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...headquarters in the Algerian city of Sidi-bel-Abbès, the French Foreign Legion last week awaited the sound of Taps. On the surface nothing was changed...
...Died. Abbé Henri Breuil, 84, paleontologist-priest who in the face of disbelieving colleagues proclaimed the paleolithic origin of the famed cave paintings at Altamira, Spain, and the Dordogne region of France-a contention that was later borne out by radioactive-carbon dating; near Paris...
...Algerian seaport of Bōne, F.L.N. terrorists tossed a grenade into a hotel, killing a guest, and in revenge a European mob surged through the streets and lynched the first two Moslems it encountered. In Oran. Sidi-bel-Abbés and Constantine, European counterterrorists exploded plastic bombs. At the U.N., the Afro-Asian nations lined up 46 of the 50 nations needed to call a special session of the U.N. General Assembly to discuss Tunisia's charge of French aggression at Bizerte. Boatloads of thousands of penniless French refugees, fleeing the possibility of renewed war in Tunisia...
...Master's Touch. Fawcus found a fellow enthusiast in the cathedral's choirmaster, Abbé Denis Grivot. Fired by Fawcus' visit, the abbé started an investigation with the help of London University's expert on Romanesque art, George Zarnecki. After twelve years of study, Grivot and Zarnecki wrote the book that Fawcus' Trianon Press published...
Harried Joseph Kasavubu had behind him not only the Western bloc but a new factor in U.N. politics-tribal ties. Cassock-clad Abbé Fulbert Youlou, the President of the former French Congo and, like Kasavubu, an Abako tribesman, rallied nine French Community states, helped beat back the adjournment motion 51 to 36. Result: after a bit more debate, Kasavubu seemed likely to get the coveted seat...