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Ulster Leader Defies Party On One Vote Demand
In Belfast Terence ONeill the Ulster Unionist Prime Minister backed universal franchise for local elections and proposed postponing next year's polls to 1971. He argued for one man one vote amid civil rights protests, while facing pressure from Britain and rival Brian Faulkner. Police guarded demonstrations as tensions rose and Bernadette Devlin attacked the government from the House of Commons.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Terence O'Neill
Ireland
Unionist
O'Neill
Ulster
Oneill
House of Commons
Britain
Harold Wilson
Bernadette Devlin