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...eight hours of sleep every day, worked out on a slant board and an exercise bicycle, and gradually built his weight back up to 175 lbs. He turned most of the day-to-day operation of his enterprises over to subordinates, and made travel plans-a tour of the Orient, a safari in Africa, Carnival in Rio, New Year's in Monaco...
John Paton Davies Jr. was born in China, the son of U.S. missionary parents. He joined the Foreign Service in 1931, served largely in the Orient and advised General Joseph ("Vinegar Joe") Stilwell in Chungking during World War II. There, he criticized Chiang Kai-shek for battling Mao Tse-tung's Communists more ardently than their common enemy, the invading Japanese armies. That stand cost Davies his job. In 1953, Senator Joseph McCarthy named him as part of a group that "did so much toward delivering our Chinese friends into Communist hands...
...ever proved it, but maybe there is a fire on the other side. I feel that I've got to keep up the premiums, just in case. Second, I still feel that the church has a tremendous capacity to do good, if it can only orient itself to this era of history. It could be a positive factor in mankind's quest for survival. That's why I'm a little more patient with what seems at times to be a 13th century operation...
Some students on the committee feel that new elections should not be held until January, after the freshmen class has had a chance to orient to itself and after sophomores have been integrated into their house. However, one student member of the SFAC, Lawrence S.DiCara '71, has circulated a statement calling for elections to the body right away and the full committee will have to decide the matter at its session this afternoon...
UNICEF's principal role in the current crisis, Mrs. Williams said, has been gathering and shipping food. The freighter Orient Express, hired by UNICEF left Houston for Nigeria last week, loaded with the first large shipment of food for Nigeria-Biafra--5000 tons--she said...