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...political unrest, combined with Macias' increasingly anti-Spanish attitude, was enough to persuade more than 2,000 Spaniards to flee the country. According to Macias, Ibongo poisoned himself in prison, though some Spaniards maintain he was beaten to death in his cell. Spokesmen for Macias said Ndongo was being treated in a Bata hospital. The 260-man Spanish garrison still remains. Macias, after first ordering them to leave, seems to trust his own troops no longer...
...Unrest on college campuses is due in large part to very rapid technological and social change, Andrew W. Cordier, acting president of Columbia University, said at a press conference yesterday afternoon...
...College unrest demonstrates the need for responsive faculties who will engage in dialogue with students," Cordier said. "At Columbia," he added, "there are many such quiet negotiations, along with a policy of reconciliation...
Mead linked student unrest with its coverage by the media. "Everyone will get bored to death soon with student demonstrations. If T.V. gets bored, students will turn their attention to something else," she said...
Dangerous Game. If labor eventually settles for increases of 4% or so, the franc will probably squeeze through. Too many concessions by the government would force devaluation. Somehow, De Gaulle must be tough enough to face down the unions but flexible enough to avoid the kind of revolutionary unrest that shook France during last spring's devastating strikes. Last week De Gaulle issued yet another "non" to both lavish wage increases and devaluation. He told his cabinet that the wage settlement offer last May was "probably too much. But what has been done is done. In any event, there...