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...some reason that neither parlor detectives nor cocktail-party psychiatrists have been able to decipher, Britain is experiencing an esthetic crime wave this year.About $2,424,000 worth of paintings and sculpture have been removed from the homes of collectors. Last week's victim was Sir Roland Penrose, chairman of the Institute for Contemporary Arts, friend and biographer of Pablo Picasso. While Penrose was away, burglars broke into his London home, removed 25 paintings with an estimated value of $720,000. The prize was Picasso's 1937 Woman Weeping...
...agencies and some 260 federal programs are now involved in consumer protection. Although President Nixon has said little on the subject so far, he has disappointed consumer advocates by not naming Republican Mary Gardiner Jones, the leading consumer champion on the FTC, to replace Democrat Paul Rand Dixon as chairman. Last week, however, Nixon chose a new consumer assistant, and the reaction was almost entirely favorable. He picked Mrs. Virginia Knauer, 54, director of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Consumer Protection. A Republican stalwart, Mrs. Knauer probably could do without her new $28,000-a-year salary...
Enough for Both. On his European mission, Secretary Stans will be accompanied by Lawyer Carl Gilbert, 63, former Gillette Co. chairman whom President Nixon last week appointed his Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. Gilbert, a strong free-trade advocate, is chairman of the Committee for a National Trade Policy, a private group that opposes high tariffs and import quotas. His appointment ended speculation that the President might shift control over trade policy to the Commerce Department, a possibility that had dismayed a number of business, labor and farm groups...
...accusation struck Litton as somewhat ironic. The company traces part of a 1968 profit slide to Royal's poor performance in the electric-typewriter market-of which 80% is held by IBM. Litton Chairman Charles B. ("Tex") Thornton promises to fight the suit on grounds that the Triumph-Adler deal would in fact promote "effective competition" in the U.S. market...
Several students attended the meeting, at the invitation of Theodore R. Sizer, dean of the Ed School. They included members of the School's Student Cabinet, the president of its Black Students Union, the chairman of its Colloquium Board, and the co-chairman of the Harvard Educational Review...