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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1979

MASCULINE NAMES FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES ******

BEGINNING THIS YEAR, TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC WILL BE GIVEN MALE AND FEMALE NAMES ALTERNATELY BY THE U.S. JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTRE AT GUAM. PREVIOUSLY ONLY GIRLS' NAMES WERE USED.

MR. GORDON BELL, DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THIS CHANGE BY GUAM IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE WOMEN'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT IN THE U.S.A.

SINCE 1952 HONG KONG HAS BEEN FOLLOWING GUAM'S SYSTEM FOR NAMING TROPICAL CYCLONES, AND THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HAS DECIDED TO ADOPT THE NEW SYSTEM WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.

''CECIL' WILL BE THE FIRST MASCULINE NAME TO BE GIVEN TO A 1979 TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THIS REGION.

OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY STARTED USING ALTERNATE

MALE AND FEMALE NAMES FOR NAMING TROPICAL CYCLONES. AUSTRALIA, FOR EXAMPLE, BEGAN DOING SO IN 1975 AND THE

U.S.A. IN 1978 FOR HURRICANES IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.

THE NEW SYSTEM FOR NAMING TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC WILL CONSIST OF FOUR ALPHABETICAL LISTS. DETAILS ARE 1

LIST 1: ANDY, BESS, CECIL, DOT, ELLIS, FAYE, GORDON, HOPE, IRVING, JUDY, KEN, LOLA, MAC, NANCY, OWEN, PAMELA, ROGER, SARAH, TIP, VERA AND WAYNE.

LIST 21 ABBY, BEN, CARMEN, DOM, ELLEN, FORREST, GEORGIA, HERBERT, IDA, JOE, KIM, LEX, MARGE, NORRIS, ORCHID, PERCY, RUTH, SPERRY, THELMA, VERNON AND WYNNE,

LIST 3: ALEX, BETTY, CARY, DINAH, ED, FREDA, GERALD, HOLLY IKE, JUNE, KELLY, LYNN, MAURY, NINA, OGDEN, PHYLLIS, ROY, SUSAN, THAD, VANESSA AND WARREN.

LIST 4: AGNES, BILL, CLARA, DOYLE, ELSIE, FABIAN, GAY, HAZEN, IRMA, JEFF, KIT, LÉE, MAMIE, NELSON, ODESSA, PAT, RUBY, SKIP, TESS, VAL AND WINONA.