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...little group of newsmen who traipsed into the Palais de Chaillot an hour later found Gruenther looking tired and hollow-eyed. But he flatly denied that ill health was ending a brilliant 37-year Army career that took him up to be chief of staff to General Mark Clark in World War II, to be SHAPE chief of staff under Eisenhower in 1951 (and under Ike's successor, Matt Ridgway), to be Supreme Allied Commander in 1953. Said Al Gruenther: "I've played tennis three times this week, and intend to win another match tomorrow." He was going...
...France, Mollet settled on a Cabinet, giving Mendès the job of Deputy Premier without portfolio (instead of Foreign Minister, which Mendes desired). For Foreign Minister he reached instead into his own party for Good European Christian Pineau. 51, stepson of Playwright Jean (The Madwoman of Chaillot) Giraudoux and himself an author of children's fairy stories. Mollet spurned the Communist support proffered ("Let no one think that I'm the man to prepare the future of Popular Front . . . I will never lead my party to suicide"), but seemed fated to get it anyway. Ultimately, said Communist...
There, sitting on ornate chairs so high that little (5 ft. 6 in.) Mendès-France could not touch the floor with his toes, the ministers signed the documents restoring Germany's sovereignty and establishing WEU. Then they all hurried across the Seine to the Palais de Chaillot, where the 14 NATO powers signed Germany in as a member. Early in the alphabetical order, Mendès-France signed for France, then busied himself with the afternoon newspapers, taking no further interest in the proceedings. He did not have to. He had gotten what he wanted...
...huge red-and-gold concert hall of Paris' Palais de Chaillot last week, the International Cooperative Alliance, central body of the world's cooperative societies, opened its 19th congress. No sooner did the meeting get under way than lean, dark-haired Andrei Timofeev, leader of the 30-member Soviet delegation, jumped to his feet and put in motion a Russian plan aimed at seizing control of the world cooperative organization...
...would be unfortunate to saddle this delightful production with a top-heavy moral. As in The Madwoman of Chaillot and The Trojan War will Not Take place, Giraudouz rejects a serious plane for the freedom of fantasy. Ondine is a splash of brilliant costumes (Richard Whorf) and imaginative sets (Peter Larkin). The appearance of such characters as three Loreli-type sprites and a walking replica of Venus de Milo break into the narrative to keep the lively pace...