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" RICH NATIONS" SUMMIT:
PROMISES HARD TO KEEP
The heads of state of six industrial powers met
near París to discuss the troubled world economy.
They reached few conclusions.
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CHINA DISCOVERS OIL POWER
The " Sheiks of the East" have dlscovered that the
' presence of oil may bring unexpected economic
and geopolitical benefits.
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FOOD FACTS AND FALLACIES
Supermarket prlces will never be as low as they
once were, despite ten common fallacies people
ascribe to food finances.
A- HOLLOW VICTORY FOR
DR. KISSINGER
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Wlll the sacking of Defense Secretary Schleslnger
backfire in Mr. Ford's tace? Columnist Stanley
R.
Rader analyzes the controversia! move.
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THE U.N . AT 30
The venerable world body celebrated its thirtleth
anniversary wlth one of the most despicable acts
of its tainted history.
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WHEN THE OIL RUNS OUT
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Our reporters conducted in-depth interviews and
did research lnto the " forgotten crisis" - energy.
They found that the problem did not maglcally
disappear, as sorne thought it would. ·
WOMEN'S
LIB '75:
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MODERATES VS. MARXISTS
Moderate femin ists who have been ms-merized by
the radical rhetoric of the Marxist fringe should
bE_lgin to dlsown their more vocal sisters.
GARNER TED ARMSTRONG
SPEAKS
OUT!
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The Uni1ed Nations censure of Zionism ls yet
another sign that "the way of peace they know
not" (lsaiah
59:8), ·
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THI PASSING Df
IURDPI'S Oll GUARO
by David Price
LONOON: The Franco era In Spain is
over. And with its passíng undoubtedly
will also pass Spain's relativa tranquility
of the last three and a hall decades.
Changas must take place soon in other
countrles ruled by aging patriarchal lea.d–
ers. The futura of Yugoslavia alter Tito is
uncertaln. The country has long borf!e
the lntimate stamp of his own personallty.
Moreover, the uncertaln health of the
U.S.S.R's Leonid Brezhnev and his im–
pending retlrement casi a greater shadow
over the whole of Europe. Wlll his suc–
cessor follow the path of
détente
or will
he choose a policy of more aggressive
and violen! exploitatlon of the West's
"crisis of capita.lism"?
Juan Cenos'
Thankleu Tnk
General Franco's successor, King Juan
Car1os
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ls faced wíth the thankless task
of headlng off dissent and posslble revolu–
tion In the country. Reallzlng that the
most Importan! pillar of Spanlsh society is
the army, the (lew Klng has tríed assídu–
ously to curry support trom lts ianks. •
The support of the
arrny
will be espe–
clally importan! in assurlng an order1y
and peaceful transítion from the auto–
crat ic style of Franco lo a perhaps more
democratlc style under Juan Carlos. Re–
cently Spaln has been rocked by shoot–
lngs and bomblngs by urban guerrillas
wantlng greater politlcal freedom and
separatism. In the twilight of his rule,
Franco eamed the odium of left-wing
supporters around the wortd by the exe–
cution of nve nien responslble for pollee
assasslnatlons.
lf Spaln's new leader ls to rely on the
army, he will fi nd
1t
no solld pillar of
strength. According lo recen! reports. by
exiles, as many as a thousand officers
support !he popular front of the· demo–
cratic junta comprising communists,
so–
clallsts and Christian Oemocrats.
Juan Carlos ls therefore faced with the
difflcult task of maintalnlng natlonal unity
In Spaln, while bringlng the country
slowly closer to the malnstream of the
Europaan democratlc trad i tion . The
peaceful unfreezing of polltical freedoms
for Spanlards will require a great deal of
astuta and wise leadershlp. In the coming
months and years, as thls polltical evolu–
tlon takes place,
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wlll become clearer
whether Spain will take lts p lace as an.
asplrlng member of the European Com–
munity, remain a semi-isolated neutral
state, or drift under Soviet influence
should presently outlawed communists
risa up In strength.
Yugoslavia: Wlll Collectlve
Scheme Work?
Ever sfnce the days when Tlto's name
cama to the fore as a resistance fighter
against the Nazis, he has towered head
and shoulders in political stature above
any of his rivals. The 83-year-old commu–
nlst leader has been the mafnstay. which
has held together the cr8zy-quflt federa-
tion of differing nationalltfes, languages.
and religions - even alphabets - which
is Yugoslavia.
Numerous purgas of aspiring polltl–
cl8ns during the years h8ve meant that
there is no helr apparent to Tito. lnstead
he has englneered 8 new constitution
wh lch decrees that, after his departure,
power will pass to a collective councfl
wlth members drawn from the-con.stituent
regions of Yugoslavia.
Some observers feel the
shared
author–
ity
plan is a reclpe for dlsaster. They
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lleve that the Soviet Unlon will attempt to
drlve 8 wedge between nationl\list tác–
tlons of the federatlon, wfth the object of
brlnging all or part of Yugoslavia back
foto the Moscow orbft, frorn which she
was expelled in 1948.
Of course, such actfvity would be In
clear violatíon of the principies of the Eu–
ropean Security Conference. Never–
theless, a Sovlet-controlled corrldor
through .Yugoslavia would- realiza- !he
centurles-old RusSian dream of a door–
way on the Medl terranean Sea. Soviet na–
val bases on the Adr1atlc would shake the
very foundations of NATO and put the
democracias of ltaly, Greece and Turkey
In grave danger.
Brezhnev - Stepdown
Belleved Near
lt has been apparent that tor soma time
Generai-Secretary Leonld-Brezhnev has
been suffering from some type of sick–
ness - perhaps canear. Hls retirement
from public affaírs is expected in the nellt
few months. The posslble changa of lead–
ershfp could not have come al a more
critica! period for the West. For, at the
moment, the Kremlln seems divlded
among itself as to the best policy lo fol–
low.
There are !hose who argue that the So–
viet Union, needlng a prolongad lnfuslon
of Westem technology In order to attaIn a
posltlon of world Industrial domfnation,
wlll continua lts program of cooperatlon
wfth capitalist powers. Others maintain
now is the time for Moscow to exploit divi–
slons In the West, whlle lt fs ai ling with an
economic recesslon. Recent pronounce–
ments in the Soviet press have reminded
Communist Party leaders In Western
Europe that revolutlon, not parliamentary
processes, is the
way
to political power .
Should this militant tactlon gain control in
the Soviet leadership,
it
would destroy
the policy of
détente
and retum the world
to Cold War confrontatlon.
Of considerable bearlng on this are re–
latlons between the U.S.S.R. and China
In the post-Mao, post-Chou En-lal perlod.
lt's no secret that Moscow would llke to
see new leadersh lp l n Peking that could
eventually agree lo some forrn of rap–
prochement between the
two
powers.
One thlng is clear. When one looks at
the "old guard" In several key countrles,
major chaoges - as In Franco's case -
.may be only a heartbeat away. o
WEEK ENDINO DECEMBER
6.
1975