The Week
Sir Harold Wilson was installed a Knight of the Garter and Benjamin Britten was ennobled. Mr James Callaghan said that there was no solution to the mystery of Sir Harold's leaked honours list. The Liberals decided on a new system for choosing their next leader. Messrs John Pardoe and David Steel announced their candidatures. Mr Pardoe said that he was an admirer of Jimmy Carter, and that he would at the same time sPonsor Mr Russell Johnston.
Mr Harold Lever forecast that Great Britain would have a surplus on her current trading account next year, a prophecy which looked less convincing when the worst Month's trade figures for years—a deficit of
f342 million—were announced, and the Pound dropped thirteen points. British Steel was accused of switching its funds out of sterling— perhaps 'congratulated' would be aPter. A report placed British managers seventeenth on an international drinking table, and another coincidental report Placed British industrial efficiency even • lower.
The trial of British mercenaries in Angola continued. `Colonel Callan' appeared in the k in handcuffs and claimed full responsi,udltY for the alleged crimes. General Amin ok his revenge for a recent attempt on his life, killing several hundred people and threatening 'drastic action' against the BBC
military installations in Mozam
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, Nue. Mr 'Tiny' Rowland said that the
'-onrho report contained no allegation of bribery. c Mr Telly Savalas claimed in the High ourt that he was not a Jekyll and Hyde, and ti, :at he could speak lines like 'Gee, what wth 3ole lot of sauerkraut'. He was awarded s 000 damages against the Daily Mail and Ea(1 he would 'spend it all in Britain'. Mr Cdie Milne won a libel action against the Dab°tir MP who unseated him, Mr John ,"Yll'ian. A ten-year-old girl, who had been ocked down by a post office van was aWarded £45,000. PeMr Peter Shore warned local government 'nuthorities about their level of spending, „°t, Presumably, telling them that his Dertinent of the Environment had spent as6°,000 on a twenty-six-minute colour film 8 arl 'audio-visual aid' for the British deleeati°h—including Mr Shore —to the Habitat a.(3o,nrere1ce. The Swiss voted in a referendum the giving 200 million francs in aid to e Third World. The GLC decided not to I:31d the 1984 Olympics in London. The Ciffice broke the startling news that it `1:41.11. anaged to make a profit. wa Iss Elizabeth Ray, Representative Yhe Hays's friend, arrived in London to
promote her book. Mr Hays took an overdose. President Ford called for greater 'private and public morality'. President Leone of Italy was cleared by the United States Senate of charges of bribery from Lockheed. President Ratsiraka of Malagasy visited China, but Mao was unable to see him.
A couple were sentenced to death by an Irish court for killing a policeman. The Irish opposition party Fianna Fail lost two byelections and Mr Jack Lynch's leadership came under pressure. A neo-fascist Italian MP, Signor Sandro Saccucci, was arrested in London on suspicion of a political murder in Italy. Geza Anda died, as did Adolph Zukor, aged 103, and James Joyce's son Giorgio.
A coroner in Yorkshire at the inquest of three men who had died pot-holing said that the sport should be encouraged. NUJ members in Leeds were told to boycott the National Front. A yacht in the Observer race caught fire. Swedish girls invited aboard HMS Antrim said that they were humiliated. A naval petty officer was convicted by courtmartial of having kissed a rating in New Orleans to show him what it was like being kissed by someone with no teeth. In his defence he said, 'we were all pissed'. And Ascot got off to a hair-raising start : an accumulator on the first day would have paid thirteen million to one.
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