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...sooner had Richard Nixon put 2,000,000 U.S. servicemen round the world on stand-by alert than many Americans were asking whether the war scare was really necessary. Undoubtedly, most previous Presidents would have received wholehearted public backing, at least initially; as Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said, it was a symptom of the times that Nixon did not. Instead, the suspicion arose that the President had overreacted to Soviet tough talk, either because his Watergate woes had impaired his judgment or because he wanted to divert public attention from them with a show of brinkmanship...
...telephone and the radio are the pervasive national means of communication. Phone service was one of the first things installed in the Golan Heights, so that servicemen could call home, or at least pass on the message that they were alive and well. The Israeli broadcasting services issue constant-but censored-battle reports. A survey last week revealed that 98% of Israel's population listens to the news bulletins. In fact, national life almost came to a standstill last Wednesday as virtually all of Israel listened in while Premier Golda Meir addressed the Knesset...
More than 38,000 American servicemen are stationed at six air bases in Thailand...
...sirens began to wail while all Israel was observing Yom Kippur, the holiest and also the quietest day of the Jewish year. By tradition, tens of thousands of servicemen were home on leave; Israeli Broadcasting had shut down for the day; and just about the only vehicles on the highways were ambulances...
Reliably reported: a lovers' tiff. The British press's ardor for prickly Princess Anne is waning as her Nov. 14 marriage to Captain Mark Phillips approaches. Annoyed by the command that servicemen pass the hat for the young couple, newsmen were further rankled by Horsewoman Anne's gibe after she took a fall at the European equestrian championships in Kiev: "Sorry to disappoint but I'm not badly hurt." Not even the special wedding stamp is getting its licks. Cynics note that before the princess would put her best face on it, critical retouching was required...