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...bloc, predictably condemned the U.S. for "barbarous" behavior but issued no call for action. Some 2,000 so-called "students"-mostly Asians-unleashed an unbridled attack on the U.S. Embassy, and the Soviet government obviously was embarrassed at the necessity of calling out 600 cops and 500 militiamen to quell the outburst (see THE WORLD...
...Russians did indeed contribute, it might alleviate the U.N.'s financial problem, but the precedent would probably mean the end of the Assembly's power to take active steps to quell future little hot wars around the globe. Clearly, Moscow would like nothing better; and for just that reason the U.S. was standing firm as the crisis moved toward a showdown this week, when President Quaison-Sackey has indicated that voting must begin...
Despite the fact that many of the complaining nations, such as Tanzania and Kenya, had in the past relied on outside troops to help them keep order, or had called them in to quell uprisings, the rescue operation was roundly condemned by Foreign Minister Charles-Daniel Ganao of the Brazzaville Congo as "the latest aggression committed by the Americans, the Belgians and the British against the black population...
Support for Goldwater is overwhelmingly strong in Alabama, Flowers said. "It's becoming a social thing to call oneself a conservative." Democratic candidates are doing nothing to quell Goldwater's support; a few are devoting part of their campaign to teaching constituents how to split their ballots...
Jack in the Box. Khanh and other army commanders had hesitated until the last moment to use force to quell the riots since they wanted to avoid making martyrs. Late in the week, faced with a real chance that Communist-led mobs might take over Saigon, the government finally rushed in paratroopers, who cleared the streets at bayonet point. Buddhist and Catholic leaders issued statements disclaiming responsibility for any further riots. About all Washington spokesmen could do was to assure everyone again that "there is absolutely no chance that we will pull out of Viet...