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the super schools TY SI lEis films showing a Conessman. officials and a iillionaire friend of Presiient Reagan involved in caked sex romps with Lawyer Robert Steinberg said the 10 people in the films included the late Alfred Bloomingdale. a member of President Reagan's so-called kitchen cabinet of advisers. exactress Vicki Morgan. who was murdered last Thurssay.

and a member of the House of Representatives There are people who know the President and could embarrass the President They are in the films." he said 1 will destroy the films unless ordered by the President not to do so." said Mr Steinberg. will telephone the White House tomorrow." Viv with her prize and her winning Si Austria (schilltngs) Belgium (francs) Canada (dollars) Denmark (kroner) France (francs) Germany (marks) Greece (drachma) Holland (guilders) Irish Rep (punts) Italy (lire) Malta (pounds) Norway (kroner) Portugal (escudos) Spain (pesetas) Sweden (krona) Switzerland (francs) USA (dollars) Yugoslavia (dinars) The chain grew in the mid-70s. under the direction of Mr Brian Barnett, who sold out four years ago to the giant Rumasa Spanish banking and industrial combine. Rumasa was nationalised by the Spanish government last April and. despite a £2 illion subsidy to keep the chain going as an outlet for Spain's wines, heavy losses continued.

The shops will remain open for the time being under the supervision of the receiver. FACELIFT FOR W.W. HALL W. W. HALL LTD one of Reading's oldest building materials distributors has just comlete major alterations its Elgar Road site.

Improved car parking. better loading facilities. a sales counter and a larger showroom area are among the improvements. which are part of a continuing expansion programme. Computer firm wins £3m deal Computer giant ICL has won a £3 million contract with the Thames Water Authority.

Thames Water is modernising the computers it uses for bills and technical uses. The equipment will be installed at its computer in Reading. BATTLING parents By and teachers are to JANE WYATT, as county-wide schools. make a final bid to stop Education Complaint Irtgead, Berkshire's educatidn committee asked for the controversial grammar school plan eadw a School head primary and senior schools for Reading. ma ster Alexander Sinclair, who would be affected who was at the Westwood the proposal.

They fear Berkshire School meeting. said: "We Labour counci llors say if Comprehensives will be were at pains to organise this is rejected en Saturday robbed of bright pupils if our strategy for the county the council must accept Reading and Kendrick council meeting." there is Reading strong aga opininst ion any in are allowed to operate as outer county-wide super Motion extension of selection schools. Campai gners will be be ond the Reading borough boundary. And they have drawn up urging councillors not to go battle plans for the run-up to ahead with the plan to fill 30 Saturday's crucial meeting places at each grammar their responsibilities as of the fill county council. school with children from Issue THE Church of England Worried supporters of one all over Berkshire.

The call for more talks at General Synod was due comprehensive at Theale He feared it would create the education committee 3. 22 to hold an emergency But as intensive lobbying of undecided MPs tak Green were due to meet super grammar schools for was slammed as a delaying ii.sns debate on a pital place before tomorrow's tonight to set up a parents' bright children. tactic by some Tories. Just 13300 punishment Oday. votes, the two Tory MPs action group to put its Meanwhile 12 Labour one vote clinched victory for i weight behind the cam- councillors have signed a the Tories when the full The timetable of the believe it is only right that Synod at York University their constituents should paign.

motion calling for the coun- council last thrashed out the Steel record has been adjusted to allow a have their voices heard. cil not to extend the gram- issue in May. debate on the matter before Each has received more Banners mar school catchment area. A nd Saturday's debate British Steel's Llanwern the vote in the Commons than 2 000 let ters on the One of the organisers, Mr Councillors last month looks set to be an equally plant in South Wales has set delayed making up their close run thing a ft er months new quarterly records for tomorrow. hanging issue after they The Archbishop of Canter- asked constituents to tell 'Tony Hampton.

said: output and productivity. bury, Dr Robert Runcie has them their views. cern of parents is very real minds over details for Read- of wrangling. indeed." 0 already said that to give the Most are believed to be in Mr Hampton, who has two State the right to take life is favour of hanging, which is sons at the school. added: "I Vi ews FIRM CALLS giaditikrers that are the way the MPs would then on think they should rob other schools to keep gram- Today, Mr Hayward dismar school education in Views missed criticism that tw was Reading." acting as a delegate alpi not In the few days le ft before a representative M.

and Meanwhile, two new Tory rejected suggestions that he the meeting the parents will IN RECEIVER MPs will later today reveal should hold referenda in all be going all out to get Tories the results of straw polls behind the grammars plan their constituents issues from now on. to change their minds. By DAN ATKINSON rocketing alcohol consume among wliich will decide how they "Hanging is an issue tion of the 70s.which has been debated Meanwhile. the inner and vote in tomorrow's crucial outer Reading comprehen- In Berkshire it has stores debate. over a large number of years AUGUSUS BARNETT in London Road.

Reading; and where people have elves' action group, met last Lewisham East MP Mr night to draw up its battle the aggressive cut-price liquor operation with bases Essex Street. Newbury: Colin Moynihan and Kings- enough experience to pass comment." he said. plans. Bridge Avenue. Maidenthroughout Berkshire head: and Bath Road.

wood MP Mr Rob Hayward I don't believe that in a A large group of captor- have both said they will be in the hands of the receiver. slough. vast majority of issues they tors some carrying ban- bound by the weight of opin. The off-licence chain has have this knowledge and ners are expected to, ion from their constituency. 250 outlets throughout Bri- Subsidy understanding.

lobby councillors before the Their decisionalas led to fain and cashed in on the Exclusive interview with big Shire Hall debate. bitter criticism from some Leon Britten and Post opin- Tory colleagues who believe they are not carrying out ion Page 6. i 20 policemen hurt in Ulster riot TWENTY policemen spectacular bombing on the eve of the hanging debate in the House of Commons. wLoeyraeliisnjtsuiredn Northerninariotir as e. Hanging will feature promland began their annual inently in speeches by Loyal- July 12 celebration of the ist leaders and the Orange Battle of the Boyne.

Order Grand Master. South Petrol bombs. stones and Belfast MP the Rev Martin bottles were thrown at the Smyth. will call for the police by a mob of 500 young return of capital punishment. Loyalists who went on the And in answer to politirampage for five hours in clans' fears that the return of Ballynahinch.

Co. Down. capital punishment will pro- Police said the rioting in vide the IRA with a regular the town during the night supply of martyrs. Mr Thowas wry serious indeed" mas Passmore, Grand Master and they replied to the bar- of the Orange Order in Belrage with plastic bullets. fast.

will declare: "Dead mar- Reinforcements were called tyrs will never be able to kill in before order was restored. agaAs in." Loyalist celebrations Bombing began during the night the fire brigade was called out Throughout the province more than 100 times to bonabout 30.000 police and fires which had got out of troops were on duty today as control and threatened Loyalists planned 19 parades houses. on the 293rd anniversary of the battle in which Protestant King William defeated Catholic King James. diedbeen injured and two whe morewhen the Worker killed About 150.000 people were hate A a expected to take part in the building they were oemolishing collapsed at parades and security wil be in nse because the police fear terrorists from the IRA Helston. Cornwall and INLA may attempt a PLANE CRASH: and got where some other peopl a uled him up." said Powell.

Michael's girlfriend. Debbie Kirkby had also dived into the water to see if she could help. The youth. Paresh Kumar Shah. of Wembley Park.

London. was unconscious but revived by ambulancemen who took him to the Royal Berks Hospital in Reading. Police who arrived at the scene congratulated Michael. but today they have repeated their warnings to people not to swim in the Thames A spokesman said: "It's not a good idea to swim in the river at all. particularly in the vicinit of Henley idge wher there are unknown currents.

"Under no circumstances should anyone swim in the Thames unless they are very strong swimmers." Talks on future of Hong Kong British and Chinese officials today started a second round of talks on the future of Hong Kong, with the Goverpor of the British colony taking part for the first time. Little has been revealed about the content of the secret negotiations. which have been going on intermittently since Mrs Thatcher visited Peking last September, but it appears they are entering a more detailed phase. VIEWS AND COMMENTS ARE ALWAYS II Youth is ear or missing man after it bingo for Iviv saved etter to the Post PRIZE from grew today for Berkshire M. lohn Sear' who vanished By RAY BRYANT illik 1 MEANS is home soon a ft er his ter went missing, kind.

By its success. my family would drowning IP HOLIDAY A PLUCKY Woodley tier indicating that he may be be secure." niplating suicide was received The something for all mankind map saved the life of a at the Evening Post. which Mr Searl refers to is probably youth at Henley at the his younger brother. Peter. his idea for a flying saucer.

which BONUS weekend. i.blen hasn't been himself since made him well known locally as an 40 And police have renewed ih of our mother last year." eccentric inventor. THAT sweet smile of their warning to pcople not 16-year-old daughter. Mme success says it all for to swim in the Thames left their home in Omers Happ i ness .7: -h latest Evening Post particularly near Henley Burghfield at the end He was also in the news last Jan- Mr John Searl letter to uary. when he was jailed at Reading 't than two weeks later, Mr Sear! Crown Court fo causing i.OOO of the Evening Post.

of two Post Michael Powell. aged 20. Mrs wl3ee-yehar-old She was one co he su ff ering from depression, damage to electricity pylons in a 1 illFi Irft the house. His letter asks vendetta against the SEM Road, Woodley. was swim £2OO first mine in the river at Henley urine to go home.

"That's when he started knocking on Sunday when this latest His letter mentions his five months down those pylons. prize. ss la: nd a full who lives in Colemansmoor ac i Concerned in Dorchester Prison as his only time "Mother worshipped those kids of 1 Mother of three Mrs readers at theho Mr Powel who is a plum- of real happiness. his. They were very close." 4 1 8 111 1 angelo.

of The Grove. i. Mee said they were concerned Please pass my last words to the He urged his brother to get in touch 4 now shares a £2OO fi i Reading. said: i de in nt a i 4 a He ii -Year-old Mr Searl and were officers of Dorchester Prison for with him on his new telephone num- 1- mg for him. but nothing was those five months of happiness they ber Thatcham 69126 he number came up.

1 was the river and on the other rd from him until his letter gave me. plus the teachers of the thought it would help to talk things i ,) 1 side I saw a oup of yourig shaking from head to toe. i -4 I th uld la island sai i a dh the swum ved at the Evening Post. education department." he says. over.

men swimming aroun in rt extract from the letter reads: Today. Mr Sean 's brother. Peter. "For years he has always talked to believe it whe the water. 41 .4 1 0 0 "Three of them swam to I I wanted to do in life was to have said he was a little concerned now.

me," said Mr Searl. Fm sur- I l' -4 the island and I heard one of me, a wife. a family and to create He took it badly when mother prised he hasn't contacted me this i 1 i 0 17-3 -i them shout out that he iething which would help all man- died." Peter Searl said. time." 1, i 1f le 1 the cash had come just in time for the family holiday Shout News in brief Final bid to stop (7' 1 e. 11, i in And sg i i nn revealed etox for the whole family.

she about half way when wasn a strong swimmer. lj said. YCOON 'IN i king. started swim back to the bank he ic: starte en sin in a i th emlor Norris. shout Nt forael a he bo ard at a eo of Brunel Road.

Southcote. youth's two friends were Jr SEA ROMP' 201 1 dt. 1. -Ar trying to save him. I swam over and by then LAWYER says he has seen th sutler sc hools 4..

Af i a he had sunk under the water. I went down and grab- -4 a. numbers Page 4 ll eMra drpsir nizg ay bingo bed him as he was coming up and got him to the shore THAMES VALLEY BUSINESS Man hurt in blast An elderly man was recovering in hospital today after an explosion ripped throuh his home in St Helensg. Merseyside. Police believe he turned on his fire.

left it unattended. and then returned to light it. Marathon swim A Broadway actress who swam the English Channel last summer last night ec ame the first person to swim two laps around Manhattan. Julie Ridge. aged 26.

Was in the polluted East River for 21 1 2 hours. Soldiers killed Two Israeli soldiers were killed and 16 wounded when a bomb exploded under a truck carrying reservists in South Lebanon yesterday. THERrS A LOT OF BIG BOYS IN TOWN But they were not always big boys. Many of them were small businessmen with initiative just like you. And then they discovered that the fa stest way to prosper was through adveit isin in the "Evening Post The down-to-earth fact is that if you tell the biggest tight-iknit number of people the fastest way you can of the goods and services you have offer, then you're nine-tenths on the way to success.

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II II Many of them were small mis Church meet for emergency hanging debate 119 DIE POLICE. firemen and troops scoured a mountainside in southern Ecuador today for the scattered remains of 119 people killed when their airliner crashed into a fogshrouded field minutes before it was due to land Plastic bags containing fragments of bodies recovered from the scene of the country's worst aviation disaster were being stored at a hospital. All 111 passengers and eight crew died when their Boeing 737. operated by the military-run airline Transportes Aereos Militares Del Ecuador. crashed yesterday during a scheduled flight from Quito.

Eyewitness reports said the plane seemed to explode in mid-air just before hitting the mountainside. and military investigators probing the accident said they were not ruling out any possibility for the cause of the crash. You can make a Concorde flight Admit it, you'd like to know what the sensation of travelling at twice the speed of sound at 60,000 feet -that's twice the height of Mount Everest is really like. Now you can taste champagne travel for yourself and it will only cost you a modest amount £195 is your passport onto the steps of that miracle of modem aviation, to feel the tingle of anticipation as Concorde gathers speed on the runway, to experience a thrill as the Captain announces that the plane is about to accelerate through the sound barrier all while you sittack and relax with a glass of Champagne in your hand! You can enjoy this flight of a lifetime on Sunday August 28th when Concorde flies from Heathrow to Just think you may never get the chance again. On the other hand you could buy a ticket for a special occasion a unique 21st birthday present, a wedding anniversary outing that's completely different, that Big Surprise for someone close to you or a treat of a lifetime for a favourite grandchild.

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contest. an inquest Earlier the girls had been Julie, who appeared in heard. enjoying a champagne one of the Emmanuelle Minutes later her sports celebration at the Valbonne films, died at Slough's Wex. car careered off a motorwaY Club in Maidenhead, after ham Park Hospital. at 120 mph and exploded into Julie had come second in a The inquest heard police flames beauty contest.

calculated the car was Her £20.000 Mercedes The injured Miss Shah travelling at 120 mph but ports car, a present from an still heavily bandaged told could find no evidence of it Arab admirer. skidded the hearing: "After the con hi ttin the barrier. nearly 50011 before hitting a test we both had a steak Recording a verdict of lamp standard. meal and drank champagne. accidental death, Maiden- Julie.

aged 28. of Acton. head coroner Robert Wilson West London. who was trap. Wreck said no one would ever know ped inside, died in hospital several days later.

I had about six glasses exactly what happened. and Julie the same." And yesterday her friend She tried to get lieie to Anita Shah, who sur i ved slow down as they raced New sub sails the crash. relived the night along the 4 two months Britain's latest hunter kit of horror. ago. ler nuclear submarine, the Anita.

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