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...faces a takeover by the Catholic-dominated Republic of Ireland and this can be prevented only if Ulster's Protestants band together in political and military opposition to union. A soft-spoken lawyer whose voice seldom rises above a whisper, Craig last week talked with TIME Correspondent William McWhirter in his suburban Belfast home, which is still scarred by a recent terrorist bomb attack. The views of King Billy...
...home rule in favor of an elected assembly for Scotland and direct control over all its oil revenues. While the Conservatives do not go that far, some influential Tory strategists favor a stronger "Scottish identification." But politics is only one aspect of the emerging mood, as TIME Correspondent William McWhirter discovered on a tour of the country. His report...
...billion and has lived in England for the past 20 years, seeing only business associates and close friends. Charles Lindbergh, 72, the first man to fly the Atlantic solo, has long avoided public life, emerging only to promote conservation causes. Last week both met with TIME Correspondent William McWhirter. The occasion: Getty had just endowed a $50,000 prize through the World Wildlife Fund, for outstanding service to conservation. The place: Getty's vast Tudor manor, Sutton Place, 25 miles from London. Its spacious gardens and lawns are surrounded by double fences covered with barbed wire and are patrolled...
...visit to the Midlands, the industrial region hardest hit by the two-day layoffs, TIME Correspondent William McWhirter last week found Britons managing remarkably well despite the current economic dislocations. "If there is any pride around the Midlands," cabled McWhirter, "it is that they have managed to cope with half-time employment better than anyone else could have. This is our specialty, mate,' said Jack Hebbs, a Midlands shop steward. 'Patch and improvise. The Germans would go running for their rule books, and the French would be out marching with the red flags. We know the routine...
Letter Bombs. Joe Gormley, president of the National Union of Mineworkers, said in an interview with TIME Correspondent William McWhirter last week: "The working man is becoming more and more aware that he is not getting his just share of the wealth he's producing. I think that's bound to happen in a country that has become better and better educated. Are we being so demanding...