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When Treasury Minister Emilio Colombo became Premier last August after one of Italy's chronic Cabinet imbroglios, a cynical Roman politician ventured a prediction: "Colombo can't last through autumn. This may be precisely why he will." What he meant was that after five governments in 27 months, warring factions in the four-party governing coalition might let things ride for a while. If Colombo, too, were to topple, the result might be expensive and uncertain national elections...
...fistfight between Communist and neo-Fascist Deputies in the Italian Parliament. Despite the warnings of the Communists, the neo-Fascists have no chance of emulating Benito Mussolini's 1922 march on Rome. But they are capable of giving the country a case of the jitters. Premier Emilio Colombo declared last week that "infantile extremism" was endangering Italian democracy...
...general strike, and two weeks ago electrical workers caused a four-hour brownout in Rome. The unions threaten more strikes unless the government rapidly improves housing and schools. Labor trouble in the months ahead could slow production and start still another capital flight. But if Prime Minister Emilio Colombo can keep the country tranquil by rapidly streamlining the economy, 1971 may be a vintage year for Italian business. The European Common Market Executive Commission predicts that, barring domestic discord, Italy will have the highest growth rate of any of the six market nations...
...health of the Pope holds up, the heavy pace will continue: Western Samoa, via Pago Pago, on Sunday; Australia on Monday; Djakarta Thursday; Hong Kong Friday morning, and Colombo, Ceylon, Friday evening on the way back to Rome. What does he hope to accomplish in return for such a grueling schedule? "It will stimulate missionary activity and broaden understanding with other religions in the service of progress and peace," he said in his farewell speech in Rome. But more than ever before, various aspects of the Pope's traveling plans have been criticized by the press and even...
...attend an ecumenical service with the Pope; Loane cited such doctrinal differences as papal infallibility to explain his refusal. A columnist in Turin's La Stampa criticized the Dacca stop, arguing that the papal visit would pull needed men and equipment off relief operations. A Catholic monthly in Colombo asked whether papal visits "help clarify fundamental issues or mystify them," pointing out that the Pontiff could give equally impassioned speeches in "racist Portugal" and in "underdeveloped Uganda...