We leaf through the newspapers of the era and travel back to Alexandria, Egypt. Today, we read the weekly newspaper Egypt, dated Saturday, 14 August 1971, and learn about:
- Jordan’s attack on Syria
- The Turkish side’s accusations against Makarios
- U.S. senators calling for aid to Israel
- The fate of Greek-American U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew
- The latest crisis facing the U.S. dollar
- A visit by Chinese leaders to Algeria
- China’s nuclear plans
- The battles and struggles of Uruguay’s Tupamaro guerrillas
- A police officer fined for daring to take part in a strike
- Acts of intimidation within the Greek Community of Alexandria
- The need to rebuild the historic Greek Athletic Union of Alexandria (AEEA)
- Egyptian leader Anwar El Sadat’s address to the Armed Forces
- A mother’s desperate effort to find her child through the United Nations