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...begs to be taken seriously. And taken seriously he is a laugh. Ben Smith is not salvageable on any terms. The new freedom he is supposed to find in art dealing is merely a change of directors. When Dealer Klebenau runs out of money, he will no doubt con poor Smith into stealing the Mona Lisa-for art's sake, of course...
...Some U.S. scientists believe that the cosmo nauts probably defecated into a slight vacuum, after which the feces were passed into a con tainer and frozen. Under this system the liquid content can be evaporated, purified, and passed back into the cabin as clean water vapor. The dried residue might then be stored in plastic bags. A similar condensation process could be used to dispose of urine. - A Danish Communist paper speculated that the craft weighed &l/2 tons each, compared with the five tons of Vostok...
Visions of Blame. In order to drama tize the vision of an obstructionist Congress, he hoped to get a favorable Senate vote on medicare, then blame the well-known coalition of Republicans and con servative Democrats in the House for kill ing it. He had good reason to believe that he could: the 64-36 Democratic majority in the Senate usually makes that body amenable. With that in mind, the Presi dent permitted his Senate leaders to attach a modified form of the King-Anderson medicare bill as an amendment to an unre lated welfare bill. This had the advantage...
...Staff. It was a fitting choice: Lemnitzer was one of the drafters of the NATO treaty, later helped parcel out arms to U.S. Allies as first di rector of the Office of Military Assistance in 1949. Though France's crusty President Charles de Gaulle growled "Je ne le con-nais pas" when he heard of Lemnitzer's selection, there is little doubt that the NATO member nations will approve him as the new SACEUR. But Lemnitzer's appointment does not necessarily betoken a change in U.S. thinking about NATO...
...Angeles has become the U.S.'s second theatrical city, with more than 40 active theaters in operation. Many are occupied by road companies doing late successes from Broadway. Under the Yum-Yum Tree has been running in L.A. for 46 weeks. Also last week the ex-con could see Critic's Choice, The Best Man, Man in the Dog Suit, Everybody Loves Opal, Venus Observed. Off Broadway has been generously represented with The Blacks, The Connection, The Zoo Story...