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...Malmo, Sweden...
...builders have already sailed over the edge, or come close. The U.S., which had about 20 general cargo ship lines in 1970, now has only seven. This month the Swedish government announced plans to close the country's last major commercial shipyard, Kockums, located in the southwestern port of Malmo. Thage Peterson, Sweden's Industry Minister, said the government has pumped $4.7 billion into the shipbuilding industry over the past decade, but finally decided to end the Kockums subsidies because the firm had received no new orders in more than two years. In Hong Kong, the Tung family fleet...
...dusting. After taking off from a rural airport near the Baltic port city of Szczecin, the pilot managed to avoid detection by turning off his lights and flying at an altitude of about 300 ft. Explained the happy but exhausted Poles after a safe landing near the city of Malmo: "We are all Solidarity members. That is why we fled." Most others had no choice but to express their defiance quietly at home...
...Malmo, Sweden...
...violence at Malmo erupted when a gang of youths wheeled up to the apartment buildings, picked a few fights with young gypsies, and wound up kicking in the door of an elderly couple. Later, a 70-car caravan of hooligans headed toward the area, only to meet a cordon of police armed for a riot. Brandishing clubs and bicycle chains, the youths battled police for an hour...