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...diplomatic stint. He was appointed to the Dominican post by Kennedy during the power vacuum that followed the assassination of Dictator Rafael Trujillo. Martin's near-impossible assignment was to try to establish rudimentary democracy in a land that had known nearly five centuries of despotism. As he bade the ambassador goodbye Kennedy jestingly warned: "If you blow this one, you'd better not come home...
...about the state of their own pride, which is badly stung by Britain's continued hold on the base the British wangled in the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Spain's cause won moral support two years ago from the United Nations' committee on colonialism, which bade the British negotiate. Bowing, the British finally agreed to hear out the Spanish, then found a way to further stall the proceedings. The method Britain chose was to propose that the matter be referred to the International Court of Justice at The Hague for settlement...
...Kirk, unlike Burns, provides no target for this shaft. With the President's popularity sagging and racial tension a constant undercurrent, High has found it prudent to skirt national issues and play down his own progressive record on civil rights and legislative reapportionment. On the crime issue, the Bade County government, rather than the Miami mayor's office, has the primary responsibility for law enforcement; yet even to make this point would only underscore the ceremonial nature of his present...
...Angeles Dodgers bade farewell to Chavez Ravine yesterday to travel to Baltimore for the next three World Series games. The Bums just hope they'll make it back...
Bill DeWitt is the owner of the National League's Cincinnati Reds, and what he had done for the Orioles was to trade them Outfielder Frank Robinson, 31. Last week Robinson was leading the league in hitting (.316), home runs (49) and runs batted in (120), bade fair to become the first player since Mickey Mantle in 1956 to win batting's Triple Crown-and was practically a cinch for the Most Valuable Player Award. All the Orioles gave up in exchange for Robinson was Pitcher Milt Pappas (1966 record: 10 wins, 11 losses) and a second-string...