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Jagan continues to stir up antagonism inside the country, and last week his regime was challenged by a paralyzing general strike. The walkout was called to protest labor legislation that would require government-directed union elections in all industries. The powerful Trades Union Council suspected Cheddi of trying to grab control of the unions, insisted on elections regulated by an independent agency...
...accord. If they moved off the plain, they would surely march right into a civil war with Phoumi's rightist forces, thus inviting U.S. intervention, which they wished to avoid at all costs. Despite protests by both Souvanna and the U.S., the Pathet Lao's territorial grab was a fait accompli. There were those in the U.S. who thought the only long-range answer to the Laos problem was outright partition. Already a de facto partition of Laos existed: the northern part of the country was firmly controlled by the Communists, and the rice-rich Mekong River valley...
...Boston Coach Red Auerbach, "is hustle and Russell." Russell hustled (24 points, 27 rebounds), but the Lakers still clobbered the Celtics 126-119. That made it three games to two, and the Celtics sounded tired. "I can't take it any more," said Cousy. "You play in Boston, grab three or four hours sleep, catch a plane, fly all day, hurry to the game and try to play. It's tough...
Love and Larceny. Vittorio Gassman is a gasser in a grab bag of disguises, ends up as a con man conned con amore...
...turn out small amounts of large-diameter pipe-and had not even received a bid from Moscow-was of small comfort to U.S. and West German officials. Nor were they reassured by the fact that Italy, a major supplier of Soviet pipe before the NATO ban, did not immediately grab off part of the lucrative trade; Italian manufacturers simply were backed up at the moment with their own domestic orders...