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...former Puerto Rican terrorist talks...
Once again, those Puerto Rican bombs. Three exploded in New York City one day last week, touching off fires in two stores and terrifying midday strollers outside Manhattan's main library. There were no casualties, but a letter calling for a "war of nerves" against "Yanki-imperialism" that was found in a phone booth made it clear that the lack of bloodshed was only luck: the Puerto Rican terrorists who call themselves the F.A.L.N. had struck again...
...later had second thoughts. Said she in a statement: "The portrayal of ourselves as gentle, reasonable, well-educated and white was a move to disassociate ourselves from the alleged 'extremism' of prison struggles, the Black Liberation Army, the Symbionese Liberation Army and the F.A.L.N. [the militant Puerto Rican nationalist group...
...emphasize that he is not solely preoccupied with East-West problems, but gives considerable weight to the crucial relationship between developed North and the underdeveloped southern portion of the globe. The Panama Canal treaty, he feels, is the key to establishing better relations with the South. As Costa Rican President Daniel Oduber told TIME Correspondent Jerry Hannifin, "Carter has raised much hope. He has rediscovered what has been there all along: we like you norteamericanos. He is giving us a chance to prove that...
...doorway of his home. The police say he was threatening the cop, but a witness told TIME Correspondent James Willwerth that Reyes had stumbled and "was goin' in the house on all fours" when the policeman, .standing over him, fired twice. The episode inflamed Reyes' Puerto Rican neighborhood-and provoked demonstrations outside city hall