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...Carse and other armed officers surrounded Tekere's heavily guarded estate in St. Martins, a suburb of Salisbury. They confiscated a load of weapons, and then engaged in a lengthy discussion with Tekere and his lawyer. At one point, Tekere strode jauntily over to share a joke with newsmen. Said he: "I'm just talking to my friends, the police. That...
...July 15, Billy angered his brother by telling reporters that he had never talked to the President about the status of his case. Jimmy told newsmen on July 17 that he had talked to Billy one time earlier, apparently forgetting his first brief call on June 28. The President told his aides that his brother must have thought the denial would protect him, when, in fact, it embarrassed...
...Soviets were piqued by the way many of the 3,000 journalists on hand were focusing on the tight security measures and other "political" stories. At midweek Vladimir Popov, deputy chief of the Moscow Olympic Organizing Committee, warned that newsmen might be deported for negative reporting. Said he: "You may be sure that if the national dignity of the host country has been offended, we shall demand that resolute sanctions should be taken against these journalists...
...came to power in 1977, a huge foreign debt and a soaring emigration rate. But then the Knesset defeated the opposition's call for elections by a vote of 60 to 54. Neither Weizman nor former Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan supported the government; Weizman stayed away, after telling newsmen he was going fishing, and Dayan voted with the opposition...
Suddenly the Rev. Samuel Walker Jr., a local Baptist minister, demanded silence of everybody in the room, bellowing: "All the ministers! All the newsmen!" As they gathered around, he prayed: "Help us, O Master, not to become angry but to love in times like these." Several people in the audience shouted: "Amen...