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...Britain's Trades Union Congress, attempted to intervene. He flew to Belfast to lead a "back-to-work" march. Less than 300 workers joined him, and they were all pelted with garbage, eggs and tomatoes by angry Protestants. The British government increased its 15,500-man Ulster garrison by 1,000; in full battle gear, thousands of soldiers swept through Belfast, clearing the streets of the barricades. However, the U.W.C. erected new roadblocks almost as soon as the soldiers left...
Last fall the B.C.P. suddenly struck again. An estimated 10,000 insurgents overran the government garrison at Mongyang and threatened the city of Kengtung, which commands the approach to the strategic Mekong River and to Thailand. In December government forces regained Mongyang. The insurgents apparently still control some 10,000 sq. mi. north of Kengtung, where they have tied up as many as 20 battalions of the 135,000-man Burmese army...
...years) recently sold the screen rights to his first novel, No Beast So Fierce, to Actor Dustin Hoffman for $80,000. Bonanno had a piece on prison life on the New York Times's Op-Ed page and has sold a story to Tennis magazine. Bank Robber Hank Garrison (now serving a ten-year term) just sold a story to Stag magazine. "It may not be impressive to some people," says Robert Dellinger, who runs the workshop, "but here's a man who has spent 15 years in prison-15. And he's now sold a story...
...armed forces, Haile Selassie declared in a faltering and cracking voice: "This is a poor land. Your country cannot afford to give you more. I appeal to your loyalty!" From the palace courtyard, the Emperor received the expected cheers of support. But in Ethiopia's key garrison towns, where thousands of his soldiers were mutinying, the appeal fell on deaf ears. There, junior officers and enlisted men continued their rebellion, demanding higher wages to offset an inflation that since January has doubled the price of flour, rice and bread...
...points they were trying to make is that Americans, especially those of liberal or radical persuasion, feel that Israel has become a Sparta, a garrison state. If there is anywhere that is less like that it is Israel," Peretz said