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EISENHOWER AND ROCKEFELLER. The Democrats have only Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson to match against Dick Nixon's high-caliber supporting cast, but, says Bobby, "you can't transfer popularity." Nevertheless, Bobby and his Harris pollsters are tracking Ike's campaign path anxiously. They are also concerned about the popularity of Nixon's running mate Henry Cabot Lodge and the Southern incursions of the G.O.P.'s conservative lead er, Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater...
...them off to capture his rival Lumumba. The troop took Lumumba by surprise, bundled him into his own official black Ford and drove him off to a prison cell at Camp Leopold II. But less than two hours later, General Lundula convinced the guards that he had orders to transfer Lumumba to another prison. Once beyond the gates, Lumumba located 40 friendly soldiers and rolled back downtown, with sirens screaming, shouting. "Today victory is mine. Death to the imperialists!" Once again he headed for Radio Congo. Once again his path was barred, this time by Ghana's proper, British...
...Bandung Conference, found common cause in anticolonialism. But last year, looking for a scapegoat for his crumbling economy, Sukarno cast his restless eye on the Chinese who run the stores and make the most money in nearly every village and town in Indonesia. He decided to transfer this lucrative business to deserving Indonesians, lightly overlooked the fact that few Indonesians have the know-how or energy to replace the industrious Chinese. He offered the Chinese a harsh alternative: retire to the cities or leave the country. Since the beginning of the year, more than 40,000 Chinese have been shipped...
...Force's Military Air Transport Service, biggest U.S. airline; CAB said that the low fares will be replaced by higher, published tariff rates, with a reasonable margin of profit. This removes the position of privilege that has enabled many nonskeds to grab MATS' business, will transfer much of the military personnel and freight now flown under charter for MATS to the scheduled airlines...
...Britain's Vickers Ltd. for 60 Viscounts, and its mounting losses, which total $5,400,000 for 1960's first quarter, v. $936,878 in 1959. The study will consider whether to merge the line with another carrier, suspend all or part of its routes, or transfer some or all of its routes to another line...