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Backing up the U.S. note, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, in an interview in Paris-Match, coolly tore into De Gaulle's unilateral action, dismissing as silly the French notion that NATO participation could drag France into a war not of its own making. Nonetheless, added Rusk, if France insisted on breaking its contracts, "fourteen nations, comprising 450 million people and possessing massive military power, will not be paralyzed by the attitude of France...
...talk of delay angered De Gaulle, who snapped to his ministers at a meeting: "I see no sense in letting indecision over the timetable drag on forever." Of course not, since he wants the evacuation to begin before the parliamentary elections next spring, in which he fears that the Gaullists might have their majority trimmed or even lose it. That, in addition to the stiff-backed attitude of the U.S., could make it considerably tougher for him to carry out his dismantling plans for NATO...
...Automobile Manufacturers Association has told its members since 1957 not to participate in races, but Ford and Chrysler have openly broken the ban, and General Motors does not prevent its dealers from slipping cars onto local drag strips. Racing spurs the sales of the winning car, especially in the Southern states where there's year-round weather for racing-and the auto fatality rate is the nation's highest. Says Chrysler Safety Director Roy Haeusler: "I find very little defense for our advertising the racing aspects of our cars." To back the contention that speed sells and safety...
Finally, at week's end the sea calmed, and little Alvin at last succeeded in slipping a line around the bomb without sending it tumbling down the underwater hill. Ever so gingerly, the U.S.S. Hoist began to drag the bomb up the slope. The bomb had just begun to budge when suddenly the steel cable snapped. Fortunately, the bomb settled near its old position. Admiral Guest ordered his men to try again...
...almost proved by Vanessa's tantalizing ambivalence as Leonie, a tawny young Mod who half wants a life of Establishment order but hates to give up the explosive surprises provided by Morgan. "You'll have to fight him," she giddily tells her fiance, "and the winner will drag me off and have...