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Ustinov's Diplomats (Geis; $1.50). Can be read while running a four-minute mile; funny big pictures, mildly funny little text in which Ustinov, in his better moments the most amusing beard since G.B.S., imitates U.N. types. Typical Geis touch: Cineman Kirk Douglas adds an introduction in which he reminds everyone that Ustinov appears with him in the forthcoming movie Spartacus...
Poop from the Group. Long before Sahl could take the West Point exams, he could no longer take the U.S. Army. Drafted after graduation from high school, and assigned to the 93rd Air Depot Group in Alaska, Private Mort Sahl grew a beard and refused to wear a cap. He edited the post newspaper Poop from the Group, won 83 straight days of K.P. for his editorials discussing various types of military payola...
...last week found Latin American nations not yet willing to side with the U.S. against him. Among workers, peasants and students in Latin America, Castro is still regarded as a legendary hill fighter against tyranny. His professions of land reform and his pulling Uncle Sam's beard made him still more popular. As one Peruvian worker put it: "The gringos don't want to see Latin countries shake themselves free of their claws. That's why they're trying to topple Castro...
Troubled Team. Kasavubu was confident. He had already been named by the Belgians as formateur to choose the first government. But when the ballots in the grey wastebasket were counted, Lumumba had won. His supporters danced with joy and playfully tugged at their leader's beard. The humiliated Kasavubu sat staring into space...
...Abraham Lincoln made a phone call from Gettysburg to his press-agent in Manhattan. Abe was rebellious. He was going to shave his beard and wear a cardigan. The flack demanded that he keep the beard, shawl, stovepipe and string tie, or he would wreck his "image." Abe then announced that he had his speech neatly typed, and this distressed the flack even more. "Abe," pleaded the pressagent, "how many times have we told you: on-the-backs-of-envelopes...