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...expert on Latin American economic development has been named to a chair in the School of Public Administration, and funds have been secured for a new chair of Latin American literature. These two moves to strengthen the study of Latin America here leave "just two or three more pieces to fall into place" before the University will have a strong program in that field, according to Dean Ford...
Village Kings. The conference with De Gaulle would probably strengthen Ben Bella against his own opposition at home. He could use some strengthening, for Algeria has been plagued with growing'unrest in recent weeks. Despairing of ever finding local jobs, thousands of Algerians leave each week to work in France. Armed rebel bands roam the Great Kabylia mountains, where trouble usually starts in Algeria, and attacks on police posts and government offices are mounting...
Even so, last week the government acted to strengthen its position by streamlining the army's regional commands from seven to five, re-emphasizing the authority of Colonel Boumedienne, and announcing that the long overdue F.L.N. party congress will be held in April and will be open even to some of the regime's opponents and critics. And the meeting with De Gaulle did no harm since, once independence was achieved, le grand Charles became a hero to Algerians because of his role in helping them achieve...
...Most Important Step." The President signed into law the tax-cut bill, 13 long months after Congress first took it up. "It is the single most important step that we have taken to strengthen our economy since World War II," Johnson told a nationwide television audience after the signing. When it goes into effect this week, he said, it will give U.S. consumers an extra $25 million a day to spend, and Lyndon urged them to spend it, by all means...
...University has launched a concerted effort to strengthen graduate and undergraduate studies in the area of linguistics, Calvert W. Watkins, Chairman of the Department of Linguistics, said yesterday...