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...force of 270 whites and 750 Congolese commandos had cut the last remaining rebel supply routes from Uganda and the Sudan, were moving on to storm the rebel capital of Watsa itself. Though reconnaissance reports suggested that the rebels had massed thousands of Simbas for a last-ditch stand, Lieut. Colonel Mike Hoare and his men took Watsa without firing a shot. Leaving their weapons behind them, the Simbas vanished into the rain forest, presumably demoralized by the warning of the jungle telegraph: "The white giants are coming...
President Johnson immediately gave the Mills bill his blessing, called it "a tremendous step forward for our senior citizens." Republicans planned a last-ditch fight to amend the measure by extending its voluntary provisions to hospitalization and establishing an income ceiling on participants. But they had little hope, and Wilbur Mills' bill seemed virtually certain to be the final blueprint for the medicare law, opening the way to a vast new Government role in health...
...advancing to the Beanpot finals, B.C. notched its second last-ditch victory over Harvard. A month ago the Eagles scored twice in the last four minutes at Watson Rink...
When Jorge Gonzales put Harvard ahead midway in the last period, it looked as though the Crimson might pull off one of the biggest upsets of the Eastern hockey season. But last-ditch goals by B.C.'s Jerry York and John Moylan turned the upset into just another of Harvard's near-misses...
Through a Curtain Darkly. Amsterdam was a refuge to Beckmann for two years, but the Nazis arrived before he could get a visa to the U.S. He virtually hid out while his unwanted countrymen tried to draft him, aged 60 and with a heart condition, into last-ditch service. After his final war, Beckmann was free to emigrate to the U.S., where he taught in St. Louis and New York...