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...South Viet Nam's 16 million people live. Well aware that the proverb carries more importance than ever in the struggle with the Viet Cong to win the countryside, the Saigon government this week launched Viet Nam's most meaningful and democratic village and hamlet elections in modern times. Throughout Viet Nam, thousands of peasants entered polling booths built of bamboo matting and black cloth to elect their own local officials, dropping their voting cards into boxes adorned with yellow and red stripes of the South Vietnamese flag...
Harvard's qualifiers did not do as well. Captain-elect Pete Alter and sophomore sensation Bill Murphy did not make it through the diving preliminaries Thursday in the lowboard. Ken Sitzberger of Indiana, 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist won that event...
Parkinson, 48, the man who got California's Republicans to stop feuding and help elect Reagan Governor, retired as state chairman when his two-year term ended in January. An obstetrician who delivers more votes than babies, Parkinson has been an admirer of Nixon's for nearly two decades. "He is the man most eminently qualified as a national leader," says Parkinson. "He's respected everywhere around the world...
Good Case? In the courts, a clear-cut question remains to be answered: Does Congress have the right to establish and judge the qualifications of members-elect, or is it limited to the three criteria mentioned in the Constitution-age, citizenship and state residence? In the past, the House has excluded members on a variety of grounds without interference from the courts. But now that Powell has brought suit to regain his seat, a clash between the judicial and legislative branches may be imminent. On the Hill, many Congressmen argue that the judiciary has no right to intervene in internal...
Whatever the chances of alliance, the Communists emerged from the elections stronger than at any time since De Gaulle came to power. They have, as the French say, been "dedouane"-released from customs. Also, for the first time in the Gaullist era, they are expected to drop their role of sullen isolation in the Assembly, take part in its organization and committees. If they do so, they will, like the other major parties, elect a vice president of the Assembly, who will take his turn at presiding. Communist Deputies will likely be among French parliamentary delegations to the Council...