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...architect Ribart de Cham-oust proposed the construction of a colossal, 300-ft.-high elephant whose trunk would send forth an immense jet of water to irrigate surrounding gardens. The elephant would contain a restaurant and ballroom and be surmounted by a gigantic statue of King Louis XV. The proposal was rejected, as were others to construct a white marble obelisk or an enormous sundial there. It was Napoleon who conceived the massive Arc de Triomphe in 1806 as a monument to the heroes of the French victory at Marengo. The arch was completed 30 years later during the reign...
...police powers under Canada's 1914 War Measures Act, which had never before been used in time of peace. If Trudeau was tough, the F.L.Q. terrorists were barbaric. They strangled Laporte, apparently by twisting a thin gold chain he wore around his neck, then stuffed his body in the trunk...
...FINE balance between film and stage action used conjointly in Zone 2 is lost in Zone 3, "The Frontier." Here, the one-time deserter is shown as an old man, a famous general named Chestnut. Propped in an army trunk, he seems likely to die any minute and the comic foils around him-and Army press agent, his wife, his girlguide daughters "One-Eyes," "Two-Eyes" and "Three-Eyes" -play no logical role in this moral crisis. Perhaps, if only for that perverse reason, they are more interesting than General Chestnut himself. The old Man guffaws, clutches his chest...
...message from the terrorists declaring: "In the face of the arrogance of the federal government, we have decided to move into action." With the message was a map that led authorities to a parked taxicab in the Montreal suburb of St. Hubert. In the cab's trunk was the blood-covered body of Pierre Laporte, 49, Quebec's Labor Minister. He had been shot in the head. Still missing was James Cross, 49, British Trade Commissioner in Montreal. It was Cross who was first kidnaped two weeks ago when his maid unwittingly let two terrorists into his home...
Companies in many other industries are also hurting. Michigan's Kelsey-Hayes Co., which makes auto parts, has laid off 1,000 of its 5,000 workers. Uniroyal, the tire manufacturer, has let 1,900 employees go for the duration. The Grand Trunk Western Railroad has thinned out its work force by 600 men, and the Penn Central, with its largest single customer out of operation, has been affected "seriously" and cut back some of its operations. Several of the advertising agencies that handle G.M. accounts have decreed pay slashes. Chevrolet's agency, Campbell-Ewald, for instance...