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When last week's journey by Secretary of State George Shultz to Wellington, New Zealand's capital, was first planned, it was expected to be no more than a routine review of regional affairs with colleagues from Australia and New Zealand. The occasion for the visit was the annual meeting of signatories to the ANZUS treaty, a security alliance formed by the three nations in 1951 to defend the South Pacific. Instead, Shultz found himself embroiled in a conflict with friends. Only the day before, New Zealand's Labor Party had trounced the long-ruling National Party...
...elected overwhelmingly by the W.C.C.'s 158-member central committee after four hours of debate. The 23-member nominating committee had previously considered two additional names: the Rev. Arie Brouwer of Inwood, Iowa, former head of the Reformed Church in America, and the Rev. John Bluck, a New Zealand theology professor. Castro becomes the fourth man to occupy the top W.C.C. post since the organization was established in 1948. He will succeed Philip Potter, 62, a Methodist minister from Dominica. A dynamic preacher, Potter has ardently espoused liberation theology, which finds scriptural justification for those who rebel-even violently...
...Sharon Crosbie--broadcast journalist with Radio New Zealand, Wellington...
Want to sell DC-9s for Yugoslav hams, beer and machine tools, or frozen New Zealand lamb for Iranian oil? How about U.S. jet fighters for Greek cement, or a 150 million-year-old Mongolian dinosaur skeleton for West German cars...
...usual, the competitors are rallying. "I wasn't going to the Olympics just to beat the Russians," said U.S. Gymnast Mary Lou Retton. "I was going because it has always been my dream." A good and brave line is managed by Lorraine Moller, the marathoner from New Zealand, who reasons, "They will be the only Olympics I might ever "know. Would you cancel your birthday party because a few relatives won't show?" American Gymnast Mitch Gaylord believes, "They will still be the Olympic Games. There's nothing bigger than that." As Naber says, "There are still...