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...response to recent riots and dem onstrations in Cairo, President Gamal Abdel Nasser promised to reform and improve his government. Last week he began the process. In the most thor ough Cabinet shakeout since he rose to power 16 years ago, Nasser sacked twelve of his 29 ministers, including two men who symbolized the pro-West and pro-Communist factions within his regime. He was apparently willing to part with such trusted associates in or der to give his Cabinet a fresh and more nonpolitical appearance...
...suggested that he play a few minutes of hockey for the cause (his supporters later distributed thousands of 70 auto windshield scrapers showing him on skates and saying "McCarthy Cuts the Ice"). Big names rallied to him. Harvard Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, who as chairman of the Americans for Dem ocratic Action helped throw the group's endorsement to McCarthy, turned up. So did Poet Robert Lowell, who told listeners that the Republicans offered no alternative because "they cannot sink and they will not swim." Actors Robert Ryan and Tony Randall took to the stump, but Paul Newman...
...White took his ceremonial last walk down the State House steps, 200 retarded children romped at a Christmas party inside at the lobby of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Santa Claus sat in the House Gallery anxiously eyeing the proceedings on the floor, and Rep. Edward J. Dever (Dem-Arlington) roared to his fellow legislators. "I want to go back to my district not as Judas but as John the Baptist...
...children, students at "state schools" and the guests of the General Court, arrived for their annual Christmas party. A little later in the afternoon, despite the atemps of Rep. Dever (who likened House Speaker Davoren to Brutus) and a few other disgruntled legislators. John F. X. Davoren (Dem-Milford) was elected Massachusetts' new Secretary of State. And a little bit later in the day the House--under the watchful eye of Santa Claus who apparently finished his Christmas party duties--elected House Majority Leader Robert Quinn (Dem-Dorchester) the new Speaker of the House...
There is a long history of rancor between the MFDP and the Young Dem-NAACP coaliiton. A meeting between leaders of the two groups last month resulted in little agreement on whether to join forces in a challenge, but another meeting is scheduled for next week...