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...Ministry official and blurted the details of the plot. That night, and on following days, more than a hundred plotters were jailed. They proved to be a handful of dissident army officers and some disgruntled landowners. But the hard core seemed to be supporters of Bourguiba's old foe, the late Salah ben Youssef, who lost a bitter struggle for control of Neo-Destour, Tunisia's only political party, and went into exile in 1955. When Ben Youssef was murdered in West Germany in 1961, his followers back home blamed Bourguiba agents, swore vengeance on Tunisia...
...Free Democratic conditions: he would step down as Chancellor next fall. Brentano then drew cheers by adding that Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard would be included in all discussions on the new government's constitution, clear indication that Erhard-West Germany's idol, and Adenauer's belittled foe-would very likely be the next Chancellor. Now it was up to der Alte to set about the tedious task of building a new coalition Cabinet that would carry him through the final months of his public life...
...China, and has usually fought excellently, whether pitted against Pathan guerrillas, Nazi panzer grenadiers or Japanese suicide squads. In the 1947-48 war in Kashmir, the Indians were fighting a British-trained Pakistani army very like themselves. Since independence, the Indian army has not encountered a really first-rate foe. The guerrilla war with the rebellious
Every year, the small auto finance companies that make up the American Finance Conference kick off their annual convention with a blast against their special foe: giant General Motors Acceptance Corp., the sales finance subsidiary of General Motors. They kicked again last week in Washington, and with new fury. Unless G.M.A.C. is quickly curbed, complained Richard Meier, chair man of the A.F.C. executive committee, there may soon be no "independents" left. In the past five years, says Meier, the number of independent auto finance companies has shrunk from...
...Harvard tiddlywinks team has been hiding from the Brown team. On a recent trip to Columbia University in New York City, the Cambridge club completely by-passed Providence, out of fear. As a last ditch effort, the Brown club is attempting to make contact with this elusive semi-potential foe by contacting them through the CRIMSON. We have taken this whole affair as a terrible affront, the Brown club having established Ivy Ieague tiddlywinks in 1793. In the first match, our team, led by Roger Williams Brown, easily defeated John Harvard's bastard grand-nephew, Rufus. Our predominance...