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marshals who previously served at Wounded Knee, S. Dak., plus three police tracking dogs from Puerto Rico. In an unusual move, Evans warned tourists against walking on the streets at night and said that he was considering declaring martial law. Still, even many whites recognized that, as the Daily News of nearby St. Thomas editorialized: "All the police in the world will be of little use until the unpleasant truths of racial animosity are accepted and steps taken ... to correct them...
...supporters accused the South Korean Central Intelligence Agency of masterminding the kidnaping. They pointed out that Kim, as leader of the New Democratic Party, polled 46% of the vote for president against Chung Hee Park in 1971. Kim went into exile when martial law was declared in October 1972, and in appearances in Japan and the U.S. has been criticizing Park's strongman rule...
...added: "The problem of rededication is always ticklish. I have noticed a backsliding [since his own imposition of martial law last September] on the part of not only civilian government employees, but also the military. We have to stop this backsliding before we can do anything, because we are returning to the old society. There must be self-criticism and candor among officials. The same old politicians are coming back and asking for favors and you hear the same old inclinations toward corruption. You note the weaknesses of officialdom, the discourtesies, the disregard and lack of respect for the people...
...Ferdinand Marcos, the dictator of the Phillipines, is another mini-Nixon from the Third World. Marcos declared permanent martial law last year to deal with a 'nattonal emergency,' an uprising among allegedly 'Moslem fanatics' in the southernmost island of the nation. Although news reports from the revolutionary zones have been scarce, it seems reasonable to surmise that something more than a mere religious quarrel is prompting the revolt...
...Never think of leaving perfume or wine to your heir," advised the Roman epigrammatist Martial. "Administer these to yourself, and let him have the money." The flaw in Martial's dictum, if applied today, is that anyone who enjoys the better known wines, particularly French imports, is unlikely to have much cash left for himself or his survivors. Prices have spiraled upwards cruelly and there is no end in sight...