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...Announced his intention to establish a United Nations fellowship program in memory of Adlai Stevenson. Details are lacking, but broad-brush plans call for recruitment of young people from U.N. member countries to "intern" in U.N. agencies. The program is similar to the White House fellowships, awarded this year for the first time to 15 young Americans who in September will begin to work in Washington...
...Democratic Governors with using the program for political purposes-"both in the same poker game, and both have the same marked deck." New Jersey Republican Peter Frelinghuysen taunted Democrats about difficulties at some OEO centers (TIME, July 16). "Many mistakes have been made," Frelinghuysen said, "yet we try to brush them under the rug. This program does not deserve an additional penny...
They have been kept standing too long. For the past ten years, rebellion has been smoldering in the south. Two southern political movements were formed in exile to demand independence from the north. From hideouts in the papyrus swamps and upland brush, guerrillas organized by still another group, a terrorist band known as the Anya Nya (Bad Medicine) began raids on government garrisons. Army reprisal from the north only increased the natives' hatred of the "slave catchers" and their "Arab occupation army." Offers of political integration were listened to politely by the southerners, only to be rejected...
...Maharani of Jaipur. Or late lunch in the Trattoria Panciolle, followed by a long siesta. The music of pianos, violins and vocalizing floats out of narrow Renaissance windows; artists and audience are on first-name terms within hours. After dusk, international jet setters in white dinner jackets brush shoulders with gaping locals in sweatshirts at the superheated discothéque. Then it is on to a 16th century vaulted cellar that serves cannelloni till dawn...
...Welcome," he opened, "to 'Jack Paar and His Friends.' " It was virtually the only abrasive brush of the hour. "Some people," he cautioned, "expect a tearful farewell. Others expect I will take a few swings." But Jack held back both tears and hostilities. His "easy way out" was to limit his contribution to a few bridges of continuity-the rest of the show was a splice-up of some of his favorite vignettes from past seasons. There he was again as the bowlegged, barelegged (except for anklet socks) toreador fleeing a rampaging bull in a Madrid ring...