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Gamal Abdel Nasser's talent for spreading subversion in the Middle East is equaled only by his instinct for sniffing out subversion at home. That instinct has never been keener. Last week his courts sentenced 93 plotters for trying to beat Nasser at his own game...
...powerful 500,000-member Moslem Brotherhood, a group of religious fanatics who want to ban all liquor, movie theaters and female education and live strictly by the Koran. Twelve years ago, six of its leaders were tried and executed and thousands more jailed after an attempt on Nasser's life. But by 1960, many of the members had served their terms and were plotting more mischief. One group specialized in making bombs. Another in power-station sabotage. Another in arms smuggling. After years of planning, a new assassination plot was arranged for July 1965, during the regime...
...Nasser agents got wind of the plot and ordered another massive roundup. Last week, after a four-month trial, seven of their leaders were ordered executed, another 85 will go to jail for terms ranging from one year to life...
...National Distillers Convention in Chicago, the next a small club date in New York State. The routines are generally just that. Working in his own custom-designed U.S.O. uniform, he bats out long, involved stories or one-liners ("I look at Jayne Mansfield and think, 'If only Nasser had them for tonsils'"). Then he winds up telling about his U.S.O. tours and plugs the Administration's Viet Nam policy...
Second Highest. Nervous at Feisal's maneuvering, Nasser decided that it was time to grab back the initiative. In an angry broadcast three weeks ago, Egypt's leader called for an "indefinite postponement" of the Algiers summit, declaring: "We cannot sit side by side with reactionary elements." That seemed to kill any chance of a summit. Then last week, Feisal announced that Saudi Arabia would not go along with postponement. "More than ever before," said Feisal, "there is dire necessity for Arab summit conferences, in order to unify the Arab effort." Moreover, said Feisal, his country, which...