25 AUGUST 1984, page 5

Nerves Of Steel

M r Bill Sirs is 'absolutely astonished' that the National Dock Labour Board could not decide whether the Ostia should be unloaded at Hunterston or not. . After all, the steel......

Taking Gec

I f Mr James Prior becomes, as is ex- pected, the new chairman of GEC when he finally leaves his post as Northern Ireland Secretary, he will be following in the footsteps of......

Young, Female, Helpless

W e are all, in our weak moment. Peter Preston.' Who makes this - r d ) . l Ying attack on the editor of the Guar- _ 1 . 4 0 Not some reader upset that the jailor allows......

Notes

T he travails of Mrs Geraldine Ferraro have rendered Mr Walter Mondale's campaign even more hopeless than it was already. As yet the only failings that can be attributed to her......

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