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...clear and balmy morning. For once, Lebanon's guns had fallen silent. The Easter message of peace and Resurrection was delivered from countless Christian pulpits across the land. The Voice of Hope, the radio station that supports Major Sa'ad Haddad, the leader of the Israeli-supported Christian militia in southern Lebanon, went on the air with readings from the Gospels...
...fighting quickly spread to Beirut, where artillery duels broke out across the three-mile Green Line that divides the city's Christian and Muslim sectors. In Southern Lebanon, meanwhile, the Israeli-supported Christian forces of Lebanese Major Sa'ad Haddad shelled Muslim and Palestinian sections of the coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon, while Israeli paratroopers launched large-scale attacks against Palestinian strongholds in the area. With concerted international help, Lebanon's President Elias Sarkis managed to obtain a tenuous ceasefire. As International Red Cross convoys rushed into the stricken areas with medical assistance, the country counted...
...Michel and the rest of the Tigers didn't attempt another steal all day. The Captain has one of the league's finest guns. HARVARD at PRINCETON (first game) HARVARD ab r h b1 Chicarello,dh 3 0 0 0 Wellef,cf 3 0 0 0 Bauer,sa 3 0 1 0 Martelli,1b 3 0 0 0 Bowles,rf 2 0 0 0 Allard,If 3 0 0 0 Skaff,3b 3 0 0 0 Wark,C 2 1 0 0 Lyman,2b 2 0 0 0 24 1 1 0 PRINCETON (4) Michel...
...Cuban President was visiting a Soviet missile base in Pinar del Rio, southwest of Havana. When a U-2 appeared on the base's radar, Castro asked the Soviets how to shoot down an attacking plane. The officers obligingly showed him the button that would fire off an SA-2 ground-to-air missile. Suddenly, Castro pushed the button. A missile went up and, Franqui writes dryly, "the plane came down amidst the consternation of the generals." The U2's pilot, Air Force Major Rudolph Anderson Jr., was the only known U.S. combat casualty...
...While the U-2 downing was no secret, there has never been any hint before that Castro fired the missile, nor any corroboration now of the Franqui version. U.S. intelligence officials find Franqui's account "intriguing" but point out that if Castro did push the button, the SA-2 would not have hit the plane unless the Soviets had already been tracking it on radar and taken other steps to ensure a kill...