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From the moment of its inception, the U.S. Peace Corps, for all its laudable aims, was bound to run into trouble sooner or later. As it turned out, that trouble came sooner: last week, just 20 days after the first Peace Corps volunteers arrived in Ibadan. Nigeria, a raucous ruckus was raised by a postcard written by a girl from Foxboro, Mass...
...Quadros hoped by resigning to raise a hue and cry in the streets to demand his return, free of chafing congressional restrictions, he misjudged his people. There was surprisingly little ruckus, and by the time he boarded the Uruguay Star in Santos, Brazil's eyes were on the chaos he had created. Only newsmen and a few curious bystanders stood at dockside to watch him go. Enigmatic and emotional as ever, he told the reporters, "They are forcing me out. I will return." As he mounted the gangplank and the lines were dropped, he shook with sobs...
...questionable" technique. But most track officials agree with Coach Winter that Sprinter Johnson's starts are perfectly proper. "There's nothing remotely illegal about Dennis' start." says Winter. "The only sin he's committed is to run 9.3." Johnson himself is unconcerned by the ruckus. "I've never had any complaint, not even a black look," he says, "from any of the guys I've raced against. All I get from them are congratulations...
...themselves. These sensations have made La Dolce Vita, in one season, one of the most profitable pictures ever produced (world gross to date: $20 million). Released now in the U.S. for ten-a-week, reserved-seat showings at special prices ($1.50-$3.50), the film will undoubtedly raise another ruckus and bank another fortune. Advance sales are crowding...
...blames Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bill Fulbright for prematurely leaking the ambassadorial appointments lists to the New York Times. Fulbright was an early Kennedy choice for Secretary of State before he was shot down as a segregationist. One result of the leak was to stir up a newspaper ruckus over controversial appointments before approval had been received from the foreign ministries. Principal victim: the Kennedy family's close Palm Beach friend. ex-Cuban Ambassador Earl Smith, who was politely blackballed by the Swiss government (TIME, March...