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...Broadened Horizon. The shuffle of the "Conservative Consultative Com mittee," as the Tory shadow Cabinet is formally called, was occasioned by the resignation from Commons of Rab Butler, 62, who ends his long, brilliant, but in the end frustrated political career by moving to the House of Lords. In for Butler as shadow Foreign Secretary went Reggie Maudling, who needs to broaden his basically economic background if he is ever to become Prime Minister. Maudling also retained his post as Home's stand-in at the powerful party leaders' committee, which makes him the closest thing to deputy...
...conferences in Brussels with Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak and U.S. Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II. Embarrassed by the concerted howling of Arab and African leftists against the U.S.-Belgian paradrop on Stanleyville, Spaak and MacArthur pressured Tshombe to improve his reputation in Africa. They proposed that Tshombe: 1) "broaden" his Cabinet to include ministers, such as former Premier Cyrille Adoula, who might prove more acceptable to the African nationalists; 2) grant an amnesty to all rebel prisoners unstained by the past month's bloodshed; 3) guarantee "opposition" parties, including the Lumumbists, a role in the promised February elections...
Qualified Endorsement. The British think they have a partial answer. Prime Minister Harold Wilson proposes to broaden the scope of MLF to include land-based missiles, three of five British Polaris subs, and various aircraft. This sprawling scheme would greatly dilute the German contribution...
...extra charges for everything from napkins to green vegetables, and les additions have risen higher than souffles. Disturbed by the 9% rise in restaurant prices in the last year compared with a hike in overall living costs of 2.5%, Finance Minister Valery Giscard d'Estaing has decided to broaden France's 14-month-old price-stabilization program to cover menus. Last week hard-eyed government inspectors set out all over France to make certain that the nation's 50,000 restaurants henceforth hold their prices to late-October levels...
Only in the Chicago suburbs does Percy, a daily commuter, seem to maintain a winning pace. But moderate G.O.P. candidates have always been strong in the land of the shopping center. To succeed at the polls, these Republicans will have to broaden their appeal. And Percy, opposing a respected but colorless incumbent governor, does not seem to have done this...