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Febres Cordero responded by declaring a national state of emergency. Officials closed the Quito airport and ordered four local radio stations off the air. On Friday, elite government troops led by tanks stormed the air base. Air force troops loyal to Vargas were overwhelmed in a brief but fierce midday battle. The cost: four dead and nine wounded. Some 400 rebels were rounded up and confined to an army compound. "Loco" Vargas, his private rebellion quashed once and for all, was again taken into custody and imprisoned at an unnamed army base...
Meanwhile, the new spirit of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism began to bear fruit. Soon after apprehending Nezar Hindawi, a Palestinian reportedly carrying a Jordanian passport, on suspicion of attempting to blow up an El Al plane leaving London's Heathrow Airport on April 17, British authorities advised their counterparts in Berlin to arrest another Palestinian named Ahmed Nawaf Mansur Hasi. Inside Hasi's apartment, West German detectives found what appeared to be a sketch of the La Belle discothèque, where an explosion three weeks earlier had killed two people and left 230 wounded. They also discovered...
...airport Hyatt Hotel in Oakland, the crowd's mood is akin to that of an audience waiting for the big fight scene in a Rocky movie. More than 400 people are squirming excitedly on their folding chairs as adrenaline-pumping music blares from four giant speakers. Suddenly the room breaks into applause as a handsome man in a well-tailored suit jogs down the center aisle. The star of this show, however, is not Sylvester Stallone but an Italian Stallion of another breed: Dave Del Dotto, 35, a self-made real estate millionaire. "How many people want to get rich...
Snappily attired in a dark blue oxford suit, a blue-and white bow tie and a black Borsalino, Vladimir Horowitz sits in a private VIP airport lounge, waiting to board his flight to Washington. His wife Wanda is wearing a new silk dress and a mink coat for the occasion. "It will be nice to meet Nancy Reagan," says Arturo Toscanini's daughter. "Normally, I don't like official bureaucratic functions. My father told me to avoid anything that involves government officials. But since we are going to Russia, I will make this exception...
...hope the pilot doesn't make a mistake and bring us into the Potomac. I forgot my galoshes," jokes Horowitz as the plane descends to National Airport. "I don't think that's funny," counters Wanda, sternly. When the plane lands, the pianist applauds loudly. The pilot rings the all-clear bell, and Horowitz perks up. "F sharp," he remarks. "I hope Mrs. Reagan will be there," says Wanda...