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...have a new factor to help in the acceptance of such a plan-a compulsion to try to preserve life itself which is a force that will not be denied. Certainly the peoples of our host country who did not flinch or hesitate when one of their greatest leaders, Winston Churchill, offered them only blood, toil, tears and sweat, will respond to this new challenge...
...Lord, cast thy shadow before us on this night of decision. We pray for those who will disagree. Enter into their minds and hearts, grant them enlarged understanding." A few minutes later came the board's announcement: acting in concert, school boards in Greensboro (pop. 87,100), Winston-Salem (115,800) and Charlotte (158,800) had approved "on their own merits" certain Negro applications (total: 12 out of 51) for transfer this fall to all-white schools...
Mixed Breed. Sir Winston Churchill's regiment, the Fourth Queen's Own Hussars, will be merged with the Eighth King's Royal Irish Hussars, the Royal Scots Fusiliers with the Highland Light Infantry. The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (which suffered the heaviest casualties at Waterloo) now becomes one with the Somerset Light Infantry (nicknamed "The Illustrious Garrison" after its defense of Jellalabad in 1842). Two of the best known of the Scottish regiments, the Seaforth Highlanders and the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders must form one unit, find new tartans for their...
...personal affront. His deep-set blue eyes can blaze with anger or fill with quick emotion; moments later he can smile with easy friendship, remember a name, recall an anecdote to suit an occasion and mood. Brought up a Baptist, Diefenbaker does not smoke, and he recently surprised Sir Winston Churchill by declining politely to share a bottle of Napoleon brandy...
Loss of Authority. Last week, on the night of the French Common Market vote, Macmillan and his old chieftain, Sir Winston Churchill, addressed a rally of the United Kingdom Council of the European Movement. Sir Winston worked up a little of his oldtime vigor in his peroration: "My message to Europe is still the same as it was ten years ago-unite!" When Macmillan got up to speak he was heckled by a group of empire-minded Tory diehards (seven were evicted). Macmillan pitched his arguments to their prejudices: he knew that they fear the diminution of Britain...