Word: beaching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seem to be well liked. Posters salute them as OUR BLOOD BROTHERS, and a reciprocal sign in a Cuban billet proclaims: WE ARE LATIN AFRICANS. Generally, the visitors keep a low profile in Luanda; they are seldom seen in great numbers except on weekends, when they congregate on a beach reserved for them to play their guitars, sing songs, play soccer or volleyball. Says one Portuguese resident of the capital: "The Cubans have been a force for moderation and restraint since independence. I hate to think what might have happened without them. I hope they stay a long time...
...garments I wear at the beach differ from those I wear at a wedding, yet I am the same person. Customs and outer appearances change, but the heart of the church is one and undivided in hope, faith and love...
Died. Colonel Glover S. Johns Jr., 64, commanding officer of the U.S. troops who liberated Saint-L6 after six long weeks of desperate fighting following their D-day landing at Omaha Beach; of a heart attack; in Austin, Texas. A Virginia Military Institute graduate, Colonel Johns wrote The Clay Pigeons of Saint-Lõ, which was an account of his World War II experiences. Perhaps his best-known military exploit came at the beginning of the Berlin crisis in 1961, when he successfully led a reinforcement convoy into the barricaded city...
...captain Embree will be the main challenger to pre-meet favorite Dwight Stones. The Long Beach State senior has been tabbed as America's gold-medal hope in this summer's Olympic games at Montreal. But Embree, who has qualified for the upcoming Olympic trials, hopes to pull off an upset similar to his victory over Stones in the 1975 Milrose Games...