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Died. Lieut. Colonel Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, 41, U.S.-trained (at Fort Leavenworth's Command & General Staff School) head of Venezuela's current military junta; by an assassin's bullet; in Caracas. Through the curious workings of Venezuelan politics, Chalbaud led the 1945 revolution which installed leftish Romulo Gallegos as President, three years later helped overthrow Gallegos, clamped army controls on the country, promised elections (but never got around to them), ruled precariously and without unified support even from the army...
...whole arid field of current U.S. literary criticism, few critics have successfully brought their acres to cultivation; most of the yield consists either of dried academic pods or fluttery reviewing that could thrive nearly as well on book jackets. Critic Edmund Wilson's small crop of evaluations (Axel's Castle, The Triple Thinkers, The Wound and the Bow) is the hardiest, the most varied and the one with the best chance of preservation. His new book, Classics and Commercials, is made up entirely of pieces written over the past ten years. No U.S. critic now writing could gather...
Captain of Detectives Patrick F. Ready said that pressure brought by Frank Brickman, the dead student's father, caused the current inquiry. The District Attorney's office, called into the case by Law School officials, assigned State Police Sergeant Sylvester Meade to prepare a report for that office...
Recently uncovered Byzantine Empire mosaics, called by scholars the finest in the world," will receive their first American showing in the Christmas issue of Life Magazine, if the editors' current plans are not changed. Credit for uncovering these art treasures must go to the Byzantine Institute, which is staffed and financed largely by University professors and alumni, and to Dumbarton Oaks, the Byzantine research center owned by the University...
...first place, the poor-player argument won't hold water. Last year Minnesota, with a team recruited much as the current squad was, beat Ohio State, 27 to 0. The Gophers have lost some standouts, but more will come along. What has seemed apparent this year, however, is a matter of coaching...