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Members of the Harvard Young Republican Club yesterday received in the mail anonymous engraved cards urging them to disown and discredit ex-president David F. Peterson '59 "for his negligible and insignificant contributions to Republicanism at Harvard." The card followed by two weeks a similarly engraved one praising Frederick P. Claussen '59, former vice-president, and Arthur I. Reade, Jr. '59, former secretary...
Since populous Southern California has the nation's second largest concentration of Jews, Democrats were delighted. Knowland's front-running opponent, Attorney General Edmund ("Pat") Brown, demanded that Knowland disown responsibility for use of the tract, drew only the surprisingly lame comment: "I don't think I'm called upon to agree or disagree with every piece of material that comes to my attention." All but lost in the uproar was Helen Knowland's plea that she had never known about Kamp's background-although any newspaper reader would remember his association with Gerald...
...Maternity? Biological science has changed this traditional concept of the human species, says Rostand. Artificial insemination raises the possibility that husbands separated from their wives for long periods may arrange to have them inseminated during their absence. This requires a change in laws that now permit a husband to disown a child that he could not have begotten in the usual manner...
Hard Sell? But in recent months Nixon's dissatisfaction with the Eisenhower Administration's political savvy has caused him to take political stands independent of the White House, leaving the President free to disown him if he goes too far. Thus, while White House spokesmen were still scoffing at Sputnik I as a "silly bauble," Nixon publicly proclaimed the Russian satellite a serious, important challenge to U.S. technology. He works hard with Republican National Chairman Meade Alcorn to bolster the morale of Republican organizations across the country, privately wishes that Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson would resign...
...Colonel Barlian, commander of South Sumatra. His area includes the rich Stanvac and Shell oilfields and refineries at Palembang, which supply most of Djakarta's gasoline. Padang's Colonel Husein is his closest friend, and he is with the rebels in spirit but, so far, hesitates to disown Djakarta. Possible reasons: his region is heavily settled by migrant Javanese who in recent municipal elections gave one-third of their votes to the Communists; one of his four battalions is made up of Javanese troops. To underline his neutrality he last week had his officers and men swear allegiance...