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...Harold R. Moroz...
Most leaders went to some effort to refrain from upsetting the heady atmosphere of peace and détente with their speeches. But Harold Wilson delivered a blunt address that accurately reflected the views of Britain's Western allies. "Detente means little if it is not reflected in the daily lives of our peoples," he told the delegates. "There is no reason why, in 1975, Europeans should not be allowed to marry whom they want, hear and read what they want, travel abroad when and where they want, meet when they want. To deny that proposition is a sign...
...directing a play in London called Otherwise Engaged, and that, said Actress Vivien Merchant, is just what her husband, Playwright Harold Pinter, 44, has been for the past several months. Last week Merchant, 46, announced that she was divorcing the author of The Homecoming and The Caretaker after 19 years of marriage. The reason: his alleged love affair with Lady Antonia Fraser, 42, bestselling historian (Mary Queen of Scots) and willful social lioness of London. "It seems he is possessed by Lady Antonia," said Merchant. "She has cast a spell over him. How she can do it with six children...
...European Security Conference in Helsinki, French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing took Ford aside to restate his well-known position that a return to normal economic growth will not be possible without a thorough monetary reform leading to fixed exchange rates for currencies. British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who now faces sharply rising unemployment (July rate: 4.2%) as well as a 26% annual rate of inflation, expressed the hope that improving prospects in the U.S. would boost his country's sagging economy. The Europeans' concern reflected not only the growing economic interdependence of the world...
...some doubt whether it will prove self-sustaining." Inflation may settle at around 6% in the U.S. and West Germany, but elsewhere it will remain higher. In France it should level off at around 9% early next year, in Italy 12.5%, in Japan 8.5%, and in Canada 8%. If Harold Wilson succeeds in curbing the extravagant wage demands of his country's unions, Britain's rate could be reduced...