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Israeli Ambassador Gideon Rafael answered that Egypt had committed "maritime lawlessness" and a "deliberate act of military escalation" in sinking the Israeli destroyer Etalh last Saturday...
...rumors of plots in Santo Domingo these days are, in fact, just rumors. The tiny country, which occupies two-thirds of an island, still faces serious problems and is living from month to month. Even so, it is more stable, united and optimistic than at any time since Dictator Rafael Trujillo was gunned down by assassins...
Naked Nerves. Why does this appeal so powerfully to modern audiences? U.S. Critic Jack Diether points to the "existentialist" strain in Mahler: "He is the only composer who looked into our whole civilization, who questioned the whole basis of our existence." Says Rafael Kubelik, who conducted Mahler's Eighth at Vienna last week: "He's a sufferer who forces man to look into a mirror. He exposes naked nerves." The Angst, as well as the questing spirit of Mahler's music, no doubt explains its special meaning for today's college-age youth, who are among...
...Lyndon Johnson strode into a huge reception in the San Rafael Hotel on the final night of the historic Punta del Este conference of hemisphere chiefs, Latin American leaders surrounded him and embraced him in one passionate abrazo after another. When they finally turned him loose, their wives besieged him for autographs. "This has been so beautiful," sighed Brazil's President Arthur da Costa e Silva. Said Mexico's Gustavo Diaz Ordaz: "President Johnson is showing heart for Latin America...
...Este, President Johnson is staying in a seaside white chalet called Beaulieu, which has been put at his disposal free of charge by an Argentine industrialist. Within walking distance are luxurious bungalows housing a dozen other chiefs of state. The headquarters for the conference is the seven-story San Rafael Hotel, which looks like an overgrown Tudor mansion. The talks themselves will be held in the hotel's gambling casino, where some $30,000 is bet each night during the season on roulette and blackjack. Johnson hopes to place a far bigger bet on Latin America's ability...