The White Falcon

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The White Falcon - 01.05.1987, Blaðsíða 9

The White Falcon - 01.05.1987, Blaðsíða 9
by JOC John Petersen Staff Reporter Here's a hodgepodge of facts about Iceland I've gathered from translations of the Icelandic news- papers and the English-language News from Iceland. □ This January in Iceland was one of the five warmest Januaries of the century. Only 1947 and 1964 have been warmer. While the rest of Europe shivered in record-breaking low temperatures, here in Iceland we were ’basking" in an average temperature of 37 degrees Fahrenheit. In fact, an English soccer team came to Iceland to practice because the frigid cold in England had temporarily grounded the game there. □ Thirty Icelandic AIDS victims have been diagnosed with the disease in Iceland so far. □ Tariff cuts in 1966 resulted in record sales for cars in Iceland. More than 15,000 vehicles were, sold, 150 percent more than in 1985. □ Reykjavik's Town Planning Office is considering tearing down some of the old corrugated iron-clad buildings in the cities' historic center and build new structures. The area in question is what we Americans call the ’walking mall.’ The plans are very controversial, however, not all Icelanders feel that tearing down the old to make way for the new is necessarily a good idea.. Nevertheless the city plans to start some work next year. □ Twenty-five percent of families in Reykjavik with children are one parent families, according to News From Iceland. The newspaper reports the Photo of the Weeh A relaxing day of pony treking around the interor of lce/and{p\\o\.o by Herb Antley). number of single parents rose by about 730 or 14 percent and said ’these figures... reflect broken marriages as well as illegitimacy... ’ □ One of the features of the new air terminal is a larger duty-free shop. This is, of course, in anticipation of more customers, more business. The hopes seem well founded because in 1986 the old Duty-Free Shop at keflavik International Airport reported its best-ever year of sales. A clear profit of $4.5 million was garnered. □ Iceland does a brisk business with the Soviet Union. Fifty percent of the wool products manufactured in Iceland are sold to the Soviet and, In turn, half of the petroleum products used in Iceland come from the Soviet Union, last year's agreed figure of 26,000 tons of fish for the Soviet market was composed of ’14,000 tons of redflsh fillets, 6,000 tons of saithe fillets and 6,000 tons of whole frozen fish." Delivery of these products was behind schedule at the end of 1986. 8:30 a. m. Lutheran Communion Service, chapel (First and Third Sundays) 9:15 a. m. Protestant Sunday School (Contact chapel at 4111 for class location.) 9:30 a.m. Catholic Mass 11:00 a.m. CCD (Sept, thru May, High school, Family Services) Schedule of religious services 11:00 a. m. Protestant Morning Worship (Communion-First Sundays) 12:30 p.m. Catholic Mass Lav Reader Services 9:00 a. m. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Elementary School 12:00 p.m. Gospel Service, Elementary School 2:00 p.m. Christian Science, chapel 2:30 p. m. Church of Christ, Elementary School 3:00 p.m. Pentecostal Full Gospel Fellowship, chapel Fridag 7:30 p.m. Jewish Sabbath, for more information contact chapel Weekdays 11:30 a. m. Catholic Mass (Mon.- Thurs. chapel and first Fri.) 5:00 p.m. Catholic Mass (Sat.) (Oct. thru April) Contact the chapel at 4111 or 4211 for other activities. May 1, 1987 9

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