Teletext Recovery - 08/07/1997

P145 CEEFAX 1 145 Tue 08 Jul 19:48/00  1/10        Give your views on the top news issues. Write concise letters to: BBC Ceefax, Room 7013, Television Centre, Wood Lane, London W12 7JR or E-mail Ceefax@bbc.co.uk or fax us on 0181 749 6734 The editor reserves the right to edit/ omit letters. Please give a full address and telephone number (that includes e-mail users). Headlines 101 Extra 140 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main Menu

P145 CEEFAX 1 145 Tue 08 Jul 19:45/29  2/10      W  I disagree with James Whitelaw's statement (letters, 6/7), that "It is time we joined America in a full space programme". While we still have poverty, homelessness and under-funded health and education services we should spend public money where it will benefit the public, not on needless space missions! Ian Howlett, Swadlincote, Derbys Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main Menu

P145 CEEFAX 1 145 Tue 08 Jul 19:22/19  3/10        Your correspondent who wishes us to join the Europeans and Americans in going to Mars must realise that to our "cultured elite" science takes second place to the arts. On the day Pathfinder landed on Mars the closure of the Royal Obsevatory in Cambridge was announced, with the loss of 100 jobs, to save £2m a year. If we could scrap the arts budget we could mount our own Mars mission! GW Sturdy, Nelson, Lanes Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main Menu

P145 CEEFAX 1 145 Tue 08 Jul 19:22/09  4/10      W  How predictable that violence in Ireland would occur as a result of the Orange marches? Every year the same old story is played out, even though the consequences are well known. In the eyes of many British people, it is time the Union flag was lowered in the North of Ireland, just like it was in Hong Kong. The six counties should be returned to the Irish Republic now. J Pringle, Thornhill, Sunderland Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main Menu

P145 CEEFAX 1 145 Tue 08 Jul 19:26/59  5/10        Contrary to R Nahid's assertion, about half of US homes contain a gun. An FBI study found 74.9% of murderers had arrest records for violent felonies or burglaries. A Washington DC profile showed a typical murderer there had six prior arrests, one for violence. Firearms are used against attackers about a million times every year. In 40% the victim was "almost certain" a life had been saved. Philip Cook, Thornton Heath, Surrey Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main Menu

P145 CEEFAX 1 145 Tue 08 Jul 19:36/39  6/10      W  Having lived in the US for two years it makes my blood boil to hear people like Rebecca Nahid (letters 7/7) talking as if the every American behaves like John Wayne. I saw the streets of Miami, where I lived for 18 months, clean up rapidly when members of the public were allowed to carry concealed handguns. It was wonderful to see the criminals afraid to walk the streets instead of us! Jain Turner, Dunoon, Argyll Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main Menu

P145 CEEFAX 1 145 Tue 08 Jul 19:43/30  7/10        The BBC recently sold off its founding arm, transmission, for more than £100m. Now senior management are to get excessive pay rises. A coincidence? Looks like sharing the spoils to me. A case for a windfall tax? Bob Harrison. Aylesford, Kent Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main Menu

P145 CEEFAX 1 145 Tue 08 Jul 19:47/00  8/10        If it is acceptable for 250,000 homosexuals to "strut their stuff" marching around London, why is it unacceptable for a few hundred British citizens to march home from church in Northern Ireland? Robert Phillifent, Whitley Bay Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main Menu

P145 CEEFAX 1 145 Tue 08 Jul 19:24/10  9/10      W  Your pages would be unreadable by those of a nervous disposition had the Tories presented a Budget like Labour's As it is, your Labour-supporting contributors won't be bothered about the backdated tax cut for big business and the windfall capital gains for wealthy shareholders. They are like fans of a down-and-out football team — just happy their team is on the field, never mind the result. R Sturm, London, W2 Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main Menu

P145 CEEFAX 1 145 Tue 08 Jul 19:21/40  10/10        There is a distinction, Mr Hill (letters, 4/7), between the greenhouse effect and global warming. The greenhouse effect is undoubtedly real, as the (CO2-rich) atmosphere on Venus demonstrates. Whether current global warming is "due" to the greenhouse effect is the issue. However, current and previous warnings and coolings are in line with the greenhouse model. Dr AG Whittaker, Heriot, Midlothian Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main Menu

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