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...Algerian war has brought out some of the least attractive free world characters: General Salan and Colonel Gardes, Colonel Leroy, Pierre Lagaillarde, and dozens of others. If I had the choice, I would rather be at the mercy of Nikita Khrushchev than that of Colonel Gardes or Pierre Lagaillarde. There must be many others who think the same...
...S.A.O. last week finally located the secret barbouze headquarters. It was a modern villa called Bel Air, set among the olive and palm trees on the heights of Algiers. The head barbouze was identified as Colonel Jean Leroy, 50, a veteran paratroop officer and guerrilla leader who is half French, half Vietnamese. In Paris last fall, Leroy accepted a commission from De Gaulle's government to form a 100-man underground police force to fight the S.A.O. with its own terror tactics...
...Leroy Was Here. Shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve, an S.A.O. detachment opened fire on Villa Bel Air with bazookas and machine guns. Leroy's men replied with automatic arms and hand grenades. Fleeing, the attackers left behind them one dead S.A.O. terrorist under a bush. He was the first open battle casualty of the S.A.O., and is already being hailed among ultras as the No. 1 martyr of Algérie Française. Colonel Leroy, keeping his own casualties secret, moved out next night to another secret headquarters...
...American Negroes have their own case to present: to them, the Africans sometimes seem deliberately aloof. Says LeRoy Bolden, a Negro who was an All-America halfback at Michigan State in 1953 and is now doing research at Stanford: "Most of these Africans are high ranking, chiefs' sons or others with the contacts needed to line up an American education. They want to identify themselves with the group on top-and that's not us. Try calling one a Negro. Chances are he'll correct you by saying 'I'm an African...
Princeton's control of the game ended with the half. The Crimson took the opening kick-off in the third quarter and promptly marched to a TD. Tink LeRoy climaxed the drive with a 12-yard gain off tackle. John Hartramft kicked the point...