury, which for 13 days had listened to a trial in which the prosecution alleged that the four defendants had conducted a massive campaign of killing and bombing against chosen tar gets the London area, heard alJ tne. Lg0 ay the defence The fact that the jury was then out for eight hours astonished some police officers who waited outside Court Two at the Old Bailey for verdicts. Throughout the trial of thp four men, who all came to London from the Irish Republic in late 1974 to set up an IRA cell in the capital, defence counsel were instructed by their clients only to question prosecution witnesses about three explosions which were not on the indictment and for which four people have already been tried and sentenced.

These were the bombings in October and November 1974 of pubs used by soldiers in Guildford and Woolwich. Three of the four defendants Mr Doherty excepted claimed responsibility for one or all of these bombings and used their own trial to raise this matter. Otherwise, throughout the trial, the four men refused to recognise the court. They refused to plead, and the court entered pleas of not guilty on theirisehalf; TheTdcfemce made no submissions in mitigation of the charges and when Joseph O'Connell read out a statement from the dock, which the judge, in vain, warned him should not be political, it contained nothing to defend the men against the 25 charges against them. The evidence of the prosecution against the four was based first on fingerprints on a number of unexploded bombs though "all four were found not guilty of having placed bombs which did not explode in Hamp-stead and in Putney on January 27, about which fingerprint evidence was produced.

The prosecution relied heav ily on statements made to the police by Edward Butler and Joseph O'Connell after their arrest, in which they talked freely about most of the incidents with which they were later charged, and also in detail about a number of killings and explosions with which they were not charged. The prosecution also pre sented fingerprint evidence. bomb-making kits and target lists of potential victims from a number of flats proved, to have been used by the four men. There was also scientific evidence which suggested a com mon source for many of the explosives and bomb-making materials. Police believe that the four men found guilty yesterday formed the best IRA service unit ever to have operated in Britain.

One senior officer in the' Aiiti Terrorist Squad said Compared to them, everybody else was amateurish. They were very tough, very well trained." But today police in the capital will start a special security operation designed to prevent an IRA reaction to the verdicts which Mr Justice Cantley is to deliver. Since the group of at least 13 bombs were placed in Oxford Street 10 davs aeo. coin ciding with the anniversary of Biooay Sunday when 13 civilians were killed by British troops in Londonderry, police have had to resign themselves to the Turn to back page, col. 3 and RICHARD GOTT me war.

inaeea tn ouvjcl Union has argued that Spain still owes it 25 millions for assistance provided at that tune. The franco Government, which had received military help from Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy, acknowledged neip irom muers uermany ana Mussolini's Italy, acknowledged its debt to Italy and cominSed pay ba ,0 01 uie Deuona worja Franco, however, refused to countenance the Russian claim, and te reported to 70ffd mat no viet ambassador woiild be accredited to Madrid in his lifetime. He had Tin seni- pies, however, about relations with Communist countries such as Cuba and China. old Franco stalwart, senpr Bias nar leadeffiof the extreme Right-wins Mew; Force stood to be under heavy pres- William Whitelaw, the Shadow sure to reinstate the Home Secretary. Mr Roy Jen-controversial ban on men in the kins' acceptance of his request Thorsen sent back By NIKKl KNEWSTUB MR JENS Jorgcn Thorsen, the controversial film maker whose plans to make a film about the sex life of Christ provoked even the Queen's public disapproval, failed at the iirst hurdle yesterday.

He was thrown out of-Britain: Mr whose proposed film caused a ferocious outcry last September, was refused entry at Heathrow Airport. An immigration officer questioned him, and after noting that he was carrying a script of the film, although he said he was here for the opening of another film, decided that his presence might lead to demonstrations and possible breaches of the peace, and therefore was not conducive to the public good. He was put on a plane back to Copen hagen. The Home Secretary, Mr Rees, brought cheers from both sides of the Commons when he announced Mr Thorsen's exit. He said the Danish film maker arrived yesterday morning to promote his latest film, Promise of 13.

Mr Rees said: "Mr Thorsen had a copy of the script of the proposed film about the life of Christ, but he denied he was coining in connection with that film. After questioning, the immigration officer exercised his powers to refuse him leave to enter on the grounds that his exclusion was conducive to the public good. Mr Thorsen was informed of his Turn to back page, col. 3 Jens Jorgen Thorsen called yesterday's agreement a shame." In an effort to souen xne diow ior.tne ran- coist old guard, the Foreign Ministry reissued the text of the 1972 trade agreement with ho QmHof TTi made clear that the Spanish -j' B.ut Spanish officials said yes- But Spanish officials said yes- terday that they did not know to reopen VhSn. will be allowed quietly to fade away.

in aIso resumed full diplo- matic relations with, Hungary and Czechoslovakia 1 yesterday. This rannrnnhement with Cnm. munism on the international front has been Daralleled bv Cabinet decision on Tuesday night which indicates that the Spanish Communist Party may soon be legalised. Schoolbooks were burnt in Soweto today as militant students invaded at least five secondary schools in an attempt to dissuade their colleagues from uuenuink Classes anu sming exams. it was the tirst serious incut- em in aoweio since schuois it- opened last month.

Police used teargas to dis- perse two large crowds of stu- dents, one of about 4,000 at Meadowlands Hieh School. Police denied that shots were fired, although students at Meadowlands claimed that bul- lets, as well as teargas, were used. No one was killed or sen- ously injured. Bricadier Jan Visser. Divi- "llPl been dispersed: "School hours are from 8 a.m.

to 3 p.m. and schoolchildren are supposed to be in their classrooms or cam- puses then. From now on those found in the streets during these hours will not be regarded as sfhnnifhiirfrpn anrl Hip nnlice will act accordingly." His warning was reinforced intor hv Mr strvrinm ihf man in charge of education in Soweto. He said To prevent further intimidation police will take strong action from now on against people purporting to be students but who are not in school between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Parents and teachers are urgently requested to ensure that children know about it and that children are not on the streets during school hours." Education is not compulsory for Africans and not all Soweto children attend school, though 172.000 do. Brigadier Visser's warning Pubs bow to news By DENNIS JOHNSON From March 1, Mr Richard Webb, an Exeter publisher, will be able to listen to BBC Radio's World at One in the secure knowledge that by the time he gets to his lunch-time pub he will still be able to get a snack and a drink. Mr Webb has been trying for two years to persuade local licensees to close on week days at 2.30 p.m. instead of 2 p.m. He also thought it unfair that, on Fridays and Saturdays.

Exeter pubs did not remain open until 11 p.m., as rn many other parts of the country, but closed at 10.30. He sought advice and found that under the 1964 licensing Act any individual can apply to the licensing magistrates for a variation in the opening hours. He wrote. in and the licensing bench have now agreed to his request In spite of opposition from the Licensed Victuallers' Association, Exeter pubs will be open until 2 30 p.m. on week days and 11 p.m.

at I am told it is very unusual for one ordinary individual to get things changed," he "said. "The magistrates gave no reason for their decision. It was argued on my behalf that earlier evening closing times in Exeter led people to drive out into the- country to get a' late pint This may have been a shall now be able to listen to World at One without worrying about my lunch." OFFEKTO WDTIK! SDMKES WOCOT-fl MORE new Commonwealth and Paki- stan from gaining automatic citizenship by marrying girls already settled here. This would pose enormous problems under sex discrimination' laws, but there is considered to be no other effective way of restricting convenience marriages. It is also argued, particularly by Conservatives.

that a change in the rules would merely bring Britain into line with some other countries. Mr Rees's statement that new rules would be made shortly came "when he the rejection of proposals for a register of dependants. Last julyThe set up? quick commit: tee under Lord Franks to study whether a register would be a useful- and feasible method of estimating the number of depen dants UKeiy to De eiigwie ior entry in the future. While it was not asked to make a recommendation, the committee report issued yesterday said the only adequate regk'or would be compulsory with time limits for registration and withdrawal of entitlement to settle as a penalty for non-registration. But the committee warned that most immigrant groups opposed- a register, that it would raise issue's for race relations which would need careful Send for details of Share Exchange Plan special offer which enables you to transfer your shares on advantageous terms and gain full-time investment management, spread of risk and Capital Gains Spain's golden handshake Tax advantages.

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