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Split Portfolios. What was finally achieved at the house on stilts in the Plaine des Jarres last week was the most shaky of coalition governments. At the last moment, accord nearly broke down when Red Prince Souphanouvong began wrangling with his old enemy, General Phoumi Nosavan, about the division of Cabinet posts. In a rare outburst of anger at his halfbrother, Souvanna shouted at Souphanouvong: "You go sort it out with Phoumi and come back when you agree...
...from view, the F.L.N. high command issued a communique that blasted the S.A.O. as "criminals" and flatly declared that the only "road to salvation" for Europeans was to depend on the Evian agreement signed last March by representatives of the F.L.N. and De Gaulle's government. The Evian accord allows Europeans to retain their French nationality for three years even though they participate in Algerian elections as voters or candidates, and promises that they "shall enjoy the benefits of resident aliens" if they then choose to remain French. Pleaded the F.L.N. statement: "The Evian agreements are the charter...
Both the traditional and new will provide a colorful backdrop to the activities of Commencement week. Many of the stately rituals accompanying Thursday's exercises date to Harvard's first commencement in 1642. In accord with ancient custom, for example, a troop of scarlet-coated, mounted National Lancers will escort Gov. John A. Volpe into the Yard...
...evening was the Schutz work, a Requiem in German built on chorales and biblical verses. The piece's lines have exceedingly involved rhythms which continually vary and oppose each other, and Forbes caught these subtleties brilliantly. The voices did not sit upon each accent, but flowed or lilted in accord with the word's rhythm and meaning. The chorus's force gave the chorales the body which the Lassus lacked...
...responsible for much of the S.A.O. violence in France and Algeria. But whatever the detours, only Charles de Gaulle had the stature to steer France toward a settlement without civil war. Drawing on his surge of popularity after a settlement, De Gaulle will put the terms of the Evian accord to the nation in a national referendum, probably in the spring, then will call for parliamentary elections to strengthen his hand in the National Assembly so that eventually he can push through constitutional reforms. Members of the Gaullist U.N.R. (Union for the New Republic) have asked that the referendum...