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Hi, can someone help translate a newspaper article please. Not sure if posting in correct place
Thank you.
 

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This may be wrong in many respects but, given the poor image quality, appears to be something along the lines of:

EVENING MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1975
Plea for jobs in bid to rescue firms
Evening Mail Reporter
A PLEA to save workers' jobs at troubled Bearbrand Nylons was being made by a Birmingham shop steward in talks in London today.
Union leaders launching a rescue bid to turn the ailing company into a workers' cooperative, were meeting with Bearbrand's appointed receiver to discuss new cash problems.
Birmingham manager, Mr. Henri Koundou, factory chairman of a shop managers' committee, was taking part in the talks.
The workers' £2,000,000 to save 2,400 jobs in three factories — is made up of £1,500,000 they hope to get from merchant banks and £500,000 they will seek from the Government.


To really understand what is printed here a more focussed image is essential!!
 
I think it is from the American-owned newspaper archive, which does have UK newspapers, but some different ones. They do allow you to search and then present a blurred image like this
 
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