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Strikes, demonstrations and violence continued to trouble Spain last week. In Basauri, a suburb of Bilbao in rebellious Basque country (TIME, March 15), a demonstrator was gunned down by the Guardia Civil; a furious crowd forced the guardsmen to retreat to their headquarters. In Tarragona, a worker fell from a roof to his death during a clash with police. Shipyard workers even struck in Franco's birthplace. But a quieter event of considerable political significance occurred last week in Madrid, where nine military officers were found guilty of sedition...
...museum is taking elaborate measures to insure the safety of the flowers. "They will be flown to La Guardia Airport in especially constructed crates, aboard small planes and will be driven to Steuben Glass in heavy-springed, ambulance-type cars," Schultes said...
Because I am squeamish, I cannot worm a fishhook or kill an animal, but when it comes to the La Guardia massacre [Jan. 12], I say the murderers should be disemboweled, their fingernails yanked and their eyes plucked...
...wanted to destroy a country, while the P.L.O. wants to destroy our state. To the extent they are gaining recognition it is a very ugly expression of appeasement. Those who recognize the legitimacy of the P.L.O. will hardly be able to complain against terrorism in The Hague, at La Guardia Airport, in Paris, Vienna or elsewhere. Either you rule...
...immediate aftermath of the La Guardia bombing, many airports took their own emergency measures. Washington, Chicago, Minneapolis and San Francisco temporarily closed down most or all of their locker areas. At Washington National Airport, a bomb threat came within hours after the La Guardia explosion, and guards used specially trained dogs to sniff out potential explosive devices. Virtually every major airport expanded its security forces; in the case of one airline, the increase was as much...