the right of the Vietnamese people to decide their own affairs, was urged yesterday
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2. Exemption from taxes on capital gains up to a maximum of 1,000 a year is asked
for by the Income Tax Payers Society in a letter to the Chancellor. (M. S., 1969)
3. When the wage freeze was introduced, we were told the low paid would benefit.
The Budget gives them nothing. They stay low paid. The increase in family
allowances that was widely hoped for has come to nothing. (M. S., 1967)
4. Foot police flanked the marchers all the way from the London School of
Economics in Aldwich. They were augmented by mobile police and there were
walkie-talkies and a police van at the rear of the column (M. S., 1968)
5. About 1,600 non financial companies in Britain with net book assets of 1,900
million, are owned or controlled by U. S. firms, the President of the Board of Trade
said yesterday in a written reply to a Commons question. (M. S., 1968)
6. Charlie, the homeless elephant at the closed-down Craigend Zoo near Glasgow,
has been offered a home by the Director of Berlin Zoo. (D. W., 1969)
7. Now that we have been awakened to the danger to animals and plants that the
spread of Man's activities has caused, considerable effort is being put into
providing the information needed for developing an understanding and
appreciation of nature. (M. S., 1967)
8. The Prime Minister was shouted down tonight by 3,000 angry youngsters as he
vainly tried to address a rush-hour reply from the steps of the Leeds Town Hall.
(D. W., 1969)
9. Lovers of familiar symphonic fare are catered for with two Brahms symphonies
and First Piano Concerto by Beethoven. (R. T., 1969)
10. The attacks on the people made in Wednesday's grim Budget were just the sort
of cuts which were ordered by the bankers throughout the world. (M. S., 1966)
11. Some of the most disastrous chapters in the history of British foreign policy
have been written by those who believed that success in industrial negotiations
could be paralleled in the world of foreign affairs. (The Guar- dian, 1965)
12. He was elegant, bowler-hatted and umbrellaed. (C. Wil-lock, Death in Covert)
13. The U. S. President was left in no doubt about what the ordinary people in New
Zealand felt, for placards which read: "No New Zealand support for U. S. aggres-
sors" were in the President's direct view in front of the official dais. (M. S., 1966)
14. Flagrant disregard for laws on shipping safety was alleged at an inquiry into the
loss of the pleasure boat Darl-wyne with 31 lives. (M. S., 1970)
15. The Soviet people are marching the path which will sooner or later be followed
by the working people of all countries, Soviet Communist Party leader Leonid
Brezhnev said here today. He was addressing a Lenin Centenary celebration held
jointly by the Party's Central Committee, the Supreme Soviet and the Russian
Federation Supreme Soviet in the Kremlin Pa'ace of Congresses. (M. S., 1970)
16. In Calcutta. Premier Mrs Gandhi declared yesterday it was mass poverty that
posed a real threat to Indian democracy. The threat to democracy in India could be
met by removing poverty from the masses. (M. S., 1970)
17. European security, the Middle East, Vietnam — on each of these issues the
British Government must be forced to abandon its obstructive role and to throw its
weight on the side of sanity and peace. (M. S., 1970)
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18. Today, the Big West End stores begin their annual sales,
to be followed next
week by sales in many out-of-town shopping centres. (M. S., 1969)
19 Already a heavy blow against the British people has been struck by the
government-organized increase in unemployment. This must not be followed up by
a further effort to put the burdens caused by a wrong policy on the sick, the ill-
housed and the children. (M. S., 1968)
20. About 3,000 busmen employed by the Northern General Transport Group of
companies, staged a one-day strike yesterday in support of a basic rate of pay of Ә
20 a week. North Durham and Tyneside services were affected. (D. W., 1964)
21. Two of our most respected composers shared the conducting of the Promenade
concert at the Albert Hall on Saturday, which was mainly devoted to English music
of the 20th century. Malcolm Arnold took charge of the greater part of the
programme. He was jointed briefly by Sir Arthur Bliss to conduct the first
performance of the new version for three hands of his rarely heard concert for two
pianos and orchestra. (R. T., 1969)
22. "Ready? said the old gentleman inquiringly, when his guests had been washed,
mended, brushed and brandied.
(Ch. Dickens, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club)
23. "I think you had better be going back," he said. "It's rather late. They may be
missing you." Maud laughed happily. "I don't mind now what they do. But I
suppose dinners must be dressed for, whatever happens."
(P. G. Wodehouse. A Damsel in Distress)
24. Two more strikes of natural gas have been made in the North Sea of the
Yorkshire coast, British-Petroleum announced yesterday. (M S., 1966)
25. More light was shed yesterday on the effects of CS gas, which was claimed by
Pentagon to be virtually harmless to health and was therefore to be recommended
for use in war by soldiers — or in peace by the police.
The latest information comes from U. S. Army studies, showing the gas to produce
burns and blisters.
The Morning Star has campaigned consistently to have this gas banned for use by
either Army or police? (M. S., 1970)
26. "The weather report promises heavy snow moving in from the west," he said.
It will be here by evening, so I'm going to New York today. By tomorrow we may
be snowed in. (Ph. A. Whitney. The Winter People)
'27. Mutiny Charge
Two black marines, George Daniels and Lance-corporal William Harvey, were
court-martial led for making anti-war statements during a talk-in session and sen-
tenced to ten and six years respectively. (M. S., 1970)
28. It was not until he had received his apology that our touchy friend would suffer
himself to be appeased. (A. Conan Doyle, The Lost World)
29. The ancient Phoenician city of Sarepta has been unearthed on the coast of
Lebanon. It is the first home city of sea-?????