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...ferment for Congolese independence, it was only natural that Moise Tshombe would be in on the founding in 1959 of Katanga's first full-fledged political party, the Confederation des Associations du Katanga (Conakat). The new group was backed chiefly by Tshombe's (and his father-in-law's) own fiercely independent Lunda tribesmen, who were happy enough to win freedom from the Belgians but had no great desire to be part of one big Congo family, since most of the vast mineral deposits were located right down in Katanga's southern tip-Lunda country...
...this picture accurate? Last week an overwhelming majority of high school teachers interviewed by TIME across the U.S. pooh-poohed it. Instead, they hailed a "salubrious" ferment in their classrooms. "This is the most exciting thing in my career," says English Teacher Harold R. Keables, veteran of 27 years at Denver's South High School. "There is a new appreciation of intellectual achievement. The kids are perhaps more serious, but not solemn or glum or dull. They are on fire with enthusiasm for learning...
...Ferment. In increasing numbers, the Sunday press is providing a more intelligent re-examination of what happened in the previous week. Since May 1960, the New York Sunday News has devoted two pages to a retrospective look at the week entitled "What in the World!" The Houston Chronicle has added a collection of second thoughts on the news called "Outlook-A Page to Help You Think...
Such fresh onslaughts on the serious reader's attention are signs that the Sunday paper is in ferment, still unsure of its role in a changing world but willing to search it out with fresh ideas and experiments. Out of the ferment may come a rededication to solid news values. It is not by chance but design that the bulkiest Sunday newspaper of them all, the New York Times, is by no means devoted to fluff; the Times Sunday news sections generally outweigh the total contents of many of its competitors. "The trend on Sunday as well as daily...
...group practice. Communities, counties and corporations are hard at work all over the U.S. spreading such plans, and the recent benison of the A.M.A. is certain to allay the objections of many balky doctors. Therein lies the significance of Leonard Larson, a man who can look at all the ferment calmly...