Word: raiding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kistiakowsky mentioned reports of bomber and missile gaps in the 1950s, the Gaither study, which claimed the Soviets would have military superiority by 1960, and a report during the Kennedy administration that said the Soviets were building air raid shelters across the country...
...BROWNSVILLE RAID...
...Negro Ensemble Company has always displayed a remarkable ardor and virtuosity in performance. The caliber of the plays has sometimes lagged behind. In The Brownsville Raid, the company has a grand theme to work with-a harsh miscarriage of justice...
Their assumed crime was a ten-minute shooting spree in Brownsville, Texas during which one person was killed. Extensive research by Author John D Weaver for his 1970 book, The Brownsville Raid, indicated that the shootings had probably been staged by local white vigilantes who resented the stationing of black troops near the town. Nevertheless, 167 blacks were stripped of their ranks and cashiered without a trial...
When the police entered Qoboza's home--the police told reporters that the raid took place around 5 a.m., but Qoboza's wife Anne claimed that the time was closer to 3:30 a.m.--they searched his house for books banned from the country by the South African government...