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Whatever its label and regardless of Meany's stance, the measure that Johnson sent to Congress has a good chance of enactment. Yet his proposal was only another Band-Aid for another crisis. A strike by 137,000 members of six shop-craft unions has already been delayed three times by Government fiat,* and the wage dispute has been picked over by two separate mediation panels. Johnson's latest formula would deep-freeze the deadlock for another 90 days, while a new five-man mediation board sought a settlement. If there were no voluntary agreement...
Glacial Torpor. Though $750 mil lion sounds like a bundle, it is only a Band-Aid for an industry that often consumes more new capital per year than all stock and bond issues combined...
After calling up reinforcements, police rapped on "Comyn's" door. When it opened, there was Walcott. A search revealed diamonds taped to the sole of his foot with a Band-Aid and other stones in a sock, which all together were valued at $32,500. For six hours of nonstop grilling, Walcott refused to admit his true identity. Then, according to the police, he broke down and began to tell all. Acting on his information, police have already pulled in several suspects and some smuggling gear, including a jacket with specially constructed pockets for carrying gold bars. Many Bombay...
Cactus Flower is such a French farce, seasoned to U.S. tastes with local situation gags by Adapter-Director Abe Burrows, garnished with appealing humanity, and served with unerring timing by a well-chosen cast. Lauren Bacall plays a dentist's nurse who looks "like a big white Band-Aid," speaks with an antiseptic voice that would intimidate gangrene, and lives a prim life with mother. The dentist (Barry Nelson) holds a master's degree in bachelorhood, and while he appreciates spinsterish efficiency in the office, he turns for amour to a Greenwich Village post-adolescent (Brenda Vaccaro). This...
...Island Lacrosse Club. Elegant women urged on Baltimore's heroes with cries of "How to hook it, Buddy!" "Man on your back, Larry!" and "Go, Biddison!" When an injured player staggered over to the bench, Equipment Manager Spike Watts prescribed his standard treatment: merthiolate for a minor wound, Band-Aid...