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Evening Post Monday October 24 1 983 3 POST foreign DESK ROOF COLLAPSES AFTER BIG BLAZE DANGER DEBRIS ALERT CLOSES CITY STREET car probe POLICE were today continuing their investigation into a car crash in which three men two from Nottingham and one from Long Eaton were killed The three driver Steven Measures 22 of Hartley Road Nottingham Austrian-born Mr Friedrich Blej 36 of Forest Road Nottingham and Gary Carter 21 of George Avenue Long A BUSY Nottingham street was closed today after a fire left the roof of an office building in a dangerous state Pedestrians and traffic were barred from Victoria Street after the roof of the four-storey building collapsed and left debris overhanging Experts were investigating the cause of the blaze which severely damaged the top floor Visiting inspector The street had to remain closed until a visiting inspector ruled on the safety of the roof Three appliances from the Central fire station were called out to the blaze yesterday and 20 firemen battled to control the flames using extended turntable ladders to reach the roof The ground and first floors are occupied by the Leamington Spa Building Society and The Workout ladies health centre is on the third A spokesman for the building society said that there was no damage to their premises but they would be closed today They hoped to be open for business as normal tomorrow Divisional officer Alwyn Parker said the health centre was damaged by smoke and water and some equipment stored on the fourth floor was also damaged Victoria Club staff were using the rear entrance on Bottle Lane today City bus services including the Centre Link services which stops on Victoria Street had to be re-routed racers POST PHOTO H3020 i Firemen inspecting the damage after the roof collapse in Victoria Street iSnQFBYPOUflilORBtS Gunman held over threat to Reagan A GUNMAN who burst into Augusta National Golf Club while President Reagan was playing out on the course has been charged with kidnapping and with threatening the President's life The man identified as Charles Harris 45 of Augusta crashed a lorry through a club gate at the weekend fired one shot into a golf shop floor and demanded to see Mr Reagan Harris seized seven hostages including White House aides David Fischer and Lanny Wiles and a spokesman quoted one of them as saying he threatened to kill them unless he was put in touch with Mr Reagan Mr Reagan who was playing the 16th hole at the opposite end of the course with Secretary of State George Shultz and Treasury Secretary Donal Regan tried unsuccessfully five or six times to telephone the gunman But Harris hung up each time the President spoke and later freed his hostages after being told he could not see Mr Reagan in person Mr Reagan was shot in the chest in an assassination attempt in 1981 Brandt in protest AS many as two million people marched in West Europe's capitals in weekend protests against Cruise and Pershing 2 missiles Joining the protest in Bonn was West Germany's former Chancellor Willy Brandt Missiles kill 116 IRAN reported 116 people killed yesterday in Iraqi missile attacks on Iranian towns Baghdad said these were in retaliation for Iran's recent offensive in northern Iraq Sky high profits THE world's airlines are expected to make a £330m operating profit this year after four years of huge losses the International Air Transport Association disclosed at its annual meeting in Delhi today That represents a £480m improvement on last year De Lorean TV row LAWYERS for John De Lorean who ran the failed car factory in Belfast said today they were seeking dismissal of all drugs charges against him following the showing on television last night of video tapes of him being arrested The thigh's the limit THE southern Chinese city of Canton banned a popular music show at a hotel because two of the showgirls appeared in costumes which revealed their thighs the Yangcheng Daily News reported in Peking Andropov illness? DESPITE rumours of an impending Warsaw Pact summit in Moscow reports were still circulating today that illness rather than a deliberate change of plan had forced President Andropov to cancel a trip to Bulgaria this week Informed sources denied the illness was serious 'No invasion' US UNITED STATES officials yesterday rejected charges by the new military leadership in Grenada that Washington was preparing to invade the island They said the Navy task force with 10 vessels headed by aircraft carrier Independence had been diverted towards Grenada in case it was necessary to evacuate Americans living there Pits pay lies claim by NUM NOTTS NUM general secretary Mr Henry Richardson today accused the National Coal Board of lying about pay He described as "a load of a £162-a-week average earnings figure which the NCB released today The statement from the Coal regional offices in Huthwaite quotes average earnings for five normal shifts in deep mines as £1624 a week against £1292 for all manufacturing industry It comes a week before Nottinghamshire miners start a national overtime ban to fight pit closures Last week the miners voted by 24 pits to four to reject the Coal 52 pay offer Friedrich Blej Eaton died when the car plunged into a water-filled ditch Post-mortem examinations were being carried out today The only survivor was Derek Bateman 19 of Dawns Lane Aslockton The accident happened at a sharp bend on a Fenland B-road near Benwick in Cambridgeshire No other vehicle was involved Police officers tried in vain to rescue the men The four were returning home after a week in Cambridge selling books and records for Victoria Centre-based Leisure Circle A shop spokesman said today: "Everyone here is in a state of Miss Frances Gordon Mr fiancee said they had planned to go abroad after their wedding They had returned to Nottingham after living for two years in Spain Safety week Notts fire brigade today launched its annual fire safety week as part of a national campaign Leaflets and posters will be distributed to schools shops and offices and special bookmarks have been sent to libraries in the county DIANE: BODY IN WOOD MYSTERY ii New clue in killer hunt EXTRA murder squad detectives were today drafted in to follow up a vital clue in the hunt for the brutal killer of wife Mrs Adrienne Hill Mr Ronald Hill returning from his Bristol practice found his 49-year-old wife battered to death last Monday Found upstairs Her body was found upstairs in their Victorian home at Constitution Hill Clifton which had been up for sale for more than two months Police want to question a heavily-built bearded man who was given an appointment to view the property after visiting a city centre estate office earlier that day He gave a false address and telephone number gsNp fP a POLICE searching for wife Diane Jones were today still trying to identify the body of a woman found murdered in a Suffolk wood The badly decomposed body of a woman in her 30s was found between Felixstowe and Whit-bridge The woman died of head injuries and police confirmed they were treating the case as murder Mrs Jones 35 disappeared from her home in Coggeshall Essex on July 23 Her husband Dr Robert Jones told police she went missing after they returned from the local pub The NCB says that the Department of Employment figures show that coalmining earnings are more than 25 higher than the average pay of employees in manufacturing This is the second highest lead since the start of a new survey in 1970 it claims and states: "In 1974 the year referred to in the claim lead was only The figures released by the NCB because of "the conflicting claims which are being made about show that deep coalmining earnings are top of the large industry groupings The NCB says that other deep coal mines figures indicate the these average earnings for five normal shifts: Face-trained miners: £1829 underground: £174 surface: £1325 Describing the figures as "Way way Mr Richardson said that average basic rates for miners were An average bonus payment was less than £9 and many miners earned less than £100 gross pay He said the figures were nearer to management earnings and challenged the Coal Board to publish figures for management pay He said that about 70 of the mining workforce earned no overtime and it was usually the lower paid workers who missed out An NCB spokesman said that the figures confirmed the Coal own research into vrwvwwvwvwvw wwww v'W Exchange iMrs Diane Jones HERMAN iii POSTPHOTO H301 7 The muddied and wet winners of Nottingham raft race raise their paddles And beneath them is the craft that carried them to victory The race at the Highflelds lake was part of the Karnival fun Pictured from left to right are Ken Young Paul Appleby Tony Wilkins and Simon Sturgess All four are members of the Canoe Club FLETCHER GATE Invites you To a Special OPEN EVENING on Weds 26th October 7-9 pm Enjoy a glass of wine See our Fashion Show no DISCOUNT ON ANY PURCHASE WITH THIS AD 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