Word: bombing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Boards & Bomb Experts. For a man of the Pontiff's age (68), it was a tense and trying ordeal. To ease it, a special 1964 Lincoln Continental limousine was lengthened a full yard (to 20 ft. 10 in.) by a Chicago manufacturer and fitted with running boards so that it could carry 13 people-including six security guards. It was equipped with a battery-powered public-address system, a papal seat that could be raised seven inches, fluorescent lamps to illuminate the Pope, and a bubble-top covering (non-bulletproof) in case of rain. More than 75 television cameras...
...Festival also recieved Godard's Le Petit Soldat, made in 1960 but never before shown in this country. The film, banned in France, concerns the activities of a group of Rightist terrorists who bomb noted French liberals in placid Geneva. To introduce the actress Anna. Karina, his latest find, Godard has a fictional magazine photographer shoot pictures of her singing, pouting, and dancing for five full minutes...
...strike by artillery or air is often essential to weaken possible V.C. resistance in areas where helicopters are about to land a load of troops. But its random nature makes it dangerous near villages. Artillery is especially feared-and hated-by villagers. Most peasants have long since built bomb shelters near their huts, and the sound of approaching bombers or helicopters provides time for civilians to scramble into them. But an artillery shell's whine gives warning only when it is too late for anything except to hit the dirt...
Though U.S. and Vietnamese bomb strikes have risen to a rate of 450 sorties a day, they are hardly indiscriminate. Normally, a strike begins with the request of a Vietnamese province chief, whose Vietnamese divisional commander must approve. Tactical Air Control centers in Saigon or Danang send out the planes, which are preceded to the target by a FAC (Forward Air Controller) plane. FAC marks the exact target with a smoke rocket, and the attackers then "hit the smoke," usually with remarkable accuracy...
...Billion Indemnity. A bomb scare delayed his flight from San Juan for an hour while the chartered airliner was searched. When Bosch arrived in Santo Domingo, a few scattered shots greeted his caravan as it sped from the airport into the old rebel zone of the city; no one was hit. Then before 60,000 screaming supporters, he began to speak again-and to "channel," as he said, "the capacity of the people." Cried Bosch: "The next President must take a suit before the World Court in The Hague, asking $1 billion in damages from the U.S., so the interventions...