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...Awaiting Trial. Franco responded to the terrorism by increasing security forces and setting up strict border watches to prevent infiltration of political dissidents from France and Portugal. In recent weeks there have been elaborate roundups of suspected terrorists in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao, with as many as 82 arrests in a single day. An estimated 200 now await trial by military tribunals...
...item on the Assembly's agenda will be an Arab-sponsored move by the Third World bloc to suspend Israel from Assembly debates because of its refusal to obey U.N. resolutions ordering Jerusalem to surrender occupied Arab territory in return for secure borders. Many Israelis would prefer to await the outcome of that vote before agreeing to accept another Sinai disengagement...
Elton's concerts are fun. People augh as much as they shriek. ("If they scream," he says in his self-mocking way, "it is probably in horror.") Fans eagerly await his first appearance onstage to see what outrageous variations he will work on his image that night. No one can predict which of his 200 pairs of glasses (total value: $40,000) he may wear. He has three pairs that are mink-lined, another with 57 tiny light bulbs that spell out ELTON, yet another shaped like musical notes linked by a jeweled bridge bar. Most gorgeous...
...Thai mining companies, an Italian construction concern and an American oil firm. Last week a group of bankers in New York to discuss a new Thai oil-drilling venture had their meeting interrupted by the news that U.S. Air Force planes had sunk Cambodian ships. They adjourned to await further news...
...sooner we lift it the better. The next move where Cuba is concerned is up to the U.S." At week's end White House officials said that they welcomed Castro's conciliatory remarks, but that a formal lifting of diplomatic and trade curbs would have to await action...