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...University policeman said Saturday he thought the police could help. "We probably can't catch the thieves in the act," he said, "but if we were asked, we could at least check on the people who don't belong and who persistently hang around the Loeb...
...amphibious car rolled the viscous surface of the Charles last Sunday, but it aroused the interest of few people besides a policeman who threatened to arrest its driver for disturbing the peace...
...having motor trouble. When a cop told him to move on because he was blocking traffic, he opened fire with a pistol. The Lambretta rider also began blasting away. The Saigon cops shot back; the car-driving terrorist was riddled, and the scooter rider fled for his life. One policeman fell, wounded in the stomach. Hearing the gunfire, embassy workers hurried to peer out the windows. They got there just in time to see a plume of white smoke curling from a rear window of the car. Then 250 Ibs. of dynamite, crammed inside the car, exploded...
...miles southwest of Bogotá; they sprayed the 24 occupants with submachine-gun fire, leaving 13 dead, including two nuns. The band then marched to the nearby town of Inza (pop. 1,000), where Tiro Fijo's men executed the mayor, town treasurer, bank manager and a policeman before looting three stores and a bank. To the terrified townspeople, Tiro Fijo said that he wants to be known only by his real name and not by his nickname, because he is no longer a bandit but a Communist guerrilla fighting for Colombian liberation. At his side was an aide...
...Russian tactics. The Reds had staged one of their walkouts before the Korean War erupted in 1950, and in the absence of the Russian delegate the Security Council was able to order the "police action" against the North Korean aggressors, with the U.S. assigned the role of principal policeman. Realizing that the Russians would not make such a mistake again, the U.S. and six allies in the General Assembly pushed through the "Uniting for Peace" resolution, which assumed for the Assembly the right to use "armed force when necessary" in case the Security Council was veto-bound...