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...Revolution." Chairman Mao warns in his little red book, "is not a dinner party." But at least some would-be revolutionaries disagree. About 30 of Paris' increasingly troublesome Maoists mounted a daylight raid on Fauchon's the epicurean grocery that boasts the Duke of Windsor among its regular customers. Wearing red handkerchiefs and armed with clubs, the raiders poured into Fauchon and began shoveling foie gras and caviar into the pockets of their combat jackets. The staff organized : a counterattack against the gourmet guerrillas. When the Maoists had been driven out, the floor was awash in vintage wine...
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...last December and killed Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, there have been serious doubts about the authorities' contention that the Panthers opened fire first and put up major resistance. Reporters found evidence that the gun battle was largely one-sided; Panthers claimed that the cops had staged the raid to murder black leaders. Last week further shadows were cast on the police story when the state abruptly dropped all charges, including that of attempted murder, against the seven Panthers who survived...
...struck north of the DMZ and killed "many civilians, including 20 children." The U.S. replied that the planes were flying "protective reaction" missions, which have been carried out on a limited scale since the bombing halt in 1968 to protect unarmed reconnaissance planes, by striking antiaircraft installations. Apparently the raid was authorized by Nixon immediately after he delivered last week's speech. Moreover, the U.S. reportedly stationed three aircraft carriers off the coast of North Viet Nam for the first time in some months...
...Soviet protection, the Egyptians have seized the military initiative for the first time since last July, when Israeli airpower virtually silenced Egyptian batteries along the Suez. Subsequently, Israeli jets began hitting industrial and military targets deep inside Egypt. Cairo last week sent two Russian-made IL-28 bombers to raid the town of El Arish in the northern Sinai, destroying an ice factory and a herd of cattle before Israeli fighters shot down at least one of the planes. Egyptian fighter-bombers also hit Israeli positions along the canal. On three separate occasions, Egyptian commandos launched across-the-canal assaults...