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...spread his charges far and wide. "There," roared the boss, "sits [Nikifor] Kalchenko, member of the Central Committee, member of the Supreme Soviet, chairman of the council of ministers of the great Ukrainian republic, and sheds water like a duck as if nothing has happened. He has caused great harm to the economy of the great republic." The Central Committee agreed that it was everybody's fault but Nikita's, and sternly resolved to expel from the party all those who dreamed up fake figures to conceal the shortfall...
...Cuba, the Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier found Kennedy's silence "cause for apprehension," the Christian Science Monitor's William Stringer found it "traditional behavior," and the Boston Herald found it reprehensible: "An endorsement by him of the President's Cuban stand would have done him no harm and would have greatly strengthened the country's position...
...Good a Cure? Some Canadians wonder whether the cure might not be worse than the disease. Alberta Premier Ernest Manning charges the federal government with "catering to a small element of bigoted nationalists" in a way that could only bring harm to the Canadian economy. Many businessmen, particularly oilmen, who need big chunks of investment capital, argue that Canadians do not have the funds to finance major projects themselves. Calgary's Oilweek trade bible cited as a typical case a nearly completed, $90 million financing by Canadian-owned Alberta Gas Trunk Line Co. Ltd. for a pipeline-gathering system...
...roared "Vive De Gaulle!" Moslem women tried to kiss his hand. A small Moslem boy gave De Gaulle everything he had-his sodden luncheon sandwich. For nearly a quarter of an hour, De Gaulle was literally lost in a sea of grinning, cheering faces. To make sure no harm could come to him, the Moslems formed a compact mass and escorted De Gaulle back to his car, where his bodyguards were waiting, pale with apprehension. Said a tough French general: "It was one of the most moving things I have ever seen...
...that he had formed a "temporary military government." Vientiane Radio told little of what else went on, but gave its listeners some inscrutably Oriental advice on how to carry on under the circumstances: "Do not bruise lotus blossoms; do not muddy clear waters; do not anger frogs; do not harm little frogs...