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...comfort. Punctuality is also on the wane; the Metroliner's on-time percentage dropped to 63% last year from 76% in 1972, and some trains-including the St. Louis-Washington, D.C., and Chicago-New Orleans runs-went for months last year without ever arriving on time. Says Harold L. Graham, Amtrak vice president for marketing: "Frankly, there will be times during the next few months when we won't be able to give you the kind of service you deserve...
...isolated and ailing President Georges Pompidou did little to restore confidence in his ability to govern by a largely cosmetic Cabinet reshuffling. In Bonn, Chancellor Willy Brandt, increasingly distant and indecisive, has seen his party's popularity plummet to its lowest level since 1957. In Britain, Prime Minister Harold Wilson has scraped into office with an avowed distaste for his country's membership in the European Economic Community...
With practiced aplomb, Harold Wilson last week took charge of Britain as if he had been swept into power by a landslide. Shortly before 8:30 last Monday night, a black Rover drew up in front of No. 10 Downing Street; the crowd that had gathered outside gave an approving cheer. Pausing on the doorstep, the new Prime Minister impatiently waved aside the applause. "We have a job to do," he said in his flat Yorkshire accent. "We can only do it as one people, and I am going right in to start that...
...short while later, Heath, looking tired and drawn, drove to Buckingham Palace and tendered his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II. Six minutes later, at 7:18 p.m., Harold Wilson arrived and, according to the palace bulletin, "accepted Her Majesty's offer" to form a new government. By the time the Wilsons arrived at Downing Street, Heath had packed his bachelor bags and gone to spend the night in a borrowed flat...
...other key posts Anthony Wedgwood Benn, 48, resumed his old responsibilities as Minister for Industry; Shirley Williams, 43, was given a new portfolio of Prices and Consumer Protection; and Roy Mason, 49, becomes Defense Secretary. As his personal economic adviser, Wilson chose millionaire Socialist Harold Lever, 60, who is known and respected in international financial circles...