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Issue number 17
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A selection of unintentional news stories.

It is the new magistrates who have broken the ice, and the supporters of both camps are curiously watching to see if they will find themselves in hot water.

Indicating how thoroughly they did their job, he told the Council that, at their last meeting, all the members of the committee were engaged, for a time, on counting sheets of toilet paper to see which firm offered the best value.

The opposite sex remains a main attraction for many members of a mixed youth organisation. After a three-year survey, Huddersfield Council of Youth has come to this conclusion.

As an experiment in night traffic control, the white-cloaked traffic policeman at the Place de l'alma in Paris is now being floodlit to ensure that night drivers will not miss him in the dark.

The Crewe committee has arranged to apply the vaccine to 20 calves in October and three months later five or six more will be innoculated. Later some of both lots will be killed for the post-mortem examination, and if it is likely to prove beneficial, human beings will be similarly treated.

A Portsmouth man believes he has found the way to talk to hedgehogs - although he does not know the meaning of what he says to them.

The Headlines again:

Safety Experts Say That School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted

Branson Says Soviet Virgin Lands Short of Goal Again

Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66

Two Soviet Ships Collide, One Dies

Never Keep Herpes Infection From Loved Ones

Chef Puts His Heart Into Helping Feed Needy

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

Man Minus Ear Waives Hearing

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