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...Gandhi has charged that the Jana Sangh wants to do so quite literally-by assassinating her. The idea of violence is not all that remote; in the past month, some 100 persons have died as a result of electoral quarrels. Nevertheless, Indira does not shrink from the huge, open-air rallies that are the mainstay of an Indian campaign. In Hyderabad last week, a hail of shoes and stones was aimed at the rostrum as she spoke. None of the missiles struck her, and Indira, unshaken, inquired: "Has someone opened a new sandal shop in Hyderabad? If so, he must...
...simple open-air ceremony amidst the scenic ruins of Kent State University, Mrs. Bella Abzug and Richard Nixon are joined in holy matrimony, Mrs. Abzug is the former congressman and women's rights advocate recently released from the Radic-Lib Female Detention Center on the third floor of the White House. Mr. Nixon is Emperor of the United States...
...Cambodia. They had been preceded by three barbers, who clipped the shaggy locks of G.I.s outfitted in fresh fatigues for the impending visit. Artillery pieces were moved to drier ground, a pathway and railing were constructed to facilitate inspection of an enemy arms cache and enclosures were erected around open-air latrines to provide VIP privacy. The visitors were treated to a spectacular aerial bombardment of a nearby hillside, although no one claimed that there were enemy troops on it. A colonel called the attack "reconnaissance by fire...
Friday night, yippie Abbie Hoffman and Doug Miranda of the Black Panthers spoke to several thousand students gathered in the Sylvan Theatre, an open-air bowl at the foot of the Washington Monument. Hoffman called the Monument "The world's largest hard...
...reception put Paul in a good mood. Celebrating an open-air Mass in the principal piazza of Cagliari, Paul ended the service with a notable benediction. "Blessed be the Cagliari soccer team," he said smilingly, thus saluting the Sardinians for their first championship in Italy's major soccer league. Gathered under a hot sun, the congregation of 70,000 roared with appreciation...