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...Lockheed scandal may prove to be the worst thing to happen to the Dutch monarchy since Parliament took over effective governing power from King Willem II in 1848. More and more Dutchmen are wondering whether their much beloved Queen Juliana will abdicate in the wake of accusations that her husband, Prince Bernhard, took $1.1 million from Lockheed to influence government decisions regarding the Starfighter jets used by the Dutch air force. Should that happen, the monarchy would fall to Juliana's daughter Beatrix, 38, and her husband. Prince Claus...
...most Smith has offered in talks currently under way between his government and the moderate African nationalist Joshua Nkomo is political parity at some definite future date through equal representation in Parliament, which now contains 50 whites and 16 blacks. The fear is that if the talks fail, Nkomo, in the words of one observer, will become "irrelevant." Then the militant black nationalists, who broke away from Nkomo's group last August, would almost certainly launch an all-out guerrilla invasion by the self-styled Zimbabwe Liberation Army. That army now has an estimated 10,000 guerrillas in Mozambique...
...fatal accident. Should one Icelandic sailor die government officials warn, public opinion may demand a break with NATO Such a break would both please and enhance the political clout of the Communist-oriented "People's Alliance," which has eleven seats in Reykiavik's 1,000-year-old Parliament. It might also benefit the Soviet Union, whose trawlers, during the cod war with Britain have scrupulously observed Iceland's 200-mile fishing limit...
...17th century England, the reigning Stuarts took increasingly to popping their political foes into the Tower of London and other pokeys, without bothering much with prosecutions or convictions. Fed up in 1679, Parliament drew on earlier common law practices and passed its celebrated Habeas Corpus Act, which provided that anyone keeping someone in custody could be required to "produce the body" and show that he was legally holding it. The Great Writ has since spread to include attacks on all manner of wrongful custody-from improper confinement in mental institutions to a divorced father's spiriting away...
...Holland, investigators stepped up their efforts to discover whether Prince Bernhard really did receive $1.1 million from Lockheed, as alleged. They got permission from the Swiss government to interrogate Swiss residents who might be able to shed light on the scandal. Meantime, two left-wing members of the Dutch Parliament boldly demanded that the Prince's private life should be investigated, too. Gossip sheets further titillated Europeans by talking of Bernhard's friendship with French Socialite Helene ("Pussy") Grinda, 32. The London Daily Express reported rumors that Bernhard had used Lockheed money to meet "personal commitments...