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...from the family plus $300,000 he raised elsewhere, he was able to start National Review in 1955, a publication that provided him with a voice. It also served as a rallying point for other conservatives. To Review came Russell Kirk and Frank S. Meyer, Whittaker Chambers and James Burnham. From the outset, they quarreled snappishly on its pages. Traditionalists like Kirk, who value society over the individual, battled libertarians like Meyer, who emphasize the individual over society. "I pretty much had to insist on the relevance of both points of view," says Buckley, who made it his business...
Motorists will probably never be tempted to sing "See the U.S.A. in a Westinghouse," but before long they will be able to take one for a swing down to the local shopping center. In Los Angeles last week, Westinghouse Electric Corp. President Donald C. Burnham announced plans for production of "a small electric vehicle for around-town transportation...
Married. Forbes Burnham, 44, Prime Minister of Guyana (formerly British Guiana) since it joined the roster of independent nations last year; and Viola Harper, 34, high school Latin teacher; he for the second time; in St. John's, Antigua...
...wage hike last fall, came through the fourth quarter with earnings down 3.5% despite rising sales. But that only slightly spoiled a record year of profits, which were up 12%, to $120 million. With heavy orders for nuclear generating plants, defense and space equipment, President Donald C. Burnham expects to spend half again as much on expansion as last year's $110 million. - Jersey Standard, the largest oil producer, ended the year with profits up 5.2%, to $1.1 billion, despite a squeeze that forced fourth-quarter earnings be- low the 1965 period. Higher worldwide taxes and other payments...
Divorced. By Forbes Burnham, 43, Prime Minister of Guyana (formerly British Guiana), newest nation in the Western Hemisphere: Sheila Lataste Burnham, 41, a former Trinidad optician; on grounds of desertion (he said that she left him, refused to return); after 15 years of marriage, three children; in Georgetown, Guyana...