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
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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.
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