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...aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy in the Mediterranean, Captain Ferdinand B. Koch conducted an electronic forum via the ship's closed-circuit TV, answering questions phoned to him from sailors below decks...
...attack came shortly after the Pontiff stepped out of his chartered Alitalia DC-8 into the bright sunshine at Manila airport. As Paul and Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos pushed through throngs of admirers, a crewcut man in gray clerical garb, holding a crucifix, rushed forward. Suddenly he slipped a foot-long Malay dagger out of his sleeve and lunged. Churchmen around the Pope blocked the assailant, and security men swiftly wrestled...
...other end of the spiritual scale are Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos: Lee shuns the metaphysical altogether, while Marcos relies little on astrologers or mediums. It is likely that they will be the exceptions for a long time to come. In a sense, the leaders are pursuing the same reasoning as the 17th century French Philosopher Pascal did in his "wager" on God. It can hardly hurt to call in an otherworldly adviser-and it just might help...
...waylaid by an army unit; in Angeles, near Clark airbase. A relative of Luis Taruc, rebel leader who surrendered to President Ramon Magsaysay in 1954, Taruc led the Huks since 1964, but failed to replenish their dwindling numbers. His death destroys the guerrilla threat to the government of President Ferdinand Marcos...
...said Joan Kennedy last year after she had earned a disapproving look from Pat Nixon by wearing a silver minidress to an evening White House reception. To demonstrate that she had learned her lesson well, Joan showed up last week at a White House luncheon for Mrs. Ferdinand Marcos, wife of Philippines President, in an unobtrusive little number: a silver leather Cardin midi with black lace-up boots and a stretch lace see-through blouse...