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Shattered by the election, in which the Social Democrats lost 24 seats, Prime Minister Anker Jorgensen announced that he would resign. With characteristic brashness, Glistrup suggested to Queen Margrethe II that she appoint him to head a new government, even though none of the "other nine parties had pledged him enough support to form anything close to a majority coalition. In fact, Glistrup is so disliked by other politicians that he was given the silent treatment when he entered the Folketing for the first time last week...
...M/SGT) ARTHUR M. JORGENSEN U.S.A.F. McGuireA.F.B...
...country's leadership. Jens Otto Krag, 58, had campaigned long and arduously for a yes vote, and now chose the moment of victory as "a good occasion to step down." In his place as Prime Minister, the Social Democratic Party confirmed Krag's personal choice: Anker Henrik Jorgensen, 50, plump and goateed president of the 250,000-member Unskilled Workers' Union, Denmark's largest...
...that measure, Anker Jorgensen enjoys abundant support. Jorgensen was orphaned at the age of four and grew up in poverty. He worked as a messenger boy and as an unskilled shipyard and factory worker; later he became a spokesman for warehouse workers and a union leader. A member of the Folketing since 1964, Jorgensen has never held a Cabinet post. But his proletarian background should calm the worries of Danish workers and Socialists over the EEC vote, which he supported...
...other trades before the season started the Mets acquired Outfielder Rusty Staub from the Montreal Expos and Infielder Jim Fregosi from the California Angels. In the process they gave up promising young prospects such as Tim Foli and Mike Jorgensen; it was a calculated gamble to land established stars who might help the Mets win a pennant this year. And so far it seems to have worked. During his three years with the Expos, the hard-hitting Staub received the sort of adulation that Canadians usually reserve for hockey players. He was nicknamed "Le Grand Orange" (for his flaming...