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...decisive split developed over an emotionally charged issue: should the vanquished followers of Perón be treated to stern vengeance or lenient tolerance? Some of Lonardi's backers demanded a hard-handed crackdown, picturing...
Those in favor of a crackdown included a secret society of self-styled "democratic, liberal" navy officers and other military men; a group of vengeful firebrands, jailed or exiled under Perón; the Radical Party and other minority parties that opposed Perón in years past and now together held 18 seats on the 20-member Consultative Council that Lonardi recently set up to advise him. Their Cabinet spokesman: Minister of Interior and Justice Eduardo Busso. Their real leader...
...Fighting John" Harding, as tough in action as he is amiable in appearance, helped Montgomery chase Rommel across North Africa, helped Alexander take Italy, more recently presided in London over Britain's crackdown on the Communists in Malaya and the Mau Mau in Kenya. That a soldier of his rank and record should be dispatched to little Cyprus alarmed some Greeks and aroused many to anger. The official Radio Athens, reflecting the continuing Greek irritation over the U.S. vote against U.N. debate of the Cyprus matter, reacted with an anti-American twist: "For every Cypriot [Harding] kills or imprisons...
Bolyston Street, which escaped ticketing during last week's "crackdown," was filled with cars, as were the "fender alleys" in front if Winthrop and Leverett Houses...
...when the mania exhausted his patience, Quebec's Premier Alexandre Taschereau ordered provincial police to raid the halls where marathons were being held. So far there has been no hint of another crackdown. A few Catholic priests have preached about irreligious berceurs who stick to their rockers and miss Sunday Mass. But Premier Maurice Duplessis, who was at home last week coddling a cold, was reportedly planning no action. "What could Mr. Duplessis say?" asked Solicitor General Antoine Rivard. "He's rocking himself at the moment...