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...sure, there was a new sense of really being a part of Europe at last. In Parliament, Prime Minister Harold Wilson paid homage to the new spirit of commitment to the EEC by bandying about a fancy French word-éclaircisse-ment (enlightenment). His unabashed Yorkshire pronunciation brought down the House of Commons with gales of laughter. Apart from that touch of trans-Channel humor, Wilson was somber in talking about the task ahead. "Our future," he said, "will depend on what we are prepared to do by our own efforts, our skill, our technocracy-and our restraint...
...support the principle of free trade?" Leonard Woodcock, president of the United Automobile Workers, is trying to document a suspicion that the Rabbit, at a U.S. sticker price of $2,999, is being sold below cost, which would be grounds for a "dumping" complaint to the Treasury Depart ment. Robert Link, a Datsun executive, says nervously that "we don't really want to sell less, but we sure wish Detroit would sell more," thus taking the spotlight off the importers' prowess...
gray heads, theaters filled with thou sands of members of the Golden Age Club (half price till 5 p.m.), whistling and stomping and carrying on as an other member of the heartless Establish ment gets properly snuffed...
That sentiment may force our Govern ment to withdraw its support from Is rael. Israel will stand alone; she may even fall. Not because they are evil, but because they are cold, Americans may help add a chapter to the long history of at tempts to destroy the Jewish people...
Lower Subsidies. The poor were at least partially protected by increased government welfare benefits, but Israel's middle class was severely hit. As a result of devaluation and lower govern ment subsidies for basic commodities, prices of most items last week were in creased anywhere from 35% to 200%. The cost of sugar, which already was 21.60 per lb., tripled, and milkwent up 60%. Egg prices jumped 64%, bread 100%, meat 35%. Bus fares will rise 60%, and gasoline 64%, to $1.86 per gal. Fuel oil for industry zoomed up 117%. The standard of li ving of most middle...