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Premier Giulio Andreotti had just concluded his first complete report on the kidnaping of Christian Democratic Leader Aldo Moro to a tense and packed Chamber of Deputies. Despite Moro's letter of the week before, suggesting authorities bargain with the terrorists of the Red Brigades for his release, the government would reject any attempt at extortion by the kidnapers, said Andreotti, and stood firmly against negotiations. Suddenly Benigno Zaccagnini, secretary of the ruling Christian Democrats, was handed a sealed message. Zaccagnini hurried out of the chamber. A few moments later Ugo La Malfa, leader of the centrist Republicans, told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: A Further Plea | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

Saturday, April 8: concert--Margaret Rossi, clarinetist, Sally Pinkas, pianist, and Robert Koff, pianist, will play 20th century chamber music. Slosberg Recital Hall, 8:30 p.m., free...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRANDEIS | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

...Vocal Chamber Music--Boston Chamber Soloists perform Purcell, Dering, Holst, Vaughan Williams and Briten. At First and Second Church, Berkeley St., Boston, at 8. Tickets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: April 6-April 12 | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

...rose the Senate's silver-haired Majority Leader Robert Byrd, ready to address the crowded chamber. After three months' tireless, tenacious work on behalf of the Panama Canal treaties, he was in a mood for Shakespearean rhetoric. "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune," he declared. "The Rubicon of decision on the treaties is now to be crossed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter Wins on Panama | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

...ceremonies began with an uncommonly festive air. In the spacious Hall of the Frescoes in Rome's Palazzo Chigi, Giulio Andreotti, newly installed as Premier of his fourth government, was swearing in 46 new Cabinet Under Secretaries. After that, he would go to the adjoining Chamber of Deputies to present his new government and initiate the vote of confidence that for the first time in three decades would bring Italy's Communist Party into the parliamentary majority. Just as the oaths were being completed, an official raced up with a message. Andreotti's face froze. The news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Terrorists Declare War | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

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