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8 The Livarpool Echo, Twiggy, May 2. 1972 Student broke into kitchen A STUDENT from Frankby. Wirral. pleaded guilty at Darmagistrates court yesterday to breaking into the kitchen of his college to find food. Miss Sylvia Green, prosecuting, said that Richard Bradley.

aged 21. of Ferndale Avenue, Frankby, had been out for the night and when he returned to his resin at Bede College, Darham, he felt hungry. "He wanted something to eat but when he got lute the kitchen all he could find were some cold chips and bread," said Miss Green. "Nothing was taken from the kitchen although same food was Mr Norman Hart, defending, said Bradley real- Led the burglary was a stupid action and it was completely out of character. "In fact a letter front the college said that he Is intelligent, serious mature and reliable," said Mr Hart.

He committed this offence one weekend when he did not have the fends to get home and he felt depressed." He had not been happy in Durham and be had applied to go to Liverpool University. Bradley, who was studying politics and sociology at the college, was fined £5 with £3 costs. Crosby plans marina promenade Visitors to Use 1,000.000 marina at Crosby, which opens next year. will be able to enjoy a mile long promenade. The pathway along the marina outer wall is to be called a promenade, and will form a link in a footpath system stretching from Cambridge Road in Seaforth through to Hightown.

The promenade will be floodlit and lined with railing. Officials feel it should prove an attraction as it will afford visitors a splendid view of shipping in the channel an sunsets beyond Liverpool Bay. Man inche Four members of an Everton family were able to jump to safety from their blazing home after their pet dog raised the alarm but another member was I ate found dead only inches from safety. Liverpool City Coroner, Mr. S.

R. Barter, heard this at the inquest on 25- years-old David Wagner of Nimrod Street, Walton, who died on March 25. Recording an open verdict Mr. Barter said that the evidence did not disclose the cause of the fire. Wilfred Wagner, said in a statement from hospital.

where he is still recovering injuries received while escaping from the fire, that in the early hours of March 25 his son Martin awoke him and said the house was on fire. Mr. Wagner tried to get downstairs but wa; unable to do so because of the flames. Jumped clear Ha heard his son David, who slept downstairs. coughing and he shouted to him to get out.

Mr. Wagner than threw a mattress out of the bedroom window, and Martin jumped out. Mr. Wagner pushed his two daughters out, and then jumped clear himself. Martin Wagner said in a statement that he was awoken by the family dog, leaping on his bed, and he realised that the house was on fire, and awoke his father.

His brother David had been out drinking the previous evening, but was not drunk, he added. Sub Fire Officer D. Temple said that he found the body by a widow in a downstairs inches from safety. Dr. James Burns, Lecturer in Forensic Patholou, said the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning.

A contributory factor was the consumption of alcohoL Flat raided A portable radio. worth £36, was stolen from a flat in Salisbury Road, Wallasey. Thieves forced a door to gain entry. Mariners fight clear master's Attempts are still being made to trace two ships in a bid to clear the name of the late Captain Stanley Lord, of Wallasey, who was accused of failing to help when the White Star liner, Titanic. sank with the loss of 1,513 lives 60 years ago.

The allasey-based Mercantile Marine Service Association states in annual report to-day that it is trying to find acceptable positive evidence that two other ships besides Captain Trailer blaze Children are thought to have been responsible for starting a fire which badly damaged an articu- Ltted trailer in Park Road, Kirkby, last night. Body found Formby police are trying to identify the body of a man which was washed on to the beach at Formby yesterday. Lord's Californian were in the area when the Titanic sank. Captain Lord continued with his fight to ckar his name until his death at the age of 84 in January, 1962. The association, of which Captain Lord was a member from 1895 until his death, states A will continue to combat the allegations that he was responsible for the loss of many, if not all, of the 1,513 lives in the disaster.

Members believe that School site theft Six extractor fai units, together worth £93.78, have been stolen from a hut on the St. John's School building ite at Birch Green. Sk lmersdale. Lamp fir An electric lamp at Halton Brook, Ithascorn, caught Lire last night. Damage was slight.

More places now qualify for house imp grants of if you live may now be able to get a grant of up to 11,500 towards the cost of modendsing your home. Ashton in Makerfield Urban District Billinge and Winstanley UrbinDistrict Chester County Borough Formby Urban District Haydock Urban District Ormskirk Urban District Southport County Borough Warrington County Borough Here are the facts. 1. House improvement grants have been increased to a maximum of £1,500 (or 75 per cent of the approved cost) in all the areas listed here. This applies to applications made on or after 22nd March 1972.

2. Grants of the same amount are already available in development and intermediate areas previously designated. 3. Elsewhere, you can get up to (or 50 per cent of the approved cost). 4.

You don't have to pay a penny of the grant back. And you may be able to get an easy-term loan for the part of the cost you do pay 5.. The new 21,500 improvement grant is for modernising your home completely. There Issued by the Department of the Environment. are grants putting in basic amenities such as inside lavatories, baths and sinks etc.

If you want to turn a big old house into flats you can get up to 11,800 per flat. 6. You can get a grant if you own an older house or hold a lease with at least 4 5 years to run. But to qualify for these increased amounts in both the new areas, and those previously designated, all work must be finished before 23rd June Ask the improvement grant man at your town hall or council office for full details. 'The Government has announced that it will introduce legislation to extend this date by one year.

up to on to name the Department of Trade and Industry will have no option but to re-open the 1912 inquiry if the identities of the other two ships in the area are established. They say: Such a decision would result in the long-overdue rectfying of a gross miscarriage of justice involving an M.S.A. member. Also in the report, the H.M.SA. criticises Department of Trade and Industry proposals concerning the safety of the Straits of ships using Members view with concern some of the solutions proposed and fear that the advocates of ship movement in waters tither than purely esturial have paid too little attention to the effect of wind, tides and waves on individual ships." These effects, they say, could well make it impossible to comply with instructions given by a shore-based controller.

Also attacked in the report is a proposal to make the whole of the English Channel Europeanised territorial waters." New scale of baths charges A new scale of charges for the hire of the gala pool at Warrington Cox poration baths has been fixed by the Town Council. With effect from today, borough clubs will be charged £2.50 per hour for the use of the pool for galas, and outside clubs will be charged £4 per hour. There will be an additional charge of 25 per cent for Saturday galas and 50 per cent for Sundays. Shelters to go Following complaints from residents, Kirkby Council has agreed to remove four bus shelters in the town. Tw .1 the shelters are in Westhead Avenue, and two are in Bigdale Drive.

Formby as 'meagre' 'it allowance An advertiser from Uverpool 14 sold leather coat 4 6 1 n. hip. blue. £5. by adverlisiag Is the Maxi ark et.

She received 25 phone calls and was extremely pleased with the quick sale. It you have sontethft you no longer need, try Maid Market. Phone 051- 227 3030 and for per word, you could earn yourself up to £5O. Shelter plan A World War Two air raid shelter in Orre ll Road, Litherland, is to be converted into a recreation room for St Philip's Church Hall. Dinner guests Selling power style! IS Succeseive chairmen of Formby thew.

Comma hare struggled dew on the meagre annual an' ance provided by the council, it mos. during a finked debate on a proposed in the chaniman's allowance for next year. Councillor E. Maybury, last night, said that to restrict the increase to 10 per cent was merely to perpetuate an inadequate allowance. Formby had grown beyond all recognition in recent years, but the allowance had fallen behind.

The councd were being recommended to approve an allowance of LW' for 1972-73, in addition to 1250 for the Civic Sunday and for the education Sunday entertainments. A row was sparked off by Councillor Eric Storey, the inacnee chairman. who said that in view of Man who was drunk hit policeman Police were called to Jacob's factoty in Long Lane, Liverpool, where they saw a man shouting at the entrance to the premises. This was said by Mr. Michael Lei ggl prosecut-.

ing, at Liverpool City Magistrates Court when Edmund Park, aged 45, a fitter, of Landseer Road, Anfield, Liverpool, admitted being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Constable Geoffrey Sawle. On the first charge Park was fined 13 and on the second £l5. Mr. Leigh said that Constable Sawle went to Long Lane where he was asked to eject Park from the premises. As they were walking, Park hit the officer in the stomach.

Trihetes to councillor After 21 years as a nservative member, Councillor Jack Orange will not seek re-election to Wirral thban Council, on which he represented Irby and Thurstaston ward. He was thanked for his a term as council last night's council meeting by Councilor L. I. Sissons. chairman, wh also thanked Councillors Mrs.

Doris Grain and Joseph Lacey, who are not seeking re-election. Leading Minstrel Loraire Hart was named to day as the new leading after for The Magic of the Minstrels show, at the Victoria Palace, London. She will be taking over from Elspetands, who leaves on May 11. About 40 officers and wives of the Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve will be guests at a dinner at Liverpool Town Hai; tomorrow night. Council's road plansi are 'largest ever, Wirral Urban Council had probably tackled its largest ever roads programme during the past 12 months, said Councillor Peter Humphreys (C), chairman of the Highways Committee, at last night's council meeting.

The council had comstruction of Mere (D. 224). which was held by the Wirral magistrate's to be an "ancient h4h. way," repairable at pub expense. Councillor Humphreys said several traffi regulation orders hat.

been made, and the council was now cOm structing a new town centre car park adjacent to The Paddydale. pleted 18 schemes of road surfacing, construction and reconstruction during 1971-1972, including the Gayton Road improvement (f stage one of the Pipers Lane scheme Six further schemes had been started in 1971- 1972. and would be completed in the new local government including the Dawstone Road improvement and the con- Protest over 'noisy' diners Formby Council is to call a special meeting to discuss complains by residents living near a newly opened banquet suite. Councillor James Morrison, council chairman, said he had been presented with a 141- name petition from residents in the Three Tuns Lane area. They are angry over late night functions at the St a nineylands banquet suite, and say patrons are causing disturbances as they leave.

They have called on the council to oppose a move by the management to extend th licensing hours from 11.30 to 2 a.m. But, Mr. John Breese, clerk to the council, pointed out that the council was not in order to discuss the item. It was agreed to call a special meeting. The residents are calling for the banquet suite to be sound-prrofed, closed at midnight at the latest, and patrons appraoched to minimise the noise on leaving.

niy Children in the SWIM Swim for Safety is the theme of the children of Broadgreen Junior Girls' School (above left) who last night took part in a display at lAster Drive, to back the launching of a national swim campaign by Environment Minister Mr. Eldon Griffiths. And above, four-yearsold Brendan Clarke gives a big grin after swimming a length at Guinea Gap baths, at the start of Wallasey's own Learn to Swim campaign. Opening the campaign, the Mayor, Alderman Tom Morris. saw 75 children aged between four and nine swim a length to demonstrate progress already made.

Actress died of accidental overdose Liverpool-born actress Gia Scala died at her Hollywood home from an accidental overdose of narcotics and alcohol, said the Los Angeles County Coroner yesterday, Miss Scala, according to authorities, also was suffering from a coronary condition. Officers said she had been taking medicine for a drinking problem. The body of the 38- year-old actress was discovered on Sunday by one of three men staying at her home. Drove too fast Magistrates a St. Helens imposed a £lO fine on 22-y ea s-old Michael Eric Banner, of Stanley Street, Liverpool 7.

who admitted speeding along Prescot Road, St. Helens. Accidental death A verdict of accidental death was recorded at Liverpool on 75-years-old Mrs. Mabel Gilchrist, of Arundel Avenue, Sefton Park. Liverpool, who died last Thursday, following a fall at her home.

Died after fall A verdict of accidental death was recorded at Liverpool on Mr. Kenneth Cotton, aged 43, of Newdown Walk, Norris Green, Liverpool, who died six days ifteifalling downstairs at his home, Forty-five years with city firm Mr. Guy Tills, of Higher Behington Road, Wirral. who is retiring this week from Tate dz Lyle, after 45 years' service. He is sales manager.

Mr. Tills is a past president of Caldy RUFC, and was instrumental in organising Caldy Sevens. Labour plans land Tough measures to curb soaring house prices are now being hammered out for a Labour General Election' inslifesto. And senior Party men are pressing hard for a total local take-over of land move which could cut out the giant profits now being creamed off by some speculators and landowners. This could, in effect.

mean a freeze on the price of urban land. Party chiefs see the house price issue as a major battlefront for the next criti- cal votes at stake. In the Commons, last week, Environment Secretary Peter Walker announced an £8 million loan package to help local councils wrap up parcels of land for private development. But this plan was aimed at the West Midlands and the South East, and the Opposition has said that Government action so far has been patchwork." Even labour moderates are now calling for drastic "root and branch aotion and pmposals that have been put forward also include local authority lake-over of rented erty. The nationalisation of development could mean councils buying up kind at cost price plus a marginal mr.dit.

ft is suggested that for land on the outskirts of towns and cities farmers would be paid the price they would get for agriciltural land, plus a small dividend. These moves would effectively put a ceiling on land a major element in house price inflation. And with local authorities in charge of development projects it is felt, that more houses would actually be built quicker cut out the profit incentive in holdback. The first draft of the election manifesto is and it will be published next month. Then it will go to the labour conference at Blackpool in October.

Floodlight plan A play area in Valley Park. Kirkby, is to be floodlit in an experimental scheme. If the flO odlighting is not damaged then Kirkby Council will consider further projects in Roughwood and Wignall Park. The cost of the Valley Park scheme is Killer fall A verdict of accidental death was recorded at Liverpool on 77-years-old Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence.

of St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, Belmont Road, Liverpool, died on April 25 following a fail at the home on December 19. died in fire 0 i ids from safet3 la. Aat. 4 7 I 4 pi fit 'aof kt qo 441 0 4oo 4 4 NT II Ite t' impmement 4 11' 1 1 1 i 4 are also standard grants of up to i3OO for or lucre present poktical eceibeaske proposed ndli and 1.11 1 .11 35 per increase.

He said that in 1 £450 was provided the fbliowbw year it raised to £5OO. Last it topped £650, which a rise of 30 per cent Councillor Storey added that it was the duty of 163rmby to set an. example cl lnE 4 light ofGod curbs on rising Pride Councillor J. said that by not ing the increase, council would the pcsition of The dignity of ship was at stake. "I am proud of F.

and want to see chatinnan represent town in a dignified wa without having to dip in his own pocket," Coincilor n. A bid by Storey to refer proposed increase back committee was defea by nine votes to two. City analyst retires this month'. The 1 ongest-se chief officer of Live Corporation, Mr J. F.

Clark, is to retire on May 13. He has been City analyst since 1946. After graduating with first class honours chemistry at the Real College of Science, he devoted further atitdy to the analysis of LOKI, drugs and water ipsd obtained his 11. Sc don) degree degree and Imperial College loma. Re was deputy muni.

cipal analyst at Singa- pore from 1931 until the Japanese captured the city. Vdiedvonn and Do petted Get your free survey and quotations plus gusserle9e of op to 30 years. somas. cuite 34 Burton Cherhbolte. Church Street.

Liverpool Ll lOD 7 65 MOVINO mwsu ft MIME MIME MO JOHN MASON 121 MN SUMIWOOL it 051.722 2352 MUM MEE AMAIN ti )r' 44. 4 4, 1 4, s- 4 411: I 1 Man fell to death in bid to move birds' nest A man who died said her husband susfalling 20ft. from a ladder pected that a bird's nest was trying to remove a was blocking the boiler bird's nest from the chimney and causing boiler chimney stack on fumes to blow back into the roof of his home, a the house. Birkenhead inquest was Mr. Hugh Ecob, of the told.

same address, said his A verdict of accidental son-in-law leaned against death was recored on Mr. the concrete chimney Harold Tapley, aged 41. stack, which gave way, of 1 Crosby Close, Upton, and he fell to the ground a gas showroom manager, with the concrete pieces who was found to be dead falling on top of him. on arrival at hospital on He was holding the Thursday last week. ladder, which never Mrs.

Eugenie Tapley moved..