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...Afterward, Marge told everybody, the Coppolinos were a tower of strength. The trio started attending church together. An amateur artist, Marge began painting Carl's portrait. Neighbors began joking about "Dr. Strangelove" and friend, but the widow assured a neighbor that she thought of Carl "like my son." Early last year Marge decided to move to Florida, bought land adjacent to the Gulf Coast resort of Sarasota-and told acquaintances that she had induced her friends to head South with her. In April 1965, the Coppolinos settled in a white stucco home on fashion able Longboat Key off Sarasota...
...reassured 200 diplomats and newsmen that he was still in charge. Suharto, said Sukarno, was merely taking instructions from him; there had been no "transfer of authority." On top of that, whatever Malik said, "The confrontation against Malaysia will continue." Malik and Suharto listened impassively to the tirade. Afterward, they quietly let it be known that the way would soon be clear for the signing of a formal truce with Kuala Lumpur...
Last March, Speck showed up in Monmouth, Ill., where he had spent his early years. Soon afterward, a 33-year-old barmaid was found beaten to death in an abandoned hog house; then a 65-year-old widow was bound, robbed and raped. According to Police Chief Harold Tinder, Speck left town the night of the latter crime. In late April, he shipped out on an iron-ore boat but was sent ashore after one week to undergo an emergency appendectomy in Hancock, Mich. There, he made friends with a newly divorced nurse, Judy Laakaniemi, 28. Speck dated her several...
...wrote a prophetic memo to President Kennedy, declaring that the U.S. either had to "make a major effort" in the region or "throw in the towel." Then Johnson added: "Throwing in the towel is not my concept." Geyelin does not establish just what impact the memo carried, but soon afterward Kennedy began the process of increasing the U.S. commitment to Viet...
...attacking force of about 650 men into three groups and placed them too far apart to support each other effectively. The Sioux, recovering from their surprise, made short work of Custer and the 212 cavalrymen whom he led. His last stand probably lasted no longer than 20 minutes. Afterward, the bodies of the soldiers were stripped and mutilated and left to rot in the sun. Most of the bloated, discolored corpses found on Custer Hill were never identified. Custer was a fortunate exception. His stripped body was found sitting behind a natural breastwork at the top of the hill, indicating...