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...than 2,000 covers, achieved their goal in 1958 with a letter simply sent to "John Gunther, Inside New York." But their hobby has exposed them to many unanticipated hazards. British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (1945, 1950, 1954) held out until the Lawrences sent him money for postage, Mahatma Gandhi (five-time cover subject) until they donated 10 rupees (then $3.32) to the Indian poor. After the Lawrences wrote to the King of Belgium (1949), the King's administrators contacted the U.S. State Department, and the Lawrences were checked by the FBI. President Miguel Alemán of Mexico...
...election explodes in violence and creates problems for Indira Gandhi...
...subcontinent seen such ghastly scenes of horror. After four years of festering protest and a month of mounting violence, India's oil-rich state of Assam exploded in a paroxysm of communal and religious hatred. In the turbulence touched off by opposition to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's decision to hold state elections, some 3,000 people were believed to have been killed, and Indian officials said that 100,000 others had been left homeless by rampaging arsonists who burned entire villages. As Mrs. Gandhi rushed in three battalions of army troops to bring order to the troubled...
After a tour of the state last week, Prime Minister Gandhi returned to speak before a hushed session of Parliament. "I've seen the agony of Assam," she said. "My heart is filled with sorrow for all those who died." She defended her decision to hold the elections and made a strong appeal for unity to those who had criticized it. "The importance of the country's integrity and independence is higher than any movement, or any of us," she said. "To permit a few their way is to see the country torn apart...
Under India's constitution, Mrs. Gandhi had no recourse but to hold elections. After Assamese dissidents brought down the state government, New Delhi imposed direct rule over the state last March. But the constitutional limit on such a "President's rule" is one year, and the March 19 deadline was fast nearing. Mrs. Gandhi said she approached the political opposition for support in passing a constitutional amendment that would extend the deadline but did not receive it. The opposition's cooperation would have been necessary because Mrs. Gandhi's own ruling Congress (I) Party does...