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...continue to handle the Indo-Chinese affair he wanted power to 1) dispose the armed forces in Indo-China as needed to fight the war, and 2) dispense the budget voted for Indo-China without consulting Petsche. Finance Minister Petsche gave in, but Moch put up a two-day fight. At week's end Letourneau appeared to have won. A laconic communiqué said that Letourneau "will be in charge of all the necessary measures" to carry through the government's Indo-China policy...
...morning of Shaw's death, newsmen, who had stood a two-day deathwatch in the rain and fog outside the gates of the plain house called Shaw's Corner, were cheered at 4:30 a.m. by a sudden lifting of the fog. A half-hour later the stars were burning brightly when Housekeeper Alice Laden appeared at the gates and told the reporters, "Mr. Shaw is dead." Next day the world's newspapers were crammed with the highlights of his long life, restatements of his sauciest witticisms and the tributes of the great to a figure...
...achieve political freedom. The fruitless coup, which may have been forced out prematurely by government discovery of arms in the Nationalists' possession, has not interfered with registration and may even have served to boost it. The greatest damage done is that more than 25 people died in the two-day war, and that the political maturity of Puerto Rico is now doubtful...
Bishops will have a place in the new plan, said Conference Chairman Holt, presbyteries will have certain constitutional responsibilities, and congregations will govern themselves. The plan will be formally presented to representatives of the currently participating Protestant groups* at a two-day convocation in Cincinnati in January. Then the plan is expected to go to commissions of each denomination for study and action...
...varsity sailing team was trailing the Coast Guard Academy and Brown in the two-day Eastern Intercollegiate Star Class Championship races at New London Saturday. Yesterday's four finishing races were indefinitely postponed for lack of wind...