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...Black Sea and, hence, Mediterranean power," the government newspaper Izvestia proclaimed, declaring that Soviet ships were in the Mediterranean to stay. In Red Star, the organ of the Soviet Defense Ministry, Vice Admiral Nikolai Smirnov said it was "imperative for the Soviet Union, in the interests of security," to strengthen its fleet. The presence of Soviet ships in the Mediterranean, the admiral wrote, "does not allow the Sixth Fleet to carry out the Pentagon's designs with impunity and behave as unceremoniously as before...
...hawks (or eagles, as they prefer to call themselves in Saigon) on the negotiations issue. Moreover, there were reports that able, popular-but ailing-Premier Tran Van Huong and other Ministers might be replaced. The idea behind such a Cabinet reshuffle would be to strengthen the Thieu government internally in preparation for the negotiating period...
...first time since his injury in the Wesleyan game four weeks ago, full-back Bob Gray worked out with the team. He appears ready for action again and his return will "definitely strengthen the defense," according to Munro...
...declare "Thou shalt not have the right to belong to an immoral organization" is not merely ludicrous. It implies that on anyone's say-so, Harvard students can be shorn of their right to join, for example, SDS, on the grounds that SDS is immoral because SDS' confrontation politics strengthen support for Wallace and repression. Who's to decide what's moral and what isn't? If SDS can arrogate to itself such moral infallibility, why can't the Mountaineering Club--who get closer to God--do the same? Jon Ratner '70 President, Harvard-Radcliffe Young People's Socialist League
...Wallace's anxiety-and the quick, almost gleeful expressions of shock by Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon-it was far from clear, however, that the general would damage the ticket. In some areas, he may strengthen it. A war hero, LeMay will probably appeal to many as a man of courage. As head of the Strategic Air Command for nine years (1948-57) and Air Force Chief of Staff from 1961 to 1965, he can hardly be dismissed as a mere eccentric. As a native of Ohio and a resident of California, he gives Wallace's pitch less...