Polish Courts Hand Heavy Sentences After Gdansk Riots
Military courts jailed 17 workers up to seven years and 101 youths one to three months for rioting in Gdansk last weekend. Seven year terms went to leaders of a 12 day coal mine sit in at Ziemowit in Silesia. Solidarity members in Slupsk drew one to four and a half years with fines averaging a month’s pay. Students in Gdansk faced speedy trials and swift sentences as martial law tightened.
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Schmidt Seeks Confidence Vote in Bonn Amid Unemployment Plan
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt sought a Bundestag confidence vote to affirm a pro GDP growth and unemployment program. He enjoys a 269 vote coalition but faces possible defections while unemployment hits 8.2 percent and a tax increase to 14 percent is proposed to raise 1.7 billion.
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