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...worldwide recession and cutbacks in manufacturing. If CIPEC succeeds in raising prices, many industries will be affected. Copper is an important ingredient in cars, planes and trains as well as in plumbing materials, pots and pans, and even intrauterine devices. The U.S. and the Soviet Union, the two largest copper producers, both mine nearly enough for their own needs. Europe and Japan, however, rely heavily on CIPEC copper...
Metal traders were skeptical that CIPEC could drive up prices. They questioned the effectiveness of a cutback in shipments without a reduction in production. Almost in response, the Chilean government announced that it would close down the Exotica Mine for six months; the mine, one of Chile's largest, last year produced about 32,000 tons, or only 4% of Chile's copper exports. That should certainly not be enough to kick up prices-unless more member countries also close their mines...
...largest problem facing Rabin is whether there will be another Arab-Israeli war. More than a few people regard another conflict as inevitable; even U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim has warned that unless there is progress in the peace negotiations before the end of the year, the world may face a new war in the Middle East some time in 1975. On a more immediate problem, U.S. officials remain optimistic that the crisis attending the expiration of the U.N. mandate on the Golan Heights can be settled without serious incident. Kissinger has remained in close touch with President Assad...
...Thursday evening, two I.R.A. bombs exploded inside pubs in Birmingham, England's second largest city, leaving 19 people dead and 184 injured. It was the worst single bloodletting since the present agony in Northern Ireland began-costlier than even "Bloody Friday," July 21, 1972, when twelve people were slaughtered and 130 injured in a series of bombings in Belfast...
...functions of. say, a stereo amplifier, a hearing aid or even a pocket calculator. In the Westinghouse TV system, the chip is relatively large-a 6-in. by 6-in. surface that forms the TV screen. The chip contains some 36,000 electronic components-"probably the world's largest integrated circuit," says Physicist T. Peter Brody, head of the research team...