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Died. Hilary Aidan St. George Saunders, 53, official British war historian; of asthma; in Nassau. Under the pen names of Francis Beeding and David Pilgrim, Saunders collaborated with John Palmer on some 40 thrillers (Eleven Were Brave), but it was his anonymous histories of Britain's role in World War II (The Battle of Britain; Combined Operations) that reached the top of the bestseller lists (more than 12 million copies...
...named Franz Antonio Rísquez Iribarren scrambled to the top of a high cliff in the Parima Mountains and proudly planted his flag at the summit. He measured the cliff's map coordinates and radioed to his superiors: "In the name of Almighty God, glory to the brave people, we have accomplished our mission. An embrace of admiration and gratitude to all . . ." From the same spot, last week the American Geographical Society in New York got word from Dr. José Cruxent, archaeologist for the expedition: "Greetings from the headwaters of the Orinoco...
...year's grand schemes and brave arguments were not suddenly collapsing; but they were faltering. And of them all, the most precarious was the European army. This ingenious and complicated scheme was designed to revive German arms without reviving German militarism: it would place German divisions beside French, Italian and Benelux divisions, in a multilingual army reporting to SHAPE. As things stand now, German divisions cannot be recruited until France-and the rest of Western Europe-ratifies the European army plan. Yet France balks at ratifying...
...well-disguised Oldtimer Jack Holt). On the trail, he learns to love and respect her. Their marriage wins the blessing of the Blackfoot ruler and gives them a son. But when one of Gable's men kills the old chief to satisfy a personal grudge, a hostile brave (Ricardo Montalban) takes command of the Indians to war on the whites. A Blackfoot arrow, guided by the Production Code's antimiscegenation line, cuts down Gable's bride...
...serve his people in prosperity. Six years ago, in the hour of his country's greatest triumph, his leadership had been decisively dismissed. Grateful for victory, but nursing prewar grievances against the Tories and the upper classes, a majority of the British turned away from Churchill to the brave new world of Socialism. Now that world, so hopefully launched, was waterlogged and awash. But grievances and memories die hard in class-torn Britain. Churchill, trying for office last year, was narrowly defeated. Last week he was narrowly victorious...