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...Sabbath dose of straight news-to the amazement of Fleet Street, which has long been satisfied that little happens on Saturday. This month, after a gunman shot three London bobbies and then handed the story-by telephone-to the Sunday Express, the Sunday Telegraph collected information from eyewitnesses and Scotland Yard, stitched a story that made the Express's account (1 TRAP WANTED MAN ON THE TELEPHONE) sound like a Beaverbrook promotion...
...Labor landslide, he even managed to lose his family's "safe" Parliament seat in Lanarkshire. In 1951, he went off to the musty House of Lords after acceding to his father's title and his share of the family's 100,000 acres in Scotland...
...defended his apprenticeship for the job. "After all, for five years it was my job to explain foreign policy to the Commonwealth." Officials used to his rather dour predecessor, Selwyn Lloyd, were charmed by Home's wit and informality (Home rides up front in official cars, putting the Scotland Yard man in the back). His subordinates were also surprised at his grasp of the issues...
...been threatened with layoffs or slow business at home. But despite his willingness to import a British cook along with them, Schlieker has not been able to get even an advance party of 60 Scots. British newspapers and trade unions argue that Britain itself, except for isolated pockets in Scotland and Northern Ireland, will soon be facing a labor shortage. Says Schlieker: "From some of the comments in British newspapers, you'd think I was trying to kidnap...
England; it helped John Knox's Kirk become Scotland's established church, and spread through the colonies as Congregationalism in New England and Presbyterianism in New Jersey and Pennsylvania...