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...than an absolute restriction to enforce in all cases. And many government and private agencies went ahead with campaigns to limit population. But Pope Paul is not so easily contradicted. Now. acting through his Secretary of State, Jean Cardinal Villot, 65, he has begun a quiet counterattack, attempting to marshal Catholic forces against all official programs, national or international, that propagate artificial contraception...
...over the past five years, and 100,000 jobs at U.S. bases. At present, the U.S. is reducing its 48,000-man force by nearly a third. Among the many losers: Tommy Tours Agency, headed by a former Burmese air force chief and the wife of a Thai air marshal; the firm handled all American R. and R. trade under a monopoly arrangement with the Bangkok government...
...FOURTEEN students receive bachelor's degrees in Harvard's three-hundred-thirty-fifth Commencement Exercises. Honorary degree goes to Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky "for his dedicated statesmanship, open-hearted humanitarianism, and distinguished service in the Armed Forces of the United States." Stephen J. Kelman '70, Swedish meatball for the Boston Globe, is invited back for the second consecutive year to deliver the Pig Latin Oration on "The Ythmay of Expressionary," In his swearing-in ceremony, Harvard's new president comments...
Died. Field Marshal Viscount Slim, 79, leader of the "forgotten army" that liberated Burma from the Japanese in World War II; of a stroke; in London. Low on the priority list for supplies and troop replacements, Slim's 800,000-man force often went to battle as lightly armed as guerrillas. The struggle went on for more than three years until May 1945, when the polyglot army of Indians, Nepalese, Africans and Britons captured the port of Rangoon, virtually ending the Burma campaign...
Elite Electorate. If Pakistan was slow to adopt the vote, it was because of the turmoil that has embroiled the nation for all of its 23 years. Until 1958, Parliaments were indirectly elected. After Field Marshal Mohammed Ayub Khan seized power in that year, an elite electorate of village leaders and landowners, eventually numbering 120,000, was selected to choose a National Assembly. Nearly two years ago, Ayub stepped down amidst bloody rioting as Pakistanis demanded basic social reforms such as a popularly elected parliament and an improved educational system...