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...Exceptional Dimensions. A little later, Paris' official Cahiers du Communisme spelled out the policy more explicitly. Cahiers proclaimed that the "leaders of the U.S.S.R." had laid out "a plan of exceptional dimensions"-an "offensive of the world forces of peace." Cahiers outlined the plot: "Principal direction of effort: to isolate 'American imperialism' and its 'servants . . .' Vulnerable points of the adversary: the economic crisis and the general crisis of capitalism which threaten it; the will for peace of all those threatened by 'imperialist adventures...
...more than a month, Paris nights had been disturbed by mysterious bomb blasts, five of them directed against Communist bookstores and propaganda headquarters. Last week the bomb-throwers blasted the front door and grillwork of the Banque Commerciale pour l'Europe du Nord, used by Moscow for its financial transactions with France, and a known reservoir for Communist Party funds...
...past eight years, the citizens who live in Paris' Rue La Fayette-a busy, noisy street near the Gare du Nord -have had their blood pressure driven high by a series of poison-pen letters. The writer demanded money for keeping secrets most of the neighbors did not have. The charges, all phony, said such things as, "Your husband belonged to the Gestapo. If you don't bring me 50,000 francs I will denounce him to the police," or "I know who strangled your sweetheart. Send me 50,000 francs and I won't say anything...
...fans in Chicago's North Shore Ravinia Park. The audience had its share of highbrows, but scattered on the lawn near the stage were hundreds of seriously attentive youngsters. Other quartets, e.g., the Paganini, Pro Arte, Griller and Juilliard, fiddle for equally enthusiastic audiences from Fond du Lac to Fort Worth...
...titanium. When National Lead, the biggest U.S. supplier of titanium ore, suggested a partnership two years ago, Batcheller jumped at the chance. Their co-owned subsidiary, using Allegheny-Ludlum's mills, has already been processing small quantities of the metal. But total production-including that of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.-this year will be only 500 tons. And the average price ($21,000 a ton) is still stratospheric...