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...elected last week in nationwide balloting. Nearly 73% of the electorate turned out to choose a 137-man House of Representatives from among some 1,200 candidates. South Viet Nam thus completed the edifice of the new civilian government-the fifth and final exercise of popular franchise in the war-torn country within the past 14 months...
...economic strain, a major factor in the downfall of Ludwig Erhard's government two months ago, is even more visible today. More than at any other time since the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle) transformed war-torn West Germany into Europe's biggest trading power, television and automobile manufacturers are stuck with unsold stock, building cranes stand idle, and workers are uneasy about their jobs. The nation's economic growth, which has averaged almost 6% a year since 1950, dropped to barely 3% in 1966, is likely to dip to an icy 2% this year. "The economy," warns Fritz...
...Today's college students are the engineers who will build the helicopters that evacuate the wounded from battle in Viet Nam. They are the doctors who will save the lives of the injured. They are the social scientists who will help make a viable country out of war-torn Viet Nam. They are the lawyers and political scientists who will be architects of peace. To sacrifice their lives to a sniper's bullet in the cause of "fairness" or "equality" is to defeat our purpose in being in Viet...
...bets on Governor Brown. Though he is lagging behind in the polls (as he was against Knowland in 1958 and Nixon in 1962), they consider him a sure winner. It is a pleasure to be able to report at least one event of heart-warming familiarity in an otherwise war-torn political year...
...Governor Brown. Though he is lagging behind in the polls (as he was against Know-land in 1958 and Nixon in 1962), they consider him a sure winner. It is a pleasure to be able to report at least one event of heart-warming familiarity in an otherwise war-torn political year...