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...tempered Dom Mintoff, 54, made that promise just before taking the oath as Malta's second Prime Minister since it became an independent member of the British Commonwealth in 1964. In the three weeks since then, he has shown that he meant business. The day after he was sworn in by the British Governor General, Sir Maurice Dorman, he called on Sir Maurice and told him: "The people here would like to have a Maltese as Governor General." "When would you like me to resign?" asked Dorman. "Tomorrow morning," said Mintoff, although he later relented and gave Sir Maurice...
...seaport of Mers-el-Kebir. Last week they got another potential port of call when Malta's Labor Party won a one-vote majority in the island's Parliament. Malta has long been the unsinkable aircraft carrier of the British Mediterranean defense system, but Labor Party Leader Dom Mintoff won the election partly by promising the island's 320,000 inhabitants that he would relax this link to the West. The Russians do not really need another naval base, but they may find irresistible the idea of just showing the red flag on an island that...
...Through it all, the police made no move to intervene. Who are the Falcons? Spokesmen for President Luis Echeverría Alvarez put the blame on a right-wing student group known as "Muro." But many Mexicans suspect that the city government is involved. Mayor Alfonso Martínez Domínguez, a former head of the ruling Partido Revolucionario Institutional, denounced the students and denied that the city has the Falcons on the payroll. At week's end, the students issued a statement calling for the mayor's removal...
...language that was almost French when he arrived at Orly. London's Evening Standard slipped in a small tribute with the headline TED ET GEORGES: SUNSHINE FINALE. Meanwhile, at a blacktie dinner at the Elysée the first night, Pompidou toasted the Queen with a superb Dom Pérignon '64 champagne and noted: "Our views are sufficiently close that we may continue without pessimism...
Amherst, which barely lost to the Crimson, 4-3, last year, has a 2-1 record so far, but was badly beaten by Yale last week. The Lord Jeffs are led by what coach Tracy Mehr calls his "three primary performers" -Dom Valiunus, David Marx, and Chip Gordon. Mehr didn't exude any confidence as he said, "We're just hoping Harvard doesn't bomb us out there...