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...burly men in the first-class cabin of the Air Algérie 727 appeared distinctly relieved as the plane settled down at Paris' Orly Airport and a large Citroën drove up on the tarmac, followed by another car full of police. Each of the men carried off the plane a brand new and obviously heavy black suitcase with a discreet plastic tag bearing the name and symbol of Delta Airlines. Inside the suitcases was a cool $1,000,000 in $50 and $100 bills paid out by Delta on July 31 to three...
Even more telling is a graphic film documentary called La Guerre d'Algérie, which is playing to packed houses in Paris. Reliving the war has proved to be a shattering experience for many viewers, and reactions range from stunned silence to horror and disgust. Shouts of "Salaud!" (bastard) fill the theater when former Premier Guy, Mollet is shown defending his policy of keeping draftees in the army for 30 months instead of the legal term of 18 months. "When the lights go on at the end of the film, you sit there crushed, speechless, heartsick," wrote Critic...
Blinding Snowstorm. As for team efforts, the Swiss skiers upset the Austrians and all but swept the French off the slopes. The first surprise came when a 17-year-old Swiss whiz named Ma-rie-Theres Nadig nipped favored Austrian Annemarie Proell in the women's downhill. After that, the chunky Swiss girl swiveled through a blinding snowstorm and once more bested Annemarie in the giant slalom. In the men's division, Bernhard Russi and Roland Collombin finished one. two in the downhill. In all. the Swiss men won four of the top six positions in the downhill...
When the big Boeing 707 touched down at Algiers' Dar-el-Beida airport, Algerian authorities impounded the plane. Next day they sent all passengers identified as non-Israelis to France on Air Algérie Caravelle jets after treating the detoured travelers well and giving them a sightseeing trip around Algiers. Twelve Israeli passengers and the crew of ten were held along with the plane, possibly as hostages for hundreds of Arab guerrillas currently in Israeli custody, though ten women and children were released at week's end. The hijackers were quickly identified as Palestinian Arab commandos attached...
...Crimson stalled for 70 seconds before Chris Gallagher (17 points) drove in missed a lay up and then fouled, Dartmouth's Pete Dunlop. Dunlop missed the first on a one-and-one situation, setting the stage for Dressler's rie-breaker...