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Police too came under assault. Officer Frank Rossi tried to help a young white woman who was being kicked. "As I tried to reach for my gun, a guy picked up a huge coral rock and slammed it down on my thigh," Rossi said. "They were all kicking me and calling me names. I was down on my back." Rossi struggled into his car and got away as rocks smashed all its windows. Said National Guardsman Art Chambers, who drove a truck into the riot area to bring food to other Guardsmen: "The sniper fire came...
...businesses. The rioters' main targets were white-owned thrift stores, pawnshops, liquor stores, auto parts dealers and chain groceries. Few banks or pharmacies existed in the area. Schools and churches escaped damage, and the homes occupied by blacks looked as untouched as the residences of affluent whites in Coral Gables and Miami Shores...
...Coral Gables...
...during the rescue, Navy fighter aircraft from the carriers Nimitz and Coral Sea would fly along the Iranian border, ready to dart toward Tehran if the assault party got into trouble. The U.S. planners did not fear Iran's once potent air force. Of the country's 76 advanced F-14 fighters, no more than seven can fly, and none can fire its Phoenix missiles, owing to the lack of maintenance. Iran has 187 operational F-4 fighters, 50 of them near Tehran, but none is equipped for night combat. Moreover, insists a Pentagon official, "we knew where...
...sells sea shells down at Saks Fifth Avenue's store. But along with turning bits of coral and mollusk mantle into bangles that are called She Shells, Key Biscayne Divorcee Helga Wagner also fashions fascinating friendships. She was the first person Ted Kennedy telephoned after his Chappaquiddick accident (the Senator later said he was only seeking Brother-in-Law Stephen Smith's telephone number in Spain). Britain's Prince Charles commanded Helga's presence as dinner and disco partner during his early-April polo visit to Palm Beach, then invited her to the Bahamas. The fetching...