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...members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were unanimous in calling for immediate military action," Bobby writes. "When the President questioned what the response of the Russians might be, General LeMay assured him there would be no reaction." At a congressional briefing, Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright also preferred direct military action to "the weak step" of a blockade. As one of the principal debaters, U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson went to the other extreme, advocating appeasement of the Russians by abandoning the Guantánamo naval base in Cuba and dismantling missile sites in Turkey and Italy. Without elaboration, Bobby...
...Senate contests need not be looked on as outlets for the expression of anti-war sentiment only. Several candidates, like J. William Fulbright (Ark.) and Wayne Morse (Ore.), merit support despite erratic domestic records, and several others, like Leroy Collins (Fla.) and Birch Bayh (Ind.) merit the same despite weak Vietnam stands...
Plastic Mentality. Oldest of the guerrilla theaters is the Mime Troupe, founded in 1959 by Davis, who had studied mime in Paris on a Fulbright scholarship. Initially, he and his company of 23 performers-as with most of the guerrilla troupes, few have had any previous professional experience-specialized in silent, Chaplinesque skits. Despite its name, the troupe has since broken loudly into song and speech; and its repertory, performed around the country, includes Renaissance commedia dell'arte, Moliere farces and group-created modern morality plays with so much bawdry that the actors have been arrested by local authorities...
...Harvard a group of 25 former Fulbright scholars met Tuesday night and decided to try to gather signatures from across the country for a petition protesting the Congressional cuts...
...deadline for applications to programs in other parts of the world is October 21, but Fox said only "exceptional cases" will stand much chance of success. He was pessimistic that Fulbright money would be restored in the near future...