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Duplicate Martyrdom. What caused that view to change was a feeling, even in the government, that Palach's death had to be taken as a serious political protest. While President Ludvik Svoboda pleaded against the repetition of "this horrible deed," he declared sympathetically on television that, "as a soldier, I am able to assess the self-denial and the personal courage of Jan Palach." Student and some union leaders quickly moved to channel the nation's horror and sympathy for Palach into full-scale political protest. First in Prague and then in other cities, they staged memorial marches...
...fearing violence at what had turned into a national hero's funeral, the government stage-managed most of the arrangements and issued a volley of pleas for calm. They proved unnecessary; partly out of respect, and partly perhaps because the nation was emotionally drained by Palach's deed, the throngs of mourners watched and listened in eerie silence, and quickly left for home when the ceremony ended. But in their numbers and reverence, they demonstrated that the anguish that drove Palach to his death still can stir his countrymen...
...from various economic measures that may improve the lot of blacks, he could begin by using the Government's powers to further desegregation in deliberately segregated schools and employment. He could bring highly qualified Negroes into the highest ranks of his Administration. And he could, through word and deed, put the prestige of the presidency behind the Negro's cause...
...Federal Government has encouraged automakers to work together in developing antipollution devices for cars and trucks. Last week, in a civil antitrust suit filed in the U.S. District Court at Los Angeles, the Justice Department contended that the nation's auto companies have in deed cooperated - but to impede, rather than promote, pollution control. Named in the suit as defendants were General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, American Motors and the Automobile Manufacturers Association. Seven smaller manufacturers were listed as co-conspirators but not as defendants...
...Robert Henry. They insisted that Air West has enormous potential and that the offer, made through the Hughes Tool Co., was far too low. Says Henry: "We're spread over the richest and most progressive part of the country. You couldn't have a better territory." In deed, since the merger Air West has increased its routes by more than one-third, to 9,982 miles crisscrossing eight Western states and reaching into Canada and Mexico...