Monster v. Power

After snoozing quietly at the bottom of the English-speaking world's subconscious for nigh on three years, the Loch Ness monster popped up last week. Opposing a House of Commons bill to erect hydroelectric plants in two scenic glens at Inverness, Scotland. Ian Campbell Hannah, 66-year-old Member for Bilston, a small manufacturing town near Birmingham, far from Loch Ness, rose from his seat and intoned:

"The Loch Ness monster has been most patriotically reappearing the last few days. . . . We do want to preserve the beauty of one of the loveliest glens in Scotland and bring all America to it. ... If you want electricity or anything that modern engineering can supply, from pig iron to watch springs, Bilston is the place."

The bill was tabled for three months.

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