Word: militiaization
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...Congressmen railroaded measures through Congress. Whenever there was opposition, A.D. masses, usually led by left-wingers, would jam the Plaza El Silencio and scream hatred at their enemies. By the end of 1948, when rumors began circulating that A.D. was planning to replace the army with a "peasants' militia," Pérez Jiménez and his brother officers rebelled. They cut down A.D. in mid-reform, arrested Gallegos, hounded Betancourt into exile, and began a new and bloody military dictatorship...
...senate, Republican P. Kenneth Peterson is mayor of Minneapolis, D.F.L. strength has gradually drained away for the past year, Humphrey's own plurality was cut 81,119 votes in 1954. Governor Orville Freeman is under steady Republican drumfire for raising personal property taxes and for calling out the militia in the recent strike at the Wilson & Co. packing plant in Albert Lea. He faces his toughest fight in his campaign for an unprecedented fourth term as Governor this year. "These guys are right out of the halls of theory." growls Viehman. "We need to get these daydreamers...
...winning everywhere," declared one insurgent in the khaki uniform of the territorial militia. "We don't give a damn for politics...
Quiet but tense since the militia withdrew in August, Henderson is divided between the dogged strikers and the rest of the city-which just wishes the strike would go away. High School Principal Frederick R. Kesler believes "a lot of things have been said in this town that will take a long time to heal," worries that the strike may erect a permanent wall of hatred between children from the town and the mill villages. Scripture-quoting West Virginia-born Boyd Payton, 51, Textile Workers' director for the Carolinas, keeps his remarkably loyal Bible-belt flock together with reminders...
...desperate mayor of Sogne reinforced his police force (one man) with 40 others from the nearby city of Kristiansand, and the Sogne militia was alerted for the first time since the war. A battle of organists erupted briefly in the Lutheran church, with the aged local man reportedly being elbowed aside for a more accomplished player from Kristiansand. Back in the States, reporters tracked down Anne-Marie's uncle, Andrew Swenson. at whose Bronx home she stayed when she first came to the U.S. in 1956. A New York City mounted policeman. Uncle Andrew took a melancholy stance beside...