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...base of a cliff in the Ardeche region in southeastern France last December, the three middle-aged spelunkers felt a breeze wafting from a pile of rock and debris. "That was a sign that there was a cave beneath it," recalls Jean-Marie Chauvet. With his companions, Chauvet cleared away an opening, then wriggled through a tunnel into a complex of large caves...
Then, in the pale glow of their head lamps, the explorers noticed two red lines on a cavern wall. Chauvet, a government employee who oversees the protection of the many historically important caves in the region, recognized the markings as "characteristic of the Stone Age.'' What he did not immediately realize-and the world did not know until the French Culture Ministry announced it last week-was that they had discovered an archaeological trove that may rival even the fabled drawings on the cave walls at Lascaux in France and Altamira in Spain. The spelunkers had found an extraordinarily clear...
Coffin. Mauriac's antismoking campaign was inspired by Mayor Augustin Chauvet (who has not smoked in years) and gleefully promoted by ORTF, the state-run TV-radio network. To launch the crusade, a four-man team of psychologists and doctors held five days of meetings designed to wean the Mauriaquois from their smokes. At one gathering, Team Member Dr. Jean Pinet passed a miniature coffin around the audience. "Put your cigarettes in it," he exhorted, "or they'll put you in one." Other experts showed graphic films of the cancerous lungs of heavy smokers. The propaganda convinced many townspeople...
Died. Ernest G. Chauvet, 69, Haitian delegate to the U.N., owner of Haiti's oldest newspaper, Le Nouvelliste; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Manhattan...
...Concert in Symphony Hall is as follows: 1. March, "The Continentals," Brooke 2. Overture, "The Italians in Algiers," Rossini 3. Selection, "Cavalleria Rusticana," Mascagni 4. Fete Boheme from "Scenes Pittoresques." Massenet 5. Overture, "Mignon," Thomas 6. (a) Le Bois sacre from "Roma," Massenet (b) Danse basque, Chauvet 7. Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2, Liszt 8. Finale, "Lohengrin," Wagner 9. Selection, "Faust," Gounod 10. Ave Maria, Schubert 'Cello, Mr. Keller. Harp, Mr. Schuecker. Organ, Mr. Marshall. 11. Waltz, "Morning Journals," Strauss 12. March, "Hans Richter," Schrammel