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...ransacked two floors without finding the men (who were hiding in the embassy residence at the edge of town), then threatened a secretary and departed, posting a guard around the building to interrogate all who tried to leave or enter. "An invasion of our country," cried Dominican President Juan Bosch. The Dominican navy (such as it is) put to sea, tanks clanked toward the border, and Bosch fired off an ultimatum to Duvalier-24 hours to call off the goons, or else...
...Haiti have been-jailed and savagely beaten; others have disappeared without a trace. One Dominican diplomat was murdered. The Haitian border has been closed to Dominicans for months, and there are persistent reports that members of the Trujillo clan are plotting with Duvalier to assassinate the newly elected Bosch. "There is a conspiracy in Haiti against our democratic government," warned Bosch last week. "We have suffered with great patience, but these outrages must...
...agent for workers in 30% of Germany's industrial plants. When companies in Württemberg-Baden refused to grant an 8% wage increase to the metalworkers (who now draw an average 77? an hour), Brenner called a strike against such strategic targets as automaking Daimler-Benz and Bosch, which makes electrical systems for most German autos. Other employers retaliated by locking out workers at scores of other plants that Brenner had not struck...
Novelist Herbert Gold, 39, has as cruel an eye for human foibles as Hieronymus Bosch, but his heart is awash with love of the world. At his best, this has made him a kind of romantic poet turned pitchman for the seamy side of life. Miraculously blending hip talk, shop talk, tough talk and the rumpled jargon of half-educated America, Gold often makes fun of the grotesques-con men, carnival barkers, sleazy hotel managers-who are his favorite characters. But he never treats them as victims of society. Their small limbo worlds take on the likeness of the great...
...remains hopeful, regarding Bosch more with benevolent indulgence than outright doubt. At his inauguration, Vice President Lyndon Johnson was on hand to affirm U.S. support of the new government. As one top Administration official said last week in Washington: "He's a good man, but he's been out of touch with his country too long. I think he will mellow in office." Bosch feels that his crit ics will be the ones to mellow. "At the dawn of democracy," he preached in his inaugural address, "the fears of some are very great. But the confidence...