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...Gays and Psychiatry: An Uneasy Truce...
...bark is worse than his bite. Says Reddin: "People may remember him by his statements rather than his accomplishments." City Attorney Burt Pines certainly will. Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, a 1964 classmate of Davis at the police academy, recently had to negotiate a truce after Davis attacked Pines for being "soft" on pornographers, and Pines struck back, questioning the chief's professionalism in making charges without evidence. Last week Davis zeroed in on bigger game. Democratic National Chairman Robert Strauss revealed that one reason the party chose New York over L.A. for its 1976 National Convention was fear...
Indefinite Truce. By the end of last week, the six-year casualty totals in Ulster's long-running sectarian warfare between a Protestant majority (1,037,600) and a Catholic minority (474,900) stood at 1,290 dead and 12,807 injured. Since the militant Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army declared an indefinite "truce" last February, the casualties among British soldiers have been greatly reduced. Five members of the 13,000-man force have been killed since the cease-fire began, compared with 16 in the previous seven months. But the civilian killing has continued unabated, with...
Though a rough truce line in Sinai has been agreed upon, this must still be drawn more precisely-practically rock by rock-before Kissinger can return to Washington with a signed pact. Also undecided is whether Egyptian troops would be allowed to follow the Egyptian flag into the Mitla and Giddi passes. Israel wants a guarantee that the passes be demilitarized if its forces pull out. Cairo is insistent that it owns the territory-"Sinai is ours, ours, ours!" proclaims an Egyptian officer-but seems willing to bend and accept demilitarization anyway. The Israelis, many of whom no longer regard...
...latest fighting broke out when the M.P.L.A. decided to wrest control of Luanda from the bigger and better armed F.N.L.A. Using the truce as a cover, M.P.L.A. troops attacked and destroyed F.N.L.A. offices in Luanda, forcing its leaders to flee to the north of the country. Fearful for their lives and property, storekeepers and many industries shut down. As food and fuel ran out, the Portuguese High Commissioner, General António da Silva Cardoso, appealed to the United Nations for emergency relief supplies...