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Officials of the Domestic Peace Corps grimace when reminded of the incident. "The man Clifton spoke to was a very competent organizer who had helped us greatly in getting the program underway," one explained. "But he was also something of a con man, who was trying to retain as much power as possible within the organization. He was trying to get things done behind my back and (ACT director) Livingstone Wingate's. For example he never told us of Clifton's visit...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Rep. Powell and the 'Peace Corps' | 3/23/1963 | See Source »

Love and Larceny. Vittorio Gassman is a gasser in a grab bag of disguises, ends up as a con man conned con amore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mar. 22, 1963 | 3/22/1963 | See Source »

Love and Larceny. A naughty, nutty comedy from Italy about a con man who discovers that a liar and his lira are seldom parted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mar. 15, 1963 | 3/15/1963 | See Source »

Love and Larceny. A naughty, nutty comedy from Italy about a con man who discovers that a liar and his lira are seldom parted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mar. 8, 1963 | 3/8/1963 | See Source »

...eight of her own paintings to three schools, Arizona State College, Milwaukee-Downer College and Emma Willard School in Troy, N.Y. The market value claimed on her tax returns ranged from $1,000 for an abstraction called Scherzo to $30,000 each for the three parts of her triptych Con Moto, Andante and Allegro. Last month, Internal Revenue challenged the evaluations in the U.S. Tax Court in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Baroness' Income Tax | 3/1/1963 | See Source »

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