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...oldfashioned, ripping Fleet Street row. The issue: press treatment of the abrupt resignation from the Labor Party of Lord George-Brown, 61, the hard-drinking, outspoken former British Foreign Secretary, Deputy Prime Minister and Economic Affairs Minister. A member of the House of Lords since 1970, George-Brown went on TV to announce his decision to quit the party after 40 years. The move, prompted by George-Brown's fear that press freedom would be threatened by a Labor proposal requiring all journalists to join a union, was made only after considerable personal turmoil-and some alcoholic fortification. After...
Times Editor William Rees-Mogg defended his editorial as a needed blow against what he sees as an "increasing trend in Fleet Street to competitively intrude into people's private lives." Many Britons seemed to agree. The four offending papers were deluged with letters expressing sympathy for George-Brown. The Daily Mail devoted its entire letters page to complaints on the matter-but noted that it did so because "newspapers, like politicians, operate in the public arena...
...already in hot water with his public for even making the 65,000-ton offer, was forced to break off negotiations with London and insist that the British take no cod at all. When British trawlers showed up in the disputed fishing grounds, Iceland dispatched a tiny coastal fleet (four gunboats) to cut the trawlers' net lines. The British government responded by sending frigates to protect the trawlers. Lately, the dangerous games between the two forces have grown rougher...
...christen thee Olympic Bravery," cried Christina Onassis, as she smashed a bottle of champagne last October against the blunt bow of the first giant tanker to be delivered to the Onassis fleet since she took over its management after the death of her father, Aristotle Onassis. The 275,000-ton ship, which earlier had undergone successful sea trials, headed from Brest on her maiden voyage on Jan. 24 and ran into a sudden squall. Then the ship's engines inexplicably quit, leaving it to drift in 60-m.p.h. gusts; the 30-man crew dropped two anchors but the anchor...
...Onassis fleet has had an excellent safety record in the past, and there is no question that Lloyd's will pay. Says a Lloyd's spokesman: "Our check is already drawn up and waits only for signature...