The pope and the contender - Gene H Hogberg - November 20, 1978

Gene H Hogberg

PASADENA - The pace of world events continues to quicken as we near the "crisis at the dose of the age." Major nations are moving into significant new alignments; powerful personalities are emerging on the world scene - or are waiting in the wings. In Europe, the shadow of Franz Josef Strauss is looming larger than ever on the West, German political horizon. In what Mr. Strauss termed a "grandiose victory," his Christian Socialist Union (CSU) rolled up a solid win over the Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in Bavaria's provincial elections Oct. 15.... - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library