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...first find was reported by Greek archaeologists, who for the past six years have been excavating the remains of an important center of the highly advanced Minoan civilization: a city that was buried under a blanket of ash and dust when the volcanic island of Thera (Santorini) erupted in a great explosion about 1500 B.C. Until now, the most important treasures unearthed by the diggers on Thera were several exquisitely beautiful frescoes; they show such tranquil scenes as swallows frolicking amid spring blossoms, two boys playfully boxing, and a man apparently kneeling in worship (TIME, Feb. 28, 1972). But they...
...WOULD APPEAR that through his threats against Prince Sihanouk's forces and his seemingly blanket assurances to Lon No1, President Nixon jeopardized chances that the Cambodians might come to a truce by their own efforts. At present, while the chances for some kind of a compromise must not be ruled out entirely, the Phnom Penh regime is in an even more disastrous military position than at the time of the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement...
Such exercises in symbolism proved immensely valuable in sustaining morale. Air Force Lieut. Colonel John Dramesi, who escaped with Atterberry in 1969 but was recaptured, began in the fall of 1971 to laboriously stitch together an American flag. He used the threads from a yellow blanket for the gold embroidery, pieces of red nylon underwear and red thread from a handkerchief, white threads from a towel and patches of blue from a North Vietnamese jacket. The flag often flew at night in the Hanoi Hilton cell block that he shared with 40 other men, and it was dutifully saluted...
...finally removed and the leg lanced, but the infection spread and the leg puffed up to twice its normal size. For most of that first winter, he lay in fever, alternately freezing and roasting. His roommate, Air Force Captain John Brodak of St. Louis, gave up his own blanket to keep Kasler warm in the 40° nights. "I'm probably here because of his care," says Kasler. (Brodak, now a major, was released with Kasler.) Often the bandages were not changed for a week and a half. "It was horrible," says Kasler. "All the gore was running...
...present holds something of a whip hand in the debate because Nixon's statutory authority to regulate prices and wages expires at the end of the month. The White House is seeking a one-year carbon-copy extension of the Economic Stabilization Act, which gave the President blanket permission "to issue such orders and regulations as he may deem appropriate to stabilize" pay and prices. Should Congress simply renew that power, Nixon could obviously proceed with Phase III pretty much as he pleases. But more and more members of the congressional Democratic majority are determined to sprinkle the bill...