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British Busmen Strike For Wage Increase
One hundred thousand busmen employed by private companies walk out seeking an extra £1 a week. Two Nottingham operators pull services citing safety fears as strikers damage buses and disrupt queues. Pickets block routes, some passengers ride to outskirts then alight, a window is broken, and a bottle is thrown amid confrontations involving pilgrims escorted to Derbyshire sites.
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Nottingham
Tikeston
Derbyshire
Btrikers