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Since 1963 Papa Doc has tightened his hold on the country, most recently in a purge of 19 army officers last summer. Although the political situation in Haiti is inherently unstable, much of the violence has subsided--some of it, of course, remains.
The Young Democrats of Massachusetts is trying to purge the 2500 College Young Democrats from its midst because of College Clubs' December endorsement of Eugene J. McCarthy for president.
According to Massachusetts YD president Peter Di Chicco, the purge probably won't succeed because the college clubs have at least half the votes on the parent organization--enough to stop the movement.
Libel Suit. One protest, signed by 52 Soviet intellectuals, decried the fact that no impartial observers had been allowed into the Moscow courtroom. "A legally conducted and organized court," they said, "need not fear the glare of publicity, but should actually welcome it." Two brothers, Biologist Yuri Vakhtin and Writer...
Toughness & Arrogance. The plan to kill Park was Premier Kim's own idea, as in all likelihood was the order to seize the Pueblo. A Stalinist who has kept North Korea in a state of permanent purge, Kim has acted In recent years to assert North Korea's...