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...reason: strong opposition. "We are being outvoted, outtalked, outspent and outworked by an alert, disciplined, politically astute opposition." Another reason, which rang jarringly in conservative ears: "We must get rid of the right-to-work tag pinned on our coattails." Still another: the Democrat-labor alliance. "Organized labor was able to put in one state [Maine] in behalf of opposition candidates more field men than the Republican Party had available nationally...
...abroad. Said he: "If this were still an aristocratic church, it would never have elected me." The "P.B." also told reporters that he hoped the Red Sox (he lived near Boston for a time) would win the American League pennant: "In St. Louis, when the Cardinals won, they rang the bells in the church tower. There is a connection there, you know." For other pronouncements by Bishop Lichtenberger, see RELIGION, New Presiding Bishop...
...capital city of Vientiane rang with rumors of a military coup; the Communists under Prince Souphanouvong called for a meeting of the National Assembly, hoping to capitalize on the growing chaos. But Premier Phoui (pronounced Pwee) Sananikone, 55 (TIME, Sept. 1), a muscular and quick-witted six-footer, was ready for them. Last August he had formed a government shorn of the two Communist ministers. He instituted a currency reform that allowed the Laotian kip to find its normal level of 80 to the dollar, and he brought a halt to the scandalous abuse...
When his turn came, Despaigne was allowed to write a note to his son, smoke a final cigarette and-to show his scorn and nerve-to shout the order for his own execution. On a hill overlooking the range, a crowd gathered and cheered as each volley rang out. "Kill them, kill them," the spectators bellowed. As the death toll reached 52 and the pit was halfway full, one rebel muttered: "Get it over quickly. I have a pain in my soul...
...retired to the new palace at Tampaksiring, where at sunset maidens splash naked in Roman-style baths beneath Sukarno's windows. With food and music furnished by Sukarno, champagne and slivovitz brought in off Tito's ocean-going yacht Caleb (Seagull), the two Presidents and their wives rang in the New Year in memorable fashion. Dancers trampled the palace lawn with polkas and Partisan Kolo. At midnight Tito and Sukarno embraced and kissed. At dawn the revelers were dancing in their shirtsleeves. A rainstorm broke; they moved inside. Not until 7 a.m. did the party break...