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Died. Edouard Saab, 47, editor of Beirut's French-language daily newspaper L'Orient-Le Jour; of a sniper's bullet; in war-torn Beirut, while driving to the Moslem side of the battle line after two days of reporting on the Christians. A Maronite Christian born in Syria, Saab drifted into journalism after studying law at Beirut's St. Joseph University. The author of two books on the Middle East, Saab at the time of his death was writing one on Lebanon's present conflict, which he feared could lead to genocide...
Belgium's King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola were the first sceptered pair to visit the U.S. in 1976, followed this month by Sweden's rambling Rex, Carl XVI Gustaf, on a 26-day, 26-stop itinerary that would sap a Saab. Denmark's Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik will arrive May 9 for a nine-city tour winding up in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which were hornswoggled from their country for $25 million in 1916. Norway's Crown Prince Harald and Princess Sonja will explore Leif Ericson's land in June; earlier the same month, Spain's new King Juan...
Almost three-fifths of the foreign-car owners in the survey favored détente, but only one-third of the U.S.-auto owners did. Virtually all the Saab drivers-98%-voted for George McGovern in 1972; so did 82% of the Mercedes drivers, 80% of those with Volvos, 76% of the Porsche owners, 74% of the Volkswagen owners. By contrast, 49% of the professors with G.M. cars voted for Richard Nixon; he had been less favored by owners of Fords (40%) and Chrysler products...
...choice had seemed likely since January, when the U.S. Air Force ordered 650 F-16s for its own fleet. The fighter handles better than its chief competitors, the Swedish Viggen, built by Saab-Scania, and the Mirage F1-M53, built by the French firm Dassault-Breguet. The F-16 also appealed to the consortium because of the savings that would result from standardizing planes of U.S. and NATO forces...
...Saab plant, teams of three or four workers assemble light, four-cylinder car engines at a rate of up to eight per hour. Team members decide among themselves who will work on what part of the engine, and some of the Americans welcomed this change from assembly-line routine. Herman Lommerse, 53, a Cadillac engine-plant worker, felt as if they were "building little toys." But his colleagues found the pace of work unexpectedly fast. Said Joe Rodriquez, 36, a ten-year Ford employee: "If I've got to bust my ass to be meaningful, forget...