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...sent its 11,000-man Black Leopard Division to South Viet Nam on a similar mission. General Praphas Charusathien, the country's Vice Premier and army chief, was forever saying: "It is better to fight Communists outside Thailand than at home." Cambodia, whose border is just a three-hour drive from Bangkok, seemed a likely place...
...Troubles. Last week the sounds of stress seemed all too familiar and ominous to Velasco. In Quito, the capital, seven consecutive days of student violence ended in a three-hour battle involving tanks, tear gas and the chatter of machine guns. As if on cue, Velasco summoned his military chiefs. "I quit," he announced. This time, however, there was a change in the script. At the urging of Defense Minister Jorge Acosta, 49, who is Velasco's nephew, the generals refused to accept the President's resignation. Instead, they urged him to accept the backing of the barracks...
...back in the pack who have to be considered possibilities to win, on the basis of their qualifying times, and the speed they posted in Wednesday's carburation tests. The track always is closed from the last qualifying session until the race itself a week later, except for a three-hour period on Wednesday. The cars will have been converted from qualifying trim, to the state of tune. The carburation tests are the only opportunity for the crews to try the cars out with the new suspension settings, with the tanks full of fuel. The times recorded in this session...
Students waiving exams will get grades based on work finished to date. The faculty, in a three-hour meeting, voted three additional options: normal exams, take-home exams completed by July, and exams postponed until the Fall. They defeated a Student Association proposal for a pass-fail option...
While demonstrators crowded the field, over 200 Boston policemen stood by on Boylston Street and around the Business School. But the three-hour meeting was virtually without incident...