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Despite this, there are plenty of leaders who, though fond of Barry, do not like the situation. They are distressed by the enthusiasm shown for him by such extreme right-wing groups as the John Birch Society. But there are some indications that that very enthusiasm is bringing many of the extremists into the regular Republican Party-and in so doing they make the party no more conservative, but rather become more moderate themselves...
After a false start last fall, the John Birch Society is trying again to form a Harvard chapter...
Since no Harvard chapter was set up, the 16 interested students worked with Boston JBS chapters, Langan explained. The Birch Society hopes to organize the remaining seven students and "several others" who had written to "American Opinion" asking for Birch Society literature. Plans hinge on finding enough men to form a chapter...
...Francis Birch, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology and Chairman of the Department, is studying the effects of high temperatures and pressures on minerals. By measuring the velocity of sound waves in rocks under various pressures, Birch has used seismic soundings to help geologists understand the structure of the earth's crust...
From the outside, the small whitewashed house, surrounded by tiny birch and fir trees, looks as if it might belong to a mousy little spinster who would never do anything that would cause talk among the neighbors. But the house on the outskirts of Brussels belongs to Paul Delvaux, a grey-maned, sad-faced man of 65 who, next to René Magritte, is Belgium's top surrealist and can sometimes be seen standing in his studio wearing blue jeans and sandals, slowly filling a huge canvas with vacant-eyed female nudes. Against one wall stands...