Word: restorationism
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>Proclaimed amnesty (and thus restoration of civil rights) for 1,523 violators of the wartime Selective Service Act. Still unpardoned: some 13,600 violators. On Christmas Day, 16 of those still unpardoned put on mock prison stripes and picketed the White House for two hours, demanding amnesty for all.
Died. Count Antal Sigray, 68, longtime campaigner for the restoration of the Habsburg monarchy, wartime concentration camp prisoner of the Nazis; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan. Jailed briefly in 1921 after a Graustarkian attempt to restore Emperor Charles to the throne, the count preserved the opera bouffe flavor of...
"Until [there is a] restoration of a healthy European community, it does not appear possible that paper agreements can assure a lasting peace. Agreements between sovereign states are generally the reflection and not the cause of genuine settlements. . . .
"The Soviet Union has recognized the situation in its frank declaration of hostility and opposition to the European recovery program. . . . The issue is really clear cut, and I fear there can be no settlement until the coming months demonstrate whether or not the civilization of Western Europe will prove vigorous...
Died. Anthony William Hall, 53, village police inspector, pretender to the throne of Britain as King Anthony I (he claimed direct descent from Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn); of a heart ailment; in Little Dewchurch, England. Hall, who leaves no heir (his older brother Don, once renounced all claims to...