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...would lose their influence in any new government-Catholic action groups readied their own protest marches, at week's end gathered in a Saigon park, 10,000 strong, for an orderly demonstration. The Catholics had earlier denounced Ky for failing to restore order in the I Corps, formed "assassin squads" in every parish to take care of any Communists who try to run for office in the election. In Saigon, in something of a switch, Catholics brandished warmly pro-American signs: "We are grateful for the contribution of Allied forces," and "Thanks, Yankees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Stake in Stability | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

...certainly a bad week for Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser. He lost a trusted friend and ally in the helicopter death of Iraq's President Abdul Salam Aref (see MILESTONES). In Yemen, a pro-Nasser Republican leader was shot down by an assassin. But Nasser's biggest trouble occurred right at home, and it was caused by the army, which is normally considered the strongest supporter of his regime. The government announced the arrest of 20 top officers on charges of plotting a coup. The word in Cairo was variously that the officers were at loggerheads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt: Microcosm of a Struggle | 4/22/1966 | See Source »

...absolutely prove my son innocent. I can do it any time I want by going to Washington, D.C., with some pictures, but I won't do it that way. Because they've been so ugly to me and my boy . . . Now maybe Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin. But does that make him a louse? No, no! Killing does not necessarily mean badness. You find killing in some very fine homes for one reason or another. And as we all know, President Kennedy was a dying man. So I say that it is possible that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mother Knows Best? | 4/8/1966 | See Source »

...AVENGERS (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). Premiere. More secret agents, British to be sure. Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg play the two in this series. In "The Cyber-nauts," they track down an assassin who kills industrialists exclusively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: Mar. 25, 1966 | 3/25/1966 | See Source »

What should offend more movie-goers is his misuse of Mastroianni's fine acting ability. In a blond crew' cut, playing an action part, the actor is doubly out of his element, neither the suave cosmopolitan of his Fellini roles nor the credibly tough SPECTRE assassin he may be modeled after...

Author: By Jeremy W. Heist, | Title: The Tenth Victim | 1/24/1966 | See Source »

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