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Over the Chasm. It is not at all certain that the 26 million Italians who vote next fortnight will give Alcide de Gasperi a chance to continue his job. Since 1948 the De Gasperi alliance has held 63% of the seats in Italy's lower house. But in municipal and other contests since, it has showed considerable losses of strength...
...largest party (85 seats) in the National Assembly, De Gaulle announced that henceforth his party members will act "in their individual capacity ... in the games, the poisons and the delights of the system." Reason: declining public support, culminating in the party's defeat at the municipal elections a fortnight...
...some of the testimony against Jersey Democrats turned up during recent investigations into waterfront crime. But its effect was damaging. Republican Organization Candidate Paul L. Troast-chairman of the commission which built the famed Jersey Turnpike-got the G.O.P. nomination by only a comparatively small majority in last fortnight's gubernatorial primary. Troast was opposed by a large, impressive protest vote which may swing over to his Democratic rival in the autumn. But was corruption the burning issue in corruption-scarred New Jersey during the primary campaign? Indeed not. The burning issue was bingo-which was banned because...
Invercargill (pop. 31,613), N.Z. has rocked since January with news of the holes in one shot by Mrs. Frank Small, a 61-year-old grandmother who plays in the upper-90s. When she shot No. 7 fortnight ago (TIME, April 27), the argument boiled stronger than ever. Skeptics insisted her string of luck was incredible, that there must be some undiscovered explanation. But the greens on Invercargill's course are not built like funnels; other golfers have not been duplicating Mrs. Small's feats. Moreover, there had been witnesses to all seven of her holes...
...when President E. E. Oberholtzer retired, everyone at Houston seemed agreed on his successor. Kemmerer was made acting president and later president. His formal inauguration was all set for this month. Then, one morning last fortnight, the board of regents summoned him. He was too blunt, too fast, said the regents. They wanted his resignation...