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When Uganda's newly elected President Milton Obote pledged his government to a policy of national reconciliation, he stirred hopes that his brutalized East Central African country might at last begin to heal its wounds. But in the four months since he resumed the office from which Dictator Idi Amin Dada ousted him a decade ago, there has been no peace between the country's bitterly divided political and tribal groups. Charging that the elections won by his Uganda People's Congress (U.P.C.) had been rigged, two rebel armies have launched an offensive aimed at toppling Obote...
...elections. Muwanga presided over the ballot counting that gave Obote's U.P.C. a majority over the rival Democratic Party, which has since accused Muwanga of tampering with the results. Muwanga has flatly denied the charge. He told TIME last week: "If we had wanted to impose Milton on the country, we could have done it with impunity...
...women close out their dual-meet season--they are 1-1--on Saturday with a finale against the Elis. Yale fields Pat Milton, who is devastating in the short sprints and a potential Olympian, but Hunt prognosticates a 65-62 victory for the Crimson...
...opposed the measure on accident-prevention grounds. Snapped Ham at one of his antagonists in the legislature: "I'm not surprised to see a funeral director speaking for this bill." The move was defeated. Police in many states enthusiastically support the lower limit. Says Maryland State Police Captain Milton Taylor: "Here in the Northeast Corridor we've got so much congestion that it's almost impossible to drive sanely at more than 55." Taylor concedes that there are regional differences. "Out in the prairie states or the Southwest they've got the stretching room...
...Post, City Editor Milton Coleman was "very frankly surprised" that the police had not located Jimmy, and he wanted another story on young addicts. He teamed Cooke with Courtland Milloy, a streetwise reporter. Says Coleman: "Milloy came back with a lot of doubts. There was no real indication that she knew the area." Although increasingly alarmed, the editors were comforted by letters from readers who claimed they knew Jimmy or children like...