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...crusty, limited man who loved destruction and hated to take prisoners led to some predictions that he would stumble after the war. But he served with distinction in the Pentagon, Europe and Korea, and displayed sensitivity and tact in 1962 and 1963 when President Kennedy called on him to command federal troops during tense racial confrontations at Oxford, Miss., and Tuscaloosa and Birmingham...
Slowly but surely, Turkey, which already has about 40% of Cyprus, seems determined to nibble away at the remaining 60%. With no real opposition from the outgunned Greek Cypriot National Guard, Turkish forces last week advanced their lines another twelve miles to the southwest, taking command of Morphou Bay, the main exit point for the island's copper production...
...Charging for artillery support. Two years ago, it was common practice to fire off 20 artillery rounds for every one round fired by the Communists, thus generating a salable mountain of brass shell casings. With the reduction of American military aid, the Saigon command usually limits each big gun to four or five rounds a day. Still, there is profit to be made, and some artillery officers are most likely to offer fire support to battalion commanders who pay. The going rate is $1 or $2 per round...
...orders of her boss-and flaunting the best legs on the force. NBC's Police Woman (Angie Dickinson), a spin-off from Police Story, is only a sergeant. But Amy Prentiss (Jessica Walter), a rib out of NBC's venerable Ironside, is a chief of detectives in command of 260 (male) officers...
...They were members of Evangelical Lutherans in Mission (E.L.I.M.), a dissident group that has been warring openly with the conservative hierarchy of the 2.8 million-member denomination. Tietjen's lament for the church underlined the fact that the Missouri Synod's conservative leadership is now firmly in command...