Margot Honecker was an East German politician and influential member of the country's Communist government until 1989. From 1963 until 1989, she was Minister of National Education of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). She was married to Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity Party from 1971 to 1989 and concurrently from 1976 to 1989 the country's head of state.

Headlines from April 17, 1927

Showers May Hamper City's Easter Parade

Byrd Calls Lack of Ballast Cause of Crash; Fokker Quoted as Saying Plane Struck a Rut

NEW JERSEY FINALS IN ORATORY MAY 3; Schools in Times Contest Region Will Meet in Newark to Pick One Representative. TRI-BOROUGH MEETING MAY 6 Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond Will Select Two Young Orators to Try for Championship. NEW JERSEY FINALS IN ORATORY MAY 3

FESS SAYS COOLIDGE WILL END PRECEDENT OF ONLY TWO TERMS; Prejudice Is Disappearing, the Senator Asserts, and Will Not Weigh in 1928.

WHAT CHINA FIGHTS FOR: A CHINESE VIEW; The Vast Upheaval Seen as a Struggle for a United Democracy, a Higher Economic Status for the Masses, an Equal Place Among Nations -- Russia's Role and Chinas Attitude Toward America

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