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...hand for the dedication, Le Corbusier proudly proclaimed: "The Christian drama has henceforth taken possession of this spot. I hand over to you this chapel made of loyal cement, molded with boldness, with courage ..." Replied Besançon's Archbishop Duchet: "I have the honor to bless the most modern chapel in the world...
Well organized, well led, 600,000 members of the United Steelworkers Union last week won a wage increase of "something in excess of" 15? an hour. Class 1 workers, e.g., sweepers, will henceforth get $1.68½ an hour; Class 32 workers, e.g., hot strip mill rollers, will get $3.54½ an hour. The new average will be about $2.50 an hour. "This raise is money ahead," exulted a steelworkers' leader. "Our men won't keep it. They'll buy more TV sets and automobiles. It will be a terrific shot in the arm for the economy...
...before the revolt. In another effective gesture. Buenos Aires' Bishop Miguel de Andrea, the only high-ranking Argentine prelate who steadfastly opposed Perón during the 1945-54 period, threw off his colorful vestments at the altar in burned San Miguel Church and told the congregation that henceforth he would wear only simple black as a sign that his soul was in mourning. But the Papal Nuncio, the Vatican's ambassador, began quiet talks with Perón's Foreign Minister. The presumed topic: a concordat that would separate church from state in the manner...
...Alabama and then turned down when authorities found that they were Negroes won the first court decision against Jim Crow in the state's educational system. The women, ruled Federal Judge Harlan H. Grooms, "were denied admission to the university solely on account of their race and color." Henceforth, in accordance with the 14th Amendment, the university will have to admit qualified Negroes...
...their menial lives, scorned and ignored by caste-conscious Hindus. Last week Nehru introduced, and the lower House of the People quickly passed, India's first bill to make discrimination against untouchables an offense-punishable with a six-month jail term and a fine of 500 rupees ($105). Henceforth, untouchables will have the law on their side in demanding undisturbed access to shops and restaurants, public wells, tanks and bathing ghats...