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Counterthreat. Mendès got Bourguiba's endorsement of his plan. Then, in a bitter five-hour fight, Mendès pushed his Tunisia plan through to cabinet approval. Two Gaullist members-Defense Minister Pierre Koenig and Minister for Tunisian and Moroccan Affairs Christian Fouchet -feared a "sellout" and threatened to resign. "If you resign," snapped Mendès, "I resign." That counterthreat brought the dissidents into line...
...three strongly held conclusions: 1) French Premier Pierre Mendes-France, who won his office on his promise to end the war in Indo-China. appeared to be a peace-at-any-price man; 2) high-level participation in Geneva might put the U.S. in the position of approving a sellout to the Reds; 3) the French would probably expect the U.S. to fight in Indo-China if the peace efforts failed. Nevertheless, last week the firm decision was dramatically reversed. With a Godspeed from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet, Under Secretary of State Walter...
...Association's bid for the game--which is certain to be a sellout--carried with it a financial offer of $30,000. In addition, the national hookup would have made the game available to alumni across the nation...
...with Telemeter, and for 30 days set owners were offered such attractions as the Notre Dame v. U.S.C. football game and first-run movies (Forever Female, Here Come the Girls') simultaneously with their first showing in the local movie houses. First-run pictures (at $1.35) were an 80% sellout; all Telemeter programs drew an average "attendance" of 60%. Telemeters are now being installed in the test area (at a cost of $21.75 to the set owner) at the rate of 20 a week...
...with some friends, he organized a producing company and leased a tiny (299 seats) theater. Thanks to Critic Atkinson and encouraging reviews from other critics (the Herald Tribune's, Walter Kerr spoke of the show's "sensuous excitement . . . warm, intense, illuminating conviction"), the play is a bustling sellout...