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...Soviet aim, according to Haldeman, was to position "mediumrange missiles" within range of U.S. nuclear command bases. DEW-line defenses that guard against Russian attack from the north would be unable to warn of a Soviet strike from the south. It was Kissinger who blocked this threat, contends Haldeman, by calling in Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin and telling him the U.S. knew about the missiles but did not want another missile crisis. If the Russians desisted, nothing would be said publicly and detente could continue. Construction of the base was abandoned by the Russians...
...three black leaders-Bishop Abel Muzorewa, 52; the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, 57; and Senator Jeremiah Chirau, 54-are generally conceded to command a broad following among Rhodesia's blacks. Muzorewa, an American-educated Methodist minister and leader of the United African National Council, was welcomed back by a crowd of 200,000 in Salisbury last year, when he decided to return from his self-imposed exile to help work out a settlement. Sithole (who was traveling and thus was represented at last week's talks by a colleague, Elliot Gabella) does not enjoy Muzorewa's popularity...
Since Harvard commands so much respect in academic and social circles, a decision by the University to divest at least some of its South Africa-related stocks, particularly investments in commercial banks that directly support South Africa through loans, would command a great deal of influence, since many major institutions must come to grips with the question in the near future. The University should make such a decision and take an active role in shareholder resolutions calling for the withdrawal of U.S. investments in South Africa...
...cruel behavior of a Haganah unit ordered to drive Arab inhabitants out of their village in Palestine during the war of independence. Written by Yizhar Smilansky under the pen name S. Yizhar, the story focuses on a young soldier's wrenching self-doubt as he obeys the brutal command to clean out Hirbet Hiza...
Cornell increased its lead to 63-54 before a Harvard point spurt, capped by a Rich Bengel basket, tied the game once again at 65-65. Neither team could take command in the next few minutes and the score remained tied, 77-77, with 3:58 left in the game...