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...observers. Seventeen Cambodians were killed. Both the U.S. and South Viet Nam apologized for the unfortunate incident, a part of the even more unfortunate, long and deadly war in Viet Nam. But Sihanouk plastered horror pictures on every available wall and took to the radio in his terrier's tenor, accusing the U.S. of masterminding the attack. The Prince demanded that Washington pay reparations, including "one bulldozer or a powerful tractor for each of our dead...
WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Part 1 of Disney's appealing Greyfriars Bobby, a feature-length film about a Skye terrier...
Poodles were In once, but of course their popularity put an end to that. Inmost at present, at least with show folk, is the Yorkshire terrier, a minuscule puff of fierce fluff, first bred by sporting Yorkshiremen about 100 years ago to fight to the death with rats of equal size. These days Yorkies are more likely to be found in the arms of the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, June Havoc, Billy Wilder, Billy Rose, Sandra Dee and Fannie Hurst. But there are 2,592 Yorkshire terriers registered in the U.S.-a bit many...
...second person in the U.S. to own a registered Belgian Malinois, whose real name, le Malinois, chien de berger a poll court fauve charbonne, is the longest in dogdom. Apartment dwellers-or at least their neighbors-will favor the Basenji, a terrier-sized hunting dog once kept by the Egyptian pharaohs that never barks. But he whines, groans and gargles, and when happy makes a noise described as "a cross between a croon and a yodel." As for burglars-packs of Basenjis are used to hunt gorillas in their native Africa...
Melancholiacs may get a lift from the clownish affenpinscher, a tiny cross between a terrier and a Pekingese, whose funny face is wreathed in a perpetual smile. Nonconformists will appreciate a Rhodesian ridgeback, an African lion dog that must be patted from tail to head because his fur grows that way. Heavy drinkers might find use for a puli, a shaggy sheepherder famed for its ability to guide strays back into the fold. And antique collectors will want the world's oldest dog, the saluki, which appears in Sumerian carvings as early as 6000 B.C. The Arabs call...