DIARY OF THE YEAR
Tuesday 6 April: Mr Richard Marsh is to be- come chairman of British Rail in September. Six Welsh miners were killed in a gas blowout. Mr Paisley's birthday present from Mr Wilson this year was some advice—to preach peace and reconciliation and to practise humility. Mr Heath said in Bonn that only Russia would benefit if Britain failed to enter the EEC. Igor Stravinsky died aged 88.
Wednesday 7 April: The TUC offered coopera- tion in a voluntarily incomes policy, and the last of the Fords strikers returned to work. The us accepted the Chinese invitation to play ping- pong. Mrs lain Macleod became a baroness, and the Emperor of Japan a Knight of the Garter once again.
Thursday 8 April: Vauxhall workers will feast on tx%enty-eight per cent more pay, by Septem- ber. 1972, while the railmen were still haggling over a mere nine per cent. Mr Nixon is slightly accelerating us withdrawal from Vietnam: a Dallas jury sent a murderer to jail for 2,500 years.
Friday 9 April: Rebels in Ceylon battled with security forces and a twenty-four hour curfew was imposed. Talks on the RB 211 may succeed as Mr Nixon is prepared to guarantee Lock- heed's survival. The PM will receive an
honorary degree from Mr Wilson at Bradford University. A Bournemouth woman left Mr Barber £20,000 in her will 'toward repayment of the National Debt'.
Saturday 10 April: Although the PM was furi- ous about the recent high pay awards in the car industry, he managed to be 'delighted' with his new yacht, launched today. Pakistan claimed that India Was infiltrating arms into Bengal. A committee to review the Queen's income is expected soon.
Sunday 11 April: A sunny Easter Day pro- vided plenty of traffic jams. Russia was said to have dispatched some of her best jets to Egypt. The Archbishop of Wales retired and the Chinese Foreign Minister was replaced.
Monday 12 April: Altogether, 10,000 redund- ancies over the next two years are planned by. the Steel Corporation; a severe drought in Texas may well destroy all crops. Mr Peter Hain become chairman of the Young Liberals, and Mr Thorpe said he was ready to go to jail rather than answer some of the questions in the forthcoming national census.
Tuesday 13 April: Britain is supplying Ceylon with six helicopters to help with the rebellion there. The Bengalis appealed for international recognition. Further talks about the rail dispute raised hopes of a settlement.
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