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...Gasperi: "On my taking office . . . my first affectionate, devout and admiring thought goes to you." He made a personal trip out the New Appian Way to a convent where resides frail Don Luigi Sturzo, the aged priest who founded the Christian Democrat Party, was once Scelba's mentor (see box). Though Scelba was unable to persuade the last two Premiers (Amintore Fanfani and Giuseppe Pella) to serve in his cabinet, Attilio Piccioni, a right-winger, agreed to stay on as Foreign Minister. Scelba decided to be his own Interior Minister, a job he had for six years...
...Gasperi's government as the brilliantly successful keeper of the budget. But Giuseppe Pella had no political organization of his own, no party faction behind him. The party did not choose him to be Premier. It was not even consulted in advance. Pella's old friend and mentor, President Luigi Einaudi, tapped Pella because he merely wanted someone to govern as a caretaker while the Christian Democrats settled among themselves on a more permanent Premier...
Columbia football mentor Lou Little, chairman of the Coaches' Rules Committee, with the close of the season mailed out the annual questionnaires to the nation's coaches concerning regulation changes; and despite the recent hubbub about fate injuries, by far the major issue is the substitution rule...
...Crimson mentor is also opposed to any modification in the present system. As Little stated, "There's some talk of modifying the rule to permit a specialist--such as an extra-point kicker or a punter--to go in at any time...
Jordan left the field on the shoulders of his team. If the teams were midwestern instead of Ivy League, his rival mentor might well have left the Bowl riding an alumni rail. Both coaches faced a barrage of post-game questions, but two other queries were more pertinent...