24 AUGUST 1974, page 3

Kissinger And The Assassins

While the Russians sit chortling about, the Eastern Mediterranean front of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has collapsed, because of the Cyprus crisis. That this has......

Nationalised Follies

The staggering personal incompetence of Mr Wedgwood Benn — as Mr Hese'tine, With unexpected acumen, has grasped — is not the least significant of the political facts to emerge......

The Ford Potential

It is as clear to his political enemies as to his friends that President Ford has a remarkable opportunity to remain in office until 1980, and he has given clear indications of......

Irish Inadequacy

The escape of nineteen IRA terrorists from Port Laoise jail, said to be the most secure in the Republic of Ireland, highlights yet again the inadequate measures taken in both......

Cleaning Up Soccer

From the point of view of public order the new soccer season has not got off to an auspicious start: both on and off the field there has clearly been a deterioration of intent......

Student Defaulters

The childish tiresomeness of the student population of Britain continues unabated. At Sussex University some two hundred students have, for some time, refused to pay their rent.......