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...crisis, West Germans still rely on indestructible Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. At the height of the Berlin trouble last fall, 32% told public opinion pollsters that they wanted him in charge; Berlin's tough Mayor Willy Brandt was right behind him with 31%, while popular Economic Minister Ludwig Erhard carried only 6%. Since then, the picture changed, partly because things looked quieter at Berlin-at least for a while. In the latest poll. Erhard-whom der Alte usually treats like an office boy-is now the first choice for Chancellor, with 28%, while Adenauer is down to 22%, Brandt...
...story, the teary-eyed former Mr. Universe fumed: "I am very hurt. Jaynie doesn't need publicity. It's a miracle this girl is living today." The war of innuendo between West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and his perennial heir apparent. Vice Chancellor and Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard, raged on. Five weeks after Erhard marked Adenauer's 86th birthday with the gift of a stone bench (which he carefully specified was not intended for use in retirement), Adenauer paid his second visit to the Economics Ministry in twelve years to give Erhard a pair of thoughtfully chosen...
...primarily an occasion for rejoicing by family and friends, to Worms it means that the city will now have ten adult Jewish males, the number set by Talmudic law as the minimum for a Jewish congregation. The Jews of Worms already had a synagogue; last month Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and other West German dignitaries attended the dedication of a new $125,000 structure, which replaced a medieval synagogue gutted by the Nazis in 1938. But the city's Jewish community, once 1,200 strong, is so small that until this week it could not even provide the essential...
Seeing in his 86th birthday with a flute of champagne, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer received a baroque stone bench from the man perennially most likely to succeed him. Toasted Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, eliciting a faint smile and a wag of der Alte's steady old finger: "In order to forestall any bad jokes, I should say that this gift is not for use in retirement but for your relaxation...
Though he belongs to no political party, Abs was offered the post of Foreign Minister after the recent German elections. He refused on the grounds that his talents were economic. But when asked if he rules out all political jobs-say, the Economics Ministry if Erhard should succeed Adenauer as Chancellor-Abs abandons his usual mocking wit. Says he: "Circumstances can arise in which no one can refuse to accept such responsibility...