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...Rabat. Loyal soldiers arrived; outgunned, the remaining rebels surrendered. The bystanders stood up warily to survey a scene that had abruptly changed from carnival to carnage. In the 2½hour battle, 92 of the guests and royal household had been killed, including the three French doctors and Belgian Ambassador Marcel Dupret. In addition, 160 of the mutineers, including Medbouh, were dead and 133 people were wounded...
Hassan was pulled to safety by aides. But the guests, many of whom thought that the shooting was part of the king's birthday fireworks, became ducks in a palatial gallery when loyal troops started firing back. Belgian Ambassador Marcel Dupret fell dead with a bullet in his chest. General Mohammed Nmichi, commander of Morocco's air force, was killed, as were three army generals and two Cabinet Ministers. At least 100 people were wounded including Saudi Arabian Ambassador Fakhri el Adhr and the King's brother, Prince Moulay Abdullah. Hundreds who had expected a pleasant summer...
...meals for less than a half dollar. Specially cheap flights within Europe are offered by the British Student Travel Center and other official youth organizations to full-time high school and college students who have convincing identification. Sample one-way prices: London to Paris $13.20, London to Leningrad $48. Belgian railroads give 50% reductions to students. The municipal steam baths of Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo charge only $1 or less for steam bath and swim. Troubled travelers can get free psychiatric counseling in Amsterdam, free beds through Infor Jeunes (a voluntary youth service organization) in Brussels and easy tolerance...
...cutting started two weeks ago when the Belgian government ordered its state-controlled Sabena airlines to adopt a new "student fare" of $220 round trip between New York and Brussels. The action, an ingenious ploy to lure passengers to Sabena, has brought price competition to the cartelized International Air Transport Association. Like all members of IATA, Sabena is not normally permitted to raise or lower fares unilaterally-except in response to government orders. The rules also permit other airlines that fly the same routes to adopt similar prices in order to compete. Pan Am, the only U.S. carrier with direct...
Although the increased emission of gases from Etna in recent years gave scientists some hint of impending trouble, they are still unable to predict eruptions with any accuracy. As a result, they concentrate on trying to minimize damage once the lava flows. Belgian Volcanologist Haroun Tazieff, whose asbestos-suited sorties into fuming craters round the globe have earned him the sobriquet "The Inferno Detective," has suggested bombing Etna to test methods for diverting the lava flow from villages. The Italians shrugged off the idea. It could raise a Solomonic question: Whose land should be spared and whose should be ruined...