Monday, November 13 The United Nations Security Council called on South Africa to cancel elections planned for ..

... Pugh on January 3. He was the first Ombudsman to be appointed from outside the Civil Service. Wednesday, November 15 Mrs Thatcher, the Conservative Party leader, carried out a minor reshuffle of her Front Bench. Francis Pym, formerly spokesman on devolution ...

Published: Monday 01 January 1979
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 632 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

Invaluable

... song to Marie Lloyd, but it was another star of the halls, Vesta Victoria, who made “Waiting At The Church” a hit. 16. Margaret Thatcher’s. In a magazine intervies she confessed: “There are times when 1 get home at night, and everything hasgot on top of ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 1979
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 573 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

No longer avoidable

... For 1979 is. according to the law as it at present stands, the year in which a General Election must be held. In fact, Margaret Thatcher, the Conservative Leader, in her New Year message, says the good news at the beginning of 1979 is that there has to be ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 1979
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 372 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

PACE WESTERN PRESS AND TIMES AND MIRROR Tuesday January 2 1979 Will spring a spring poll? THE YEAR 1979 makes

... the run-up to the election is starting Imposing Whoever wins that election is most likely to do so marginally and Mrs Margaret Thatcher is that likely victor becoming -our first woman Prime Minister Imposing tasks will confront her She has said she does ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 1979
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: | Words: 3367 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

PH OLD RADAR’S ALMANAC - FOR 1979 IF you thought 1978 was a bad year for politics don’t despair has

... candidacy Mrs Thatcher offers Ted Heath and Peter Walker to private enterprise No takers Denis Howell wins Labour leadership struggle Drought starts Enoch Powell predicts rivers of blood if Catholics are allowed to marry West Indians the Common MARGARET THATCHER ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 1979
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: | Words: 1099 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

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... Marcam Hall at March. Shortly after this p' Fl. ' building were pulled down. The site still ABOVE Tory leader Mrs Margaret Thatcher , visited Wisbech in March and soon found ° fr •• - / out about the town's bid to save its hospital ' '' A+ •' '/ ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1979
Newspaper: Fenland Citizen
County: Cambridgeshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 552 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

WISBE ' HOSPIIIIS

... WISBE ' HOSPIIIIS ABOVE Tory leader Mrs Margaret Thatcher visited Wisbech in March and soon found out about the town's bid to save its hospital services. She pledged her support. RIGHT Pretty Linda Gault, of Leverington, was in June named as Wisbech's ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1979
Newspaper: Fenland Citizen
County: Cambridgeshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 823 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

DAILY RECORD Wdndoy 3 1979 19 HOUSE TO HOUSE HUNT OR RAPIST SAVE of settle- WEDDING RINGS mulct the btit

... information about its inside is known onlv to Dolice Teams of uniformed Powell blasts Tories on pay A TORY Government under Margaret Thatcher would fall back on an incomes policy rebel MP Enoch Powell claimed last night He said that nobody reading the Tory’ leader’s ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1979
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1127 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

WKOt B8PAT S Devon will be at the Boat Show HUNDREDS of South Devon boating enthusiasts be making the annual

... Navy the usual harbour feature presented with the Royal Navy as its theme There will be a nautical opening too as Mrs Margaret Thatcher is “piped aboard” to open the show tomorrow Among many special features will be a replica of the mast of HMS Ganges It ...

Powell hits at inflation ‘mythology’ OFFICIAL Unionist MP Mr Enoch Powell last night attacked the “mythology” ..

... policy. The South Down politician condemned the Callaghan administration and the Conservative Opposition led by Mrs Margaret Thatcher for consistently seeking to present inflation as a “battlefield of baddies.” - Politicians, he said, chose to ignore ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1979
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE BIGWIDE WONDE WORLD OF AIRFIX o SHOCK IN BRITAIN

... the surprise of the year was that Prime Minister Callaghan decided not to have a General Election i October, leaving Margaret Thatcher to wait for the pwze of office at No, 10 that seemed so tantalisingly near. In D b ecember the bottom of many people’s ...

Published: Thursday 04 January 1979
Newspaper: Blyth News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 474 | Page: 7 | Tags: none