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Hitting back at Glen Cove...
...started when the people of Glen Cove, N.Y. (pop. 25,000), read a news report stating that the local 36-acre weekend estate owned by the Soviet U.N. Mission was being used for electronic eavesdropping on the area's defense and high-technology industries. The town council, led by Mayor Alan Parente, voted to ban the Soviet diplomats from Glen Cove's beaches, tennis courts and golf course. The council members were also upset over the Soviets' diplomatic immunity, since it meant a loss to the town of some $75,000 annually in property taxes...
...spokesman conceded, "We absolutely deny we are going to send the Marines to free the Russians from the grasp of the mayor of Glen Cove...
...this eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, Glen Cove...
...like most matters of principle, this one may end up with a financial solution. If the Soviets, or the U.S. Government on their behalf, agree to pay the $75,000 or so in property taxes that would normally be owed to the Glen Cove treasury from the estate, would the diplomats be set free to swim and swing their racquets and clubs...