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...Enginemaker Curtiss the big bait was the promise of some $500 million in new defense contracts from the Pentagon. Up to now, failure of such contracts to come through had been the major stumbling block. Though the Administration was anxious to save Studebaker, it was worried about the political effects of such a rescue operation. But now both companies have solid promises of contracts, spread over several years...
Then the Russians, who had previously offered a $300 million loan, started jiggling the bait again. Though Egypt's Strongman Gamal Abdel Nasser prefers Western aid, and knows that he will get more dam for the money with no political strings attached, he is cagily bargaining with both sides. Last week Nasser received Russia's junketing Foreign Minister Dmitry T. Shepilov, who arrived in Cairo with tempting new offers (see FOREIGN NEWS). But on this trip, Black hopes to nail down the deal once and for all. Both he and the Reds know the size of the stakes...
...neighboring and impoverished Libya, where the U.S. has a big air base. Egyptian Ambassador Ahmed Hassan el Faki connives busily with his good friend Russian Ambassador Nikolai Generaloff to root Western influence out of the country. In the words of one correspondent, they are "closer than worms in a bait can." Cairo has also given asylum to Colonel Abdullah el Tel, onetime Arab Legion commander in Jerusalem, who fled Jordan to escape imprisonment for complicity in the assassination of King Abdullah. He busies himself with the "Free Officers" Club of dissident Arab Legion officers in Cairo. Abd el Krim...
None of the Loesser score is truly bad, and the middling level of the music is sustained throughout. The most satisfying songs are written for vocal trios or quartets or the entire ensemble. Probably the best, which may well be disk-jockey bait, is "Standing on the Corner, Watching the Girls Go By." Other good tunes include "La Pudanza," "Happy to Make Your Acquaintance," and "I don't Know Nothing About Her." The rest are generally dull, and because the show has no pretension to comedy, the production must lean heavily on its music...
...entry for the quiz sweepstakes. This one, to be called The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, may appear on Thursday nights in place of The Johnny Carson Show, and seems aimed at bringing the format of Atlantic City's Miss America contest to TV with the added bait of a $250,000 cash award...