PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK
'A rather nasty accident! A group of expelled Russian officials crashed into a crowd of British expelled officials!'
As school holidays ended, the teachers' strike resumed, and greatly irri- tated parents. Local authorities were offered immunity if they would assent to the teachers' demands, and ask central government for more money. Roy Hatters- ley told the AUEW that the unions and the Labour Party must agree a new social contract. Neil Kinnock urged a rerun of the TGWU's disputed election for the post of general secretary. An all-party pressure group called the Institute for Employment was launched and demanded reflation. Mrs Thatcher was said to have been dismissive of the Tory members of the group. Embol- dened by this example, a junior minister at the Department of Employment suggested that Sir Ian Gilmour, Francis Pym, and James Prior were all has-beens. Mr Prior retorted that the junior minister would never become anyone to have been. Infla- tion rose to 6.1 per cent. The pound rose too, and steadied at about $1.29. Two Russians — one a diplomat — were expel- led from England for spying; the Russians retaliated by expelling three British diplo- mats; the Foreign Office announced the previously unpublicised expulsion of three more Russians. Chris Bonnington climbed Mount Everest at the age of 50. Mrs Ingrid Kristiansen, a Norwegian who runs long distances for pleasure, made £68,000 by winning the women's section of the Lon- don Marathon. Corporal Chris Jones won the event 65 seconds too late to break the world record, which would have been worth another f38,675. The chairman of Chelsea Football Club, prevented from erecting an electric fence to curb his ill-mannered supporters, suggested in response that the Sports Minister 'get stuffed'.
SHI'ITE MILITIAS seized control of West Beirut from Sunnis after fierce fighting; Sunni President Karami resigned, then returned to office; the Israelis announced they would leave Lebanon by 1 June, but retain 'all freedom of military action'• President Reagan decided to visit the1. former camp at Belsen, but did not aban- don plans to visit a German war cemetery at Bitburg, where members of the SS are buried with many others. The space shuttle Discovery returned to earth after failing to swat a disabled spy satellite into action. It had carried a senator Gum as passenger. President Reagan telephoned him in space to solicit his vote on Nicaragua. Senator Sam Ervin, chairman of the Watergate committee died. Nine high-ranking Ar- gentinian officers, including Generals Viola and Galtieri went on public trial in Buenos Aires for crimes committed during the period of 'authoritarian' government. Unrest continued in South Africa. Mr, Keith Everitt, a security guard who had terrified the village of Bushey, Herts, by creeping up behind women and teenage girls and then forcibly shampooing their hair, was remanded in custody pending) ACB I
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