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...East Jerusalem) conquered during the 1967 Six-Day War; a homeland for Palestinians on the West Bank and in Gaza. Yet far more important were the generous words of acceptance that few Israelis ever expected to hear from an Arab head of state, least of all in their own parliament...
DIED. Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell, 92, Winston Churchill's "darling Clementine"; of a heart attack; while eating lunch at her London home. An aristocratic beauty, she was married at 23 to Churchill, ten years her senior and already a Member of Parliament and a Cabinet minister, amid great predictions that their marriage would last six months. It lasted for 57 years, and Winston called it "the most fortunate and joyous event" of his life. During his long exile in the political wilderness, her intelligence, her tact and her faith in him made her the perfect foil...
John Vorster was right about that. Fulfilling the Prime Minister's euphoric election-night prediction, his National Party won 64.8% of the popular vote and 134 of the 165 seats in the new Parliament, an increase of 17. The moderately liberal Progressive Federal Party, supported by many English-speaking South Africans, doubled its previous support (to 16.7% of the vote), but elected only 17 members to the new Parliament. The other two English opposition groups, the conservative South African Party (three seats) and the Natal-based New Republic Party (ten seats) were virtually wiped out. So was a right...
...series of incidents-a rash of daylight robberies and attacks in white suburban areas -that has had an unsettling effect on the national psyche. A bomb exploded at rush hour in Johannesburg's leading shopping complex, injuring 19 people. Two weeks ago, a National Party candidate for Parliament, Economist Robert Smit, and his wife Jeanne-Cora, were murdered in their home near Johannesburg. The victims were shot and stabbed, and their killers sprayed mysterious letters in red paint on the kitchen walls. Police were not sure whether the killings were a South African variant of the Charles Manson case...
Prime Minister Mamhoud Salem, who announced the decision to the Egyptian parliament, said the countries had tried to stir up opposition to Sadat's peace initiatives by helping to arrange last weekend's summit of Arab states who have taken a firm line against recognition of Israel...