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City Garrisons. Urbanologist Wilson notes that most European countries have special national riot-control police to cope with such violent disorders as Detroit's-most notably France's Compa-gnies Republicaines de Securite, which usually lurk a block or two from the scene of the anticipated action, and move in if the local flics, who are pretty rough customers themselves, with their 6-ft. batons and leaded capes, prove unable to manage. Wilson suggests that the U.S. may soon find that it needs similar professional forces-possibly organized by the states, but more probably a federal force deployed...
...Tiger Balm. More and more, U.S. firms are using free travel as a sales incentive; this year 8,000 compa nies are sending crackerjack salesmen to such faraway places as Venice (RCA) or Pago Pago (Ford). Nobody does it as grandly as Gibson. The company is paying out $2,000,000 for jet charters alone, will spend another half million to quarter guests in Hong Kong's Manda rin and Hilton hotels and entertain them. Each dealer is furnished with a 40-coupon book of tickets entitling him to everything from a pot of Oriental welcoming tea on arrival...
...Companero Ernesto Guevara," Castro gave only the vaguest hints as to what that status might be. "The enemy has put out many guesses and rumors, sometimes confused, sometimes trying to confuse," said Castro. "Well, in a few days, we are going to read a document by el Compañero Ernesto Guevara that explains his absence during these past months." With that, Castro teased his audience by waving a sheet of paper. "This is the act to which I refer," he said. "Read it! Read it!" pleaded the crowd. "Not now," said Castro...
Castro accused U.S. agents, "operating from Florida," of sinking a Cuban torpedo boat off the Isle of Pines on Christmas Eve. "A great explosion." he thundered, "cost the lives of three compañeros of the revolutionary navy and the blood also of 17 others, who were wounded. This was a criminal attack, a cowardly attack, an unjustified attack." An anti-Castro exile group calling itself Commandos Mambises and operating from a Central American base claimed credit for the raid. But Castro directly blamed the U.S. and President Johnson: "That was the CIA Christmas present to the Cuban people. President...
...displaced miners grow more and more desperate for jobs, they are increasingly willing to take work wherever they can find it - including nonunion mines. Last year one-third of the coal mined in the U.S. "captive" (excluding 80 millions tons from the "captive" mines owned by steel compa nies) was nonunion, the highest percent age since the 19305. when the U.M.W...