Evening Post from Bristol, Avon, England • 2

2 EVENING POST THURSDAY OCTOBER 26 1967 SWISS TRIP PLAN STARTS ROW Mr A Prince-Cox Mr Albert Prince-Cox former manager of Bristol Rovers international soccer referee and the of in the interwar years hat died aged 77 Apart from his soccer interests he was one of the top boxing promoters a variety artist and a circus proprietor He began his show business career as a boy impressionist earning £6 a week While still a teenager he developed a passion for flying When the First World by ALSTON THOMAS A row broke out in Bristol civic circles this afternoon over tf plan to send three men to a museum conference in Switzerland The conference in Basle is due to last a week and the trip is esfr mated to cost ratepayers about £200 Members of the Citizen Party who Control the City Council have appealed their leader Cllr Gervas Walker to intervene and prevent this waste of money" A senior member of the party Aid Geoffrey Palmer has served notice on the Town Clerk Mr Thomas Urwin that he is taking steps to get the Museum Committee who yesterday decided to send the trio to Switzerland to change their minds benefit from a visit to Continent in July by man who may have the Corporation a later The decision to send Schubart Mr Alan (Museum Director) and Cllr Don Rippon of the Museum was made by 3 2 majority with members including Rippon abstaining voting Aid Palmer was in his protest by Nash who felt that many people still suffering the effects of financial restrictions such a could not be justified Aid Hugh Jenkins Miss Ann Cooper (20) left showing some of her Aden souvenirs her stepmother Mrs Pat Cooper and sister Susan Aden? Oh it was just marvellous the Women home after back like Mr Reginald Dymond of Kersteman Road Redland Bristol shows his wife Margaret and daughter Mary the MBE- which he reeeived from the Queen at Buckingham Palace the a left month Mr War-hurst chairman Committee a two Cllr from joined Aid with trip (Cit) then successfully moved that application should be made for Ministry approval for Cllr attendance He said: will be a valuable opportunity for the chairman to pick up all sorts of information that he would not be able to get in the ordinary Cllr Gervas Walker said this afternoon: a matter of policy every proposed visit to conference should be scrutinised and only sanctioned when it can be clearly seen that such a trip will helprthe work of the council and thus benefit the people of Bristol These visits must be kept to the absolute Lance-Corporal Ann Cooper (20 Royal relaxed at her 15 months in riot-torn Aden and said a Surprisingly enough it was all she said Ann of 65 Heath Road Downend who is still feeling funny in winter had been doing clerical work for the Army headquarters in Steamer Point We saw very little anti-British feeling or terrorist activity as we were cordoned off from the rest of she said Ann spent many an after noon helping to search Arab women for hidden weapons at various check-points throughout Aden But even then most of the women realised that you were only doing your job sure the check-points ourbed the practice of using Arab women to carry hidden weapons Theij clothes are so loose that there are 101 pla ces where they could hide them and it do at One that far on pattern to the This rjbintroduction and this to do "Anyone election the political Cllr ensure the best and that of the extended Retiring He has already received the promise of support from a senior Labour member Aid Philip Nash a former chairman of the committee The conference opera next July and one of the three chosen to go is Mr Hans Schubart Director of the City Art Gallery But a leading member of the Citizen Party protested today: "Mr Schubart has already indicated that he is retiring next year sometime between August and November can the city Courtaulds profit dips Courtaulds Ltd todajr announced an interim dividend of 5d per unit (same last year) Profit before tax was £13138000 (£15743000) tax £4845000 (£5897000 World sales to third parties for the six months to September 30 £169148000 £171916000): exports Hrom UK £24127000 (£21128000) trading profit £24699000 (£26384000) before depreciation of £9801000 (£9088000) At the annual meeting on July 12 Lt was stated that first half-year resuits were foreseen to be £2 to £3 million down on the first half of last year The actual figure is £23 million Lockleaze man fined £10 Philip William Coles (20) of Bonnington Walk Lockleaze admitted in Bristol today to indecently exposing himself to a yopng woman at Purdown He was fined flO with £2 2s corts TAG! ONE SHIPYARD ties as the Albion Dockyard The Transport and General Union are particularly concerned over the redundancy situation So far 51 of their members at have received redundancy notices six last wee kand 45 this week and the number will grow as remaining work in the yard is completed Redundancies I affecting the six other unions with men in the shipyard total about 15 so far Mr Bill Higgs 1 district organiser of the metal and i engineering section said today: are deeply concerned that semi-skilled and un skilled workers are becom ing redundant when there have already been sizable redundancies ip engineering manufacturing industries around Bristol in the lasl 12 months "We shall be placing all the facts before Mr Benn and asking for Government Allto (J Or 14s 11 IS Jd Associate Electrical Industries (is Hid fSs Hid Australia New Zealand Bank a Hi Bentalls Or 12s lid (small Ut Dufay BiUimastle 13 English Electric Cs Or 53s (Holdings) Ltd Ord 18s Fitch Lovell Hs 4i Herbert (Allred) Ord Us Us Imperial Tobacco Co (of GB and 1: ON 33s 71 International Computers an Tabulators Or III 3 47s (small lot) kleeman Industrial Hoidlngg New Ord 22s Lucas (Joseph) industries Or Ms 4 (small lot) Lafarge Organisation Or 17s li (small loti Mount Charlotte Investments 2s 71 Marks Spencer Ords-44s 41 Mos (Robert) Ltd Ord 13s 3d Marks and Spencer Ord 44S 41 Movllex 7s Sd Northern Songs 17s Plessey Or Sit 3 ALL-IN is the only thing tc the moment The fact are altered of the hard facts is the city has gone so the comprehensive that it is illogical think you can revert to old system would entail the of the 11-plus 1 am not prepared who fights an on re-introducing 11-plus is committing Reece said: shall that every child gets possible education the high standard grammar schools is in the No clash Already 5193 of the 5953 children in secondary schools in Bristol go to comprehen-sives Cllr Reece said the Government had made it plain that they would not approve any new building for selective schools job Is to look after the education of the children not to have a hard clash with the Minister of The Merrywood reorganisation is on the same lines as that proposed by Labour three years ago -But Cllr Reece added that if it was obvious that the people of South Bristol did not want comprehensive education the Education Committee would consult them to see what they did want The Citizen Party also announced today that East Bristol is to have four large comprehensive schools each of about 1650 children (Full story see Page 14) Ruler crowns himself After ruling the country far 26 years Mohammed Reza Pahlevl today crowned himself aa Shah of Iran la a lavish ceremony the Gullstan Palace Teheran Me la 41 tedaj Takeover developments and another 6d at 19s 4Jd The company statements were still gilt-edged market was steadier affording encouragement to with an occasional improve-the stock markets which were ment of 1-16 BUSINESS DONE Anglo Auto Finance ON 2s 4i not kmg in pushing thf FT share index through the unprecedented 400 level War started he was an officer in the Royal Flying Corps After injury had ended his Splaying aspirations he became a football referee and became manager Bristol Rovers in 1930 He brought some of the most colourful players in Rovers history to Eastville including the international centre-forward' Vivian Gib-bins He left the Rovers in 1936 He was a boxing referee and then promoter bringing to Bristol two world champions Freddie Miller Tommy Loughran i Later he ran successful circuses -fn Rhyl and Edinburgh Pratt (F) Engineering Corporation Ord 17s Id Royal Insurance Co Ord 40s 6d Royston Industries Or 2s 41 2s 3id 2s ld Sharna Ware Ord 12s HI Tyne Tee Television Non-V 14s 111 Williams Supermarkets Or 2s Cd Wharf Holdings 33s 3d (small lot) Westinghouse Brake and Signal 2Ss CLOSINC PRICES Allied Farm 21s lid up 3d Bath Portland Group 11s 3d np l)d Bernl Inns Ord 13s 7id up 41dr Bowyers Us Id up 3d Brecknell Dolman 14s 4id up 7id British American Tobacco as up li 4 id ls 41 British Cd Britton 41 Devon Trading and Harv 14 71 up lid 29 lid down lid imperial Tobacco 74 down lid James (John Group of Cos 7s 71 up 41d Modern Engineers of Bristol 21 4d up ll)d Reeves (F J) 9 3d up li Showerings 34s 3d up 3d up brilliantly-lit fast moving form and at intervals betweenaround 9 pm and 7 am was reported Several of the sightings reported at widely separ-ated points were at about 5 am and two were by officers in the same Devon police patrol car which gave chase on Monday night A Wella schoolboy and Man attacked his mother A 28-year-old Hotwells Bristol man attacked his mother with presents she bought him Bristol magistrates were told today Then he made her sit in a chair all night and did not allow her to go to bed until 7 am said Mr Oliver Lovi-tyond (prosecuting) Cyril Albert Charles Prosser of Hillsbrough Flats Hotwells admitted assaulting his 67-year-old mother Mrs Mabel Mary Prosser with whom he lives After the court had been told he had a history of mental trouble he was remanded in custody for a fortnight for reports Mr Lovibond said Mrs Prosser had eirtensive bruises on her body after the attack WEATHER Forecast for South-West Rather cloudy at first with showers becoming mainly dry with sunny periods Wind south-westerly moderate or fresh Normal temperatures Max 12C (54F Outlook: Further rain or showers Strong winds Ughtlng-npi 28 pm to 7 21 Tide (omorrow: Avnmuth 0 54 am 137 pm: Weston- super-Mare ft 9 am 1 IS UFO Philip 'fortune of West-bourne CjeSeeiitand Andrew Navarra of Moor Lane Clevedon also reported sightings Reports also came from a man at Yatesbury (Wilt) a wife Mra Mary Wiltshire at Batcombe in Central Somerset and by a seven-year-eld boy and hif mother at Stratton Swindon a change to colder weather change to INSULUX The latest major takeover bid was from Glaxo for BDH and the latter jumped 2ts- to 32s well above the bid price with Glaxo showing a similar rise at 65s 6d Associated Cement were another strong feature rising Is lid to 65s 9d in front of their half-yearly report and Bovril advanced to 35s 4jd Ranks Hovis to 33s 9d and Tate and Lyle to 36s Courtaulds reacted sharply to 21s 6d on mild disappointment with their interim statement but were finally only 3d down at 23s In stores Tescos at 23s ljd were still pushing ahead and Drages put on another Is to 21s BAT were the most favoured of the tobaccos and rose another Is 4jd to 86s 6d Activity continued in the electrical group and hopes of an increased bid led to a further advance in AEI to 68s 6d GEC were Is belter at 79s 4 and substantial gains were shown by Thorn A at 84s 6d Westinghouse at an1r tion A at 47s 3d 25s 9d and RafTr Organisa- Motors were featured bv the strength of Leylands at 64s 2s 6d higher and in engineering Avery strengthend to 23s 3d and Guest Keen to 66s 6d Local issues were firm with Beroi Inns establishing a further recovery at 13s 7)d Modern Engineers were nearly Is higher at 20s 4)d following a mention in the local press and Britton were better again at 46 16d and Brecknell Dolman at 14s 4)d ain at 46 Brecknell British Printing regained Wolsey Insulux is underwear made for men in fine Wool Courtelle mesh Wool for warmth mesh for lightness Unique Insulux mesh breathes to keep you comfortable whatever the weather waahablAanddryable comes in T-vests and trunks at 21-each and singlets ancT briefs at 176 each BUSIEST NIGHT FOR Checking was going pn all over the West Country today after the UFO had its busiest night for a long time Unidentified 1 log Objects were reported over Devon Somerset and Wiltshire or appeared in Wolsvy supermenswear.