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...VIP suite, and said that they probably would be flown home early this week...
...adoption agencies that participated insisted that they had acted properly. Said Bob Chamness, director of Holt Children's Services in Saigon: "I know for a fact that no VIP children were on any of our flights." In the U.S., Pat Dempsey of Friends of All Children, which brought over a large proportion of the young refugees, said that all tots handled by her agency were either truly orphaned or had been deliberately -and irrevocably-handed over for adoption by their parents. Dempsey acknowledged that some children might have arrived in the U.S. minus their requisite papers, since many documents...
...launch day, screaming crowds surged against the chain-link fence that sealed off the press and VIP stands. Outside the fence a biker raised a homemade sign: SHOW YOUR TITS. Several girls obediently shed their shirts and climbed aboard their boy friends' shoulders. A group of bikers hoisted a naked woman aloft and tossed her over a fence into the press compound. One girl stripped and, encouraged by the crowd, performed fellatio on her boy friend while he shouted: "For you, Evel! For you, man!" Others chanted a constant refrain: "The tribes have gathered!" When the crowd shouted obscenities...
...very hot, in the high 80 s, and a 20-m.p.h. wind blew gritty white dust into everyone's face. At the big moment, the VIP gates were thrown open and the crowd surged forward for a better view, nearly sweeping some onlookers over the canyon's rim. One 15-year-old who was pushed 100 ft. to the edge fell into a 5-ft.-deep crevice in rocks hanging over the chasm. Then, as Knievel's rocket disappeared below the canyon lip, hundreds of spectators began dashing for their cars or bikes, apparently caring more about...
Since the coup, a number of VIP prisoners have been awaiting trial on Dawson Island in the Strait of Magellan. These prisoners, most of whom were close collaborators of Allende, including several former Cabinet ministers, have not been tortured. But they have been put on a strict and often ruinous military regimen. For many, the hard work and meager diet of bread and beans have proved merciless. After several months on Dawson Island, Allende's Foreign Minister, Clodomiro Almeyda, was brought to Santiago wearing tattered clothing and in precarious health. In February, former Minister of Interior and Defense...