DIARY OF THE YEAR
Wednesday 10 March: In Ulster three British soldiers, one under eighteen, were shot dead in a North Belfast suburb by IRA terrorists. The Australian PM; Mr John Gorton, voted himself out of office by using his casting vote in a motion of no confidence. Twenty-five Latvian Jews staged a sit-in in Moscow in an effort to obtain permission to emigrate to Israel. Mrs Gandhi appeared to have won a sweeping vic- tory in the Indian elections with 180 seats declared.
Thursday 11 March: 'a line of communication with the 'rue was forged, it was claimed, at today's meeting between Cabinet ministers and union leaders. All-out war on Ulster's terrorists was threatened by Mr Maudling after yester- day's murder of three soldiers. An 'unreal' deficit of £63 million in our trade account was caused by the postal strike. The miners' union voted against Thursday's one-day strike against the Industrial Relations Bill.
Friday 12 March: the Government has paid out £20 million to save Rolls patents from foreign companies, and announced it would withdraw from Ulster any troops under eighteen. The Turkish government resigned today under Pressure from army commanders. British Rail stepped up their 8 per cent pay offer to rail workers and raised hopes of a peaceful settle- ment. The Beatles' manager, Mr Allen Klein, was removed from his post in the High Court. Saturday 13 March: Henry Ford arrived in Britain today claiming that industrial problems were not of Ford's making but of Britain's as a whole. The editorial staffs of the Daily Sketch and Daily Mail learnt which of their colleagues Were being axed in the merger of the two Papers. It was revealed that a huge search for oil in Britain had been sanctioned by the Gov- ernment.
Sunday 14 March: ignoring Henry Ford's threat to stop new investment in Britain, Ford workers voted to continue their thirty-two day-old strike. Squires Hill tavern was bombed today and a Northern Ireland cabinet minister criticised the British Army for being `too soft' in dealing with violence. Syria gained its fourteenth new presi- dent since independence in Lt-Gen Hafez al- Assed. Monday 15 March: 'a dangerous deadlock' de- veloped in Brussels today as France attacked Britain's financial offer for joining the Common Market. W. Pakistan's president Yahya Khan flew to Dacca to meet E. Pakistan leader Muji- bat Rahman, in an attempt to prevent an irre- concilable split between the countries. The Gov- ernment's majority fell to two in a snap vote on the Industrial Relations Bill. Spanish police arrested more than 40 Basques in swoops against Ihd. ETA around Bilbao. Tuesday 16 March: the Mediterranean oil-pro- ducing countries presented Britain with a price- rise ultimatum today. Although reserves could last till autumn there was much talk of petrol rationing. Rolls-Royce workers who refused to join the kill-the-bill stoppage on 1 March have been fined by their union.
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