Word: constitutionalized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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In the face of fierce Viet Cong threats, the voters elected 108 members of an assembly that, over the next six months, will forge South Viet Nam's first constitution since the overthrow of the Huong regime two years ago.
South Viet Nam's minorities were also well represented: ten members of the Hoa Hao sect were elected, as were seven Confucionists, five Cao Dai, and nine Montagnards. On a regional basis, the winners were evenly divided between the north and the south. "It's going to be...
The Second Worst Job. The field is wide open. One reason is that anyone who really qualifies for the job can probably earn more in corporate life than the flat $125,000 that the Big Board presidency pays. Franklin Roosevelt once described the post as "the worst job in the...
Died. Cemal Gursel, 71, president of Turkey until last March, a career army officer who in 1960 headed a military junta that toppled and eventually executed Premier Adnan Menderes, then, insisting on a new constitution and free elections in 1961, was voted President in a coalition government; after a series...
Voting Is an Honor. The last time the Vietnamese had a national election, in 1961, the voters had a notable personality before them: President Ngo Dinh Diem. This time there were neither notable personalities nor concrete issues. Some 530 candidates were running for 108 places in an assembly that will...