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...ransom money. "We have the men and equipment to keep as many towers down as is necessary to force compliance with our demands," the letter warned. "Our intent is to either collect $1 million or to make you people wish to hell we had." The message was signed "J. Hawker"-an apparent reference to the antislavery jayhawkers, who looted and marauded in Kansas, Missouri and other states before and during the Civil...
...over Tory jeers that the Court Line affair proved Labor's ineptitude in dealing with industry, the government unfurled further nationalization plans: to take control of all British ports and their ancillary operations and to nationalize the country's two largest aircraft makers, British Aircraft and Hawker Siddeley. So far, though, no plans have been announced to nationalize the tourist industry...
...people who watch Sam work drop some dimes or quarters into the bucket that sits next to his workbox-full of Arista Poster Chalk. "I make as much money this way as I did when I used to be a hawker for the Phoenix," Sam tells people who wonder about his income. "It's not much of a living, but it's a decent sort of a life...
...deposed by force. Allende refused. "I will not resign," he declared in a very brief radio broadcast. "I am prepared to die if necessary." He urged workers−the most loyal and enthusiastic supporters of his socialist program−to seize their factories as a sign of defiance. As Hawker Hunters of the Chilean air force swooped low over the palace, Allende made a final appearance on his second-floor balcony and waved to a small band of curious citizens whom the army had not yet shooed away...
...noon, a pair of Hawker Hunters attacked the palace with bombs, rockets and tear gas. An hour and a half later, infantrymen entered La Moneda by a side door; their officers gave Allende ten minutes to surrender. "All of you go down without weapons and with hands up," the President told the handful of aides who had stayed with him. "Go and surrender to the army. I will be the last to leave." Then, according to Mejido, Allende shot himself...