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...Division is no longer assigned to guard an extended sector of the 150-mile-long DMZ, as it was until 1971 Still, its location near the oft-used mountain passes at the western edge of the truce line means that its units would be engulfed by the fighting almost immediately if North Korea ever invaded in strength. Moreover, the 2nd Division is counted on to provide a strategic reserve for I Corps Group-a 175,000-man force that includes twelve ROK (Republic of Korea) divisions as well...
...page report, Bok cited the need for greater training of "professional education of the public sector," particularly in the Kennedy School of Government, to "improve the level of public service...
...earlier, while exports rose 29.2%-helped by a 20% devaluation of the lira, which is now holding steady at roughly 625 to the dollar. A fierce tightening of credit that sent bank prime rates as high as 20% or more cut deeply into new loan demand by the private sector, but freed money for paying off Italy's monumental debt. Since last June, the nation has even pulled back an estimated $2 billion of the $12 billion of capital that wealthy Italians had spirited out of the country since...
...Kissinger boosted Moynihan, an old Harvard friend and an ally in the Nixon White House, as his replacement. There is speculation in Washington that Ford may want to name Scali to another high diplomatic post, but for his part Scali is considering several job offers in the private sector...
...some still unexplained reason, a busload of Palestinian guerrillas drove into the east Beirut sector of Ain Rumanneh. That neighborhood happens to be a stronghold of a fiercely nationalist, right-wing and predominantly Maronite Christian party, the 75,000-member Phalange, whose private 6,000-member militia is the largest in the country. The Phalangists in the area apparently decided that the bus was a provocation, and their militia opened fire, killing 26 aboard the bus and wounding 19. That touched off a battle that raged for five days, embroiling much of Beirut. Before it was over, an estimated...