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...anti-Thieu opposition. Hours earlier, police had arrested more than ten people in various parts of Saigon on charges of plotting a coup to overthrow Thieu. Several of those arrested were associates of former Premier and Viet President Nguyen Cao Ky, who two weeks ago called on Thieu to relinquish his powers to a more broadly based leadership...
...other hand, Fahd may be more willing than Faisal to accept the existence of Israel as a permanent state in the Middle East, provided that the Israelis relinquish all the territory they seized during the Six-Day War and that they reach an accommodation with the Palestinians...
...opposition to Thieu's government is bound to increase, especially among Saigon's strongly non-Communist conservative groups. The day after the arrests, Ky and Father Thanh held a news conference to announce the formation of an Action Committee for National Salvation that would press Thieu to relinquish his near absolute power. None of the action committee sponsors favored an overthrow of Thieu; indeed, they seemed to believe that a coup would only further lessen public confidence in the government. But the conservative opposition argued that South Viet Nam now needs a strong, broadly representative, anti-Communist movement...
...turning-point for Harvard came at 11:48, when referee Giles Threadgold called the Big Red's John Martin for interference Dagdigian scored one minute into the penalty, assisted by Thomas and Rossi, as Harvard took the lead for the first time, never to relinquish...
Harvard's attack, led by Byron Cook, struck early, and after the opening period of play, the Crimson held a 3-0 advantage, one which it would never relinquish...