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...tactical advantage shifts to the Portuguese troops, who can now take the offensive without bogging down in the mud. But some 5.000 white soldiers have arrived from Lisbon to beef up Angola's 2,000-man regular garrison. Roberto's forces are also grouping for a showdown. He claims that he is getting financial aid from Tunisia to fuel his revolt but denies that he is getting any help from Ghana (the Portuguese have admitted that they made a mistake in claiming the capture of 71 "Ghanaians"). "The Portuguese have been in Angola for 500 years and have...
...Ashtrays. The Murchisons (pronounced Murr-kiss-son) made no attempt to match Kirby in outright purchases of Alleghany shares; when the showdown vote came, they controlled only 2,800,000 shares v. Kirby's 3,200,000. Instead, with the aid of a host of Texas friends, the brothers concentrated on rounding up votes among the owners of the remaining 3,800,000 shares...
...manages to ruffle a good many feelings throughout Washington in the process. Less than a month after taking office, Udall frankly stated that he would play politics "to the hilt." He annoyed Capitol Hill by stating publicly that he had twisted congressional arms to help President Kennedy's showdown fight to expand the House Rules Committee. Next, Udall stirred up a minor fuss by bluntly advising the Washington Redskins pro football team to sign on some Negro players if it wants to use the new District of Columbia stadium that Interior has built as part of its parks system...
...week Castro's Cubans had been excited by the possibility of an imminent showdown. They could find support for their fears on Page One of the New York Times, which reported from Florida troop-laden aircraft roaring off into the night, exiled Cuban doctors called to service on a hospital ship standing by off the coast, launches making nightly runs to Cuba with explosives and saboteurs. Training groups of exiles were reported breaking up at a mysterious jungle-warfare camp in the Louisiana bayous, at a sabotage school near Houston, at a string of seven camps between Guatemala...
Howard J. Phillips '62 demonstrated impressive political support as he easily won his battle for College Chairman of the Massachusetts Young Republicans Saturday. In the crucial showdown vote of college delegates, Phillips crushed Hugh W. Barber...