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- ↑ "Get ready for heavy rate rise, warns new Liberal committee chief". Evening Post. Reading. 4 October 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
Liberals took the helm of the new Reading Council's top committee yesterday... Councillor Day was voted policy committee chairman on the new district council...
- ↑ "Next mayor must fight town elections". Evening Post. Reading. 9 May 1973. p. 8. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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- ↑ "Labour holds Whitley seat". Evening Post. Reading. 12 December 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
