Union FREEDOM News ___FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 1968 OF SPEECH UPHELD BY O.G.M. SLAVE GIRL ALTHOUGH Patrick Wall M.P., was referred to as a ‘liar’ and a ‘prototype fascist/ a AUCTION motion trying to prevent him from speaking at the Union was defeated at Tuesday’s O.G.M. BRINGS £12 by 222 votes to 172. 0 N Wednesday, the annual Mark Mitchell, who proposed the motion, reminded Rag Slave-Girl Auction the audience of Mr. Wall’s last visit and the events was conducted in fine which occurred. He claimed: “To say in a letter that he rabelaisian style by House was led by a member of the Union Staff, meaning Manager, Mr. Reg Gravel­ Mike Hollingworth, into a raging mob is untrue. ing. Wielding his cane, Mr. “His wife was kicked on Graveling promised: “Pm complete hypocrite. ’ ’ not going to flog anyone— the leg, even though the Ina Ure, in a similar vein, to death!” Press claimed ‘she was said: “The kind of people The first attractive slave- trampled on in student riots. Patrick Wall calls friends are Mr. Wall made no attempt members of the National girl, Judy Lee, went for a Front Movement. These people moderate 12/6, a price to tell the Press of the have beaten up hecklers while probably he\d down by the inaccuracies.” Wall sat there grinning and did initial hesitancy of the Mark Mitchell admitted nothing. They also give Nazi that the principle of free salutes. Wall is a prototype auction. “Do you want Fascist.” blood?”, inquired Mr. speech was involved but he Martin Verity gave a reason­ Graveling. The next girl continued, “it is sometimes ed speech mentioning and went at 17/-; as some wit better to restrict some free­ praising many of the points doms to facilitate the that Mark Mitchell had raised. said: “At 17/-, she ought to “But,” he said, “it is wholly go!” growth of others. wrong to sacrifice freedom of speech. Let’s first listen to him RECORD UNFIT and see what he has to say The next sales reached only and then criticise him. moderate prices—the apocry­ This Union should carry “I myself despise him. I did phal “Miss” Keith Pepperall the principles it holds over not hear anything he said last going for 2/6. Then, after a time. Let us have the chance.” South Africa and Rhodesia Nigel de Lee countered: “The prolonged battle, a girl des­ into practice remembering cribed solely as Jennie reached motion is vile and pernicious. the staggering price of £2. “We that Wall has a role to play Wall is merely being made a are auctioneering not playing in the Anglo-Rhodesian bogeyman of political violence.” brag,” joked Mr. Graveling. It was also agreed that there Society which the Union will be no T.V. cameras Then came Rag Queen has five times prevented finalist Jane Wilson, described allowed into the meeting on by Mr. Graveling as “Virgo”; being recognised., (For these November 8th. Reporters from “Not for long,” responded reasons, I consider Patrick the Press are to be present some wit from the floor. Her but there will be a ban on all Wall an unfit person to photographers. price rose rapidly, and reached speak in the Union.” the record total for the auction of £2 11s. Miss Susan Finlay, Mike Redwood, Chair­ of Irish origin, closed the sale man of the Conservative at £1. Association, opposed the Including the Dutch auction motion and defending (a kind of inverted lucky dip), the auction raised about £12 Wall he emphasised: “By for Rag. banning Wall we contra­ vene the freedom of speech JIMMY and this is sheer intoler­ ance of the worst sort.” HAT’S the truth about SAVILE students and sex? Just JEERS how far will society tolerate “Mr. Wall’s experience, the excesses that it claims, TO LEAD RAG students go to. Or is it all Top disc jockey Jimmy he continued, “covers a wide range of topics. It was a big myth? We begin the Savile is to lead Rag Process­ first in a three-week series ion on Saturday in his white Leeds recently that he went to E-type Jaguar. Beside him in Africa at the invitation of on page 7. the car will be Rag Queen STRANGE FOOTPRINTS It’s been a busy week for Carol Hartney. the government of Swazi­ Jimmy has agreed to do it Lovelies land.” Rag. A picture feature on how Rag has been stealing with just two conditions. She's called Judy Lea, “It is also untrue that Firstly that his car is insured IN CITY SQUARE our Association is contin­ the headlines on page 10. because of people throw­ and we found her sitting ing pennies and other objects in the audience watching ually inviting Right Wing Carol Croft, joint second gTRANGE footprints have been discovered leading from speakers,” he added. Despite at the procession. Secondly the Rag Queen finals, We in the Rag Queen final, that he has a bodyguard. The found out she's 19, and one of the male statues in City Square, and going three laughter and jeers at some takes a look at how the car will be moving so slowly quarters of the way towards one of the female statues. of the names mentioned that it will be easy for the comes from Solihull, near fashion people will be keep­ pubic to mob it. The bodyguard Birmingham. We thought Bare footprints lead from her to where his bootprints Mike Redwood maintained ing warm this winter, Page will probably be provided by stopped. that he had organised a 6. agrics. that you'd probably like two statues must have been in to see her. She's the third ‘We don’t know anything balanced programme. He Big Punch-up that wasn’t, It is reported that Jimmy, about it,” said a Rag spokes­ extremely close proximity for shouted, “the motion is a who works as a porter at Leeds in the series of Leeds man, “officially.” some time on Tuesday night, Union News sent its own General Infirmary in his spare lovelies— you may be the Both sets of prints are in a when the prints first appeared. slur on the Union and team down to London last time, has been nominated for fourth. delicate shade of Morning No footprints lead from the Society.” Sunday. Their report, Page honoraiy Life membership of Primrose. They lead up to ‘rendezvous’ back to the Bernard Diamont lashed out the University Union. each other and suggest that the statues. at Redwood and called him “a 5. 2 U N IO N NEW S — Friday, 1st November, 1968 Radio Leeds kidnap Rag Queen

n AROL HARTNEY, this Queens Hotel. The inter­ Back at Martin’s flat he whereabouts were already year’s Rag Queen, was view was broadcast this found seven members of known and when Bradford kidnapped on Tuesday morning and was a great Newcastle Rag trying to were asked for proof of afternoon by a contingent success. capture the ‘Queen,’ In do­ possession they rang off. from Radio Leeds. She was NEWCASTLE ing so they broke the glass As a result of all this on her way to the Yorkshire After taking her to dinner in the front door of the flat. Radio Leeds have paid Rag Television Studios when a and making her stay as en­ They were eventually dis­ £5 for Carol’s work on the Radio Leeds car pulled in joyable as possible, Radio suaded from taking Carol Tuesday afternoon and their front of hers, hustled her Leeds released her at about since she was scheduled to Personnel Manager has into the back seat and 9 p.m. Rag Chairman John appear in a Radio Leeds been suspended pending carried her off to the Radio Standeriine took her and interview the next morning. investigations. Leeds studios. Martin Cbx of Radio Leeds Bradford Rag tried to STOP PRESS. — New­ to Martin’s flat and then claim the glory for Carof's INTERVIEW returned to the Union. He capture and rang Leeds as castle’s Rag Queen has been While she was in capti­ was met in Rag office by soon as they heard of the reported missing. Leeds Rag vity they used her to inter­ shouts of “Newcastle are kidnap to say that they had insist they haven’t been near view Eartha Kitt at the trying to kidnap Carol!” her. Unfortunately Carol’s her!

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIiHilil with his views. But let’s hear Dear Sir, them.” It simply doesn’t add up. Your ‘exposure’ of Merit I hope that all concerned will Incorporated, the encyclopaedia have the good sense to think firm, was inaccurate in some again about where the line respects. All Merit are doing is should be drawn between selling a set of encyclopaedias lively heckling and a deliberate kept up to date for ten years attempt to deny a guest speaker with some other books thrown on university premises the right in. Most educational books are of free speech. If such sold this way. behaviour became a habit the majority would suffer at the To do this they use the ‘soft hands of a small minority sell’ method—a sale in relaxed because no one with views not and friendly circumstances. The shared by the barbarians (what British public are not fools— are their views by the way?) they realise they have been sold would find the journey worth the set. while. You say Merit are infringing Rag Queen winner Carol Hartney and runner-up Sandra Wit, satire and informed the Hire Purchase Act, 1965, by Bows kill at the Rag Queen finals last week. Dear Sir, argument, however heated, are ‘hiding away* the agreement. In Readers of the ‘Sunday telling weapons. British ill fact a family receives a second Express’ may have been sur­ copy of the agreement (and this prised at the apparent contra­ manners are simply a blunt A la carte from 4/- instrument that achieves no contains the notice of the three diction of my opinions as constructive end and only days’ ‘cooling off’ period you ‘quoted’ in that paper and as refer to) a few days later—a expressed in the Union riieet- bedevils any efforts to solve the BAR - B - QUE urgent dilemmas that face us total time of a week in which ing on Tuesday. On Tuesday I they may cancel the agreement. Two Hops from the Parkinson Steps opposed the motion to ban WHIM all. Patrick Wall, M.P. from the Yours sincerely, You also say Merit refused Why Queue? — Waitress Service Union, whereas the Express on Dear Editor, TUFTON BEAMISH, to sign the Code of Conduct of Sunday claimed that I had said Doorstep Salesmen. And yet that Wall “must be banned.” I much enjoyed the noisy House of Commons. they do not employ the methods I would like to make it clear meeting last Friday, the 18th of another publishing company Dresswear Hire Service that when I gave the interview which did sign the Code. This October, organised by the Dear Sir, CHARLIE GOULD LTD. I had not decided one way or University Union Conservative company, claiming to be the other, and said so. The Mr. Kessler took it upon Britain’s biggest independent Morning For ail occasions— our Gentle- quote was a total distortion of Association and attended by himself to propose a motion in publisher, does not give their Dinner or man's Dresswear Hire Service my opinion, and I wish to state some three hundred students the O.G.M. on Tuesday 29th customers a copy of the agree­ is always ready to advise and quite clearly that I am opposed who came to hear me speak on October, purporting to repre­ ment, until after the legal Tail Suits assist you — Exclusive Tailor­ to any suggestion that Mr. Wall “'Socialist Shackles or Tory sent the disgust of second year cancellation period has expired. 30/- per day ing, with a wide range of be banned from speaking in the lawyers on the way they were ‘"By the way our representative sizes, ensuring a perfect fit­ Union. Freedom?” ‘gerrymandered’ into proposing forgot to leave this” is how ting even for the most diffi­ 4 GRAND (Th’tre) ARCADE Yours faithfully, As I said at the outset of my and voting their student repre­ they put it. cult figure. Accessories |f MARTIN VERITY. sentatives on to the student- New Briggate, LEEDS 1 required. speech, I enjoy heckling. So I staff committee. In fact this was Students may have been dis­ Tel. 22040 make no complaint about its a complete distortion of the couraged from trying the job U.S.A. vigour. I felt that it was kept truth. on reading your article. My Are you interested in experience is that money can just within the right bounds as It was a distortion not only be made. I made £53 in my last A.A.M. North America? Join it was possible, with a micro­ University Students Abroad of fact but of feeling. The four days — I averaged £20 a ASSISTANT The Association of Assistant International House phone, to make myself heard second year students were given week overall. And most students Mistresses 40 Shaftesbury Avenue throught the hubbub. ample opportunity to reject who survived the initial train­ one of the London W.l Tel. 01-437-5374 Professor Hogan’s suggestion ing thoroughly enjoyed their Joint Four Secondary But I have one serious that the election should take time as ‘'Meritmen.’ MASTERS Teachers* Associations criticism. This was the first time place at that time, but in fact Yours truly, I have come across the tech­ they accepted by an overwhelm­ INVITES ing majority. DAVID N. QUAYLE. ASSOCIATION Destitute nique of organised and pro­ THE professional association WOMEN Childrens longed synthetic giggling which ...It is mildly amusing to note for TEACHERS was indulged in by some 30 or that the only support Mr. Assistant Masters Kessler could attract i.e. his in secondary schools Fund 40 of those present. What in seconder, was a man who when You accuse us of being in­ appeared so very funny to standing for this election Secondary Schools STUDENTS accurate, but in fact none of the training for secondary those gigglers about my remark managed to accrue the stagger­ Over 29,000 members points you mention have showed school work ing total of nine votes out of a represented on the Burn­ that freedom of speech is a us to be wrong in any way. I TO JOIN THE A.A.M. possible ninety-four. ham Committee and on all WHY NOT A privilege enjoyed in democra­ agree that the British public are is represented on ail important Educational We deplore the action of not fools, and that is why A LL major national and cies but denied, for instance, in the consumer organisations we Bodies. CAROL PARTY Czechoslovakia today? You can Mr. Kessler in taking this A international bodies. departmental matter before the talked toj had received com­ TEACHERS IN negotiates salary Tins, badges, etc. be sure that the laughter was Union without the support of plaint3 s about Merit?s way of scales on the Burn­ available not echoed in Prague. those present at the election and selling. And surely you cannot TRAINING A ham Committee. with complete disregard for the justify the Merit sell3 by saying offers professional WAR on WANT I see from your Union News that there are other firms who should join as Student events that had taken place Members advice and legal pro­ LONDON, W.5 that when my colleague Mr. prior to the election itself. use much worse methods. As to M tection to members. Patrick Wall visits you again the legal point you raised, our For full particulars J. L. HOLLIDAY-RHODES lawyers tell us that as a Merit WHY DELAY? JOIN NOW Every penny goes it is proposed, instead of write to:- Write for further details of “booing, kicking and rampant P. L. WARNOCK salesman you had a legal obliga­ The Secretary, A.M.A. tion A T THE TIM E OF the A.A.M. to : emotionalism,” to “laugh and J. R. BRIDGE Christmas cards sale laugh and laugh.” Yet in the SELLING to point out to the 29 Gordon Square, London THE SECRETARY, A.A.M. or return 4d. each same article I read, “Not many D. R. H. JACKSON family their right of cancellation. W.C.l. 29 Gordon Square, London W.C.l. people at Leeds sympathise (Faculty of Law). Features Ed. U N IO N NEW S — Friday, 1st November, 1968 3 RAG CLIMBERS CAUGHT by Jon Holmes

JTOUR students were arrested on Friday night while trying to hang a thirty-five foot Rag banner between the two spires on the Civic Hall. They climbed the thirty foot wall on one side to attach one end of the banner and descended to repeat the performance on the other side. They were twenty feet up the other wall before they realised that they had left the banner behind. Poiice | other unofficial stunt. They Before they could retrieve had tuned into the police it, the night watchman wavelength on V.H.F. had found it and within radios, in order to be fore­ ten minutes the Hall was warned of any police in surrounded by policemen. their area. Having been let into the Guarded Hall through a window the The five students, students were taken down­ guarded by dozens of others stairs and escorted to the in look-out cars, removed a police station. Statements nineteenth century field gun were taken and after from a Lawnswood petrol consultation with the head station, where it is kept as office it was decided that a mascot. no action would be taken except to report them to They succeeded in getting the University. it out and towed it to Bodington. It made the “The police were very return journey with the understanding and helpful,” police the next morning, emphasised one of the none the worse for wear. students: “They gave back “It was all unofficial,” the banner!” said Rag publicity manager Sir Alec Guinness who News of their arrest was Viv Stuart, “and we object appeared last week at the received immediately by to that. Especially since the “How do I turn Leeds Grand Theatre, is seen five students from Grant police sent us the bill for here paying £5 for a copy House Bodington on an- towing it back.” of Tyke. my grant cheque Selling it to him is Carol Croft, who came second into money?** in the Rag Queen contest. Engine for Rail Society ^FT E R financial and We’ll help you transportation difficul­ ties, the University Railsoc. has finally acquired possession and put into operation their own diesel The best thing any Freshman can do Besides these (and other) practical advan­ with his first grant cheque is to take it tages a Westminster cheque-book gives you locomotive, on the Middle­ into the nearest branch of Westminster something just as important: status. It ton Railway, which the Bank and open a current account. proves that you are an established grown­ Railsoc. reopened in 1959. For one thing, other people are going to up in your own right. This can be a very It was to purchase this want to pay you money in the future. Most considerable asset. engine in December 1967, of them will pay by cheque—and this will If you are interested, then we suggest you from Courages the Brewers in go on being an embarrassment until the day call on your nearest Westminster Manager — Alton, Hampshire, at the University when you finally open an account. or fill in the coupon below. bargain price of £100—it is worth £1000 in working order. Much more important, a cheque-book is still the easiest way of paying out money. W e’ll help y o u ... in all sorts of DONATION You no longer have to carry a lot of loose ways. Find out more by sending us the Czech Mates At the time Railsoc. applied cash in your pocket which can get lost or coupon now, and we’ll send you our free booklet on u sin g your b a n k . to Exec, for a grant to pur­ 'J'HE two Czechoslovakian students who were admitted squandered away on trifles. Instead, your To: Westminster Bank Limited, chase the locomotive, but after cash stays where it belongs, safe in the Bank some contention it was refused. to the University this session are to be paid for 41 Lothbury, London, E.c.2. Eventually, a private donation —and the cheque-book in your pocket still Please send me your FREE LEAFLETS. from a former member of the entirely by the University. lets you buy what you want, when you want. University staff enabled them The students, Andrew r— , to purchase it. Kxivanek and Igor Gonda, are I Czech students which was Afterwards your Bank statement tells you NAME. where the money went; and this too helps Problems of transportation studying in the faculties of started the Russ'an ADDRESS. then hit Railsoc. British Rail Physics and Chemistry ™ on of their country> you to save. were not too keen to allow it respectively. otherwise it will be written off It makes you feel taller to travel under its own power, as a loss. as its top speed is only 10 Their tuition fees have been Later, your Westminster Manager will be m.p.h. The problem was waived altogether and both will BQth students are on full able to give you valuable advice on how to solved by the discovery of unusually shaped wagon, and it receive a full maintenance three year courses and neither make those savings grow. He will become a finally arrived at the Middle­ grant which will be paid intend to return to their homes, trusted friend (this is not flannel; he will) ton Railway on October 23rd. termly by the University like Three other Czech students who can give you practical help at the times Westminster Bank It will enter the service on all other University awards. students have been accepted when you need it most—during your years A MEMBER BANK OF goods trains, and under the THE NATIONAL WESTMINSTER GROUP control of a University Some of the money may be and the University has offered at University, and throughout your life. Engineering student. recouped from the fund for to take a sixth if necessary. 4 U N IO N NEW S — Friday, 1st November, 1968 alexander.... The story about the big bad students who stole the little rag pig 1 Rag are having a rough week. Their ber misses three Union meetings he gets 1 pigg’s been pinched, so has the Rag Queen, sacked. If it’s ever applied we’ll have quite 1 The Pig nicking was quite difficult. This a few bye-elections, 1 was because so many groups were trying * * * I 1° P*n.ch W they 80t in eath other’s way. After my remarks on humorous Exec B On Friday two groups turned up and hung m jnutes u.C. are jumping on the band- | back ’cause each thought the other was wagon> A ,t t,he Ia s t U C . there was a dis- II Rag Committee. After one lot whipped it cussjon on the Union Barbers which ter- 1 the other was accused by a distraught Rag niinated with Viv Hopkins proposing it 1 Committee of doing so. To prove their should sell contraceptives. The next item? H innocence they then recovered it. A letter from French Society. I Rag were so ungrateful that they deci- §j ded that they’d have it themselves the next jg night. Drastic measures may need drastic 1 Security arrived in the nick of time. remedies but you still need a sense of | “What are you up to?” proportion. The University made an un- | “We’re Rag Committee guarding the successful attempt to clean a slogan of a jj pig.” wall. A few days later they were knocking 1 “Rightho lads we’ll leave you to it.” it down. I was quite relieved to find that 1 Helpless with laughter the pig pinchers they were going to anyway, = retired. After all, if someone paints the 1 Personally I think the whole thing’s a Brotherton and that gets demolished jj pigment of the Rag Chairman’s imagina- there’ll be nowhere to sleep. 1 tion. * * * Rag tend to get hammered by the Lef t wing every year. Last Rag there was a Stink about Ian Smith writing a foreword for Tyke. Last week Standerline was ‘per­ suaded’ to apologise for attacking the sit- in students for allegedly stirring up anti- Rag feelings. (The point being that a lot of the sit-in Committee have done more social work, with less publicity, than most “I hear you mentioned me to the Lodgings Warden of Rag Committee have dreamed of). m John Tough, U.C.s’ equivalent of The next storm will be over racialist 1 Father at ‘Z o r ^ | patiently on his plan for a Union Nursery. numDer 01 me Ka§ van/ WUG I He was wandering round last year pro- * * * PiiTA Q + llflo rifa T iV l^forl exceetion to*** ^ th“ | Riming that at last he’d found a site. Martin Verity was chatting up an un ■ lV(n I^LLIIJCjiI IjVIIjIjCjIJ Howard, a Biochemist, had = The University aren t going to use it he usuaj|v »uitible Fresher in the MJ over R. J. ▼ KJ AJKs ▼ M\J t;v /v i. pulled the lavatory chain at = gloated This year he’s discovered why. ^ \ c , * * 130 pm. one night. Then 1 ft>s been scheduled for demolition for the j^AST week, five freshers were given notice to quit on Wednesday morning she | , , f tor. On ms return the bird signed Oh I m their lodgings within five days. Mrs. Dean, their landlady informed David, a Chemist, a ia5>x Iour year®- never (annoyed for.” Martin disappeared of 101 Brudenell Road, Leeds 6, told the boys to consult that he had better start m * * ~ _ _ " _ _ finding somewhere else to m and a few moments later she was. “Oh, the Lodgings Office concerning alternative accommoda­ isn’t he lovely, I’ll vote for him.” tion. The five students all became associate members liv£; r* 4. j 4. B Shona Falconer was away from the last So you think it’s your vote he’s after? of Devonshire Hall at the beginning of this term. living2 at'DevonshTre Ha'll. Thil | U.C. meeting and since I was busy Martin Mrs. Dean evicted the i*— has been arranged by Dr. 1 Verity managed to get the Chair. Obsessed students because they had I and until 12 o’clock on the Belfield, the warden. They are J with a sense of power he then proceeded to Rag publicity men have been active been making too much following night, have°mana ^ed ^o^ente^ a toill B ^ec^ure U.C. on their lack of work in the lately. All the colleges in Leeds are noise at night. She claimed The freshers themselves say of residence a year before they 1 Union. He accused U.C. members of not festooned w ith posters saying “come to the that they had been walking that on no occasion did they expected to do so. 1 being Group Leaders and not going to Rag Hop Tickets at the Union.” When they around and banging doors make any noise as late as 1 ‘‘They’ve all got into Hall, j General Meetings. get here they are told they can’t come a.m., and that they abided by until 1 o’clock in the the rules set out in the me!” "'commented7 1 . ™ e trouble is there’s a tacitaily ignored because they’re not Union members. Rag morning on one occasion, lodgings regulations. 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Park Lane was promising hoping for history to repeat They started to throw used flash [ with some real capitalists to itself bombs at those peering out of I shout at. Occasionally an ambulance upper storey windows. from the unofficial L.S.E. In the distance the U.S. flag I “Smash the Bourgoiis” ‘hospital’ ploughed through the fluttered, in its usual way, above \ The violence that was a reasonable chant for crowd to the front line and re- the entrance to the Embassy. j emerged with its ‘victims’. They the Hilton. Four coachloads seemed frustrated rather than I left in the gathering gloom, \ of police smiled back. injured. Flashguns going off gave the \ Inmates peering out of fifth (A helmet-less policeman was scene a sense of drama it didn’t \ storey windows looked and dragged off 'his horse and dis­ deserve. I dusted my shoes and j appeared inlto a sea of bodies. checked my wallet. Another j felt safe. Pieces of banner were thrown police helmet flew into the air \ really never was A lightening sit-down . . . Then another rousing \ ineffectually against the win­ cheer. illllllllllllllllll Illl stopped traffic in Park Lane dows of first sltorey flats. At Not a Rolls-Royce in sight ground level the windtaw of an J went to London doubtful It became a ‘spot the —by some coincidence. Antique Shop was shattered. that there would be any- slogan’ contest—‘Storm the At the junction of Park mm thing as spectacular as the Reality Studio’—‘Retake Street demonstrators were Lines of Fuzz Grosvenor Square Battle of the Universe’ accredited to trying to get to Grosvener March. Sunday’s demon­ the London Anti-University. Street and South Audley Nobody knew what was strators were divided, of Square as if on principle. happening at the front. Spec­ course, but the great tators from the tops of lamp­ Minor Split A police cordon blocked posts told of ‘lines for ever majority seemed to want a the entrance to South of fuzz, backed up by demonstration for its own Audley Street which leads mounted police’. It seemed a sake, and then leave it at A huge street-wide on to Grosvenor Square. waste of time. banner read ‘Victory to the that. There was fitful applause People looked for excuses Engineers’. It needed six to leave, but were loathe to, I arrived at Trafalgar as a police helmet flew into in case something happened! Square, where the threaten­ people to parade it. It had collapsed and been repaired the air. A contingent from the East ed split was to occur, just iA banner marked ‘Essex End staged a counter demon­ before the demonstrators. countless times. RJS.S.F.’ surged forward and stration, chanting ‘All the way The front of the column, ‘U.S. out of Vietnam: with L.B.J.’ Somebody burnt an U.S.S.R. out of Czech­ N.L.F. flag with great relish. A lead by Tariq Ali, turned noisy debate took place as down Whitehall. oslovakia’ seemed a fair On the Spot somebody vainly tried to define Half-way up a ‘No Entry’ swap. what a Fascist was. sign I could see a sea of “Workers don’t belong to Report by A police car nosed its way Employers—Employers be­ out from the front line. red banners surging all the Gareth Davies “They’re making a charge,” way up Fleet Street. There long to Workers” shouted a somebody said. was uniformity in their student. “When did you do It seemed unlikely. The diversity. any work?” a man next to the police cordon was broken. police had too much to lose me shouted back. The The advance to the beginning of by any show of force. Grosvenior Square was in vain. As I left, the demonstrators students’s cheerful reply was For every demonstrator there under the ‘Essex R.S.S.F.’ Collapsed lost in the wind—it would were half a dozen onlookers, banner ran out of fireworks. have been good. -*% ^ ^ ^ T| ^ ^ ^ Then came the expected “Shall we feed them?” split. After the first few asked another student, thousand had passed down pointing to the by-standers. WAS IT ALL WORTH IT ? Whitehall, a group of The column passed in an marchers under the British hour. There could have THE ANARCHIST VIEW Government to dissociate from the U.S.; all the Vietnam Solidarity Front been 35,000 people. leaflets accepted that unless the whole basis turned right and marched by John Quail of government was changed or destroyed towards Grosvenor Square. I followed in its wake. (depending on whether they were Marxist or The television crew opposite Anarchist influenced) wars like Vietnam would It turned out to be a TX) ask this question is to be in great danger continue. minor split. Those following Downing Street was packing of making mistakes about what a demon­ This change of consciousness made the demon­ continued to march down away its cameras. stration is. The Press have been making noises stration a success. I came away with the reminiscent of an elderly virgin about to be 3. A certain sort of organisation on the Whitehall, chanting ‘The raped—pleasure 30%, apprehension 70%—and street. On C.NJ). marches there were stewards official march is on Hyde middle of the column in all their attention has been on one aspect, who co-operated with the police and kept the Park’. Even some of those Victoria Street. The various violence. faithful in line—or tried to. On this march who had followed the factions would stop occas­ A political militant, or a revolutionary is there were no stewards and the march was Solidarity Front decided to ionally, gather steam and quite prepared to use defensive violence on a self-organised. tear forward chanting “Ho, demonstration. People linked arms and kept their own groups rejoin the main march. A demonstration is: 1. An illustration of the together. The streets were filled with compact From then on nobody Ho, Ho Chi Minh.” fact that a number of people are concerned blocks of people which achieved the maximum turned off the official angry about something. TTius the demonstration of density and manoeuverability. There was a route down Whitehall and is more or less of a success depending on how large sense of solidarity among participants. Foreign Scum many peole turn up. 50,000 people, which is a In this it was a small rehearsal for the the along Victoria Street, Park lot, were on Sunday’s do. self-organisation which is necessary in a Lane to Hyde Park. There In this respect then the demonstration was a revolution and necessary for socialism. was an air of anti-climax Occasionally a chorus of success. In this, too, it was a success. amongst the ‘gawkers’ who ‘'We are all foreign scum!” But a demonstration is not a success or a People now realise that you don’t make failure depending on how much violence occurs. revolutions by having demonstrations, but that stood ten deep on both The ‘Ecole Nationale da 2. A number of people saying certain things. demonstrations are an important part of sides of the route at Gencoe’ contingent found What people were saying on Sunday was building consciousness. Trafalgar Square. this one inappropriate. revolutionary. There were no leaflets asking the Was it worth it? Damn right it was....,...... 6 U N IO N NEW S — Friday, 1st November, 1968 U N IO N NEW S — Friday, 1st November, 1968 7 THE BATTLE IS ON AGAIN THIS S m WINTER STUDENTS MAXI v. MINI EX AND

rj"HIS week’s items, chosen from the current fashion scene at “Miss Selfridge” in Lewis department stores, should include something for everyone. 9CIETY Now that days of “mist and mellow fruitfulness” are once more with us, it is time to stock the wardrobe with a basic coat, and again the controversial question of maxi and mini presents itself. The stockists seem determined to re-introduce the maxi-coat again, despite its somewhat ill-timed appearance at the end of last winter season, just when all thoughts had turned to the warmer days of Spring! I---- IJn Permissive Ones If you choose to revive However, if you still the maxi-coat, then the choose to bravely ignore shops also have a wide the winter temperatures of Leeds, and prefer the more gT lS are often seen by the Is the casual behaviour of this couple range of knee-length boots symptomatic of a general malaise in (and longer) to team up traditional knee-length coat pi general as degenerate such as featured below relationship? Does emotion play so small with the coats; these in sex es, slipping from one a part in all cases? Surely this is an leather and plastic, cover a (herringbone tweed, price £11.6.0), then you can still sorcPtle between the sheets extreme case. Perhaps young people faced wide range of prices and to a perhaps fitting in the with these situations which demand colours. (The maxi-coat vote mini in a wide range of styles.______oddjbut living a completely immediate decisions don’t realise the full shown above comes in red implications of their present behaviour, or black jersey wool and is selfi***responsible life for a and even if the result isn’t an unwanted priced at £15.15.0—boots, New links in min* three years. child, psychological scars endure for a £3.9.11.) F0rS, hundreds of people in the lifetime. the fashion unive; been asked for their views on attendant relationships chain and I n Article, we have attempted Atmosphere to pc Sexual anarchy and moral These come in the form confir^ behind the facade of In contrast with the example just cited, of six-stranded necklaces of noncl^nd permissiveness within the majority of students seem to feel a metal and beads. Each this Freshers come up with need for a more stable relationship. As strand is detachable so that some^g misconceptions...... might have been expected, this was the necklace can be worn “j to find people lying about particularly so among the girls’. with interchangeable in b

I T is a great pity that I can’t report that the Rag Review some sort of participation from on Monday was a resounding success. I say it is ?*ld off Plty a pity.. nota. out 1 of e any sense of e patronisation, ? • ubut *- ubecause Damnedwell and Pity Was also one came of the across most it had all the ingredients of being brilliantly successful, smoothly-handled sketches Given talent, organisation and an incredible amount of shown, though unless I am hard work, you might well ask what was lacking, what mistaken 11 1S not onSinal- stopped it really getting off the ground. Well, as always it was a j— GROUP combination of things. In my Nevertheless nearly all the ‘Mayfair Lady’ only missed opinion, though, it was the performers seemed to lack a the mark because hardly any audience. A large and sympath- certain confidence, as though __of____ the performers____ had ^ uwvvuidecent etic audience would have made they were all nervous, and this singing ^voices. In essence WJt all the difference, but as it was somehow communicated itself jiacj enormous potential, and the cast evidently found it very to the audience, so that the contained some of the funniest difficult to work up any sort review never swung along with i[nes Qf the production. Geoff of atmosphere, except in one the vitality that was needed to Durham incidental!v was or two sketches. Perhaps this make it work. probably at his best here The was partly due to the response Rixthimble Folk Group pro­ of the first house, made up AUDIENCE vided a couple of musical StevtyDodd?se"GrenenEye ofSthe Undoubtedly the two leading breaks I have only heard them f lu Z figures in the cast were Steve once before and they are Little Yellow God Dodd and Geoff Durham, obviously a very impressive The Settlers at Rag Queen Concert porary. Between them they formed the trio, but I had the impression backbone of the performers, they played with more gusto is supposed to be one of the and I don’t think I have ever on the first occasion than they influences on Eric Clapton). seen two actors work so hard did here, This is a fine example oi in any production, comic or ^ modern American city blues — otherwise. Other performers Of course, in a production GOOD LIVE LP. FROM a really powerful solid sound. were equally good in patches, arranged and rehearsed as Today, Stable Records but I didn’t think anyone as thlsv a dozen more proudly present their first consistently reached the Performances are likely to release — ‘You’ve Got To Hold standard of either of these two. a considerable difference TEN YEARS AFTER'- To my mind they deserved a standard. A couple of On’ by the Deviants. The publi- lot more spirited response from showings should therefore iron the audience than Siey got. out one or two of the more ^ e n live albums were, ■!I very J - - y j - g r . amateurish mistakes of timing badly recorded^ and not worth the plastic recorded While they were still Underground group (Gawd To take a general look at and muffed lines which are the sketches, ‘Interview’ bound to occur from time to grooves there were imprinted on Things ^£SS$5S$S5i$!£ AuShonty). The appealed to me personally as time in a performance that seem to have changed for the better, and record- broadened — i hope so, because llk« iBob Dylan a the best, and Simon Brogan as moves at this speed. In any Professor Himmler gave per- case, while I am forced to ing engineers have discovered how to capture ^ ’”JjJaying a,t the Union &tnba:ToX 1°lcompanimen't haps the best single performance say with regret that Monday the excitement of live performances without of guitar phrases straight from of the evening. His timing was was something of an ‘off- ■ j>t f j o a , j. j j Blue Horizon have just yer Eric Clapton song-book.li perfect and his accent suitably night’, a brief look at the losing the quality OI studio-made records. released B. B. King’s The that’s not enough, the reverse guttural without becoming talent and industry in evidence iA fine example of this is thei---- c{ , 4 Woman I Love,’ a single which side is described as a truly garbled. I was also greatly here makes me think that Ten Years After album I excellent “rocker” entitled ‘I’m has been in the American Hot revolutionary (well, I suppose it impressed with ‘Green Eye’, during the rest of the week “U ndead” on D eram , w hich w as G°in’ Home’, completing an 100 for several weeks or so. goes round) item called "Let’s Here having two of the actors they will have the success they recorded live at Klook’s Kleek. album which really does sock it (Fans ' of British blues will be Loot the Supermarket’, Ail actually in the audience forced deserve. The live format allows the to Qne (baby), initeresited in this, because King rather noisy. group to really stretch out — The Election is, I suppose, there are only five tracks, but one of the “in” groups ait the ]\/[ORE fiction this week as the latest Pelicans have not long ones. These are excellent moment — wiith IMr. Peel’s yet arrived, but we have managed to find four blues musicians moving into plugs for them on Radio One books of a more serious nature. jazz — my favourite track is _ but when I heard their LJP. Fiction— With a the Woody Herman standard last week, I was very dis- Pan have brought out John Naylor’s Waterloo, an ‘Woodchoppers Bair. excellent account of the campaign as well as just the The lead guitarist, Alvin Lee, battle and well documented with contemporary accounts, has a phenomenal technique and Christopher Hibbert’s Agincourt which makes a good which must be heard to be companion to "Henry V’ and has some excellent little fact believed, ranging from a slow D isco u rse blues style to octave solos a la appendices although the treatment of the battle itself He never manages until the gets in at the deep end by Wes Montgomery. His chording with seems perhaps a little bald. Both join the British Battles very end, to work out who the accident and is as incapable behind the organ solos is of a series and cost 5/- each (illustrated). people chasing him are working as the reader would be of quality one doesn’t usually MARTYN STUART From Fontana we have a r— for and just how much spying realising who is trying to get expect to hear outside the circle new translation by George I having to take risks are is involved. This confusion is him killed for what whilst of established jazz musicians. Lawrence, edited by Mayer and circulating superbly done and never he’s being shot at. Pan, 3/6, However this is not just an appointed The tracks taken Lerner, of Alexis de Tocque- Shortly before, he had turned irritates as the reader feels that and watch for the film with Alvin Lee show —- there are individually are all quite nice, ville’s Democracy in America. down a bride and several other here at last is a ‘hero’ who Tom Courtenay, as Otley good bass and drum solos as but I found them all rather This is already a set book in well. The last track is an indistinguishable and none of some University Departments and needs no description here. The two-volume format of the AT YOUR LOCAL CINEMAS original edition of this classic ALWOODLEY SCHOOL OF MOTORING has been retained, with many TOWER appendices added to Vol. 2. COTTAGE RD. Phone 684979 and students who have to buy NEW BRIGGATE, LEEDS 1 HEADING LEY, LEEDS 6 it will be pleased to hear that CIRCLE 7/6 STALLS 6 /- CIRCLE 5 /- STALLS 4 /- PICK-UP SERVICE, FULL HOUR’S LESSON jockeys had met with rather R.A.C. Regd. M.I.A.M. Ministry of Transport approved each volume costs only 12/6. I unusual accidents. His invest­ SPECIAL TERMS FOR STUDENTS CRIME igations to find out who is Detectives Carella and benefitting from all his come to N o w Showing N o w Showing a really surprising conclusion. Hamkes dig out the killers in PETER SELLERS 87th Precinct in the latest Ed Very good, and you don’t have ALAIN DELON McBains from Penguin, an to be interested in racing to MARIANNE FAITHFULL SHIRLEY MACLAINE excellent duo from one of enjoy it. in America’s foremost crime SPIES writers. The Dolly Dolly Spy (Pan GIRL ON A WOMAN TIMES In Like Love a young 5/-) has received much pub­ AUSTICKS couple are found on a bed with licity as a book and as a film, MOTOR CYCLE SEVEN The hero is young, sexy and ® Colour a suicide note beside them, I® Colour and Axe starts with the murder takes drugs. Torture and rape also of a janitor and then a police- come to most of the characters also William Sylvester in THE FURTHER PERILS OF man. [n both Carella uses and the plot, concerning the THE HAND OF NIGHT LAUREL & HARDY his head more than his fists fessional fly-anyone-anywhere- |g> Colour UNIVERSITY BOOKSHOP and the complexities of each at-a-price organisation, is case are made even more penetration of a highly pro- 21 3LENHEIM TERRACE interesting by the careful reasonable. The effect, however, N characterisation. 4/- each. is one of second-class Deighton, Next Week £ Robert Mitchum Peter Falk WOODHOUSE LANE, LEEDS 2 Dick Francis was a top with gimmicks thrown in; al- James Stewart and Dean Martin in *♦* ( By the No. 1 Bus Stop) jockey before he turned to though that doesn’t stop it from ; The Battle for Anzio ® writing and his books have being a mildly amusing book, * i(a) Colour Bandolero * racecourse settings but also In another class is Martin © Colour ! IS AT YOUR SERVICE stand out as very good and Waddell’s Otley. A downbeat * also Jerry Lewis & Terry-Thomas in V * DON’T RAISE THE BRIDGE, also Helen Shapiro in 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday to Friday intelligent crime novels. In his intelligentsia lad pinches a latest, published by Penguin at snuffbox from a friend’s party LOWER THE RIVER A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY * 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday 41- and entitled Nerve, a rising to flog to one of his American v (y) Colour © Colour t jockey discovers rumours that antique-collectors but ends up he is losing races to avoid running from a murder charge. U N IO N NEW S — Friday, 1st November, 1968 9

ON WEDNESDAY, FIVE LEEDS U.A.U. TEAMS MET MANCHESTER^ AND IT WAS ....

LEEDS' LEEDS MIXED 15 MANCHESTER U.A.U. 3 DAY Bowlers Beat fencing JTENCING with confidence and skill, Leeds over powered a fine Manchster side in what will probably be their hardest U.A.U. match this term. Records After losing the foil, 3 p fights to 6, to a Manchester | In a very tense finale, the TN their opening fixture of the Northern Zone of the Inter- A Universities League Leeds welcomed Liverpool to the side containing two U.A.U. Leeds epee team convin- Merrion Centre and defeated them 12-4. Both the 1st and 2nd team members, Jeremy cingly won 6-3, newcomer Teams were on top form, each setting up all-time division series Thom (capt.) and Lynn Andy Roberts fencing well records with 2668 and 2573 respectively. Wall, both members of to be undefeated. Having RECORD match was rolled for the 2nds. Yorkshire County and thus beaten Manchester, The 1st. Team began slowly,' by C. I. Walton with a 600 U.A.U. sabre teams dom­ Leeds should have little to losing the first point, but then deda (which include a middle inated the sabre to be fear from their remaining rolled two 900’s to take the game of 237 with six strikes first-round opponents. in a row to begin with); two undefeated, making the last three points. The second overall score, 9 fights all. Liverpool and Lancaster. game of 947 is the all-time 1st. others on the team hit 500’s. division game record. High BELOW FORM series was that of J. P. Straka, with 609, and three others on The 3rd. Team could only the team rolled 500 plus. manage one point, most of its hockey njembers bowling below form. PUSHED The best series here was a 522 LEEDS UNIVERSITY 1st XI: 3 The 2nd. Team were not from M. Eve. The Ladies’ Team MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY 1st XI: 1 pushed in their 4-0 victory and defeated their opposition 4-0 had a high second game of without any outstanding rJTHIS was a fine victory and quite deserved, although 922. The second 600 of the the goals that were scored resulted from bad Man­ chester defensive play. Part of the game between men's hockey 1st. X I and The game started evenly I jn ^ e second half but by Normanby which leads 1-0. Vickery scored the only but in a period of about I then the game was easily goal. Team : Smith, Burton, Elian, Finlay, Bointon, ten minutes Leeds scored j eecis\ Dyde, By water, Vickery, Dew, Hardy, Wall. three goals (Wall, Dew and Control in midfield was Hardy) obviously setting the deciding factor; Bointon the seal on a Leeds victory. ancj $jay being prominent Manchester did get a goal in this respect. Dew had a back from a short corner fine game at centre forward.

2nd XI Hockey 0 ...... Manchester U.A.U. 0 T>HE first fifteen had an overwhelming win over Q N the hard shale pitch at Fallowfield, Leeds played Manchester U.A.U. on Wednesday. Although the extremely hard and very unlucky not to win this team did not play well as a side, many individual second round U.A.U. i—; performances of merit helped to insure this large score. fixture. The forwards started There was strong running Jim Hale and N- i_ ’ moving very well towards by both wingers. The for-1 captain, was able to Hirjee were outstanding in the* end of the , , first half ward play was also encour- r^turn later in the game, defence which played and were un,ucky several aging with excellent backing Alex Templar scored excellently. times not to score. up, especially due to the three tries, as did the wing fact that Manchester had forward Donavan. Bob the heavier pack. Hosty converted seven tries RETURN and scored one penalty. squash In the second half two Other scorers were Westray 'pHE Squash team’s first U.A.U. match against Man­ Manchester players had to (2), Crerar, D. Glanville be taken off. One of them, and Evans. chester developed into a very tense battle. The first two matches ini which Nigel Cooper and I Rog Gaubert started very Pete Nutman represented well for Leeds, but his Leeds, were both won 3-0 opponent fought back into RUNNERS by Manchester. Mike Bal- a game of exceptionally four and Dave Arthur both high standard and event- STUDENTS STATIONERS won 3-1 to square the match ually the match was decided at 2-2 leaving the match in Manchester’s favour by a TRIUMPH result depending on the single point, winning 10-9 FOR YOUR first strings. in the 5th game. T EEDS University Cross Country Club had their first major NEWSPAPERS NOTE BOOKS -■^victory of the season in winning the annual Manchester MAGAZINES RING FILES University Match at Wythensham Park last Saturday. In the good conditions the Leeds team smashed the course record by GREETING CARDS PADS & REFILLS some four minutes, with an aggregate time of 59 minutes 37 in brief VIEWS OF LEEDS FOUNTAIN PENS seconds. i---- Gary Smith led off with a | the chasing Manchester with 'P'HE Leeds Team were con­ rPHE University put out a DIARIES MAPS & GUIDES fine run to bring the team to Andy Thomlinson running the vincing winners of the first 2nd. IV to play Manchester CALENDARS CREPE PAPER 3rd. position, with Pete Prawn- fifth leg looking backwards Y.M.C.A. on Saturday. It was sley, lead off man for the most of the way maintaining U.A.U. Championship to be well beaten by a strong Y.M. A N D N O W second team narrowly in front the lead. The last leg saw decided this session. In the hill C.A. IY, but they showed that FICTION PAPERBACKS in second place. Leeds out in front pursued by climb, held on a one mile, one form a team strong enough to Ken Rasmussen ran a steady Manchester and Birmingham, in six course at Durham last with more practise they could FOR YOUR LEISURE READING second leg handing over to Frank Briscoe recording the match many school, and club Ian Barnard in fifth position, third fastest individual time of Sunday Kevin Watson of Leeds sides. who cut through the field to 9 mins. 36 secs, brought Leeds beat the field by a clear twenty Playing against Manchester 172-4 WOODHOUSE LANE : LEEDS 2 bring Leeds into the lead, home by a margin of fifty seconds to retain the individual Y.M.C.A. were: J. Ellis-Jones, Captain Frank Tithey widened yards on Birmingham, followed championship he won last year A. Manos, M. Miles and N. the gap between Leeds, and by a struggling Manchester. at Otley. L. E. Rolt. Ik here at last it's R*9 Week and STUNTS Gahre UNION ' r ag MAKING A NEWS GETAWAY FROM INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF Telephone: 39071 LEEDS UNIVERSITY Ex. 40 LEEDS PRISON UNION

FRIDAY, 1st NOVEMBER, 1968 Wisdom then Stupidity pATRICK WALL, M.P., can revisit Leeds . . . so this weeks5 O.G.M. decided by a narrow margin. We ought to be thankful that common sense prevailed. But what a calamity it would have been if certain factions had prevented the ex-major from coming. How the Press would have pounced upon the ban. RAG TRYING TO How right-wing columnists would have ridiculed the traditional premise of freedom of speech and thought in British Universities. BEAT WORLD CHESS How the public would have murmured. And never let it be forgotten that Patrick Wall represents much of British opinion—however unhealthy we may think this is. RECORD It’s a fact. And this fact cannot be obliterated by refusing to let Wall speak at our Union. and who kidnapped Even now it has been decreed that photogra­ phers will not be allowed to attend the meeting. This is intolerable. but who kidnapped the Rag Chairman? Union News will fight this ban with all its JpOILBD in their attempt to steal the Leeds Rag Queen, resources. the Rag Pig? Newcastle students kidnapped Rag Chairman John 0 N Friday night, under cover of the firework display, Standerline instead. three agricultural students stole Prudence, the Rag On Wednesday night at eight o’clock John was approached by four men claiming to be from Yorkshire Television. He How little blood pig, in a quasi-military operation. Congratulations to the organisers of Sunday’s They ‘cased’ the Agricultural >— believed them and got into their red mini and they whipped building, where the pig was | The agrics requested them to him off to Newcastle straight away. Vietnam march. kept, three times first: “It was leave the premises: “No one’s “I was well and truy had,” j— Congratulations on the single-mindedness, the smell of pig dung told us stealing this pig while we’re confessed John, *‘I admit | phone the station and find out discipline and restraint of the marchers. They looking after it.” The would-be iSf*’ i i • the times of the trains back to where she was,” they explained When he arrived in New- Leeds wanted a peaceful demonstration and achieved happily. They then heaved the thieves left some few minutes castle he was displayed at the one. four stone, wildly-squealing before the agrics stole Grand Rag Dance there. Later He then left Newcastle pig through a six foot high Prudence themselves. on he realised that everyone Quietly, leaving a note to his But what a shame that the press didn’t window and into the front seat In captivity she was looked had gone back to watching captors explaining that Leeds acknowledge those 50,000 people who marched of the getaway car, which then after by a pig expert and put Geno Washington who was needed him more than they did. for what they believed and didn’t so much as stalled. The actual theft took on weight. The thieves guarded appearing there and that He got back to Leeds at five in frown at a policeman. fifteen seconds. her, armed with a shot gun, attention had been diverted the morning and went straight “We were going to release until Foster traced them and from him. He slipped out to to bed. The Press got their blood. But how little of it her on the Rag Revue stage on arrived to retrieve her. there was. the first night to Publicise the Rag Committee seemed upset Agric’s Ball,” one of the party not so much at the theft, but iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim^ said. because they did not know who This plan was foiled by five had done it. “They should have who kidnapped Editor : Asst. Editor : students who recovered and sent us a ransom note.” said PAUL PACRE DAVID DURMAN returned the pig on Sunday, Viv Stuart, Rag Publicity Manager. pop News Editor ...... JANE FICKLING twenty minutes before the Features Editor D A V ID D U R M A N police were to start prosecution “They let us off,” said the Pictures Editors ...... JOHN GAUNT/PETE AMES proceedings. agrics, “ on condition that we Business Manager ...... JON OLIVE The agrics, interviewed in an ransomed the pig for a copy star Anita Harris? of Tyke, so that it would make Sports Editor ...... SIMON FOSTER underground boiler room, re­ T-V. and cabaret star Anita Harris was kidnapped in the Art Editor ...... MARTYN FORD vealed that on Friday night a better story!” early hours of Thursday morning from her Leeds hotel. these five people, Simon Foster, “I hope they’re looking after Reviews ...... DICK WILLCOCKS Pete Dean, Devina Little and Prudence properly now,” they Police suspected a Rag stunt and contacted Rag Chairman Ads Manager RO DN EY P. BATH two Rag Revue technicians had continued, “we got quite fond Tohn Standeline at 5.45 a.m. only a few minutes after Subscriptions Manager ...... SUSAN KIRBY also attempted to steal the pig. of her.” Sales Manager ...... IA N TERRY he had got back from Newcastle. Personnel ...... CHRIS SW A N N /JO H N PARBURY “But it’s nothing to do with ]----- us.” insisted John: “it’s cert-1and are treating the matter, Contributors ... Laura Hermann, Peter Fawdrey, Pat ainly nothing official.”

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