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Last week the 17-month-old government of Premier Emilio Colombo toppled in another such crisis-one, moreover, that raised the question of how much longer the center-left coalition formula could survive at a time when a deep recession is exacerbating all of Italy's social ills. The crisis was provoked by the tiny but influential Republican Party, which withdrew its support to protest what it viewed as irresponsible and inflationary government spending. Unwilling or unable to change course to meet the Republicans' demands, the other parties in the coalition-the Socialists, Social Democrats and Christian Democrats...
Farcical Way. The Christian Democrats' most plausible alternative was Foreign Minister Aldo Moro, who had the support of Premier Emilio Colombo-a centrist Christian Democrat -some rightists and two of the strongest left-wing factions. No one doubted that Moro could have easily been elected, because he was acceptable to the 259 Communists as well as the 105 Socialists. But he was wholly unacceptable to other Christian Democratic factions, most notably the followers of Fanfani. Instead, the party settled on another former Premier: Leone. There was a measure of justice in the choice: Leone had lost...
...something like a global diplomatic stampede. Governments in Latin America, Asia and even Africa began sounding out their chances of making the list. Canada's Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau demanded an invitation by telex -and got the White House O.K. within an hour. Italy's Premier Emilio Colombo also got Nixon's nod. Portugal's Premier Marcello Caetano made the list only because the Azores is Portuguese territory. When Brazil's President Emilio Garrastazu Medici arrived in Washington last week, he found his long-scheduled courtesy call upgraded to two hour-long sessions with...
...S.SIVANAYAGAM Colombo, Ceylon...
...where rioting has been endemic, a group called Youth in Action put 150 people on the street to talk to residents and calm them down. The Justice Department has a community-relations service that sends a team into any area where racial trouble is brewing. When Mafia Leader Joe Colombo was shot by a black in June, tension between blacks and Italian Americans mounted in some New York neighborhoods. Community-relations officers rushed to the scene and patrolled the streets from dusk till dawn along with police...