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...transatlantic flight. With her son Scott, she made an appearance for the dedication of a memorial to Lindy. Displaying a delicate sense of the appropriate, Transportation Secretary Brock Adams, in attendance to open the U.S. pavilion at the show, gallantly passed his ceremonial scissors to Mrs. Lindbergh. French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing also paid his respects. Mrs. Lindbergh won over everyone with a graceful tribute to pioneering French aviators, including Charles Nungesser and François Coli, who disappeared at sea on a transatlantic flight in 1927. Said she: "It takes as much courage to have...
Pierre Trudeau, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Italian Premier Giulio Andreotti. A notable absentee: French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who boycotted the dinner. Reason: he was piqued that British Laborite Roy Jenkins had been invited to both Callaghan's dinner and some of the summit sessions in his capacity as president of the European Community's Brussels-based commission. Like his predecessors, Giscard is determined to keep the Common Market and its representatives from getting too uppity...
Rice's teammates on the relay were Val Moore and Kim Claermont, with Gopaul anchoring...
Coach Pappy Hunt watched his 440-yd. relay team clip a full second off the old standard and sprint to first place. Kathy Rice, Val Moore, Kim Claermont and Pat Golpaul passed the baton across the victory stripe...
...forced smile flickered occasionally across the President's lean, aristocratic face as he spoke into the television cameras. "The people of France sent a message to those who govern you. I have received it." So saying, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ordered Premier Raymond Barre-who had resigned only an hour earlier-to form a new Cabinet. Giscard, who was on the defensive after his governing coalition's stunning defeat in last month's municipal elections, defined the goals for the government: 1) mapping the country's economic recovery and 2) charting a program...