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Dienbienphu's commander, General Christian de Castries, took advantage of the lull to resurvey his battered position, and he decided that a couple of northwestern outposts were too exposed. He therefore abandoned these outposts under sharp Red fire and realigned most of his 12,000-man force inside one bristling, unbroken perimeter some 1 ½ miles in diameter, leaving only one strong point isolated three miles to the south. De Castries stiffened the new perimeter with fresh, air-dropped reinforcements-infantry volunteers with only a few hours' parachute instruction and no practice-and built up his ammunition stocks...
...Washington Water Power's President Kinsey Robinson, longtime foe of public power (TIME, March 30, 1953). Its five private-company members*; propose to spend $500 million on two big dams and power plants with a capacity of 533,000 kw. on the Clearwater River in northwestern Idaho. In line with the Administration's proposal that such big projects should get the help of the Federal Government when needed, the companies will ask the U.S. to pay such costs as highway construction and flood control...
...Crimson and the Elis will reach the final in the medley relay, but Ohio and Michigan will keep both from high places. Also Dick Cleveland from Ohio will prove that Yale's Kerry Donovan can't match a 21.9 clocking in the 50. In fact, Michigan's Don Hill, Northwestern's Al Kuhn, and Ohio's Tom Whiteletter may force Donovan far back...
Stevenson was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 1952. Before that, he served as Governor of Illinois. He graduated from Princeton University, and attended Harvard Law School. He received his law degree from Northwestern University...
...exhibition covers a great deal of ground, roughly the northwestern third of South America, and a vast extent of time-27 centuries ending with the Spanish conquest in 1534. It includes clay pots and statuettes of extraordinarily grotesque vigor, and others that are outstanding for their subtle realism. A hat and a wall-hanging made entirely of feathers brighten the display. There is a poncho with a checkerboard pattern, and many cloths so elaborately embroidered that the eye cannot be brought to unravel their designs. Rock crystal, jade, silver, ivory and turquoise jewelry conjure up court scenes of exotic splendor...