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Reliably reported: a lovers' tiff. The British press's ardor for prickly Princess Anne is waning as her Nov. 14 marriage to Captain Mark Phillips approaches. Annoyed by the command that servicemen pass the hat for the young couple, newsmen were further rankled by Horsewoman Anne's gibe after she took a fall at the European equestrian championships in Kiev: "Sorry to disappoint but I'm not badly hurt." Not even the special wedding stamp is getting its licks. Cynics note that before the princess would put her best face on it, critical retouching was required...
Iraqi air and ground military forces joined the war against Israel yesterday, taking an active part in fighting on both fronts, according to the Iraqi military command. Morocco and five other Arab countries are also reported to have sent token forces...
...Aviv command called its targets in Syria and Egypt "military and strategic." It said attacking Israeli jets hit Egyptian air bases at Khusna and Abu Hammad, 27 miles from Cairo...
...company was assembled from recent descendants of pre-Mao mainland opera stars and graduates of the island's five Peking-opera schools. By Nationalist government command, leading performers from several theater and opera troupes were also recruited for the tour. This may pose a problem for those companies, because pressure is already building to make the National Chinese Opera Theater a permanent institution...
Three Lockheed Hercules cargo planes have flown troops to Zamboanga, headquarters of the southwest Philippines command and a center of the fight against Moslems in Mindanao and the Sulu Islands, according to Philippine military officials...