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...tension mounted last week, Church showed no flexibility at all. Said he: "The Russians have no business having combat troops in Cuba, and I believe these forces should be withdrawn. If we are unable to draw the line with the Russians in Cuba, where do we draw...
Faced with the growing opposition of conservatives in his home state, the normally dovish Church has taken a tough line on the Kremlin since he revealed the presence of the troops. As chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Church had been counted on by the Administration to direct the drive for the two-thirds vote SALT II needs for Senate approval. But Church now threatens to hold up the treaty until the issue of the Soviet troops has been settled. Protested one pro-SALT Senator: "The s.o.b. has sold us out for his own private purpose." Said another: "Whatever credibility...
...conference by agreeing to give the tiny Rhodesian white minority (3% of the population) an outsize 20% of the seats in a future parliament. The move clearly ran against their longstanding contention that such a guarantee would be inherently "racist." Their grudging acceptance of it now brought them into line with the Salisbury delegation of Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa, which had adopted the 20% formula a week earlier. Then, with equally surprising magnanimity, the bishop's multiracial coalition government reversed an earlier stand and announced its acceptance of internationally supervised elections. At week's end only...
Among these changed circumstances behind the Patriotic Front's dramatic shift has been the pressure exerted by the so-called front-line states (Tanzania, Botswana, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia), on which the guerrillas depend for most of their support. Faced with serious economic difficulties at home, the front-line leaders have been anxious for an end to the long and costly war and have not been shy about arm twisting. Warned Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere in London's New Statesman: "If any wing of the Patriotic Front should develop doubts or hesitations about fighting such an open election...
Thoroughgoing weatherization of a house can chop its energy consumption by anything from 10% to 40%, making the investment pay off in only a few years' time. Even so, the conservation gains are not likely to be enough to offset the latest price increases. For poverty-line people and the elderly, the situation can be desperate. In Morrisville, Vt., a welfare mother of four made headlines by ripping up the front stoop of her mobile home to use as firewood because oil costs had risen beyond her reach...