Frantic maneuvering signals Germany’s looming leadership change
West Germany’s Bundestag gathers for a constructive no confidence vote to oust Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and install Helmut Kohl. Behind the scenes players jockey while the Green Party rises as a potential kingmaker, reshaping SPD and CDU positions ahead of future policy shifts.
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Federal Republic of Germany
South Carolina
General Assembly
Helmut Schmidt
Helut Schmidt
Helmut Kohl
Schmidt
Mr. Kohl
Kohl
Green Party
Greens
Petra Kelly
Social Democrats
SPD
Christian Democrats
CDU
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Braniff PSA venture faces uncertain takeoff in Grapevine
Braniff International teams with Pacific Southwest Airlines in a tentative eight year joint venture to operate 25 to 30 planes under PSA names. Regulators creditors and a bankruptcy judge must approve, unions must concede wage benefits, and about 1,500 former Braniff workers could be rehired. Analysts doubt quick success.
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Texas
Braniff International
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Braniff
PSA
William Shimp
San Diego
U.S
John Flowers
Charles H. Hanneman
Thomson McKinnon Securities Inc of
New York
Twain Reflects on Spider Finding in Paper
Twain notes a spider in the paper is neither good nor bad luck. the arachnid was simply surveying the page. The remark frames a light moment about chance in the press.
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