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...down to see Defense Minister Sewaka about another matter: a shipment of arms privately purchased in U.S. by the Indonesian government. The news spread through the gossipy capital of Jakarta that the government had sold out to the Western bloc. "American imperialism!" shouted the politicos. A newspaper published a cartoon showing Subarjo on his knees, offering Indonesian independence to MSA, represented by Ambassador Cochran dressed as a bride with a rope in his hand...
With a thunder of hoofs and a "Hi-yo, Silver . . . awa-ay!", The Lone Ranger this week gallops headlong into his 20th year on radio. As a reward for fighting virtue's fight in comic books, cartoon strips and on TV (Thurs. 7:30 p.m., ABC) as well as radio (Mon., Wed., Fri. 7:30 p.m., ABC), the masked rider grosses $5,000,000 a year. Most of the profits go to George W. Trendle, 67, a Detroit businessman (movie theaters, radio stations) who had the original idea for the Ranger back in 1932. His formula for the show...
...manuscripts he scrawled scores of choleric questions and comments: "Who he," "What's that," "Don't think," "File and Forget." He never rewrote a piece himself, but his marginal scrawls often ran almost as long as the article. Another prejudice-against the traditional two-line* "he & she" cartoon-led to the one-line caption, sharpened by a dozen rewrites. Ross was as captious about cartoons as about stories. Looking at a cartoon, he would growl: "Who's talking?" A character had to have his mouth wide open so the reader would know instantly who was talking. Though...
Lightheartedly, French Novelist Pierre Daninos said yes when ECA asked him to write the captions for a NATO movie cartoon. Then, because this made him a foreign employee of a U.S. Government agency, Daninos received the usual four-page questionnaire asking about his 1) birth & parentage, 2) complexion & distinctive body marks, 3) emotional & mental state, 4) drinking habits, 5) aliases, if any, 6) connections with the Communist Party, if any, 7) past & present employment in detail-and some 50 other questions. Daninos filled in the questionnaire, named three character references, duly swore that he had no intention of "upsetting...
...cartoon, the pamphlet at the left is entitled "Military plans," while the one on the right proclaims...