just loved football. The majority of his time was taken up with football and refereeing.

"A lot of people don't know this about him but Harry was a very good footballer in his day. Unfortunately he packed it in after he broke his leg.

"When I first took over the role 20 years ago Harry helped me an enormous amount."

Mr Hardy, who also had six great-grandchildren, joined Erewash Valley Referee Society in 1959 and from 1963 served in office as secretary for more than 55 years.

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Keeping Enemy Missiles at Bay

By RICHARD L. GARWIN

A JOLLA, Calif. -- As one of the nine members of
the bipartisan commission that assessed
the ballistic missile
threat to the United
States, I am alarmed
that some have interpreted our findings as providing support for a new
national missile defense system.

It is true that in our report to
Congress two weeks ago we warned
of possible near-term threats from
short-range, ship-launched ballistic
missiles, which could carry biological agents or nuclear weapons, as
well as from longer-range ballistic
missiles from North Korea, which
could strike some of the Hawaiian
islands and the Aleutian chain in
Alaska. We also saw a potential longer-term threat to some of the contiguous 48 states from biological and
nuclear payloads on intercontinental-range missiles launched from
North Korea or Iran.

Should Iran or North Korea embark on a well-financed program and
make good