6 MAY 1966, Page 3

THE WEATHER CHANGED. There were student strikes in Spain, Mexico

and Italy where the Rector of the University of Rome was obliged to resign. In the Colombian presidential elec- tions two-thirds of the electorate abstained. Fulham once again remained in the First Division and the cricket season opened with a draw at Lord's, while if the Government does not hurry up in its plan to appoint an Ombudsman it may find, according to an article in Komsomolskaya Pravda, that the Russians have got in ahead of them.