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...last time a President of France visited Djibouti, in 1966, the city erupted in anti-French riots. Though an Issa-led independence movement has weakened since then, French authorities imposed stringent security measures for Pompidou's call. Some 240 riot-control experts were flown in from France to bolster the regular military force of 5,000, which includes one of the two remaining units of the French Foreign Legion stationed abroad. (The other is in Madagascar.) A French frigate stood guard in Djibouti Harbor...
...issues our government must address in order to make our future participation in the affairs of Vietnam more regenerative than destructive. Just as arms shipments into Indochina from all foreign sources should be stopped, all American military aid to Thieu should be cut off, and any assistance that will bolster his influence over the non-governmental council of national reconciliation should be held back. That council, composed of neutralists, members of the N.L.F., and elements of the current South Vietnamese government, should be allowed to determine the future of Vietnam without political or economic interference from America. American...
...Muthler, a former two-time Penn high school champ at 142, and Ross Chattin, the East's second-best wrestler at 158 last year, bolster the Navy squad in the middle weights...
Thomson said that he and Hughes sought to bolster the end-the-war resolutions by circulating yesterday's statement...
...beaches of Santa Barbara. Brinegar, who is president of the gasoline division of the company, claims to be neutral on the matter. "I am not an oilman," he insists, "I am a professional manager. Hopefully, I will be able to be very objective and view all sides." To bolster his hope, he cites his travel experiences: "I have flown a million miles on commercial airlines, and I have sat on the Harbor Freeway for an hour at a time in traffic jams...