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...next morning the situation became deadlocked as Dutch negotiators, led by Premier Joop den Uyl, tried desperately to whittle away the resistance of the terrorists. At one point, the talks broke down entirely when the commandos refused to communicate with government spokesmen. The Dutch reopened communications by writing a plea in huge Japanese characters on a 20-ft. roll of paper that was spread out on the street below the embassy windows. The following night, a Boeing 707 and a crew, demanded by the Red Army commandos, was readied for takeoff at nearby Schiphol Airport. Several hours later, two women...
...once, twice, sold!" The crowd snatches up other rarities: a Beatlemobile, made of paper and string, for $10; a Revere plastic model of Ringo, just like your favorite songbird or racing car, for $11. Joe picks up a hand-painted sign reading, "Koo Koo Koo Joop." "Whoever can tell me what book Lennon got this word from gets a free album." Purists should know tangential questions like this. Why, just the other day, when Joe was doing a radio show, someone called to confirm Lennon's license plate number...
When Dutch Prime Minister Joop den Uyl arrived at Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium last week to attend the Holland-Belgium soccer match, a chorus of boos and catcalls rose from the capacity crowd of 65,000. A week earlier he probably would have been cheered...
...Arab oil cutbacks have hurt almost all countries. Gasoline prices soared from $1.01 to $1.49 per gal. in India, and to dramatize the seriousness of the shortages, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi took to riding in a two-wheeled horse-drawn gig. In The Netherlands, Prime Minister Joop den Uyl pedaled to work on a bike, and a strict ban was imposed on Sunday driving...
...hoped that the British entry this year into the Common Market -blocked for twelve years by the French-would inject a renewed sense of purpose that would encourage a compromise between France and Germany. But now, according to The Netherlands' Prime Minister Joop den Uyl, "there is a feeling of disappointment. All the problems have come back within the enlarged Community." For this reason, many Britons are already voicing second thoughts about their long-debated decision to "join Europe...