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...they seem to enjoy watching the industrial democracies squirm. Tough anti-terrorist resolutions have been presented at the United Nations; they usually suffer endless delays and are then emasculated. Following Lufthansa Pilot Schumann's death, Derry Pearce, president of the International Federation of Airline Pilots Association, threatened a worldwide two-day pilots' strike unless the U.N. finally acted against skyjacking. After a promise from Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim that an "urgent item" on the issue will be brought before the General Assembly this week, Pearce announced that the strike had been postponed...
Members of the elite group are chosen from border-police volunteers. They are put through a two-day battery of physical and psychological tests, followed by six months basic training; nine in ten are eliminated. Those that remain must become proficient in swimming, diving and mountain climbing. Among other special training: 140 hrs. of karate. The men spend up to four hours a day practicing with weapons that range from Smith & Wesson .38-cal. revolvers to a variety of machine guns and other automatic weapons. At G.S.G. 9 headquarters in St. Augustin, near Bonn, they study the tactics of terrorist...
...University will expand Parents' Day to a two-day visitors' weekend of panel discussions, historical slide presentations, tours of the Fogg Art Museum and student stage performances, the organizer of the weekend said Friday...
Carla A. Hills, who was Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under former President Gerald R. Ford, arrived at Harvard yesterday for a two-day stay as a visiting fellow of the Institute of Politics...
...vote comes on the eve of the first day of a two-day breakfast "eat-in" at the four Houses serving hot breakfasts. Student organizers have called the demonstration to register their opposition to the breakfast plan...