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Behind the bow to Powell lay a close reading of the Granite State's grass roots by a Nixon scouting team. Conclusion: though Nixon is a heavy favorite, Powell's personal following (judged to be worth 10% of the vote) would insure a thumping victory over Likely Challenger Rockefeller, whose backers are primed to cry "Nixon can't win" if their man comes close to winning in the primary. Also rumors were flying that the Governor had also had the offer of the national chairmanship of Rocky's campaign in exchange for his support. Reportedly under...
...protested the publication-not the validity-of Twining's charges, U.S. Defense Secretary Thomas Gates replied: "My government endorses the military substance of the speech made by General Twining ..." And in his major speech to the NATO Council proposing a ten-year program for the alliance, Herter came close to threats. Said he: NATO must "maintain the principle of an integrated defense system . . . The commitment of large U.S. forces to NATO and our military assistance to NATO is firmly based on this concept...
...gleefully tell of the time a great galleon of the Spanish Armada went aground, or of where His Majesty's proud new battleship Montagu piled up in 1906. Aside from "bluebottles"-the island's name for tourists-the Lundyites do not like outsiders to get too close...
...80th birthday, Manhattan's spry Patroness of Arts Eleanor Robson Belmont was hailed by the Metropolitan Opera, got her hand kissed by Opera Manager Rudolf Bing, a gallantry that drew a hearty laugh from Opera President Anthony Bliss. It was close to the 25th anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera Association, which Mrs. Belmont founded in order to bring great music to millions. After a ceremony in Bing's offices, Eleanor Belmont was presented to the Met audience between acts of a Saturday matinee performance of Manon...
Poet & Piano Mover. Her luminous eyes-so bright that Hollywood cameramen never liked to shoot her too close-and her fine, mobile mouth are often overshadowed by a carefully careless costume: thick, shapeless sweaters, flat shoes, coarse hair uncombed, and the rugged tongue of someone who takes refuge in being thought a "kook." She loves to demonstrate eccentricity. One night she was sitting with a group of friends who were kidding her about her carelessness with money. Promptly Annie pulled a $20 bill from her purse and started eating it, nibbling the edges like a rabbit tackling lettuce. "I just...