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Ever since he became Malta's Prime Minister last June, scrappy, erratic Socialist Dom Mintoff has made a specialty of issuing nonnegotiable demands. In one of his first official acts, for example, he told the British Governor General to resign and to clear out of the tiny Commonwealth island nation within four days. Last week "Deadline Dom," as he has become known in some corners of Malta's diplomatic community, came up with what could be his ultimate ultimatum. Unless Britain agreed to come across with an immediate $11 million increase in the rent that it pays...
...most fans was "Gary who from C.W. where?" "That's been the story of my life," sighs Wichard (pronounced Wish-hard). His final season at nearby Glen Cove High School was so undistinguished (passing rarely, he led the team to a mediocre 4-4 record) that Post Coach Dom Anile had to be talked into giving Wichard a second look. He eventually won a tuition scholarship to Post. After adding 30 Ibs. through weight lifting-6 ft. 2 in., he is now 217 Ibs.-he also earned the job of starting quarterback...
...often these past few years, the voices have not been heard from the middle-of-the-road majority of the hierarchy, either in the U.S. or abroad. They have come from loyal independents like Brazil's Dom Helder Câmara, battling for his nation's poor, or Belgium's Leo-Jozef Cardinal Suenens, pleading for a greater role in the church for bishops, priests and laymen as well. Often they have come from outside the hierarchy altogether: from Daniel and Philip Berrigan, languishing in jail for the cause of peace; from the irrepressible Hans...
...Tight. During the pretrial hearing, Joseph Remcho, 27, a member of the Lawyers' Military Defense Committee that has been defending G.I.s, asked that the jury be selected at rani dom. Remcho had lost on the same moi tion in a dozen previous cases. This time, however, Colonel Arthur Corley, commander of Long Binh, consented. Explained the career officer: "The mil-j itary justice system is under attack, par- i ticularly by those who consider themselves more liberal than the establishment . . . We decided to give it a try to show that we are not so tight...
...tempered Dom Mintoff, 54, made that promise just before taking the oath as Malta's second Prime Minister since it became an independent member of the British Commonwealth in 1964. In the three weeks since then, he has shown that he meant business. The day after he was sworn in by the British Governor General, Sir Maurice Dorman, he called on Sir Maurice and told him: "The people here would like to have a Maltese as Governor General." "When would you like me to resign?" asked Dorman. "Tomorrow morning," said Mintoff, although he later relented and gave Sir Maurice...