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Meanwhile, two people were reported killed and 14 injured in an unexplained blast at an army ranger camp in Lamego, which the government said had nothing to do with military unrest...
...reason for the change was Pompidou's determination to persuade his disenchanted countrymen that the regime plans to attack actively such major problems as inflation and mounting labor unrest. Still another aim, most observers suspect, is the determination of the President-who many Frenchmen believe will resign before the 1976 elections because of his ill health-to keep firm control of the government. By re-appointing Messmer, Pompidou made it clear that he is not yet ready to anoint a possible successor...
Should economic problems continue to grip the nation, the current crisis could result in revolution and this is a primary concern for Prodi. However, after economic stresses subside, Italy faces "a challenge no other countries have" in controlling the social unrest which accompanies inflation, he said...
...cross section of the U.S., with a varied mix of incomes and ethnic groups, a blue-collar class that is suffering from increasing unemployment and a not-so-silent majority that is outraged by inflation, long lines at gasoline stations and scandal in Washington. Seizing on this unrest, the Democrats made the election a referendum on President Nixon...
...York Times rightly says, one which every industrial nation will have to solve. A Conservative government, if elected, will make great efforts, no doubt, to create economic efficiency in the most ruthless and primitive way, not caring too much about unemployment as long as that does not mean social unrest. In a short-term manner, the problems may be solved--the balance of payments might just come right--but the problems in the long term will be even worse, the inequality and bitterness will be even greater...