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...whole shaky structure of Argentina's government, from the ministries on down. In Rauch's view, the handling of economic policy was inept, numerous shysters from the Frondizi regime still infested top ranks of government, public opinion was misinformed, and scores of "economic criminals" were conspiring to bilk Argentina of its patrimony. To clean up the country, Rauch proposed a firmer military control-in other words, more military officers in the Cabinet-and suggested a ten-point program of decrees (from a light watch on the estates of public officials to stricter controls on business and financial institu...
...last days of Christ, leading up to the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, are told through close-ups of paintings. Color. Show of the Week (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Bob Cummings, Audrey Meadows star in a comedy about a New Orleans confidence man who sets out to bilk a lively widow. Jazz musical score improvised by Gerry Mulligan. Color...
Armstrong Circle Theater (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Dramatized study of phony fund raisers who annually bilk the U.S. public out of millions of dollars...
...Acker Bilk, king of the trad men, is a chap with a name that has probably caused Charles Dickens to stir in his grave, tap his foot and smile. A 32-year-old former Somersetshire blacksmith. Bilk acquired his skills on the clarinet in an army guardhouse after he fell asleep on sentry duty. Wearing bowler hats and striped waistcoats Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band are half New Orleans and half Somerset cider, thumping out numbers like Run Come See Jerusalem and Ory's Creole Trombone, while Bilk makes Louis Armstrong-style comments. At last year...
Officials of the Providence Post Office have investigated the College Record Club of Brown University and cleared the club of suspicion of fraud. Carelessness, rather than an attempt to bilk customers, was responsible for delivery failures, they said...