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...Youngish Reformers 0. The oldsters in the party caucus defeated several moves: to 1) set an age limit of 70 for committee chairmen; 2) restrict them to eight years of service; 3) elect a Northern liberal instead of a Southern conservative to the Ways and Means Committee; 4) oust one incumbent chairman. Yet the ferment itself indicated the changing tone in the tradition-minded House of Representatives; the seniority system is no longer sacrosanct...
...some cases, the superintendents in these Houses will crusade to oust the animals. Adams' J. V. Cogan has been quite persistent in all parts of Adams, including Claverly. One students complained to a friend the other day about being balled out by Cogan for keeping...
...season, is gaining in intensity. There the Communist forces, composed primarily of North Vietnamese regulars, plus some Viet Cong and Cambodian Khmer Rouge, are as determined as ever to isolate the capital of Phnom-Penh from the rest of the country and thus discredit or even oust the "salvation government" of Premier...
...architect Ribart de Cham-oust proposed the construction of a colossal, 300-ft.-high elephant whose trunk would send forth an immense jet of water to irrigate surrounding gardens. The elephant would contain a restaurant and ballroom and be surmounted by a gigantic statue of King Louis XV. The proposal was rejected, as were others to construct a white marble obelisk or an enormous sundial there. It was Napoleon who conceived the massive Arc de Triomphe in 1806 as a monument to the heroes of the French victory at Marengo. The arch was completed 30 years later during the reign...
...Rejects demands to oust President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem, but makes no mention of keeping Communists out of the government that would be created to supervise elections. Previously, Washington has said that all "peaceful" political elements can participate; that, of course, could be interpreted to exclude any Communists who didn't agree to a ceasefire...