—Portrait of the Week— ' BETTER FIFTY YEARS of Europe than
a cycle of decay,' but Britain's entry to the EEC remains un- settled. After spending the weekend in travail, the Six delegates adjourned discussions on Britain's entry till next month. Mr. Heath returned from Brussels with public statements meaning all things to all men: but it is still probable Britain will Play in next season's European Economic Cup, and at present only our outside left and outside right remain dissatisfied with the terms offered. Meanwhile Britain celebrated the ritual of a Bank Holiday with seventy-nine deaths on the roads, and the Met. Office achieved a notable hat-trick—their holiday forecast was totally wrong for the third time in succession. Indepen- dence came to Jamaica—of its own accord: in- dependence was gently removed from Britain's de- terrent. The new Defence Minister, Mr. Thorney- croft, jumping on the McNamara bandwagon, pressed on with the pruning of defence expendi- ture, scything his way through our missile pro- gramme. The 'Come to Britain' campaign was Proving too successful: the Home Office found it difficult to remove Dr. Soblen, the convicted American spy, without risking that he might re- turn to Israel: Mr. George Rockwell, an Ameri- can Nazi, made nonsense of our immigration laws hy slipping into the country via Eire. Irish offi- cials believed his claim that he had come 'to have a holiday in Ireland': in fact it was to attend a race meeting in England. Not unexpectedly, the TUC proclaimed its dislike of NIC.
PRESIDENT NKRUMAli survived a bomb attack on
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his life, e, and blamed 'foreign enemies' for the Plot: but as befits a neutral he refrained from naming anyone in particular, instead arresting twenty-five Ghanaians. In the Congo, President ishombe braved sanctions from the central gov- ernment. All except UN planes were grounded: as Tshombe is in Geneva visiting his doctors, his 'awn return was put in some doubt. Russia re- sumed tests with a forty-megaton monster, while .both sides endured the formality of test-ban talks In Geneva, with little prospect of agreement. How- ever, Britain did secure agreement on the for- mation of the new State of Malaysia, centring °n Malaya and Singapore. Ben Bella entered Algiers in triumph; the Archbishop of Canter- bury entered Moscow in humility. President Ken- nedy decorated Dr. Frances Kelsey for `prevent- ing a major tragedy' in refusing the general sale of thalidomide in the US: in Britain, for want of government interest, Lady Hoare opened a special relief fund for victims of the drug. Another tragic drug victim was Miss Marilyn Monroe, found dead in bed on Sunday. The world mourned its IN cincaco, Mr. Paul Crump had his death sen- tence commuted to one of imprisonment for 199 Years: with full remission for good conduct he should be released on a Thursday. The new Minis-
ter - er for Welsh Affairs, Sir Keith Joseph, created an interesting precedent by actually visiting Wales
Within the first month of office : what is mom, he even learnt the words of the Welsh national 41,11,Inein—'Land of My Fathers.' In the stately mes stakes, Beaulieu claimed it was overtaking Woburn: however, the Duke of Bedford is not e,.,asilY beaten. On Monday visitors to Woburn :ere entertained by a football match between TV :(Ars and women employees from a corset fac- L°ry. Lord Rudolf Russell acted as referee.
LHE TRANSPORT COMMISSION announced their golden fingers-sign' plan for redundant workers, ineallt to soften the blow for the Beeching cuts TcPected in November. The Inland Revenue _Appealed to all defaulters to admit their past Shady —
tax fiddles, with the promise that if they
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