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Bristol Evening Post inc Evening World June 21 1980 CAR HIRE? Were Miles Cheaper than the Nationals VW POLO GOLF DERBY £5750 WEEK INC VAT Unlimited Mileage Fee Comp Insurance RENWICKS GARA6ES LTD 55 Victoria Strict Bristol Tel 292956 RENT-A-CAR RENT-A-VAN RENT-A-BAWNS 631101 CORONATION ROAD EVENING PO No 14843 9p Serving nearly 400000 readers daily in Bristol and the West Saturday June 21 1980 INSIDE: Your Weekend Post and Sports Extra NEWS DIGEST 8 killed in spy ship battle DEFIANT RSI IS HOME WITH VOW Union man hits at 245-T 'cover-up' By CLINTON ROGERS A West agricultural workers union chief today accused the Government of a cover up over the controversial weedkiller 245-T He claimed the amount of the herbicide being used in Britain was far higher than the Government was admitting The Government is just protecting the chemical said Mr Barry Leathwood Somerset county secretary of the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers It is frightened that if we get 245-T banned we will turn our attention to other Agricultural Minister Mr Peter Walker yesterday admitted that the Government had massively understated the amount of 245-T being used in Britain By ALLAN CUY Elsie Hopton (82) was back at her home today determined to carry on Queen Joanna SOUTH KOREA claimed touay it sank an armed North Korean spy ship off the west coast killing eight of the crew and capturing one Two South Korean soldiers were injured in an exchange of fire said Lt-Gen Shin Hyon-Su director of the Defence counter espionage operations headquarters He said three fighter bombers three coastguard ships and a number of navy craft launched a joint operation against the North Korean six-ton boat General Shin claimed the boat planned to land North Korean agents in a plot to agitate anti-government disturbances Car bomb rocks village A CAR bomb blasted the centre of a County Tyrone village today damaging nearly 100 shops and houses The huge explosive device wrought havoc along the whole main street of Ein-tona But no one was injured They had all been roused from their beds and led to safety before the explosion LATE NEWS Phom: BRISTOL 20080 CfcsMAk 297237 shoved me off there But they broken my she said tough Of course tough Pucklechurch were not unkind to They looked after There was nothing to hie about But I want to go She was later transferred from the remand hospital wing to Manor Park Hospital after John became worried about the deterioration in her health Mrs Hopton was surprised by the national press radio and television publicity her case attracted want a fuss" she said was kind of the man in London to offer to pay my rates but I want him to do it because we don't owe John said of his mother's homecoming: has knocked the stuffing out of her But maybe after a few days back home she will pick He has received many letters from all over the country supporting his stand against RATES REBEL Mrs Wotton-under-Edge her fight for justice Linda will be leader Linda Sharpe (18) who was chosen as Trowbridge carnival queen last night Linda of The Crown Timbrell Street Trowbridge will lead the carnival procession on September 6 Lions in class of Two circus lions which terrorised children at a Devizes school in April were let out deliberately a special report concludes today The lions escaped from nearby Circus and broke into two mobile classrooms The pupils fled while the lions ate scattered sandwiches before they were recaptured Now an inspector for the Health and Safety Executive has cleared the circus He said: circus claims that the cage holding the lions was secured and the lions escaped due to an act of malice The Executive found no evidence to disprove that" At the time trainer Jim Chubb said someone must have let the lions out deliberately as their cage had a special safety catch In this exclusive interview she told me why she refused to pay a £347 rates bill and of her 14-day jail sentence imposed by Dursley magistrates At her home Coombe Hall Farm today Mrs Hopton was a paler frailer person than the woman who shouted defiantly at the Bench who jailed her: rogues You need A week in Pucklechurch remand centre and another in Manor Park Hospital for the elderly have taken their toll White-haired Mrs Hop-ton is now unsteady on her feet and needs help to walk She arrived home unexpectedly in a hospital car last night in an attempt by the hospital to avoid newsmen and film crews She told her bachelor son John (38) as she left the car: need a cup of Frail she may be hut Mrs EeifljHgfost exclusive Hopton is certain that the fight for what she believes is right must go on they put our land right and give us the services then I will think about paying said Mrs Hopton Severn-Trent water authority chief Mr Keith Plain says he is prepared to meet Mrs Hopton John and their solicitor to try to settle the years-long dispute prepared to go to arbitration if we cannot said John Mrs Hopton claims that the water authority have not kept an agreement to supply water and stop flooding on the 180-acre farm on the edge of the Cots-wolds kept my word and refused to pay the rates they should keep their word and stick to the said the defiant widow think the authorities ought to be able to do what they like with Mrs Hopton who now faces two more bills from Stroud District Council for this and last rates said: had better scrub it I should not have to pay them anything because I get nothing for it even get a dustbin Mrs Hopton admits she did not expect to be jailed WEATHER Blustery showers with some bright intervals Wind westerly moderate to fresh Temperatures: Maximum today 15C (59F) minimum tonight 10C (50F) Visibility: Good Outlook: Little change Lightlngup: Today 100 pm: 422 am: tomorrow 101 pm 423 am LATE NEWS Phone: BRISTOL 20080 KafiedAdv 297297 Ferry services hit by strike ferry services between Fishguard (Dyfed) and Rosslar in the Irish Republic have been cancelled this weekend because of a strike by officers over manning levels The dispute centres on demands by the Merchant Navy and Airline Association for an extra deck officer to be carried on each trip It is expected that the service will resume on Monday Jet tragedy A JET trainer aircraft crashed on to a row of houses at Blitar in East Java killing 11 people Action warning by farmer Somerset farmer Mr Arthur Duckett who has lost a two-year legal battle with Somerset County Council over his claim to land at Alstone Court Farm Highbridge today vowed he would start proceedings for maadministration Mr Duckett (50) yesterday beat a peaceful retreat with 400 sheep and 14 bulls on to the 50 acres he still owns alongside and watched the possession order granted by the High Court come into effect Mr Duckett had claimed rights over half the 300-acre farm sol by his father Herman (75) to the county council to use as a rubbish tip Now he is taking legal advice over his claims that there was injustice in the way the county land agent and the land committee handled the letting of some of the land they will not use Prowler near rape school Several witnesses have come forward to help in the hunt for the man who raped a teacher at a Salisbury school on Thursday police said today They reported seeing a man who was in a churchyard near the school before the attack and who left the area afterwards The man aged between 30 and 40 is 5ft lOin to 6ft tall with mousy hair worn over his ears dark eyes a thin face and a moustache Winning numbers in the weekly Premium Rond draw for £100000 £50000 and £25000 are: £100000 Bond number 9LN 625055 The winner lives in Surrev £50000 6YT 982709 (Oldham) £25000 4WB 335413 (Southwark London) Gems snatched in hotel fire ewellery worth £250 was stolen from a room in the fire-damaged Grand Atlantic Hotel in Beach Road Weston-super-Mare Guests many wearing nightclothes had been evacuated as fire swept the hotel Earrings and rings were missing when they returned STAB MURDER AT DISCO A murder inquiry was launched today after a man was stabbed to death during an open-air carnival disco in the quiet North Warwickshire town of Ath-erstone Fighting broke out at the dance and the man suddenly slumped to the ground with multiple knife wounds He died soon after being admitted to hospital Burglars snatch heirlooms Thieves broke into the home of West Wiltshire District Council solicitor Mr David Sawyer through french windows and took heirlooms and other valuables worth more than £3000 Among the items stolen are a silver salver and a half-hunter gold watch Mr Sawyer's wife Nan governor of St School Trowbridge was at a school meeting when their home at North Bavant near Warminster was burgled Resort plans new swim pool West Somerset Sports Council is working on a scheme to start building a new swimming pool at Minehead within the next two years If it does not go ahead with its plans Minehead may become the only seaside resort in the country wit nowhere to swim Count il accused of hoodwink By CHRIS HEWETT WILTSHIRE County Council was today accused of hoodwinking workers in the school-dinner ladies' redundancy row Union leader Mr Gary Cooper claimed the council was acting in an underhand and devious way in a bid to avoid paying redundancy money who take a Who' a clever mumr Joanna Barnes (16) of Trotman Avenue Cam this Dursley Festival Queen was being crowned at the Dursley Spectacular today Full coverage of the spectacular will appear in Evening Post CARNIVAL TIME: Page 2- clean-up think I might buy a new said Violet (53) But husband Albert a retired builder cast his eyes further afield try to catch the sun for a he said- Mr Alfred Jones of Lorton Road Westbury-on-Trym netted the £500 prize in the contest Six competitors share the £250 runners-up award each receiving £4167 It's Violet's £1000 paid to those big cut in hours are overworked in school kitchens as it said Mr Cooper are doing our best to persuade members not to sign any thing A county council spokesman said that every employee had been sent a letter spelling out the situation He said the letter explained there was an option of either redundancy or a shorter working week He said: those entitled to redundancy will get NUPE members today-refused to join other unions in a boycott of children taking sandwiches to school They say it is wrong and in to involve and embarrass children who have to take sandwiches because their parents cannot afford a hot Mr Cooper regional organiser for the National Union of Public Employees is leading the campaign against plans to sack 200 kitchen staff from Wiltshire schools and put another 800 on a shorter w-orking week The county conduct leaves a lot to be said Mr Cooper It is taking advantage of the fact that many union members are ignorant of their legal position OPTION If they sign a new contract before official notices are issued they got a leg to stand on as far as redundancy money is concerned The council is trying to rush new contracts The NUPE branch leaders backed by the legal department claim that redundancy money should be Part-time cleaner Mrs Violet Bye certainly cleaned up when she hit the Evening Post the £1000 jackpot And three generations of the Bye family were being extra nice to at her home in Coronation Road Ashton Bristol after her win used to laugh at me for entering the contest well I'm laughing said Violet- All the family rushed to make her a cup of tea and told her to put her feet up as she celebrated her win That £1000 smile jackpot winner Mrs Violet Bye gets a hug from grandson Christopher (2) at her home in rnrnnalinn Rnarl Axhffln at.