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Only then did she recognize Edward ("Ted") Heath, 53, leader of the Conservative Party and aspirant Prime Minister. Last week's Edinburgh encounter was symptomatic of the plight of Ted Heath and his embattled Tories, who have been out of office for nearly six years. As Britain this week prepares to go to the polls in the eighth general election since 1945, Heath stands scant chance of moving into 10 Downing Street. Instead, British bookies were giving odds as high as 10-to-1 that Laborite Harold Wilson would become the first Prime Minister in the last 100 years...
Ducking Issues. In the final week of campaigning, Wilson, usually accompanied by his wife Mary, billowed through the hustings, laughing off barrages of eggs, bags of talcum powder, Tory hecklers and even a bolt of lightning that struck his train at Attenborough. Heath, whistling across the sceptred isle in an executive prop jet. plugged away at his efforts to swing 49 key marginal constituencies away from Labor. But Heath was unable to match Wilson's jaunty confidence. He did unbend enough toward the campaign's end to drink with workers in pubs and buss young girls. Nonetheless. Heath...
...Wilson gave little heed to the issues, voters paid less attention to Heath's attempts to raise them. For one thing, the British were distracted by the World Cup Soccer matches in Mexico City, where the British team is defending its championship title...
...British goods but would mean higher food prices at home. Admission negotiations start on the Continent next month. While both Labor and Tory leaders favor Britain's entry, samplings show 57% of the electorate is opposed. Wilson simply dodges the point, referring questioners to dull previous statements. Heath has been somewhat more forthright. But in Portsmouth, after hailing the potential benefits to Britain of Common Market membership, Heath wound up his paean by saying that "no British government could take the British people into the Common Market against their will...
...twice the targeted figure. For many in Britain, the sudden sunniness brought by the relaxation of government curbs on wages has been sweet indeed. Asked if he thought it would last, Edinburgh Electrician Jack Miller grinned: "How would I know? I only know Harold's made it happen." Heath, who warns of a new onset of inflation that w;ll eat up the higher wages, has been unable to excite the generally well-off electorate with his prophecies of economic doom...