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DIED. HENRY MUCCI, 88, no-nonsense World War II Army colonel who rescued 513 survivors of the brutal Bataan death march; in Melbourne, Florida. After hearing reports of Japanese atrocities against Allied prisoners in the Philippines, the tough-talking, pipe-smoking Mucci led his Rangers 25 miles behind enemy lines and liberated the emaciated prisoners at Cabanatuan...
...large. Earlier in the day, the pair wounded two dogs in a brief salvo of close-range gunfire after police unleashed a pack of tracking hounds near a campsite less than a mile from the Republic of Texas trailer. Fearing possible booby traps after police discovered more than 60 pipe bombs and 12 gasoline cans in the area, authorities until Monday had conducted their search for the two men primarily by helicopter. Meanwhile, Richard McLaren was formally charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and bank fraud. He faces a maximum of 725 years in prison and $24.25 million in fines...
Those sound like the pledges of an especially visionary--or exceptionally pipe-dreaming--presidential candidate. In fact they make up the agenda of that (for now) career White House don't-wannabe, Colin Powell. That's not to say the event won't be presidential. For one thing, he's getting help from some guys named Clinton, Bush, Carter and Ford. Plus, at current count, half the Cabinet and 4,000-odd other bigwigs of various stripes...
...will continue to work for the party, doing what we can (although there is not much we can yet do) to see that its campaigns are conducted ethically. And although it may be a pipe dream, we can also hope that those among us who have political careers in their futures will be able to keep the scandals to a minimum...
Yale University has nearly finished its $45 million renovation plan of its main library, Sterling. The plan was instituted in November 1995 after a burst pipe destroyed many of Sterling's precious books. The Library of Congress and the New York Public Library both have climate control systems. We believe that Harvard should catch up with the times and give its books the proper care they deserve...