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...allowed to read the newspapers and thus learned that the C.D.U. had captured 43.9% of the vote in Berlin's local elections, thereby becoming the city's largest party. This was not enough, however, to elect Lorenz as mayor. Social Democratic Incumbent Klaus Schütz will keep the job, even though his party fell to second place -with 42.7% of the vote-because it can form a coalition with the Free Democrats, who garnered 7.2% of the vote...
...profile image, he stood a chance of winning Sunday's election-which the municipal government decided to let take place despite the kidnaping. Lorenz now may well benefit from a sympathy vote, as well as from a backlash against the governing Social Democrats led by Mayor Klaus Schütz. The mayor was particularly embarrassed by the affair, since Lorenz's police guards-part of a plan to protect leading politicians of all parties-had gone off duty just two hours before the kidnaping...
West Berlin Mayor Klaus Schütz had another explanation for Honecker's charges and the rise in the exchange requirements. "East Germany," he said, "just does not seem to be able to cope with détente any more...
Second Thoughts. The government's inaction pleases many Austrians. Although, in the days following the incident, many Austrians approved their Chancellor's deal with the terrorists, there have been signs of second thoughts. In recent local elections, the SchÖnau incident has had, if anything, a negative impact on the fortunes of Kreisky's fellow Socialists. A petition declaring "sympathy and solidarity" for Israel, which was circulated in Vienna's busiest shopping district, garnered thousands of signatures, including those of leading politicians, intellectuals and Austria's former nobility...
Last week, in a seven-hour parliamentary debate that at times became a shouting match, Kreisky continued his confusing public stance by repeating his determination to close SchÖnau. Later a government spokesman explained that the Chancellor anticipates doing "nothing that could hinder or in any way endanger the transit of Soviet-Jewish emigres through Austria. We hope we shall come up with a solution in the very near future." Most likely, Kreisky eventually will close SchÖnau and then open another transit center, possibly in a well-guarded building at Schwechat Airport. This would have the double...