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...most powerful force in the A.L.N. is former Army Chief of Staff Colonel Houari Boumedienne, 37, a gaunt, chainsmoking ascetic who wears no insignia on his ill-fitting khaki uniform. One of the best-educated men in the F.L.N., Boumedienne attended the two finest Moslem universities, al-Azhar in Cairo and Zi-touna in Tunis, is the editor of a military review. El Djiech (The Army). At present, Boumedienne backs Ben Bella, but he wants to make the army the backbone of the Algerian nation. Boumedienne opposes close economic ties with France as a form of-"neo-colonialism," is against...
...window of St. Clair's in Brattle Square, there are 26 stuffed baby ducklings, each bearing splendid ribbons about its middle and the insignia, Made in Japan, neatly plastered to the webbing of one foot. I feel compelled to report this happy news...
...church belfry and rang the bells, but they could barely be heard. The demonstration went on for three hours, mounting in intensity as the crowd chanted "Down with Castro!" One Havana police captain wormed his way into the church, confronted Boza, then startled everyone by ripping off his insignia of rank and saying, "I am with you!" The crowd carried him outside on its shoulders. Soon several soldiers tossed down their Czech burp guns and joined the throng...
...fact, like the cars of a decade ago. Having found that buyers insist on all kinds of fancy extras (Chevy's 1961 Corvair got off to a slow start until the Monza model came out last year with bucket seats, extra chrome, luxurious interior fittings and prestige insignia), the pizazz experts are following the trend in most models and providing the whole gamut of sporty touches except for helmets and goggles. And, depending on the model and the price, all the companies are engineering changes that will per mit longer intervals between radiator flushes, grease jobs and oil changes...
...GENERAL MOTORS. Chevrolet's Impala and Bel Air, the standard models of the line, are unchanged in basic dimensions, have new, squared-off silhouettes. Similarly, the Corvair-still the only U.S. car with a rear engine-has only a new insignia and a little more ornamentation; contrary to widespread gossip, there will be no Corvair convertible for the fall. Chevy's intermediate (110-in. wheelbase and 183-in. overall length), will have single headlights, sculptured side, horizontal bars on the grille and a squared-off back fender. A pizazz version will get the bucket-seat treatment...