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Kilston sent a telegram describing his discovery to the Smithsonian, which acts to the international clearing house for heavenly breakthroughs...
...people took it calmly enough, but the Mwami was terribly upset. "I am very unhappy," said the King. "This is my only son, but he has a knack for getting into trouble." Blaming extreme rightists for inciting Charles's move, he sent a telegram to the youth: "The royal authority has not been given to you in the proper manner, and I remain Mwami. I am willing to forgive you if you have the courage to broadcast this message to the nation. If not, your acts will be judged by history, as you are courting dangerous trouble." The father...
...point in the dispute, Village Chief Albert S. Kaloa dispatched a telegram informing Interior Secretary Stewart Udall: "We are not savages but civilized human beings in need. If we were savages, we would have your bloody scalp in the potlatch immediately." Added Kaloa: "We suggest you come down off Kilimanjaro and attend to the needs of the people of Alaska as we pay you to do." Such badgering had its effect: declaring in 1964 that the Indians were the rightful owners of any mineral deposits, the Interior Department provided federal help in working out an economic-development program...
Javits is a compulsive leader and ini tiator. Last week, breaking a longstanding rule of neutrality in primary contests, he sent a telegram of support to moderate Republican William J. Casey in his contest for New York's Nassau County congressional nomination against Goldwaterite Steven B. Derounian. "I can't even vote for Casey," said the Senator. "But when Goldwater said Casey was a phoney, I felt I had to make a statement...
...following telegram was sent June...