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...national food corporation wanted to attach nipples for baby bottles outside the package of a product as a sales device. When Aspen found that this would violate health laws in several states, the company abandoned the plan...
...Dominican Republic, six smartly uniformed guerrillas seized a U.S. air attaché, Lieut. Colonel Donald J. Crowley, 47, from the very polo field in Santo Domingo where the first U.S. Marines were helicoptered in during the 1965 intervention. Crowley's kidnapers threatened to kill him unless the government of President Joaquin Balaguer released 24 prisoners. After two days of haggling, the government placed 20 prisoners aboard an aircraft bound for Mexico City, and the kidnapers released Crowley blindfolded from an automobile. He was still wearing the riding boots, khaki pants and white jersey he had worn 21 days earlier...
...released him unharmed when, after 77 hours, the Brazilian government allowed 15 prisoners to escape. Within the past month, Latin American terrorists have set a record by kidnaping four diplomats. In addition to Crowley and Sanchez, these included the Japanese consul general in Brazil and a U.S. embassy attaché in Guatemala; both were released after the two governments agreed to the guerrillas' demands...
...America. Elbrick is now followed everywhere by a carload of gun-toting police. The entrance to the U.S. embassy in Guatemala City has been outfitted with a peephole door and closed-circuit TV. Brazilian police guard the residence of every ambassador in Rio de Janeiro, but first secretaries, naval attachés and the like must fend for themselves. Rio's diplomatic community numbers 2,000-far too many to be safely protected at all times...
...Establishment, the pawns (wearing helmets and carrying clubs) are members of the police tactical squad. Rooks are blue paddy wagons, knights Army and Navy officers; bishops take the form of businessmen in gray flannel suits and horn-rimmed glasses, clutching attaché cases and minicopies of the Wall Street Journal. The queen wears a little black evening gown, long white gloves and pearls; she has tinted blonde hair and is decidedly overweight. The king wears a black tuxedo and a jeweled ring on his finger; he comes complete with a cigar and a bald spot...