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Showing the flag is an ancient ploy that has worn a bit thin. Richard Nixon's decision to show American military might last week was an appropriate reaction in the face of severe North Korean provocation. But he may have overdone it somewhat. In response to North Korea's destruction of a U.S. EC-121 spy plane over international waters, the President gave sailing orders to Task Force 71, a 40-ship armada assigned the task of protecting future reconnaissance flights near North Korea...
...Norfolk, Va., Laird dismissed reports that the Administration is considering the face-saving compromise of proposing another year of research and development. Senate Republicans who oppose Nixon's ABM plan want the Administration to begin strategic arms talks with the Russians, then use this as an excuse to delay construction of ABM sites...
...Cairo, the Egyptian government repudiated the cease-fire lines on the grounds that Israel had fortified the east bank of the canal and the world "cannot expect us to observe the cease-fire in the face of such fortifications." The U.S. termed Egypt's step "retrogressive" and, along with Britain, appealed to both sides to respect the truce. United Nations Secretary-General U Thant gloomily said that "the cease-fire has become almost totally ineffective in the Suez Canal sector, and a virtual state of active war now exists there...
...today the Crimson squad travels to Waltham to face Brandeis in another GBL match. Coach Loyal Park has picked sophomore J. C. Nickens to pitch against the Judges. Nickens began the season strong allowing only two runs in his first four games, but he was bombed for five scores while facing just seven batters at West Point last Saturday...
...Neill, a member of the powerful House Rules Committee, is also planning a meeting with Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe and Secretary of HUD George Romney to find the source of the decision to apply pressure on Cambridge. "On its face it appears to be a squeeze play to us," a spokesman for O'Neill said yesterday...