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Into Nairobi last week flew Uganda's Prime Minister Milton Obote, badly in need. For one thing, he needed to get his hands on the eleven truckloads of Red Chinese weapons that had been intercepted while sneaking through Kenya on their way to him from Tanzania. He also needed to spring their 47-man escort, whom outraged President Jomo Kenyatta had ordered tried for arms smuggling. More important, he needed to patch up the three nations' common market, which the arms scandal had nearly destroyed...
...President flew to New York for a private fund-raising dinner of the President's Club, an organization of Democratic contributors who each give at least $1,000 a year to the party. The political foray took Johnson to what has become an off-year hot spot. Feuding New York Democrats suddenly face a real contest because Republican Congressman John V. Lindsay is running against Mayor Robert Wagner...
Still Another Coalition. The upturn in Imbert's fortunes apparently caught the U.S. by surprise. When Presidential Adviser McGeorge Bundy & Co. flew south early in the week, rumors flooded Santo Domingo that his mission was to bypass Imbert and negotiate a peace with Caamaño's rebels. The U.S. position was still Constitutionalism Sí! Communism No! But the situation seemed to favor Caamaño, sitting cockily in his downtown rebel enclave, refusing to talk with Imbert and sending out snipers to shoot up the city at will. By contrast, Imbert, while he claimed to control...
...national harmony and unity." Almost on cue, a series of noisy protest demonstrations erupted among pro-Barrientos peasants in Cochabamba and Sucre, south of La Paz. The peasants set up roadblocks along the highways, invaded and occupied Cochabamba Airport, the air communications hub of Bolivia. At that, Barrientos himself flew down to Cochabamba, and announced that he was putting off the elections...
High jumper Chris Pardee and Sophomore sprinter Mike Hauch garnered Heptagonal records for the Crimson. Pardee, still sporting a bandaged ankle, cleared 6 ft., 8 in, for the first time this spring. That was enough for the victory, but the lanky junior flew an inch higher to set the new standard...