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...immediate response when the three Western countries that occupy West Berlin--the U.S., Britain and France--began conducting tough document checks of Arab diplomats entering the divided city from the East. The heightened security was a response to the April 5 bombing of West Berlin's La Belle disco, in which an American soldier was killed. The U.S. charged that Libyan diplomats based in East Berlin had helped plan the blast. But East Germany's passive acceptance of the new vigilance masked a determination to even the score. Last week East German border guards started demanding that Western diplomats show...
...busy, the reunioncommittees have scheduled a frenetic, week-longextravaganza. Planned events range from asymposium on the spirit of public servicemoderated by Congressman Barney Frank '61(D-Mass.) to a dinner at the Bright Hockey Centerwith President Derek C. Bok and RadcliffePresident Matina S. Horner, to an evening at aBoston disco...
...Berlin, has confessed to the attack on the friendship society. Inside the Syrian embassy in East Berlin, Hazi claims, he was given advice and "tactical guidance" on bomb preparation and timing devices. Hazi has denied any involvement in the La Belle explosion. Nonetheless, West German police reported that the disco explosives closely resembled the bomb that wrecked the friendship society...
Plans for a strike of some sort against Libya began late in March when U.S. intelligence learned of Libyan intentions to conduct future terrorist acts like the West Berlin disco bombing on April 4. At a National Security Council meeting on April 7, the President clearly decided that the time for action had arrived. His command: "Try to make the world smaller for the terrorists...
...feel comfortable at Sam's," says Hemingway. "It's like people are in my living room." Eric Goode, owner of Manhattan's Area disco, feels more or less the same way about his generically named Restaurant. "It's like my own dining room. It's just for fun." For others, restaurants can be just a good investment. Chicago Bears Running Back Walter Payton belongs to a group that owns three places in the Windy City area and plans two more by September...