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Ronald Reagan was a long way from Hollywood and Vine last weekend, helping with Republican fund-raising affairs across the South. But just three blocks south of the famous old intersection, in a rambling warehouse, dedicated volunteers were running an eight-day "Recall-a-thon" aimed at removing Reagan from his starring role in Sacramento...
...apology. Appearing on Meet the Press, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara conceded that although Pueblo was under strict orders to remain outside the twelve-mile limit, there was no way for Washington to be completely certain the order was followed during an eight-day period of radio silence maintained by the stubby vessel. Said Rusk: "We cannot be 1000% sure, until we get our officers and crew back and we have a chance to interrogate them and look at the log of the ship." If it then developed that Pueblo had sailed in territorial waters...
Castro's art exhibit was the highlight of an eight-day international cultural congress that ended in Havana last week. Though the congress was a flop as such affairs go-only a few of the big names invited showed up*-it was part of an old Castro strategy: when things go sour, divert the people's minds...
Romney was having other problems as well. Embarked on an eight-day tour of ten states starting in the Dakotas, he shotgunned Johnson Administration policies from the battlefields of Viet Nam to the wheat fields of the plains. The Michigander did not endear himself to Midwestern audiences by condemning collective bargaining for farmers and urging that they sell their commodities abroad "by the law of supply and demand"-which would mean at low world prices. Senator Milton Young of North Dakota, who had said earlier he would support Romney if nominated, commented: "He isn't nominated yet and judging...
Delegates to the eight-day congress are spending most of their time at workshops dealing with such general topics as the conflict between generations, the family-a subject that has already led to a discussion of birth control-and world economic development. Like the synod, the congress has no legislative authority over its church and can only make recommendations to the Pope. But some Roman observers were betting that Paul VI might get at least as much good advice from the congress' laymen as from the synod's bishops...