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...Little less than three years ago. Dwayne Jones took the baton from teammate Scott Murrer and ran his first quarter-mile-ever. When the 1600 relay was over. Jones name was in the Harvard record books, and since then it has appeared there again and again and again...
...assigned the mission, in case of war, of blocking Soviet access to the Mediterranean from bases in the Black Sea. The KGB is equally interested in the French development of a sophisticated, miniaturized neutron bomb and a new tactical nuclear missile called the Andes, which has a 250-mile range...
...latest Vietnamese assault has forced 45,000 Kampuchean civilians who live in camps along the 450-mile border with Thailand to flee across the frontier; according to some reports, 90 people have been killed and 300 wounded. Said State Department Spokesman Alan Romberg: "We are appalled that Vietnamese forces indiscriminately attacked settlements containing thousands of civilians." The U.S. has already sent an emergency grant of $1.5 million to the Red Cross, and last week it announced that it would immediately begin airlifting into Thailand a number of Redeye antiaircraft missiles, followed by new 155-mm extended-range howitzers...
...same time, the Vietnamese have sent their troops a mile into Thai territory, directing artillery fire at Thai villages and shelling a highway. The Thais angrily responded by sending F-5E fighter planes to dislodge Vietnamese soldiers and by dispatching a note of protest to the United Nations, charging the Vietnamese with "unprovoked and blatant acts of aggression." In Bangkok, the ambassadors of Viet Nam and the Soviet Union, which supports Viet Nam, were summoned to the foreign ministry for a stern lecture...
Mickey Mouse is there to greet visitors. Also on hand are Minnie, Tinker Bell, Pinocchio, Cinderella, Donald Duck and Dumbo. So are Fantasyland, Tomorrowland and other lures for the 32 million Japanese who live within a 30-mile radius, as well as for tourists from all over...