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...King, or, what would be even worse ... has given the right advice, but has been unable to persuade the King to follow it." The government was defeated, 91 to 84, but, since it had not been defeated on a vote of confidence, refused to resign. The opposition thereupon walked out of Parliament, refused to return until after King George's funeral...
Since there had been no hearing, Eyring declared the dismissal illegal. Thereupon, the board about-faced, held a quick hearing, and fired him again. Eyring still refused to go, kept right on reporting to his office as before. Finally, President Hosford had him arrested for disturbing the peace and for disorderly conduct...
...second, better-organized attack followed the next afternoon. Tipped off, Waynick asked and got promises of strong police protection. A police detail appeared briefly, then left when all appeared quiet. Thereupon Father Florencio Alvarez, a local priest, led his most ardent parishioners down the steep cobblestone street from a hilltop slum behind the chapel. The marchers carried banners proclaiming "Colombia is Catholic" and "We Will Not Be Robbed of Our Religion." Some of them also heaved stones. Halting directly before the church door, Father Alvarez thanked his followers for their "protestation of faith" and denounced "Protestant millionaires from...
...soon as the government figured out its budget on the new exchange rate, it announced a deficit of $189 million. Economic Czar Boris Kidric thereupon cheekily told Parliament that "we have a moral right" to expect the West (i.e., the U.S.) to make it up, "because we are exposed to more difficulties than any other country in Europe today...
...students, professors and guests to say a few words about himself and his successor. "It seems symbolic to me," said he, "that a rector who was refused a teaching position by the Nazis in 1933 is succeeded by a rector who was dismissed by the Nazis in 1933." Thereupon, anti-Nazi Ernst Friesenhahn, who will return to teaching law, took off his crimson cap and gown, handed the symbols of his office to anti-Nazi Werner Richter...