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...unexplained reasons, the cable to Giraud was delivered two days before De Gaulle received his message. Giraud promptly appointed a new governor for French Guiana. So did De Gaulle when he learned of the revolt. Pending the arrival of Giraud's permanent appointee, Colonel Albert Jean Paul le Bel (No. 2 man of the Giraud mission in Washington) was dispatched to take temporary charge. De Gaulle also named a temporary appointee, Colonel Pierre de Chevigné, who was also in Washington. Colonel le Bel got instant cooperation from the State Department (and the use of a U.S. Army transport...
Buildings that look like barns-which many people consider very beautiful-have made the reputation of Pietro Bel-luschi, architect of Portland, Ore. This week for the first time he plans to hang out his own shingle. He will hang it on the same Jefferson Street house (under Portland's Vista ''Suicide" Bridge), long occupied by the defunct firm of which he had been a member (A. E. Doyle & Associate...
...Belém buzzed with speculation. The plane may have been the President's-or it may not have...
...clue came from Belém, an oven-hot seaport on Brazil's hump. There, one day recently, the shanty-lined streets that lead to Belém's airport were abustle with activity. U.S. jeeps and command cars crowded around the field. The Brazilian police departed; Army guards took their place. Presently, from the North sky, a great transport streaked down. It remained on the field several hours refueling, then took off toward the sea. Usually passengers scurry to the airport building to escape the heat, to sip cafezinho (half black coffee, half Brazilian sugar...
...spare time Littlewood prepared a primer based on the study of Russian, Latin, Greek, French, Welsh, Arabic and Basic English. Unlike Esperanto, Universal Pidgin seldom uses more than two syllables in any word, telescopes these with borrowed syllables to make new words. Sample: "Yon fo gret blu form bel" (Those four great blue flowers are beautiful...