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12th August, 1970.

Dear Mrs. Bone,

you for your further letter of 10th August, 1970.

ide careful inquiries from our library regarding thestories mentioned and it is not really surprising that you did notsee them in the Greater Manchester Area since they appeared in ourScottish and Irish editions.

i-r in enc] 1 the relevant cuttings for yourrecords and an sure you will appreciate that they were publishedin the area where they would be of most interest to thoseassembled for the Paraplegic (James.

Yours sincerely,

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G-eorge Tanseyfor Northern Editor.

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With six events to be contestedin the final day of the ParaplegicGames in Edinburgh todav.England are top of the medalstable with 46 golds, 32 silver and23 bronze., An interesting tussle is developing for second place betweenAustralia with 28 golds and Scotland with 27. Jamaica, who pulledup in the swimming events, arelying fourth with 24.

English fencers Ron ParkinTerry Willett and Brian Dickensocmade ac lean sweep of the medalsin the men's individual sabre eventyesterday, taking the gold, silverand bronze respectively.

Buffs bigiestMike/Bull fBelfas/. the Com

monwealth and Bri/sh pole vaultchampim, will /ave strongchallenters when/he defends histrtle aj\tne AA-7S championshipsal , . t\!i Wllitlc'tv on August 7and 8. Ataong li's opponents willbe Bruce \Simpst\ri (Canada), theCommonwealth re>Ord holder at16ft 9*in.7 and Vi Japanesevaulters, vKyoichiro JSoue andKiyoshv'Niw-a. who hattf done16ft. «-9in. and }6ttS lOiin.respectively.

Twins forDaphne

SYDNEY: Mrs Daphne Hilton, j35, who won six medals at the jParaplegic Olympics in 1960 inRome, has given birth to twingirls.

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SP raps TVover Games

The Scottish National Partyyesterday criticised the BBCand ITV for failing to giveadequate coverage to the Commonwealth Paraplegic Gamesnow being held in Edinburgh.

Both companies replied thatthe Games were designed for aminority interest and the cost ofcovering them would be prohibitive.

GirJ/Stoleitomsweetheart

SusanNtfasters,ll7, of Orrellnear WiganS,was put on proba-tion for threk years at Wiganyesterday for sVealnag £90 fromJohn Whittle, tfe rn\n she wasto have marrie

It was allege/ that mbney wasgiven to Susar/each w'eekNto putinto a joint/ account wVh abuilding socitty, but she klpt itfor herself. [ Now the engagement is off.

Youth/senteiucedCharles /Thorn, 17, of Niddrie

Marischal/GaCdens, Edinburgh.•a- sent RT a young fffenders'

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THE FIELDBy Dally Mail Reporter

GAMES for 200 disabledathletes opened in Edinburgh yesterday on thegrounds previously used forthe Commonwealth Games.

At the halfway stage of thearchery competition in the thirdCommonwealth ParaplegicGames double gold medallistJohn Robertson was in the lead.

John, a 32-year-old bachelor,originally from Perth, but nowbased in London where he is asystems analyst with a computerfirm, scored 296 points out of300 to give him a personal best.

One of the first gold medalswas won by John Smith, ofEdinburgh, in the novice fencingchampionships at Meadowbank.Roy Barrett, of Australia, tookthe silver.

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gamesBy LESLIE COLE

AS the big games teams left,the Paraplegic Commonwealth Games were openedyesterday in Edinburgh.

Mr Alexander Ross, chairman of the CommonwealthGames Federation, said thatthe 'big brother' events hadbeen the best ever held—bothfor organisation and friendliness.

And Mr Abraham Ordia,president of the SupremeCouncil for African Sport andsecretary of the Nigerian team,returns to his country a happyand hopeful man.

'This is the way pecple of allnations should meet,' he said.'We must build on a foundationlike this to see that the nextgames in New Zealand in 1974take place in the same spirit.'

The Paraplegic Games will beheld this w-eek with 190 athletesfrom 14 countries.

They were opened by PrimeMinister Mr Edward Heath,who described them as 'atriumph of man's spirit overdaunting difficulties.'

TriumphThe athletes will take part in

archery, basketball, bowling,fencing, field events, rifle shooting, swimming, table tennis andweightlifting.

For one young Scots girl,competing for her country is apersonal triumph.

Linda Simpson, 15, of Man-Street, Port Knockie, Banffshire, became permanentlydisabled when she injured herspine in a fall last November.

She already holds a medalfor archery and another fortable tennis-—and hopes for atleast a third medal this week.

Mr Heath was handed amessage of welcome carriedfrom John o' Groats by a relayof Scottish youth club members.

They held the relay to raisefunds for the Games.