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...might be wrong to glorify the late Sukarno regime and assume that the new government is the root of all evil in present-day Indonesia. Sukarno, too, imprisoned political enemies, though his attitude toward dissent never approached the intolerance or brutality of the present leadership. And Sukarno's economic policies were disjointed, self-centered, and in many areas non-existent. The new regime has succeeded in completely stopping an 800 per cent annual inflation and in formulating a centralized, functioning economic structure. Several Indonesian students at Harvard have said that they feel their country is now better off materially than...
Died. Charlie Root, 71, Chicago Cubs pitcher remembered as the foil for Babe Ruth's greatest grandstand play; of leukemia; in Hollister, Calif. With his blazing right-hand delivery, Root was a star in his own right, running up a 201-160 record (best year: 1927 with 26-15) over 17 seasons. But he is best known for that day in the 1932 World Series when the Babe, in response to a fan's heckling, pointed to the bleachers, then blasted a Root pitch over the centerfield stand to the cheers of 51,000 witnesses...
...group's third album, Led Zeppelin III (Atlantic), now No. 1 on the Billboard charts, was put together during the first six months of this year. The care and leisure show. Gallows Pole shows the clear influence of San Francisco's Creedence Clearwater Revival, and its monosyllabic, root-heavy style is powerful. One of the two best tracks is That's The Way, whose rich harmonies are a perfect match for the somewhat surreal lyrics about adolescent alienation. The other is Since I've Been Loving You, a superb slow-blues song that has more togetherness...
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's response was drastic. Promising to "root out the cancer of an armed revolutionary movement," he rejected the demands, called out troops to patrol Ottawa, the capital, and Quebec Province, and finally invoked emergency police powers under Canada's 1914 War Measures Act, which had never before been used in time of peace. If Trudeau was tough, the F.L.Q. terrorists were barbaric. They strangled Laporte, apparently by twisting a thin gold chain he wore around his neck, then stuffed his body in the trunk...
Turning his attention to the terrorists, he went on: "If a democratic society is to continue to exist, it must be able to root out the cancer of an armed, revolutionary movement that is bent on destroying the very basis of our freedom." He conceded that the War Measures Act conferred "strong powers, and I find them as distasteful as I am sure you do." But he pleaded for understanding. "I appeal to all Canadians not to become so obsessed by what the government has done today in response to terrorism that they forget the opening play in this vicious...