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Arthur C. Reid, 19, a laboratory technician at the Cambridge Electron accelerator, died at Massachusetts General Hospital Tuesday night of burns and injuries suffered in the July 5 CEA explosion...
Three of the men seriously hurt in the explosion are still on the danger list. Arthur Reid, 19, an MIT research technician, is listed in poor condition at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Frank Feinberg, 20, MIT '67, and John F. Schivell, 22, GSAS are reported in fair condition...
...Donald Reid Cabral, 41, a Santo Domingo auto dealer, emerged as the leader of the civilian triumvirate that succeeded Bosch. With the general's backing, Reid instituted some beginning social and economic reforms, even tried to stop the time-honored military practice of smuggling in goods from overseas. All the while, Bosch's supporters plotted for their leader's return ?and apparently found considerable backing among young army officers. Bosch's men also found encouragement among the country's leftists, notably the Castroite 14th of June Movement, which attempted an abortive anti-Trujillo invasion from...
...next morning, high-ranking army officers, anxious to use the revolt as an excuse for getting rid of Reid, told him that they would not fire on the rebel troops. Reid had no choice but to resign, and fled into hiding at a friend's home. It was already too late to smother the mob's pent-up passions. Insistently, the rebel radio exhorted: "Kill a policeman! Kill a policeman!" "Come into the street and bring three or four others with you!" The frightened army men who had forced Reid's resignation turned the government over...
...bazookas, .50-cal. machine guns, automatic rifles. Pro-Bosch rebels numbering about 2,000 to 4,000 began waging an urban guerrilla war, making forays into the business district, thus paralyzing the city. Rebel mobs sacked the new Pepsi-Cola plant, set fire to the offices of a pro-Reid newspaper, destroyed Reid's auto agency...