IMMOLATION THREAT
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—-Copyright) LONDON, Jan. 7.
Sohan Singh Jolly, the 66-year-old leader of Britain's Sikh community, has threatened to burn himself alive if the Wolverhampton Transport Committee continues to refuse to employ Sikhs wearing turbans and beards. The transport authorities in Wolverhampton, one of Britain's biggest centres of immigrant population, maintain that the Sikhs should wear peaked uniform caps and be clean-shaven like other employees.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31881, 8 January 1969, Page 11
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