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General Maurice Challe, 54, short and stocky, is De Gaulle's military chief in Algeria. A longtime Gaullist and holder of the coveted Compagnon de la Libération Medal, Challe introduced new aggressive tactics in carrying the fight to the rebel F.L.N. by hard-driving incursions into the mountain areas where they had long been supreme. Born in Vaucluse, a graduate of St. Cyr, the French West Point, he was a general staff officer when war broke out in 1939. After the French collapse, Challe entered the Resistance and is credited with sending Eisenhower's headquarters...
...Resettled. In Akbet Jaber's modern, whitewashed UNRWA food dispensary, refugees with ration cards line up once a month for issues of flour, sugar and rice equal to 1,600 calories daily. So desirable are the ration cards that a brisk black-market trade has their current market value at $430 apiece. Because of this, no one ever dies in Akbet Jaber or in any Arab refugee camp, or at least deaths are not reported, and the deceased's card is not surrendered. As a result, an estimated 300,000 card carriers are not refugees...
...major surgery (for a gastric ulcer) in New York. Now the headline writers seemed engaged in a macabre watch. "Piaf suffers and refuses to capitulate," cried Paris-Journal. "Piaf falling like Moliere on the planks of the provincial coliseum*-that was worth the trip," blared the daily Libération. France-Dimanche quoted the singer herself: "When the door closes on my last pal, when I find myself once more alone at home, I want to die like an animal...
When Rogers reached 40,000 ft., he leveled off, and a ground radar guided him toward the 18 km. (eleven mile) course that is specified by the F.A.I. (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) in Paris. He lit the afterburner and opened the fuel control to the limit. Quickly, the ship accelerated past Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound). The F.A.I, specifies that an airplane trying for a straightaway, level-flight record must not climb or dive more than 164 ft. over the course. To respect these narrow limits at better than 1,500 m.p.h...
...apostle of honey and vinegar are unclear. He writes of having observed farm animals cure themselves of illnesses by resting, fasting and eating herbs, but stops short of crediting them with the manufacture of vinegar. Yet he says a dose of vinegar added to a cow's ration guarantees that her calf will be born robust, well furred, and with such inherited smartness that it will take water from a pail without teaching. By extension from animal to human husbandry, Jarvis contends that if a pregnant woman adds honey and vinegar to a well-balanced diet, her baby will...