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The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, March 9, 1982 PEACE DEAL OFFERED TO TEACHERS By JOHN IZBICKI Education Correspondent Slocal government unions yesterday threw their weight behind industrial action premed by more than 440,000 teachers from Thursday, 10 authorities appealed to teachers' leaders to make a peace deal. a series of informal approaches, the authorities promised that in return for calling off the work-to-rule teachers would win their backing for the dispute to go MONGOL CASE CRITICISMS REJECTED TERENCE SHAW Legal Correspondent THE judge's summing up last year's 66 Mongol Baby" trial of Dr Leonard Arthur is not to be referred to the Court of 1 Appeal, Sir Michael Havers, Attorney-General, said yesterday. In. a Commons written answer, he said he was satisfied that there was no point of law arising from the trial on which he need seek the opinion of "the Court. Dr Arthur, a Derby was acquitted by a jury at Crown Court last November of the attempted murder of a Mongol baby had been rejected "his parents.

Following verdict, the an group, and others had claimed that the trial judge, Mr Justice Farquharson, had made mistakes of law in his summing up and had confused the jury. RAIL MAN IN £4,000 FRAUD A British Rail employee yesterday admitted fiddling more than £4,000 in overtime payments by submitting false time sheets and forging the signatures of his superiors so as to authorise payment. Sydney Edwards, .68, Sandown Road, South Norwood, pleaded guilty at Tower Bridge court to two charges each of forgery, theft by deception, and false accounting, and asked for further 138 offences to be considered. He was remanded on £250 bail for sentence until April 5. to' arbitration.

The request received a cool reception from both the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Teachers and the National Union of Teachers who, between them, represent some 374,000 teachers. Senior officials who tried to clinch at least an unofficial deal vesterday represented the Inner London Education Authority, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, North Tyneside, Leeds, Northamptonshire, Barnsley, Gateshead, Newcastle and Stockport. Weicome support' Mr Nigel de Gruchy, assistgeneral secretary of the Schoolmasters' Association, was scathing about the approach. They are on their own side. Although welcome their support, they should sort themselves out with the ment panel in the Burnham Committee," he said.

The NUT said. it would be prepared to suspend action on condition the local authorities concerned agreed in writing, and with the full backing of their councils or education committees, that the case should go to arbitration. Meanwhile, the TUC local government coordinating committee yesterday agreed that no action would be taken by any union that might in any way hinder the teachers' work-torule. Mr Alan, Fisher, the committee's chairman. and general secretary of the National Union 'of Public Employees said: The action by the teachers' unions is vitally imporall local government workers who have not vet settled their pay claim for the coming year." FERRY RETURNS The Sealink ferry Senlac, 5,600 tons, re-entered service on the Newhaven-Dieppe route yesterday after a break of nine weeks due to crew's sit-in and her annual overhaul.

Mr Ken Livingstone (second from left), the GL leader, setting out from Westminster yesterday in an -top bus with supporters and jazz band to continue his Keep Fares Fair campaign on the capital's streets. Following a Law Lords ruling, London Transport's cheap fares, introduced last October, must be doubled on Sunday week. PICTURE: SRDJA DJUKANOVIC BUS STRIKE 'IS ON' By JOHN GRIGSBY Local Government Correspondent MR KENNETH LIVINGSTONE leader of the GREATER LONDON COUNCIL said yesterday that tomorrow's one-day strike by London Transport bus and tube staff would go ahead. After a meeting with Mr Howell, Transport Secretary, he said: "I cannot see anything which has been said today which will persuade the trade unions not to strike. supported the trade union action, he said.

The Labour majority is convinced that Mr Howell and the Government is worried about the reaction from the public and London MPs when fares double on March 21-just over six weeks before the London borough elections. 6 6 When we saw Howell today, he was a lot less cocky than when we saw him six weeks ago," said Mr Livingstone. House of Lords P14 Crest Hotel We like to look after you while away from home, but we'd also like to see something of the rest of the family. The personal touch, if you like. Every time you stay at a Crest Hotel we'll give you something towards a weekend away with the wife and kids.

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We consider it necessary and something that is long overdue," said Mr Banks, who earlier told the Education, Science and Arts Committee that in his view it was impossible to keep politics out of the arts. He questioned by Mr Patrick Cormack fordshire south-west), the hearing chairman, who said the Commons tended to pride Arts Correspondent London Council is likely to budget, starting in 1982-83, devoted to encourag. London, Mr Tony Banks, themselves on the fact that they had succeeded in keeping party politics out of the arts. Mr Banks said: "I personally believe it is rather disingenuous to suggest that politics are not already an integral part of the arts. They are certainly much more the fore when it comes round to arts funding.

66 My own feeling Is fact that opera and ballet, for example, tend to attract the lion's share of arts funding, with regard to the Arts Council, has more to do with the fact that these two art forms are the preferred tastes of the British Establishment, rather than their artistic merit. The level of national arts funding in this country is dismally low." All you pay for is and other and extras you have during your Most bedrooms a private bathcolour TV, telephone, trouser press tea and coffee making facilities. And there's usually free parking. of members in Islington, Britain controlled by the SDP, has been rigged. The inquiry will be undertaken by Mr.

Richard Newby, SD national secretary. The decision was taken yesterday by the party's steering committee. Mr Newby will report in April. His brief is to find out whether or not 145 membership application forms which were delivered to the party's national headquarters in Westminster on Dec 8-the last date for members to qualify in the postal ballot due next month on the party's constitution were genuine. They were delivered by Mr William Bayliss, a former Labour deputy leader in Isling.

ton and now a Social Democrat councillor. Mr Bayliss was widely regarded for many years as one of the most influential. tors 99 that Labour had in local and astute political 66 operagovernment. Bitter criticism When the applications arrived, party officials refused to accept them. They said they were not accompanied by the full £9 subscription-since raised to £11- but there was also concern that many applications appeared to be in similar handwriting.

This was bitterly criticised by Mr Bayliss and other SD councillors. They said they had conducted a successful recruit: ing campaign in November. Mr David Bell, chairman in the Islington area, said there had been frequent charges of fiddling in parties of both Left and Right locally. DUNKIRK FERRY TO RESTART The Sally Viking Line, which suspended its Dunkirk-Ramsgate operations last autumn alleging ferries struck the bottom of the approach to Ramsgate is to resume services from the port on May 1. Thanet Council, which owns the Ramsgate terminal is to spend £1 million widening and deepening the approach channel while the company is to build a £2,500,000 breakwater to protect the berth.

the only borough in WHITELAW ATTACKS DEMOCRATS By DAVID LOSHAK Political Staff THE policies of the Social tribute nothing the Democrats "can conrecovery of Britain," Mr Whitelaw, Home Secretary, told voters in Glasgow, Hillhead, last night. Though and they women were, goodwill." their policies were 66 half sketched-out, reflationary and evasive." They were divided on some issues and undecided on most, he declared. Mr Whitelaw was launching the by election campaign of tile Conservative candidate. Mr Gerry Malone, has moved into first place, in most constituency opinion polls. Voting is on March 25 for the seat which was held with a 2,002 majority by the late Sir Thomas Galbraith.

Concentrate fire End, where leases were coming to an end. Mr Banks said: "I don't see such a situation occurring where the whole of the mercial theatre collapses. Clearly the GLC alone could not be expected to step in. But I think we could certainly do something to assist in the maintenance, if only taking freeholds and day leasing back the theatres." The Government was urged by the committee to reduce Value A Added Tax for theatres, concerts, and other cultural events, and ultimately offer them total exemption from the tax by 1985. The proposal will be in accordance with a European Council of 1977.

The committee directives that in the meantime, there should be a a rate five. points below the standard rate. The Government is to give the Royal College of Music £200,000 if it can raise the same amount itself. Social hard While declaring that, the to take seriously," Mr Whitelaw indicated, by concentrating his fire on them, that they and their candidate, Mr Roy Jenkins, are the contenders the Tories most fear. He asked where they stood on such key issues as defence, education and health.

And would a former president of the EEC like Mr Jenkins show the same determination in defending Britain's interests in Europe as have Lord ton and the Prime he asked. GENERAL ELECTION: Sir Thomas Galbraith (Con.) 12.368; R. A. bray (Lab.) M. Harris (Lib.) 4.349: G.

Borthwick Scot. Nat.) 3,050. Con. maj. 2,002.

SACKING CONFIRMED Four school-dinner ladies sacked by labour-controlled Walsall council for refusing to join a trade union under a agreement will not be reinstated although an industrial tribunal in Birmingham ruled they were unfairly dismissed and should be reinstated. The council will convey its. decision to ignore the tribunal's ruling, when the tribunal recondater this month. 1 breakfast meals may stay. have a room, radio, electric and tea ample you're AT DAY.

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