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...social justice and democratic liberty." Throughout the department of Aveyron, teachers and veterans boycotted his appearances. But in general, despite a boycott ordered by farm and labor unions, De Gaulle got a rousing welcome. As his convoy of black Citroëns wound through patches of woodlands tinged with autumn, past slate-roofed farmhouses, farmers and their families came to the edges of their fields to wave and doff their berets; and at crossroads, schoolchildren fluttered paper flags. Once again, De Gaulle showed that despite sporadic signs of discontent, his hold on the French people remains largely intact...
Within a week, nearby pine trees began to turn brown and die. Most of the trees within 2,000 feet of the reactor are now dead. Hardwoods proved more resistant. Their leaves showed little effect until autumn, when they fell one to six weeks early. Next spring the buds of hickories and oaks did not develop normally. When the rolling hills of north Georgia were green with fresh new leaves, the sick forest around the reactor looked just as it had in winter...
...handsomely. Of the 144 seats, the G.O.P. took 99, including 21 in districts where the vote is ordinarily Democratic. Even the Democratic fortress of Wayne County (Detroit) suffered in the sweep; Republican delegates won eight of the 45 openings there. Encouraged by the outcome, Republicans looked forward to next autumn's gubernatorial campaign. Cried G.O.P. State Chairman George Van Peursem: "The Republican Party is on the move in Michigan...
When the 16th U.N. General Assembly convenes this autumn, an immediate problem will be one that has popped up every year since 1950: whether to admit Red China to membership or, indeed, whether to even debate the question. The U.S. has successfully led opposition to either move -but support has been shifting away from the U.S. position in recent years. Last week there were indications that the U.S. might shift in strategy, if not in sentiment...
...Lampoon found itself in trouble again after its infamous "Esquire" issue in spring 1935; in righteous disciplinary fervor the Administration closed down the "Poon establishment while officers scrambled to desert the sinking ship. Only the autumn before, the CRIMSON, Lampoon, and Life magazine had gone on sale in tandem at a combined price of $5.00, never again to be duplicated. A mild stir arose at the vague revival of the Med. Fac, Club, open to any undergraduate who could commit anything which would have him expelled and jailed if caught. But the revival died quickly; members succeeded only in blowing...