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...Panama City's Avenida Central last week, howling anti-Yanqui slogans on its way to the U.S. Canal Zone. It was the anniversary of the violent riots that killed 21 Panamanians and four U.S. soldiers in January 1964. But this time 100 troopers of Panama's tough Guardia Nacional stood near the zone border. When the riot-minded students and professional leftists came into range, the guardsmen laid down a tear-gas barrage, then expertly dispersed the crowd. Within 45 minutes it was all over, and Panama had passed a milestone of sorts...
Justice, but Quietly. Mindful that Washington was hardly likely to build a new sea-level canal in Panama if further riots erupted, President Robles took the play into his own hands as the January anniversary approached. After long sessions with his advisers and Guardia Colonel Bolívar Vallarino, he paid solemn homage to the "heroic sacrifice" of the 21 Panamanian "martyrs" (while neglecting to mention that at least nine were killed accidentally by other Panamanians), publicly promised a completely new treaty to replace the hated 1903 pact that gives the U.S. sovereign ty over the Canal Zone. He allowed...
...next 20 years she was known as the organizational genius of the sindustry. Half the headwaiters in Manhattan were on her payroll; so were hundreds of police officials; and she had friends at the highest levels of the city, state and federal governments. Nevertheless, in 1945 Fiorello La Guardia finally forced Polly to shut up shop...
...visibility is one-quarter mile. The hardware for this technique has already been developed, says FAA. It consists chiefly of new antennas that give more dependable localizer and glide slope beams. One of them will soon be tested on an instrument landing runway at New York's La Guardia Airport...
Pilgrims arrived every day by the hundreds. Hotels sprang up. A hospital, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, was built with the help of $400,000 raised by New York's Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. In the piazza outside the church where Padre Pio said Mass and heard confessions, hand-painted tiles bearing the padre's bearded face and other tasteless souvenirs were on sale...