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Last week's well-coordinated assaults on the train and the Bovensmilde school took place two days before a national election in which the principal contestants were Prime Minister loop den Uyl's Socialists and Justice Minister Andreas Van Agt's Christian Democrats. The Moluccans apparently hoped to force the candidates into making concessions to them in order to win voter approval. Despite the country's grim mood, the record 87% of the voters who turned out made decisions on broader issues; they gave Den Uyl's party 53 seats in the new 150-member...
...them by terrorist gunfire-when they escaped from a third-floor window at the Indonesian consulate. With police sharpshooters ringing the building, mediators negotiated the release of twelve children, but Dutch authorities refused to discuss the Moluccans' demands until all the children were freed. Justice Minister Andreas van Agt also declared that none of the terrorists would be given safe passage out of the country. At week's end it was clear that the Dutch were determined to play a waiting game with both groups of terrorists, in the hope of wearing down their resistance...
...Belt forces put all the pressure they could on Bridwell. The City and its representatives in Washington pushed for a long and costly study. The state Department of Public Works (DPW) and allies such as the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce wanted an immediate decision to build the Belt. Agt one point, Bridwell reportedly told the assembled factions that he has spent more time on the Belt than on any other road since he entered office in 1966. He used the threat of an immediate decision against the City, and reminded the DPW that 90 per cent of the road...
LOWEST Railroad rates to all points west, via West Shore and Hoosac Tunnel Route. Sleeping Berths reserved in advance. Apply at New England Office, 300 Washington Street. A. A. Smith, N. E. Agt.; A. V. Fisher, City Ticket Agent...
LOWEST Railroad rates to all points west, via West Shore and Hoosac Tunnel Route. Sleeping Berths reserved in advance. Apply at New England Office, 300 Washington Street. A. A. Smith, N. E. Agt.; A. V. Fisher, City Ticket Agent...