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Leading the poise patrol were a pair of Crimson juniors. Joe Carrabino shot the lights out (14 for 17) from the field. Up front, he battled the big Duke front court into submission and with the help of a tough two-three zone, eliminated the Duke inside game...
...being worked out with the aid of Syrian and Saudi Arabian envoys, calls for the Lebanese Army to move south from Beirut to the Awali River, where the Israeli occupation zone begins, and north toward the port city of Tripoli, which the Syrians dominate. Lebanese police forces would patrol the hills above Beirut, the Chouf Mountains and the volatile southern suburbs. By moving equally into both Muslim and Christian strongholds, the government hopes to silence the guns of the warring militias...
...Paraiso, 30 miles northeast of San Salvador. The attack proved a serious blow both to the army and to army morale. After learning that 700 of the 1,300 troops based in the garrison were away on illegally authorized holiday leaves and 200 other soldiers were absent on patrol, the guerrillas struck. In the early hours of the morning, they set off a mortar barrage, scoring direct hits on barracks where government soldiers were sleeping. Some army troops scattered in panic. Within eight hours, the guerrillas had overrun the chain-link fence and barbed-wire perimeter, but they abandoned...
...doubt the U.N.'s hypocrisy on this issue. From 1963 to 1975 more than $1 billion worth of arms were sold to South Africa. France was the largest supplier, followed by the U.K., the U.S. and West Germany. Israel's total sales during that period included six patrol boats and the surface-to-surface missiles to arm the boats. The Kingdom of Jordan, on the other hand, sold South Africa 41 Centurion battle tanks and a total of 717 missiles, as well as jeeps, launchers and radar equipment. The Soviet Bloc nations also have sold and sell arms to South...
Following an initial night of troubles on Thursday, McGinnis added, security measures taken by the organizers successfully prevented further mishap. This included a 50 member patrol of Harvard students to enforce an 11:15 p.m. curfew. The only other trouble after Thursday came when nine students were sent home for drinking...