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...approach of Prime Minister Dom Mintoff's Jan. 15 deadline for Britain to either pay more money or give up its bases on Malta, the negotiations took on some of the overtones of an international poker game. Mintoff kept insisting that Britain pay a $33.8 million rent hike over last year's $13 million. The British, holding the line at a proposed $11.7 million increase, evacuated 6,000 military dependents and began moving R.A.F. planes and personnel to bases on Sicily and Cyprus...
...permission to pass along to car buyers the cost of new anti-pollution and safety equipment required under federal law. The ticket price of an average General Motors car will go up about $40; other automakers will probably post similar increases. For GM, the industry price leader, the combined hike of 3.4% is about $20 below that planned shortly before the freeze. Thus customers came out ahead under the controls-but not by much...
...large sales. Both companies were reacting to strong pressure from automakers, who must get approval from the Price Commission in order to pass on any large increase in steel prices to their customers. For General Motors, such an application would have been the third one for a price hike since Phase II began; for Ford and Chrysler, the second. None are anxious to wear out their welcome on Grayson's doorstep, and they thus began demanding relief from their suppliers...
Evacuation. The legislative holiday was one in a series of bizarre events on the tiny Mediterranean island brought on by "Deadline Dom" and his decree. He wants a $33.8 million hike over the present rentals of $13 million a year that the British pay for their bases. Since Malta is no longer strategically vital, London is willing to pay an additional $11.7 million and no more. To underscore British determination, Whitehall last week flew in a party of expert "dismantlers" to knock down its facilities. Evacuation began of 4,994 British dependents aboard R.A.F. VC-10s at Luqa Airport...
...world. It is variously called cross-country skiing (the competitive version) or ski touring (the recreational type), and this season is the biggest the sport has ever known. "In downhill skiing," says Airlines Pilot Dick Gronning of Minneapolis, "you're tied to a lift line. Here you just hike out into the farm lands, and you feel a real independence. It's really gorgeous...