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diMiife iwitUfr WEATHER Dry Lighting-up time 620 pm to 62 am Details Back Page nmg London Thursday March 7 1974 7RR li 3p ESSES in 9 From midnight but some bans stay I 8 onfl By ROBERT THE controversial Miss World 20-year-old Marjorie Wallace has been sacked the Mecca Organ! sation said this afternoon of right said Mecca chief Mr Eric Morley Is no Miss Mecca officials met at their Southwark Street headquarters to discuss the short troubled reign of Miss Wallace the first American girl to win the con-' test which was held last -November Miss Wallace Is estimated to have earned about £10000 in addition to her £3000 prize money during her short reign Now she stands to lose about £40000 She was at the meeting chaired by Mr Morley and his wife Julie who also organises the contest Afterwards Mecca issued this statement: £The Miss World contest has become an international institution jso much so that the actions and movements of the title holder are liable to lead to world-wide publicity If such publicity is adverse 1 not only does it lead to a Mecca act over 'her private A 4 fft-TT1 Li Jenkins is the new Mr Arts lirrII JENKINS ardent campaigner fur West End theatres By SYDNEY EDWARDS MR HUGH JENKINS 65 Is the new Labour Minister for the Arts Mr Jenkins was appointed Opposition Spokesman on ttie Arts by Mr Wilson last December in succession to actor Andrew Faulds A short time before the Election Mr Jenkins pledged a Labour Government would abolish museum charges and he set out a programme that would be followed by a Labour Arts Minister Panels Tills Included scheme to save the flagging British film Industry: security for all West End theatres particularly those threatened with demolition lie said a Labour Minister would want to see a democra-sation of the Arts Council and all its specialist panels Instead Cont Ruck Col -I London rate rises storm rage II Americans may buy into Harrods rage 43 TV and radio Page I 4 a- I i 1 i i i Ln I McGowan deterioration in the status of the contest but it also gives the wrong impression in many overseas countries on whom we rely for competitors for without their co-operation there can be no contest It is also Important that a first-class relationship should be kept with the Press and that reporters and photographers should have reasonable access to Miss World in order to do their jobs: If they are continuously frustrated in their attempts to secure interviews at reasonable times and at reasonable notice this again could lead to a deterioration in the relationship between the media and the contest which could result in a deterioration of the high esteem in which thecoqtest is held A title holder once elected has the option of returning to her home and comparative obscurity or of accepting the disciplines and conditions attached to a' year of work during which she can earn a great deal of money If she accepts the latter it is important that she not only maintains a first-class public Cont Rack Page Col 2 News on Page Three" economy By LIZ FORGAN BRITAIN is to return to a five-day week from midnight tomorrow The new Energy Minister Mr Eric Varley said today he was making an Order allowing the return to full-time working following settlement of the pay dispute can also say that the ban on TV after 1030 pm will not be he said But the Government Is to retain the Orders limiting the use of electricity for commercial heating and lighting The ban on advertising display and floodlighting also continues Savings Mr Varley said it was important that domestic electricity savings should continue to conserve fuel at power stations Latest Department of Energy figures show tlmt power station coal stocks stood at 9500000 tons last month The savings under the Switch Off Something campaign amount to 19 per cent' Mr Varley said fuel industry finances were in bad shape before the Labour Government took over A fuel pricing policy would have to be carefully considered The three-day week had been unnecessary Mr Varley said It could nave been dealt with by direct negotiations last November" Asked how soon Industry could get back to a complete five-day week Mr Varley replied: "Pretty lie had had discussions with ttu National Coal Board and it had said its recovery could be Juicker than after the 1972 strike fact some cool stocks were moving now The leaders of the electricity supply industry had also said they had adequate stocks and were getting them moving Hie lighting and heating restrictions would be reviewed next week The cast of the three-day week approached £2000 million said Mr Varley "The last' Government misjudged the mood of the miners In 1972 and again in 1974" he said A decision on North Sea oil must be a priority for the new Government lie said A shift by Nixon PRESIDENT remarks In a televised news conference last night about a White House nireting at which "Watergate hush money was discussed are now seen to lie more complex and legalistic than appear on the Mirrare writes Jeremy Campbell Members of Congress were Implying today that a elose reading of them may show that the President Is shirting Ills position and no longer denying that he approved payments of any kind whatever to the original seven Watergate defendants See psge 17 cat RenSys Aulocargives impressive AX mpg figures for Triumph models (eg for tho 25 PI 392 mpg at a constant 50 mph) You can put any model to the test at Henlys iEftLXS BERKELEY SQUARE W1X5HE 01629 8813 DEVONSHIRE N0USE PICCADILLY W1X6NB 01493 9151 CATfOAO 191 1144 CHINGF0RD 01924 MIL CLAPTON 91 191 2214 CR0Y00N 91-994 4291 CUFFIEY 3949 DENMARK HILL 91-274 1974 EUST0N R0 A0 91-397 4444 FINCHLEY Ct-349 1221 HEN00N 91-299 4931 HOUNSLOW 11179 9442 PARKWAY OMII 9721 RICHMOND 91-940 9411 1 IVATF0HD GAAST0N 732 SI WELWYN GARDEN CITY2I3I7 k'- 7YC i 'V Jtt 1 iixAffik MWMMK' SMHbMWWH se 9818' vf 1 I vriilnn Slnmlnril Miiltnrl l-ii'wn QUEEN IN EXILE Majorie Wallace at the door of her ICricetit's Park flat today 'There is no ill-wilt between Mecca and.