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...delegation of U.N. officers went to see President Moise Tshombe, who between dawn and breakfast suddenly found himself deprived of most of his army's officer corps. Only a fortnight ago, Tshombe vowed to fight "unto death" any U.N. interference in his province. After listening to the delegation's tough talk, Tshombe meekly went on the air to appeal for calm. "The government bows to the decisions of the U.N.,'' he said. Then he took to his bed with a "mild heart attack...
...long-range solution is to widen the federation to include the British-run territories of Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo, whose predominantly non-Chinese populations would offset Singapore's Chinese, many of whom are openly proCommunist. But Lee, who has lost two by-elections in recent months, fortnight ago rushed to Kuala Lumpur to argue that his situation was deteriorating, and he cannot afford to wait until the Borneo territories make up their minds. Lee Kuan Yew returned to Singapore with Abdul Rahman's agreement "in principle" to a merger, with Singapore retaining local control of education...
...covered page after page with notations for new designs while firing up a forest of matches to keep his ever present pipe alight. His office was full of new commissions (among them: the new CBS building near Rockefeller Center), and when he entered the University of Michigan Hospital a fortnight ago, he had been planning to pick up an honorary degree from the Technical Institute of Hannover, an award held by only five living men. The doctors' diagnosis was brain tumor; they operated, but the case was hopeless...
Reuther's position had undeniably been strengthened by the nation's improved economic condition. But the chief reason for his aggressiveness was his success fortnight ago in isolating American Motors and concluding with it a new three-year contract that included profit sharing (TIME. Sept. 1). Last week, as he settled down for intensive bargaining with G.M. Chief Negotiator Louis Seaton, Reuther demanded that G.M. match the American Motors agreement...
Tireless is the word for Showman Billy Rose. Fortnight ago, acting as head of the fine arts committee for Israel's new Jerusalem Museum of Art, he announced that he had persuaded U.S. Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz to bequeath 300 original plasters to the museum.* Last week he announced another coup. While lunching in London a month ago, he said, he asked the widow of Sculptor Jacob Epstein just what her U.S.-born husband would have done with his 200-odd original plasters had he known that Rose was gathering works for the ambitious museum in Israel. "Give them...