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...booming automobile-making town of Luton, Tory Party Chairman John Hare declared recently, is "a microcosm of the Britain we are building." If so, it may be the Socialists who will take over the construction job. At a by-election last week in Luton, 30 miles northwest of London, voters elected a Labor M.P. for the first time in 13 years, turning the Tories' 1959 majority of 5,000 votes into a thumping 3,749-vote margin for Labor. The switch, pronounced Labor Party Leader Harold Wilson triumphantly, was clear proof that "the Conservative government has totally lost...
...will have to. In the kind of marginal seat that matters most, like Luton, Tories are faring badly. What troubles the Tories is that Luton is a sign of Tory affluence, with industrial payrolls that have boosted wage levels 20% above the national average. Luton has a bigger-than-average share of the fast-growing middle class that has kept the Conservatives in office for twelve years...
...Douglas-Home put it, "the eyes of the world" last week were on rural Perthshire; but Tories' eyes were focused on a far more critical by-election this week in Luton, an automotive center 30 miles from London where experts detect a swing to Labor after 13 years of Tory majorities. As Luton goes, said the pundits, so may most other industrial areas where Labor has traditionally been strongest. Speaking more to Luton's floating voter than the faithful in Perth, the Prime Minister used every crossroads stopover last week to inveigh against the Labor Party...
...basic difficulty at Dagenham is not yet solved. Dagenham executives blame their labor troubles variously on Communists, the failure of the national unions to control local shop stewards, and widespread resentment among the workers at U.S. ownership. However, General Motors' experience at its Vauxhall plant in Luton, north of London, suggests that there is more to the story. In its 37-year history, Vauxhall has had practically no work stoppages even though it pays lower wages than Ford...
British Vogue Editor Audrey Withers complained that the uniforms give British girls scant chance to "blossom into pretty, well-dressed young women." Recently one girls' school decided that a modest blossoming might not bring on moral blight: Headmistress Eileen Evans of Bedfordshire's Luton High School announced that her sixth-formers (mostly 17-year-olds) could chuck their uniforms, put on regular dresses, nylons and makeup -but no jewelry. Encouraged by this move, one clothier last week invited headmistresses to a showing of remodeled uniforms, including gym slips with "a hint of fashion line...