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Designed to test the concept of a "remote" defense of the Canal Zone, under which outside troops are rushed in to counter surprise attack, the maneuver showed that Latin America has used its $493 million in U.S. military aid since 1950 to train and equip at least the beginnings of a tough, expert force that can move fast. The performance of the Latin soldiers and flyers was uniformly good, and the Brazilians were so impressive that 82nd Airborne officers talked of picking up some of their techniques. This week, the U.S. will top off Operation Banyan with "Operation Big Slam...
...convention in Cincinnati last week of the National Education Association's Department of Audio-Visual Education some 2,000 people ohed and ahed over electronic marvels designed for the classroom. Proclaimed outgoing DAVI President Walter S. Bell, director of audio-visual education in Atlanta: "The familiar concept of a teacher in a classroom with only some books has completely broken down. The 'old methods simply cannot meet the challenge of the next decade, if education is to serve the humanities...
Aside from his own success, Myrick has pioneered some important changes in the insurance business. In 1910 he helped found the first training school for agents, later initiated the concept of estate planning. He helped set up the American College of Life Underwriters, the degree-granting agency for life-insurance salesmen, and has served as the college's board chairman for the past 20 years...
...Right to Choose. Ike's final point was a promise of continued nonintervention, along with an oblique reference to Cuba and all nations that accept "the fatalistic concept of the omnipotent state and the omnipotent fate." Said he: "You of Brazil and we of my country do not say that this philosophy shall not be held: that peoples may not return to that unenlightened system of tyranny, if they wish. We would feel a great sorrow for them, but we would respect their right to choose such a system. Here is the key to our policy-the right...
...there eight years before returning for Peru's 1956 election and his second term. In office this time, he supported France's Algerian policy in the U.N. De Gaulle sees Peru as a diplomatic lever to open doors in South America for his "third world force"-a concept that, in the words of Paris' Le Monde, includes "the affinity between European and South American countries in their common desire not to be crushed between the U.S. and the Soviet Union...