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...indicted officers, notably Hoffa himself. They also voted an amendment to the union's constitution that creates a general vice-presidency and provides for automatic succession to the presidency. Then they unanimously elected Hoffa's choice for the post: chubby, cheerful Frank Fitzsimmons, 58, Hoffa's loyalist supporter among the union's international vice presidents and his protégé of 30 years' standing...
...streets in the vicinity of the pagodas-spread out through the city as snipers. They were everywhere, firing at anything, and being answered fatally by the heavy firepower of Ky's troops. "Dodge City," grunted a Vietnamese marine. When one grenade-throwing rebel was captured, the loyalist officer in charge of the patrol wasted no words; he whipped out his pistol and shot the rebel through the chest...
Fulbright's certitude riled at least one fellow committee member. "We are not a military people," protested Wyoming Democrat Gale McGee, an Administration loyalist on Viet Nam. "I just cannot quite buy the allegation that we have heard here that great military power induces arrogance and self-righteousness. I resent that as an American...
According to Emmanuel A. Osel '66, the junior army officers who engineered the coup will be overpowered by loyalist forces stationed in Northern Ghana. He added that most Ghanians are loyal to Nkrumah and would support his return to power...
...through the week, however, Loyalist Leader Commodore Francisco Rivera Caminero, who had been assigned to Washington as naval attache, said only that he would "consider" Garcia-Godoy's demand. Then Rivera, with his designated replacement, Commodore Emilio Jimenez, paid a call on Garcia-Godoy. After 90 minutes, the three strolled out of the President's office, beaming and calling the meeting "very cordial and warm." With that, Rivera went off for talks with his lieutenants. Would he leave the country or wouldn't he? Closest to a hint was word that Rivera had sold...