1972 IN FOCUS
TOP OF THE CHARTS
PINT OF BEER = 13p PINT OF MILK = 5p ON THE FRONT PAGE
JUNE 17: Five burglars are caught prowling in Democratic offices at the Watergate Hotel, setting off a chain of events that would lead to the resignation of US president Richard Nixon.
ON THE BACK PAGE
SEPTEMBER 3: Mary Peters wins gold for Great Britain in the pentathlon at the Munich Olympics but receives death threats from the IRA.