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Novelist Tam, 58, was a revolutionary leader in Indo-China's war against the French. But after independence in 1954, he grew increasingly disenchanted with the authoritarian rule of South Viet Nam's President Ngo Dinh Diem. Fortnight ago, Diem's government charged Tam and 34 others with treason by conspiring to overthrow the President in an abortive coup attempt in November 1960. It was just two days before the scheduled trial that Tam committed suicide, and he explained why in a note he left behind. "The arrest and trial of all nationalist opponents of the regime...
...Hiltons in Paris, one at Montreal airport, and others in Brussels, Honolulu, Tel Aviv, Guadalajara, Rabat, Mayagüez, Tunis, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Worcester, Mass., and Washington, D.C. Soon to be started are hotels in Curaçao, Cyprus, Addis Ababa, Dublin, Manila, Caracas, Barbados, St. Paul and Kuwait. Fortnight ago, Hilton added the Dorado Riviera in Puerto Rico to his empire, and last week he took over the Arawak in Jamaica...
...expect the transplanted lung to survive indefinitely. He hoped that before the graft was rejected it would be a crutch to help Russell's right lung recover. In fact, the surgeons were delighted to find that the transplanted lung worked with more than 98% of normal efficiency. Fortnight ago, Russell's kidney disease killed him. But in the last 18 days of his life, he had helped to make medical history...
...past fortnight some kind of desegregation has taken place in 98 Southern cities-and predominantly business groups have done most of the local nudging. Says Birmingham Real Estate Man William P. Engel: "You cannot depend on the politicians or the extremists. The businessman must take the leadership...
...this week's issue he will find them all, including a cover story on the Pope, written by Religion Editor John Elson and based on voluminous research filed from Rome by Bureau Chief Robert E. Jackson and Vatican Correspondent Robert B. Kaiser, who fortnight ago was honored for the "best magazine reporting of foreign affairs" by the Overseas Press Club in New York. Along with these main stories are special reports growing out of the news-a guide to the major Negro organizations battling for civil rights, and a closer look at what Britain's Labor Party would...