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...Such is the man who may hold the balance of power after next autumn's elections. Will his Free Democrats deal with the Socialists or the Christian Democrats? Presumably the Christian Democrats would have to retire Adenauer before Maier would sign with them. The Socialists would have to subdue their economic radicalism to get his support. Which way he will lean he will not say. Said Reinhold Maier last week: "One says of the hunter that he doesn't always tell the truth after the hunt. Of the politician one says that he doesn't always tell...
...resort town ever since Bronze Age lumbago sufferers took its waters 3,000 years ago, St. Moritz' modern beginnings date back just a century ago to the day in 1856 when Innkeeper Johannes Badrutt bought the little Kulm Hotel. Johannes was modestly prospering on summer trade when one autumn he wagered four departing British guests that they could stroll around St. Moritz in midwinter without overcoats. That winter the four struggled upland through the snow, arrived in St. Moritz to find the sun so warm that Johannes was waiting in his shirtsleeves. He won his bet. Next winter...
...break of their own by recovering a Tech fumble. Quarterback Corny Salvaterra alternated with Fullback Ralph Jelic to roll up yardage. Late in the third quarter Salvaterra scored-still moving the hard way, through the middle of the line. But there was no time to catch up. All autumn long the Panthers had grown fat on heartstopping, last-half rallies. "This time," said Coach Michelosen as he looked at the 21-14 score, "we coughed up the ball once too often...
...brilliant gold beeches, scarlet oaks and russet maples splashed their color against a green pine background as Virginia last week gloried in its autumn. Near Warrenton, the horn rang clear in the crisp dawn to summon pink-coated hunters. In the sandy jack-pine country near the North Carolina line, warehouses bulged with the Bright Tobacco that enriched Virginia by $84 million last year. In southside Virginia, below Richmond, jets of ocher-colored steam spewed from National Aniline's new, modernistic chemical plant. In Williamsburg, tourists moved quietly, reverently, through shrines that attest to Virginia's historic leadership...
...autumn days are here You always expect them this time of year...