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While Moslems, divided or not, hailed the coming of freedom, frightened Europeans watched the death throes of the Secret Army. In Algiers the S.A.O. had already abandoned the fight. Even in Oran, where resistance lasted longest, the terrorists last week melted away. Ex-General Paul Gardy, nominal head of the S.A.O. for all Algeria, fled the country with his top commanders. The illegal S.A.O. transmitter in Oran went on the air a final time. "Our struggle has become hopeless and therefore senseless," said the announcer, and then added brokenly, "Algeria is dead. The will of God be done." Getting ready...
...Europe's tariff barriers fall under the impetus of the Common Market, nat ural barriers are also crumbling. Some where under Mont Blanc next fall, French and Italian engineers will com plete the world's longest (7¼ miles) vehicular tunnel, which will cut 194 miles from the 581-mile auto journey from Paris to Milan. Plans are also afoot for a joint Anglo-French tunnel under the English Channel. Last week the tunnel trend continued as France and Spain announced plans to pierce the Pyrenees. Just under two miles long, the proposed tunnel (see map) will...
This looks like it! And if it is the long overdue end of the longest bull market on record [June 1], there is the sure knowledge that stocks, like the phoenix, will rise again. Meanwhile, there is a strong possibility that a certain currently popular smoothie may prove to be the Democrats' Hoover...
...This week at Addis Ababa's new $3,000,000 Africa Hall, he plays host to the U.N.'s traveling special committee on colonialism. The Emperor hopes that such hospitality will further his campaign for African leadership. Says one Cabinet minister: "We've been free the longest. It's our heritage and duty to lead our recently enlightened brethren into the modern age." Poverty & Corruption. But, as TIME Correspondent Lee Griggs reports, Ethiopia is not a likely candidate to lead any country into the modern age. Despite Haile Selassie's tentative efforts at reform, Ethiopia...
...boat batteries, 2) standard no-volt house current, 3) bottled gas. The Escort Mark II refrigerator, made by the Selectra Corp., Buffalo, weighs less than 30 Ibs., takes up little more room than a suitcase, keeps up to 35 Ibs. of food and drink chilled on even the longest trips. Price...