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...Without a doubt the least excited readers of the goings-on in the "Harvard Sex Scandal" [Nov. 8] that the various tabloids have been immortalizing lately are to be found at Harvard itself. We could have put the gentlemen of the press well at ease and saved them their vain searches these last few weekends through the cellars of Cambridge for further evidence of the promiscuity that they hoped was to be found. To those of us who do not always have the time or inclination to go elsewhere for our bacchanalian weekends, the only alternative might be thought...
...time the ancient vision of 'peace on earth, good will toward men.' That must always be our goal-and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. Or, as was written long ago: 'Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain...
...carrying on. "It should never have happened in America," wrote the Chicago Sun-Times. "That it did must weigh heavily on America's conscience. And if it brings a reawakening and a real change in the temper of our times, Mr. Kennedy will not have died in vain." As a memorial to the fallen President, the New York Herald Tribune proposed "the resolute determination to see to it that never again should tinder be scattered around that might lead to such an evil blaze." Said the Los Angeles Times: "The assassin's bullet might wound the heart...
...destroy the faith on which men live. John F. Kennedy was working to convince people that American democracy was worth fighting for and saving. The haters killed him. I hope that from his death will come a reaffirmation of his faith, so that he shall not have died in vain...
...Council of Sages," including business and professional leaders. But it is the military that is running the country. Lieut. General Tran Van Don, 46, the polished, French-schooled staff officer who helped mastermind the coup, was appointed Defense Minister. Major General Ton That Dinh, 36, the aggressive, vain commander of the Saigon district, was named Minister of Public Security, which gives him control of Ngo Dinh Nhu's secret police...