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19/05/2010

“It’s 10.30 so time to close down”

TV companies had to shut down early during the 3-day week in order to conserve electricity.

Identify the words that have been replaced by their initial letters from the following 1974 headlines.

There are 2 separate sets of initials in each question.

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1.

MS bomb kills 11 in WY

M62;

West Yorkshire

2.

B starts its C service

BBC;

Ceefax

3.

CD tops the charts with KFF

Carl Douglas;

Kung Fu Fighting

4.

TTSS by JLC published

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy;

John le Carré

5.

CDGA opens in P

Charles de Gaulle Aitrport;

Paris

6.

10 die in gas explosion at GC near W

Golbourne Colliery;

Wigan

7.

‘TRITJ’ takes place in K

The Rumble in the Jungle;

Kinshasha

8.

JC presents the first edition of WYWH

Judith Chalmers;

Wish You Were Here…..

9.

PRN announces his R

President Richard Nixon;

Resignation

10.

Death announced of EC, 4th IP

Erskine Childers;

Irish President