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...chance for congressional approval of a 1941 Canadian-American agreement for joint construction of the project looks better than usual. But it is far from assured. The anti-seaway lobby is still deeply entrenched on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, Canadian patience is wearing thin. Said External Affairs Minister Lester ("Mike") Pearson in Ottawa last week: "The Americans say we are dragging our feet in world affairs. The biggest and longest dragging of feet I have known in my entire career is that of the Americans on the St. Lawrence seaway...
...Wafer-Thin Skins. But it was Los Angeles Mirror Columnist Paul Coates who cynically wised up Reagan with the facts of life: "I'm amazed that he hasn't heard of the unwritten law which makes it verboten to openly blast a Hollywood columnist. They are all hypersensitive old dears with wafer-thin skins...
...according to Father Grady, has been mixed. "As pressure against religion has mounted . . Catholics who live in cities have frequented the sacraments in larger numbers than ever. On feast days, families of the faithful have come in from the countryside to Mass, sometimes walking 15 or more miles in thin cotton shoes over narrow paths and rough roads. An unexpected number of lax Catholics .. . have returned to more fervent and integral service...
...Into Thin Air, by Warren Beck. A small but sure novel about two lost souls in a Midwestern town (TIME...
Warren Beck is an English teacher at Lawrence College (Wis.). In Into Thin Air he never talks big and never tries for too much, but he shows writing craft good enough for a larger theme. When he finds it, the U.S. may have another novelist to cheer about...