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...result of the program the number of students attending Columbia College will increase from 2,500 to between 3,500 and 4,000 "within the shortest possible time." The proposed increase is based on "the judgment of the faculty of the college that the college need not remain small...
...inspection tour through the tall cane country outside Havana, Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro, 33, decided to limber up his strong arm, took over pitching chores in a sandlot baseball game, carelessly allowed a runner to steal second. The incensed pitcher imperiously motioned the man back to first, delivered the shortest oration of his reign. "In the revolution," cried Castro, "stealing is not permitted-even in baseball...
...designers think they know. They have replaced belts with sashes, bared arms and necks, lowered hiplines, emphasized the bloused dress and overblouse. Skirts, which have been rising steadily, will be the shortest in years. Many dresses will be full in front, have slashed pockets for the casual look. Designers are going all out for the culotte (which Norman Norell made fashionable), this spring will present it in everything from boyish pant-skirts to evening dresses. The big coat has been slowly coming back, and Originala, one of the top U.S. coat houses, hopes to make its capelike coat the trend...
...even aid Nixon in November. Sen. Saltonstall and John Volpe, the GOP candidate for Governor, met Nixon at the airport. Saltonstall and Nixon posed for a picture with arms slung over each other's shoulders, while Volpe, who could go down in history as the Commonwealth's shortest Governor, jumped and craned his neck behind them. Both Saltonstall and Volpe had their hands full as the motorcade passed through the downtown shopping district...
...Robert H. Thayer, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, said in Monday night's open session. Congress should de-emphasize immediately tangible goals, he urged; rather it should "persuade citizens of recently-formed independent countries to take the soundest route to financial and cultural security, not necessarily the shortest route...