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...short stroll from the gutted hulk of Berlin's old Reichstag one blustery day last week, a young German girl stepped resolutely forward, smashed a bottle of German wine against a brand-new building set on the banks of the River Spree, proclaimed in a clear voice. "I christen you the Congress Hall in memory of Benjamin Franklin." Thus was opened Berlin's newest and most venturesome building, a joint project of the U.S., the West German government and the city of Berlin. Designed as a cultural center where plays, music, debates and symposiums will be held...
...peeking over a fence" or "a pregnant butterfly." But once completed, the daring structure, with its gleaming white concrete roof, soft rose and blue walls, got rave reviews. Der Tag called it "a symphony of colors and forms"; the Socialist Telegraf headlined the news, WONDER BUILDING AT THE SPREE; BERLIN'S NEW SYMBOL...
BUDGET CUTS: The 85th Congress went on a budget spree...
...Sorry." Girard, his pompadour and long sideburns carefully cropped and brushed, arrived in Maebashi for the trial still under the 24-hour guard set over him since he went AWOL on a drinking spree a few weeks ago. In the dock he sat uncomfortably, gazing dazedly at the three-judge tribunal, his onetime swagger gone. When the charge was read out, Chief Judge Yuzo Kawachi summoned Girard to the witness stand and beamed at him like a benign headmaster. "You don't have to answer any questions unless you want to," said Kawachi. "Is there anything you want...
...yeastless days of the 1957 budget spree, the House authorized only $3,116,833,000 for mutual security and insisted that the old year-to-year development programing be continued. The Senate, less obdurate, approved $3,617,333,000 for the entire program and upheld the President's three-year development-loan request. Last week's conference committee simply split the difference: it authorized a $3,366,000,000 program (still to come: the actual congressional appropriations) and settled for a two-year spread on development loans ($500 million the first year, $625 million the next). Commented...