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...fiercely battled police for control of the streets. The government at first used stern measures, sending thousands of police in waves to storm the barricades and beat the students to the ground with rubber truncheons. Then, alarmed by the growing toll of injuries, the government lost its resolve to smash the student revolt; it withdrew its police, and in effect ceded the field to the students. By that time, much of France had rallied to the students' side-and the spread of revolt began in earnest...
...ominous days last week, it looked as though the Soviet army was about to invade Czechoslovakia and smash the reforming regime of Party Boss Alexander Dubček. Out of War saw crackled the news that a column of Russian troops was moving from the Polish city of Cracow toward the Czechoslovak border, and Western military attachés and diplomats were suddenly forbidden to travel outside the capital. Another Soviet force was reported heading from Dresden in East Germany toward Czechoslovakia, whose swift-paced "democratization" has lately alarmed Moscow and hard-lining members of the Eastern bloc...
...Hard Smash...
Second baseman Dick Manchester then drove in Lord with a hard smash that the Bulldog's shortstop could not come up with...
Although the Andover throwers will only be using eight-pound hammers, Stowell said that Ed Nosal will probably stick with the 12-pound hammer in a final attempt to smash the freshman record of 173'9". Nosal's best toss this year...