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...Beneficent Intuition. Fully aware that another Communist island fortress, like Cuba, could sprout in the Caribbean, the President snapped into action at the first sporadic crackles of gunfire in Santo Domingo. Into the waters off the Dominican Republic, he ordered a task force of six ships carrying an assault detachment of 1,800 marines; as a contingency, he alerted Army airborne troops at Fort Bragg...
...other loyalist commanders and some rebel elements agreed under two conditions: that no one would be punished for any acts during the fighting, and that the OAS would supervise the formation of a provisional government. Even as Msgr. Clarizio reported the hopeful news to Washington, rebel forces captured Ozama Fortress, the police headquarters, with its stocks of weapons and ammunition. The shooting continued throughout Saturday, and the rebels claimed 10,000 armed fighters compared with 3,000 for Wessin y Wessin's loyalist forces...
...REPORTS (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). "United Nations: Beleaguered Fortress" examines 20 years of growth, change and frustration, including the U.N.'s current crisis...
...Service Book and Hymnal used by the Lutheran Church in America includes ten hymns with words or music by Martin Luther-and not one of them is among the top ten favorites of Lutherans today. His best-known work, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, ranks 15th on the list of the Lutherans' most frequently sung hymns, well behind a host of hymns by 18th and 19th century Protestants. According to a survey in The Lutheran Magazine, the hymns at the top of the list are Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty; Beautiful Savior; My Faith Looks...
...London will not knuckle under to harassment. In the nuclear age, Gibraltar's strategic importance has sharply diminished, but the symbolic value of the fortress known to Homer as the Pillar of Hercules remains. Said one British official: "We'll keep the Rock if we have to supply it by airlift until the Spanish cut out this nonsense...