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Many academics complain that in its enthusiasm for order, the government has been steadily eroding civil liberties. Now, in the face of a real threat from a small band of terrorists, they fear it will seize the opportunity to clamp down on the liberal movement. Says a leftist member of Schmidt's Social Democratic Party: "The country is in political trouble, it is in economic trouble, and it needs some elements to blame...
Safety is not its only problem. This week the U.S. Government will clamp down on Aeroflot's freedom to sell tickets in the U.S. The reason: though Aeroflot has a reciprocal agreement with Pan American, Soviet officials have made it difficult if not impossible for their citizens to get Pan Am tickets for Moscow-New York flights. Adding to Aeroflot's embarrassments, its chiefs have had to announce that the Soviets' new supersonic jetliner, the 1,430-m.p.h. TU-144, will not begin passenger service this year as scheduled; Westerners doubt it will be flying even...
Although there exists no problem or dispute in the bilateral field that should affect the traditionally friendly relations between Turkey and the U.S., these have been seriously disturbed in recent years by a decision to clamp an arms embargo on Turkey for reasons totally irrelevant to them. This has created, not only in Turkey but in all countries that are friends and allies of the U.S., doubts as to the reliability of American commitments. It would seem to us that the restoration of mutual confidence, which has prevailed for so long in the relations of the two countries...
Campaigning in last year's national election, Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau scorned his Conservative opponents for advocating "rigid and cumbersome" wage and price controls to slow inflation. Last week, in a Nixon-like about-face, Trudeau announced that he will clamp selective controls on the Canadian economy. In a 20-minute nationwide radio and television address, he called for an 8% ceiling on wage increases and a freeze on nearly all prices-they will be permitted to rise only enough to cover increased production costs. To enforce these restraints, an 18-member review board will...
...citizens, it pruned its list of potentially violent Americans from 47,000 to the present 38,000. Some agents are said to be skittish of placing a suspect under surveillance, fearing the repercussions of being overzealous. At the same time, however, the Service is now being urged to clamp a tighter aegis over the President. "With criticism coming from both sides," Director Knight asked recently, "how are we to know where to strike the proper balance...