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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defense as a whole had a relatively easy work out with Sally Kingsbury coming up with some well-timed and well-placed clears...
What was most perplexing about the whole affair was the number of questions that remained unanswered. Was there really a buildup of Soviet forces in Cuba? If so, since when, and by how much? What exactly was the Soviet brigade doing in Cuba? Was it merely training Cubans, or did it have a combat role? Did its presence represent a Soviet gesture to support Castro's maintenance of 40,000 Cuban soldiers in Africa? Was it guarding Soviet information-gathering installations that eavesdropped on the U.S.? And if U.S. intelligence did not know the answers...
Amid the rhetoric and confusion, one of the coolest voices in Congress was that of Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd. When he saw President Carter at the start of the crisis, Byrd counseled calm and restraint. Last week he predicted, somewhat optimistically that the whole matter would be resolved within a few days. "There never should have been a crisis atmosphere to start with." Byrd declared. "I've been here during a few crises, including the missile crisis in 1962. I saw nothing in this one to justify panic or a hasty judgment on SALT...
...island commonwealth, where the independence movement has won few votes and terrorism none. Puerto Rican Governor Carlos Romero Barceloó an ardent proponent of statehood, had opposed the release of the prisoners and pointedly left San Juan for a visit to the mainland to avoid the whole fuss over their return. Their release coincides with the campaign that will culminate in Puerto Rico's first presidential primaries, to be held in February and March of 1980. With straight faces, White House aides deny any link between the release of the prisoners and the island's 41 Democratic convention...
...Prichard, a Mobile suburb, Mayor A.J. Cooper issued a harsh order to deputies: warn looters twice, then shoot to kill if they do not surrender. Said Mobile County Commissioner Bay Haas of the hurricane's aftermath: "We just can't believe what we are seeing. The whole thing is incredible...