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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1981
Page
10
In Warsaw the Polish Communist Party called on Solidarity to cancel a nationwide one hour protest while Solidarity pressed to share in economic control. The three allied parties warned the warning strike would threaten Poland's political economic and defense foundations.
Solidarity, born in 1980 strikes, backs canceling the walkout if the Communists accept a joint Solidarity government council to manage the near bankrupt economy and end harassment of unionists. The Communist stance warns of a global threat but supports rational dialogue to strengthen the democratic socialist state.
Texas, the leading oil producer, will auction thousands of acres via a lottery. U.S. citizens aged 19 or older may enter for a chance at millions. Send $1 to Jesscp Oli, Inc for official entry cards at P.O. Box 58771 Dept. World Trade Center Dallas TX 75258 AUS. Government Lottery.
In Brussels a senior U.S. envoy says anti-nuclear protests by over 850,000 West Europeans will not alter NATO plans to place American medium-range missiles in Britain Belgium the Netherlands West Germany and Italy. Belgium and the Netherlands have not agreed to host them while Dutch opposition grows and may force adjustments.
President Urho Kekkonen, in office 25 years, resigns after illness and brain hemorrhage. At 81, he had been on sick leave since September 11 with circulatory issues, prompting the government to call for a swift presidential election and a formal hand written note announcing his disability.
The Socialist led National Assembly approved Mitterrand's bill to nationalize five industrial groups and 36 banks. Final 332 to 154 vote sends measure to the Senate. Targeted firms include Rhone Poulenc Pechiney Ugine Kuhlmann Thomson Brandt GEC Saint Gobain Pont a Mousson and banks Indosuez Paribas.
London faced a double hazardous device scare as the IRA claimed two more devices after a fatal blast in Oxford Street. Police evacuated shops and blocked routes while experts defused an army recruitment office bomb near the royal itinerary, killing M Saf Howorth during disposal.
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