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Norman Mailer is a novelist of essentially the same ail-American genre, but Mailer has developed a narcissistic devotion to his own quirks of mind; Kerouac a far less talented man, nevertheless compels more respect for his dogged and humble concern to tell a plain tale and to explain himself, rather than demonstrate the wickedness or folly of others. Nor is Kerouac capable of the brutal vulgarity of a writer such as James Jones, whose books strike anyone of any sensitivity as weary, stale, flat-and profitable...
...Ailing Fox. Such a victory, moreover, would have serious repercussions for the monarchy. At 78, ex-Premier George Papandreou is becoming aware that life itself is ephemeral. In the past year, "the Old Fox" has become frail and ail ing, and control of the party is passing day by day into the hands of his ambitious 47-year-old son Andreas, who harangues the voters on the need for "redistribution of income to the poorer classes" and "a dash of socialism." Papandreou the elder had his differences with King Constantine, but he nonetheless favored the monarchy as an institution, arguing...
Died. Sy Devore, 57, Hollywood tailor who designed status-symbol clothes for those who had arrived, charging Jerry Lewis $300 for a cognac-colored dinner jacket, and William Holden $200 for a silk jump suit, best known as the creator of what he called "the Ail-American Suit," a $350 set of threads honed down to essentials-no cuffs, no belt, no handkerchief pocket; of a heart attack; in Beverly Hills, Calif...
...ranging from neighborhood to countrywide, are popping up across the U.S. California's Transamerica Credit Corp. issues cards for individual shopping centers that enable the shopper to gas up her car, buy in a wide variety of shops, eat lunch and have her hair done. Los Angeles' Ail-American Acceptance Corp. has come out with a complete card for the automobile owner, who can use credit for repairs, new parts and the purchase of seat covers or tires. Universal Western Corp., a new Colorado company, issues cards that are honored by doctors, dentists and veterinarians as well...
...Frank Gallo's Swimmer, a life-size female body made of polyester resin, dressed in a tank suit and given 4-ft. ail-American gams...