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Even before he retired as Air Force Chief of Staff nearly four years ago, the bluff, iron-willed flier had become involved in policy scraps that shaded into the political Most notable was his running public quarrel with then Defense Secretary Robert McNamara over whether, as thought, manned bombers should...
There were signs that the Soviets were growing weary of dealing with such resilient men. Despite their overpowering military presence, they still remain unable to find a political quisling to do their bidding. Even so, the Soviet press opened a new attack on the Prague leadership, There were also reports...
The officers decided to strike first. The co-leaders of the coup were Lieut. Colonel Omar Torrijos, the Guard's executive officer, who had been ordered to leave Panama, and Major Boris Martinez, who is the commander of Chiriqui province military zone. At their bidding one evening last week...
Cats and Dogs. Norton Simon made doubly sure that the prize would not escape him; five minutes before the sale began he had two long-distance telephone lines open from his Fullerton, Calif., office to Parke-Bernet. Then, as the bidding of Renoir's early master piece reached the...
At Parke-Bernet's auction, other paintings of value brought high prices: a Pissarro went for a record $260,000, a 1906 Picasso for $430,000, believed to be a record for the Rose Period. A fauve-period Dufy, Les Trois Ombrellas, was bought by Houston's John...