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Thus ended a dramatic stake-out at the Mount Pocono airfield that involved U.S. customs and border-patrol agents. Federal Drug Enforcement officials and Pennsylvania state police. The cops' sporadic watch had begun last month, following a tip that a mysterious chartered plane might land somewhere in Pennsylvania with illegal goods...
...Fort Worth district produces the F-111 fighter plane, and Wright usually supports generous defense spending. In 1969 he was the chief sponsor of a House resolution endorsing President Nixon's prosecution of the Viet Nam War (two years after Tip O'Neill had become a dove). He has voted for an expanded anti-ballistic missile program and for development of the B-1 bomber...
...Wright has voted counter to the Democratic majority that he must now lead no less than 30% of the time, as against a mere 6% for Tip O'Neill. To offset these political liabilities, Wright has precious personal assets. He is a good listener, ever ready to help his colleagues. When he chooses to speak 'out, he displays a good command of rhetoric. Wright has defined his future role as that of a builder of bridges between differing Democratic factions. With a ready smile below his high-flying eyebrows, Wright has a personality that wins him friends among...
...furor in the Tweede Kamer was instantaneous and may not die down despite Menten's capture following a Swiss newsman's tip. Before fleeing, the art-loving SS man did some homework, if not quite enough. He calculated correctly that the Swiss statute of limitations on his offenses had expired. But the Swiss can expel those who commit "crimes against humanity." Doing so, however, requires a decision by the full Swiss cabinet, which will meet soon...
Goodbye Embrace. Seven days after the kidnaping came women's lib: Graziella turned up unharmed, even though a $1.5 million ransom demand had not been met. That night, acting on a telephone tip, police found the body of a tortured hoodlum, his face burned and battered beyond recognition, his death caused by strangulation. The next day a Monreale jeweler was murdered in his shop-only five minutes after Giuseppe Quartuccio had been seen giving him the Mafia's classic goodbye kiss on each cheek. Asked about the ominous embrace, Quartuccio said sadly, "My friend? He had the courage...