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President Clinton has authorized a last-minute, high-level delegation led by former President Jimmy Carter to Port-au-Prince to coax the Haitian leaders out without bloodshed. They're expected to leave within 24 hours, and Clinton pledged to hold the invasion at least until his envoys begin their return trip. Flanking Carter are retired Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin Powell and Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn. Earlier, Clinton met with ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who pledged amnesty to opponents once he is restored. The surprise White House announcement capped a day of apparent...
...TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompson reports that according to Pentagon sources, the latest scheme has elite Navy SEALs doing the initial dirty work. U.S. war plans then call for 4,000 troops from the aircraft carriers U.S.S. America and U.S.S. Eisenhower to move into and around Port-au-Prince, while 1,800 Marines from a "WASP" amphibious assault ship would secure Haiti's north. And those multinational forces? Caribbeans and others won't move in until everything's already peaceful: "This is an all-American show in the opening hours and the opening days," Thompson says.THE HAITIAN BATTLE PLAN? Haiti...
Elsewhere, however, the government let its guard down. On beaches and in port towns up and down the Cuban coast, in Guanabo and in Jaimanitas, the sea was suddenly an open frontier. Many Cubans slipped out of the bays and rivers on their motorized private boats, with entire families on board, for a relatively comfortable crossing. But from the vantage point of the seawall in Miramar, Havana's tree-lined suburb, 30 to 40 inner tubes could be seen setting off by moonlight...
...PORT-O-SAN CORP...
...broke down early on, stranding huge numbers of fans and making the roads impassable. The audience pitched tents all over the grounds, despite pleas from the stage to do so only in designated areas. Perhaps most telling, the overcrowding made it impossible for workers to empty the 2,800 Port-O-Sans. If there was one thing about Woodstock '94 that was going to distinguish it from the original, it was that the Port-O-Sans would work...