LA PLAZA, EL SPANIOLA, Aug. 9 (UPI)--Rafael Domingo Sanchez, El
Spaniola's strong man, bowed to a Monolithian edict today and ordered
his dozen or more O-bombers to return home from around the world, their
death-dealing weapons undropped. He sent word out from his fortress
palace that there would be no explanation from him of what threat or
persuasion the Monolithians had used to thwart his plan for world
conquest....
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HAVANA, Aug. 9 (AFP)--Rumors circulated here today that a "conscience
gas" was the secret Monolithian weapon that had forced the Spaniolan
dictator, Domingo Sanchez, to call off his threat to wipe out a big
percentage of the world's population.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (Tass)--Reports that "conscience gas" had been used by
the extraterrestrials to abort the Spaniolan threat to humanity were
greeted with dismay in Wall Street circles today.
Financial and big business tycoons were said to be shuddering in their
expensive shoes for fear that the gas might also be used against them.
The capitalist chiefs were reported to have hurriedly arranged a
conference with their captive Congressmen to have them introduce
legislation to prohibit the use of any such gas. They feared, of
course, that if they were exposed to its effects--perhaps at the
bargaining table with representatives of organized labor--their ability
to exploit the workers for fantastic profits would be at an end. The
whole capitalistic hierarchy....