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...styled man of destiny, seemed to have lost his sure touch. The farmers who barricaded the highways earlier this summer were still seething with discontent; workers grumbled for higher wages. There was widespread despondency over the failure to win a settlement in Algeria. De Gaulle was blamed for the breakdown of talks with the F.L.N. nationalists in June, for the needless brutality of the French army at Bizerte. Through it all. De Gaulle stayed haughtily silent, apparently at a loss for a new idea...
...your request!'' he shouts. ''And that woman in her kitchen just now that is suffering with a bad tumor-God wants you to send in your request! And that woman that is sitting there by the radio and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Oh. God, don't doubt this broadcast. Be sure that you help me now. Obey the voice of God in you for giving me as much as you can, and God will give back, and if you send in $5 or more, request the beautiful nativity Bible...
Despite a widespread assumption that Americans are apathetic about civil defense, the Gallup poll revealed this week that a surprising number of people are preparing for atomic attack. Reported the poll: 12 million U.S. families have already done something to get ready. The poll's breakdown indicates that 9,000,000 families have stored food away for such an emergency. Still another 3,000,000 have altered their homes to provide a measure of protection. Some have reinforced basements; others have built fallout shelters. Thus one out of every five U.S. families has taken some action-just double...
Violent Response. De Gaulle himself is still confronted by the two imponderables: the Algerian F.L.N. and his own French army. The breakdown of peace talks with the rebel F.L.N. at Lugrin over Algerian demands for all of the oil-rich Sahara came as an unpleasant surprise to Paris...
...Securities and Exchange Commission, winding up a two-year probe of Hamilton Oil & Gas Corp., charged Leahy with making "misleading" statements in the peddling of $230,000 of the company's now nearly worthless stock. Responded former Hamilton Vice President Leahy, who suffered a business-induced nervous breakdown last year: "I feel that the SEC knows that I am guilty only of overenthusiasm and lack of experience. If it is God's last act on earth for me, I'll repay all the friends and relatives who bought stock on my personal recommendation...