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...atmosphere of taint that reminds some observers of the last years of the Truman Administration. The cloud of ITT is in the air. So is the Republican refusal to disclose the names of those who poured $10 million, quite legally, into the G.O.P. war chest. The bugging raid on the Democratic National Committee headquarters fosters a nagging suspicion...
...Obligated from both a moral and political viewpoint," as he put it, Israel's Deputy Premier Yigal Allon last week publicly admitted that Israeli planes had dropped bombs on the southern Lebanon town of Hasbaya two weeks ago. The raid, labeled a "preventive" strike, had been aimed at the Palestinian fedayeen encamped in the hills around the village. But because of a technical failure in a jet bomber, said Allon, a number of bombs were dropped on Hasbaya itself. "We never intended to harm peaceful civilians," he said...
Allon was promptly attacked by Israel's largest newspaper, Ma'ariv, for making the admission at a time when the United Nations Security Council was debating a resolution condemning Israel for the raid. The one-sided resolution carried 13-0, with only the U.S. and Panama abstaining; it was promptly condemned by Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban as "inequitable and discriminatory," because it made no mention of Arab violence...
Israeli planes had also staged a raid on the hill village of Deir al Ashayer, leveling three of its dozen houses. Villagers said that 19 civilians had been killed, including seven children...
...GREAT NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA RAID...