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...bitterest in postwar Britain. The Tories have made no secret of the fact that they are planning a scare campaign on a "Reds under the bed" ticket, blaming assorted Marxists, militants, Trotskyites and "unpatriotic" union leaders for the country's troubles. Their campaign slogan is "Who Gov erns Britain?"-a hard-lining appeal to the voters to choose between Heath's tough stance and the striking workers. Heath, 57, will also exploit past successes like his handling of Northern Ireland, which resulted in a marked reduction of tensions there, and his early decision...
...students of Columbia University in New York the walls may be tumbling down under the pressure of Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's new narcotic laws. In early December, right before Christmas break, five Columbia students were arrested for allegedly dealing drugs; two for reportedly dealing cocaine and three for reportedly dealing marijuana. Under New York State's draconian narcotics laws, which went into effect last September 1, the two students charged with dealing cocaine face sentences from life imprisonment to no less than 15 years, and the other three students charged with dealing marijuana face sentences up to 15 years...
Former New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller announces that as a public service to the nation, he is organizing a National Commission to Make Me President If I Decide I Want to Run. Rockefeller also declares that Standard Oil will boycott the United States. Japan, Western Europe, and Harvard if President Ford fails to offer him a cabinet position...
...early September 1971, 1200 prisoners revolted at Attica prison, taking 32 guards as hostages. After four days of negotiations without settlement, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller authorized 1000 National Guardsmen to enter the prison. 28 prisoners and nine hostages were killed in the Guard attack...
Persons convicted before July 1972 of possession of marijuana may petition to have their records sealed, under a Massachusetts law signed by Gov. Francis W. Sargent November...