Assassination

6 decades later, probe to solve political murder

By RAF CASERTAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - The story goes that when Prince Baudouin took the oath to succeed his father after years of tumult over the monarchy, Communist leader Julien Lahaut shouted from the crowd: "Long Live the Republic!" A week later, two men turned up at Lahaut's

McGovern anti-war candidacy a US cultural landmark

By HILLEL ITALIEAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Abbie Hoffman sobbed that fateful night at the Manhattan apartment of fellow activist Jerry Rubin. So did Rubin and Allen Ginsberg. John Lennon was drunk, and out of control, shouting "Up the Revolution!" in mock celebration of a dream defeated

Soldiers' arrest marks shift in Guatemala

By ROMINA RUIZ-GOIRIENAAssociated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Chanting and waving signs to protest high electricity prices, thousands of unarmed indigenous demonstrators blockaded a highway in western Guatemala, forcing a standoff with police. Two truckloads of soldiers arrived and gunfire

McGovern an unwavering, often unrequited, liberal

By WALTER R. MEARSAP Special Correspondent CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - George McGovern was an unwavering, often unrequited advocate for liberal Democratic causes. He pursued those goals in plainspoken, usually understated, Midwestern style. He was a dedicated, decent man, a devoted Democrat even