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...Berlin winter's night, a man bound by tape to a bench in Wilmersdorf park struggled to free himself. Eventually, the man escaped his bonds, walked out of the park, found a telephone booth and called his wife. "Hello, Marianne. This is Peter," he said. The caller was Peter Lorenz, chairman of West Berlin's Christian Democratic Union and the party's candidate for mayor of the city. Six days earlier, he had been kidnaped by a gang of militant young anarchists, whose daring act startled all of West Germany (TIME, March 10). In the end, Lorenz...
Occupying Powers. Government authorities set up crisis centers in Bonn and West Berlin, and police launched a search for Lorenz and his kidnapers, also broadcasting an appeal over nationwide television for "convincing evidence" that Lorenz is still alive. On Saturday an anonymous caller told C.D.U. headquarters that Lorenz would be released after all demands had been met, but there was no way of knowing if the caller was really one of the kidnapers. Lorenz also sent two letters to his wife saying that he was well and hoped to be with her soon...
...Bluff Caller. Evans, 46, rose through provincial papers to become editor of the Northern Echo in 1961, was named managing editor of the Sunday Times in 1966 and editor in 1967. Short and slight, he still speaks with flat Yorkshire vowels and spends his few hours out of the Sunday Times office toiling almost obsessively at squash, skiing, Ping Pong and a book on photojournalism. He also serves as an occasional panelist on a television quiz show titled, aptly enough, Call My Bluff. Evans has long argued that British journalism should end its preoccupation with the elegant expression of opinion...
Spokane, Wash., callers with clogged drains are met with a message from Reginald the plumber: "If you have a plumbing problem, please write down the nature of your problem and mail it to me. If this is an emergency, write 'Rush' on the letter. All letters will be judged on the basis of neatness and originality." Manhattan Psychiatrist Edward Hornick's electronic surrogate greets the caller with "Shrink, Inc." Some of the more innovative answering-machine users are massage parlors and "rap" studios. In its recorded message the Blue Orchid Studio of Kansas City, Mo., gets right...
Dave Humm, Nebraska, 6 ft. 2 in., 186 lbs. A lefty who is tall, sharp and poised and knows how to take command. During Humm's tenure as signal caller, Nebraska ran up 26 victories against only seven defeats...