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...cause, Brezhnev's condition requires careful husbanding of his energies. Said a Western observer in Prague last week: "Brezhnev pays a price for trips like this. At his age he has to rest for several days afterward to regain his strength." All too obviously, traveling takes its toll on the man who once gloried in boar hunts, flashy Western automobiles, good food and drink and, not least, the sociable company of attractive women...
...Sidon, while Israeli paratroopers launched large-scale attacks against Palestinian strongholds in the area. With concerted international help, Lebanon's President Elias Sarkis managed to obtain a tenuous ceasefire. As International Red Cross convoys rushed into the stricken areas with medical assistance, the country counted the grim toll: at least 265 civilians killed, more than 1,000 wounded...
...power hitting of Adam Beren took its toll in the confrontation between the number-three players. Beren clearly dominated court play, shutting out opponent Jim Rubin 6-0 in the opening set. Rubin's counter-punch strategy proved slightly more effective in the second set, yet Beren kept the pressure on to take the set and match...
...bodies were pulled from the cold water of the Chattahoochie River, southwest of Atlanta last week, bringing the city's death toll of black youths to 22 (two others are listed as missing). One victim, Timothy Hill, 13, was found tangled in some riverside underbrush...
...outright. The 44 frightened passengers first ducked behind their seats, then scrambled onto the wings and jumped to safety. A terrorist trying to escape among them was shot dead; another was captured. In nine minutes, the Indonesian military squad had put an end to a three-day hijacking. The toll: the Indonesians' commanding officer and the plane's pilot were critically wounded...