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Private View. But in Election Year 1960, the Guggenheims are again airing their political differences. Fortnight ago, Editor Patterson again announced her support of Adlai, whom she has admired for more than 30 years and whom she accompanied on his 1957 tour of Africa. Stevenson, she wrote, is "the best possible candidate" by virtue of "his experience, his wisdom and his ability." Last week Guggenheim replied in a signed announcement opposite Newsday's editorial page. Republican Richard Nixon, he wrote, "should be nominated by the Republican Party and elected by all of the people...
...things go right," said strapping General Cemal Gursel, soon after the Turkish army seized power fortnight ago, "we hope to finish all this in a month. If we run into difficulties it might take three months." Last week, like many a military man before him, General Gursel was learning that ruling a nation is never that simple...
Though the new Premier was the personal choice of Laos' military strongman, General Phoumi Nosavan, he owed his job primarily to Red Prince Souphanouvong, the mustachioed Pathet Lao leader who jumped jail near Vientiane a fortnight ago and rejoined his comrades in the jungle. Facing the probable flareup of guerrilla activity, Laos' heavy-lidded politicians decided that desperate situations require desperate measures, even electing the best...
...Diet's Socialist minority solemnly vowed to resign en masse, a move that they hoped would simultaneously force immediate dissolution of the Diet and topple the government of Premier Nobusuke Kishi. To supplement these "parliamentary tactics," the Socialists screwed up to more frenzied pitch than ever their fortnight-old campaign of violent demonstrations against Kishi and the Eisenhower visit...
...time when mergers are all the talk, the New York Central Railroad has often ended up talking to itself. Fifteen months ago, the Central broke off merger talks with the Pennsylvania, the biggest U.S. railroad, after palavering for 14 months without agreement. Fortnight ago, after the Central had discussed merger for some months with the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Baltimore & Ohio Rail roads, the C. & 0. and the B. & O. an nounced that they plan to merge into the nation's second biggest line-and did not even mention the Central. Last week, with the prim-lipped hurt...