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Quixotic Policies. Gaddafi's mercurial conduct has caused heated debates among the eleven other army officers of the Revolutionary Command Council. While Moslem practice still permits polygamy, Libya's revolution is supposed to be promoting social liberation. Thus, when Gaddafi fell in love with a young nurse while he was hospitalized for appendicitis and took her as his second wife last July, many government members felt that this was hardly proper revolutionary behavior. His chief rival, Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Major Abdul Salam Jalloud, would like to see Gaddafi pay less attention to pan-Arab unity schemes...
...sustained bombing continued, the U.S. command disclosed the loss of another plane taking part in the campaign. It was the 86th aircraft announced lost in Laos by American officials since March...
...Indochina was carried on mainly in the air Sunday, as 30 U. S. B-52's dropped 900 tons of bombs on supply trails in Laos and Cambodia. The B-52's were supported by approximately 300 fighter-bombers. The U. S. command did not immediately assess the damage. All planes returned safely...
...Phantom on a support mission was shot down Saturday over the Plain of Jars in Laos. The two crewmen were rescued, the command reported...
...army. While conceding that war with Communist invaders from Moscow or Peking was "improbable," Carrero Blanco announced that the nation had no choice but to develop its "maximum military potential." That means that Spain will increase its spending on its armed services and other security forces, which already command an outsized 18.6% of the gross national product...