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...every 100 with a definite religious background. Explanations of the lack of interest seem to vary with the denomination but have little to do with the state of the United Ministry. "I think the religious doubts start in high school, long before students get here," speculates the Rev. Rene O. Bideaux of the Methodist Church, "They have them when they get off the bus." The Rev. Ernst E. Klein of the Baptist Church claims that "many students will not give us a chance because they are running from the Baptist Church in Pumpkin Corners. Iowa...
...When Rene Verdon quit in a Gallic huff last month as White House chef, Lady Bird Johnson had already lined up his successor: Henri Haller, 43, Swiss-born executive chef at New York City's Sheraton-East Hotel, better known to gourmets as the old Ambassador (and soon to be torn down for an office building). By last week Haller's security clearance was in, and the White House announced his appointment. He was immediately enmeshed in the big blender of bureaucracy. The White House handout changed his first name to plain old Henry, and Liz Carpenter, Lady...
...Associated Press Managing Editor Rene Cappon was not ready to let the story drop. He suspected that there might be more to tell, and he was a conscientious enough journalist to put a routine note in his "futures file" as a reminder to check up on Negrón early in 1966. The transit strike finally out of the way, an A.P. reporter made a call to Negrón. Cappon quickly learned that he had another big story...
Last week the official most directly concerned told the U.N. General Assembly that massive drives against illiteracy have tended to spread money and effort too thinly, thus failing to concentrate on those people most eager to learn. Rene Maheu, an ever-optimistic former French philosophy professor and now Director General of UNESCO, reported on "a turning point in the struggle against illiteracy," whereby in 1966 UNESCO will organize at least eight pilot projects stressing selectivity. The United Nations Special Fund is expected to contribute $24 million to the program. The new African state of Mali, for example, wants to make...
...Nickel is backed by some powerful forces. While the Cuban deal was being negotiated, the company's boss was Chairman Rene Mayer, who retired to the post of honorary chairman in January. The company is subsidized by the French government and controlled by the French Rothschilds, who are particularly close to Prime Minister Georges Pompidou, formerly the chief aide to Guy de Rothschild. Last month Guy de Rothschild and his brothers, owners of 10.6% of Le Nickel through several companies, carried out a complex exchange of stock to give them firmer control...