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...from churches in southern Italy, demanding that the hierarchy give $53,000 to the poor. The ransom was never paid, the statues never returned. Given that taste for direct action, it's a wonder the Blissett Project's four founders - Roberto Bui, Giovanni Cattabriga, Federico Guglielmi and Luca di Meo - had the patience to pen a doorstopper like Q. The novel is a sweeping saga of the 16th century religious wars touched off by the Reformation. Fast-paced, richly detailed and teeming with hundreds of characters, it throbs with violence, heroism, betrayal and sex. The main character, who often changes...
...Kennedy puts the CIA in charge of all paramilitary operations in Vietnam. In neighboring Laos, the agency builds an army of 47,000 Meo tribesmen, Laotians and Thai mercenaries...
Cover: Photograph for TIME by Robert Ammirati/Frank Meo...
Hanoi, in effect, is trying to fill one pocket by emptying another. The Pathet Lao troops are needed in northern Laos, where Chinese-supplied tribesmen are smuggling rifles to anti-Communist Meo guerrillas. According to Western and Thai intelligence, the insurgents last month killed 200 Pathet Lao troops assigned to guard a new highway...
Hiding Rice. Pressure by the Meo insurgents has closed Highway 4 from Paksane to Xieng Khouang and Highway 7 across the Plain of Jars. Highway 13 between Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang is so unsafe that government traffic can move only in armed convoys. South of Vientiane, Pathet Lao patrols, supported by the air force's nine T-28 fighter-bombers, manage to keep Highway 13 and Route 8 open during the day, but the Meo have full control after dark. In the south, at least 1,500 Royal Laotian army veterans and disgruntled peasants are carrying on another...