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Long active in state politics. Abernethy committed his major sin last May when he keynoted a meeting of the Democrats of Texas, a new liberal faction of the state Democratic Party. He bluntly charged that the followers of Shivers and Daniel had tried to suppress the liberals by refusing to grant their delegates official status at the 1956 state convention. "We insist," said he. "that there must be no more rigging and stealing control of Democratic Party conventions by cynical and ruthless political manipulation." In spite of his political activities, Abernethy has never been known to propagandize on campus...
...with Britain in Cyprus, the French in Algeria are trying to create a favorable atmosphere for negotiations by ending violence, although the very methods which suppress violence serve to perpetuate hatreds. The Algerian situation is complicated by the presence of 1,000,000 European residents in a nation of 10 million; they are Frenchmen who have made Algeria their home, done much to develop it as a country. If there had been a proportionate number of British in India when the British pulled out in 1947, it would have been necessary to evacuate or leave behind 34 million people...
...champions. There is young (30) Marquis Hubert Taffin de Givenchy, a gangling giant (6 ft. 7 in.) with a title more than four centuries old, whose gambit is daring colors and bizarre fabrics. In the Rue Cambon, Coco Chanel has staged a comeback with soft, clinging suits that suppress the bosom ("Madame Chanel doesn't like it-since 30 years, she doesn't like it"). At Lanvin-Castillo, the place where Parisiennes used to go if they wanted to be sure they would not be mistaken for Americans, Designer Antonio Castillo made a hit last month with...
...reporter (Ethiopia, Spain, Italy) of the New York Times. In a series of three articles this week, Herb Matthews, now a Times editorial writer, told how he crossed the battle lines, described the rebels' guerrilla life, and firmly concluded that Strongman Fulgencio Batista "cannot possibly hope to suppress the Castro revolt...
...guilty conscience of the governing elements, knowing themselves to be isolated from all popular support and in the midst of growing hostility, led them to suppress all attempts to express this sincere and general feeling. The order was given to put a quick end to the political manifestation springing from the student body. And the "forces of order," tommy guns in hand, entered the confines of the university, striking the students with the butts of their guns, forcing them to retreat into the classrooms (several students, fleeing the police, were able to take refuge in a class for foreign students...