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Formosa was tolerated for several months by the authorities and even allowed to hold about a dozen indoor rallies in various cities across the island. But the magazine was banned in a sweeping crackdown against the opposition last December. The crunch came when Formosa 's leaders organized a rally in the city of Kaohsiung. The rally turned into the bloodiest riot in two decades; 183 policemen were reported injured...
Vatican observers think that Pope John Paul II may soon attempt a crackdown on U.S. marriage annulments, which a Roman Catholic must obtain to remarry and remain a church member in good standing. Annulments are now so widespread that they are sometimes called "Catholic divorce." In 1968 only 338 were granted in the U.S. In 1978 there were 27,670. The increase came because U.S. annulment procedure has been streamlined, and the grounds-once limited to such strict factors as force, fraud, bigamy or impotence-have been quietly loosened. Many diocesan court judges now accept evidence of serious psychological "immaturity...
...show at 6:30. Tonight Kaplan does not like a head shot of John Connally. "He looks like hell," he says, and a young woman runs to find one that is more flattering. He is also unhappy with a Washington report by Tim O'Brien about an FBI crackdown on pornography. Says he: "O'Brien needs another eight seconds." As a result of the change, a bit about flooding in Los Angeles is discarded...
...city's Rent Control Board granted the first four permits requested by developers, but the crackdown of the last two weeks means the board "has reached more of a consensus of interpretation," board member Victoria Judson said yesterday. "The board is taking seriously the intent of the legislation," Judson added...
...long, organized crime figures and their political henchmen have operated as if the criminal justice system were meant to serve them and not the public. Stings are understandably a vital part of the crackdown. But that is all the more reason for the FBI to proceed with utmost caution and with deepest regard for due process. Only by so doing will its cases hold up in court-and in the court of public opinion...