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Later, Sukarno received his colonels at the palace, in a backslapping meeting reminiscent of a class reunion. When photographers' flashbulbs popped around Sukarno's onetime bodyguard, Lieut. Colonel Ventje Sumual, who had taken power in East Indonesia, Sumual protested in Dutch: "My God, you all think I'm a rebel! I'm not, you know." And he meant it. What Sumual and his fellow officers, rebellious but at the same time eager to be loyal, wanted was an end to corruption, to inefficiency, and to Sukarno's odd persistence in wanting Communists in the government...
...week's bloodless coup, however, was no sworn foe of the government but one of President Sukarno's favorites-handsome, 35-year-old Lieut. Colonel Ventje Sumual. A onetime sergeant in the Dutch army, and a Christian, who won Sukarno's affections while serving as his bodyguard. Colonel Sumual had the backing of 51 East Indonesian political and military leaders...
...corridors and rumors as well as most cardinals. At the Vatican, Correspondent Rospigliosi is Prince Rospigliosi, a title that dates back to the Holy Roman Empire. One of his ancestors was Pope Clement IX (1667-69). His grandfather, Camillo Rospigliosi. was a captain of the Pope's personal bodyguard from 1878 till 1915. Title and ancestry are useful in covering the Vatican, but Correspondent Rospigliosi can also count on his vast knowledge of Vatican lore and the confidences of well-placed sources acquired over the years since he first started covering the Holy...
...ranks of straining newsmen swept forward, flung aside a police contingent and sent the cinema star flying disheveled behind a counter alcove for refuge. Reporters called hoarsely, hats and notebooks fell underfoot, cameramen jostled, someone bellowed: "Call out the riot squad." Finally, protected by a bar and a police bodyguard, Actress Monroe answered a few questions. But it was enough. Headlined the Sunday Graphic...
...Capone bodyguard, Sam was the first to discard the accustomed violin case, carried his Tommy gun in a golf...