The Week
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands who for many years was portrayed as the quintessential Common Market businessman—dynamic, thrusting, concerned about the environment--was revealed as a shady wheelerdealer and probable beneficiary of the Lockheed company.
Those international politicians, businessmen and publicists who used to attend Rernhard's Binderberg Conference, became unwilling to remember their old friend. . Meanwhile a former Lockheed executive has claimed that a large bribe was also given to asyet un-named British politician. Ethiopian rebels are asking one million dollars for the release of an English family but are said to be willing to free Jon Swain, a Sunday Times journalist. because he will give then, publicity with his articles. The United Nations High Commissioner for Namibia, S.,ean McBride, has denounced the South frican government. His former comrades in the IRA have carried out more attacks on British troops in Ulster. The Cypriot former guerrilla and murderer Nicos Sampson said of his role in the 1974 coup against Arch-. 1:1s1101) Makarios: 'My only motive was to 'rye my country.' A United States government report has a,ecused the British Rio Tinto-Zinc corporation of complicity in a cartel to keep up the Mee of uranium. A The British Ambassador to Israel was `11rowned in the sea, and the Soviet Premier °sYgin was rescued by his bodyguards r,c'tn drowning in the Moscow River. The ,nsurd Denis Howell, once 'Shadow Minisaier for Sport, Water and Sewage', was !Tointed actual Minister of Water with iesPonsibility for the drought. Two days ater rain fell, which was generally attributed !lot to Mr Howell but to the prayers of the outhall Sikh community. la Soccer hooliganism increased in the Midand North of England. The young est Indians of London, who follow cricket pher than soccer, had to make do with a riot klinttr Ig the Notting Hill carnival. Most of the i-rtir,e4 appear to have been policemen. • ne Conservative leader Margaret in'T.tcher is shortly to visit India where mi`It Ira Gandhi has just announced a con ution ution , giving her almost unlimited power. 0,?tn Burma and Vietnam have tried to ren financial relations with Western capist Powers.
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Loh, he 4. .-15 million 'hostel' in central the r,"°n, subsidised by Camden Council and tar ePartment of the Environment, has so dent °Lind fewer than ten permanent resisittes• Hardly surprising, since single bedThrscost a minimum L18. e
French archbishop Monsignor Lefebvre celebrated the Tridentine Mass at Lille, in spite of threats of excommunication. Meanwhile British Leyland, the stateowned car company, has turned to the Roman Catholic Church 'to help its communications and public image'. Eleven of its senior directors are to attend a three-day course at the Catholic Television Centre.
A South African ex-soldier give a press conference in which he alleged that South African troops in South-West Africa had been using torture against the Ovambos. The Rhodesian Tourist Board claimed that motoring in a convoy was an exhilarating and enjoyable experience.
The Irish Government began its light to get legislation to stamp out the IRA. In Belfast on Sunday 25.000 people attended a peace march while only 60 listened to Ma ire Drumm, the Provisional IRA's 'granny of hate' as one English newspaper called her.
Ladbroke's announced record profits of €.6 million for the first six months of the year. Chairman Cyril Stein said the casinos and hotel div ision.s were benefiting from the rising number of tourists. We are all set for another good year,' he told shareholders.
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