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...last week Indonesians as well as outsiders were in confusion. Why, they asked, did the three pilots flying with Mauker not try to shoot him down? Was Lieut. Mauker sane and a conspirator, or was he out of his mind? Sukarno appeared to take the assassination attempt in stride, just as he had the last one in 1957, when five grenades were hurled at him, killing ten bystanders but leaving the President unscathed...
...HASHEMITES, AND IN DOING SO, I AM REMEMBERING THE PAST AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE. I AM CERTAIN WE HAVE BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE NEEDED, BECAUSE WE ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERYTHING ARAB. SOME OF US MAY FALL, SOME MAY DIE. THIS WE TAKE IN OUR STRIDE BECAUSE IT IS PART OF OUR DUTY TO THE ARAB PEOPLE, OUR PEOPLE. YET WE WILL SURVIVE AS LONG AS ARABISM SURVIVES. WE WERE BORN WITH THE ARAB CAUSE: ITS HISTORY HAS BEEN OUR HISTORY. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE BEEN AND ALWAYS SHALL BE THE DEVOTED SERVANTS OF THE NOBLE...
...opposition Labor Party denounced the French. Unlike Red China ("a defiance of world opinion") and East Germany ("an atomic crime!"), the Soviet Union merely expressed its "regret" in tones that indicated more sorrow than anger. On a visit to India, Red Boss Nikita Khrushchev took the Sahara detonation in stride, remarked casually that he still believed "France and President de Gaulle also want a relaxation in tensions...
...times broken four minutes (Burleson's best: 4:06.7). At the gun, Burleson was content to stay back in the pack. As he ran, he gulped cheekfuls of air (see cut) gently exhaling them in a fashion he claims helps his rhythm. He loafed along with his smooth stride until the last lap. Then, with a dashman's acceleration, Burleson snatched the lead from George Larson, his Oregon teammate, flashed across the line in a creditable 4:06 while the gasping Waern finally finished in fourth place...
...building with which Rudolph feels he really hit his stride is the new $1,100,000 Sarasota (Fla.) High School. "A school should be a real expression of what the community thinks," he says, "not an overgrown cottage or a motel...