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...Presidents Washington, Lincoln and Wilson all agreed to appear before Senate groups to answer questions, and Senator Sam Ervin has wondered why such answers could not be compelled-at least in the proper circumstances. "If we were engaged in a war," he said, "and some judge in, say, Guam subpoenaed the President in a crap-shooting case or something, then I can see the high court overturning the subpoena." But in the case of a Senate hearing, he added, "I can't see how the President would be inconvenienced...
...clock to put the finishing touches on the new tiled-roof limestone compound that will house the mission (temporary headquarters have been set up in a diplomatic apartment building until the building is completed in early June). Peking permitted the U.S. to fly in two cargo planes from Guam loaded with furniture, cars, appliances and supplies-causing considerable surprise and some resentment among other members of the diplomatic community who have been denied similar requests...
Night after night, hundreds of B-52s and fighter-bombers from Guam and Thailand streaked across Cambodia to drop their enormous loads (up to 3,000 tons every 24 hours), sometimes striking to within 14 miles of the capital. The effectiveness of this massive effort could not be judged, since U.S. announcements have been deliberately vague, and Western journalists are unable to venture far enough from the capital these days to inspect the damaged areas...
World War II ended for Shoichi Yokoi, 57, only last year when the former Japanese imperial army corporal was found hiding out in the jungles of Guam. Now a prosperous tailor in Nagoya, Yokoi brought his new bride Mihoko, 45, back to the island for their honeymoon. Visiting his cave hideout, a favorite spot with tourists these days, Yokoi asked: "How could I have wasted all those years in this dirty hole?" Trapped in the jungle for a couple of steamy hours because of helicopter trouble, Yokoi muttered that he simply "hated the looks of the jungle" and couldn...
...peace that will endure for generations" remained his primary goal and world affairs still concerned him most. In a restrained, muted speech, he spoke of America's "bold initiatives" in 1972, and warned against "a time of retreat and isolation." He also restated the Nixon doctrine enunciated on Guam in 1969: "The time has passed when America will make every other nation's conflicts our own, or presume to tell the people of other nations how to manage their own affairs...