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...weeks party leaders in West Germany's ruling coalition had campaigned in the North Rhine-Westphalia state elections as if their claim to national power depended on it. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's Social Democrats had slipped badly in seven previous state elections during the past year, and there were fears that the Tendenzwende (change in the trend) could snowball into a crushing defeat in next year's national elections...
...Policy. In Bonn, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt immediately summoned a meeting of Cabinet ministers, Bundestag leaders, Minister-Presidents of all the federal states and party chairmen. Bonn, like most Western European governments, has long followed a policy of meeting terrorist demands, most recently in the kidnaping of West Berlin Mayoral Candidate Peter Lorenz two months ago (TIME, March 17). This time, however, government leaders decided unanimously not to budge. The crimes of the Baader-Meinhof gang have shocked and enraged West German sensibilities for three years, and government leaders decided that the nation had had enough. They reasoned that...
...grim and exhausted Chancellor Schmidt appeared Friday morning before the Bundestag. "We didn't make it easy on ourselves yesterday," he admitted, to applause from all sides of the house, "but today I am convinced that we fulfilled our duty correctly." He noted that the Baader-Meinhof gang was believed responsible for the murder of nine people and the wounding of more than 100 others. "To have released these criminals, some of whom are still awaiting trial," he declared, "would have meant an inconceivable shattering for our security and our state...
...Crimson won the long jump with Vincent, Vanderpool-Wallace's 22.9, the half mile, with Bill Okerman's 1:55.5, the three-mile with Jim Keefe's 14:37.8. the shotput with Kevin McCafferty's 51 ft. 10.5 in., and the 440 intermediate hurdles with Gary Schmidt...
Washington has adopted an exceedingly low profile toward Portugal, hoping that the West Europeans would take the diplomatic initiative. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has proposed that the European Economic Community mount a joint effort to support Portugal's moderates with increased aid, trade ties and cultural links, but so far it has not got off the ground. What worries many Western observers is the growing attention paid to Lisbon's leftist government by the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe...