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...rebellions go these days, the one against King Mahendra does not amount to much-in three months' fighting there have been scarcely a dozen casualties. But its consequences could be grave for all Asia, and it has already brought the power of Communist China nearer the heart of the Indian subcontinent. TIME Correspondent Charles Mohr last week reported that King Mahendra is dangerously close to invoking the aid of Red China in his conflict with the Indian-backed rebels against his regime...
...forebearing of his critics: "I believe that there is an area of discussion, persuasion, argument; that this is legitimate; that out of this thoughtful, intelligent, moderate, tolerant discussion we will get nearer to the truth...
...only is it an intimate glimpse of the President, but also a grim reminder of the immense burdens that rest upon his shoulders in his great task of guiding the world farther away from mankind's final tragedy and nearer to his greatest triumph-bringing peace to all men of all nations...
...opening day draws nearer, the fair's fathers plan to put the laboring force on a round-the-clock, three-shift schedule. Says a fair official: "Everything will be completed by opening day. There may be some wet paint, but we'll be ready...
...church was organized in 1789 for Church of England families living in Cambridge, who had no church nearer than King's Chapel, Boston. Its first missionary was the Rev. East Apthorp, whose house on Plympton St., was so close to the doors of Harvard College that alarm and antagonism among Puritans forced Apthorp's resignation and return to England...